Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-13
Affairs at Washington.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SENTINEL,
Dated, Washington, Jan. 8, l848.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SENTINEL,
Dated Washington, Jan. 8, l846.
DEAR SIR: This is the glorious Slh
# January-a day eve, to be remem-
oered with the livelies, emotion, in ho-
nor of the Hero, ANDREW JACKSON,
and his compatriots in arms, on the
plains OF O,leans. This day, 33 years
ago, was fought one of the best planned
and bloodiest battles in the annals of
history, in which, under Providence,
and the guidance ofANDREwJAcKsoN,
the U. S. troops defeated four times
their number of British Regulars, kill
ing and woundlng more of the enemy
than there were troops in the U. S. ar
my. SO mote it be to all the enemies
of this republic. lie, posleri'y ever
honor the heroes of this anniversary.
On Monday, there was not much
done in ether House of Congress-
On Tuesday, Mr.. CALHOUN made his
speech. II was nothing extra. 1t was
in substance, newly vamped, bis
speech of February last. No new po-
siton is advanced-he still adheres to
his cline policy sustained by pretty
much the same reasoning, as that used
by him 20 sustain his "mastelly lnac,iv-
ity" policy, in reference to the Oregon
question. One thing is plan-he has
shown his hand distinctly to the Dem
ocratic party; for he declares his will
lingness to aid Whiggery in its oppo-
sition 10 the policy of the admiris'ra,
ton. Let him go. The immortal DE-
cATUR once said at dinner: "Our
country: May she De always right; but
right or wrong, our country" This
was the language of the patriot and
gallant soldier. This sentiment was
uttered by Com. DECATUR, at dinner
in Philadelphia, given in compliment
to HIM, by the high toned Federalists
during the war OF 1912. Their object
TO censure the gove:nmen.-was de-
fea'ed by his glorious sentiment at the
dinner. So, also, at the great dinner
in this CT ~, il April, '32 or '33, Il
have forgotten which,) given on Mr..
JErFERsoN's birth day. Some per-
sans then, not exactly Federalists, but
disunonists, thought that Gen. JACK
SON favored their schemes of disunion,
and hence it was that his celebrated
toast, "The Union, it must be preserv-
ed" sent them all abacI,, and they
were silenced. President JACKSON
had the nerve for any emergency, and
discovering, in the bud, the design 20
bring him over to a declaration, or at
least partial committal against the
"whole union," his !oas. took our SOU
them schemers by surprise, and saved
them from exposure and premature po-
litical death. Ger. JACKSON censured,
in langu ge the most pointed, the
Traitors who sat in the Hartford Con-
vention, during the year 1914; and
said that he would have tried them un-
der the celebrated I'd Section, if
he had been militarvcommander in tina,
section Of the country, and executed
them, if found guilty. And he was
correct in this dec SION. The clemen-
cy of those days has but emboldened
the Traitors Of the present day. Now,
as then, our country is engaged in
bloody contest, and with much more
sanguinary and barbarous enemy; one
that has no honor for his word, but
treacberous in all his steps, and in all
his actions and proposilions-an enemy
who has murdered our citizens in cold
blood, robbed our people, killed the
innocent prisoner, and yet, with.all this
in justification Of the war on our part,
we have people in these glorious States,
who advocate the cause of The Next
cans, sustain them Nv their counsels,
and cheer them on. TO darker deeds of
Of. violence and blood. THOMAS Cor
WIN is one oftheSe men-and he Sc
nator of the u. S.! Shame! shame !.
When will forbearance cease to be a
virtue? five have traitors so bold as
he, why not have them expairiated at
once to Mexico, or have them executed
for "treascn against the Union? Sure
y, there can be no objection TO one or
the other mode ofaction. The author
tiles of he country should look to this.
before It is too late.
Mr.. HALE made speech in the Sc
nate,on Ihurs'lay,the principal topic Of
which was, abuse Of the administ. aton,
condemnation of the war with Mexico,