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Newspaper Page Text1 r y y / rgOMAS RAGLAND & Co.,—Proprietors. toLUME XXXIII. A STRICT CONSTRUCTION OP HID CONSTITUTION—AN HONEST AND GCONOMICAC ADMINISTRATION OP THE GOVERNMENT. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 2f», 18(10. OFFICE—RANDOLPH Street. NUMBER 22. Y&j Morning, May 24, 1860. [ that will Fixate Out# f | M i Savannah Republican contains rllowfof political card: Of T»Z OPPOSITION PARTY OF •iKOROIA. Savannah, May 17, lt$60. Editor: Alter consultation with *ev. ( t |,e Opposition editors, and many lmen ot ability and sagacity, in this j; wa* unanimously suggested, that • , n d»in Georgia should ailently and gily await tho action of our State ! Convention, which will assemble at r ; v day at Milladgevillo, (upon tho ,niial quo tion). The many difficul- L ,i perplexities which beset our path, fmretten the dismemberment ot our detuniid great circumspection cormul co-operat ' Mr. Hell’s Speech. We commence to-day the publication of Mr. Bell's speech on tho Kansss-Nebraska bill, and ask for it tho attentive perusal of our readers. The first part of the speech, which does not relato to the slavery issue, we have omitted. It is principally devoted to a history and explanation of Indian trea- ties, which, in the opinion of Mr. Boll, bound Congress not to organize tho country embraced into Territories while those Iren* lies existed. He showed that some of tho Indians in Kansas had treaty stipulations with the Federal Government which provi ded in so many words that the lands coded should never, without their consent, "ho included within tho territorial limits or (lucry. Tho Columbus Timen propounds o some of tlto Georgia ultras, w ilso copy and beg a solution (r un sighted, keen-eyed i ol nil Us I therefore our trie lids to suspend their opinions Convention shall agreo upon j jurisdiction of any State or ’Icrritory. ’ And in this connection, he put » ; ,ft)t mid best policy, under all tho .Distances ui the rase. Yours truly. C. II. Hopkins, I A Delegate to Baltimore Convention, e were not, at first, disposed to attach importance to this manifesto ; but we . re that tho Augusta Constitutionaliet n over it with delight and commends • attention. That paper feelingly tf■ tho truth of tho old proverb, lores company,” anJ is rejoiced in | w i, e f that our party will bo distracted , ht a* it* own is. It regards this Uniion of “policy” os a movement look* id the union of the Southern Demo- I* ,rcessioi»isl« and the Southern Op- rfun, ami says that tho question is yber tho Bell and Everett party will a under Capt. Yencey, or whether Capt. . ci nill servo in tho ranks under the iaERtBtl of Bell and Everett.” |'Ar must confess that it we believed this tribe object sought by Mr. Hopkins’ 1 and if wo perceived any reasonable r>r t that that object could bo accom- ' vd we would regard this manifestation Hu less repugnance than wo do “with tho Pibeforous.” The union of tho palri- t, conalitutional men ol tho South on u ,u anD demanding only rights which tho L jty of confederation promises us, is un , of such prime importance that, to a would consent to yield porso* and surrender intervening who nl to the f intervention mid ir sovereignty so perfectly well : How ii that the .South voted in LVi ros* against the repeal ol tho Tendon iw ul Mexico encouraging slavery, it il rinciplc is right tli.it a T< rritoria] logiali »jurisdiction «l tho question on ? We and that s rogatory to the C« vote against tho repeal ot the by the Kansas Irgislatmeprohib ry in tin; Territory f nr is iho establishing Utah and Mexico dtfle its provisions do* I tin \ 2 K I in behalf of the South, showing that the "Indian Territory,” as previously set apart by act of Congress, embraced an equal area north and south ol latitude 8G°80 ; that tho bill under consideration took the half north of this lino end proposed to make u SStntc of it, whilo the southern part, which was adapted to slave labor, w’ts still to remain as Indian territory. Ho said that the orig inal taking of this territory partly from the country north of the Missouri Compromise lino and partly from tho south of it, was intended as a compact between tho sections as sacred as the Missouri Compromise, hut that tho bill violated it. In this omitted part of his speech, too Mr. Bell announced tlint at tho previous ■esviou ho had voted agninst the hill proposing to organize tho same region of country into Territories, which lull did not contain any clause repealing the Missouri Compromise; and in tho portion published j hiadutiis, you to-day, lie declared that notwithstanding the his regard for the Missouri Compromise us a compact between tho sections, he would still vote (of tho bill it ho believed that the South could secure by it what its Southern supporters promised themselves. Tboro are, in several of the Northern, States, *• asylums for people of weak minds.” To their benevolent enro wo re commend the propounded of the above “ query,” a,id all others who, like them, are unable to distinguish the power and duty of protection from tho power and duty of destruction. Such persons would uiislako u guillotine for the apparatus The rinirorm Dougins Insists on. Washington, Juno 23 185U. My Dhar Sin t—I liavo received your letter, inquiring whether my friends are ut liberty to present my name to tho Charles* • i" Convention lor tho Presidential nomi nation. Itet.iro this question can bo fully determined, it will be necessary to under* 'and uiatineil) upon what issues the ctt i* van is in be conducted. II. in I have lull i.mb they will, the llemoeratic party shall do termini' in tho Presidential election ol 1 thill to ndheio to llto compromise principles embodied in the compromise measure* ol 1 <>, mid ratili i by the people in tlto P tho drowned,” nml Jack Ketch for Bamaritars.” Turn around now, Dullissimo and look us in the face if you ci There is your child ; ia it m to protect it when tl neccesn Have you, therefore, the povve it? No. That is your negr your puty to p ry of tho tho “ good i 1. II. cliargo of un ovetsoer, do them tho power to kill, u them t Certainly not; wo tho powers und imposed which wo possessed, or wi I trolling tho 18.VJ, and reaffirmed in tin* i\uii:-as Nebraska act ol 1854, nod incur pirated into the Cincinnati Plaitorm in 185H, ns exp* Mr. Uueli man In hi* let ter accepting tho nomination, and approved by the people in hi* election, in that event my fri' inis w ill he at liberty to present my iiamo to tho Convention, it they see proper to do so. It, on tlm contrnry.it shall he come ihc policy ol ihu Democratic party. which i cannot anticipate, to repudiate tnesc, tlioir uiuc-honorcd principle* on which we have achieved »o many patrmiic triumphs, nml in lieu ol thorn the i’onvrii- tioti shall iuterp'dnto into the etc* d ol the party such new issues as llto revival o| the trade, or*. CongicsMount slave Democratic Meeting In Stewart County. The meeting wna organized on motion o| E. !