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BARNSTABLE PATRIOT,
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ADVERTISER,
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S. B, PHIMEY,
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same rates as require d at this office.
P. PINEO, M. D.,
PSTSIOIAN AND SURGEON,
HAVING permanentl y situated himself in the vil-
lage of Barnstable , tenders his services iu every
branch of the profession , to the inhabitants of the town ,
and the public generall y.
p, S. Attendance given at any hour ot the day and
ni ght.
Barnstable, July 2. tf
B. F. GILMAN, M. D.,
stsnBc&isflKss1 ©asrsng)^
61 Federal-street , Boston.
References—
Drs. Jacob Bigelow, ) Medical Professors
John C. Warrest. > in
Wamek Ciianning , ) Harvard Universit y.
N. Mokse, Esq., T). Hensiiaw, Esq.,
Eev. N. L. Frothingham , D.D. B. Butler, Esq.
K^-Dr.
G. will be in Barnstable at the house of
Mrs.
Kachael Whitman , till Aug. 19, after which he will be
at Yarmouth Port.
Barnstable, Aug. 6. tf
5Fo So mwsm&'m & o®oa
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
FOREIGN and DOMESTIC LIQUORS,
Mo. 17 Cttstosia House street ,
And Cellar No. 70 ) •Rdr»eTr>«v«-
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WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
DRUGS, PAINTS , OILS , DVEWOODS ,
CHEMICALS , DRYSALTERIES ,
—AND —
DYERS' & MANUFACTURERS' ARTICLES,
No.11 India, comer of Central street ,
(Opposite the New Custom House,)
BOSTON.
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MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OP
"Iain and Ornamental Picture Frames,
«f the nicest patterns, made in the best manner , and
j _ the lowest prices.
Paintings by the best Artists for sale,
onitahle frames for the Art Union Engravings.
CHAMBERLIN & GOVE,
DEALERS IN
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At No, 1, under Quincy Hail Market,
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EN0CH GOVE , j BOSTON.
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Manufacturers and Dealers in
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h ^AOO Mp^1 ^^NNEY , Cotuit Fort , PERRY
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MISCELLANEOUS.
[From the New York Christian Inquirer.]
Cape Cod—No. 2.
Barnstable, August 5, 1850.
Cape Cod extends about fifty miles below Barns-
table—whic h we suppose to be about a third way
down the Cape—and is from this point from two to
four miles wide. Having now gone the whole length
of the Cape , and crossed and recrossed it in many
places, we begin to feel acquainted with ils general
character. Althoug h barrenness is fearfull y uni-
versal , yet there are bits of arable land scattered
here and there to relieve the eye , weary of sand
and water. The present season being uncommonl y
moist , gives us the benefit of fill the greenness this
arid region ever possesses. And it must be owned
that her low woods, her whortleberry bushes , her
scrub-oaks , and her beech grass,are doing their very
prett iest for us. And yet ( he scenery of the Cape
is not witho ut its charm. Althou gh it would be dif-
ficult to find a hill of more than two hundred feet
elevation , ^-et the swells of land manage to look
quite lofty. You fancy that the hill rising between
you and the sea is of almost mountainous height ,un-
til the topmast of a schooner suddenl y appears above
it (o disenchant you. And then these hills , low as
they are , afford such extensive prospects, that they
have all the advantages of mountains. A fine water-
view makes up for almost every other deficiency,
and Cape Cod rivals any region in this. For besides
the views of the ocean , t here is scarcel y a hill that
does not com mand the prospect of two or three pret-
ty fresh-water ponds. The Cape has hundreds of
these , from a half-mile lo nine miles each in circuit.
