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HARDWARE.

HARDWARE! HARDWARE!!
GtAMUEL LOCKE, Nos. and FRONT IEVEE, Is now
n soTtment of HARD ARE. comprising oneOf ~
ca the best assortments in the United States and -
N offers great inducements 70 purchasers. The =
" following comprises small portion OF the stock:
1900 dozen AXES, Hunts, COllinss HaHs Beay's and
600 kegs CUT NAILS. all Sizes
700 kegs Pressed Ship and Boat SPIKES.
5000 gallons Sperm Whale and Lard OIL.
800 tons IRON, Tennessee, English and American; as
sorted, fiat round and square.
30 casks HOOKS and HINGES, 6 to Sc inches
10 casks Timed Iron SAUCE PANS, assorted in casks
casks EMERY, Flour and No; Q 70 3.
S casks FRYING.P PANS
casks Steel CORN MILLS.
400 coils Manila and Taned CORUAGE, 6-thd 10 Sinh
so coils Cotton PLOW-LINES
300 dozen Hose aud Mule Collars, Harness and Brides
1900 BUNDLES SHEET IRON, English, American and
Russian.
800 dozen sHOVEIs and SPADES, Amess, Row
land s. etc.
SHEFFIELD CUTLERY, a large assortment; Grind.
stones; Anchos Chains; Auges Chi els; Hatchets Ham
mers; ShoVels and Tongs; Builders Materials etc
stock MS
ToPLANTERs, ENGINEERS and MECHANICS.
THE Subscriber Agent for the Manufacturer, has in
store and is constantly receiving a large supply of
BRASS COCKS for Steam Machinery. which be is selling
at Northern prices The following comprise part OF the
ROUGH STEAM BIBBs-16. q, x, zs,I, IA, IL Ia,
ROUGH STEAM sTOPs-1l to 81 inch;
DOUBLE FLANGE COCKS- to 3 inch;
SINGLE do do. i to inch
sfEA si sToPs: a PG&fN PaBB'ffBfBs ;
HOSE COUPLINGS, &c, &c
COPPER PIPE-n lengths Of 10 to is feet from a inch in
the bore upwards.
Persons engaged in putting up Machinery and purchasers
generally are invite 70 examine the above articles.
SAMUEL LOCKE Nos. and Front Levee
OIL Between Bienvle and CustomhOuse Streets
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HEMP HEMP!l HEMP!ll

FENHE undersigned in order further the views of the
- Board Of Underwriters, have set apart exclusively for
the storage of Hemp and other hazardous articles of
meschandzs, the STORY epro0f Warehouse, Orleans
No ~ corner Deord and Magazine Streets The locality and
facility Of receiving and delivering the Warehouse There
being hosting to the second stey required) renders this
the most desirable place for this description of storage
apb 81 GEO. r. BEARn& CO.
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INSURANCE OFFICES.
Agency sun Mutual Iasurqnoe gompal

Aoe7ov SIM Mutual Insurance Company
NEwORLEAEs, Nov. IA, 1913.
HuE fiscal year Of this Institution terminated The 4t
day of last month with p0tits amounting 1895 23
% made during the year and the Trustees have declared
idend of A. per cent to the dealers with the Company
and further divided per cent IN cash the SCRIP
The available assets that day amounted 81 2 15 -
afforling ample security Tor their policies.
~ This geney continues 10 insure against Ere manne
and River Risks. l.. MATTHEWS, Agent.
B-Due notice viii be given when the scrip certificates
for 1913 ready for delivery. mis- I'm
MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE.
Tennessee Marine and Fire Insurance Company.
CAPITAL, 100000.
Directors:
Iouy NJ Hull ALEX ALLISON, JAS B. KYOWLEs
Gro w MARTIS, JACOB MCGAVoCK, G. NJ. FoGG,
r r FoGG WIN. EAKIN, SAM'L SEAY
w w WOoDFOLK. JOHN Nj. Bass,
JAMKs J. Gill, Secretary. 'OAA1' w. l1Al4L' rissI
e This long -estabshed Company with the most ample
meas for the protection of its Policies continues to take
RIVER SEA and FIRE RISKS on the most liberal terms
a. its Agency in NewOhesns. at the office Of
OBJ PICKETT. PERKINS & CO.. 81 Magazine St
TIE GRAEFENBERG COMPANIES CURE
FOX .DYSENTERY, &c.
fE success which has attended this Medicine, renders it
an imperative duty incumbent upon the propnetors to
DYsENTERY sYR6P is Of imme.
date efficacy in the violent and obstinate cases of Dy
en.ery DlaT[hea ETC. and gylng Immediate relief to the
PANACEA. fOrSunmer complaints ETC.;
SARSAPARILLA COMPOUND;
HEALTH BITTERS-in papers;
VEGETABLE PILLS;
FEVER AND AGUE PILLS;
EYE LOTION.
And for every description of inflammation. Bruises Burns
and Scads, the GREEN MOUNTAIN OINTMENT is
All Of the above may be found at WELD CO IS Depot
OF Cheap Literature. No. ~ Camp street a5n
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pRnnr-AMhrrnnr

