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the open country and defenceless paces tho levy OF
carries just war bAs . right make the euemy's
country contribute to the support Of his army, and
towards defrayns the charges Of the war; Thus ne
obtains part Of what Ia due to him; and the enemy
subjects, BY eonsenting to pay the sum demandsd,
have their property secured from pisgs; AID me
are uncontrovsrted BY any civilized nation In moder
times. The public Law Of nations. BY which they are
recognised has been held by our highest Judicial
ton'' In estate Of war, and binding on the U utsd
States WHILE In admir- atty ana maritime cases. 1t 10
often tie styerning rule It 10 IN Just var that =
contribute to the support Of his army Not doubling
that our late var with Mexico ON the part Of
the United States did not hesitate, when charged -
the constitution with Its prosecution to exercise
power common to al other Nations On Congress Vas
ouly informed Of the mode and extent to which this
mencsnent Of their first session thereafter.
Upon the declaration Of against Mexico, BY Con-
sress the United Sta we're entitled 70 al the rgnts
These rights could only Do dsnsndsd and enforced By
the rTesident whose duty IL was IS "comasnder-in.
chief 81 the army and navy Of the United states" -
In the declaring war; Congress provided Tor rails.
ing and money to enable the President ITO prose.
osts It to speedy and successful tsrmn.tion Con.
President to prosecute il according TO tn. Laws Of
lions - his guide. Indeed, It would have been i'm
prsoticsbs for Congress 70 have provided for oil the
The mode Of levy utributions must necessarily
be left to the discretion Of the oonQusror subject to b.
exercised however In conformity with the laws Of
tons II may be exercised BY requiring . gwen sum
or given smount Of provisioDs TO be furnished BY
the authorities Of captured city or provinces may
be sxercissd BY imposing INTERNAL tax, or tax on
the enemys commerce. vhsreby be may be deprived Of
his revenues, and these may be appropriated to the
use Of the coEqusrcr Tue latter mode Adop tad
BY the collection OF duties In tbs ports Of Mexico Ia
Hillary occupation during the late with thai
republic
So well established 10 the military right TO do th
under the laws Of nations, that military and nsva
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right to piundsr or levy constructions ON American
citissns or on American property.
MIR. STANTor-I should like to know whether the
government ofthe United States taking possession
of Vera Crus or any other part Of Mexico hsd not
right under the laws Of TO direct to be psid'
Mr.. VIrroS-Thst Is the very thing an taking
about VIII speak Of the COVER nment - sovereign
or copQueror
Mr. e. J. IrGERsoLL-Id did not mean to say anything
at presentt j merely wish to intimate that do not
subsc' bs to the argument Of the tsmsn from Ohio.
call attention TO tbs clause Of the constitution, and
which has been passed by the Court Of the
United Statss that soy the eighth section Of the
fIst article Of the constitution, viz: Congress has
power 10 declare war; grant letters Of marqus and
prissl, and make rules concerniog captures on land
and water have NO doubt Of the right to levy con-
tributions but you raise money this way, and
aispose OF It after wards!
Mr. VIrron said that he Wa speaking Of What the
Exscutiveiba- the right to do Tine Executive 90 the
cemnan dsr.in chief Of the army and navy, flor ON
military contributions the property Of the enemy.
That being the assumption In virtue Of HE power
the command der OF the American army, the question
arises vnom may military contributions bc levied
IL dops under the form Of Law enacted by the Pres
dent. When the Apder Of an American ship or
. neutral comes into Vera Crus she Is made to pay
contributions. he IL made to pay that which GA
only be sxacted from tho enemy Of the ooun-
Try Did the constitution ever authorize that
description Of property to 30 pundsssd! Ihs rrssi-
GIsst that Ills 20, the question arrives In monsrchi
cal country, nos In sIepublio But II the right to
r.. Of still IT. IL:
dent, "a the chief Of the army, has an
ondonbtsd right but when come to reg nlsts
iore'sn nations that. . matter Of oourss Ia here,
legislative power Duty commerce 10 tsx on
commerce. IL is with Congress- and not With the
s1scstlve department. of the government And, Be.
sidss IL 10 apparent misaks II the Prssi-
dent a. miitary ndeY duties In . foreign
country, he can Do anything hs pisa.es u iollov.
peace, and .os the peoples II foiows, - matter Of
coarse, thst be 10 depot, for szsrsiins the power
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Administrators Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given to all creditors and
others interested in the estate Of Horatio T. Kent,
deceased, that the undersigned has obtained FROM
the Clerk Of the County Court Of Pike Co. NO,
letters of administration OIL said estate, bearing
date the 18th July l849.
