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Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20

"aueeier 70 tne gather OF mighty multitude
Ios me var tnat TAILS IN secret to the din OF bat
tie a.ld TIT, shout of triumphant host-from the
sollYIy ~ iiie wilderness, to the satrap the
III yIIe-iipfh me mourner clad IN his sackcloth
10 u'e prince IN the purple rotes-from the knaw-
ing 81 ine."oTih that dIefh not, to the seraphic
vision OF ae oleSsed-from the still, small voice
70 1he thltsders OF omnlpotence--from the depths
OF osl to' me regions OF eternal glory-there is
no GeSreetoi beauty or deiornlty, no tendency to
good or evil no shades of darkness or CLEANS of
light WhiSh does not come within the coonizance
OF the Holy Scriptures; and therefore there is no
expIHsslotor conception of the mind that may
not Find a corresponding picture: no thirst for ex
celieace lftit here may not meet with Its full sup
ply i aud 90 condition o. humanity excluded from
The 1nlimlIed scope OF adaptation and sympathy
com prehelsied IN the language and spirit of the
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20
GREAT WING GATH ERING IN
NEW YORK.

One of the most enthusiastic meetings of
the Season was held at Vauxhall Garden Sept
Goth, and so dense was the crowd that or
stands were occupied with speakers at the
same time. Among the speakers we noticed
the name of Horace Greely-one who yields
a more potent influence than almost any other
man in the Union. We copy portion of his
remarks as peculiarly calculated to exert an
influence upon those who have not been able
to enter cordially into the support of Gen.
Taylor.
The call for Mr.. Greedy being persisted in
he said:
| trust, fellow-citizens, shall never be a.
fraid nor ashamed to meet a Whig assemblage
and express my sentiments on the Political
questions Of the day. And although / have
had no intimation till now that my presence
here was expected or desired / am the more
ready to answer your call since | have heared
the limitations, even from this stand, that
there was some mystery In my course to be
cleared up-some astounding revelation with
regard to it to be expected. And our elo-
quent friend from Kentucky even volunteered,
in his remarks, to see me personally and get
me right. If there be indeed any mystery in
my promises, | will do my best to dispell it.
But | have in truth nothing to reveal. | sta
ted in announcing Gen. Taylor nomination,
the day after it was made, that | would sup
port it if | saw no other way to defeat the E.
election of Lewis Cass. That pledge | have
ever regarded. | shall faithfully redeem it.
And. since there is now no other chance re-
naming any other than Gen. Taylor or Gen.
Cass can be elected. | shall henceforth sup
port the ticket nominated at Philadelphia, and
do what | can for its election.
Yet while frankly avow that / would do
little merely to make Gen. Taylor President,
| cannot forget that others stand or fall with
him, and that among them are Fillmore Fish
and Patterson with whom ] have bdtted for
the Wing cause ever since | was entitled to
vote, and to whom cannot now be unfdith-
/ full. / cannot forget that if Gen. Taylor be
elected we shall In all probability have a
/ Wing Congress; if Gen. Cass is elected, a
| Locofoco Congress. Who can ssl1 me to
throw away all these because ofmy objections
to Gen. Tayiorl
And then the question of Free Soil, what
shall be the fate Of that presume there are
some Free Soil men = Yes! Yes, all Free
| Soil ,'1-I mean those TO whom the question
of extending restricting Slavery outweighs
! all other considerations. | ask these what
hope they have Of keeping Slavery out OF
California and New Mexico with Gen. Cass
President, and Locofoco 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 adversarles
would rejoice to hear that you have resolved
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20
THE INTERESTING VARIETY OF THE
BIBLE

