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Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1847-03-27

Mr. CALHOUN or THE WAR.-1here Is one great
objection to Mr.. Calhouns proposition as 10 the war.
Viewed IL whatever light II may be, he proposes 4
retreat. lie gives up all the country we have con-
quered at the South beyond the Rio Grande and
makes all tie exploits of the campaign mere empty
parades. He IS for retrealng from the Sierra Noun
tainS, the best natural barrier in the world, to the
RIO Grande, no barrier at all. This would be both
physically and morally blunder. The Sierra Madre
has but TWO passes in the whole length from Tampico
to chihuahua that at lula and that at Monterey.
Garrisons these places and Tampco, could pro-
tect the whole frontier and yet with all these IN our
possession, Mr.. Calhoun proposes 10 abandon them
and tall back upon little stream, rancherO's horse
sNlms at few strokes. Even suppose then that we
adopt the defensive policy Mr.. Calhoun advocates,
how absurd would be TO abandon barrier easily
defended as that now possess, for one experience
has already proved In General Taylors surprise at
the Mexcans crossing in May last, to be but little
better than imaginary line !
But the moral evil OF such a retreat would be far
greater than the physical typographical. The
Mexicans would regard 1t owledgment Of
our weakness and awe of them. They already con-
slider Worth and Scott running away from Santa An
ma, and the retreat to the Rio Gande would be taken
by them signal for every excess Of insoence and
aggression. They would pour to the frontier on the
heels of our army, and we not to 90 beyond
the frontier, every cowardly cut-throat and bandit
among them would feel that he could now make what
ncursIons he pleased that his return over the Rio
Grande was secured. The whole frontier would there
fore be a scene of the species of border war
fare, though altogether at the expense Of side
and instead of the three regiments, which Mr. Cal
houn thinks could protect the frontier, we hazard
nothing In saying that the whole forces now under
Scott and TAYLOR could not do so, If the Wretched
policy adopted of restricting them from CARRYING
the into the enemys country.-IickS Sentinel.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1847-03-27

We DO not wish to dictate. We only desire to sug-
gest in connexon with the Congressional nominations
that our friends should be mindful themselves and
remind each other OF tie importance of choosing dele
gates the township clectionS-held in few
days-and that the delegates from all the townships
afterwards, and appoint and instruct delegates
to the district conventions Conventions the great
Of consolidating democratic action, and Will SO
remain while they are firm and impartial, and free
from the fixing of managing busybodes
We hope our friends Will remind the remote town
ships of their duty, and privileges in this matter.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1847-03-27

o. We find the following comical paragraph in
the Madison Courier Of late date. We waiting
with some Impotence to see how the policy Indicated
will work in practice. We not that the pro-
posed method Of nominating candidates would not
work very wellat least for the printers. At present
they do all the dirty work of eectioneerlng for ober
peoples card dates, and generally get pay for =
not even thanks. Under the method announced by
tie Courier, perhaps It might be otherwise:
at will be seen from the election ticket published
in our paper to-day that the candidates for county
Offices are becoming very plenty. By next week, nee
shall be able 10 make up our minds as to who re,
The Madison Courier, viii support for the different
offices. We do not intend TO d. any thing to hurt
Tie feelings Of any candidate, but clam the right
the organ of the democratic party for the county
Of Jcilerson Ia form into ticket such will
make good officers. and at the time, such men
make the best with This We viii do
regardless Of consequences.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1847-03-27

We copy the following melancholy announcement
from the Ohio State Journal of the I'D. Ii is but
iew weeks since had the pleasure Of conversation
sSth the deceased, who then III robust health,
and looked as though hc might ENJOY life many long
xcars XsriIu In lie Inld,i Of LIZ. We are LII Leaih
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1847-03-27

1t becomes melancholy duty 10 announce thc
demise ut Gen. JACOB MEDARY, Post Master at
Columbus. He expired at his residence In this city,
this morning at l O'clock. Our personal acquaintance
with Gen. Medary but limited bat such "a
To impress very f.,orably of hi, character man
and officer. In tie discharge of his official duties
he was uroane and o5l.gia9-and his loss will be uni
ver,ally dePlored.
We tender To our neiyhbor Of the StuteSqql
heartfelt sympathy. IN this hs hnnr Of aillctIon
Twice within The space OF a .w brief months he has
Dce called 10 part with BRETHREN In ,e meridian OF
Their manhood.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1847-03-27