•'. Kirkacy, by calling Dr. Seymour Catching* to 'lie chair, and requesting R. It. Barrett to act on Secretary. The Chairman having briefly explained the object* ol tlm meeting, announced hi* readiness to proceed with bushiest*. On tii > i"u the following gentlemen were appointed to suggest resolutions, nud lur- her bu ea* tot tho meeting t B. K. Kirk* sey, Churchill Allen, S. II. IVuch, W r illiuin Suu . .Naihaiuel I’rutlio, l)r. Blount, nnd Y. F. 'Vright. Alt* r retiring, tl.o committee returned and .tiered the l llow iop rcealutions. which were unanimously adopted us tho meaning nud »cnao ol the democratic party of Stewart county: Resolved, 1st. That tho Government of a Territory organized under an net of Con- f’retie, i* pro* iaional und temporary, and du- ring it* existence ull citizen* ol tl.o United Slates have a:i equal right to settle wr.h their property in tho Territories without their right* ot person or property being de- troy ed oy Cotign ssioiihI or Teniiorinl kg* <»tlc Tel nl Hi. people legolly to control it, Dorr, Dubuque, Iowa. Delaware iViftfc:*. irro and enthusiastic Democratic i wa.* held at tho City Hall, Wil- n, on tho lUlli instant, over wliicli i. Hoys, Hlu'o Honan dilation. •2d. Th crntnetit i it is tlto duty of the Federal Gov. it all it * department*, to protect, scare, the rrgiits ul persons and f property in tho Tenilorius, and wherever .1 hei.q ght »I KOV. r*ugiiiy com- L'.iiisutnmalcd by ml in ih- i tin equal looting with Speech of Hon. John Bell, In C. S. Semite, March (Id, 1951, ON TUB K A N8AS-N F.ll It ASK A HILL. Mr. President, I now. approach tho.con* • i * I * r *tt ’ti >1 another provision in tin* hill, which, in the opinion ol mam*, possesses nn importance paramount! to nil others ; one that i» held t • he so important to tfio wel- taro ol the c .untry, and especially to the :*ontli, thm porno ol my Houthcrn friends have expressed tho opinion, in our private aud friendly cr.nterctieos, that a southern man wlm should tail to support it would bn considered a traitor to tho interests of tho Houtli ; and that, under such circum stances, 1 should waive all scrtiplos about tint violation ol treaties or compacts ol any kind—all my objections to the lull, however important 1 may duont them. 1 take no exception to thu morality ol tbit* view of duty ; for it it can bo shown that tlto prin ciple "t non-intervention incorporated in tins bill will produce the happy conso mme urdoui supporters •ugh it may ho a nice try. a Senator might well * t ■ • • eise* til overpow ering nceeshiiy and interest to the country to which nil constitutional and other scru ples or obiectinn* should yield. Upon such principles i** * nit • ot tlx. most eminent in* it ot the country have horotolnro Id*. theniM l\< t* justified in acting. 1 therefore takcriort- cu'utiou to tlto course ol any «»t my soiitu- urn tnonds upon this subject, i will, t Igcsted or assumed in tlm nrgurnc friends of this measure; and I think, sir, be fore. n dispassionate nitd uncommitted Hen. ate, I could throw out snino suggestions which might lead honorable Senators to doubt the correctness of some of the con clusions to which they have come ; but, after tho vote «d last night, I can have hut little h-ipo of pitch n result from anything I can now pay. Kir, it is contcndorl that by applying tlm principle ol non-intervention to the Territo ries, that wo shall harmonize tlm action of tho Government by conforming to the prin- plo ol the compromise act* ol 1850. Ad mitted. It ia auid that, the slave restriction elnnso of tho net of 1820 was a violation of tho obligations of the treaty by which France ceded to the United Htntos tho Ter* ritoryol Louisiana. 1 admit it. Jt is con tended that the restriction upon slavery im posed by the Missouri compromise was unjust to the South. That ia also true. Tlto attempt of tlm North in I82U to in terdict slavery in Misso -ontiiiued rcstsiiincc u it addressed by Then j obtuse i have the L |.r«frr*nce« X>' 11 tea I nrgonizations. But wo oro con- Lftd that tho idea, if entertained at oil, [ entirely chimerical. Here in Georgia, JtpL Yancey V »quad will be a mete ojfull of guerrillas, not able, probably, to ra ibe scale ina single county. Nine- libs of the secessionists in Georgia are „Jj on the "hegira” to Uultimore ; and trr did tho followers of tho Prophet catch Jiib greater joy a sight of the distant tur- J..