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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-07

Mr.. AIKEN DEFINES HIS PosrrIoE.--The Hon.
William Aiken, of South Carolina, the last and
most formidable competitor of Mr.. Banks for
Speaker, publishes the following card in tn e
Washington Globe -
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Feo 4, 1855.
DEAR SIR observe in the Globe OF this ming note
appended by Mr. Barclay to his remarks Of Saturday In
which my reply to Mr. A. X. Marshall, Of Kentucky. Is
Mr. Marshall and his recoisctioD concurs with my vn,
that the following is the substance Of bis question and Of
Mr.. Marshall's question"Are you hostile to- or have
you ever denounced, the American partyf'
My answer was-"lt is not my habit to den,unce
in the American party, though not membe: of il my
self"
Let me request You to publish this note the GLOBE OF
TO morrow. Respectfully yours, WILLIAM AIKEN.
JOHN G. RyFs, Esq
This is satisfactory as far as it goes, though
it does not cover the whole ground Of Mr.. Al
ken's alleged peculiar position to the American
party. One of our Seward organs broadly in
sinuates that there was an understanding be-
tween him and some Of the American members
of the House. 1t also charges that Mr.. Aiken
was born in Ireland. If this be go, the Ameri
cans who voted for him violated their consti-
tuition in doing SO, although their votes were
perfectly consistent with the constitution OF
the United States 1t therefore becomes i'm
portant to know the nativity of Mr.. Aiken, for
ii he halls from green Erin, and the Americans
of the House were aware Of it, then we may
look ter mighty revolution in their cons.i.u-
ton, ritual and platform at their approaching
Philadelphia Councils. Will Mr.. Humphrey
Marshall or Mr.. A. X. Marshall, Of KY, explain
for the public information!
Two EXTRACTS FROM THE HERALp.--We soli-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-07

AOAh AhC AAoA 6ho 1bFGt
tisements.
ETVE HUNDRED DOL.
IL lars reward. Missing
since Friday morning, Feb.
!, q young man aged 18
years, five feet four Inches
high, stout built, full tsce,
llgnt complexion, ligh, hair
and blue eyes; dressed IN
black frock coat, black
pants, black velvet vest,
trimmed with GOLD cord,
black crsvat, patent lea
Their boots, black felt hat,
and gray shawl--had on q
gold watch and chain, dla-
mond breastpin and dia-
mond foger ring. He at
tended q party at the resi-
dence of Mr. peckham, 10
Twenty first street, between
Broadway and Fourth ave.
nue., and left there about
3 O'Clock to return to his
home, 9l1z East Twenty
nintb street, since which
tine he has not been heard
Of. Any informa ion Of him
win be thar kfully received
by f. A. Pierce, As Liberty
u+rant
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-07

eaBe.
Although the police force
ia far from that condition OF
efficiency to which ! am
striving to bring it, yet l
am happy TO state that i'm
provement has been made
In this important depart
ment during the past year.
The system OF individual re-
sponsibility now running
throughout, from the hum-
blest member up to the
head, has had q good ef-
feet, which, together with
the N ilitsry split which to
some extent has been intro
duced, has added to the ef-
ficiencv Of the whole corps.
II has been my effort to i'm
press upon the police the
true Importance of their
Offices, to reward merit by
promotion, and to make de-.
votion to duty the only re-
quisite to favor and adj
vapcement. / think that
New York viii soon have
coed cause to be satisfied
with her municipal police.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-07