Many of them are of a beautiful irregularity of form ,
and contain many pretty islands , not to spea k of
fine fish. One of these called "Nine Mile Pond 1
'—
the largest and finest on the ¦Cape—seen from
"Shoot-Fl ying Hill ," is as beautiful as many of the
Westmoreland lakes. Indeed , there are parts of the
Cape where the trav eller is constantl y reminded
(strange as it may seem) of the scenery of (he En-
glish lakes , and where the bleak , bare hills bring up
the heath y mounta in sides of Cumberland , and the
Scottish lake-country. "Nine Mile Pond" experi-
ences a singular rise and fall of water of many feet
at regular periods of six or seven years, which is
entirel y independent of the rains. Wild flowers of
great richness and pcculiarity, abound in the swamps ,
about the ponds , and in the woods. But nothing
here is more singular than the p ink pond lil y, which
is found grow ing onl y in one place,in among the or-
dinary white flowers of that beautiful bulb. We recol-
lect when in college, hearing of Professor Nuttall' s
expression of admiration when informed of the exis-
tence of these lili es : "A bluid-rcd pond lil y!" he
exclaimed in his Scotch brogue, "it is n't possible 1"
We were entirel y of his mi nd (and are so now as
far as the blood-red goes, for they are onl y a bri ght
pink), until we saw them with our own eyes, and
handled with our own hands. Seen growing in the
pond , noddin g their blushing heads to the milk-
white lilies at their side, while the broad green
leaves, shining with the water , reflect the sun , or
flap their rudd y unde r-surfaccs up with the wind to
vary t he view , they rebuke the disposition to re-
move thorn. But curiosity is a dreadfu l Goth , and
wespoil ed enou gh to prove to our incredulous friends
at home that we had reall y iound the "red pond
lilies."
It is as difficult to find the way from place to place
on the Capo, as it is to know where you are in Phil-
dcl phia; and for the same reason , the ways are so
much al ike. Of made-roads , there are few ; and the
fewer t he better, for the natural ones are far the
most pleasant. The Cape is checkered with roads,
running in every direct ion , and crossing each other
at all possible ang les ; and as they are all grass-
grown , having a sing le track , with neither turn -out
nor room to pass, they all seem to be alike impor-
tant. To keep the hi gh road , or the beaten road ,or
the main road , is no direction at all here , for there
are no signs of such , except ing the coast road down
the Cape. The oaks and pines crowd in the most
fr iendl y way upon Ihese bowery lanes ; and except-
ing the thwacks in the face , or the wear and tear of
chaise tops, it is very charming to thread these un-
der-brush , soft, grassy ways ,creep ing about in a car-
riage, as partrid ges do under the cool brush. The
ride from South Dennis to Brewster , throu gh the
woods, we sha ll always remember as one of the most
romant ic drives in the world , and many of the rides
about Barnstable are as pleasant as pleasant can be
So like , however , are the roads, t hat they are some-
times popularl y distinguished onl y by a sing le stone
of a peculiar color , lying somewhere in the wheel-
trac k, as, for instance , "the flint-rock road." Many
of these natural roads have been used since (he first
settlement of t he Capo. The people generall y dr ive ,
as if thair horses went by sai ls—a peculiarity which
livery stable-men know , to t heir cost, belonc to sai-
lors. *The horses born and bred (o (he sand y Cape ,
seem to make very li ght of the heav y roads , and
ploug h throug h them with marvello us celer ity.
Brought here from other regions , we jud ge they
must soon break down^One of the peculiar features
m a Capo landscape , is the flag-staff. Every hill
has its loft y pole , with some sort of signal , a barrel ,
or bright kettle upon its top. Every barn its weath-
cock, or weat her-shi p, for it is very common to see
a full rigged toy-shi p surmountin g the ridge-pole.—
One of the churches in Hyann is, has a very elabo-
rate image of Fame blowing her trum pet , which a
wicked wag said mi ght be typical of the tasle of some
of the congregation for "ta king a horn." And , by
the way, it was this very church , if W6 mistake not.
