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that the lam,
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until rightfully altered by lie nno
Mi priadpfe baa keen repeatedly in-
a MM tribunal I have another ease
Mil
WkiM,lill Amt*' Rapmu, mm 410, in
•IMlfaMM. dnterin. io held, ono along Hat of
MMa .Had ia which it ia alao affirmed. Thin I.
fa mm Ut Mw re. Lnc.e awl wu an ae-
*w if atotemra* for tiro lota of ground in 8t.
Linla,lnaaa«rt. And when It became note
yiwba fa lawn fat trtw b (ore* thin at
tea af iha .equieilloa of Loutotona, Judge
dwln gar. fa opinion of the court, awl nard
foDotring tangmxge
—. U, oanordtog la nbicli tin rVu. of
r.anttp3uB^nos
■V. wtih w trtfato aajr MaabUaa toaaab fast;
* taka, wOotote la writing aa nUaind by Iha
wJjJb "w^Tt ®m*» *wi iv i iwfti
Hm, again, i. a dear and diatincl recognition
of the Mean prtecipio with the declaration tliat
tha “ tana aaein da meting or nidenrtd by lie
ettagt andmntomef the eauquender coded country,
eatmnue be farce tiU altered by tbc new eourripn,
with a long Hat of aatboritiea upon the aame point,
taWah iMaaiitaaeleM to consume tha lima of
the Hoaae k referring to, even if mv brief hour
would admit. GcnUmnen can take them and
read them at their lataara. But why need I aay
awn non thia point 1 la it not well known and
perfcettyaMariooa in thia country that all the
grained mankilpal lawa which were in force in
VMIa and Loataiana, at the time of their ac,
oaiaition, are artill in force, except ao far only a.
Uwy hare baaa altered ainee 7 Upon what other
principle ia it that the riril law pervade in Louisi
ya to thia day 7
And now, Hr. Hpeaker, if aticli be the deciuiona
of ear own Supreme Conn neon title point, aa
I P*mmm ao gentle wan upon thia floor will ven-
<Mt to railway or deny, tliere ia but one other
trarationloft, and that ia, what waa Die law upon
fa udjutd alavery In California or New Mex-
lM al
tima at their confluete? Thia ia an
tea Tha whnie merita of the
, It. And upon thia point I »up-
■nm faro ran ha no doabt. Slavery waa abd-
lah*d,tiwa, ia IMP. I hare before me the decree
wit appMra la Nike' Regiati r, vol. 17, page Jilt.
■MMO—TOTAL AMUTIM or ALAVIXT.
Tha Fraaldent of tha Mexican United Htalee
rha yraaldtut
to te Inhnhitanta i
. bitxnta of the Republic, greeting
Deairiag to aigaabaa la the year 1899 die an-
•mi* of oar
_j ind.pnnd.nc* i y an act of ns
tetol juattoa and brtwfloenc* that may tarn to
te advancement and (import of ao important a
week; that may eooaolidate menand more pablic
tMaqaiHlr, that may cooperate ti the aggiandiir-
want of the republic, ana retun to an unfortun
ate mutton of Ha inaahitanta tinea tighta which
they hold IWna natal*, aad that the people protect!
w 'VM HMaiT.BMi Min' uiu |RmiiB pmnn in
by wiae and emritoht. lavra, Ir conformity with the
loth arttoto of the eonatitntlvc act.
prahteadbylaw. ThaCaaatete, as! havartawd.
asaalevaa*,area when Hbpr *— 1
• ptaea,bat only a forte to .
of a r*newer Were If aqr Wave so
MaUag BM of tha extraordinary faultier
rhidl hat* baM granted by tht| Executive, I
tea decree
1 1. Sarny ia forever aboilehed in the republic.
*9. Comaqaantly all thoae individuals who,
uwfll thia day, looked upon themselves aa slaves,
aw tea.
“Wheat
t the flmaeial siteatlon of the republic
adnrita, the propriatora of alavea shall be indeioni-
flad,aad te indrmaihcatkxi regulated by law.
“ Aad ia actor that the pmenl decree may
haw ila toll aad entire execution, I order it to be
printed, paMiehed, aad eirenlated in all thoae
whmoUiaaticmU to haw It totfllkd.
“ OiwnTa Iha fbdaral Palace of Mexico, on the
l*«h of Raptoadtor, 1*99.
(Bigaad,) “VINCENTE GUERRERO.
- LAURENZO DE ZAVALA."
Thia decree provided lhal tlie owner of alavea
manaarittod aboaM he indemnified when|hc finan
cial ritaatei of te country would allow it. And
I haw boforo aw another act of the Mexican Con-
C i of 1M7 ram the mom subject. Thia act I
la volumes of the lawa of Mexico, which cm-
bracea the acta of ISM and 1837:
TIAIHUTIOIt.