Mr.. BuCHANAN's VIEWS OF THE PREsrDENCY.--
The Philadelphia Pennsyluanian Publishes the
following extract of private letter lately re-
ceiyed by gentleman in Pennsylvania, from
Hon. James Buchanan
You refer to the connection Of my with the Pre-.
sdency. This | neither desired nos ex pee ed.
The movement in my favor has, Therefore, or giaasai
without my previous kno Wedge or CONSENT aad should
be quite satisfied should another be seected
The will be the important and responsible
Presidential since the last with Eng ADJ or
perhaps since the origin Of the 10th cur
foreign and our domestic affairs Will require the dance
o. abe firm and sklful pilot to steer th' vessel OF
State clear Of the breakers pray heaven that tas es
may be selected for the crisis and % ma IL ma
ter Of indifference whether he from the North or
the South, the East or the West.
Just so. He "neither expected nor desired
it." What are we to do? Gen. Cass has de-
clined-Jadge Douglas has withdra ga-Mr.
Wise holds off in favor of Pennsylvania Mr..
Pierce has doubtless had enough of the White
net SQUAD bles, foreign wars, ''border ruflisas"
and fever and ague inclusive-Marcy is oat Of
the question, JEFF. Davis ditto, Cushing ditto
And 60 the question now arises, what will they
do at Cincinnati for q candidate? We dare
say that, upon pinch, ii auy one of these
aforesaid individuals should be nominated, he
will, on the score of patriotism, submit to run
the gauntlet. To Col. Richard NJ. johnson,
whose memory is Immortality associated with
the death of Tecumseh, we are indebted for
the remark that "the Presidency is too high an
office either to be sought for or declined"
Upon that maxim the Cincinnati Convention is
secure. Happy country, where miliionaires,
statesmen and politicians may thus be relied
upon to sacrifice themselves for the pabiic
good!
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The coed old rule
sufieeth them---the simple plan,
Ihst they should take who have the power,
And they should keep who can


In 1904 England picked quarrel with
Spain to get Gibraltar, because it commanded
the Mediterranean. England got Gibraltar. and
then wanted naval station in the sea. She
accordingly appropriated the small islands or
Majorca and Minofca but they were not Ell
sctly in the right place, and we're rather ex
pensiye pieces of property, so with that gene
rosity which distinguishes Mr. Bull, who never
gives away anything unless be ia forced TO do
so, or unless 1t is worthless she gave IN the
islands to spain, ard put her paw on Malta as
proper place for The defenders Of the British
lion TO be fed and watered. 1t was accordingly
seized in defiance of the treaty OF Amiens. and
held by military force until 1874 when the one
sided treaty Of Paris gave 1t as an appanage Of
the British crown England also extended the
benefits Of constitutional government over the
Ionian Islands, and generously protects them
from the interference OF other Powers
The career Of the English iIibusters In India
II rcrhsps The strongest instance Of wholesale
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-07
IFrom the Mayors Mes.

Two EXTRACTS FROM THE HERALD--We soli-
cit attention to the following excerp ts:-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-07

We are afraid that these extracts do not look
well together. A young man has probably
been knocked down, murdered, robbed and his
body made way with while walking less than
quarter of a mile, in one of the wealthiest
and most respectable districts Of the city.
The police heard nothing of the ARRAY, which
must have talQn some time. No trace of the
missing man found in four days search, and
yet the Mayor tells US Of the superior skill of
the American detective officer. We do not be-
lieve that such thing could occur in any
civilized city on the face Of the earth, except
New York, and here it seems to be treated as a
matter of course. A man can only ensure his
safety in the best parts Of the city by making
armories of his pockets
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

GERMAN MEETING IN CHIcAGo.-Tho Ger.
mans o: Chicago have held public meeting.
The following resolutions were adopted
All, Democracy. you need not deny that the
Germans are Abolitionists to the core. We
quote from the Chicago Democrat:
Resolved, That John C. Fremont, Of Cali.
fornia, ought to be the next President, and
Vim. l.. Dayton, of New Jersey, the next
Vice President
Resolved, That what ought to Be will be,
!. the Germans ofthe Union. and especially
the Germans of Illinois, do thsir. duty.
Resolved, That Republican Clubs will fur
nish the Germans the best opportunity Of do
ing their duty.
Resolved, That the Germans Of Chicago
will therefore form Clubs on the North,
South aud West sides, large and comprehen-
sive enough TO unite oil opponents Of the
present corrupt and freedom betrnving adj
ministration, who hold with the Declaration
of Independence, that. all men are endowed
with certain inaIienable rights, among which
is especially "berty," who deny 10 any ma.
jority tho right Of rotbing the minority oftheir
freedom and expressing them with slavery
in short all those whose motto is Free,
Speech, Free press, Free Soil, Free Labor,
and Free and Equal men.
Patients who take lobelia, get into what
is called the 'alarm state" The above reso.
lutions throw lobelia into the shade.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