which was built by the architect of the Mormon
tem ple at Nauvoo—a builder from Martha's Vine-
yard. There are many pretty churches on the
Cape , and we trus t the congregations are as harmo-
nious in the ir feelings as in their taste ; for it is no
uncommon thing to see two meeting-houses side by
side , of identical shape , size, and appearance , as if
they had been made like boots and shoes, in pairs ,
and were to be distinguished onl y as "rights and
lefts, ", Mr* Barnabas Bates began his career as the
minister ofa Baptist church in Il yannis. ~\t Truro
we saw one emblemat ic sign erected on a sailor 's
house , consist ing of a circle , a square , a diamond , a
cross, and a star , cut throu gh a board , and arranged
side by side, telegra phic of what intelli gence we
could not decipher. ~S-
*There is some rivalry between the sout h and the
north side of the Cape. The north is the oldest , and ,
of course , has the advantage of communicating di-
rectl y with Massachusetts Bay. The south is much
nearer New York , and affords convenient harbors
to coasters plying between Boston and the latter
city. The north is old, di gni fied , and slow ; the
south young, enter prising, and quick. Barnstable—
old-town—has , perhaps , seen its best day, while
some of its chil dren on the sout h, Hyann is, Oyster-
ville , and Centroville (parts of the townshi p), are
fast rising in importance. We confess to a prefer-
ence for the mother , over her more livel y children.
Some of the town s on the inside , Wellfleet , Dennis,
and Provincetown , are, however , very flourishing
The value of the harbors on both sides is somewhat
changea ble. Chatham , for instance , once adm itting
the largest vessels, is now almost inaccessible to any
but small vessels, from the formation or enlargement
of sand-bars ; and all the harbors are subject to such
fluctuations. Government has expended S80,000 in
erect ing a breakwater at Hyann is, and »20,000 has
been spent by the Uni ted States in planting beach-
grass, the onl y thing that will grow on the sands of
the race at Provincetown , to preven t the sand from
going into that excellent harbor. At Truro , a creek
on the south side sets so far back into the land , that
at spring tides the spray from the ocean on the
north dashes over into it , and it has been feared ,
somet imes, that the waves mi ght drive throug h, and
once havin g found a passa ge, graduall y wear o
ff the
whole lower part of the Cape ! If Provincetown , ac-
cordin g to the predictions of some, is ever to sin k,
it will be, we appre hend, in this way; but we should
not object to the gift of a few house-lots there , even
with the risk of such loss.
It is surprising what value is attached to land in
these villages ! Indeed , it is not easy to buy house-
lots on the main streets any where 1 At Wellfleet
we heard of a man giving nearl y $400 for a house-
lot in the street , of half an acre, where, certainl y,
within a half mile , the land would be dear at the
Government price, $1 25 per acre. The masters of
vessels like to have their homes near the harbor ,and
near together, and are wil ling to pay any price for
it. At Provincetown , house-lots are as dear as in
our cities. But this is so peculiar a place, that it
follows no rule.
We made a rap id excursion to this end of all
th ings in Massachusetts , a few da ys since, ta k ing
most of (he towns on the Capo by the way. We
passed th roug h Yarmouth , a long strai ght street , al-
most a continuation of Barnstable village , full of
neat houses , with some ambitious ones, all with
green yards, and fruit and shade trees. Here we
stopped to see a famous crad le, that had rocked five
generat ions, carved with a pen-knife out of oak by
the progenitor of its present owner ; and a very-
pretty piece of cabinet-ware it was, independent of
its pilgrim history. The christenin g blanket of red
cloth , with the remains of the silver-tissued border ,
had descende d wit h it from the same ant iquity. It
is in the Thatcher family. The veteran who show-
ed it, lived in the shade of the old house where his
father , grandfather , and great-grandfather had lived
before him—a house whose great timbers , jutting
out and forming a seat round the parlors (now cov-
ered , we are sorry to say ), showed what permanent
architecture our fathers practiced. Part of it has
not been shingled for a hundred years , and was st ill
water-t ight. The old man said that in his day boys
never wore shoes (ill they were nearl y full grown ,
and (hen onl y in church , for they carried them to
t he church door. He lamented the decline of man-
hood and womanhood in these degenerate and luxu-
rious days, and said ungallantl y, l hat one girl of his
yout h was worth twenty of our time , for she knew
how to increase the famil y store, instead of wastin g
it. On the Cape they still reckon boys above girls;
a boy—because he can fish—being worth $1000—a
girl—because she can 't—onl y $500 ! In the lower
part of Yarmouth , we rode by a meeting-house
where, as our guide told us, the minister , a good
man , but cursed wit h a larg e store of worldl y goods,
preached for nothing ; not content with this , the
church latel y arra igned him for having worldl y ob-
jects too much at heart , and he, good soul , promised
to chasten his feelings in this direction , if the mod-
est people would withdraw their censure. This looks
as if Cape Cod ministers were not infected with the
prevalent spirit of insubordination.