PROCLAMATION,
BY ISAAC JOHNSON, Governor Of the State Of Lo1saaa
WHEREAS, The failure to appropriate specifically the
w fund provided by law for the SUPPORT of the Free Pub
ia IN So lie Schools of this S ate must exert
@H2xssf 2s4sSss, unless prevented in time, a highly
s=5sst- 4 - pTeJudlelal influence the great
AsE$A-SS3 cause of education and the hest in.
teres OF humanity; and whereas, the importance Of the
maIe IN this view OF It, appears to call for the consideration
oil the Legislature at period earlier than that of its next
regular session in January 1850 and to form extraordinary
OCCASION such as IN myJudgmen renders
yenton Of the two Houses may be practicable:
90, therefore by this, my proclamation convene the two
Houses of the Legislature meet at the State house in the
city of New Orleans on the First Monday IN December y
being the fourth day of said month and reou fhe rese
VeSsnao and Representatives then and there to assemble
in successful operation the Free Public Schools of The State
as to them, in the exercise Of their wisdom and Discretion
on IN relation to the affairs of the State generally as that
ume may be deemed advisable to submit them.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, at
H. 81 New Orleans this twenty fs day of August 1913
N seVentyth year.
CHARLES GAYARRE, Secretary Of STATE. saS
PHILADELPHIA wHEELwRIGHTs WORK.
NHE subscribers Agents for the well known ,,Dnfoto
u OF WILLOW CHILDs Co, Philadelphia have now
landing and in store extensive assortment If e,syt ~
scIipuOn of Wheelwnghis' work as follows: " '' "e-
70 pans Ox and Horse Cart Wheels from to inches on
pairs extra heavy Dray Wheels, 4x1 inches on tread.
10 TX and Horse Wagons, with and without bodies vari.
g Drqys, iron and wooden axes 3z1 and 4x1 niche.
l3 Carts, light and heavy;
Ivy Ivy " heelRarFows, with shifting sides;
haephla which VIII enable them to offer to Planters and
merchants ts season. larger and more complete assert
aren't Of these aIces than has heretofore been offered in
ms market Pnces will be reasonable terms LIBERAL and an
EMERSON. ToURNE & CO..
leI l5s Tehouri'opls' #
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SPLITTING BLOOD.

NEW YORK, April 49, I8E.
OT IOaeRsehd-l Eeny believe that your Sarsaparlla
has been the means through Providence Of saving my life
have Tor several years had bad cough became worse
and worse AT last raised large gu ntities of blood had
night sweats, and greatly debilated and reduced and
DID not expect Dive have only used your Sarsaparia
short ume and there has wonderful change been wrought
IN me- am now able to walk all over the city raise no
blood, and my cough has left me- YOu can well IMAGINE
tat am thankful Tor these results Your OBJ dit servant
WM RussFrI IS Cafhnrirs
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DAGU ERREOTYPE.