GI-John G Whittier, the Quaker poet. asks through
che National Era:
"What avail your abstract theories. your hopeless
vrginity of democracy, sacred from the violence Of
meanings"
W..mean to keep that virginiy . sacred from
the ewd embraces of federal whiggery, the ropiSh
lust Of abOl.iionIsm, the " violence" Of ..abstrac
faciioniss. Are you ans vered, friend Whittier.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1847-03-27

o. Theodore J. Barnett, than whom there is not
spirited and popular writer IN the State. has
been nominated by the Floyd county wing convention
candidate for Representative.-lia ceaneS Ga
,et.e
Now, brother Caddinston, you are too severe TO
alude TO his r,itiag in that sly way. We had sup
posed that had dropped the butter forgery"
friends at least might have omitted throwing 1t up
TO Inn. Nothing can be in the way of one
reformation ihan reminding him Of his former pee
cadilloes
(S.TOne OF Santa Anna S last acts before ma rchng
was to distribute twelve days pay for the month OF
January. THIS could rot sustain them more than u
week. and the question was asked, ''Wlat shall we
do when ia front of the enemy!" The troops are
represented patient and loyal but in pitable state
of distress In dersion, they speak of going forth
solve the problem of fighting ritlout eating,"
VFWe are requested to state that money contri-
nuied To tile relief fund Will, during the absence Of
T. Fletcher, Esq, be received BY Thos H. Sharpe, at
The Branch BanF.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1847-03-27

OF communication from Judge Peaslee appears
in another column. Judge P. desires US to reques,
other democratic editors in the district 10 copy the
game,
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rhs way toA E,ninsnce.

That distinguished Inrist, Sir William Joaes after having made hinls'h familiar with some twenty different Languages, and with the general circle of literature ant science, made the following memo raadum iiie closing leaf of his Bible, ia which he was, from childhood, deeply interested:
 l have carefully aud regularly pertssd these Holy Scriptures, andaui Of opinion that t,e yonie independently oi its diyiue origin, contains more suhhnity, pursr morality, moro important history, aud fner strains of eloquence, than can be eoiee- ted from all other books, In whatever language they may have heeu written
 The subIoned extract from bttls volume en- titled "life in Earnest tells something of the eary eayeer of this eminent n.aa. he wae qoc6 from proper study of the 'book of books uad qtest from his own industry qua application
 Long ago, little boy was entered a, fiIirtoa School lie was put into class beyond his years and where all the scholars mad ts adysBtses, Q { previous instruction GeIIed fo hisn. His masie enid him for his dulinesS, and all his own effort { could DO, raise him from the lowest place on tn form. Bat nothing daa aied. h. procured tbs gram mers aAd otler ssenle stay eooks aiSn hts class fellows had gone through in previous terms fl devoted the hours Of play, and rot iew of ih hours of sleep, to the mastering sf these til ia few weeks he gradually began ia rsse, and it "a not long tll he ssoi far ahead of all hs
 and became not only leader Of thai divisica bu th pride of Harrow. YeH nay see he statute of ths boy whose career began with this fit of sHsfKs;i application, in St Psai's Cathedral. fos he lived
 be the greatest Oriental scholar of modern Europ lit was Sit William Jones,
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English Wnrs.