FashioXj—rWe know women now who are dy ing.
d3'ing, d}ing ,
^
by the ir own hand , and piously say inn
their prayers every da y, and for their death the
magazine publishers are accountab le at the bar of
the Eternal. They are murdering them as trul y as
ever David slew Uriah by the sword of the Ama
'
lek-
iles. No human agency can teach these poor vic-
tims of fashi on plate mongers that the long whale-
bones sticki ng down into their sides, the ti ght str ings
tied around the small of the back , and the weight of
skirts dragg ing on them are crushing their lives out ,
dra gging them to (heir graves. They will not be-
lieve they are entailing misery and disease and death
upon their children. But yes, many of them do
know it , and with all their vaunted love for their
offspring would rather sa« their little ones suffer ten
thousand deaths than they themselves should fail to
look "like Prometheus in my picture here "—a long
sided funnel set on aju' glory." E. M. W.
Edwardsville , 111., Jul y 8, 1850.'
All about a Paint Pot.—Mr. T. B. Lawrence,
a son of Abbot Lawrence , has every bod y knows ,
posted his wife, and she has obtained a divorce.
The case has furni shed a nice tit bit for (he scandal
mon gers, and all sorts of causes have been assigned
for the difficult y between Mr. Lawrence and his
wife. Mr. Lawrence has at last come '
out with a
statement which makes all as plain as a paint brush.
Mrs. Lawrence ,or Miss Sallio Ward ,was a Kentuck y
belle , and to increase her charms was in the habit of
making free use of paints and other cosmetics. This
Mr. Lawrence objected to after the marriage , not
onl y because it was injurious to herself, but because
it was condemned by Boston society. But Mrs.
Lawrence persisted—she clung to her paint pots
like a heathen to his idol. Paint had aided her con-
quest , and she thoug ht must hel p to mainta in it , or
to make new ones. Mr. Lawrence invoked the aid
of his lat her, and Mrs. Lawrence was encouraged
by her mother. The contest grew warm , but pa int
tr iump hed by the fli ght of the feminine. Mrs.Law-
rence returned home for a short visit , but took with
her all her wardrobe , and sudden ly discovered that
the atmosp here of Boston was very inj ur ious to her
health. Mr. Lawrence posted her to save himself
from her extrava gance. Mrs. Lawrence soon found
herself well enoug h to enjoy a 'litt le dissi pation ,'and
at t he 'masquerades , fancy balls , tableaux and par-
ties,' of Louisville , was among the gayest of the gay.
And thus ends this matrimonial chapter , the mora l
of which is—Beware of painted beauties , who have
been taught to worshi p onlj'themselves.— [Portland
Transcri pt.