BRUsHs DAGUERREoTYPE.
A. BRUSH respectfully informs his friends and the
y pubic that he has opened a DyAG UERREOTYPE
G.RLLERY at the corner of JACKSON and TcHoUPrTOU-
LAS streets. Lafayette and guarantees all Licensees be
equal 70 taken in the United ates, and socts share
Of patronage. Prices moderate. n13 If
ELECTROMAGNETIC PORTRAITS.
by the application of the above mysterious agent to Da
- gUereOtype "a discovery of the subscbsrs the UNDER
signed is enabled to produces PORTRAITS of the most
superior kind in SINGLE sKCOND-catehing the precise
expression instantly, and fixing it ndeby upon the silver
plate 81 Those who wish to retain in their famies good
LIKEEEssEs of relations friends do at moderate
price Rooms, of Canal and ChaTTes sts-Entance
No ChaItTes street. [my3 Iyl w. b. HUTCHINGS.
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NOTICE no zee LADIEs.

Those that initiate Dr. TowBsend's Saapara have in
ysaby called their stuff great Remedy fer Females etc.
and have copied bills and circulars which relates to the
complaints of women word for wOrd-oheT who put
M medicine have sncet the great success OF Dr. T0wnsend
SaTapara in complaints incident to females, recommended
theirs although previously they did not numbered these
Mixtures Pills. etc. injurious 10 females as they aggra
Tata dsease. and undernLne the constiLutl0n.
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~ The subscriber viii continue the AUCTION AND
COMMISSION business and viii General Broker for
the sale and purchase Of Real Estate Negroes and all Other
property consigned to hin.
j. 4. BONNENAL, 81 Gravier st.
New Orleans. Aug3 1913. au3O
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RHFIJMATTsM

This is only Of than -four thousand cases of
Rheumatism that Dr. TOwnsend's SaYsannria nos cnya5
its extraordinary virtues. -
james Cummings, ESQ., of the assistants in the Lima
in the following letter: 94-At 'p0Ne" VI
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STORAGE FOR COFFEJ

STORAGE FOR COFFEE.
M n can axe storage floor second story in
dry and dark nsce, 49, 900 bags. Also in anotht
store iron 1000 to $1,000 bags Merchants having coffee
70 store VIII nd to their to call and examine our
Warehouses EMERSON, TOURNE & co.
apG I5S Tchoppitop Ia street
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MAGIC PRESS PRINTING OFFICE,
80 MAGAZINE Street, door GbOUe POvdraS.
n. EfFRcER. LEWIS A. MIDDLETON.
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DAILY CRESCENT.

How TO GIvR.-At missionary meeting among
the negroes in the West Indies, these three resolu-
tons were agreed to;
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CANKER IN THE MOTrTu

Below Is an account of another child saved DR. Town
sends sasapsla has saved tbs lives Of hoUsapds Of chill
number received this week.
n ~ ERw YORK, April ], 1s47.
Pr I011HssHG-Dear Sir: One of my children was very
SICK with Canker IN the Month and Throat attended with
great deby Ii came near dying. obtained some of your
exoeent medicine and cured directly for which suTs
you feel very grutsful YOuH, respectfully,
ELINABKTH EoRLER. n DasbroEaan At
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DIsSOLUTION

DISSOLUTION.
TTNHE C0PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing between
the undersigned in the AUCTION and Commission bust
ness Is THIS DAY dissolved by mutual consent.
J. O. PERSON is charged with the settlement of the
business OF the firm. J, Q. PERSON.
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SARSAPARILLA.
DIR. TOWNsEND's sARsAPARLLA,
WoMDFR .aND BLESSINe OF THE .aGE.