The first war of the ointion, in l6ss tasted nine years, and cost sixteen millions pounds in taxes raised at tiie time, and in loans twenty mil
 ofs; besides the isyies of eight hundred thousand soldiers. The next was the war of inc spanish Succession,' which lasted eleven years. ending in I5IS. II cost thirty millions in taxes raised, and thnrty-two millions five hundred thousand pounds in loaHs Then came "ihe Spanish War and the War of the Austrian Snccesson,s wlich commenc- ed in l7S9 lasted nine years. and cost inc country twfuiy-fve millions in taxes and twsnty nine mil. lions in loans. This was followed by the sSeven about inc banks ot the Ohio. The qnarfsl soon spread into Eerope--a fight about religion, and England paid about six hundred thousand yeafin subsidy 10 Frederick of Prussia in consequence - This Seven Years War" cost Elty-two millions pounds of taxes, and added sixty millions To the debt. Then followed the American war, which cost thiriy,wo millions in taxes and no less than one hundred and four millions in loans. After this was the first French war, fIom I793 to 1902, for which ths-eHornous sum Ot two hundred and sixty three millions five hundred thousand pouRis was raised in taxes and two handred millions five hun. dred thousand pounds added to ihe debt in loans I1 the second French war against Napoleon, from 1903 tn 1915, taxes were levied to the amount Of seven hundred and seventy iaions 6, hundred thousand pounds, and an increase was made to inc debt of three hundred and eighty eight mens i've hun- dFed thousand pounds So that altogether, from loss to islJ, Englsnd had sixty five wears of war 1 snd paid ior theia the aiGost incredible sam o esren hundred aud eighig niae lsiilloas pounds spd have left the country with burden tpo IL of nearly eigkt haisdyfd mliii9gs ,f$gadsn,re,
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hors, or at least to delay them, was an exigency which 1t was not lawful for me to evade and still more so when fl pfeseaied itself as means for the arriving al an honorable peace.
 When two nations are al war they enjoy the re- ciprocal ngnt Of making propositions, and this sup poses lne obligation to entertain these propositions perpetual war is an absuTdty, for it is calami- " ana the instinct of self pressry still stron- ger and more powerful in nations than in ndividu- ais. counseIs that no means should be len untfied thai may conduce 10 an advantageous agreement forthe adoption of this conrse the Constitution has gwen the the competent authority.
 Consecrated to those noble and privileged inter. esls it IS incumbent upon me to maintain at every peril the prestige and respect of the supreme author lty which exercise, and at this time especially when, if persecuted by factions and assaled in the freedom of dcIiberating, 1t might fall into nulit, m the presence of the enemies of the nation VIII be stIl mure explicit; subveFson and seditior shall be exemplarily punished.
 Ipreserye a respectable body of troops, and tht nation will aid me in the maintainance of its deco rum and the yindcation of its glory. consider my self as free if had just gained signal victory and there IS no fear that the negotiations fhe my may impose upon me unless surprised by thei troops and artillery. We shall compose our diff ference If our honor has been first saved; and W, will even light again if the sword should be inter posed between our justice, and the acknowledge hent of the rights of the nation. [signed1
 ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.
 MExico, August g, is47.
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Gen. TaylorS Politics.

The Goshen (N- Y.) Republican, in noticing the conflicting statements, with regard to tho seniimeats of the old General in political way. publishes the, following, with the remark that the writer Is sknown and his statements to be relied on.
 INT. Swezey--Dear Sir---As the politieai opln- ions Of Cen Taylor are just the subject of con- siderable discussion through the pfess twin rclsta an incident which may b. of some importance
 "l was with Gen. Tayior in lsa3, far away fros1 lhis, some l4pa miles from Goshen. Wben ths news of the removal of he deposits received h. applauded the measure. He was then the warm an. ardent friend of General Jackson, aud a sapparte of his administration. Ten years have elapsed sine | saw him, bat he was then true to his old faith is there the least doubt, from his recent cores Pondence, that he remsinsa strict eonstruetlonis ! q the constitution
 ] ANFl -WMNnr FknvIsoN
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Good as it is True.