Early Rising-.—Are you poor? you will prob-
abl y ever remain so, if you ha bituall y waste the pre-
cious hours of mornin g in bed. Who will seek the
labor or service of him who sleeps and dozes in the
morn in g unt il seven or eight o'clock ? If such a
person is poor , he must remain poor. "He that
would thr ive must rise at five. " The poor can ill af-
ford to lose dail y two or three hours of the very best
port ion of the day. Economy of time , and dil igence
in business are virtues peculiarl y appropriate to those
who depend upon their earnings for the means of
subsistence. Allowin g twelve working hours to a
day, he who by rising at ei ght instead of five o'clock
in the morning, thereb y loses three hours labor dai-
ly, parts with one fourth of his means of supporting
himself and famil y ; ten years' labor lost in the
course of forty years.
Wine vs. Intemperance.—The editor of the
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal is travellin g
in Europe this season. In a letter from Paris, he
says: "Every bod y dr inks wine , from the President
of the Republic to the bootblack ; still a case of in-
tem perance of marked character is, an anomal y. Not
a sing le known case of a broken down constitution
from drun kenness has been discovered , eitherxm the
hi ghways or in any of the numerous charities with
wh ich Paris abounds. If wine could be introduced
into the Unit ed Slates , of (he quality in general use
all over the wine growing parts of Europe , it wou ld
do someth ing towards stay ing (he plague of intem-
perance , were it within the reach of those of small
mea ns.''
Rigid Justick.—Juror on a murder case fas*
asleep, >
Under the new aspect of public affa irs, since the
decease of Gen. Tay lor , and with a new and un-
questionabl y a whi g dynasty, it becomes more than
ever and st ill more emphati call y ( he direct and prac-
tical question for the democracy of the Union to pass
upon , whether they shall rall y and reorganize upon
the doctrines of the Baltimore resolutions , which we
have given as the creed of t he part y, adopted in 1848.
There has never been any essential difference of
opin ion as to all the measures and princi ples embodi-
ed in those resolutions , except the one touc hing
slave agnation in Congress. What is the lesson ex-
perience has taug ht us upon this issue, and who is to
gain by furt her agitation ?
Gen. Cass, the distinguished candidate of the na-
tional democracy in 1848, rmd planted himself firm-
ly upon the platform of non-interventi on. No states-
man , on looking into a doubt ful future ,perhaps ever
took a clearer and more statesman -like view of cause
and effects. Five months before the meeting of the
Baltimore convention he had given his op inions ,
with fearless frankness , in his celebrated letter of
Dee. 24, 1847 , to Hon. A. O. P. Nicholson. That
was nearl y throe years ago, and no document was
ever more vehementl y denounced by the opposition
t han was the Nicholson letter. Yet in this brief pe-
riod we are now listenin g, on all sides, and from all
quarters, to eu logiums upon the speeches of Daniel
Webster and Henry Clay, enforcing t hat same doc-
trine of non-intervention ; and we also hear from
t hose in this section and elsewhere ; who affect to
condemn Mr. Webster for his new, nat iona l and
sound views on this question , ex travagant commen-
dation of what has been called , and is probably still
to be insisted upon as "the President 's plan ," in re-
gard to slavery in the territories. Everybod y now
understands that Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster are op-
posed to the Wilmot proviso , opposed to the agita-
tion of the slave question in Congress, and in favor
of admittin g new states, with or with out slavery, as
they may elect, and of no legislation upon slavery
by the territories. Their avowed ground now is to
remove this vexed quest ion from Con gress, and leave
it to the people to pass upon their own domestic in-
st itutions , and decide for themselves whether they
will establish or exclude slavery. The late Presi-
den t, Gen. Tay lor , ado pted the s-ame view substan-
tiall y, or at least his cabinet urged it as the adminis-
trat ion plan , viz : to leave the question to the peo-
ple—with this difference onl y, lhat Clay, Webster
and Cass, who have been acting in harmony in this
vita l matter , design to settle the discord by not onl y
admitting Californi a , but establishin g territorial gov-
ernments for New Mexico and Utah , and fixing the
boundar ies of Texas ; thus disposing of all the dan-
gerous elements of disuni on now distractin g the
country, while the admini stration plan did not reach
t he evil as to the territorial governments ' , but pro-
posed to let the agitat ion go on , at the ris k of dis-
solv ing the Union , or br ing ing on a conflict between
Texas and New Mexico, involving the Union in civil
war. The first is the plan of statesmen , seein« and
meet ing the whole emergency broadl y, comprehen-
sivel y and dec isively. The other is the expedient
of t imid or time-serving politicians , look ing to agita-
tion as the best moans of retainin g them in power ,
and reckless of the consequences to the peace and
permanency of the Union.