All persons indebted TO said estate are request.
ed to make immediate payment; those having
claims against said estate are notified to present
The same, properly authenticated, within one year
from the date Of said letters, or they may be pre-
cluded from having any benefit Of said estate 1
and if not presented within three years, they
will be forever barred.
TIC. FAGG, admir-.
July 10th lS49. 3w.
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citizens of the several States, is unauthOr-
azed, unjust and fraught with the most dam
gerous consequences to the happiness of the
people, and the stability of the federal Un-
ion.
ResolUed 8. That the doctrine is too well
established and acquiesced in by the Amer!-
can people, to be now questioned, that the
Representative is the servant and ShouLd
beg the voice ofhis constituents.
ReSoiUed4. That we will not give our sup
port to any man who is in favor of the Will
mot Proviso, and who will not oppose the
said Proviso by all moral, legal and consti-
t~utional means.
ReS0hced 5. That we love and revere the
Union of the States, and will maintain, de-
fend and perpetuate the same to future gen.
erasions. To do this it is necessary to sup
port the federal constitution and keep Con-
gress within the sphere ofaction, prescribed
by that instrument.
ResOired 6. That we cordially approve of
the Resolutions of instruction, adopted BY
the General Assembly of this State al the last
session thereof, and we believe they contain
correct principles and are based upon true
constitutional grounds.
Resotred Z. That the proceedings Of this
meeting be signed by the President and Sec
r~etaries and that a copy ofthe same be furn-
ished to the "Spriugfeld Advertiser" and
''Spring6eld Wing" for publication, and
that the metropolitan" at Jefferson City
be requested to copy the same.
The resolutions were read and unanimous
ly adopted, when on motion the meeting adj
journed sine die.
j. L. c. HUDDLESTON.
Chairman.
j. s. s: 6 G.spss' Secretaries.
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is still friUing to obey, tue power to which
be is i"dehte! for his official station, and
ready to stand up for his Country, the Con.
.stitu,irn, and the Union.
10. Resoiced, That it has filled us with
the deepest regret, to- learn that Austin A.
King, Governor of Missouri, has deserted
the banner around which he rallied in our
late political campaign, and that he has been
induced, by the operation of some "malign
influence to repudiate doctrines advoca.
ted by him in political spec chss which he
delivered during that campaign which
were reiterated in his Inaugural Address,
at the commencement of the last session of
the General Assembly-and which he sub
s~equently solemnly confirmed by his Gap.
prevail" of the Joint Resolutions passed By
that body on the subjec: of Slavery and the
Wilmot Proviso; and that he has, by his
W voluntary act, enrolled his name upon
the same list with, and placed himself upon
the same political platform occupied by,
Hale, Giddings, Wilmot & Co.
On motion, ResOired, that, the proceed
ings of this meeting be signed by the chair
mau and secretary, and published in the
Grand River Chronicle, and that the ed
itors of newspapers generally in Missouri,
without distinction of party, be requested
to copy the same.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
LEWIS M. BEST, Chan.
WIN. LENNON, Sec'ry.
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Administrators Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undsrsign-
II. APpleSerry. deceased. All person. ihdsbt-
ed to said estate are requested to make immedi-
ate payment, and all persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to present them,
properly authenticated, for allowance within one
year from this date, and if said claims be not pre-.
scented within three years from this date, they
will be forever barred.
June 9th l849.
HIRAM G. EDWARDS,
Public Admir-. Of Pike county, and ex-oficio ad.
ministrator of estate Of Frances H. Appleberiy,
deceaed.
Democratic banner., 1849-07-30
b. ungratefal to its maj sr, through whom

q -.
be ungrateful to its mater, through whom
its present editors acquired, and still hold
their position as editors of the Union. Il
would be giving up their situations to some
other imported free-soilefs, and ~sacri6cs
of the v~ery4bread upon which Col. Benton
feeds them. But its whole tone is changed;
this is apparent to the most casual reader
of that paper. Instead of its fres-soil doc
trines, 1t is now for nom intervention, OF the
Missouri Compromise line, the. very doc
trine in the Instructions Of the Legislature.
This change in tone and opinion would not
be Objectionable, but that this sheet, with
an ~impudence unparalleled, asserts that ie
has always advocated this doctrine, and
that the resolutions of the Legislature con-
tain something different-thst of disunion.
1t has changed, and Benton remains uu.
changed but it still supports him, trying To
keep out Of view bis odious votes and opin.
ions. ItfalseIy asserts that Benton did not
vote for the s'Wilmot ProSiso' when there
is the record before his eyeseontainine that
vote on a proviso moved as at amendment
to Clayton's compromise bill, by John Da.
