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Columbus d&iquircr.
nrerklnrldtfe on the Klnmp.
Tbo wot of I bo "loo foif." piomiooo lo {
II)9€USM|UI1 ol Opelika.
'John Bell on Slaver; in the District.
M'e If.rn Ih., .bore ... . r ,.l. r l.rf. Thj> 0 fTM9-M mot daring l
JOHN II. MAKTI1N. Kdllor
Tuesday Morning. Sept. 11, I860.
Conetitntional Union nominations.
FOK PRESIDENT.
JOHN BELT-.,
OF TENNESSEE.
VICE-PRESIDENT.
EDWARD EVERETT.
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Poliliral MfUlBRs for the Monlh.
BELL* EVERETT MEETINGS
111,.. Spring. lUrrta MW* ! 'T' IS
I oicottl in bi.umoo* .nd olroieg/on - — —
: oibo. Pro.idro.iol (rod. of tbr couolry. I. ! d.jr. lo hour Hi. polilicol di.cu..ion
country in reference to the government <
need for that time anil flare. Mc»«r*. > Ji^poBiticjn of the territory acquired from
col. I*. T.
7. htilon, ink* comity
Tliomaoiou, Upson county--
..September It
r .. h
“ »*
Knoirlllf. Crawford county
llutlrr, T»ytor couuty „ ...
Tsthotton, Tslhot roomy - „
II .tiillton, Harris eoanty..-
Able and itlitlnrilthed speakers will attend the**
.ppoloWont. A«ongUwo»1.0 llmioro. of Troop,
II.,o. IW IlARI.oo.il. Hon. K. V. Toirrr. ood Col.
I". W. ALrtAsr.ro. ^ ^ .
B. T. MARTIM'B MTOIKTSMTS.
Wo bio rfque.led by 11. V* Martin, E.q.,
Ilousloo EIrrior, lo oIRIR lb*> c » nw -
qurnce of indisposition il will ln> ool of his
pc... lo fill toy oppolnlmonlo for tbe nei'
loo doyo.
red; aud aa lie it known
Jsa«J<r, we m*y anticipate with confidence I the -peak
that he will direct bia exertions to an avoid
in future of the main causes of hie j discussion wn very
recent disasteis. Knowing what theao i
and presuming that he too knowa thorn,
may venture in advance to aay that he will raked and riddled tbe
labor to clear his akirta of the free mil with . hot abol. 11c exposed M
hich they were bra|iaUcred in his fight fc
calls out into personal conflict the chiefs , #
whom the two factions have choaen as the I Judge, Rice and Clopton were there as rep- \i fX j c0 , \ | Bf ge portion of the poople of
reprssenUtivea of their respective claima. rraeniativcs ol (be Ureckir.riJge cause, and t |, e jy or ijj wcre a pp ar cnlly resolved to ex-
arid the individual combat between Burn Messrs. Baker and Waddell, of Crawford, . c | 0 j e slavery from the whola of it, while
will be an encounter of intense interest tod j appeared for Hill and Everett. It being j j|, # people of the South generally were
to make : the appointment of the Breckinridge speak- determined to oppose any such unjust ex-
, they refuted to uccoid fair terms of j elusion of the citizens of their section from
tbe rub iust. Hih efforts will j ditcusaion to their opponent*, ond the con- j a domain acquired by tbo coraojcn blood
xu- sequence was that it was finally agreed that j and treasure of both sections. • Iii this stale
porolion of fare. ..mb" worob J ... tbo j Mr ludg. .boulj .peak for tl.o oocoJo... of coaflic. o.d 0A.ium.nl .bo c.„.«..«i.o
f.w pi.llmin..) ■kirnii.be. Ibut ba»,- occur- Mr. Boko, follow fur lb. Union, tod Mr. | poli.ici.no of bolb .he Nurlb .od Ih.eoulh
prudent | Il.c. clow in behalf of lb. .eceilcr.. All | c.nt..«d tbo loin,, ol a Co
■poitior. boing able and ..rong debc | Iroth could .cccpl wi.hon.
it i* boldly neceo.iry 10 ray Ibat lilt- I prineipli
ward*—the bill to abolish the tlave trade
being atill before the Senate, Mr. Dim. de
livered the following speech, to which we
solicit tbe careful attention of the reader,
in connection with the foregoing proceed-
entertainment. Breckinridge
bis first appearance for tbu campaign
Kentucky
he directed to lbs encouragement and
surrender of
Hx.nhy Clat was tbo first
’interesting 7 and will i < orn ® folward wi,h propothioiia of adjust- Then
ment including all the matters in dispute ■ ,h “'
i belter I
that, but who do r
• intent course a
tbe Legislature of i merits
squatter sovereignty
Kentucky in lt*&0, on
tic-ground in I860, and on other occsilcns ; , year,
Judge's incon-
d the fallary of his argu-
rly style, turned very auc-
tbe Tippecanoe hat- ■ crssfully upon him bis anecdotes of last
discomfi ted him to the gnat
also, that he will strive with all the soph- | amusement of the poopie. To theconstcr-
istry of his nature to disconnect himself j nation of the Breckinridge speakers, he
and his cause Irom any disunion sentiment I | roduced John Hell's vote against
the Dial
of Co-
or purpose. This will bo bis endeavor, and j abolishing slavery
in Ihi. cnil bf will .ild.e.. hini.ilf with .11 Ininbi. by tbe joint .clion of tbe people of
Tbe Alai Kicctlonm
8.it. •I.clian. to I— H.lil during ill.
nt monlh, in Vrrmon-, 8ep>- 4lh 1 C.l-
iforni., B.pt- bib ; .nil M«in«, Sept- lOlb.
Vtimonl i. .unrndfred by .11 p.rlie. to
lb, Black Republican.. Old An. bt. bet
li.s'rl.eui.1 RM onbi. .I.t., loo deeply
pencilled foe toy petty e.ertion. or combi-
nation! to TUU Ihem out. will merely
ih. BDck Republicin .acre.. Iberr
as a mstter of course.
Ol c.lilornl. w. II... no inlelligcnce
■tiOlcienily detinue to un.bla u. lo c.|,r,*»
opinion R. to Ibc reeulb We do not
b„„w wbclhel >11 lour of ll.e pe.tle*
b„. ■•pent. Bl.1. end loc.l tickeu, or
whether there ere fu.mn. between •omc ol
Ihem. li will probrldy l « lb. UOth nr 2bih
,1 the month beloro wo c.n beer front ibie
election.
M.lii. I. the b.llle-fl.ld of llieumnlh,
■ Dll ihe re.ult Iberc it .nllcip.l.d with eon*
■ nlrr.b'e inumt, Th. 8i.ii- ™i«l •• f"l
|uwr in I8&0: Fremont 87,170, Buch.n.n
;lll 080, Fillmore 3 32fi — I temonl . m.Jorily
orcr >11 .trout Sb.iWO. Nolwllbil.lrUir.g
heavy odd., the Dongle p.rly
ligbling lb. b. II. with b..rt and bop.,
will retlainly cut down lb. m.Jorily below
10 bOO if they ‘10 nnl overcome il. llreck-
in.nlg. I... bad n f.ir tri.l ol hie vlreogtb
Pi „>v.r.l wnoihern Hl.lai »inre iho nnmi-
R.tionv, and lb. re.ult lie been hi. mo.l
ID.loeiou. U.I..I by lb. Il.llp.ny I" K‘.i-
lucay .nd by both lb. Hell .ml Dougl..
p.itie. in Miieoutlt wliil. in North U.m-
,‘oinl Democracy only b.rely f.c.p-
rd delo.t, a Ark.n,— ihe unit .lid
sirioka yet obscures tbe u-uU-fieiu. i, j a
Dmiglas' turn now to roaka a demonaira.ion
of hit strength hi fore the people, and
ihough he has a very hard State in which
to begin thn fight, he will unquestionably
come « ff much more creditably than Brrck-
11 ridge has in the Southern States. Thera
ate members ol Congress to be elected, as
will oa a Governor and Lagtsla'ure. The
Douglaa man claim that tiny will gain
lt f ...i**Fi»t^vy to Congress,
n.mglaa lu North Carolina, and I-ffae-
A dispatch t<> Him Philadelphia /’rear,
dated Usl.igh, Aug. 31, gives a glowing
account ol the orgatrigation of tbu Douglas
parly in North Carolina. It slates that the
Douglas Convention waa "as lurgo and
respectable an assemtdoge of iho Detooc-
racy aa has ever been held in the State” }
that a lull Douglas electoral ticket wa. nom-
it.ulml, and “th* very Idrft of a compromise
with ihe Breckinridge mm waa indignantly
rrji cird”; that “it is the common opinion
to-day that the fight In North Carolina will
pietenlly he narrowed down between Doug
las and Hi ll, and that tbo Breckinridge
men will In compelled to take their choice
between the two.” Douglas made a long
and strong speech, and at ita close “hunil-
ri ds of leading Democrats crowded around
him, saying that they had been for Ureck-
inr'dgc in iho morning, but were now
determined to support him to the end.