Now let us recur to the opinions of Gen. Cass, in
1847, that those who now laud the same views when
proclaimed by Webster and Clay, may perceive , it
they will have the candor to do so, the injustice they
have hitherto done to the democratic party and its
prom inent statesmen , in this very matter. Gin. Cass,
in his Nicholson letter of Dec. 24 , 1847, said—
"You ask me what are my sentiments in regard
to the Wilmot proviso. The Wilmot proviso * has
been before the country somet ime. It has repeated-
ly been discussed in Congress mid by the pub lic
press. I am strong ly impressed with the opinion that
a great change has been going on in the public mind
upon t his subject , in my own as well as others ; and
that doubts are resolving themse lves into convictions
that the princi ple it involves should bo kept out ot
the national legislature , and left to the peop le of the
confederacy in their respective local governme nts.
Of al l the questions that can ag itate us, those
which are merel y sect ional in their character are the
most dangerous and the most to be deprecated. The
warn ing voice of him who , from his character and
service and virtue had the best ri ght to"warn us,
procla imed to his countrymen in his farewell ad-
dress, how much we had to appre hend from mea-
sures peculiar ly affecting the geograp hical portions :
of our country. The grave circumstances in which
we are now placed , ma ke those words , words of safe-
ty ; for I am satisfied , from all I have seen and
heard here , t hat a successful attempt to engraft the
princi ples of t he Wilmot proviso upon the leg islat ion
of th is government , and app ly them to our terr itory
(should new territory be acquired) WOULD SHKI-
OUSLY AFFECT OUR TRANQUILITV . I do not suf-
fer myself to see or to foretell the conse quences that
would ensue , for I trust and believe there is good
sense and good feeling enoug h in the countr y to
avoid them , by avoiding all occasions which might
lead to thpm.
Briefl y then , I am opposed to the exercise of any
jurisdiction by Congress over this matter , and I am
in favor ofjj faving to the peop le of any territory
wh ich majl^e hereafter acquired , the right to regu-
late it for themselves , under the. general princ iples!
of the constitution , because 1 do not see in the con-
st itution any grant of the requisite power to Con-
gress; and I am not disposed to extend a doubtfu l
precedent beyond its necessity, —t he establishment
of territoria l governments when needed , leav ing to
the inhabitants al l the rights com patible with the
relations they boar to the confederation , and be-
cause I believe this measure , if adopted , would
wea ken if not impair the Union of the States ; and
would sow the seeds of future discord , which would
grow up and ri pen into an abundant harvest of ca-
lam ity. Is the object then ofa temporary exclusion
(of slavery) for so short a period as the duration ol
the terr itori al governments , worth the price at which
it would be purchased ;—worth the discord it would
engender , the trial to wh ich it, would expose our
Union , and the evils that would be the certain con-
sequence , let that tria l result as it mi ght. And that
too when 'the question does not regard the exclusion
of slavery from a region where it now exists , but a
prohibition aga inst its introductionJflUA
^
it does not
exist , and where , from the foelingsn^^^nnhabitants
and the laws of nature , it is ijiorail y^HBKj siblo that
it can ever re-establish itsulf ," "^
\
[From the Boston Post.]
The Rc-union of the National Democ-
racy ok the Baltimore Fiatiot-nj .