„l Medina, titan that with which our nuui Secession Democracy will greet Ltgh monument* of Baltimore ns they a it up the Bay or speed behind the I'litiorse from Washington to tho city of teal refuge. As in 1862, they will weanixe” after a disruption ot their (i contrivance, und leave only the Oppd- n party (if it relies upon their fitranes* Ini fidelity) rent and disorganized. J Hut we put a different interpretation upon lc meaning of this individual manifeato. V Hopkins, wo believe, win the Georgia legato to-Ualtimoro most persistent I, aupport of Gen. »aiu ljlouston, and, mullaneouily with hu card, we rereive rws of a movement in New York looking uthe continuance of Gen. Houston in the i independent candidate, or to tho Irocuremcnt *»f hi* nomination by the ■Jemocrary at Baltimore (for the report is indefinite.) Mr. Hopkins soys, too, tliut ho baa consulted, before publishing his curd— t any other delegate to Baltimore, or tho ipresaion of a single patty meeting—hut } »mral Opposition editors, and many gen- Lictoln of aUlily and sagacity.” It will bo ■finerobered that, just before the assembling I tho Baltimore Convention, "several Up- |p>*itioii editors in Georgia” declared them- rtlves for Gen. Houston, an independent |< indidste, before wailing to see wbat the '■invention which they had aided in getting ■up would do. We presume that these aro "Opposition editors” whom Mr. Hop- Ikiot has consulted. Hn docs not even say libit the "many gentlemen of ability and lucacit)” (other than theso editors; whom Ihe consulted, were of the Opposition p.rty. ■ Were they Democrats, and if so, nro they ladling to support Gen. liountori 1 have only this to add, in rcleronco It- Mr. Hopkins’ suggestion : We participa- I ted m good faith in the iriovrmunt of our l-rtrnds which effected an organization Itbrough tho instrumentality of tho lislti- Imore Convention. That Convention nnm- Jiiiilrd candidates whom we recognize to be lewd and true men and worthy of our |l.t4rtieal support. It did what no other xaiiunal party Convention in this country an poaaibly do. It nominated a tioutheru nan and a slaveholder for the Presidency, Mboul even a motion to pul him on * ||d*tform to which a singlo man of any |putjinthe8outh could object. Aye, more, • nominated this Houthcrn man without a I “nil* expression by an individual delegate ltd which the most ultra fire-ealrr could take liny exception. 'There was not the slight- of sectionalism in tho vote by I vhich be was supported or. the first, or that I by which he was nominated on the second fixed t heads— do not possess, und that I tret does not mean nor u elude the greater,) there ness unusual to eminent did nu id tliut ( said, oh granite Pit or'* lumnii'i The New York Official Stealing. Our last accounts from New York left tho city in a state of excitement on account of tho defalcation of the Postmaster, Isaac Y. Fowler, for a large amount. No oilicial expose of the offuir had been made, and many speculations and inferences were rife. It was known, however, that tho Govtrn- merit hud pul the office under charge of officials sent from Washington, that Fowler could not be found, and that Marshal Kvn- ders was in search of him with on execution for tho sum of $l&. r >,054. Fowler is tho Grand Sichera of Tam many Hall, tho head-quarters of tho Holt or Freesoil Democracy of New York. Ho I was appointed Postmaster in 1.S5B by Pres ident Pierce, with u view of cementing tho I union between the Freesoil and National wings of the New York Democracy, and has been retained in office by President Buchanan (notwithstanding his professed policy of "rotation”) for tlm same laudable purpose. Il is said by the New York pipers that "the whole of the deficit occurred under the Administration of President Pierce, but for various reasons, mostly if a political nature, it bus not been made public, although it wus will known by tlto Administration at Wushingtou.” It is also alleged that the present exposure is due to "political considerations arising from the action of tho Charleston Convention.” Fowler was a Freesoil delegate from New York to the Charleston Convention, and in that body supported Douglas and his plat form. Therefore, Wu suppose, his long concealed ruscality has Ituen exposed. The Charleston Convention may be productive of good results yet. It appears that u change of Administration from one Demo crat to another does not bring to public view Irauds on Ihu Government known to exist, ami that only u split among them selves involving "political considerations” calling for the exposure, or a transfer of the Administration to a party opposing the Democracy, -ran accomplish tho Augean work. We liavo no doubt that this prema ture exposure will operate on a strong argu ment in favor of Democratic “hurrnony” and "unity" at llaltimure. As Ben Frank lin is reported to huvo said, when one revolutionary Whig was urging upon his compatriots the necessity of “hanging together” in support of tho Declaration of Independence, they "must all hang together, or they will hang separately." Fowler's bond is only 4*75,000—notwilh* day. — Mont} standing the large defalcation »o long known—and if bis sureties pay that amount, there will probably be still a largo deficiency. Tha truth is, we suspect, that the money was used for the benefit of his party, not appropriated to his own private use, and that he ir made the scape-goat for Ihe double purpose of screening those higher in authority and punishing him for his support of Douglas. At all events, his defalcation is not n greater rascality than his appointment to and long retention in j ^ * ,IH * M a cur ollice, in view of the corrupt consider*- i * ruo 0 . ^ ,0 ^ l j tim.s influencing bulls the appointment and | ||m j •« 1 iitlu retention. rrwise, is tho i '' •'* Boston that fu! The Montgomery Mall. j how ,. ve r, undou We have tho question put to us every I gates from the 8 >! the it lues demand to their places, ho recent attempt made I'.onahre the Dciiiucrulu: ir hear'y condemnation ; ulizatioii ot tiio Dcmo- Rcsolved, Tliut it Inteliri^ tliut I this mry ; that ■nl I » i th.! coupled with tho duly to protect in thu Territories,” und the rtuprou has patted you approvingly and suid Now. then, (’.III you not sen that < lory, granted it thu power and un it thu duty to protect vlavo property Mexico did, and not tho power to < as Kansas has done ! Are vu * than the laws of Al.«lmm » v tho larceny of a iniilu In in u the importation thereof. T, laws passed for tho protection of property they don’t •• establish, abolisli,” or "ei courage” nml* s or miilu-ruising f Dear, dunderhead* d child.i u ! our odi i tho Charleston ntvo boon curst tor him, nml that a hieiimis opposition, iiiipmo- u history ol Democratic Con* i defeated his mnninutluu. old Thicks. 