The Most Extraordinary Medicine in the World.
THIS EXTRACT Is PUT UP IN QUART BoTTLEs-IrI Is SIX
TIMES CHEAPER AND PLEAsANFEh, AND WAA-
RAHTED SUPERIOR TO ANY SOLD. IT
CUREs WITHOUT V0MTTIHG. PuRG-
ING, sICKENING or DERILI-
TATINa THK PATIENT; IN
HE great beauty and superiority Of this SaSapala over
all other medicines IS hat*whse It efadcaes the DIS
ease Il lnyigOrates the body. Il some OF the very best
SPRING AND SUMMER MEDICINES
Ever known it not only pHrifes the whole system and
strengthens the person, but 1t creates and Ich
blood power possessed by other medicine. And in
this lies the grand secret Of its wonderful Ii has
performed within the last five years. than 100 600
Of OF diseases at least 10 900 considered in
durable 1t has saved the Ves Of than 5000 children
during the two past seasons
10000 cases of General Debility and want of Ner-
vops Energy.
Dr. ToWngends Safsapara invlgoraes the whole system
permanently. To those who have lost their muscular energy
the excessive Of the PASSIONS and brought on
general physical pFotraon Of the system assude
want Of ambition fantng sensations, premature decay and
decline fastening towards that fatal disease Consumption
be entirely restored by this pleasant remedy. This Sasa
paIIla Is tar superior to any
INVIGORATING CORDIAL,
As renews and nvgorates the system activity TO the
limbs and strength to the musculsrsys IN most extra
ordinary degree.
CONSUMPTION CURED.
Cleanse and Strengthen. Consumption be cured.
bronchitis, Consumption, Liner Complaint, Colds,
S1tdfTA C9agAs Asthma Splitting of Blood, Soreness
Of tte Cbest Hectic Flash, Might SDeats Difficult
Fr2fHse E1pec0ratl0R Pam IN the Side &C. haze been
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i OsWhHUt lIlcnlgnn, Del. q, lS41.
DR.. 1oHoRSeHd-Dear Sir: purchased for nav wife t,yo
bottles Of saIsapaa Of agent, Mr. McNaiT of Kss
mazoO to try it for the Fever and Ague Before had finish
ed the inst bottle, appeared to warm the blood and every
other day, when the chs and fever appeared ey were less
yoent and before she had finished the bottle she was en-
tey relieved and she much better than she had hea
before she took the ague lady that had been very SEX
win onis and lever b1t had broke them with qunine and
exceedng with the agaseake, seeing the effect that ithad
on my We, sac sent and procured few bottles, and re-
MA u.s. without doubt uneqaelled in diseases incident to ne
use, you are at liberty TO use it as yon Choose " u
1oufs, respectfully, CHARLES Il. SWAIy
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EXTRA PAY.
THE undersigned fully prepared TO exeeute all naperz
81 Necessary to procure HREE MONTHS' -sStr.s
NJ EXTRA PAY ard collect BACK PAY ~=fsE
~ and EAT PAY due the heirs Of deceased -
Otiicem and soldiers who served in the late war
with Mexico Office in New Commercial Exchange directly
under Major Dashiell's office. VIM MONAGHAN
MO lms Late Capt. 60. F. 5th Regt. La Yolnntears
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The medicines issued BY The Grasfenberg COMPANY con
gst Of Series prominently adapted q TIE dl3ease oi VIC
they respectively recommended. Great dseFNte a az
tached to the Patent Medicine business by persons claiming
nRuersal powers for single given medicine II nor 9ny
idle but impudent TO aunt such doctrine m me lace q az
intelligent community L Is contrary 70 the very mist Pihc
pies of common sense.
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FOR YUCATAN
MILITARY GO0DS.-The subscribers have now on
4tA hand 400 U. y. RIFLES from Harper's -
Ferry q large supply of COLTS REPEAT TX
ENG PISTOLS six shoOters;l English BELT
PISTOLS, HOLSTER PISTOLS; also, low 1921
priced keyolyng Pistols, which, with a complete assortment
Of SWORDS, SABRES, Military Sashes and other Mill
tay Equipments they offer for sale low for cash al No is
ChaItIes street [Je22Hl HYDE Il GOODRICH.
nENMAN'S k0sENDALE CEMENT Landing
~ from Bark Lowell, for sale By
e& JOHN STROUD q Co las Cannon at
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d. Townsend, not having ssted his saxapara in cases
OF Fl OF conse never recommended it, and surprised
@ receive the following rom intelligent and respectable
Farmer of Westchestsr county
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BUSINESS CARDS.

