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Mr.. Douglas and his Love OF the seas.

FlllInore ID thelr nrst ana Mr.. w epster thelr Be-
cond choice.
Mr.. Douglas and his Love OF the Seas.
AS in the event Of Mr. PIERCE's election to
the Presidency Mr. DOUGLAS will occupy an
important and controlling relation to the ad-
ministration, it is interesting to know the mea-
sures which hs will be likely to recommend
and the policy which he foreshadows. Fortu-
nately we are left in no doubt in this regard.
At the recent demonstration of defeated candi-
dates in this city. Mr.. DOUGLAS delivered him
self very fully on several matters in which the
American people are much concerned. MIR.
ORR, Of South Carolina, TO the edificntion of
the Great West, has eulogized Mr.. PIERCE for
his hostility to river and harbor Improvements,
and has announced to Pennsylvania that she
may expect to see the duties coal and iron
reduced" rather than increased" Mr..
DOUGLAS undertakes to vouch for the foreign
policy of the promised administration. Let US
look at it, We Will cite Mr.. DoUGLAs'S own
wurds
al hold that the Caribbean sea and the G ulf OF
Mexico are American wATERs, and should be
Esatsd Gs closed to the tzcltsior Of all Euro.
psan porers. The commanding position Of this
great Republic, which extends from ocean to
ocean, with peculiar interests in the various 18th
muses. of Panama, Nicaragua, Tehuantepec, and
every other thoroughfare across the continent,
quire. that should not only assert but main
tain this declaration. l will say, further, these
great principles of national policy can never be
carried out undera Whig administration. Laugh
ter and applause u
| -. H. I, &c ind oF
gress. Mr.. DOUGLAS invites us to a profuse
entertainment. A few weeks since the "Y Dung
Giant" laid claim to all the contiguous islands
on both sides of the continent. Now he pro-
poses TO occupy L couple of seas, and calls upon
the people to elect General PIERCE to the Pres
idency because WIG administration cannot
be brought to toe his saltwater mark.
All the readers Of Mr.. DOUGLAS may not re-
member that the Caribbean sea is portion OF
the Atlantic ocean which is bounded west by
Guatemala, east by the Caribbean islands, north
by jamaica ST. Domingo, Porto Rico, and the
Virgin islands, and south by Colombia. We
do not happen to own an inch of sod that borders
on it. Some Of the European powers" hap
pen 10 possess territory on the sea and us the
sea, and are supposed to have right Of way 10
20 and come, not only over the Atlantic ocean
in general, but over that particular portion Of
IT, Now we admit that 1t has not been the pol
icy Of the WHIGs to appropriate to the United
States the exclusive navigation " the Carib-
bean sea. The credit of this claim WAS reserved
Tor the leading spirit Of Mr.. PuRcL's prospect
i've administration. 1t required very fast man
to conceive the idea. and somewhat bold man
to express it; but Mr.. DoUeLIs has both speed
and courage.
The exclusive navigation Of the Gulf Of
Mexico is another branch Of Mr.. DOUGLASS
proposition. We have very fair line Of ter
rilory on the gulf and good right to the use
Of its waters, in common with all the other
nations Of the earth. Along the extent Of our
own possessions we have some peculisr rights
within the range Of cannon-shot. But Mr..
DoUGLAs thinks that no Vine administration
will be likely 10 set up an exclusive jurisdiction
over the Gulf Of Mexico, and insist on regard
ing it as a "clo.ed sea" TO all the European
powers. Therefore he calls on the American
people to inaugurate new era Of saltwater ac-
QUESTION, by the election Of Mr.. PIERCE to the
Presidency, in the light Of such councils as
these of his possible prime minister or senatorial
leader.
One word more: We regret that Mr.. DoUG-
LAS, in speech made under such peculiar cir
cumstances. should not have followed the e1-
ample Of General Casio say nothing u his
advice The remarks OF the General breathed
al. ,.,, 80 a. 81 n h. 10
man. To us it seems that the speech Of Mr..
DOUGLAS was credtabe to him neither a. gen
tleman nor as statesman. His idea Of an ex-
elusive American occupation 1.-THE Gulf Of Meri-
co and the Caribbean ser might have raised a
laugh in an extravaganza; but the language in
which he sssailed the Administration must raise
the frovns If all who concur in the sentiment
Of General Cas-, that in a contest Of principle
p,rtisanship should not descend TO scurrlity.
There must have been an enormous quantity
OF gall and venom generated by the late disap-
pointmcnts Of our friend; but the Wines ought
not to be held responsible f,r result that they
would gladly have seen different. Indeed, we
think that the Wines generally were in favor
Of Mr.. DoUGLA,'s nomination, under the i'm
preston that he would be the easiest candidate
to beat. We were not Of that opinion; but we
thought from the men who were about him,
and engaged in pressing his claims, that, in the
event Of his election, we should have an ad-
minisiration wonderfully economical, though
we had no idea that 1t would be so extravagantly
fond Of cold water as 10 insist on annexing two
whole seas TO our territory.
. | Great Sc oft Denomination Mt Louisville, Ky.
BY telegraph we learn that a large ScoTT
meeting was held at the courthouse in Louis
vile, Kentucky, on the 9th instant, over which
the mayor Of the city JANIS S. Sized, esq,
. presided Resolutions were passed endorsing
the Compromise, complimentng Mr. FILL
MORE, expressing confidence in General ScoTr,
, and giving the assurance that the latter could
: triumphantly carry the State. Several speeche,
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