In times of pol itical excitement , when di fficult and
delicate questions present themselves for solution ,
there is one ark of safely for us—and that is an hon-
est appeal to the fundamenta l princi ples of our Un-
ion , and a stein determ ination to abide their dic-
tates. This course of proceeding has carried us in
safety throug h many a trouble , and ] trust will carry
us safel y throug h many more. The Wilmot proviso
seeks to take from its legitimate tribunal (the peo-
ple) a question of domestic policy, having no rela-
tion to the Union as such , and to transfer it to an-
other (Congress) created by the people fora special
purpose , and forei gn to (he subject matter involved
in this issue. By going back to our true principles,^
we go back to the. road of peace and safety. Lea\y^|
then to the people , who wil l be affected by t lSH
question , to adjust it upon t heir own rosnonsibilfllH
and in their own manner , anil we shall render an-^i
ot her tribute to the original princi ples of our gov-
ernment , and furn ish another guaranty for its per-
manence and prosperity. Lewis Cass."
These were prophetic words of truth arvd sober-
ness, and , be it remembered , that they were uttered
before a rod of terr itory was acquired , when the
Wilmot proviso was in its inception as an element
in the Presid ential election , and had not formed the
head which has since made it the rock upon which
the Union is about to dash itself in pieces. For six
long mont hs of discussion , Congress and the coun-
try have been demonstratin g the truth and the sound
sense of every word and of every warning uttered
by Gen. Cass in his celebrated letter. The democ-
racy carried out that doctrine in their nomination of
Gen. Cuss, and fairl y, fearlessly and honestl y main-
ta ined it throug hout the election.
On the contrary, the whig party of the north
with the concurrence of its southern allies , seized
upon this very slave issue to make capital for their
cand idate , by represent ing him at the north for the
Wilmot proviso , and at the south against it. A large
portion of the democracy at the north broke off into
the Cree soil section , and thereb y, and by the like op-
erat ion in the south , thoug h for the directl y opposite
reason , the national democracy were defeated. The
democrats north and south have now experienced
the results of this sectional division. Neither they
nor the country have gained anything by it,and the
Un ion has been shaken to its centre.
We are proud to say, in this connection , that the
democracy of Massachusetts did their duty by the
Union in the canvass for the Presidency in 184S.
True , they went into a still greater minority, but
they did it with a good conscience , fairly, without
disguise , and with truth and right on their side.—
While Mr. Webster was in the Spring field whi g
convent ion charg ing Wilmot with havin g stolen his
th under , and affirmin g,with his peculiar emphasis, "I
never have , I never can , I never shall vote for the
admiss ion ofa slave s.tate into this Union , nor for the
extens ion of slave representation ," t he Massachu-
setts democrats were try ing to alla y that spirit of
disunion and of sectional division '.' Inch they then
feared and foresaw , but which Mr . Wcbplor and his
parly at the time wcro fanning int o a flame. The
democrats of Massachuse tts then said , in t heir state
addret.a of 18-18—
"In the present strugg le of the federa l party of
the north for pol itical power , slave ag itation is made
the princ i pal element ; the onl y possible hope the
whi g party have of success is, that throug h this agi-
tat ion the democracy of the north and south may be
divided. This dangerous element in the canvass '
renders the success of the democrat ic candidates ,
and the conse quent subsiding of the slave agitation ,
identified with the tninquility and endurance of the
Union .
No prescience could iiavo been more prophetic
than this. And so from fie first start of slave agita-
t ion , t he doctrine of the northern demociacy who
supported t he national candidate has been non-in-
tervention.
But the warning was unheeded. The whi"n,
north and south , were determined to try the exper-
iment a second time , of electing a Presiden t under
false pretences and a double face north and south ,
let what would come of it to the Union . The whi g
press denounced Gen. Cass for having modified his
views on the Wilmot proviso and abandoned it for
the sake of the Union. Mr. Webster and the whig
statesmen ridiculed the apprehensions of those who
then foreto ld just what is now upon us. They had
no fears of disun ion , and on they and their party
went wit h the slave agitation. Th