1 —Tho Morning i» verv act ol nniioiiticuig the >1 John Bell lor the Prcatd.'liey, Graham, anil at otic , icns, were nil Abo. tlie self-cniialitillcd j ar in at it n t ton. * * ilieii organized ought to l>« admitted into ill* Unto.i whether its Constitution ptolub- Your conimitioo recognized in the above res 'ltilions nothing less man the rights ol tho Siblrs. There is nothing in them that j i in iV lair lie and equably cannot de mand They wi re n purled to lire Charles* ton Convention by l< democratic ciecimg Suite.*, .1^1 \v* rc v-'ted down b> thu linn* democratic imn-eleciing Htules. Tin* Douglas democracy, by relusing to pass* these, resolutions, liu* struck ii lutul blow til tlm cqiinluy <d thu States ol this Union, and iIh> last ii-'litH *d tlm Southern citizen*. ■VIII i to tl leglslati tonsnlerabli • app!i i ol ihe line I .Mas achusetts. . that i portain'o which they ■ hi view ol tho overruling lporlaio. ol the acquisition • I liuiiisiaun; nud 1 liavo Ktc.l, that it was upon *itn that some ol tlm inetulx 1 i all Humility nl the .Missouri Comprornu but I wi.tli to bold ooiiiu coiivcr-o wi .-ouilieni Ineiid* upon this subject I'hu*. i the brim cld oil- s to tho Territories. >rc. 'Hiat while, as pari i i division in tho Charlc i ut tonal rights i tho < tills lull, 1 prop cuss this qiiebtion with candor and fairucsst io give to ali the urgtum ut» in i*s luvor thvir due weight md importnnec, nml then to com-iiler w hether they maku out a ease id • ■vcrnilinc necessity ; a case ol Mich vital importance to the country generally, or to the South partirulatly, tl*.u I ought to sur render my ohjcciiou* r*» ihe measure. Sir, inik*It Unit: hia been roiihUlncd, ami Mill I liter*' lias been n great deal ol ingenuity displayed, hi the discussion ol |>our* and qucpUoiis «>l sulxirdtinite iiiiporlnnco. Tho Irt •mla *>l ihu bill diller widely among tlic.mclve* ne lu surtn ol the docrines and priuriples involved in the g, m-ral snbjeol.— • ■ li ! • I 1 ■> 1 I. I to ll.q'in lc- II ■ to by Congress in legislating lor thu Tcrrito riving il Iroin tho express grant ol tho power to make all ncudlul atari Abolitionist—Washi'vtoii, Kr: Jefferson, and Hamilton, bad they living at the time, null-slavery in *rri united voices against it. a* eonceiv, spirit the very rcverso nt that which trolled their * their sanction thny rontrihu tho strongest antagonism* interc-t.s n- t.. i " ii * *.• \ : • ’• .i l t|u« Sontl and in blending nil in one great orgu.» : inttrntnont ol Union, unparalleled in t isdoni ol its provisian* nml tho gramlot nurse when limy gave m Constitution ; w lien ie lull weight of their araeccr* in ■ • m ihattng , but t J* lie*i i did i >ily hi ■ Ilia . titer liill l"’ 1 " With that ill no spirit ol dishonorable con- it triiMting that better cuiiiihcI may is thu doty *d the democratic send dokgnten to Richmond and II tliu Convention ut Ualtimoro instructed to retire ami net in ti with the other Southern Stntes* id, in ihu nomination ol cuiidul- only w lien tt bee htn cannot bu sec tea nml Inmilics rod. When tliut mid nml tl iit y to mil our country, ; i the lollnwing names were op|)oiittnd as stiiiablo doln- -iii tins county in the IMill- Jiition, on th*' till ol June rkaey, Dr S. Warner. It. U. dull Allen, ami William i die •tl who clicet tliui A-y lu IlHtigO t Ilia nativity, hia raising a slave Stale, his lil.r-luu, rerii iiiiorisit nud liomn er, nl least, will he he'd a igaifl-t ihe inleteoted alan ;.il enemies. Wo bcbcue brethren to awuko to d justice, and throw a.std weapon* nl wnrlare. \.Suoanwill lirp. Klgtial HpeeiiitOii that thu Dem- Colujjil.UH Tiiiium and Eiiqnirci. Oil motion ol Dr. Il.nimt, l then udjouriicil > R. CATCH! NGS, Chairman. a: ( ourlcMloii, m iiroiinuiieieg "i When tho Democracy advaueti Ir die ton liuiiihuq, they will bligh: i tlicir position heloro iliocouuiry.- i.Hilti da Democrats Not H or lli Itohhin^. | Tho National l'ulicu Gazette, wl.rh Is posted a* to tho operations ul professional thieves, declares that tho piek-peckcts who attended tho Into Charleston Convention barely made their t xpemms. The thieves aver that there wo» viry little money car ried thuro by delcgulos, und that most of them (tha delegate*) wiro “ l.roka,” in u very low days; und ihot it was n common j practice, . Sclmaliit) propertied to give (he history is |»oiii,cal relation to tnc AdmininUa- , nml wliy ho went In The Cniialllulioli <; to demand a rossatioii ol attacks on . where In. had tho accidental h Juil.-O Black, winch led m tim publication ol Mr. lluchunaii'n loiter to Mr- Walker. Doting tho progress of tho testimony. Judge Black frequently interruptedh | 5lo(lioilt»t Iqiihropul Cunfcrcnrc IIi'pkalo, May lfi.—Tlm proceeding* of thu M. E. General Goiifercncu to-day w of morn general interest (h&n they huvu heretofore been. Thuroport* of the Hlavu- I ry Committee, whieli liavo been sj anxious ly looked lor, und uboul which there lias lieen h i much Spccuhttou, were to-day pre sented, read, and ord* red to hu printed Ihitli the majority und ininurily reports wen* document* ol some length, occupying nearly two hours in t!ru reading m.ijority report rocoiniucndt* a chaiigo ul tho present rule. limujty report recommend* an of- larainui on tho juirl of the Gun- I- rrm c, reuliirrniiig thu unti-Hluve- in ol t!io Church, and that thu eo on 1'nslorul Adtlrcs* ho in to flute this position to nil thu • , ami to give auch counsel as y dei in act\itsnlili*. The reports I over h>r olio day under thu tulc, led to ho printed. Whiskers. ilitrcss of tho I.uiicabtcr Literary rays she would as soon nestle her t iiiaiiitam that a results necessarily irunr considerntlofi, by those who asserted them, will be allowed in hn well taken. But, air. admitting thorn, with the ex ception* 1 liavo stated, to bo incontroverti- bly true, still the main question remain* to hu considered and decided : Do fliunc facts and doctrines demonstrate tho cxpedioncy ■ >! disuirbi tg thu Missouri compromise un-. der existing circumstance* f ami in coming to art aflirniaUYe conclusion up on this queg- lion I hesitate, 1 pause. I have listened with attention to all the luminous exposition)* ol theories of cornui*. tii'ional construction, and of popular sov ereignty; to tho ingenious application of doctrinal points to questions of compacts and compromise by thn friends of this measure, Tlm question has been fruitliil ol themes for dialectic display ; for thu exhibition nl great powers of analysis ami 1-igicul acumen ; but the wliolo argument had been singularly deluetive nud um*nlis- factory upon tho main question. What practical advantage or benefit to ilm coun try, generally, or to thu .South in particular, wi|l the repeal ul tho Missouri fomprutninu It is assorted with grent confidence thnt the application of the principle of non- interv* iti.m to tl,. se T* iritortus, and tho repeal ol tin* Missouri eontprotiiisn, will have tint el Ire! to transfer t*» the local !