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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-07
DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN CHESTER
YIELD


All large meeting OF Democratic Voers OF
Chesterfield county, held al Otter Dale, on Sa!ur-
day, the first day Of January, l64S;
On motion, u Fl. Brooks Esq, was called to
the Chair, and d. B. Hancock appointed Secte.
taTy.
The Chairman having fully explained the de-
sign of the meeting it was unanimously
Resolved, That thirty delegates be appointed to
repiesenl this meeting, in the Convention 10 be
held at the Court House OF our county, on Mon
day. the 81 instant, for the purpose Of selecting
a Candidate for the vacancy in the General As
sembly of Virginia. occasioned by the resisna'
lion of Hon. John w. Jones.
Whereupon, the following gentlemen were APP
potnted 10 wit: Mark F. Flournoy, Alexander
Sims, Benjamin w. Gales, Richard Goode, VIM.
Winirce, Thomas Gibbs James (. Bass, VIM.
A. Marin, James FL. Spears, John Goode, John
w. Lester, Sam J. Morriss, l.. L. Lester, VIM.
P. Cheatham, John Fl. Chealham, Aaron Purdie,
Francis G. Hancock, Joseph Goode, Richard ~
Thweal, Thomas Blankenship, DR.. r. B. Hob
son, James F. Flournoy, Pleasant Bowles,
David Goode, A. Fl. Branch, John f. Flournoy,
Robert Bass, Egbert I. Bass. Richard D. Chea-
than, d 3. Goode.
On motion, Resolved, That the Chairman be
added 10 the above delegation.
And then, on motion, The meeting adjourned.
Z. n. BROOKS, Chairman.
D. B. HANCOCK, Secretary.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-07

We learn from the Baltimore American that
Mr.. Clay, on Monday, came no farther than
Marlinsburg, Va, "having yieided 10 The pressing
solicitations oil a committee Of lis ciizens 10 spend
day with them" He was expected 10 reach
Washington last night. /! would be "cauion"
10 see the elongated phizes O: some of the late
Clay, now Taylor, Wings in Washington, when
they shall be in the aweinspiring presence OF the
great "preferred," gel repu1ialed, Statesman OF
the West! Some of the "Henry Clay Wings"
will find it difficult matter 10 satisfy him, why
they should have postponed The Presidential
claims OF Henry Clay himself TO those Of any 9TH
er man,
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-07

Wepnblish the following from The Pennsylva-
man. as calculated to throw some light upon
subject, in which The public takes painful iD,e-
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-07

We have been favored with The following first
No. Of series Of short papers on the Great
West which, we have no doubt, will be full OF
interest, for they are the fruits Of an enlightened
mind and praclised pen. We publish them with
great pleasure TO extend the knowledge oil our
great and happy country-but we are bold enough
to believe that our own Virginia has advantages
which, if properly improved, offer abundant IN
ducemenis to her sons to stay at home and aid IN
The development OF her high destiny
For THE ENQUIRER.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11
Gen. Cass and the Neutral Press.

The following article from the New York
Atlas is so Just in all its sentiments, and so
truthful withall, that we take pleasure in
transferring it to our columns. The Atlas is
neutral paper, and therefore free from all
partizan bias:-
GEN. LEWIS CAss is prominent candi-
date for the Presidency. He was put in
nomination as such, by convention held
in the city of Baltimore, and has consented
to run for that office. 1t is not known we
believe, that ne adopted any disreputable OF
unmanly act to obtain the nomination. As
soon as it was awarded, he retired from the
Senate, returned to the bosom OF, his family;
in Detroit, and there he waits the decision Of
his countrymen. He has not invaded the
rights of any one, or the rig hts Of any party
but Ut has simply consented to become the
President of the United States if the people
shall think fit to elect him.
Prior to his acceptance of the nomination
with the exception of the abuse that was
beaped upon him because of the position! hi
assumed in reference to theOregon question
and the Mexican war-he was not assahee
or or abused by any one. On the contrary
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11