The dispatch s-ysi '•! sin also nuihurited
lo state that Senator Clingman is thn warm
and ardent friend of Judge Douglas, and
will be found on tha slump in North Caro-
lina until the November elections, and that
it e gn at Democratic State Convention held
yraterday si tine place haa encouraged Mr.
Holden, editor of the old Drmocratlo State
piper, the llilcngti Standard, who will from
henceforth fight th* D.-uglsa battlo through
without reservation." The Standard, it
will he r< collected, drrlarrd for Breckinridge
a few wrrks ago. Il haa long horn the lead
ing Democratic paper in the Slate.
Of Judge Douglaa' future niovsmmls,
Ihe di*p«tch say# t “1 am uuiborx d ic
announce that alter Douglaa haa spoken at
Richmond, and one or two other points,
resting a dnv at Washington, he will pro-
ceed immediately to Pennsylvania, where
he will address the people at the tollowing
placet—-Harrisburg, Friday Sept. 7; Read
tng. Saturday afternoon, Sept. 8 } Philaurl
phis, on *he same evening I and pass Iroui
thence to E »*lon, whrre l.e will speak
the I Ol Ii of Wrptruiher."
the energy of
clutches his last
downward progress,
reckless politician who the District und of Congress, and compen-
liance lo slay him in his ! sating the owneia out of th® Fcdersl Treas-
But Mr. Brecktuiidg® , ury for their freed slaves, only two days
will undertake a Herculean task, and he before the d*li»«ry of the speech which
will find that squatter sovereignty and dis- I they had unfairly construed to express his
uniou will rling lo him and sap his vitals | willingness to abolish slavery in the Dis
like the shirt of Nessus, in spite of all his trict by the action of Congrats alone, with-
efforts to free himself frum their embrace.
Two prominent and inevitable fact» fuatin
•quatter sovereignty upon him with an in
delible stamp: Horan for tbo Vico Presi
dency, in 1850, upon tint Cincinnati Plat
form, which ia now admitted by all parties
to be a squatter sovereignly charter—which
is now rejected by bis own psrty at the
Houtb for that v» ry reason ; nr.d us late us
tbs 1 Gib of May last—between the dtarup-
lion at Charleston and thn ro-union at
Baltimore—Mr. Douglas, iho great rspre-
■i unlive o> squatter aovereignty, read in
ihe ffruale Mr. Breckinridge’* confession ol
.qualler sovsreignty faith in his own lan
guage, and dtclgrcd that ho would accept
at d subscribe to it “without dotting sn f,
or cro-siiig a /,” und neither Mr. Breckin
ridge nor any friend f«r him then demurred
«r protested, ill* connection wnh and sup
port by the disunion politicians of the
etuuth is equally undeniable—here there
will bo no attempt to deny it. Yet, on the
bill ol tbe present month, Mr. Brmkinridge
will make in Kentucky the limit intense
nd extreme protestations of devotion to
the Union that have been spoken for many
day ! If he can be made to face at all
the issue which his own friends forced upon
Douglas at Norfolk, and which they are
now pressing here, he will declare that ho
ia nut lor revolution or disunion on sccoun
election of Lincoln! What will
Mvnator Tooiuia, ihe Columbus Timer, Mr.
out compensation to the owner*, arid with
out any compensating concession lo tbe
Mouth ! Tha production of this vote doted
up for that day all charges against Mr. Bell
on this score.
Mr. Baker’* triumphant speech produced
a decidedly fsvurnhie impression, ond Mr.
Rice’s violent sectional and revolutionary
sentiments no doubt helped to accelerate the
progresa of his party down hill.
Mr. Btt,t. Mr. President, I would like to
reason with my friend Irom Ulru [Mr.
LwinsJ on the subject of the amendment
proposed to this hill. 1 would not he very
tenacious about it, ii I foresaw that any
proposition which may be made in n oepa-
rutu hill, having the tame object in view,
were liktlv to he successful. Now, the
Senator from Ohio fays he desires to .rid
this bill ol oil iho amendments, so that it
shall main only the* provisions rmbfaced in
it when it came Irom the Committee of
Thirteen. He la in favor of the object ol
mpromisc which i j| lc f,,n 8a originally reported. That Sen-
;| n?or rnuFt remember that there are many
j gentlemen on this floor who think wo have
cotn-Jituitonal power to pats this hill.
others who do not go a* far as
ut think it expedient to
have the constitutional
They believe that ic will be the
ring-wedge to a senes ol measures
which will be productive ol more intense
ami excited feeling than v.o have yet ex
pert! need in tbe country.
Mr. Kwmg shook hi» head.
Mr. Hell. I know the .Senator from Ohio
h)• s no such vi^w** : but :h»t passage of this
bill, naked a* itu, 1 want the Senator from
Ohio to consider, will be likely to be mis
understood by a large class ol the people of
the South. Many who are an honest and
patriotic in their ilefigns and policy ns that
Senator nr myM-ll. will think it their duty.
sndthn< they will be promoting the true
interests ol iho South, to point to Hits mc».-
ure, it it shall pass tA.* conclusive evidence
tltiii iliere is no hope that tnc Smith will
ever repose Irmn tins irritating and inter-
meddling syrtcin of legipiauon on the
subject of eltvery. There arc many who
honestly think so. 1 have no doubt. 'I he
Senator irom Ohio must remember that
are thousands, perhaps tens ol thou-
who will bo prepared to rcctevr
tti’s impression
Now, sir, 1 acquiesced in the policy of
this full ss reported, and 1 had made up my
mind. as a member ut the committee, to
give it support ns one of the series of
all oourcca ol dissension, we should speed- j it shall l*e projioaed
ily be enlightened upon the question wheth
er the Nenli would stop there nr raise new
and more dangerous issue*. If all agita
tion thould crate, then would the whole
country, in all its section* and interests,
experience the blessings of repc*e Irom tbti
detracting controversy ; on the other hand
should the North manliest a determination j from day
in continue the strife, by atiack ng another j
point*, the uncertainty which
,. , . . Congress to make
u ..y special provision lor the regulation and
control of this daft, wo shall havn the
uvutl magic exclamation, “These arc hu
man brings, and, by the law nt nn'ure our
equals! ’ We shall have the Declaration of
inhabitants of the free and slave s
lived in harmony. There was in c ir.crrt.
ed system for the sedncttnn and carryir^ c ?
over the fortunes of the South will be dis- | the country
pel led, and tite people would have the op>n- ahull become,
o'l drcid.ng tkeir ever* detf.ny without t rcccpiade lor all the free persons «»t col
delay. They could either make up their j ol the surrounding States, instead ol
sustained. We hear that Mr. Baker was j 7". . . r(l . , I pass it, even il
,pitit. ...d lift h. 0n lho - 9lh “ f le50 ' t*" °‘ r " el1 ! Thuv
... his resolution* laying down the basis of
Disunion craft with , , ..
compromise arid adjustment, as follows.
1st. California to be admitted as a Btate
with her pending constitution.
!id. Declaring that as slavery does not
exist by law, and ia not likely to be intro
duced into any of tbe territory acquired by
the United States from Mexico, it is inex
pedient for Congress to provide by law for
ita introduction or exclusion, and Territorial
governments should he formrd without
restriction as to slavery.
3J. Fixing the western boundary ol
Texas.
4th. Proposing to purchase the disputed
portion of Texas.
5th. Declaring it inexpedient U> abolish < there
slavery in the District of Columbia, wi'hout j saitus,
the convent of the people of Maryland and
of the District, and without compensation
t<> the owners of the slaves.
Otb. But that il was ex|»cdient to prohibit
tho slave trade in tbe District.
