The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-05-05
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WAs,soTos CRY, April 20, ls4S.

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own Presidential prospects; i. e., ms
chance for theregular federal nomination.
| fhe famous reply to hrs ietter OF the @4th
of March last, Of which | wrote YOU day
or two since, was only sent off yesterday
morning to the care ofCap, Kearuey, at
New Orleans. with instructions that he
should hold IL to be handed to the Gene
al IN chief, 10 person. II he was expec'ea
/ certainly TO arrived within very 'e"
Iaays. lfDot, to be transmitted to the OF
E6cer in command al Vera Cruz, to be thus
handed to Scott when the letter ma, have
reachel that poini. Mr.. frsl will ac'
company him to play The part OF his P"'it
,csl dtplomatist take il. A gentleman
Of his .'reputaton for great dlscretion'
(Which, in plan Engllsi,, means disPos'-
ton Tor intrigue, rfone may be permitted
to Judge from The tenor OF his evidence
before the court martial, can hardly oe
of much service TO this knowing ana
scheming nes, Of federal politicians. SEQ"
will fare hard enongh without Irls' 8 aid )
with that II Will hardly take hnn hity-six
hours to 6nd that his chance for the nom
ination has dissolved into very thin "souP.
Many OF the wings who dread the pres
llge OF defeat hanging over Clay VIII the
much inclined to '"cotton 10" Scott i'm
mediatei, after he reaches This point. II
he pu,s himself 10 the hands Of a commits
tee, aod wilI say "nolhng (polllical) to
nobody" lie may still have remote
chance tor theL omination, not Otherwise
however.
All though, Of running General Taylor
l'hough il appears to be conceived IN po>
lltlcal circles that he intends running on
his own hook without iall.
| have very excellent accounts from
North Carolina where our political friends
are IN high spirIls. The best informed
democrats OF this State, write me that II
Mr. Read, our nominee for Governor,
cauvasses thoroughly, we shall be able to
elect him beyond doubt. Not a word was
mentioned iu the recent Democratic Con
ventiun about the Presidency, and the
State delegates TO the National ConveD-
ton were chosen without regard TO the
preference entertained by any one OF
them in the way Of nom nation. This is
as il sheud be; evincing devotion TO
prluc pies which is more efectual to keep
down those ben, ON dividing the national
democratic party .han aught else. nev.
er before knew the south SO completely
relieved from the evil Influences Of the
couuseIs Of AIR Calhoun as just at this
umo.
ln this fact W e have an earnest OF united
good wlll in supporting the nomlnation.
which can hardly lalI TO do it's share N
securing for us a triumph.
To day, both Houses had the good sense
to close the debate over the kidnapping
affairs, for such was the discussion of the
latter part OF last week-Haie, sppealng
TO the Senate on the ground thai he had
beenrepresenled IN The debate 10 be min
zeal 10 The Union, an incend,ary, &c.
urged its coutlnuauce; but General Cass
moved the consideration Of the California
Llalm bill, which was taken up-ayes "a
noes 9. Mr.. Calhoun voted with Hale to
kee thai ball 10 motion.
tar Eret to ~ h.
iect matter Of The unconstitutional exac>
tton Of a dollar per passenger, levied by
the Stuie OF New Jersey on all persons
crossing it on the Philadelphia and New
York Railroad, was brought before Con.
gress. II came up in the Senate 10 the
shape of memorial, from citisens Of Del
aware, asking Congress to put stop to
it. Clayton earnestly seconded the ap-
peal Of the petitioners, while the Jerse,
The Supreme Cour, alone, il appears 30
me. can put stop TO il by deciding such
taxation for State purposes to be uacon
slitutionsl The petilioners wish Con.
gress to au,hor,se the construction of a
rail way over that peninsula as post road,
the State having granted railroad mon
opoly to the present company. as far as 1t
can.
News reaches MS that the Clay men have
generally defeated The T. Jler,tes in their
choioe Of delegates to the federal State
Convention. 10 assemble early in Ma,.--
The former 60 for sending delegates from
Georgia 10 the National Convention, while
the latter desire to run Gen. Taylor
against or in defiance Of the expected ac>
tion Of the convention. This has served
IN a measure, to worry the few Congres-
sionsl pariizans stIli left to the General.
| Your readers may write il down, that
no Cong essionai action will take place
this session on the Consular bill, intro
duced las, year by Campbell Of New York