III. JONES & LYMAN POTTER, .4ttornevs at
-. corner of CARoKDELET and HEvIA streets. NIL
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CRESCENT FOUNDRY,
No 50 CfiFOd ST., Men Orleans
sSTEAM anu FIR e ENGINES, Printing Presses and Ma
= chimney in General made and repaired satisfactory
manner.
81 Blass Castings and Patterns made to order.
mills A a. ZONES
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=, >, bIACA3NkLLIs ISLAND, Sept "a. l847
Or. IotonSend-Dear Sir 1 have suffered terribly for
nine years with the khsumatlsn considerable Of the time
could not eat sleep or walk had the utmost distressing
pains and my limbs were terribly swollen. have used four
bottles OF your saapaTa, and they have done me mora
than thousand dollars worth of good am 50 nob hsf
ter-Indeed am entirely relieved. You are al bev In sa
this for the benefit of the afflicted. YOun respectfully
- - JAMES CUMNIses
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Just received from the manufactures o
80 Mesn Nuns & Fischer, and A. H. Gal
~ ~ ia nj n q Co. lalge supply Of their supeno
= " PIANOS, in new style cases few witt
Coeman's oan Attachment, and IEes's Tuneabe Reeds
Please ca and examine. apo If
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Il
Dr. Townsenda Sanaparila is unequaed in cases of the
Ch and Fever and Ague The following letter Is opIv
Of the hundreds that we have received from the South and
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-04
GEN. TAYLOR IN CHARLESTON.


The Wing papers make erea. parade Of The
meeting Ct a potion OF The Democracy OF Charles
,oa ia favor OF General Tag lor-and the Repub
lican, IN az eIulling lone, asks upon what wc
base our hopes Ct carrying Inc Palmetto Stale .or
Gen Ca.s A few words, fortified w facts, will
explain.
No one car deny tina. Whiggery has scarcely
had focho!d in South Carolina. The Charles.
ION Mercury says.
awe are Democrats In South Carolina with
an unanimy which exis's 20 rn.fe else n the
Union. We are s. because liz principles OF The
Democratic parry are, in our opinion, mos, in &C.
cogdance with he rights 81 The South and OF The
Sales They arc VITA rs Is parry, on he
,rca, questions Of the Tariff n. iadepe,dsn,
Treasury, AMI United Safes Bank and on lnrer.
nal Improvements give M the only allies VIC
have rom ,hr Eoah and he West. They were
with rs on Ae g.ca! uianIph oi Texas aaneIa-
lion"
To which the .Hsmburg Is. c. Republican
adds:
"They Che Democratic par!y) are with Us on
the stea, qu":uon OF slavery, pp that i7c / lre
become dtsenttrGilsd by casting If tha, portion Of
he party al the Norm known as 3arpburners. or
! moro properly speaking Anti Slavery men. The
great Democratic parry OF The Union has at no
lime in us history presented so brieh, 'front.'
A! no time has /; been So uneYceplionable TO the
South. What are The facts, the real position Of
The party At this moment They have, by the
late proceedings OF The Convention a, Baltimore,
composed ofdelega,es from all paris OF The Union,
adop'ed he same nob'e platform on which we all
SO firmly Stood in 1914. Il we could then stand
on mat platform, and With united voice at The
Souih taVle Tor cur constitutional rights, why
should We now be divided, after that platform has
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TapLor Stool: &slop par d

The lberyille (La.) Democrat s'' !.
neral Taylor ha, any e1'rao!oins"
i, must be away from home, as y
beaien In his own town and ps''s"
One Of he laresa AID mos! e.,
seraolsse. ever collected IN ne 70
Cas-, AMI Butler IA iicatiOn nss'is. 10
ton Rouge, the residence Of Gen =
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FOsITIOh XII.
That he Is q mod ralt NhiY.

Tae frs uris en- evidence Of Genera Taylot's
change from his high no parry grounds 70 low
er one--lhai Of pary-was in lhr A Ilison letter.
Nor did this declaration OF change reach US m
Ill the papers throughout the country were blam-
in2 him l9r his declarations u no patyisu; ana
il was cviien, tha, II" "u,.ar;r,1u5' AMI "Spontr
xcous" IDEAS wee idle. The declaration Of his
Whissi.h representatives, and predictions atsuch
time was suspicious, 10 say the least Of Il. The
transition from no-partyism 70 Whissery wa a
gentle one, no, calculated 10 as;onish tie world
therefore, the General declared, Tam . Jhsg, but
mol an ultra Wig" Here The wfden evidence
rnases
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-04
POSITION XIII.
That h. is a.. ultra Ifhi9.