“ Aa Ml abahahiac riavary in tha
Irt. L Ha van, whbam any asceytkm, ia, aw
■maimabalwUd thwnghew tha aatlia republic,
lit. 9. The eararls af dares aouuwtticd by Ihi
Art. 9. Tha aarana af Aeves aaaaiaakwd by this
Gr by Astern at It* Braraher, Ml. tell to
Tr fa torero* ttop baU ia dual, which in.
iJ akaltoaf to viaiaiar, to which aaattortiun
flmaka af whkh «hk arahto aaahaa anailnn
a atohaa a^_
icaiaakla afTViaa
tovataUaa af that
krthataiaptaw
cepes, and peasant a flee Male, the OoeeHlaUonwuma
wa tto rtte af yaiaaiaa aa4 riiaMw aim: bat If I voi-
■etAdiy uia iav ■lavaTnu a Saris wham riavary by
tow b srsWWmd, I hava no riylit n rataks him i ha ha-
emeu has. No mas will qusmton liria. And if riavary
kpruhibHad by iha local law of tha aswly aeuairad ur-
rttwy, iha etdy (earmaqr iha Oanattawwa am tha
riavshoMsr k tha rtftw of mapsn if ha airapai and
|SS» tola lhaaa kttltoriaa. ThaConmluitlfln.laay.Ailly
aad aiarir wniwakn riavary whera it sihu, but ii as-
taWktos k anwham wham H k prohibited by law. Il k
imporamt lhal the pabtto arind at the Sosth rhoatd not
to ailritdapon thk petal. The ComUteUon no mom
omaMkhaaer carte slavery into Htataa or TarrUote
whembykwh kpmWMtee. than it ootahlkhoa or car
te aay other right of a rhiaon which dapenda upon
Iha local law.
TltaCanriimtion moarasloall iha cMacm of all the
llUlsa and Territorial of thk Union the righu to which
they am awtllod br the lawa of Utcptora. If Virginia,
or uascgk, riumld aboihh atovary, Iha CotuUtntion
weald aa awm m aatobUrii la them, than It haa rwaatab.
Ihhed kin Paimaytrants, New York, and othar Staaaa
wham k haa base abolished. The ComUtathm no mom
conks the local law of riavary of any Saris Into a State
er ketery wham by law K k prohibited, than h carte
any ether local tow; no mom than it carte tto tow of
tomam apoa atmey, the marine of Ikakarioaa, tha hw>
af dharlhatlna, or the tonal torn of n Stole. And, air,
If thk Cmnprmni i hill had paamd, how could tha nuc-
let barn boon pentoemd against tha theft or purloining
of hkctovof By whnttow would to hove rued tore-
oavar Mat t By what tow would the tala and evidence*
i ritis in atosas hava bean dstenainad t Bach of
w Sterna has let own kwa upon thk subket. And if
I Conmknrion carte Iha towa of the Butca into them
territories, daaa It carry iha towa of alt or any panira
tar oast And If any ano, which la lit
Mr. Speaker, this la a quest inn too dear to admit of ar
**Sr*8tamai again interrupt od, and was ends retold to
‘ then hniaa, that H ia within the
my, itopanfiatMO
ar ofOwgraas to attend riavary into territory wham by
tow U docs not aakL
Mr. Stephens. My position, Mr. ripmksr, te thia.
That atovary Is an Institution which donenda solely span
the montciiril tawof the pinna wham itaiiatej and [fit
‘ _ “ ‘ at tha '
waa prohibited by tow in them Territories at the time of
tha runqnml, H <*n nut miat them until the kwa of the
pines to stead by Iha oumpstant tow-making power
tor the territonr. In regard to them Territories and the
rights of the South, I hold that, when tha itlpnlationa
arthe late treaty ahall be complisd with, and the money
paid which ta provided Air In It. thay will ronettiutean
arqalatlloa, made al Iha cast of the common Mood and
tmaanm of tho whole Union, towards which tha South
eontribuud aa gsnerouely aa the North, and in which
tha South ia entitled ao a lust and equal participation;
aad that It la the doty of Congress in sea to It, that the
yen tad ousel rights of my section am guarded, pro-
tected, and secured by all necessary lagwtedon. The
right to acquire and to Mil territory brings with It the
duty to govern It. Tho Hnprems Court has so decided,
and In govrmitig.il te tho duly of "
f Congress to art justly
on equal share In the common domain.
This, air, is my position, and upon II I shall aland
The aame position, I see, waa taken by a meeting nf
Amongst
declared—
long Mi
a othar
resolutions, aa I ace in tbs papers, they
" That our Henatm and RspraaentaUvea in Congress
should am to it, lhal the rights of the amithem peopl,
should not he endangered daring the period the YerrCut-
jontml of ihe United Staten,
either from the ronttnuance of the munif inal Ir
Utile®, or fhM the lefitlation of (ho United State
I aland upon _ ,
line around, in my opinion, for toulhem men to occupy.