Al dinner oi the Young Mems Democratic As. soeAuon % oi Philadelphia, on the 5th of July, Mir ISlas, the Vice President of the United States 0"efed the following patriotic and true sentiments
 Illustrations of Democratic Ruia
 Mexican war, with victories "too numerou, tc mtRton" ' An English peace, with torrents of "ihe hard" "A nh ifish famine, relieved by our abundance ,a iaxa'loh reduced, with revenue and credit aug. 0ur farmers, leng'hening their furrows.
 0af 0 merchants, dreaming they are princes. shops. 'N,'"s Pa'N'e' Tor "oiS' Our banks full of coin.
 Vur roads and rivers fuil of steamers. nra though last, not least, our schools and nur. *nes full of children.
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"LocAL "--Oa the m.osaing of Commencement. day, cries of murder help. &c were heard ssa. ing from house ia Chapel st. greatly b the alarm oi ihs aeigebors-sexrrsl Of whom immediately rushed ia to sscestsia the cause; when 10. aad be. hold' the lady of the house was aiseoyessa wiih Der husband across her Isp on whom she vas ihiie- thg regular spaAkedo. fof some breach of family discipline. and who Was making the welkin rina at the top oi his voice, lor assistance Really order Of nature seems perverted in this town One man ruas away with aurs,ng cbfld, aed a wnman seahks her husband within an ,aeh of his hfs,-- What sse we coming to- ker Harss R<g
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eo"a, 'es'ned Medical writer. professes to have dis
 t,i,sI t'ea mat Insanity is less common among red people than others and states thai of large por,;oa ol patients nnder his charge very small shsan eqhal to the discovery that more white p.hpst sie m 'nah black ones, which can only be ex
 white " me lac, that there are considerable more ,Dsa ,O,0aon had hospital anong our InSians ' ws % he would discover the astonishing aci ina, eyer J;" nsfed men at ell ever become deralged or ''ef dIed in any way! VI
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FsGAx or Lsenrsfss.-~ During sAs thpader gnss last week. says the Cecil Md Eiig. iise 6ghsiank cut soine strange sscs as the asairsAd Asss sa ss1 place II spm tbe rump sssik la iAs Naisss.,k ho'sss.-Ian alohg the teirsssph Nifs and down seT efaa os tss poies tearing tem q | went zaa xoiiss roll. knocking dewn sllihs rsas A,sA ses vfshs vl
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AkEe poTE oF kRAsEias.--B E nJamsn FsAssktin al one tise contemplated practising slssnsnce os, animal fcod 'i hssitated tHa he Says ..he- tween principle and uebnaiion tiIl at iass ree0itte
 nsh were found in it's belly, ssil ia mySeli # you eai one another. see no reason why we may nof "ds you ! accordingly dined ca lie cod with Ea small degree cs pleasure. and have since eentsnueA io eat Ike the rest si msnkiad. returning oaiy e.
 eAsioaaiiy to my vegetable plan.v~Iiow eosssaieat does Y not prove tp be yetsosei aai tha, tuows how ae isHd cr iasen, pisasih.s tsetsxt les what eset q has an iaeisnaFt,sn {, s3<, t,ss M ssa
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Southern Literary Messenger" "

The Messenger has been established more than twelve ysars,-much longer than any other South ern work ever existed; d;-during which it has main ,ained the highest rank among American Periodi- calls Under its new ttle will strive to extend Its fame and usefulness.
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The Mexican Clergy.

The Mexican Clergy.
 10 much has been said about the position and sentiments of this rich and influential body. that we think il not out of place to give the results of our own observations when in their capital and among theIn. The bishops and higher grade of clergy, are generally eminent for their learning pu- riy of private character and devotion to the inter ests of the church. Their revenues are large, and are the demands upon them for their c,nrch Posessons, of which we hear much are the flu nds of great number of charitable and educational establishments It is for this reason the mass al- ways rise to defend the church property when it is attacked by the government. The monks and fri not of ike moral grades with the cura- tes and secular Clergy who have the charge of con gregaiions, and on the eoistered orders, if any where, must fall the principal reproach of idle and nrrgula r.iyes,
 Some of the stories told by travellers, of priests with families, of gambling, drunkuess, etc, niuy be true, but by lar the greater part wilfu false hoods. II may be witty, but certainty il is neither honest nor manly for traveller to repay the most generous hospitality by publishing yulgar sur mses on the habits of kind host, as positive facts. The heads of the Mexican clergy undoubtedly wish for peace, as if is evident 10 thtrn, that the war brings nothing bat misery and disgrace upon the great body of the nation. The country priests, less acquainted than tbose of the capital with the corrupt expressions of their soldier despotS, would still l4eld out for the integrity of Mexicu if they saw ray of hope. They generally good, peace fu. home-abiing men, and will finally preach sab- mission 10 the American power, when they are con- vinced that will tend to the happiness andtranqu- iy oftheir eocks Ali the moral force and respectab- iy of the country side with the clergy and opposc the military who have reduced the country to its present. state and it will be that this force will array itself in favor of A stable government under the stars of the Union.