The gallant Haskell, whose ponica lis pro-
misses as much greatness and Usefulness as did
his military career, is man Of uniouited vera
city, and he tells us that, when in The army, be
",coded through mud and aoatcr" upon one occa~
siou ol the express purpose OF fio!ing out Gen.
Taylor's opinions-and particularly whether he
,Uos a rVaig; and that The General told him, alter
lile sotial confab THAT He WAS A VINO AND
A QUARTER ovEa"-which, We have every reason
10 believe, means an ultra Wing at least. Such
is The general Interpretation. For his discovery
The said Haskell deserves much credit, and he
doubtless will receive his reward. All person,
who deny ;ha, Zack said so, will have 10 accoun,
10 the Colonel or their uabeliei, and be is said TO
ha a perfcct IRE eater,
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-04
POSITION XIV.
That he riii not declare has dp,a,0as

b NJ. McConseY wrote 10 Gen. Taylor, ask
ing his opinions nfun certain great questions,
and got from he General The follow M, scny:
"In reply to yntsS enquiries | have 10 inform
YOU that have laid il down as principle scr
TO GIVE NY oPiHicss, or 10 PREJUDICE IN ang way
tho various questions o. policy now 2, issue tie
tween The political par'i:s OF the coun,fY. aor 10
promise what ! 1coiQd cr ,could not d., we're
elected 10 The Presidency Of The Uni'ed States
The General 4; ialsr period change. his cpl
Mons upon some Of the ''yariors questions"
which are a2iia,ing the country.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-04
POSITION XIV.
He LeciaTcs h1s f7,injDp<

Gen. Taylor, as we hive shewn, declare, MS
opinions in his lercr TO Allison upon The follow.
lug questions Ct great Importance, and which are
nov asi'aiing he country, Ohus Continuing his
Inconsistent declaraIicnsl: Isl. Upon The ygro
POWER p. The MEx,cAS WAR. Sd. The
CoEaUEsT or TERhroRY.-lll question. ]; H..
=, ,e, I;-alr ;r.o-a<, In ~, p.,,lo
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-04
POSITION vi.
That he mould prefer Henry Coy 70 all other
men for the Presidency.

men J0r he PRESIDENCY.
The gradua, and monraiul influence OF polii.
cal ambition in destroying affection ard love u
friends, ard making man selfish, is strlsingly
illustrated IN the correspondence al Ger. Tav-
lor. In the earlier stages Of his Interesting cor.
respunderce with ~ busy bodies OF The country,
we ind him expressing great admiration OF Hen
~ Clay. How the General loved him, NJ orc
could lel The extent OF his devotion was IN.
calculaied-bu, change came over him, his
friend. soon exhibited Clay As rival, and tn Cd
Genera! rcsolu,eiy refuses 10 withdraw, tho hen
~ CLAY be in the field. In hi. Insersoll letter. be
saws that in 1914, he "was decidedly in favor u
The election CT Mr.. Clay, and would now prefer
seeing him in that office 10 any Individual 10
the Union, certainly 10 myself"
POSITION VII
That he .ciu not qu,t the field for Harry Clay.
| The Iugerso leuer was written on the 80 Of
August, lS47 On the ooh OF April, 's45, in re.
ply 10 letter from the Editors oil the Republican
speaking Of MIR Clay, he says;
"Seconaly: IT IS NOT NY DESIGN TO wITHoa W
MY NAME IF hlR. Clay BE THE NOMINEE OF THE
I w 4NAliCSAL SoNfkSIlSS III MS COH'
neciiun beg permission oicmark, hat The sale
mens which have been SO positively made in
some oi lie Ncsic'u prins. 10 Tho c1ecl, that
should III Clay b. liz nominee Of tk Hh,s Ma
tlonat Co..rent,en, had stated I ,io1ld net saf
fer nv mans 10 Is used arc not correct, and hay,
No foundation in any oral or written remark Q
mine."
The General has grown ravenous, and will per
mil no one 10 drive him from the pursuit OF tn
Office, abon, accepting which he q, frs, fell 81
much modesy, he wished it conferred on some
5,dy else
| POSITION VIII.
That he i, oppos 10 tbs acquisition Of 'errit0r
BY conquest.
Upon this subjec, General Taylor has eniel
famed different opinions, as his letters will plain
ly show. In his letter 10 Allison, which may b
regarded as he one IN which he ventures 10 ez
press opinions, he says:
1.-THE principles OF cur government, as well a
iulfue policy, are opposed TO the subjugatiou