7th. Requiring a more atringunt fugitive
slave law,
8th. Declaring that Congrees has no
power to prohibit the slave trade between
the Mtates.
Mr. Clay's propositions were objected to
by many Southern m«n, as conceding doubt
ful powers to Congress, and not being
comprehensive enough to effect a full sud
final sitlltuient of the whole slavery ques
tion. Among those entertaining these oh
jections was Mr. Bki.l, who on tl
February proposed a general cotnpr
his own, the provisions of which were three :
1st. Assenting on the part of Congress
to the division of Texas and the aJinissiou
of its new Mtatea without restriction ss lu
slavery, except such os the wseoluUvne ot
annexation iinpoaotl.
2J. Offering to purchase of Texas that
disputed part of her territory which had
been the cause of lho war with Mexico;
Col. l.orliraue lor Dougina.
The Timet of Wednosdsy sffreted to
believe that “there must be some mistake”
about the report that Col. O. A. Locuuak*
is now supporting Douglas, because, for•
sooth, it had found a letter of his showing
that six weeks ago ho was for Breckinridge
—as if there were not thousands of men
throughout lho cuuntiy, now for Bell or
Douglas, who wi re nix weeks ngo zealously
supporting Breckinridge and Lane!
Col. Lochrune himself settles this ques
tion in a letter to the M icon , J'elf('ruph t
dated Kept, ftih, in which he admits (list ho
wa* for Breckinridge a short timo ago, but
ootv declare. Iti.u.elf heartily (or UuurI... ; »•*«» "»* P 0,ll “" S-
then contemplated ; provided (he other
measures <d that aeries should iMumo h
shape authorizing mo to support thorn. 1
had not then considered maturely tho lorru
or niedo proposed lor lho accomplishment
ol the object, nor how objectionable it might
he under iho circumstances ol the time*.—
I should be sorry to vote lor a bill now
w hich would produce eo much mischief ua
I tear would rosuli from this one in iis
present aliapo in one quarter ol the country.
I have no doubt that tfrs bill, if pa-sod h*
it now stands an wniioiit ar.y nntcndimtni,
would have a happy ellect in the North
i thall
..# rubntil ID quiet, and with becom* tnoueano.
inq grace, to whatever the North may do- ( hero twenty, perhaps tony, perhaps* tiund- i
crce, or to tike steps for successful resist- I red th ui»a:td. 'I ne'e ss great danger cl j c
ot slaves tfomtncir masters,
a tree colorod p i julauon were nor trh
Ther.t wen* no hren sensibilities, N , rt j, or
betdleiided or roused to indigos.
doctrine* bti,i
changed, an.l „
t . greatly changed that w« must p'otctui *•
tin* class ot mhuintaou! e.\..*'s in ; the nn|M caution ar.d delieaey in all •. it
I Columbia ; we do relating to the subject ot sldVfrv._
open j Tbe Icelings and sensibilities ol trie
demand that lho slave trade shall t*.
hud at the scat ol ihe National tJuvcrr,".
this | independence, proclaiming the universal | South, betdleiided ol
ind, j equu tty ot human rights, read in our sal
■■ JBI now ; and tho contest | cither side K '
the subject of slavery will never
long | ‘ ~
steps for
ir, it were proposed now to eradi-
i slavery Irom the District, and at tnc
to time provide proper securities tor the
urea population, i bui no, lurjmru omj net w een «u«j
that the (South ought to rests' ihe measure, j 0 j the Union.
ould depend upon tbo spirit and inteti*
lion with which :t might be proposed. I
repeat, that lor tnyscli i should be rejoiced,
as a represeniative * ‘ “
question could be r
u slave State, ti th
w settled.
The Senator Irom Ohio (Mr. Chase) ha-
noutied us that we are rnuen mistaken il
Hsnppoie that tbe bill tor tbe auppression
of the'slave trade is tlie last which
m*> rxp ct on tlie subject of slavery. I
would like to see the question, how far the
North propose to go upon this subject,
brought to a pro ti ml tnt at once, it the
excitement ot tlic times admitted a fair in
terpretation of the measure by the people ot
the South,
the honor to represent in part
whole country South, to know what is lho
lurthuvt limit to which 'he North intend to
pr«-Fx the anti-slavery policy, nod whether
they ol th* South may ever expect repose
Irom these agnation*. But 1 ku w, sir,
that it it not projtond to ubolit/t /livery in
Ut District Kvw.and 1 tberelorc lorbear to
remark .urtlicr upon that subject.
With regarJ to tbo proposition to sup
press the slave trade in ihe District, a* al
ready stated. I had made up my nnnd that
it ought io be done on several grouncs. In
the first place, it is known that the slavu
trade, un incident of the unrestraiued right
ot property in slaves, is the moat offensive
feature ol the institution, ltissoreg rued
in the South as well as in tUe .North.
Southern gentlemen have their soneihililios
upon this subject as well as Northern gen
tlemen. They know, indeed, that it can
not be altogether prohibited in ilia Stales ;
but pernaps it could tie regulated so aa to
become le*s ollensive to popular sensibil
ities. And I believe thul, but tor Hi *
baneful and minchievnu* agitation at tho
North, not only the sate und trim*!, r of
slave* in the States would have been sub-
jected to 1'iiiiiHiion*, making tho exercise
ot mo right less repugnant to our own
feelings »n the South, but mat many other
and still greater nmcliorattoris in me cotidt*
(.out;reg-ted ; I he South propoi^^^^^PHVH^
hi* tneifure lit a spirit of dr fere, ,■<>
. iuurifsy to their northern brethren; tat
anger that, j they a*k that the North, in the exerci^oj
on a i a reciprocal consuy and deference toatrj,
dec!- | them, shall adapt the provisions ot this tin
union j ut* lor us possible, to the interest*, or, if j- l>8
isiuns pleate, to tlie feelings and prejudice* ot it,*
preventative incasures j South. What good reason can be nsriuotj
‘ *‘ lor relating to do so f 1 can *ce none.
.... c*ult. Str, there ia s
Irmn the difficulty ol legi»!uung upon
sobj*C in regard to which
idoptud. There are ulrrady Its!:
milliion ot this class «»l peraoua ifispcrred
over the Union ; und they
exceptions, standing
dy to get up
bs and tnsurrcc
There can be very little doubt tint moat
eaFesol disturbanrea in arresting fugitive
slaves in the free States
ttic presence and active interference ol these
free people e! color. Thoy will continue to
multiply. They arc a nuisance and a peel,
not only in the North, continually, foment
ing agitation, and supplying material tor it.
but they are u nuisance in me South olao;
dangerous alike to the interest* ol slave
State which I have j property ui.d the security o! society
* „ cu .cxtensive
imperatively
On the same day, after the conclusion 0 f
agitators—always! Mr. Bell’s speech, the vote wav taktn oq
the passage of the hill, n* follow. :
Ytxs—Messrs. Baldwin, Drntvn, Brigit
instigated by | Uo#*. Chase, Clarke, Clay, Coopn
Jot, Ewing, letch. Fremont
Hale, llamliu, Jlou/lon, Jonn,
Mewurd, Shield/, Spruauce, .Stura t ,
mpi back to the D
ry in the District should be aboil*
ttie whole colored population cou
moved, that would i>cnlo question
sluvery v
clerwood. Wale*, U'ulktr, I FA
VVmthrop—33.
N*vs—Meaar«. Atchison. Badger, thru,
we.I, Bci.l, Berrien, Butler, Dsvi»
1 iMtsbitrtppi, Dawson, i>owii*, II -.inter
! King, Manguiu, Mubon, Mor'on, p-mj
' bt'b*stian, bottle, Turney, smi Yulce—
The eighteen Senator* whose name* ».-»
print'd io italict were then oil brni.ci;',
full ielloWbhtp, though severj| M f i; 1<3
iir.ee joined the Black Ur j ul!.c»tu.
coublituted a majotity ol ths suppor.
idenre 1 ter* of the bill.
I For the record of the above | rocteJingi
I see Cuagrettional (Jlobc vol. !il,snd Ay.
sit hero beset and surrounded by an over- | jtendix vo!. 22.
grown population ot colored i .habitants— This entire record *howr—.