I ■MR otyrref
hot art that, i hart mk ow ww it,
SfZ£^ i 3s£rcrsr%£^
that I whefly dtmgroa with htot. True, rite treaty-ana
Iktag power la MaHad in ihk^^^MMhHhl
enu Senate. Botair. the frri
with trim. Traa, dto treaty one
thia souawy te the Praatdant
Praaidsnt and Senate bars no
right erpowar to raaka a treaty which impoam and obli
gation on tha pan of tha Honan of Bapeaaonf tires to
aarry H into aBo. This prineipls t anftaramad te
have bean toirif aaritod as the repaMkan doctrine of
■TVS. 1 hava the Journal of tho House ef that year be
fore ma, and I (nd, on pegs 4X9, the fallowing reaolu
lion upon that point:
“ 1st. Xaaafard, Tliat it being doctored by tha eo'-ond
section of tha second article of tho Conctitatiaa, that
Iha Pisald cm shall have power, by and wttb rite advice
and content of the Senate, to make treaties, pcovktod
two-thirds of tha of tha Senators present concur,’ the
Homo of Bcpreaentarivm do not claim any agency in
making treaties; hut that when a treaty atiputolao regu
lation* on any of iha anbjara so bunted by rite Consti
tution lo Iha power of Congress, it moat da pood far its
eMention, aa to such stipulation!, on a law or towa to ha
paaaad by Contooaa; and il k Iha eoonitational right
and duty of tto House of Representatives, in all each
rasas, to deliberate on tha eipodianry or inexpediency of
carrying each treaty into a fleet, ana to determine and
act thereon as. in their Judgment, may be meat oonduc;
live to tha pa bile good.”
Upon tho passage of this resolution tha yeas and nays
wars taken, and it waa adopted by a vote ofMtolf.—
Rvory republican in tho Hoorn, I think, voted for It.—
Amongst others, I sea the distinguished names of Jamas
Madison. Alton Gallatin, Wa. B. Giles, Nathaniel
Macon, Abram Baldwin, aad maav others. The same
principle haa hem settled by the Supreme Court.
* have not tiate to enlarge upon this argument new.
I only intend to state tha principle, and chow rite sathori
nr,that Iho country may not b^m' 1 '
The late treaty is not Ins supreme
Iha country
• treaty km.
and will not be until the tayrs necessary to give
pasosd. Mr. Polk haa not rot asked ns to appropri-
the money; and whm ha does, h will ha (In the Ian.
bAmiskd upon this ptdnl.
mme law or this land rat,
■ necessary to glrs it alter!
guags of the resolution far which janes Mediean and
all Ins other old Republicans In Ihe Honsc In 1798 vo
ted) our constitutional right and duty to deliberate on
the etpodtency of making tha appropriations. And I
now state that, if I am hare whm lhal appriallon temade,
I shall eurciae thk constitutional right, and I shall nev-
er vole one dollar from tha common treasure of thk L'n
ion to pay for thaso Territories, If Iha instiiations of my
aacthm are to he wholly excluded from them Nor will
I vote ona dollar to carry thk treaty into rflirt. until 1
hava thk matter milled, and what I consider iha rights
of the Sooth secured. And I believe this is the great
lever of the South upon thk question. Iytt the hill
organising territorial governments be linked with the ap.
proprietion of tho monoy, and let the South present an
First. Tnat Una. Cue has been Mleuicdas dto
PtonaBtnfir rcaiMatx bnxxnM bn to n Northnm
awn; ana who hasno tnCsrcstnad no love tor sla
very, and who is npyttead tn tbggmenakm of Son-
hern inatitjuiona to the near Urntorim which hart
barn ehtoif pegnirad by Omitoarn anna.
Saeonfily. Hint ha 1m vat to tha yaeoto of the
territoriM the adjneiramt of the qaaation, nadar
the strong and w«H (bonded eoaviofiaa Ant A-
vary cannot prevail thorn—because it ia forbidden
by law, and becauaa the colored nee, preponder
ating over tho whites in the ratio of tea to one will
not riKNiT the enslavement of their own color.
Bach, Southern Democrata, te the position of
your candidate, according to hie own Northern or
gan*. Ought you not to take warning in time,
and to reflect whether you may not find in Lewie
Caen a second edition of Martin Van Boren 7
Richmond Republican.
THE ENQUIRER.
I.IBEBTT t TNI COMTITOTIOl t ONION.
COLUMUUS—GEORGIA :
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, ISA-
WHIG NOMINATIONS.
For President at tho Untied flutes i
ZACHA&YTAYLOR,
or LOUISIANA.
For Tiee.PrMMrat:
MILLARD FILLMORE,
or xF.w-vo'tK
Electors fbr the State at large,
Dx. Wh. Tf.r.iill, | Seatov Gkantlaxd.
Electors for the Districts,
Is . H. W. Shark. I 5th. Warren Axts,
id W. II. Chawfor.i, I Oth. Asbi.rv Hull,
3d. A. W. Reddino, I fib. Y. 1*. Kino,
4tb. Wm. Moselev, I 8th. G. Stapleton.