Wis, of Mass, containing the identical Ian
guag4 of Wilmot's proviso-[ses Congress
%siOnal Globe, page lOO2]-and when this
p~roviso was afterwards attached to the Ore
Igon bill, on BentOn's motion and vote, he
dubs it the "Benton proviso." Itfalsely as
serts that he did not vote to give free ne
lgrOes and mulattoes the right to vote and
hold Office in Oregon, wher there is the vote
before his eyes. OF the motion Of Mr.. Hale;
of N. H., to strike ont "free white" Of the
suffrage clause ofthe Oregon bill, and there
by let in free negroes and mulattoes.-ESes
same page Of Congressional Globe.1
1t falsely asserts that Benton is in favor Of
the doctrine of non-intervention, when the
whole tenor of his Jefferson City speech; on
that subject, is in favor of the doctrine Of
the Wilmot Proviso, its very opposite, and
when Benton has not retracted one word Of
that speech, but has since declared that It
is TO remain as a perpetual record Of his
opinions on that subject. 1t falsely asserts
that Benton will vote against the "Wilmot
Proviso," while Benton himself when ask
ed if he would vote against it, replied: 81
MAKE No PLEDGEs-I GIVE NO BONDS" DO
these free-soil imported editors suppose that
they can gull old tried Democrats of Mis-
souri, by such a flimsey artifce as this?--
Do they suppose that a systematic course of
misrepresentation, and direct falsehood, will
take with the Democracy Of Missouri? Do
they suppose that the Democracy of Mis-
souri, are as stupid as they are themselves,
and cannot detect a az SO stupidity ~cotcoct-
ed, as not to hide its own naked deformity7
If such is their calculation, they had bet
ter sell out at once and 60 back to Pitts
burg and Peoria, where they may find more
gullible materials. J..
Democratic banner., 1849-07-30
Administrators Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the undersign.
ed has taken in charge the estate of John Hub
bard, deceased. All persons indebted to said es.
tate are requested to make immediate payment;
and all persons having claims against said estate
are notified to present them properly auihentica-
ted for allowance within one year from this date;
and il said claims be not presented within threa
years from this date. they will be forever barred.
| n. G. EDWARDS, Pub. Admir-.
|of Pike Co. and ex-ofAeio admir-. Of ]. Hubbard,
deceased. 85AoI
Pike Co. MO-. ~ July 1s4s. j.. sw.
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THE VOICE OF TANNEY COUNTY.

The following are the decided resolutions pass
ed6y a mass meeting of the citizens of Tanney
county, held in Forsythe on the 4th Of June last.
They breathe the true fire of the flint, and show
determination on the part of the people to sus.
tam their Representatives in their efforts to de.
lend the rights Of Missouri, and to resist the eff.
iort' Of ambitious politicians to transfer her po.
ltieal strength to the power that would crush her
tothe earth.
The meeting was published for weeks and well
aaended, and the rssOlutions passed withoua a dis
Sea'"g oOios. What a comment upon the course
Of Bentonl
ResolUed1. That the institution of Slave.
~ 10 secured by the constitution of the Uni.
ted States, and any action on the part Of
congress which tends directly or Indirect
yto atiect the rights of suchproperty with
OUT the consent Of the owners thereof. is
Soosrary to said constitution, is an unjust
discrimination against the Slave States. and
Mss = direct tendency to ALLEVIATE the afFec-
"o"s % Inc citizens Of such States from the
general government.
,ba .'sso.ssd 2: That a llterritory acquired BY
Sas govsfnuaent Of the United States, be.
Svngs, es the constitution declares to said
Ussss' = and to which territory the people
~ .ne severai States have the same priv.
-, tights and ~immunities therefore any
congress discriminating between the
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J. j. H. 4. GA1p~s11, Secretaries
MAKE WAY FOR A VOICE FROM LIV.
INGSTON COUNTY!

Thrice IGNORED be the indcmitable Democracy
Of the Grand River country! The people are
aroused to a sense of the designs of Benton TO
sell them to the North for the Presidency, and
speak like freemen who know their rights, and
knowing, dare maintain them. Read the proceed
ings, gentle reader, and ask yourself if those
people can every be sold for a mess of potage.-
Not a dissenting roice TO the condemnation If
Benton in a meeting published in the Chronicle
of that county for more than a month. The meet
ing was called to express the views OF the coun-
ty with regard to the Resolutions of the Legis-
lature and the Appeal and speech Of Benton.
From the Grand Rirer Chronicle.
Public Meeting in Livingston.
Pursuant to public notice, a respectable
number of the citizens of Livingston county,
Mo-, convened at the court house in Chilli
Gothic, on Saturday the 3Osh of June, lS49,
for the purpose Of obtaining an expression of
opinion upon the "appeal" Of Thomas H.