When the great Sam. johnson was asked why
so many literary men intldels, his reply was,
Because they are ignorant of the Bible" Ii the
question asked why the lovers of general
reading so often fail 10 acquaint themselves with
the contents of the sacred volume, one reason
that may be assigned doubtless is. that they are
not aware of Its interesting variety. This feature
OF the bible IS well illustrated by Mrs Ellis, In
the following elegant extract from her recent
work entitled the Poety of Life:
With est; blished ideas of beauty. grace.
pathos and sublimlty, either concentrated in the
minutest point, or extended 10 the widest range
we can derive from the Scriptures a fund of graf
itication not TO be found III any other memorial of
past or present time. From the worm that grow
els in the dust beneath our feet to the track of the
leviathan in the foaming deep-from the moth
that corrupts the secret treasure 10 the eagle that
scars above his eyrie in the clouds-from the wild
ass of the desert 10 the lamb within the shepherd
fold-from the consuming locust, 10 the cattle on
a thousand hills-from the rose of Sharon, to the
cedar of Lebanon-from the clear crystal stream
gushing forth out of the finty rock, 10 the wide
waters of the del1ge-from the barren waste, to
the fruitful vineyard and the land flowing with
milk and honey-from the lonely path OF the
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20

BEAUTIFUL ExTRAcr.-God has written upon
the flowers that sweeten the air-on the breezes
that rocks the flowers on the stem-upon the rain
drop that rerehe the sprig of moss that lifts its
mead In the desert-upon the ocean that rocks
every swimmer IN its deep chamber-upon every
pencllled shell that sleeps in the caverns of the
deep, as well as upon the mighty sun that warns
and cheers millions OF creatures that live in the
hght-npon ms works he has written, None of us
hVeth to hlmsef! And probably were we wise
enough TO understand these we DIS we should find
tnat there Is nothing from the cold stone in the
earth to the mnutest creature that breathes which
may not IN some way other minister TO the
happiness of some living creature We admire
and praise the power that best answers the best
end IoT which IT created, and the tree that
bears the fruit the most rich and abundant the
star that is the host useful III the heavens we ad-
mire the most
And is II not reasonable that man TO whom the
whole cIeatlOn, from the flower up to Tie spangled
heavens all minister-man who has power OF con-
terrIng deeper misery and higher happiness than
any beng on earth man, who can act like God
II he will; Is 1t not reasonable that he should live
ior the end OF iiying-not Tor himself but for 9th.
eIs!"
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20
WHOLE NUMBER 81

70 70 break al OIL from the Wing party and permit
yen. lass TO be chosen President with an ODE
| dent Congre s Z | cannot doubt it. And 7
cannot believe that wise or worthy course,
which my bltterest adversaries would GLADLY
mark ont for me.
vi Gen. Taylor's soundness on this cues
tion, feel no assurance, and can give none.
but believe him clearly pledged by his let
tiers to leave Legislation to Congress. and not
attempt to controll by his veto the policy of
the country. believe Wing Conprers will
not consent to extend Slavery, and that whip
President will not 90 to war with Congress-
ana the general spirit ofhis party SO believ-
lng:l shall support the Wing nominations
WIN "a view to the triumph of Free Soil, trust
ing that the dayis not far distant when an a.
mendment of the Federal Constitution will
give the appointment Of Postmasters and 9TH
er local officers to the People, and strip the
resident OF the enormous and anti-republican
patronage which now causes the whole polit-
ical acton OF the country to hinge upon its
residential Elections. Such are my views;
such Will be my course. / trust it will no
longer be pretended thatthe is any m ystery
about them.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20

All his life long he has served his country
a department Of the General Government.
snlarging and elevating him above the infiu-
ence OF mere politics. All his life long, from
lis youth now to somewhat middle age. the
! Iper time of mems life, he has been an observ-
er OF the fortunes, the policy, and the inter
ests OF the General Government All his life
ong he has been an equal associate with those
TreaE scenes; in all his intervals of leisure.
N MS winter evenings, his farloughs his re-
Irements from the sharper services of the
camp, he has been an observer, a student and
thinker upon the great National interests of
me land. He has learned them, sir, as Julius
Casdr learned astronomy, In the camp.
+ or all these reasons, | observe in him ex-
actly the ability you expect from the Chief
Magistrate OF the land. He is not to conduct
our diplomatic correspondence with all the
world; he is not to settle matters of interna-
uonal Jurisprudence; he is to execute firmly.
humanely and steadily the laws of the lands.
which Congress prescribes. He is to appoint
honest and incorruptible men to public office
ne Is to hold steady hand between this ma
tlon and foreign nations, observing honorable
all.
In all this l may be permitted to saw
hope without extravigance-that | have the
honor to regard him this day, in comparison
with any public American, pre-eminentlv
qualified for the station we call him. | at
least would rather give the flag of my country
to a man that carried it among the living and
the dead, up the sleeps of Monterey and a.
galnst the tremendous odds at Buena Vista.
than entrust it to that man of Kinderhook.
who carried out that radient standard, and
laid 1t at the foot of the English throne.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20
7. MOONEY, Esq,