JUDGE WBUiBOHN’B REPLY.
t sipmlnee ef Judge Weaiegee, whkh par
ed what he deems * slander
F.
r .. Boms hope*
yet of obtaining jnatirc.
Now, air, yoo know Homethint of the on’y pl»nn upon
which I intend to com prom tor thto hURinofR. Rut, M I
baM before, if in all thto I should b« defcfttod—if the
rgiv® mv HUtcUon, while 1 Imvo a mi up*
i floocq to any hwMfttinn on the port of Congrew
hy which the rights of Uie eouthem people to an equal
combined vote nf the North entry the Wilrnot Proviio,
then, Mr, It wlH be for the peapU of the 8outh to take
their own room mBuch a* they may deem their internet
and honor demand. It to not for me to indirate that
couree. But one thing I will eay, that! shall 1ms with
them In whatever couree they may take. Their inter*
e*tt are my interefltR, their fortune* are my fortune*, their
hope* are my hope*, and whatever diwtiny await* them,
await* me alao.
And now, Mr. Hpnaker.I think that I have cnnclunive*
ly Rliown that thto mtoralled Compromise bill ought not
to have received support from any quarter, and particu
larly from the Honth.
A* I have but a few moment* 1*8.1 will recapitulate
my partition*, that no man may mtotaka or mtounder*
■land them.
The flmt to, that by the bill the whole rahjert of rlevr*
ry in California and New Mexico, without anv legtola*
turn on tite part of Congrea* or Itte territorial govern^
roenta, one way or the other, to referred to the Jutiirim
ry to determine, whether it ran legally extol them or nog
Sd.Thatilte CotiRtitution of the United State* fully
recogntoe*. and amply protect*, the inetitution of *Uv*«
ry where iteifcta by the law* of the State or place, but
it iloea not establish it any where, where hy the law* uf
the plane it to prohibited. /
Tifomia -“•* ” — “ *— *-*— —*
and jo*t participation in them TerriUkrte*, while they re
main aa territorte*. shall be endangered, nor ahall tho*e
inniii ■■ iciniui av—• i ire- tTiunigvnni, tHre iiibvi i
right* over he endangered or aurrendered, hy my appro
val, hy ''acontinuance of themnnicipal law*of Mali-
, — municipal la
ico." Thia Compmmfoe bill, air, did, in my opinion,
endanger and surrender the then right* of the South,
by a continuance of the municipal law* of Mexico/*
inert, and by
aet out by
which war* of force at the time or the
which alavery wa* abolished there. Sir, ■ wr% «n» 1x7
Mating that I *hould not only challenge, but defy, a re-
IWtatfon af my position*; and I now repeat the mme.
The right* of the South ar® not only endangered, but
totally abandoned, in thto Compromise, ft* pamage
would have been worse for the South than the Wilrnot
-that to,
if, Iy (Ac Cwutituticmy tha aouiltem slaveholder ha* a
right to carry and hold hto alavea In these territories,
notwithstanding the existing municipal law of Mexico,
hy which eleven is abolished there, then, of course, the
ivBMiM RMvrti om ntNqmiRNi iirev*, ■ ire’ll 11 FI I'FxJi m , 41 m
i right would extol, oven if the Wilrnot proviso were
lit wtBixiix vxiNi.nTHi iiw reiinsA |fli>vmeu were
, And the provtoo, if passed, being in rontmvrti*
lion of thia cftntHlutionml right, of course tlie Supreinr
Uon of Mi* crnnrhtHttonw right, of course tlie 8upreinn
Court would be bound to deride it null and voitf. St)
that tha compfumtoe secure* no right* to the South
which they would not hava even under the Wilrnot
proviso itaelf. But, no the oilier hand, if the Supreme
Ckiurl should, under the Compromise hill, decide against
llw slaveholder, on the ground that the existing law* nf
Mexico, al the lime of tlie conquest, were in lore® tliere
until altered by some competent authority, then, *lr, we
should he bound by H forrmr / for we could not come
u j jurrwr . re re vrr room inn new
Congrea* to alter the law against the rompro-
ttt alllkou * **
had the power either directly to alter it, or to allow the
territorial legislature to do It; for we all undemtand that
a eeamramias to a Anal settlement, and all panic* are
bound In honor to abide by it.
Then, air, what are we of the 8outh to gain hy this
uld have, i
f Nothing but what we would
our slaves into a country where
irtain prospect of an expensive law
countered to the cei ............. ...
suit which may cum more than any slave to worth; and
in my opinion, with the absolute certainty of ultimate
da foal in the end, and with no law in the mean time to
. to the suhatance of the ctNnprumtoe, even in tlie
tnoM favorable view It can he presented ? And this to Ihe
seruriff for the Smith which I nad the trmerity to nyret!