• gtslature tlie Tcrritorre* and Stnies, nn*l 0 r« iovo Congre** foi tho futurn frotn« Ilm ■ ".*•! dangoroo* and distracting sofijcct ul ■ Rtroversy which ever lias, nr ever can ■listurli it* deliher.i'ion ; that the Hourcu of ' 1 tion il * ■ nflicto and oait iiioni up it t'to subject of slavery, which have more titan oneo threatened tlm pvneo ol tin* uintry. will bu removed ; tint juatico will m* *lono to tho South ; that the Constitution will bo restored and vindicated ; and a now guarantee be provided for tho inability ol the Union. I need not suy that il uno half • t tho many beneficent rcmiliH predicated of this measiiro can be shown to follow ah » , • |uenco ot its a It ption, I would no longer lusitate to givu it nty sup- i> ;i; but, unfortanately, tho arguinont ha* proceeded no lurilier tiinti the affirmation without showing how these lesuliu must or will follow. Home gentlemen, delighted ut tho prospect *j| seeing a favorite theory of Hie right of the inhabitants ol a Tenitory to gov to themselves recognized by u vote ul in r r-iaatt'H with the ■rnttion ol sum** iivoritc non..ii or doctrine ol constitut,unul 1 terjirriatiou, after expending ibe whole rce ul ihetr grent nluliiy in rluridnllng uir resjicctive creed*, tori It wit h jump t*» i that the happiest results will vitality tullovv the adop- I. r the *lnvo ; they the institution itself .. I pt i 11 f so had i such horror of then South. 'I’ll ihrin, of a v rcpngnai lay tlie louiidn- g lcu«l Iretwccn tho North and i* were others which impollcd y different nature, nudgjuno tlicir feelings a* slavery. r annexed. Whiles* I the United Staten iliuhilaitiH ol lliu T*' 'eta ol legitimate nud Jonsiitiitioii. A groat tho hill Ulhqil t ii* powi r to legislate subject ol slavery, a* number These were the long.continued, and, rontly, never-ending *wny ol the Virginia dynasty ; and the perpetual exclusion from with which the prejionderntitig in- ihut period seemed to threaten thorn. Urged ny these strong (Missions, ihey hail no dillicultv, throitgii tho press and the pulpit, to rouse into activity the whole latent yet powerful unti- slavcry feeling in the North. It wain grent right.-* ol j j, |f|y |,1111 pul.lit ai movement ; and the anti- 1 f, y 1,10 ' oiiivi-ry sentiment, so umvorsaf at the North, ■"•■ -t"". 1 "••'.I* l liup.ICCol"i„r NouIl'l lo legislate * — "•*■ 1 ordinary I bcloi rveiHion by Congrcsn upon the sliivu *tl*.n in tlm Territories, (hung hack to |irtiici|do ol the Revolution, they deny CongicHd has any lighi to legiHluto t »r, i uiiv manner to interfere witu. tho hi- u! alUirs or uisiiluii'dis ol lho iuliulo- Turntm y. I ihe i ■ urged tiy aud therefore the repculed. Till iijin'miM', i dnci.uui.d.) Dell ICverett in iHoltllc.— .The Great Meeting I.aat Night. One of tlm very largest and moat enthu siastic political meetings we have ever man in .Mobile, assembled last night a: thu Amphitheatre, and a more orderly nud decorous mooting was never held -Imre. The people weto out in their Hirongih. 01*1 men, merchants, nml retired citizens who have not participated in public demon strations tor n long tim* were at the meet ing last night, and, we doubt not, every oil*'ol them left il "good lo be there.’’ Thu lateness of the hour at which wo write, jirecluden any lengthy notire, but wo liopu lo civc a sketch ol the spur dies hereafter. Wo will only --ay .hat they were truly eloquent and iu-qiinr g, nml they fell like rtraini* ol sweet music” upon tlie > tin i ght. This lit tlie pi iliciple the right ol i oil-govern ina lit, extended to the people ol tho Territories, and it i* the principle upon which tlm bill under eon- slileintioii is based. It well-founded, it seems to preclude Congress Irum organiz ing a government for them in any form, or ol iin;ioi ing uiiv tcsii iuiioiit* orqunlificnliom* upon the ntiHoluic light ol the inhabitants, ii.itivcs or foreigner*, to govern themselves under such organic laws as they i hull think lust. The suggestion of this prin ciple, ol the riiflit ol thu puo|>tn ol the Ter* rllone*, ha* given rise to a variety of in cidental *1*1* sliuils. it scciiifl to lie admitted, by some of the ndvoooios ot thia principle, tliut emigres.-* moy Icgit-luto lor the jiroiuctiou of the in- liubitaiits ol a Territory l*y orgnnizingn govcrnineni for them, and tli.it then tho tlm Misst i Hill ll t I* HI M coaxes. Otherec lioiild reiuin a genera cct-pled by I lie South, eompro- h I ed multitude. There i* no miittake about it, tlm Baltic more nominmions liavo tourhed a chord in Hie jioj.ular heart, and awakened a leeliug • io iill— | which cannot hu ft nisted. Every mention i slavery of th«a names of Bell and Everett, him V of too J night, was greeted with an entbustusm lotied ut which could not ho repressed. It was, in uensiiro : truth, a grand, a glorious meeting, nud ita col con* | influence cannot Tail to ho most nalutaiy with my and cheering. The leaven ol Consum er can be tiunal Unionism is loirly nt work here nml elsewhere, nnd it will grow ami expand until the whole country is leavened.— Mo* until, hm Th. »»«!« iiiisu between ilie North and the Snub, its constitutionality was .sanctioned by 1’residont Monroe and hi.