u Gen. Taylor is designated by the Gov
eminent official paper as $ the would be civil
8 ian, the candidate inexperier ced, uninform-
- ed. wholly incompetent, inconsistent in his
"pledges, and no pledges, unsettled in his
"opinions, insignificant in the avowed course
g of his future Presidential action, with no
political history, with no political guaran-
g tees, every body's representative and truly
representing nobody"
From this sketch of man whose position
in history will be among the great names Of
the Republic, who is beloved by his country
men and respected abroad wheresoever the
fame of his deeds has reached-from this
sketch, drawn by the official pet from an Of
fetal point of view, we turn to another, which
the reader will probably find more truthful and
better done. We quote fuom a recent speech
by that eloquent son of Massa chusetts, RUFUS
CHoATE;
Sir, to say General Zachary Taylor is a
great and patriotic man, is to say nothing
Martin Van Buren, might say that off him, and
he has said as much again as that of him, in
a resolution which have in my pocket.
believe, upon all the evidence to which have
binary degree, the basis of an administrative
talent of exactly the kind you seek in the Pres
identiai chair. L believe, from all the eyi-
dence to which | have had access, that he is
thorough and quick In his decernment of men
reading character accurately, candidly. and
instantaneously. | believe that he combines
In an extraordinary degree, sense, judgment,
solid and strong qualities Of mind, of the old
Roger Sherman and Geo. Washington model.
l. l. IL {
/ business, In the best and largest acceptance of
that term-administering arge estare and a
/ great fortune with as much ability as Flor
ida or Mexican campaign. Again, from his
/ youth up-from the time he took up arms in
/ the service of his country-lIe has had an I'M
/ equivoca proof of superior character, in the
/ confidence he inspires, and the profound def
erence he receives without eXacting 1T, from
/ every human being who comes within his
reach. Add to that the kindness of his heart
kind as Nelson's, kind a.; Woman's-and
that tolerant humanity, and honest incorrupt-
ability, which he who knows would think no
more of assailing than OF putting himself
within the range of all the battlementS of Mon
/ terey, or the whirlwinds of the Gulf; all the
world may look upon him and say HERE is A
MAN,
| hear it asked whether he has the requisite
degree of political informal on and experience
in public affairs. Sir, l cannot help believe
ing that Gen. Zachary Taylor is destined, in
the hands of Providence, to illustrate the trutf
of that remark of that great observer, EDMUNI
BURKE: 4 have many times taken notice
that men not professionally trained in the de-
tails of public office, yet when called into
great stations have, by the mere force Of sim
pie discretion, conducted the affairs OF nations
with distinguished felicity and glory" L ex
pect the illustration Of that remark IN tn
eight years ADM nistration of Gen. Tay lor.-
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20
From the New York Commercial Advertiser

WAsHINGToS, Sept. 81, 1913.
The Barnburners having shown by satisfactory
evidence their ability defeat the Hunker or Cass
ticket in New York, and perhaps in Pennsylvania
Illinois and Wisconsin, the project of an armistice
begins TO be very seriously talked of among the
leaders of the former. The conditions of the
scheme are said to be that the Cass men shall a.
bandon the bunker electoral ticket In New York,
and unite with the Barnburners in support of Mr.
Van Buren, in return for which the Barnburners
are to cease opposing MIR. Cass in the three other
States named. The originators of this scheme
are confident that by means of il the thirty-six
votes of New York viii be secured 70 Van Buren,
and that if Mr.. Cass be not elected by the people
the election will, at least, be brought into the
House Of Representatives. have no doubt that
such project IS now IN contemplation, but there
are insuperable obstacles to its execution 1t NAV
be proposed, but it viii not be agreed to by the
radical Democrats. They will not forego agita-
ton in single State in which their cause has OBJ
tanned footing, no matter how great the promis-
ed advantages of such course
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20
S343,737,74