Would that the people of that section may ev«r have
“ - ^ * I did ‘
man upon thto floor of such temerity ! I did reject it—and
I shall continue to reject all such favor*. If I can gel
no batter compromise. I *Hall certainly never take any
at all. As long a* I have a scat here, I shall maintain
the juM and equal right* of my section upon thto as well
aa uaun all other quertkm*. Task nothing more, and I
shall tak* nothing less. All I demand, to, common right
and common justice ; these I will have in dear and ex-
nreas terms, or I will liave nothing. I apeak to the
North, irrespective of parties. I recogntoe no peny as
sociation ia aflllietiun upon thto subject. If the two par
ties at the North combine and make a sectional Issue ^nd
by their numerical strength vote down the South,and
deny us thoae equal rights to which I think we are in
jortioe entitled, It will he for the people of the South
than lo adorn such a course a* they may iWm proper I
do not stand ham lo make any threats in their name, nor
hava I authority m commit even my own constituents to
any course af policy. Th*v must do that for tliemaei vet.
“ » Maude only to the maintenance of
endangered. Suoh appeals may have their eflect upon
tha hearts of the timid. I am, mymlf, not quite ea anal
ly tarttfad l«le a surrender of my rights, aad those of
ly frtiflsd into a surrender of my rights, and those of
i\ia editor, however, or rather kto
*a exhibited much hattai
eesRiwiBie Mflore patrtottom. if ha had i
Ila mam foresight upoa this sumart. If tin
environed hydangn and dURramaa whkh
uhtoaalt aafoty.lt to the rseuKof hto owa vs
amsisr, weald have exhibited much hatter judgemnt,
and a great deal moie patrtottom. if ha had shown alii-
** *— *‘‘ i — *' tha country to
1 rh thrsalan Its
ItcdussB, law-
lam, and aassastitatkial measures; if an aminoua agi-
" ‘ W m na
3.1. That Call
land New Mexico being territy
fo»ce the re at tfw time of the conquest not inconsirtdnt
with theffonatiltitionof the United States, or tlie stipu
lation of ihe treaty of (trace, or which were purely of a
political character, are, according to well settled princi
ple*, and tlie adjudications of our own court*, still in
lb
rcss—34 District,
JAMES 8. CALHOUN.
Col.
For Coatrea*~.M District,
Col. ALLEN F. OWEN.
For Cu,nih.tlk Etatrtct,
JCHN N. WIT LIAMSON.
For ConjTcm .TU> District,
H, STEPHENS.
THE ENQUIRER FOR THE CARPAfOlf.
Aa thia paper intend* to give to the enemiee of old
ZACK “ a littU more grape," we aay in ita name
what he said to Santa Anna, “ come and TAKE mil”
TERMS t PAYMENT IN ADVANCE.
One copy till 1st December fl 1 00
8ix copies 5 00
Twelve 10 00
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parte to bn a—Art alien
•rtftiatf Mb latfrtativu madam. Wa
am Mtoartakfort urt uadamtand adartly what ha
b drtyfog at, tlmflg tolg tbioaghsut ilia aotira pro-
daatkasash a emdhrtoa af Maaa, added to each a
jumkii af metivmaad msaaurm, aa ta reader it aatira-
ly ladspiadint af asdbary oritistom, Apart from thia,
wa have aodisparttiaa to eater tha Oat with aaa who
to rspwmatid by hie psfltiaal Arkadi aa betaga little
above ordinary mortals ia the high attributes of mantel
•dpariarity. The daim may ha well founded, but we
mart eoafomthat Iha pmduotian ia quest ion is rather
aaleulatad to dimiutoh, than ineream, the reputation
af tha writer. It may be above our uomprdieueiou,
but if it to not, it ia evidently below tha fame of oee
who to held forth aaa man of more than ordinary abil
ity. The mort important, nay, the all-important,
thing in one who attempts to aalighten the pobTie mind
is toosprsm himself so as to be understood. Wa hava
read and re-read the communication of Jadga Well
born, and coufam lhal wa am unable to understand
why ha voted agrtoat tho reaoiatiooa condemnatory of
the United State* Bank, or why he voted ao atrenuous-
ly against others which approved of the conduct of
Gen Jackson.
We hive no purpom, aad surely no deoire, to eriti-
ciee thia communication. Wa give it, according to
our proms*, jurt aa we flod it, with the hope thateome
ana who feel* more interest in 'he matter, may be able
to comprehend ita hidden meaning. But aoppoae they
cannot, and find thetnaelvea in the aame category with
the Editors of this paper, then what becomes of the
Judge’s attempted refutation, and what m more impor
tant probably at thto time, what bt>comca of hie char
acter for talent* on which hto supporter! are attempt
ing to elevate him to a seal ifl Congress ? If thia pro
duction is a specimen of that olearneas and strength of
intellect to confidently claimed by hto political
ciates, wc should like very much to see the effort of some
muddy headed Cam tnan to extricate himself from
ugly difficulty. It would, we think, be a literary cu
riosity worthy the cause in which our opponents are
engaged. We have heard of a aerie* of letters, writ
ten from various point* iu Europe, and published in this
city a year or two since, which, for want of every thing
like interest, ability or merit, were regarded as ranking a
little below any similar production* of the age. As we
never read the letters referred to, we of course pretend
to no knowledge of their contents, but if in point of
obscurity and general oniotalligibility they boro any
Comparison to tha production before us, we give our
verdict that they justly merited all the ridicule whioh,
at the time of their publicatioa, was bo universally, and
we presume, ao justly heaped upon them.