he was a favorite with almost all parties; SO
highly esteemed was he, when he was in
the Cabinet of Gen. Jackson, tLat be was
regarded by the then opposition as minister
who actually relieved the Administration
from portion of their hatred. He was
eulogised by the opposition Of those times;
and by the New York Courier and Enoui-
rer and several other influential papers, was
deemed the best man the opposition could
select as its candidate for the Presidency.
Gen. Cass has already passed through
the vista of three score years and upwards;
and never, during that long period, with
but single exception, has his good name
fheen assailed. -Inrthe year lB3B, soon after,
the. ,defalcation of Swartwsut, and others,
LitWas charged that be too was a defaltsr,
Fto the amount Of eight bundled fhSusaL d
dollars. He was Ia France at the time, and
of course had no means of defending him
self. And ere he could have made a de-
fence from the other side of the ocean, the
infamous story of his defalcation had refu-
ted itself, and left its calumnious authors to
blush for their own falsehood and infamy.
A purer, better, undetermined man
than GEN. LEWIS CASS, we do not be-
lever ever lived. You may take his pri-
yate history, from infancy to manhood and
from manhood to old age, and you shall
not find in it spot worthy of reproach
As for his fitness for the Presidency, no
mortal man. we fancy, doubts it. His tai
ents, all the world will admit, are of the
highest order: his experience has been vast;
his pstriotism is undoubted, as a man. he is
frank, generous, bold. and open handed; as
a Statesman, he may be ranked with the
ablest of the age. 80
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11
Gen. Cass and the Presidency.

If q Taylor nan whom you have here.
tofore heard speaking against the war. ard
all who fought its battles, asks you why
you intend voting for Gen Cass, give him
The following answ ers.
lst. Will vote for Gen. Cass because
he drafted the law under which Aaron
Burr was tried for treason to his country
I'd. Because Thomas jefferson, the great
democratic apostle, upwards of forty years
ago, had confidence sufficient in Levi.
Cass 10 make him Marshall Of The then
territory of Ohio.
Sd. Because Lewis Cnss, in the last war
with our implacable enemy. Great Britain,
was the first man who entered Canada; and
had his wise councils been adopted. the
British provinces might now form an In
tergal part Of our glorious federation.
4th. Because Lewis Cass has proved
himself an able negociator, inasmuch. as
he completedstwenty-one treaties with the
Indians, none Of which have ever been
disputed by that wild, wandering, and it,
donnitable race.
5lh. Because that grea and good patriot,
Andrew Jackson, initiating his illustrieus
prototype, called Lewis Cass to the coun.
ellis, by making him Secretary Of war.
9th. Because Lewis Cass, when our
Minister to France, circumvented and an
nihil ated the schemes Of our invetera'e foe,
when the quin.uple alliances were found
under the influence Of Great Britain, which
would have left our shipping at the mercy
Of the English cruisers, and would have de-
prived us Of our rights 10 the highway Of
nations. -
7th. Because Lewis Cass, in the cele.
brated discussion of the Oregon question,
boldly, fearlessly and honestly advocated
our right Of territory up TO 81 40, notwilh.
standing the intimidation Of the emssaries
of England.
9Th. Because Lewis Cass is the ca ndi-
date Of that party which has always been
the consistent advocate of human rights,
of freedom Of opinion and of liberty Of coE-
science.
9th. Because that party has guaranteed
10 adopted citizens the same rigl t., protec.
tion and privileges which it has and does
10 citizens of native birth: and because it
scattered to the four winds Of Heaven the
odious alien, gagging, and sedition laws.
10th. Because, as Lewis Cass will be
elected he will not submit TO
the foreign dictation Of Great Britain, but
will, if that naughty and overbearing pow
er dare insult our country, take ample ven-
geance upon her for all the wrongs she has
inflicted upon the human race in every
quarter of the globe, and will ignominious.
ly expel her from the shores of this conti-
nent; thus offering an opportunity to the
Irish nation to recover its long
lost nationality.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11