PENSsYLvASIA-The idea being quietly
circulated by the Democratic managers that
Pennsylvania has invariably gwen her vote to
Democracy, we desire to state that such is not
the fact, MS will be seen by the following ex.
hibit Of her vote. In 1910, the vote for Van
Buren, was l43 ,672, and for Harrison l44,0lS
Ilarrison's majority 34s. In iS4s, Cass' vote
was l73,74S-Taylor's 1876, l88-Van Bnren's
ll,207. Taylor's plurality over Cass, I3,44O
Taylor's majority over both Cass and Van
Buren, 2,233.
What becomes now Of the daily allegation
OF the Buchanan prints, that Pennsylvania has
always been true to the Democracy! Nor,
we may add, would Pennsylvania have voted
for the Democracy in 1874, but for the false
hood started and circulated by Buchanan
himself, that "Poh ioas better Tariff man
than Henry Clay," This Islander lost the
State to Mr.. Clay, and defeated him for the
Presidency. And yet Clay Wings are appeal
ed to TO vote for Buchanan!
Pennsylvania will 90 against the Democra.
cy ngain in November next Buchanan will
be beaten in his own State by twenty thou.
sand votes. Let the "terri6ed" believe II or
not, just as they please.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

tF-A stampede from the ranks Of the
Democracy to the ranks of"Fillmore and the
Union" is geing on all over the South,
amongst the uncorrupted "bone and sinew"
of the country. In many parts ofthe South
the enthusiasm for Fillmore is so great and
prevailing that the Sag NIGHTS have utterly
failed in the attempt to get up ratification"
meetings. The last instance Of this kind
happened in Claiborne county, Mississippi.
We begin TO believe that Fillmore will carry
every Southern State except South Carolina.
That he is long ways abead of Buchanan
nj the North.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15
WASHING TON, Aug. IL


In the Senate to-dayMr. Douglas suom'i,
ted an elaborate report from the Ierr''ora'
committee against the House bill to reorgan-
ize the government of Kansas, and restore
the Missouri prohibition. In the House, Mr;
Campbell, from the committee Of ways and
means. reported tariff bill, adding to the
free list: salt, raw wool below fifteen cents Il,
per pound in value or above fifty cents: all
classes of drug stuffs used in manufactures,
and ali raw materials entering into our man
ufactories. Nothing recommended about su.
gar. The bill was postponed for further
Consideration until the third Monday in De-
cember next, The President has vetoed the
bill grnnting appropriations for the improve
ment of the Des .Moins Rapids aud the Mis-
sis ippi river The bill was passed notwith.
standing the veto Of the President. The
Post Office md Light House appropriations
have passed. All the important business Of
the session is in an unusual state of forward,
ness.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

BosToN, Monday, August 4.--The Fillmore
and Doneson ratification meeting in Faneuil
Hall, this evening, attracted a large crowd,
embracing delegations from Roxbury and
Charlestown, with bands of music. From four
to five thousand people were assembled
Some Fremonters present interrupted the
general harmony of the meeting by cheers for
their candidates, and banner borne into the
hall by the Charlestown Club, caricatured
Mr.. Fremont as mitred Bishop with the
cross in his hand, was attacked and torn to
pieces. Otherwise the Fremonters kept The
peace.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

BUCHANAN TO BE WITHpRAwN.-We re-
joice to hear that there are Indications Of
Old Buck being taken off the track. A gen.
t'eman, writing from Nottoway. says
"The Fillmore fever is spreading wide, and
should not be surprised, If petitions poured
in upon the Democratic Central Committee
for the withdrawn! Of Buchanan"
Let the documents come forward, and in
great quantity. We trust the Committee
will not suppress them but forthwith act up.
on them and grant their prayer. Buchan-
ans longer continuance in the field will only
serve to distract and weaken those who
wish TO preserve the Republic. Upon the
heads Of his friends will rest the responsibility
of Fremont's election-if he is elected-and
the consequent dissolution of the Union.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