New FoLcASo-A volcano is stated to have
broken out at Awargura, an island III the Pacific
IN the Friendly Group, and about twenty miles
e. Of Navau. Violent shocks of an earthquake
have been felt al fayau, at intervals of fifteen
tw enty minutes, and other phenomena of volca-
nc eruption have been observed A gentleman
named Williams, visiting the spot few months
since, observed little above the sea-level, vase
crater from winch boiling lava issued in torrents
and spread over the neghboring plains, but such
was the violence OF the action that he was obliged
to return without having asceTtained the fate of
the unfortunate inhabitants.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20
The discussion then stopped!


We believe that, if the Taylor men, Cass men.
and Van Buren, men at the North all stand ND for
the Proviso as they did at the last session, (and
we believe they Wilt The new territories will soon
be organized as Oregon was Democrat
This is rich Cass men standing up for the
Proviso!! Here is the way Cass himself stood
up for the proviso at {" the last session." and also
the Cass men,
Mr.. Baldwin moved the following as an amend
ment to the Mexican Treaty:
Provided, that there shall be neither slavery
nor involuntary servitude in the territories hereby
coded, otherwise than in punishment of crimes.
whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted
Against this " Proviso," Cass himself voted -
This we suppose is what the Democrat calls
standing up for the Wilmot Proviso
Every WING from the free States voted for the
above resolution, and the following Northern
Cass men, against it:
Allen, Breese, Bright, Cameron CASS, Dick
inson, Douglass, Felch, Hannegan, Sturgeon
Reader, make your own commentator long.
MIR. DEMocRAT, with such voting, viii it take TO
organize the new territories as Oregon was?
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20

CITIES EAST AND WEsT.-Brooklyn, N. Y has
a population of about $4,000, and So churches
la proportion to the population, the churches
nearly two to one compared with New ork. AL
bany has population OF 46 900, Buffalo OF 5,0oO
Cleveland OF 1000, Detroit of 2O,OOO Chicago
of 10000 and Milwaukee Of 16OOO
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20
YAN BuRFN No,INAr1oNs ~ WIscoNsIn.

VAN buren, NOMINATIONS IN WISCONSIN.
The Van Buren, men Of Wisconsin have
nominated the following Electoral Ticket:
]. ID. Reymert, L. a. Tappan, E. b. Wolcott,
and David Giddings. blr. Codding, the abb
olltIOu lecturer, was nominated for State Su-
periutendent of Public Instruction, and Mr..
Crabb of Rock county, editor of the Demo
crat, was nominated for Congress. DIR. Stod-
dard Judd has been nominated for Congress
in the third district, by the same party.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20

How WILL 1HE RESERVE Goa--rhe Cincin-
natl Gazette says: g Some have supposed
that the Western Reserve would give major
itv for Van Buren,. We are convinced this is
a mistake. The Reserve will turn out ma
jority Of Thousands for Taylor and Fillmore
Mark that. The Lccofoco boilers are return
ing to the Cass ranks, thinking the Wings
sufficiently deluded to stay boilers, but they
will find themselves in gross error"
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20
BosTos. Sept. %.

We have full returns from Maine-the vote
stands for Governor: Dana 1915; for Ham
lin 80, 1898; for the Free Sellers 1865. In
the senate, ii Demo Gratis, Wings; In the
House, "A Democrats, So Wings, and lo
Free Sellers.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20

Loving and marrying for money,is like eat
ING an unsavory bird for his fine singing.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20