?dTvk J i»S.“::,d SuiSJZSS^i I •!•».* Bril J..I.CJ .ITaet . full and
paupers, sustained by tho sympathy »<l one final vitlUuieiil ol the dislrac.ing queittoai
section and exasperated by theoppo-iiionol of ls - 0 WIl j, ott | touching siavory m th.
Hie other. I ask my Iricnd Irom Ohio ... 1
whether this state ot things doe* not pre- | Durn-t in arty w.y ;
sent a question worthy ot serious guusld- That he refused to vote lor a h.II v»ktch
•Tfc" !, deftlnfld ro becomo l..» of | 1-op—lu <»«
the great queation* ot t
w tilt regard to tbta Diet
to do with this growing
control . r dispose
Noth-
.. Tni'ugh
ere abolisitcd in the District, 1 re-
agitation would bo renewed and | hav
the fires ol uoiitfuveray rekindled id Con- j
g(ua».iront timo to time, as long
lH-trict altall tie lei' open for tho re
a nit admission ol tree negroes. It would
soon come to pas* that Congress ils*ell
convenient
I low {
able {io
up«n the n.inds ul ill
tfie community. Ul c <
I reasonable ami fanatical
pytosee it pant in st..„ » .
OI | could receive the sanction of a con*iderabl>
southern vote ; but I uni afraid that runnot j j, aVt
be accomplistiMl without some modification I ern
ol its preeent provisions.
Mr. Bulter, (in b s seat.) That it cannot. I
Mr. Bell. But I hope, sir. if the terms ol
the first section ol tho hill can he modified,
that it will secure a lisndsnirio proportion
id the southern votes, whether the amend
ment now under conxidorntion shall he
ngr<ed to or not. Tho bill is ot jeotioiinolu
i slave would have been otieeted p.
•d I tong sinco by btate legislulion. i believe |
(II
should be hap- auo |,
*bo|»r tint if I man
He not only dearrts Breckinridge, but de
clares that tin ought
causo ho has no strength either North
srised a population equal
tbdrawn, ho- I representation in Congress, and adopted a
republicin constitution, it should be admit-
Buu.li,-Ml. Dougl.. 1. .Iioiiq ol Ih. Noril. | J 1 " 1
ond Bell ot tbe Mouth—“Bell and Evi
will leud him overwhelmingly nl the Mouth
fooling with tho other Mtatss; and that
the meantime Congress establish for
the North.” Tliia being the aUte of Mr
Brrckmridgo'a prospects, Col. Lochrane
Elam, ar.d all Ih. 0.ur«l. ,„d Alabama c „ nlol ,d, , h „ hi. longer col.llnua.ifc
secession ia.!*, aar to this 1 Will they
ulo ehctonl veto ut Territorial government, “but without any ! passed; and
*• I . . • n ■Inin. I sliott
I hope 1 am not enlarging the field ol th *
debate ; but 1 must *ay lb.it I think n little
further debate upon this subject would not
bo unprofitable, it it t* properly conducted.
I will rxprcHt here, in connection with this
measure and lho whole subject of which it
forms a part, a sentiment which I have all
along enterintned. I do not regret, in tho
alipiitest di'gr*u, tho *ix, seven, or eight
inonili*' discussion we have had in this
Hull upon the b.lls which wo have to lately | Were I h member ol
gradual and progressive amelioration j |: w-t
b condition ol the slaves ul tno S iuth, j come
ns took place III tbe progress ol Ro then
civil./.Alton, in Moltemitg the rtgois ot
sciv.lu population, would, before now,
i marked the legislation ol the bou:it»
States upon this subject, but tor lho
tous intervention ol Northern lanait- black men und
i. I allude to such ameliorations us lor- States claim tits r
the separation ot families, tue »epara- wt !i all the rig*it-
nd slid wile, ol psren
nid ingrall upon t
t precaution or rcl
a open to u» in futu
i thail
Id.
r by
s voluii ary
r ny
pro
proces*—the right ol
l< r certain cite imstanccs atid
limitations, to choose u new
• ■ pjs* to uun at an appraised
.elinve that
i* iii ihe condition ol lho slave would
been HL'Cted or in ptogren* years ago,
luny if not in all tno slave Slates, but
iIiih ill-judged agitation at 'ho North
quenceo! line nguat
however
polled to iinpom
strongly the chains that bind Inm
Legislature ol my
ha.i been tliat, instead
lions, we have been
denounce Breckinridge ■* they have de
nounced ua and other opponents of their
lutionsry *chcme ? or will they swallow
■ II their bravo threats and resume the psalm
of the Union 1 Wo shall soon see and
The report that (Senator Brown, nl Mias.,
went home from Washington greatly dis
satisfied with iho hutnbuKgury of the Mecc-
dors' pi it tor in in relurence to the protection
of slavery in lho Territories, and with
Breckinridge'* letter of acceptance, in fully
confirmed by a letter from the Menalor him-
■rtf. Ho still supports B. nnd L., hut docs
uttempt lo conceal his di«*aliifucliori.
Indeed, he ndtnils thvt all lho Meccdera'
clamor for proticliun/qualifiod aa is their
demand by the terms of (heir platform, ia
much ado almut nothing." Hcnatnr Brown,
it is well known, is the leader in the Mt-unio
of lho advocates nl Congressional protec
tion, and ho insisted last session that the
t> presented by Kuiihiis was one
demanding Congressional intervention—a
proposition which no Birckinridgn Demo
crat can deny, notwithstanding the fact that
neatly thn whole of their party in the Hen-
ate refused to trrtgid this demand of Menu-
tor Brown, slid their Mecrsaion Convention
and He nominee* repudiated it in thn man
ner explained below.
U.iv. Brown'* letter is addressed to und
published by the Ahcrdtcn Sunny Svuth,
and Irom It wo extract the following para
graphs :
To save all ravil now, ani all dispute in the
future as to my tiuo, position, I will bu lly
my ot'jeetions to iho plailn
letter* ol our candidaits accepting Unit
tiummatiou . Tins 1 do mainly to eecum my-
■•II against mt*reprem ntatnm ueroalier
Tho second, m die sene* ol n .olu
constitute our plallorm, a* I Inul it p.i.i li
that
ill the constitution newapapa'i ol the 1
In y lust,l*lli these Word*: " rii..t ills the
Only ol ho Itdirnl (iovertimoiil in all un
departments, to piotect, when nrctttary, the
licit » ol p-mnt* stU pro;**it> in th.- lenit..
the
field only dulrsets ond divides the conaerv-
■tive voters of the country, h-lps Lincoln,
and Imperils the Union. He regards Dem
ocratic opposition to Douglas now as merely
factious ami personal in its character. We
may copy tho whole letter hereafter.
*" ,d k'-vcrolt
Tin* Constitutional Ilmmi party of Slow art
county asFornhlod on maene at the Court-house
to-day for the purpose of organizing a Hell and
IN. n it Club, wheti John M. Hjou waa wde.:t
od n* temporary Chairniati, and J. I’. Muaile,
E*q., rei|U«*tod to act a* Hoc rebuy.
Upon motion, the meeting uonnimously re
solved itaelf into n Boll and Everett Club
Upon motion of Judge Wimberly, a Com
mittee ol one Irom uach district was appointed
to report tho names of |»ermniioiit officers ol
the Club. Tho names ol Wm. Beay, L. U
Barker, David i’ink«ton, Wm. J. McRae. Chits'
II. Warren, W. W, Wigigus, Sidney Ro-aer,
John U. Cole, 11. P. Wilson and C. C. Brooks
were nnnouucod ns said Committee-
While tho Committee wore absent, J. F.
Hcail'n, Esq , addressed the club iu behalf ol
our glorious candidates. Upon the conclusion
ol tin* addre*s tho Comtuittoe reported the
nain' B of tho tollowing g-*ntloinon a* the put-
inannet olliuvra of the club :
Hon. Jatufa L. Winiborly, Prasidsnt.
Jno. M. Mcolt, Vice I’residenl, Town Dial.
W.M. t arter, “ “ Florence “
W. II. Dbmukes, " " ft 1st “
Redding Trammel,” " lbih "
A. J.Ctivfey, “ " I'anliatidie “
Wm J Watt, " " (Been Hill ”
J.,J Mcolt, “ " (iap *
Dr J. N. Qdb*rt " " Springs "
L. Redding, E*«| , Corres|K)ndiug Secretary.
W. W Ibq nioii, Financial •*
Hon C. M. liowe, Hecoidmg "
The ro|K>rt of the Committlee adopted. A
Constitution specifying t»o duties of the several
nlhoera and fixiug the next regular meeting ol
tho Club on this day two weeks, the 18th inst.,
was unanimously adopted. Each Vice l’ie»-
ideal ia required to organize a Club iu ni* Mi
litia Dis
rcktrictimi as to slavery.