INDUSTRIOUS DooTRIEE!-Judge Pavatt, in
answering our talented EIector Of the 7th
Congressional District, at Camden, recently,
declared, according to the Constitution of the
United States, that no man could take his
slave to any Territory without an approving
net of the Territorial Legislature! If he did,
the negro would at once be as free as his
master--and that this was the doctrine ofth
Democratic. party. There were, we think,
about 200 persons present, and IL any one
wants proof they can have it,. West Iennes.
see Wing, LIST.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

ANOFFER.-An "Old-Line Democrat" Of.
fers, in the Trenton State Gazette, TO wager
$500 each that Buchanan will not carry ILL
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin Mich
igan, California, Maine, New Hampshire, YER
mont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachus-
etts, New York and New Jersey, which two
exceptions. all went for Pierce. He will nj.
so wager 800 on Pennsylvania, $500 that
the majority of the above States will 90
against Buchanan, and $500 that they all
will. The above to be taken all together,
and $500 forfeit to be deposited in one of
the Trenton Banks.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

sH-It should be borne in mind that In
1850 MIR. Buchanan was in favor of running
the Missouri restriction line TO the Pacific,
thus defeating to free soil all the territory
North of SO deg. 80 min.
In that year Mr.. Fillmore signed the COM
promise bills which permit Utah, lying above
the line of SO deg. 80 min, to come into the Un-
ion as SLAVE STATE, should she choose to
do so.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

E Mr.. BREcKINRIpGE LAUDING THE
Missouri CoMPRoMIsE.-In the very glow
ing and eloquent speech, delivered by Mr..
Breckenridge, the Democratic candidate for
the Vice Presidency, on the death of Henry
Clay, and which commanded at the time the
applause Of all parties, We End him using the
following language:
"Who does not remember the period
when the American system Of Government
was exposed to its severest trials. and who
does not know that when history shall relate
the struggles which proceeded, and the dan
gers which were averted by the Missouri
Compromise; the Tariff Compromise of 1889,
and the adjustment of 1850, the same pages
will record the genius, the eloquence and
patriotism of Henry Clay!"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

GAnMos.-The Hards and Softs Of New
York. neither brgin able, in the internecine
war they have for sometime waged, to get
possession Of the spells, having coaesced to
'conquer and divide" as they vainiy hope,
Mr.. Buchanan, in transport of delight, adj
dressed them the following spasmodic epis-
tie, by telegraph:
Mr.. Buchanan has received the resolutions
of the Consolidated Convention of the New
York Democracy. Their union, at this
eyentful crisis, is one of the grandest events
in our history. Our car will now weather
the storm of fanatcism, and the Union must
and shall be preserved. The whole south.
ern country will hail this reunion as a rain
bow in the clouds, promising a return of the
peace and harmony which prevailed in the
good old time among the sister States.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
To WIN. C. Crane, esq, President of the
Consolidated Democratic Convention Of
New York Democracy.
The gay old Bachelor is altogether mis-
taken! Sober-minded people do not regard
this as by any means a grand event-not TO
say zone of the grandest events in our bisto.
ry." Our scar" (whst ''carl') stands no better
chance 10 weather the storm now than it did
before. There is no logical connection be.
tween the occurrence and .he conclusion
that "the Union must and shall be preserv-
ed" The South sees no "rainbow in the
clouds" 1t only discovers that Mr. Buchan-
an is in very excitable state of mind, and
that he sees whale where others see only
a minnow. The coalition of these plumber
seekers in New York is n very trivial incl
dent-it has been anticipated ever since the
Cincinnati Convention.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

GIVING IT uP.-The New York Tribune, in
review of Fremoni's chances, admits that
Fillmore's being in the field, may defeat Free
mont in Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. In the latter
State, but Tor Fillmore, Fremont would beat
Buchanan 10000 votes, in the opinion Of
Horace Greedy! Let Southern, Democrats
remember that Buchanan WIS not their first
nor second choice. but slack at PINCH" and
that he cannot hope for success. He is only
in the way Of Fillmore beating Fremont!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