Benton, Zone of the delegates from the
State ofMissouri. in the Senate of the United
States,) from the instructions contained in
the Slavery Resolutions of our General As
sembly.
On motion, Lewis Nj. Best was called to
the chair, and William Lennox appointed
secretary.
Capt. VIM. Y. Slack, being called on,
explained the object of the meeting in an
eloquent and lengthy address, in which he
exposed the false position assumed BY Col.
Benton in his Jefferson City speech, vindi-
Gated the memory Of Thomas Jefferson from
the insidious imputations cast upon his fair
fame by the recreant Missouri Senator, and
advocated the constitutional rights of the
South, in a mastery manner.
At the conclusion of Capt. Slack's speech,
Thomas R. Bryan moved that the chairman
appoint a committee to draft resolutions for
action of the meeting.
DR.. Isaac W. Gibson, ofUtica, offered a
resolution, that the meeting adjourn until
the third Saturday in October next which,
on motion, was ordered by a unanimous
vote to be laid upon the table.
The chairman then proceeded to appoint
the committee, pursuant to the motion of
Mr.. Bryan.
The committee Consisting ofCapt. VIM.
Y. Slack, VIM. F. Peery, Jas. H. Darling
ton, Joseph Slagle, Able Cox, John Kirk,sr.,
Amos Bargdoll, John l.. Johnson,* and John
retired, and after a brief alb
sence, reported thro' their chairman, Capt.
the following resolutions, which were
read to the meeting.
On motion, the resolutions were again
read, and the vote taken upon each, sepa-
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u H. W. P. woorrrs. Justice Of the
Peace, will hold a "law day. in Louisiaas,
on Saturday, the 9TH Of August next.
July 9th, 1919. s o. ia
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For the Banner.

For the Banner.
Mr.. EDITOR: fave you noticed the change.
in the tone of the St. Louis Union in the
last few weeks, from what it was when Ben
toms "appeal'' and Jefferson City speech
made their app~earance' 1t is notorious
that the arrival of Col. Benton III St. Louis,
from his residence East, the change in the
Editorial management of the Union, and
Col. Benton's appeal were almost simulta-
neous;-all going to show that some great
move was ahead, and that they all had some
thing in connection. 1t is also equally no.
torious that the former editor Of that paper,
Samuel Treat, Esq, was uncompromisingly
opposed to The "Wilmot Proriso" and all
kindred measures: and that the present ed.
itors we're imported respectively from Pitts
burg, Pa, and Peoria, ILL.,; ard though but
little was known of their feelings and opin.
ions on the subject Of the WiErnot Proviso,
the strong presumption is, that they partook
Of the faint that almost unanimously perva-
ded the communities from which they hail
ed. But no sooner does the free-soil edit
ors get possession Of the Union, than Col.
Benton makes his appeal and Jefferson City
speech, denouncing the whole Democratic
Legislature Of Missouri as "a set of knaves
and fools"-the resolutions as tending to
misunderstanding that the Wilmot Pro-
viso is constitutional, that it is the "Jeffer-
son Proviso," and as inserted IN the Oregon
bill the "Benton Proviso;"-that he is OPP
posed to the further extension of slarery,
and that he will not obey the Instructions
of the Legislature, instructing him in favor
of the doctrine of non-intervention, but if
there must be Intervention, then in favor of
the Missouri Compromise line.
Forthwith, when this appeal and Jeffer-
son City speech make their appearance, the
st. Louis Union sets up the howl of Disun-
%ionists against the Legislature for instruct
ing in favor of the doctrine of nor-interven-
ton, or the Missouri Compromise line !;
lauds this Jefferson City speech to the skies;
endorses its doctrines on the subject of the
Wilmot Proviso; argues in favor of that
Proviso; declares that it is the jefferson
Proviso;'' that Col. Benton is Unsuitable in
refusing to obey the Instructions; and that
the doctrine that they contain, (non-inter-
~vention of course, for they contain no other
but an agreement to submit to the Missouri
Compromise line, for the sake of harmony, }
is the doctrine of Calhoun and the South
Carolina nullifers. But what is the course
of the Union since the Democracy has be-
come reused, and a storm of Indignation is
sweeping over the State, such as was new
er before known since Missouri became q
member Of the Union. Does it still advo-
cate the doctrines contained in Benton's|
Jefferson City speech, in relation to the
Wilmot Proviso? Not a word of it; but on
that subject is as blank as a white sheet of
paper. Does it give up Benton and bis JEFF
ferson City speech? Not it-for that would
Democratic banner., 1849-07-30

Thu Democratic State Convention of Maine
assembled at Portland OF the 18th of June, and
dominated DR.. John Hubbard for Governor.
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and cut the leaves Of new booksl Do we
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