- Cabinet. Again, it lias been alleged that the Mis souri compromise, which id now claimed to have become a compact ol mo sacred a character tlint to repeal it would ol good la11It on the part ol n • boon repudiated by tl to North that the North hu* rever acquiesced ill it as a settlement or concession u| the right of tho .South lu introduco slavery into the territory south budeg. liOmiii. Tliut trio North, in 1H5U, oj.jiusid tlie cxiuiibioii ol iri compromise line, ai cdi.ihltsli- ed in 1820, lo the Pacific, over any part "I tho territory acquired from .Mexico, i* true, territorial Icgts- It lias ul*u been urged, hi ihu cutimu of the willing to concede tho ex- debate, that the North opposed the udmts- esiublisli nuuIi domestic in- *i**n of Arkansas, lying south ol the lino ol they think proper. Thu j bt»leg, DUnim., into tho Union, *oii the hoiiornblo .Scn.it 'i Imiii Michig..ii [Mr. 1 ground that slavery was rucugnisod in its Cass] him** If admit* the difficulty ol de- I constitution r hut 1 bcliova it 1ms been suu- icrttnaiiig iho prLci*o poiui ul which all cuHMlu'.ly bhowu that no such opposition legislation Gy Corigtcsa relating to Ihu wan mudu. But, sir, it is true mat tlie Territories shall cexss ; und the inquiry us | Missouri comprumibe has been rojiudiatcd, to whether any number nl inliahilntitH, I ami lias never been acquiesced in us a howevor small, may he. siloly allowed to I valid compact by a clam ul citizens at the settle ull questions ot internal |»ohcy, is I North, Hindu up ol ALolit.uniats proper, evidently on*! <>l groat embarrassment. The und the tiioru mim lituvuus typu of unti- (liHtiugtuslicd Senator Irum Michigan re- | slavery agitators, winch m found rejircsuu- g ird i tin " t -"I "'bit I 1 . • ; i. , . , , - d on tin-* floor. They rrpudia - .... n- tnniH lor praciitul sidiitiun by t'oiiftriss, in i |ir**m**cs—the eumpruniise of J '-go lioaliuty tu :Uu man I I«.*>!» discret- liavc be q llent I oil h tion, Irum which is )ligre*H to legislatn , tbo host niiMWiT, 'ongrcbs has exer- d tin* Government, n.nl that the power bus been louud belli sale and con venient. It would not be sale, at tins day, to look too closely into the quesli. jiowor ol Congress nr grant in tho (.'mat derived any power in lor the Territories at undoubtedly, is that ciseiHI The ionutnr I the Sciiutor Ir ot ] hu 1 ly proelainud tlie principles which will control their n urse ujiuti this subject. This Senator fro ti Ul to uvows tlto purpose to ugiiutu the (jurbiion until slavery shall he ubohshed in tl.o Disttict ot C<)liimbin, and everywhere elm, wi'htn tins control ol Congress. They admit that shivery where it exists in thu States they * tlm Tcrri'ortes, lor I cannot rca*:li through Congress; but they innol go very lur back until we find j give no pledge mat when it is abotishrd in ourselves eiiiharrushtd by ihc acknowledged ; this Dnitrict, they will cease ilicir agitation mstilutionality of the purchasn und —nor will they. Though they prolcas iiallv ask*' ehmhln j falacly th i i had Ti. 1 Both purtiei ith the utmost io room, and uiidiul,' I balloting. Ne W England and the South day, ’Is it possible that tho Montgomery •tood harmoniously together in his riithu- 1 Mail is ujipoting Hell and Everett ?' I he I untie sujiport. Compare this spirit with i Democratic papers of Georgia liavo so o»t- | the sectional wrangling at Charleston, both fully auuouuced the Mail’s opposition t»» I upon the platform and the candidate, and our nominees, is to leave the impression »ith the Northern organization at Chicago, that that paper contemplated the support of cral" dejeg N • We I »ud how eminently and exclusively do Bell 1 »n*l Everett stand before the country as I uitional candidates and as the only repre- I ‘entatives of a pure and reliable national j •NUiaent! We cannot forsake them tar lu T P<*lttical chimera, or for any Quixotic tJvcoture undertaken to gratify personal predilection, or for any hesitating “policy" •hich waits lo teo what may "turn up" in ff*« agitations ol party factions in whom the Baltimore nominations, but now backs out on account of personal or political objec tions peculiarly applicable to Messrs. Bell and Everett. We know that nothing esn be further from tho truth then this, and so does every reader of the Mail. We and they know that that paper has all the time repudiated and derided our Baltimore Con vention, from the litno of its first suggestion as a political movement. But there aro i line k*va no confidence and whose strength and I thousands of voters in this region of Guor- '••fluence We believe to he insignificant. Ilibb County. We learn by a letter from Macon, that j 'ba seceders obtained an easy triumph at ‘bs Democratic meeting held in that city * Saturday. A resolution sustaining the f *>ur*e ol the retiring delegations at Charlea- Gn waa passed almost unanimously, and M«s»rt. P. Tracy, E. L. Stroheker, J. B. Umar, A. M. .Speer and Dr. Branham were ^pointed delegatee to Milledgeville. All Ll Ikeiu are said to he decided iu their •“pport of tha aecedtrs. NsverJ animated •peechra wera made, and much enthusiasm nramfesuj. gia and Alabama who do not know tin and these are the people whom the Demo cratic presses are imposing upon. Wo suggest, therefore, for tho considera tion of our Montgomery friends, the pro priety of their staling whether they ever contemplated the support of tha Baltimore nominatioua, and whether they have not bean opposed to the movement from tho start. The Democratic papers hereabouts, who pay no attention to our statement of this fact, may be induced to lay the truth before their readers in the A/mT* own worJs. ■ hut modesty But we think we can a statement to the Police Gazette. Charles ton is a well governed little city. Thieves, thcro, are not put on thu police, if known to be thieves. The city au'hnril'C* saw to it,l that tho putico did their duly, und so robbery, on a large scale, was prevented. The same could bo effected in New York, if thieves, swindlers and other Free Boilers did not rontrof the police regulation*oJ the c;ty.— Mont. Mail. A Washington letter sujs; •• An effort is being made to carry the seceding dele gates back to the Uslurnore Convention. And who do you th.uk are at the head of thi* counter-march? Not l)>uglas and tends—for they aff ct to laugh at the uliow a man with whisker* lo kiss her. We don't believe n word of il. The ob jection-* wliicli some Indies pretend lo have to wliiuki-rx, nil urisn from rnvy. They don’t . have I.ny. They would if they could, but | J 1 "**','* 1 | the Get is, tin* continual motion * f their . lower j»w ih faln| t i tucir growth. The . j lathe* - Hod bless them .'