UJ. The balunuo ol the territory acquired
from M<xicu (Ea*t Culifornt* rxerpted) to
bo organized ss a new Territory without
restriction ai to slavery.
I should nut care to
exiondud on this subject for
or even n month. It is an important *nh-
ji et, n rich oiie. lrauglit with mo*i inip'<rtarii
coiiaiderationa und interests to both sides ol
this Chatnhnr and both sections of (but
country. I regard the tune which has been
mb her pstiding constitution.
• That in future tho formation of I
P iwerlul
offered lo
Sluts constitutions by the inhabiunta of I country, and erpecially to tin North,
against all tntenneddliny on their part with
tho Territories of the United Mlatca be teg-
olitrd by law, sud that no »uch constitution
inliaVitsnta of any Territory belonging to
the United 8lalrs Without tbe coiiseot and
authority of Congresa.”
Gth. “That the inhabitants of any Terri
tory of tho United Htutcs, when they shall
he authorized by Congieas to form a Miate
constitution, ahail have the sole ami exclu
sive power to regulate and adjust all quus-
tiuns of infernal Miate policy, of whatever
nature they may he, controlled only by the
reatririions imposed by the con*Uiution of
the United Mtslea.”
[The adoption ol these two last propoii-
tions would have provided for lho future
ca*e of Kansas in a way precisely suiting
tho dciotnd* of the Mouth, and would have
■voided all the troubles and uusctiict which
have arisen from 'ho lrgi»latiou respecting [ erinvent established by
tho alove question. 1 regard it
potent argument that can be preset’».'d to
Ine rvohru ur rTi«m l 'leiit1?itdn—trieir scrioua
suiter reflection. I would not havo cared nt
all il there had been yet lunfier und ptOv
traded discussion, and mill more serious
embarrassment* thrown in the way of the
public business, oven to tho extent of em
barrassing i tic Government usell in its oper
ations.
The argument would then have been
ugthened nnd tho tact demouetraied
Government cannot stand ; that it
impracticable,ol those dis*en-
»« continued. Wo might Horn
to.ei ouse thu laoftiaga employed by «
great magistrato on a celebrated occasion)
lu ttun the North into their senses upon
thia subject. I mean those who think they
may say und do what they please; that no
degree ol exasperation, no degree ot dissat
isfaction, nor of excitement on the part of
the Mouth, will he sufficient to isuso them
to rise up and *ay ilia, they prefer some
thing el*e lo the continuance of the Union
such terms ; or that the system ol Gov
Constitution
! i hut
Will hoc
I moils shall
receive no detriment
I slavery faction. That is not my opinion.
I Allow inn here to express another senn.
•item. Mir, one of tlic greatest misfortunes
j ot the time* is that the Union is deemed so
strong; not that it issiruug iu leality, but
o be stronger than it is.
n a common sentiment
» thought
i would seem to l
t the Not in that t
that Territory.]
It will lie seen that Mr. Bell’s proposed
compromise did not interfere in any way
with slavery, or lh« slave trade, in the
District ol Columbia.
Both Mr. Claj’* slid Mr. Bell's series of
resolutions wero referred to a Committee of
Thirteen, of which ImIi those gentlemen
j were m*de members; and on tho 8tb of
May, Mr. Clay, as chairman of the com
mittee, repotted thn general Compromise I ttonal domination ; that all theao
bill, embracing nearly all of bis original j n, *[ ^ D«*«lv indulged t
i . ropo.i.tou., bm. in.U'.ii »(.he dfd.r.tm, | *',!
policy contained in bis 2d resolution, pro
viding for thu establishment of Territorial
governments lor Utah and New Mexico
lot so very I owl , State nt this period, and under.the
the debate present excited stato ol public leeltng, 1
would nut daro to propose any lelaxatton
ol existing restraints, or any umelior.tton
ol the goniral condition ol thu shvr. But,
sir. were 1 n member of a town nr city coun
cil, l think I should not hesitate to give my
voice lor the suppression ol these slave
depots, or tlave pent, a* they aro called,
within tho prec.ncis ol the corporation ; I
would banish them, at least, trorn public
view ; nor would 1 suppose that i was
thereby inflicting aay wound upon the
tnstpution of slavery. Still, even such a
proceeding as this, in these dtsiracied nines,
might be misunderstood ; and 1 would not
shape at tins tint*, but lor the connection
in which ii i* lot.nd with o'hcr measure*,
parliculaily with tlie fugitive slave lull. U
wim this connection, and with the hope that
all lho question* relating to this subject,
which Usd so long distracted the public
mind, might be harmoniously ndjusted. that
I gave my assent to tbo principle ol this
lull, ns reined Irom the committee.
There aro some very lair and reasonable
coiiMidcraUons which should dispose
Mouth to a liberal course on this question
of the sluvo trade iu ih i District, This ia
the scat of tho National Government.
The geiiiieiuoii ot the .North are compelled
to meet here, at this common and central
point ol legislation. It ts not a matter ol
choice with them, whether ’.hey come as
ii embers ol Congrosa, or upon business
connected with tbe Government. They
must come, or renounco tbo bent ti is of a
National Government. They complain —
they appeal to us : they say that this traffic
ii offensive <o them, and whether they see
any oi the more revolting exhibitions con*
nectcd with tins traffic or not, they are
compelled to hear of them. The idea of
human beings, nut criniinnis, in ebatns, or
kept in ilir*u ttaveften/, within tho verge of
•tial.
tilts District, annually, during
ear twenty years, and 1 must
chains
.11 R...ull, ■ il... 1.01.0,1, Nor,I, and j bui upon on. occiun-ond th.., 1
ttl), hold ... p,rpotu.l ruvul, { (ruri. | won ..urpo.cly und mi»ct,iouu.l,conm.cd.
I pursue its mad projec
I bition seek its gratification
lionet jealousi
personal
exciting
iinmcdistrly.
s the iweral District Clubs
i coustiiiuioual
tunes and pli
mr.y appoint.
On motion, Hetolted, Thai a mam mi vtinu
of lho Bell aud Everett men ol this aud the
1 would have made the resolution more surroundutg counties, be bad at Lumpkin on
xplicll 10 1 I Tu.»lRy,lh0 18,1, in.I . nnd Him ilw Cu,r™-
ponding Secretary l*o requested to write Hon.
such without restriction as to slavery.
property, slave* included, in tbe IVrUoiio*,
tho bialt was, and whotever else its constitutional
authority extends," 1 should have liked it hetur
Il w i.utewoilby that the resolution which
«‘ffer* protection to torel/ners at home r.nd
abroad doeeOOt oflaf It “w hen necessaryhut
IlrcckluildKu at l.cxlngion.
Our fir*t notice ol the spu>ch ol llou. J.
C. Breckinridge at Lexington, oil ih* 6th,
comra tti us through 'he Montgnun ry Mail,
who** editor was on the ground and tele
graphed to In* paper. He extol* it as “tbe
greatest speech he ever beard”— *'c m-
pletely mtngU'd Douglas,” dec. He say*
that Mr. Breckinridge was “(»r Male rights
■ nd Mtate equality ill thu Union through
slid through.'' Knowing Mr. Hooper'* pro*
penally to forget and omit any r. mark ol
Ills political Inert da dutsstrlul to hunsell
we ate not at all shaken in
Mr. B. made one of the
“Rtlurieua Union" spoecbca _ „ _
\N e learn from ibis rofforl the imporlani i I war Moras** • audit this is never
»» r toil! I .then, in my opinion, lho enniruv
tael (hat Breckinridge dodged or evaded J ado about uothtng
Gen. I a ue u«c* much the
would have Inserted "slave* ino'udcd," after the
word ' property," and Ihe word* "on the IiirIi
•ess" aliorlhe wont • T rritorirw."
Bttl my mam objoedon lo ihe resolution cou
rts s in tho interjection o! the words ”ichrn nee-
rotary " Th« y seem to me lo bo sadly out ol
iJnuu 01 coune, no one wants protection
when or where ii t* not necesssiv. Tliem
words, a* they aland in the resolution be ton
ily that there ta no present existing I rutnaiks.