looked upon his frame, 1.-THE yet firm as
iron, athletic yet graceful, with eyes Of
envious delight. Il ruth to say, John Bpny'
ton had Enever impaired fine develope'
ment by any useful employment, or any
elaborate attempts at book knowledge. lie
knew all that. was essential for the times,
or the mode of life which he had adopted.
and further he cared not. His great pow.
err consisted in a passionate yet steady
will, by. which all who came within his
sphere found themselves bent 10 his purpo-
ses. .-.--
T The Pilgrims even, unflinching and un-
compromising as they were, felt the spell
lef bis spresence,a md were conlens .sparns
10 prosecute, and set a price upon the head
fof amani whom they could not control.
Yet for all this John Bonyton died quietly
in his bed, no one daring to do him even
what the la W would justify. He slept in
perfect security, for he knew this, ano
knew, too, that the woods were alive with
ardent and devoted adherenls, who would
have deluged the soil with blood had but a
hair Of his head been injured. The Saga
more of Saco was no ordinary man; and
the men Of these times, remarkable as they
were, felt this; and hence it is that even 10
this day his memory is held in remem-
brance with an almost superstitious awe,
and the people point out barrow where
lies the ashes Of the "Sagamore," and show
the boundaries of his land, and tell marvel
Gus tales of his hardhood and lf,posses-
sion.
They tell Of 4 time when price had
been set upon his head, how, when the peo-
pie were assembled in the little church for
worship, JOIN Bonyton walked in with
gun in hand, and stood through the whole
service, erect and stern as a man of iron,
and no one dared scarcely look upon him,
much less lift finger against him: and
how he waitod till all had gone forth, even
the Oracle Of God, pale and trembling, and
then departed in silence as he came. Sure.
ly there was greatness in this-the great
ness of Napoleon, needing but field ior
its exercise.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11

. r.- CHAPTER I.
Land Of the forest and the rocks
OF dark blue lake and mighty river
or mountains reared aloft to mock
The storms career, the lightning's shock
Ny own green land forever.
: - WHITTIER.
Never was country more fruitful tl.an
our own with rich materials Of romantic
and tragic interest, to call into exercise the
finest talents of the dramntist, and novelist.
Every hendland and cliff has its aboriginal
legend; the village, now thrifty and quiet,
had its slaughter and conffagrntion, its tale
Of devoted love or treachery; while the city,
now tumultuous with the pressure Of COM
noerce, in its ''day of small things" had
iss bombardment and foreign army, and
its handful Of determined freemen, who
achieved prodigies of single handed valor.
Now that men are daily learning the
worth of humanity, its hopes and its trials
eeming nenrer home to thought and affec-
tion; now that the complicated passions of
refined and artificial life are becoming less
important than the broad, deep, genuine
manifestations of the common mind, we
may hope for bold and more courageous
literature, we may hope to see the drama
free itself from sensualism and frivolity,
and rise to Shaksperian dignity Of true
passion, while the romance will learn bet
tor it, true ground, and will create, rather
than portray-delineate rather than dis
sect human sentiment and emotion.
The State Of Maine is peculiarly rich in
ID historically romantic associations.
Settled as it was prior 70 the landing of
the Pilgrims. first under Raleigh Gilbert,
and subsequently by Sir Ferdianando Cor
ges, whose colony it is fair, in the absense
Of testimony, to infer never left the coun.
,sry after 1916, but continued to employ
, themselves in the isheries,. and in some
commerce with the w est Indies, up to the
time of their final incorporation with the
Plymouth settlement. Indeed the cores
uondeuce of Sir Richard Vines, with the
Governor of Plymouth, leaves no doub
upon this head, and it is q well known
fact that the two settlements OF Della lou'
nj the mouths Of the Penobscot and kene
bsck rivers, even at this early age, wer'
far from being contemplate, both IN
commercial and numerie point OF view
added TO these was the handful of jesuits a
Mont Desert, and we might say a'eolonJ
az Swedes on the sea coast, between the tws
large rivers just named, the memory o
which Is traditional, and the vestIges o
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11
The Parting Of Summer.
NJ MRS. .HEMANs

4 EY MRS. HEnfANS.
NJ warn ksnls;ss ny roses,
2lsd e1lnmsz lsss thesxsll
1Ac1ss singing thy last melodies s
h every wood and dell. -.
Bat in the golden sunset
ofthy latest lingering day,
Oh! tell me DER this chequered earth
How thou hast passed away.
Brightly, sweet summer! brightly
Thine hours have foated by,
To the joyous birds of the woodland boughs-
The rangers of the sky:
And brightly in the forests
To the wild bee, bounding free;
And brightly midst the garden flowers,
To the happy murmuring bee.
But how to human bosoms
With all their hopes and fears;
And thoughts that made them eagle wings
Ts pierce the unborn years7
Sweet surmcr! to the captive
Thou hast flown in burning dreams
I
And the blue rejoicing streams:
To the wasted and the weary,
On the bed of sickness bound;
In sweet, delicious fantasies,
That chanued with every soand ..
To the sailor on the pillows,
In longing wild and vain
For the gushing founts and breezy hills
And the home of earth again.
And unto me glad Summer!
How hast thou flo wn to me7
Ny chAinless footsteps nought have kept
From the haunts of song and glec.
Thou hast hown in wayward visions,
In memories of the dead
IN the shadows from troubled heart,
Der sunny pathway shed;
in brief and sudden strivings,
To fling weight aside:
Midst these my melodies have ceased,
And all thy roses died! @
But oh! thou gentle Sunmer!
lei greet thy flowers once more,
Bring me again thy buoyancy,
Whvrewith my soul should soar!
Givs mo to hail thy sunshine
With song and spirit freei
Or in purer land than this
May our next meeting be!
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11