—adopt our l»*h- I ! ion* n» l ir nn they can. Look nt the de- ■ j p f . 1 itioorf they have committed on our i"f‘l U" vt ' r | wardrobes in tho list low. years. They : In,vo encircled their soft, bewitching neck* | J in our standing collars und cravats—driving ; i *m men to dallies ami turndowns. Tlicir - ; innocent little hearts hnvo he* n palpitating . ! in tlie inside of *>ur waistcoat*, instead oi -l tlie outside, naturally ili- i.uvo thrust their pretty lent gh our unmrntion»bh>, un- itl.inkuhoutshles—hi short, _ d feel tliut thu jus Micuwbn would say, breeches. A ltd sceptro lias departed from Israel,” and i they are skipping along the streets in our liut tho pony is now destined for a paitdul j |jjgh-hoolod boots. Do you hear, gditlc- ilgrimugu like ‘ forty years in the wilder- |ne|| i WB fny hoof* ! ilily t liun | nstoninliud *|)Cclalori* .- men criminal proaecutioi ill continue to-morrow, |iV. y. Tribune, i und atil.lt exatiou ol Iho wliolo territory reiloil to Unfted States by Franco. Great incon- iei.cu may arise from tlio concession *d prim-iple «»l the inherent right ol ecll* tho |>e*q.lo of a Territory, .uiitrulicd power ol Icgislui- they may grunt charters of inc )r|iora- ti ,n with extraordinary privileges, crcntu a publicdobt, und *l«» inony other tilings such lab..i s ihoi labor, upon the Constitution, yet ’ concern lor freedom und free their hostilny to aluvcry and id abolish tl.o hould perish, they would bite Advertim r, 20/A. Bull and Evkrbtt.—Although the New York politicians of the conservative school urn indignant lie cause Houston was not put forward ut the Ballitnuru Convention on the Uth insl., there is no mistaking the tono of public opinion in the old-line Whig rank". North and Mouth, in favor of Bell nnd Everett. It ia a strong ticket, and will I receive an imnienso vote. Mr. Bell is rnont completely identified with the friends of Clay and Webster than uny other .Southern statesman, and Iiuh troops of frionds m ranucsscc, Kentucky, North Carolina, Vir ginia, und Maryland, lie ia^hssidus, cx- Itomuly popular with the commercial in terest* «<( New York, Boston, and IMiiladel- pliia. Mr. Everett has earned for himself a world-wide fame us a plan of letters, a patriot, n citizen, and u Christian. Those who depreciato this ticket could employ tlicir limo much mure prolituhry. [Rhita. Press. Not to Bai.timoui.—The New nan Ban ner says: "Certainly, Baltimore is not tho jdace nor the 18th of June thu lime lor the Democracy of Gootgin lo particijiato and engage iu Ihu nomination of a candidate for the Presidency, on a plullnrrn such as wo iijiprehcnd will he then nnd there adopt ed, alike unsuited to the times, the circum stances, or the dangers now surrounding us. Our voice iu for Richmond, whern the men who adopted the resolution as above, together with tho majority platform nl the committee at Charlestoq, will assemblo with in* friends and advocates. They are de manding nothing but what is right, and we aro assured that in entrusting llietii with the dearest interests of the .South, they will submit to nothing tliut will compromioa her honor or tarnish Iho lustru of her fair name among the Blatea of our glorious Union. To Richmond, then !” Ho ay Uo greatly injurious lo the woL a-hnrli the ) nsk ol unwiio Icgisliuioti i other (lie 1 hu Htiliicieiiiiy consoled iiad brought ujioii the c tuntry by 4I1 lion that ility bad bcou ttuu to til. pfe* 1 hey proleuaeil. Do what you tnny, or forbear to you may bow, there geutlon ruin*:# highly expedient 1 tin- gem 1 sI w* flare ol the •l ouse who hold 1*1 Ilia d. I,. rent right ol seil-g .vurmnent hubiianiB, wi.l find no difficulty ipliving the prinoiji' the . Abrum Lincoln, of Illinois, ia famous for his quick wit and good jokes. The oilier day, when ho wan up noufsr u rcflee | from Kansas, with a fricnil or two, (hey : prmci- mhw u small stream, und inquired its name. One of the passengers said : thein- " °*ll‘ , 'l ” 'I'll® Weeping Water.” I exorublo foes of the instiiiiiiou* ul me South. Lincoln s eyes twinkled. l'liey nut only’ n j.udiata tho compromise* “ You remember, said he, “ lb*_laugh- j of lft-.’u and 1850, out liie Ooinj.romisc* ot 1 Gal greater eurnpact for tlie Kettiutmmt o! , ull conllicting sentiments and intercstd b. I tween mo North nnd the South—the Cm corrcspoiide.it but S. others ot th* fur the bon none of the lound slipp »v 111 It II. Bright.Toombs, lknj the r.on-Di-ugJas school. ding delogalton bsck into the Baltimore Convention. It they did, they would have to hang their heads in shame. Thvir only chance i* to g« with tho Richmond Con vention. It ‘hoy fail to do that, they will be well Dughed at,” U. 8. Circuit Court.—The jury, in the case of the United tiialea 1*. John Jtubig- non, charged with being concerned tu n*« funding 01 Alricani, by tho Watultrer. re turned a verdict «»l “Not gurlty."— Rep, 1 'Jik. eb gariily : " West Tonnessc hasn't n d—d word to say obout Cliarlcs ton. Wlion you ask them how the “ har monious” ure getting on, tlto only reply is : know— 1 don't take ibe paper*." own comfort they have papers orth- but the leaders and oificc-holder**.will, in less than tw*lvc months, " toko’’a «m ol papers, common* ly known us “ wulking paper*,” liermanotil passport respondent < conclude* a the loll*.win Mr. Ever shed lustre :ltt.—Tha Washington cor- t tho New Orleans i’lcnynno ■(cent letter lo that pujicr with • jiaragrapli 1 nt, io ins diplomatic career, 1: <>n this country. His nnswe limi toiliaTerritoriea. 11. <>l tho bill to inquire whe ua it now sttinds, are not iiieontUti ni with (lie prn it is buoed. If this measiiro shall a|iponr to ho 1 portunt to thu iuuirests oi the country ntervcti- IrtcndH ,i(jJcg. KtJmiii. to tho l'uciiic; und that the ' elasM nf agitators iu tnc North to whom I have alluded never acquioaceff In it. Homo of tlm friend** oi this hill have do med that the slavery rasliicliou clause oi ol 1820 waa uny pari of tlie Mis ter ns |>r*iviAious, into upon which id In* AnE (To*.) J A gent let. the three powers lTsm-i, Spain «*>d England, upon the Cuban queMion, wa- matchless, ntul remain* un- unswired. 