B. II
Esq , Pi
add re** tbe people on that day.
L. K lieddutg, Esq , wn* unanimously cho
sen as the rut)-Elector tor Bell and Everett in
Stewart couuty. Mr- Redding being present,
eplod lho appointment in a Vw spirited
iieceesily lor piuteolion.
iu u wh» have done m- . ...
Fptv.be*. know dial I think olhorwt o. lltho
n-solu iou read, 'll is Hie duly ul lit > federal
government, ia all departments, now and ttl
liihd, lo protect tho rights ot persons and
The Club then adjourned until Ihe 18,h inst.
JOHN M. SCOTT, t'hm'n.
Jamks F. Hcairv. SVv.
A sunlit Mutake i urrrrtril.
Editor Enquirer : The i**ue of the Timet
of the 3d inst. contains an article headed
“Mpcaking in Muscogee," which rrport docs
not do the Bt II and Everrlt party justice.
I lit* Compronnse bill was debated at
much length iu the Senate— Mr. Bell,
anionf,others, objecting that it did not
provide tor all present and probable fatuie
differences between the North and the
Mouth on tho slavery question. It was
finally ao emasculated by striking out pro
vision*, one after another, that nothing was
lell of it but tbo sections establishing a
Territorial government for Utah, in which
•bspw it passed the Senate on the 31st ol
July, Mr. Bell voting against it.
Subsequently, separate hills were passed
by the House, and sent to the Senate, em
bracing all the propositions contained in
the irport of the Committee of Thirteen,
and they all passed both Houses.
mislortune that the U
strong. 1 do n<n regret that it is strong
Isci; hut 1 larnunt Hist its strength should
overrated. Strong
* ( A* lor slave pens, 1 know nothing of them,
* | snJ suppose they are nothing more or
* ( worse titan private houses in which trader-
excesses secure their slaves against escape until
my. and they are tranalerred to a Southern market,
lumis ol | u uli whatever may be the ntiuru or extent
oi this traffic in the District, our northern
pr'titbit it. They
which hold it, i still ti.r k them destructi
ble, and that they may bo worn away, and
that they are wearing apacu under tins
eternal agitation on the subject ol slavery.
Wim regard to tho constitutional power
ol Congress over tin* subject, I woulj say
that tbe only doubt 1 have ot the existence
ol the power either to suppress the slave
trade or to abolish slavery in this Distrct,
is inspired by the respect 1 have b>r tbe
opinions of so many distinguished and etn*
ineni men, both in and out ol Congresa,
wtio hold that Congress has no such power,
oeadntg the Constitution lor mysoll, I be>.
Itove that Congress has all the power over
is riioiigbt to beso J brethren call upon
tiilorm us that there arc thousands
North who have tender cotiacienctes upon
removo this eturnnling block
arty | With the concurrence of the slaw
» wu I themselves, and which provided full co®.
riri,' growing"[mpu’ \ 1"""“"“' Ho» O'. F.dcr.l .....or. (or .1^
avail ourselves ot tbo | slaves thus emancipated—he insisting ;a
M'ldUiun to these terms, upon provuun for
the removal ol iIjh n« groe*, ami ihst It.*
concession should bo rrgardi.l ** i!.r ('nr.
thest limit” of the nnti.slavcrjr de t anils.
• lity ol human rights.— I I'» plain he "b*u|d be emnet t„ Me
itt debate, tbe question I iho remnant ol slavery in the Dntmt sbU*
scr!truoa'to'Ve*!weei| K *tree li h ei !i with the free cotistni und iu I ind. m-
•u while men. Tbe free 1 nity of the slave owners, it the irelmgiui
ihi t" tuveM tree negme- | ,j, e Houth wt ro resprCted ami .1 the M.vu
ou!d thereby establish a barrier s^i.iig
bolition progress.
Also, that ho woulJ not even v^-te :»i !h«
Din
until either me colored
controlled by diSerimin
liws, or removed or drit
riel. It the colored f
crease licrealter in Hie r
lho lew Inst
inrolerable
nuisance in iho Dis'rtci ; aud tlio white m -
iiabtiauts, uuleas Congress shall interpose
its authority, will be driven to the alterna
tive ol expellinc thorn by force, or become
u nrev to continual disorder. One or the
oilier must yield. W here two races ol such
marked and dibtinct characteristics meet in
ttie sunt) community, tbu experience of all
nation* demonstrates that oiiu or thn other
must be suberdmato. There can bo no
equal or joint ruin. Tbe coninvt gees on
between them until the interior in number*
or natural energy submits, or ih driven out
or exterminated. In some of the Minics, in
such a e nteat, it might come to this, that
the interior ruco may so far outnumber
abolition of the slave trade in
the counterbalancing
withou
the Diitikt
ii-d.
Io view ot this whnlo rrcor.l, cm iij
fair in n n he luce that John Bell wnlird tu
would uow consent to tho abjlilioc c
slavery in the District in oppositun to tkt
wishes or interesU of the South ! HlinJtt
indeed by party prejudice, or recklen ii
partisan de*|»eratioii, must bu be, who, wa
this record before him, can pe.siit in tb
calumnies circulated about Mr. litll's court
on thin question.
— —
Mr. l*cabody*« t'ottou Crop.
Columuuh, Ga. Set.t 7di, lbGt).
Editor Enquirer : -1 v sited tho turni ot i«
ent*rpru*mg lellow-citizon, Mr. Cha*. A^l’;
their ntperiors in pliyxical and mural lacul- : rody.oii yesterday, having hud my
condoncy and it
out, or submit u
And where there
latter would bo driven
subordinate condemn,
in be iio equality
Irec*.
men, there can, under no ciraamsinnces,
l>e pormaneul qniul and security. But 1
digressing loo far Burn the nnimdiaio
question in Hand*
1 have ava.led myself of this occasion to
express Wins ol thu aeiiunienu 1 entertain
o make some sugges-
Tthy of consideration.
this subji
fionB which I d#<
I aui aware that we have not
go .mo a lull discussion ul all tho mailers
I tiave alluded tu ; but an l have not obtru
ded niyai-ll upon tho attention ol the Senate
ia the ilucuasiont ol tho vnrm is details
connected either w.ih the fugitive sluve bill
or ihe one under consideration, I hnvo
thought it not anus* to call attention to a
source ol luiure controversy, winch, sooner
i growing
later,
have hn end
out Ot ' tie Sllt'J,
cr timo to take the first stepL,.,
against difficulties ahead, and which will
increase with delay. Thia bill in ita origi
. be removed it
of these agitsti.
l of slavery. But,"before!
t that this is the prop-
guarding
n-l form, proposed simply to nboludi
slave trade In ihe Distrct, and to make the
penally ol u violation ot ho law the eman-
cipatiun ol the slave. To p
abolishing slavery in tho District, it
suppose t, will havo a good effect
ailed to it by your editorial nolico
tou. I saw only about lilt.'on or twenty
of hi* crop cl fifty ncre* Tho cotton
Minuted 111 llllftr, four Iwl QSCh woy, uu.y.n
in tlie hill, nnd tho level culture th* ir
ouliivution ntl.’p.ud, with 175 pounds ol Djis*
per acre. The plant was ol good nzt*. well
boiled, in thrifty c»t.dilion, blooming tnelf,
und preNdving in a rcniuiknbte degicu u green
henlthy Hud vigotuu* «p;K'arance, as it it ta!
not MiilVred a day lor want of rain. 1 u*. u-
■ured by Mr. Feu body that it had no rs.u tr.n
thu 5th of June to the 28th ol J ily. th« or*
critical periot) for tho cotton crop. It isd.t?.-
cull li* make aucrtiinate ol thu probabl* )*■:.
a* it is liable to ull the vici*t>itud«-s ot ««it
fall and an early frost; hut judging lr-m un
him ol the stalk,tho number of well dwei-cst
holla and the fine blooming, it woslJ uot *
an unreaionable calculation, with avcrsgf m-
sons, to eatiinalo the crop I saw at Ijit) «
1.200 pounds t«ed cotton per aero. With o»
exception of one place, it i* the host
cotton I havo seen this year The boll* m
mm-u*lly large, and the staple I* far t-upvnom
length and strength and silky texture to tlie of-
tho^ bill j dinary coiton of the uplands. When yin cos*
sidor the .act that this crop is the prudoeux
make any effective °* f ,oor l'* ne lands, not worth live dollar* p«r
m:e for the rcgulu. j ncro.and dear at almost any price—whic*.
and Control ol the rice colored popula- i without manure and tubeoil preparation, wotk
.... --
acre—and the lartharfacl that it pnwsd tbrouik
n ifrouth of Mevcu Weeks in tbo montiia ofJua*
and July, the yield must bu considered very
satistaction
circumstance*,
liroper regulation
cieato dis
'ho Muutli, Under ilicso ;
cannot a.rco upon
• be incorporated
this bill, wbai substantial objecuun exists romurkabie
to giving power to ilie corp ir^ic nuthoritire j
ol tho District, under tunable restrictions, |
to adopt such roculations as may tie j
thought necessary lui ttiu security ul prop-
prevent iho Intern influx ol
W
out ol their way,
grounds ot agitattun they aver will bu
moved.