4th. That a* slavery did not exist there at the time oil
the conquest, hut hail been prohibited by ex press law,'
the Nupreme Court nf the United Htates, to whom itof
matter wa* to he referred in the last resort, could not
expected, from the principle* of numerous deci *
ready made, to decide otherwise than that slav
not be protected there, until the existing law al
It lie altered hy competent authority.
3th, and lastly. That these position* being uncontro
vertible, the bill offered, as it wa*. as a compromise and
a final settlement of tlie question, amounted to nothing
■lam* of
extending tlie institutions of tlie South to those Territo
ries
Casa at tha North*
The Cleveland Plain Dealer of the 18th inal.,
contains a long and olutorate article in opposition
to the extension of slavery, and in denunciation of
(hnt institution. That journal, us we have Ik-fore
said, in the leading organ of (Sen. Cues in Northern
Ohio, and wo have boloro given our readers vari-
ona extracts from it* column*, showing that while
Gen. Cu*a is here urged aa the friend of Southern
principlen^ie is advocated at the North a* their op-
ponent—aye, a* tho following article proves, on
the expre*s ground that he ia “ a Northern man—
one mho hat no intent! in Slavery, and no love for
ir.” Wo now make further extracts from the
Plain Dealer:
" The two great pantos of the country meat the ques
tion—each in character. The Democracy, aa in’44,
when the question was whether Texas should be re
fused adiaisNion into our Union, heesune of ita insti
tution of slavery look a Southern man for its candidate
for ProBiitont—one who wa* known to be in interest and
principle immovably opposed to ita rejection on any,
ami more especially such a ground ; so now, when the
question to whether the new Htatra of Mexico and Cal
ifornia ahall he subject to slavery, that same Dcmocra-
cy—the Democracy of the l r *»oa, be it remembered, r*
sectional half-breed faction of it cither—selected a }Vt
thern man—one who hat no interest in e/aeere. and
love for it—to he its leader and candidate for Prtsidei
The nomination of Lewis Caae by the Demon
PAINFUL INTELLIGENCE.
A telegraphic dispatch waa received in this place on
yesterday, bringing the following melaucholly intelli
gence. We give it aa wa have received it, end whilst
we shall refrain from oomment until the particulars are
more fully known, wa fear that the report may prove
true, end that oue of Georgia** must gifted sons has
fallen by the assassins baud:
Tn the OfvrnUir in the Columbus office:
lion. A. II. STBFHKNa mortally stabbed yesterday,
' just before the Cara toft Atlanta ; waa attacked, knife
in hand, by Judge Conk, of Greeue county, and cut ia
i several places, before Mr. 8. had made auy resistance.
The excitement waa so great that it was with difficulty
that Cone’s execution on the spot was prevsuted. The
greatest excitement prevails here.
Macon Tel. Office, Heptd.
Second Despatch f ~
Tljnfollowing particulars of the murderous aflVa;
perpetrated at Atlanta, was forwarded to us by Tele
graph from a friend in Macon, and was reeeivad here
half-part eix o'clock yesterday svening: Cone root
Stephen*—demanded verbal explanation with regard to
letter—which waa refused—words followed—Cone
gave the lit,
Stephens struck him with a small stick. Cone with
a knife, gave several blows—one penetrated the cavity,
two in the aide and ona in each hand. Wounds bad.
but Dr. Eve thinks not mortal. Cone under examina
tion when cars left Groat excitement. Cone had his
knife drawn when he approached Stephens.
SraicHSa.—On our firrt page will ha found tha
speeches af Senator Bkrrik* and the Hon. A. Il
Stbfiikms, on the much talked of Compromise Bill of
the late aesMon. Thinking that our readers would be
glad to hear both sides, we have given the views of
these distinguished Steteemeu that each for himself
may form his own opinion.