/. o. O. F.-The Grand Lodge of the u S, at
Baltimore, decided by vote of At TO "a, On Sat
urday evening" that the Grand Lodge of which
George h. Andrews is Grand Master, is the legal
Grand Lodge of the State of New York Viii
liam w. Dibblee, Joseph ID. Stewart, John ]. Da-
Wis, and James w. Hale took their seats, as rep
resentatives from this State,
The annual return of the Grand Secretary shows
great increase of the Order In the United States.
The revenue has increased 0 per cent Member
ship % Per cent. Relief Is per cent. Connecti-
cut, New York, Iowa and part of Florida have
made no report. We take the returns of last year
from these States, and add the increase as above
Number of Lodges in the United States, 1857
limitations, 35I32
Contributing Members I44323
Revenue of subordinate Lodges, SlO33.2
Paid Tor Relief of Members wild
and orphans S345, 1874
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CASS
IN CONFERENCE

Tn board the steamer America, yesterday, from
Buffalo, an enthusiastic Locofoco of our city. in
declaring his views to a knot of passengers.
said the basis of his predictions for Gen Cass.
that the General was opposed to the extension of
Slavery and IN favor of the principles of the VIII
mot Proviso One of his hearers, who happened
to be gentleman from Louisiana, replied, I'VE
are both CAss men, sir, but | see YOU are advoca-
ting his election on wrong grounds. 1t cannot be
that Gen, Cass is in favor of the Wilmot Proviso
His Nicholson letter forbids souch a conclusion.
In my State sir, we ground our hostility to Gen.
Taylor on the fact that, by the terms of his first
letter to Captain ALLISON. he stands pledged to
approve bill applying the principles of the VIII
mot Proviso TO the Territories OF New Mexico
and California
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20
THE BEE.

Providence, that delights in spreading benifi-
cence as Wei beauty all creation has wisely
formed the bee as an humble but active and unit
rlng agent, IN gathering uptor the most important
purposes and converting 10 the most valuable use
the scraps and fragments of nature which would
otherwise be scattered by the aviewless winds
and spread through the ambient air" She has
adorned the song of the poet pointed the tale of
the mora4Ist and furnished rood TO the hungry in
the desert Virgil calls the bee ray OF divinity
Plutarch pronounced her magazine OF virtues
Qunulan asserts that she Is tie greatest of geo
rnetrlclans; and Watts, by calling In poetry to the
aud OF morality, has rendered her figure the means
OF interest improvement, and delight to many d
youthful mind. Philosophy has stopped to exam
Ine her habits and to watch over her haunts She
has presented the models science and called forth
the attention OF scientific men by her the husband
man Is cheered when sitting i'll his cottage garden,
III his evening reflection on his day of toll; and in
Whatever light she may be viewed there is none
who can declare that he has interest in her ways
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20
EMIGRATION TO WEST-WISCONSIN

Mr.. Mooney, who is organizing a society
to direct his counuymen to happy homes in
The " est, hands US the following interesting
letter for publication:
Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-14
LIBERIA.

The following letter will be interesting to all the
friends of Colonization and the infant republic OF
Liberia, indicating the success of President Ro-
berts in procuring from Lord PALMERsToN the pro-
mise of immediate recognition of the new State
LONDON, SEPTEMBER G, ls4S.
Roberts has had an interview with Lord Pameston in
pany with Dr. Hodgkp, who says there shall be hesitation
in acknowledging the sovereignty and Independence of the
Republic Of Liberia He says M Roberts need not here
let him go Paris, Brussels, and Frankfort and make
rangemens get his country acknowledged by France, Bel
gum and Germany and when he back to London ht
will find all things arranged for him here.
Lord p told Mr.. R. that he would Immediately apply tc
the Board of Trade make up draft of treaty Of alliance
and commerce, and if he has occasion to communicate witt
him he will address him through DIR. Hodskin. Nothing
could exceed the courtesy and kindne of his lrdshp who
appeared perfectly familiar with Liberia, its origin, progress
and present condition He appears to appreciate duly,
manifested great desire promote its prosperity. Comno
dore Hotham the British commander Of the African Coa
Squadron, has written very fully and very ayoraby Of Lbe
ria the Government and Lord p has acquitted his nforma
ion from this and other So you there s pro-
liability OF this republic being Acknowledged by Great B
tain long before will be by Government which very
dscreditabe to France, Belgium, and Germany will
doubt initiate Great Britain.
Ever yours, most faithfully,
GERARD RALsToN.
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