Aud now, that in deference to the ann*i-
bilities of our Nor'heru frit nd*. we ngrt c to
that, 1 want to ask my trend Irom Ohio an
other qucs'ion. 1 said that 1 wanted to
teusoii with him a little on this subject.—
Here nrc t* u or twelve thousand tree per*
s ms ul color in the District ol Columbia,
and the slave population I suppose amounts
| to Irom twelve to fifteen hundred. This
•mall • lavo population are in the midst of
this larger class ot free people ul color,
many ol w h >m have little else to do—lur
ot thu chitt ably
serve tbe rigi
other Terntol
colored |>eople f ll it ih apprehended that
the authorities nt ihe District will exerctsu
era conferred upon them unreason-
with undue rigor, let Congress re-
ihe subject in tins District which ihe Miatcs
have within their respective jurisdictions.—
On the quetllun ol Iho erpeJunc, „l Mo,. I mut , |„„j Ou, how .hoy liv.
using ibis power, when we Consider
idleri it may have upon the interests ol
sujoiuing ■ t .ve States, and the limitations j t hu
u|mil their power.
in tho District was before tbe Senate, Mr. ' and oppressive, and
MewstJ, on tlie 10th of September, 1850,
re position and circum*
:t, 1 have more dould.—
'*•( mischievous, .w. a j aV e pr»i»eriy iii me Uiairict is
But, however great my respect may be , grt . alIy diminished in value bv 'tlx
tor the uptntous ol otticra on tlie question •
'it power, thero are some conriJerau.ius ol
sucti lngti account i s, in my judgment, lu
make it desirable that, unless by common
certainly lull. A lew ol them make a Ii
mg by light service, as liousu servants ; b
tiiam derive subsistence,
Drowunl Herself.—On ThursJay il»
ternnon, a negro woman namod Folly, be*
longing to Mrs. Woodsou oi Girard, ’frown
ed hersidl iu the Chattahoochee. Sh« ini
been slightly whipped lor misconduct• xai
declaring that she would drown heistlb
»li«J went to the rircr and waded in, in
the spiru ol ! ,<>u l*ktl« boys, intending, no doubt, mere*
be sure ol i ly to alarm the family, for tlie went in at*J
undue nevunty j out once or twice without getting into deep
water; but the awilt current took her off,
y need upon this sub- | ^ er ,BCl before ahe waa aware ot bor J*ng*f
I and carried her beyond her depth, where
j ahn was lrowu:d, the little boy a -being un-
| ublc to render assistance. Her mistrcHie
: ■ lady whose kindness and indulgence to
wards her negroes is proveroial, and thi*
t-d will then
some lorm • r other, Irom
the more industrious portion ol thecomtnu I
nity This evil has increased io an alarm
in* extent in the last lew years, and since
Virginia, j agree that
the U
Ttioso gentlemen who tear t
the age will be
r. remedy. All excesses .
will b< controlled by Congiuss
ihe Corporation)! oi Georgetown nnd Wash
ington ihe rowers
ject, wnh tlie usual reservation to Congri
ul supervising msir acts, and wo may >ale-
ly confide in tueir discr- turn, ibus subjected
to the corrtC'inu ainliority ol the National
Legislature, incorporate such a provision
in itus bill, and, wtieri a snail go out to the
•.'is.jKS'r.M I «■“ « -
pro|ieriy nrc duly resjiccied, while tho slave j restraint,
trade in tho District is g.v«.n up iu dulcr
eoco to riie leultogs ot ihe Nor b.
gaid lotus other teat urea o
Her. pio ROIKM. •twiJm'-ly. To „y I do | Il ..an unqu.l.a.dly ind Uildly Ihr | ,ll “ Mlawtaf .ub.li.ulc i
not like the dueotnrss in the erne case, and tbu
lack ol it in the other, is the uuUiosi lorm m
which 1 can express my dtasent.
.Mr. Ureoklnridg*, iu Ins letter ol acceptance,
*ats: “The liieids «>l conmiuitional iipialii)
do oot, and never did, denoted a 'Congiursi->n
al slave code,' tier any other Vodr.Tn ieu«rd
to pro;ieity m the Ternioiies. 'I hey hold the
doiiriiii’ ol non-imeivoution by Cougress ot bv
a tem'.orial lugwlnturu either to eFiablish or
thorough proWWl slavery " Ac. 1,
such language if Cungresa ^
delivered. | f y m pa.-s 1««* prolllblllUg slsVelV
Ter in ones; and it tbin i- never to t<e don
liven, tnuiy opinion, tho controversy is 'mu.
r belief that |
B.'ll speaker on that occasion
Bell man present. I will say modestly and j held
n it acrimoniously, that such was not the |
case ; hut had it been to, I should not have
been at all embarrassed. It would have
hern good missionary ground. Jesus' dis
ciples were asked why he (Jrsu*) ate with
any coniingen- ! publicans and sinucis f Ji-sus said they
liial be whole need not a physician, hut
they that are sick. ! have made this expla-
language in i ntl,on because I do not want the
’ good people to be misled about ilia, small ! l j ,c * r approba
substance ol | this bill wutch may
mid discontent at tue Mouth. Tins bill
propose* that slaves brought in'o too Dij-
lor sale Hliail tie emancipated. Now. I i liken an agency lor tlio tale ot all tM
twenty
More of the Fertilisers.—Mr. J ss*
i i.kk—whose Seed Store on Broad struct i***
Fupplied the need ul tanners and hoi••«•**
1 iurist■ “to a t,”—announces that ben**
uld a rest
bondage therein shall be tree. The' consent the project ol abditioti ehall
Interior shall audit and pay
holding (lavra within the Dt*-
this act takes ifleet, should be abolished
Ily given up and abandoned, the i
ol slavery existing in the District
thu pres
I tree people ul color, but its ■
iinty ts diminished in a still greater degre
).*** not my friend sco that, undur the cl
unistances, there is a uovesstiy lor s <u
very stringent legislation for iho protect
h damages ss they shall suffer by it c moment, however, the excited state ot pub-
passage thereof, aud the
died thou*and dolls: a is hereby appropriated
to catty this act into execution, out ot any
money in tbe Treasury not otherwise ap
propriated.