Nobody Killxo.—The great Whig meeting in
Albany, whioh report said had repudiated Gen. Tay
lor, haa turned out aa wa expected. Instead of black
balling tha aid hen., resolutions were passed with much
enthusiasm to support Tavlou and Fillhosb- Tha
meeting noted with great prudence in letting the course
af tha Democrats in Charleston pass to whuHl
Ilia NirhoTson letter had been for month* %*!
people, criticised and reviewed hy friend and
that toller were the following candid, liberal
lions' Wc may well regret the cttoience of el
tlie Southern statu*, and wish they had been
its introdnethon,
But llmre ti te, wid nut by tiw (rl of the premnLrn- there i. now moi.iu. uo kind of doubt. But
ation. We have neither the right nor the powek. lo . , . .. . . #
tauehUwhw.it elite.. XT or whwoteltra prompt, the (wipetr.tor of
AxoTHca Fill.—The new and commodious Live
ry 8tablaa of .Messrs. Hatcher A Pitta* were destroyed
by fire on night before last, together with twenty-one
valuable horse*. Il haa been but a little over two
month* since a similar calamity befell our gentlemanly
and enterprising townsmen, and thia is the third tima
their stables hava been burnt cm the same spot,
tha hand of the incendiary to in thto nefarious
THE OHIO RESERVE.
Our opponents are feasting themselves on tha belief
that the inffuenca of iha notorious Giddinos, in tha
western reserve of Ohio, will be sufficient to divide the
Whig*, and give the vote of that 8tate to Gen. Cam.
We coufeaa that we had at Aral some fears of such a
result, but every day convince* us that these fairs
were groundless, and that Ohio will aland at the com
ing election where she has stood for years. At the
largeet meeting aver aasembled iu Jefferaou county,
oue of the largest couutiee in the reserve, a aeries of
strong and pointed resolutions iu favor of Taylos and
Fillmoh* were adopted, which were wound up by
the following emphatic condemnation of the eaid Gtd-
dingo:
' Kefiolved, That we have foil confidence in the prin-
i|»lu« and in the leading state«inen of the Whig party,
and that we disapprove of the rour*e punmed hy the
aon. J. R Gidding* in denouncing that party and seek
ing to promote ita destruction."
Etoappmtoku totbetkfcrtprmUdby Art Ffolilrt
fMoCrereotire. Owpillio.1, fliwlHb. ateaern
n^nmay, IwmUmIHM to mu fat at
mm tmte, m—*in, W brad Mr. FHhuw. utter
■ltlifln.il ttetetofa wifi, fa fathom of fa fato-
tm. W. Mm It.fl.w4 a fad of fa unloutcd ate-
ry, eeet «iM mt If it omtmnuu to by th. puty mo-
ktef fa Outgo. Worn . mu fa'tkanr exaet-
ly wfafab. board o ihiaf, aad aoaY MB with oomo
eortaiaty wbot bo did Hoar, wo oriroyo uko it far
groated that ho hoo o fa in bio ear, or a brick ia
hi. hot
Wo hare act ofaoood that Mr. Fillmore bolter od
oUrory o Ura of. Indeed rery Tow nwa North ar
Booth da. Bat wo bar. boliored that heiaohad ap
oa it a. *■ ioatitutwa entirely ander tire control of fa
ototoo whoa H tntof; that Confrere had aa power
uader fa rtiootititlkm to inlorfem with it ia any oh op.
or farm; Aad that bio whole couree of life, public aad
prirate, woo proof tf dim hie opiniotu ou the .object.
Ha remufco in forar of tho right of petition, ha rstoo
on tiw iof.reouo reooietiooa of tho priuce of Ibe Wilrnot
Prerteo area, the notoeioue Athorioa of New Hemp,
■hire, here boon ferhhd and tortured to nil tho purpo-
ra of oouthern dotnocraiic laoderu. Aad whet boo
boon the proof thuo extracted by tiro pomororouce of
pnrtioou buckol Simply, that Mr. Fdlmara a i.
foror of tha right of the petition, mud that bo rated a-
goioot a batch of reooltiiioaa iotraduood by u arrant
aboiibouiot, which reoolutiouo were dcoounecd by the
■outhoru mombonofCoagrra dcecptira aad dlo
go rour lo the South.
Now lot ao hour what Mr. Fillmore hoo te aay far
htmoelf. Ho hoo written a letter to Mr. Gayle, u
Member of Conqrem from AUb lino, which we
below and wh.ch define, lit. powtioa tro dutiaetiy that
every tn ui con uudeirUtid it. After reading thia letter
we wioh our democratic frieodo to say if they belioro
him on obnlitmnitet Hoo auy candidate of their par
ty soid ao much T Mr. Fillmore loans Iha iootitutiou
ofolarery where ho find, it, gororued oud eoutiolM by
the wtehe. and interest of those who hero tho mooogo-
meat of iL Ia anything mors required of him T The
people of the Hou'h beltere that the whole power orer
the subject i» reotod, by the eooetitatioo, iu tho oeroral
ototea where the inetiluiion io tolerated, and that the
national goreriiiuout boa nothing to do with iL So be*
liereo, and oo onyo Mr. Fillmore. Wbeneror there
fore he te charged with being on abolitionist by any of
the supporters of Com wo wioh our frieodo to rood to
them the following pUin hotted letter, which wo find
in tho Mobile Aieertieer, oddraoted ta the Hoc. John
Gayle.