'J lie Democratic. Review hailed ,-JHMHR nSlon “ ,c ' u Itnung Iho baltnn ol their 8 , *!“ illr. J'at riot I Douglas said Inst “ll Everett had done rim' to render Ins »dministratio Smte Department illustrious, his tilii live 111 all coming time in that ul undouhltit vcnic.ly in- I .i.ptoi......*= le.lcr,.. onu who cimltl «|.|.ro lo.i work u hull-lroK »,. «•'» U*'i'"" ol lb, .go «oJ |ioju!ivo Ihc killfU no.r liiro, ...curing flighl.on ...aho. j tlcllny ol i.ioimlioii. ucrosA mu shoulders, and over two foot and | ——— a half long. His voice was tetrific, hi* Joseph Hmilh, of Louisburg, Arkansas, enormous eyes stuck out three inches and] WH , , f „.,i „nd acquitted on tho charge ol ho could IMP b.yund ihu conc.plion of iho j , , , ol ,„c to . ootlou gin .nd pltul.r.' j* MBs ^ with much dilhculiy, m consequence of his j was so strong that he was shot through tho long continued vitality causing him to leaji out of reach whenevsr he wax touched. I 1I10 lxlatid ot Cuba, with six hundred I . eventy Africans 011 u»»ard. The ship's crew and slaves were taken to Key West. siiou after leaving Ihe court room. 1 1- ur safety lie was conducted to tho hotel and lodged in the attic, but during the night aouio parlies procured ladders, and | ascending to the bcdrouiu window, shot him dead. No steps were takeu to arrest 1 thu offenders. Iricnds assume, 1 shall fuel no embarrurs- in* nt arising front any ol the questions to wliicli 1 liavo just alluded, tu giving my support to tho principle ol non-intervention, embraced in tlto provisions of the bill bo om the H< nnt*\ 1 think it is u wise and xpndicnt principle, for general application; und upon thi* point K wtif be perceived that there n* no difference between myself ami any ol my southern Iriends. It is not a new principle. It was the principle adopted ill tnc Compromise acts ol 1850, and had my lull concurrence aud support. But in the application ol this principle to TcriBo nes proposed 10 bo organized by this bill, iu order to give it a Irtuund unembarrassed operation, it is proposed to repeal tlie Mis- »ouri Compromise ; and thus a grent jiruc* tical question i* directly pri rulod ; and one »Inch, above all others, claims (lie diapas- H iujie reflecti*m and consideration ol every .Senator und every stun >man of the country, north or south ; Is it wise, is it expedient to disturb tho Missouri Compromiser Docs tho repcul ot (tic slavioy restriction clause ot tlie act *>r 1«20 prnintao such important und beneficent result* to tho country that all objections should be yielded ( ll is contuuded, with great 0irncstnosa. by tho friends of this measure, that it does give such promise ; and tlto highest talents aud ability of the Senate have been arrayed tu prove (hat there wan nothing io the cir cumstances undor which the Missouri cont- f iromise was adopted, or in the subsequent listory oi tho country connected with it, Minnesota, called Minne haha. Now, I think, this should be Minnv- boohoo.” There wax a roar; an J “ Miunel oohuo” will probably bo tho name of the stream henceforth. Brocck's i’norcaa came In tlto sweepstakes, having been beaten by s«»uri comjiroinise. They assert that this clause ot tho act ol ih2U wmuot acquiesced in by tbo North us a sottleimuit of tho ques tion: that the udmisAioii of Missouri into thu llntuii wus h*ill oj.posed t.y th* North in 1S2I, on the ground that the constitution formed and present* J by the |>«:ojdii ul Mis souri, under llio act ot 1820, prohibited the Legislature from p.iasii.g any law author izing inulmioes, or otli*'r fr«-u persons of color, to amigrato to tin* State; und it is contended tliut tlie admission ot Missomi into thu Union was tho result ol u compro mise of tliut question; und that, in now contended by gentlcnicq to liavo been tho rout Missouri curtipiomisc. That apposition w«is made l»y the North to the final admission of M's’touri in I '-'l, oil the ground stated, is true; ‘nut the in ference drawn tiom that (act by *he very in genious und distinguished gentleman who brought ll to our notice, that is i.> say, tliut thu siuvery restriction clause of the ait ul 1820 had nothing to do with the question o| j -«*•■ - tlm udmiasion 01 Missouri iih» ine Union, ' It is auid that in Japan old maids aro un- ur, in other words, that it l. rii.> d no pari i heard ol—do not exist. When the girls do ol tho compactor understanding between | not get married voluntarily in any rsasona- tho North and tiio Houtli wliicli led to hat . hlo time, the authorities hunt up husbands, result, 1 think can scarcely find any sup- I und make them marry, willing port in the judgment ot tlie country. Having thus gono over all the groande of objoi Ten Urucck’s Ratllusi l»y California, ilirco year* ol«l, won tbo e weepstakoa of lu sovereigns, Mr. Marlin's Coulusimi coming in second; while Mr. Ten UrMck'i Panama easily won linndi- cap aw crpatafce of 10 sovereigns for three- vcnr-olds, over Lord Fuzwilliani's Busv Boo. So that -Mr- Ten;Broaek canto off' i-xncily even, with two triumph* and two defeat*. ^ I5.au Bruiumrl once had Ilia pocket picked. The pecuniary loss lie liuru with grist equanimity, but declared that ho would hung, if Im met with them, the un- giHitleinaiily villiaiis who, by neglecting 10 rebutton the pocket of his pantaloons, bad caused him to walk the length ol the street with hia pocket turned inside out! An exchange thinks that the Japan-. „„„„„„„ ..... ... .... R - know ..hi,.# ur •••» !. they h.v. MjMSlIilM .... wllSHy .1 »»'" ■' '• ”"*ttH,.. * “ * try Mtea Ulna hojriu was mM <• George Wood, ol tlm Nt. Louis Ihaaii*, al Niamf.'tJ, Eoiiii., on iho 7its met, the Missouri compromise, 1 trust it wil) fie seen that 1 am not disposed to coiniov*it them either as 10 fact or doctrine, with such exceptions only us upon niorv del berate

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Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1828-1861, May 29, 1860, Image 1