Mic. 2. An election -shall he held in the
District ot Col u in bis to ascertain whether
tins bill t* approved by the people thrreol
’1 boac who approve ti e act shall express
by a ballot containing
ktud ol property in Hie District f thrown
And why not make suitable provisions, ' ders, w
with that object in this b.ti f
Mr. Ewing. Why, my objection is main-
ly un tbe ground that to attempt to amend
houg
Uredutn by the la.r ope-aiimi ol the bill,
ouvands cl emancipated slaves may
Guanos and other valuable Fertiliser*-**
u-trader^ bring In* Tina will impart increased attraction to hi*
•nblismenf, and t very planter viaitinftk*
ny should look into it.
such a course. For mysrll,
mont ol iho adjacent .States and the South !
gcuerally were less inllarueJ, 1 would preler
that course tu keeping it un open yue/tion. '
Slavery in the District ot Columbia is now J
remaining ground ot contention— „ a „a a , would do
tbe only remaining point ol objection and I South’
assault, “ n •*»•» •»»»• ...i. l !
be worth
the extinction ol aiaverv t
( “'" J •*•«; h» s:
Doug's* al Norlolk — the dispatch says “be Brecktntidge gives that distturt awutaix-
dril do. .uJ.C. «b.. b. tbou|b. .boulJ b. I SS™
,b.P...C,of ,b.«oo,b ,R,b.....!.f ik. bush. millwhom , J . lh . I ,^ wt 7^!)kskfmi"
t lection ul Lincoln. late not going lo J* . .. h . , n n. !!!a *7, n k ,■ . . .* . 1 , entitled to vote lor any municipal officer »n uoo, or design, or any coBaiitutioual power, nectcd with it i
de 1 !£? IZiM 1 bl ^ hoM "*’ mW ‘ aken ,n lh * 1 ***** ™Ullciii«,»,oj th. United 1 IQ wwtore With ala very any whc.s but tn 1 ,t
impute a want ol integrity to any
Yours, truly,
tbe part of the
North. I do not include the lanattce.-*
They will be satisfied with nothing short ot
b ul i subject lias
tlie District by protruded
•e only the agents ot .masters in
he adjoining States who disiru to liberaiu
beir slaves, but aro forbidden by tlie law s
Stales in winch they reside. A
. limn may Unis bo ea
ts bishcd through tnc operation ot ibis bill
which will couinbutc to awe.! tbe tree col
ored population
yet no provision is uiadu cuber tor their
iow I control or tbtir removal. The District is
the already overrun with tins class ol popuia
lion, and 1 repeat that, unless stupe arc
taken to check the progress »| this evil,
•aitsiy both sections, even it it should take I only slave property, but every other so^..».
hole day or a week m do it f Tins interest ol tbe white inhabitants will be put
Mr. Bell. But it tliia bill would do rc
much good at the North, en the oi.e band
pass in us naked lorm as u new
much harm
apprehended by sotnr, would
make an effort
LiscoL* at ths Mouth.—Ws have tnr**
: tobire asRUinrd that the Republican Fre»i*
dsntial ticket had no support at the Mou'-tu
| We wi re mistaken. Lincoln hs* Inro-l*
mi J supporters at the South, snd that,
tn the ultra Mule nf Mouth Carolina, ss th*
j appended toast, effsred at a Fourth of Ja'f
! celebration at Hendersonville, in
Indefinite extent, and ' fcH**** will prove : .
| “By Robert R. Snead— The eleeti ,n
.old Ahe Line dn—The *borte»t way t
j Southern confederacy.”
' Mr. Lincoln ought to go to South Ct»
•octal ' l,n * * ni * With ■ Iritl* 1
somewhat auddenly upo.i
might carry tbe Stale. At alt event*
hazard. Say that provision shah r (»e j b® eppears to be more popular tbatfi
made lor excluding slaves emanc-i,uxted* uu- ! amongst tbo frienda of hi* childhood
•atwrl Will be dodge tbe Issue made [ the mine extent that , i
bv hie own InondsI “The muuotam has PW»oc*ed. Wnhot.l such a*ur...ce t my past
i mcoid ahaw a that 1 cannot, as an honest man,
lainci, mu an einseiis ol tlie fnued *° micriere wnn slavery anvwlu e but in 1 h.,., ir - _ lw ,... . " . ; , * * Cttatdence tn the Dletnct. I Kentucky, who, be ia afraid, would |£, ‘
rv.iding wi.h.n ,h. Ui.u.c” p."...- .h. U,.,r,« », C..lu„,8„ , . T.„ d ..13 J"*.,p.*0,. Sin . ' W * “. I bn _W,.( Whig.
,.h.l, b. dMHMl OU.I.M w ,o,..l ! ,« .11 C.U.. .1 d,., u ,b.nc. ...d co»7.n. irIh!!. 1 J’J?" , «l ..db.btl sir. in I ■-
l.bat.J," -b.t bt. b.-«u b.uu.bt ' My-i .mut-bul."
,#fik 1 1 MwkR UhamiCo ix LouatANA —The Me*- Oolu,nt,u »- **»*-
tenger of Mi. James, heretofore neutral, and^ Tin Uxiox Tickkt is Taxxxeaca
the Meridional of Abbeville, ci-Jirant Dem- j Mem; his Enquirer nays : “If panics remain
deemed qualified
election. Such election shall be held
Anmcaouaia. j witntn six months iront the passage ol this let
iii_ tv.,,;., TI i . I the tact tliat there waa a great many very tbe States already. In-.ca ‘ o' uoumc
rr* r -fcsr' - I £ ^
GT Last week's Moulton (Ala.) Demo•
crut, in speaking of a Bell and Everett
meeting biId there, says : ** 1 ruth and jus
tice require Ua lo admit that UeU-Everoll
•lock is advancing in thia pari «1 tho ooun*
try. It ta now at level heat, with a defiant
aud upward tendency. Wa in aka tha ad-
iniaiion ivluctautly”
Bell aud i
au tbetr present fooling until November, li
Belt's majority in our Mtate cannot fall short
ol tho Bell and of 45,000 votes.”
I three month*, to be given by the Marshal panied by
The ol the District. It a majority ol the votes | removal
.given at such election shall be in tavor ul ■ »>'®r tit .
I this act, it shall gu into ( fleet immediately, j this qualification, and
adequate provision .
effective control ot the slave*
alier they shall bo emancipated. With
.1 L - order to It tithed*-
majority ol tbe votes shall be again*! J (e r »iwolio*i rf the .VsFtik m regard to <
FT .Mr. John Clisby, —
Kvcrott electors lor Alabama, haa dicitued
tho honor.—Aug. Ditp.
Thera has n.ver been eny such “Bell and , f*,***^
Evarelt elector for Aiabauis-'
Truth' is ervuded out,” ia the queer i
, thia act shall be void and ol
Thu .ubolitulo «», rfjecl.ll L, lb. 8«n. ! » »f. sU>«jr
— .h , r ’ ' >» .»• Uumc. .bull,he 0 io-d.,. In uuc
g ls ’“ °* 8.p.rmbet-_y„, J, u.v. ! „pe C i o. ,b. .ubi«c, I ui n ol .ur. lb.l..
it, Mr. Bill —ding agonal it.
would RO. be R ,re.< ludmi.....c mcMur.,
o„ ,h« Htk B. f u,b«-,.oj. y . * od j s
and personal attendanis, but (be larg
ur portion of them are worthless and mis
chievous idlers. This is a great and grow
ing evil, and one wtricb is likely to become
formidable and nioai difficult to manage.—
It will not be confined to this Diatrici ; it
will extend io the whole country. Wnen
slavery ahail have been abolished in the
District, the question will next be, how this
rasea ol tree colored persona ahail be gov
erned I What restraints con you impose f
This but should then
nm tu augment ai. evil that alreati
heavily upon the country . Make
neily lor violating tho provisions ot the bill
MMIVdtin or CowMots.az McIarosit'-TU
unshod.— 1 * a vanned N ? we aay. .-We regwt w w
uruded au ll ** 1 Gommodure James M. Mclnto'h, *»»
dv wciuhi 1 U ‘ S N«vy, died at Feoaacola at Jo
six o'clock oo Sunday mormotf, i* -
, aged ab-ut 65 veara.
ticcunur w I,*,,, | j '* v ,**Gunia.«^iore Mclotosh waa a naffv* • • -
»2TSSSCir r« ‘puLi!"?.“5.,”!.' "V£S2&2£-£i
pot enough, itnpiiaon the offender. r f - ^ v *' KsfV C ® *«( ,h * u ‘ w, ^^u 4 nu
iU>*
vat service for more thau i
time in commend oi u*
I .Squadron, but mtnwl some year* J
m^ooiSri./ihb 1 Sj-tisr i srcsoTs ~
*b«n .b. Dl.tr,ct w., ced.it lo ,h“ l’m,ed j comm Ud. M “b. «.vp yxd •>
8,.re. ; but tbo «bol. qu.fiion u, i.,.uon | wtKh ullif.bd bUd u ,b. .»». ol b.. »•“;
H ._ - to slavery u greatly changed since that pa- He waa a b avo and efficient office!. * uJ
lK C Srtf 5 f ,mln V ^• lw ® en » >(•• *»od. Then there was no ag.iatton upon accompliohed gentUmau, and war rn^ca re ^
black man and a tree whit* tuan > When the auhject that threatened the,Union. Tha | spectadtn tbo service "