Ono GoSE.-T'he Democratic party Of
Ohio have given up the contest in dispnir.-
They have Knocked UNDERSIGNED in-sur.
rendered at discretion! Their State Cen
trail Committee met at Columbus on the l7th
uIt., and afer taking deliberate survey Of
the field they laid down their arms, with the
determination TO let the battle go by default!
They adopted resolutions abandoning the
field so far as the Presidency is concsrned!--.
An entire State lost TO the Democracy
without the faintest s.ruggle-without the
merest show OF fghil
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

FILLMORE IN DELAwARE.-A Fillmore
netting was held at Smyrna, Delawre, on the
evening Of the 18th ut. The Hon. Presly
Spruance presided Several eloquent nd
dresses were delivered, and the following,
among other resolutions were adopted:
]. Resolred, That as National Americans,
we repudiate all sectional issues in the com
ing Presidential contest, and recognize only
the interests of the whole Union.
g. RESOLVED, That we most heartily approve
of, and endorse the Hon. Willard Fillmore,
as the only Union and conservative candidate
for President Of the United States, and An
drew Jackson Donelson, for Vice Pres'-
dent.
8. RESOLVED, That we are opposed 10 the
election of James BuchanantO the Presidency
upon the princrpes of the Cincinnati plat
form. We condemn his known opinions IN
favor of reducing the wages OF the labor'ng
men of this country to the rule of the pauper
labor of Europe-his opposition to the war
of 1924, and the piratcal doctrines OF 'he
Ostend Circular, to which his name Is al
tachec,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

PROMINENT DEMOCRAT FOR FILLMORE
AT the late great rally OF the friends of Fill.
more in Mobile, the Hon. A. J. Henshaw, Of
Clark county, "was introduced to the audi
sncs, and was received with great favor
lie declared himself to have been reared n
Democrat of The strnightest sect, and as such
and a native son of Alabama, he claimed q
right to speak TO Democrats and Southern
men upon the absorbing issues of the pres.
snt canvass. He examined the Cincinnati
platform and Mr. Buchanan's letter of accsp-
lance and the Sanford letter. and showed
how far the first fall short of, and how the
last repudated doctrines assumed by the AL.
ALBANIA Democracy. N. Henshaw made a
very forclble and telling speech, and was fire..
quently interrupted by enthusiastic applause"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

A correspondent of the Baltimore Clipper
predicts that the Old Dominion will 60 for
Fillmore, and says:
Those who wish to know on what base
the predictions, are assured that in this Gas
other Southern States) there are tens of
thousands fold Line Wings and conservative
Mr.. Buchanan on account of his hitherto va
cillatIng course, uumberless political sins and
corruptions and want Of stability, are going
20 vote for him who has proven already fixed
and unfal!ering fidelity to the interests Of the
whole Union, and these conservative inAu-
ences are now working mighty in the minds
and hearts of true patriots of all parties, and
Willard Fillmore must carry Virginia and ma
nv of the Southern States.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

B- The Philadelphia Times has the fol-
lowing in regatd to the harmonious demo-
cracy:"-
AS I'm evidence Of the dscord which At
present exists in the self.styled democratic
party, we call attention to the fact that IN
many Of the wards which constitute the city
of Philadelphia there are three distinct or
carnations each calling itself democratic, and
protesting 10 be 10 favor Of Buchanan for the
Presidency. In these several political bodies
feelings Of the most rancorous character are
generated, which manifest themselves when
ever an opportunity offers
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15

rY- The endorsement Of Buchanan by sx-
President Van Buren, and Prince John is re-
ceived by the democracy North and South
with qualification that cannot be concealed.
Reverse The picture.-Supposs they had en-
dorsed Fillmore. Their presses would have
put the fact in italics, small caps, and large
cps, and kept it standing at the heads Of
their columns, to prove Mr.. Fillmore an ab-
olitionist of the rankest die.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-15
WASHINGTON. An,ust1I

Amos B. Cowine, of Ohio, was nominated
to-day us Consul to panama, vice Col. Ward,
OF Texas, removed, Also Mr.. Clements, of
the District ofColumbia, has been nominated
Consul to Pernambuco, vice VIM. Lilly re.
moved. Seriouse charges have been proven
against both the dismissed Consuls.