~The Louisville Journal, in commen.
ting on Gen. Cass's Nicholson letter,
says: .,e.,.
"What then has the southern slavehol.
der to expect from the election Of Cassf
According to his ,isws, it is impossible
that any Of the new territory can be slave
territory"
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11

GA conntrymen taking his son to be
baptised, the parson asked what was to be
his name.
Peter, my own name, may it please your
reverence
.Peter that is bad name, Peter denied
his MASTER
eWhat then would you adviser
eWhy not take the name Of Joseph?'
Joseph! ah! Joseph denied his mistress!'
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11

ITS moving tale,' as the bull dog said
when he looked behind and saw it wag.
ging.
Query.-Can q tail be tail when it is
,caggim'?
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11

F Bayney said, in reference to several
persons, all relations to each other, but who
happened to have no descendants, that 1t
seemed to be hereditary in their fpmily 10
have no children
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11

ffNs paper viii be ediscontinued until all ar
rsaeages are paid, except at the option of the
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11
CHAPTER I.

Br ELIZABETH oAKEs SMITH.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11
TIE SYCAMORE OF SACO.

A L EG END OF M AIN E.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11

CHAPTER I.
Land Of the forest and the rocks .. .
OF dark blue lake and mighty river
or mountains reared aloft to mock
The storms career, the lightning's shock
Ny own green land forever.
WurTTIEp
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11

ess and spring..
ed one of an Arab
blood Her brow
pd narrow, m with
beneath which
o intense restless
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-11

upon skins,@ap-
been mistaken for
o draft Of air caused
hd fall, showing it
chair. Yet SO mo-
so still 4 tiny moe
tbie, and the hue
pyerin,g, that all.
tfii.. - 49,,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-10-06

c0uniry TuosE THEREFORE WHO THINK rs 20, that
its future welfare Is III great degree dependent upon
the success OF those great principles in the admins
traton OF the Federal Government, which we have
hitherto espoused and in the respect to which the two
great parties OF the country have for years been dvid-
ed, CANNOT am SURE, FAIL To MERGE MINOR con-
SEPARATIONS iY SINCERE AND rNnl>Gui>rir EFFORTS 10
PROMOTE rnE SUCCESS OF THE CANDIDATES Of TnL DEM
oCRATIC PARTY.
Having now slid all that the occasion calls for in
regard TO the general objects OF the meeting must
be INDUCED IN few parting words to the heart
Never before has public man been houorcd by the
supprt OF truer, irlner or more dsintcrested friends
than they have been TO me. In prosperity have
scarcely known where to find them in adversely
they have been with me always. Through evil and
through good report, have found the masses OF the
New ork Democracy the same unubtrtisvc, but
unshrinking friends. The happcst, BY tar the hap
pest day in my whole political career was that on
which on my return from Washington. they met me
Oh the Battery III the midst OF n storm OF wind and
rain, which would have kept tair- weather friends at
home, aud extended TO the, private citizen like
themselves, their hard hands and opened their honest
hearts in "A welcome cordial ns man ever received
from man They need no assurances to satisfy them
that shall be forever thankful Tor their unsurpassed
devotion to my wcarc-they know that can never
cease to cherish with grateful rCCullcctuus the honor
ed relation OF Representatives and Constituent which
has existed between Us Tor 50 long. In such varied
form and which l. now forever closed
lhave the honor, gentlemen, to be very
Respectfully, your friend and ob,d't serv't
NJ VAN buren,.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-10-06

