The State guard., 1848-04-11
Correspondence State Guard.

WASHINGTON CITY, March 5u, loao.
 On the night before last we had a great French and Irish Sympathizing meeting, in Washington, at which speeches were made by Senators Cass, Hannegan, Allen, and others. Gen. Cass took occasion 10 correct the misrepresentations of the Na- tional lntelligencer, as to his views ot the condition of France, and the proprlety of the revolution. The Inteliigencer. your readers have probably learned, is Louis Phillippian, as well as pro- Mexican, and to bolster it's arguments against the revo- lutiop, quoted what Cass had written to the French Government before Louis Philippe essayed to abrogate the constitu- ton and abridge the rights of the French. Gen, G., in few words, set himself rgh' before the country in this connecticut Hannegan delivered speech full Of fire and enthu siasm, which, like that of Cass, was frequently interrupted with loud and long shouts. But the speech of the eve ming was that of Allen of Ohio, who' rep resenting, as he does, the spirit of the pro- gressive democracy of the age, was Jus' in his element in discoursing of the righ- teous necessity of this glorious French revolution. I never heard him so elo- quent as on this occasion, though for some wears past in common with most democrats in Washington, have regarded him as the most eloquent member of the Senate of the United States.
 Yesterday the President transmitted to the Senate the following nominations Dr. Martin, now Secretary of Legation to Paris, to be Charge to Rome; Elijah Hire of Ky, the most eloquent man in the State, to be Charge to Gautamala; and Mir. Appleton, at present chief Clerk in the State Department, to be Charge to Bo- livia. These are all newly erected Mis- sions. Martin, besides being an accom- plished diplomast, is a man of great learn ing, and one of the first political writers of the day. His appointment will be hailed by the country at large as most admirable and well deserved, if bona fide public ser vices should entitle one to promotion.
 While in open session, the Senate yes terday discussed Col. Benton's proposition to create Commissioner trips to Califor- mia, for Lieut. Col. Fremont, and two oth- CTS, not named, to pay the six hundred and odd thousand dollars, said to be due from this government, on account of expenses incurred by Fremont on his late expedi- tion. There will be more or less opposi- tion to this scheme in its present shape, l take it. Fr Fs
 The Taylor men of the North are be- ginning to follow the fashion of phunkey- ism at the South-organizing without dis. tinction of party. on condition that the General will continue to refuse to be the candidate of party, other than the Fay Tor party.l To, thisl end, in Maryland, a dozen noisy pseudo democrats (Tylerites at heart) and thousand whigs ready to be any and every mans men for spoils, are about to hold grand Taylor Convention. J. Hackle Wallis, Robert J. Brent, and Reverdy Johnson are their leaders-Wal. lis is a modern whig; Brent was recent. ly Tylerite, or Calhoun democrat; and Reverdy Johnson is Webster.federalsts. The two former are ardent and ambitious young men, who, finding dingling chance for promotion in the confidence of their former party friends, have gone a-fshing on their own hook.
 Johnson probably labors to secure re. venge for the manner in which conscience treated him at the recent no-party party meeting. He is more firmly set against Clay, it is thought, than against any one who can possibly be selected by our Con- vention. So he will bend his energies even more to distract the federal party of Maryland if Clay obtains the nomina. ton. r
 In New York, the proviso Democratic leaders having made up their minds to defeat the nomination of our Convention, are making preparations to induce their followers to rally on the General; Abijah Maan, Jr., having received letter from him in which he writes what they con- stiale into a virtual Wilmot Proviso pledge. Both these parties are ''operating" under the impression that he (cannot andy will not receive the federal nomination.
 Hilliard of Alabama, spoke to-day against "pasty," federalist like, finding the country repudiating his party whiggery, he now adopts the. n0-party cry. This was on the Oregon jurisdiction bill. 5A Calhoun, and Douglass of Ill.,, made speeches in the Senate to-day, on Aliens