worthy Efforts to decorate the roads and streets
with shade and ornamental trees. We feel con-
strained 10 say, that there is still much room for
improvement. The public squares if we may
be allowed freely to express our mind, look dis.
gracefully shiftlcss. The battery one of the
finest spots in town, and which ought to be pro-
tectcd sheltered, and shaded by the largest and
hardest productions Of the forest, is left as bald
as rock Dunder.
In street planting, there is one short row of
trees near Burlington bank which we can re-
commend as a model. We venture to say,
more beautiful trees are not to be found in this
town. There were set out by Mr.. Barstow,
four years ago under the special direction Of
Mr. Cole Cashier of the bank. Let any one
look at those trees, and Judge for himself, wheth
er better species could be chosen for such a
locality. For the avenues to the town, we
think trees ola larger natural growth would be-
preferable. The ems near the grounds Of Capt
Lyon, on college street, we think a judicious Sc
lection. And we recommend, a matter of
TASTE that in all cases. the whole line Of trees
on both sides Of the entire length of the same
street, should consist of the same kind of trees.
We award the highest prize for nurseries to
David Read Esq. OF Colchester
J. TORREY for Committee.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-10-06

was their duty TO 90 for him and far from
being disappointed or m rtliled. should hail the
result with Joy.
Under the general authority thus given to
these gentlemen. | shall deem whatever state.
ments they may have made to be right, and pro-
per and confident of their integrity, and in the
sincerity Of their friendship. shall sustain them
without qualification. |. thcrciurc, take upon
my own shoulders the responsibility Of the acts
OF the Louisiana delegation in tie convention.
and am prepared TO stand by the consequences,
in their length and breadth. regret exceed.
ingIy that my friends in Baltimore, whom YOU
represent, should thus misunderstood the course
pursued by the Louisiana delegation in convcn-
ton, and should have imagined ] had abanC-
oned the position held in my published letters
on this subject.
feel bound 10 respect the opinions of those
who honestly dilnr from me, and while feel
conscious of no change OF feeling. or inconsis-
tency on my part, comet expect or desire that
any of my friends, whom you represent. should
do violence to their own sense Of right and
wrong, by supporting my election, while they
believe have changed my poIitlca! views.
| ask no man. be he Wing or ID ,mocrdt, or Ma
tive American, for his vote. take every Ameri-
can citizens interest in the welfare oi his conn-
try to be as pure and as deep as nay own. and
have therefore no right, and certainly no desire,
TO influence his action in the exercise of the i'm
porant duty OF voting for officers of his govern
m.nt. With due respect &c.
Il. TAYLOR.
To Mcssrs Chas. II. Philips, Jno W. W ak
err, Thos Ii. Alexander, and others.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-10-06
ELLINGTON FREE PRESS FRIDAY MORNING October G. 1913

aud to whom cannot how be unialthtul.
cannot forget that if Cen Taylor be elected we
shall in all probability have II Wing Congress;
u Gen. Cass is elected, l.ocoioco Congress -
w no can ask Inc to throw away all these, be-
cause of my objections to Gen. Taylor?
And then the question of Free Soil, what
shall be the fate of that presume there are
here some Free Soil men. Eyes yes all
Free Soil! | mean those to whom the qucs-
tion of extending or restricting Slavery out
weighs all other considerations. ask these
what hope they have of keeping Slavery out of
California and New Mexico with Gen. Cas-
President, and n Iocotoco Congress have
none. And appeal to every Free Soil Wing
to ask himself this question -" How would
South Carolina and Texas wish you to vote "
Can you doubt that your bitter advcrsarics
would rejoice to hear that you had resolved to
break off from the Wing party and permit Cen
Cass TO be chosen President, with an obcdlcnt
Congress cannot doubt it. And | cannot
believe that wise or worthy course, which my
bitterest adversares would gladly work out for
me.
OF Gen. Taylor's soundncss on this question,
| feel no assurance. and can give none. But |
believe him clearly pledged by his letters to
leave legislation to Congress, and not attempt
to control by his veto the policy of the country
believe n Wing Congress will not consent to
extend Slavery, and that Wing President will
not 90 to war with Congress and the general
spirit of his party.
So believing, shall support the Wing nomi-
nations, with view to the triumph Of Free Soil.
trusting that the day is not far distant when an
amendment OF the Federal Cunstit tuition will give
the appointment of Postmasers and other local
officers 10 the People, and strip the President Of
the enormous and anti.republican patronage
which now causes the whole political action OF
the country to hinge upon It's Presidential Flee
tons. Such are my views such will be my
course. trust it will no longer be pretended
that there is any mystery about them.