Aur.iv. N. Y., July 31, 18(8.
Hot Jour fiAVi-E ‘.—Dear Sir: I have your
letter of the Ifith instant, but iny official duties
have been so pressing that I have been compelled
to neglect my private correspondents. I had also
determined to write no letiera (or publication
bearing upon tho content in the approaching can
vas*. But as yntt desire onme information for
yonr own mtiafactinn in regard to the charges
abtrae that migbli am at modem, goainoM.ii
valor Zachary, whom all tha people delighted I
honor, and aU the great man of the land acriboe I
and pharieeee from Walter idea, shouted houan-
ah. to Zachary and Mid whoie like unto him in I
al the dominion, of Jonre. him and none other I
will we chooue to reign orer da And alt Ihe peo-1
pie uhoetod Amen. ^3? I
And when WaHar aad Mathew and Abailom
and Thom.., the young apootle, and many others, I
who epake to the people, concerning Zachary, I
that he wae a dangerous man to role over them I
not having the fear of man or the love of God in I
his heart, or wiadoatto decern, between hit fight I
hand and hi- left whioh they swear unto the peo-1
pie when “ immediately the oock crew, and all I
the assembly remembered Anainaa and Baphira I
tad Peter. j
And it came to pasa that Walter and Mathew I
oomeyed on and came to a little town called Ms-1
rietia on the border, of Cherokee, and where |
much people were gathered together. And Wal-1
ter opened hi. mouth and .poke after the manner of I
one who speaketb to the simple that hath neither |
knowledge nor nndentanding above the an 1 tint I
only knoweth bis nuuter* crib.’ They were too |
dull to perceive and too stubborn to be moved by I
the force of bU reasoning, so Walter ants fain to I
depart from a people who having eyes see nut and I
having even long ears hear not this coun»el. Ho I
he departed from our caoat and returned whence I
he cam?, even to the white settlement.*
Briefly, I om uppomi to theeterotee of any juristic- ‘ Deytiid lb- power of conjecture. This
llun by Oongrere uu this outlier (slavery:) and I om
in favor of leaving to llte people of any territory which
from
Robl. J. Wslkot'ieiuieioUon teller of
" Hr,and (to flrl Node," myo Mr. Walker, ‘Slave-
ry wilt mat paw, oat only ooooure it io forbidden b, fate,
but toolow (to ,vlorrd rare Ikert pro pom do rut oo, in the m-
lio of ton to one over the while., end holding, o. they
do the government and moei of the ntflnu in iheir poe-
eeufasi, they wilt not jeratil the enelavement of any
portion of die colored lacs, which makes and eioeutea
tho lows of the country.”
" Then (ten. Com concludes with this sentiment:
“ leave to the people, who uo'U to efocOod by Ibio
fumrieu, loodjute it npon their own reepantelMlily, end
(nlbolri . ... . . ...
■ItoniofcH by all;
eoMre; if iho vary piUats of tiw totupia of liberty ruck
to ihoir ptorra, ho brat knows who! Inceadfary bond—
Guy fkwhuo, coliorted and flred the oiMotevo al-
.to. Ho may repost until dooureduy, too out
our fate qf all Ito esarequoacao.'' Hut ho will find
hio fate too deeply ototuod to boooeomly wookod. Thia
te but the ftensted luviago af tiw guilly Murhetk, v ho,
whoa in htedtetempured vieloa kefaneted be eon the
ghastly eparitaf fa wardered Bonquu, .rdabaed—
Bui thi. O Miiat a litw. a w the PradJantwlaa
to terra, nred sotaappum, that borauw he te Irembting
nad raking wkh (tat at tefhte.iftrite.onpirnn dire,
whtoa fa eoaoteaonoo. of hie owa taiedoodi eauwa to
I torfl span fa qaeteten now. jateao 1 did two y
ago, whoa ihli war af eeaaaete eiaratacod. I re
agjilte ogatote k time I tear arkal weald be Urn
fary. iadt^awonawodtew aa I was fan 1
tbs aottiwa Paaorn
far fa praoaal teana frith all iu
~wvad aaw m I arae titea 1 raw
i eup^ortia^jha policy of eon-
quote far fa parptoo of aeuatong face Hrrteuty. I wa.
tested to lb. wW. policy , toraam I rootedmad H ooo-
•atymfamWiaf aar Ceatekattea to wags a wee at
steoqaart aadsr aay elreamteoyru Bat I sao faw-
■atoodfaa,if ureiteey ■btalJboaoqatred.ttoutimrigku
.. —...—toflrf“‘“
afooy teestoa toaa oaaal parS
cared,« hr aa air ability isH
t itepflibretalaf IMt gad. Aadlaaadarat fa team
BESaESas
y'WS
nalribau to fa ar
Aad I Mead aawi thee
in their own awaitar, and we .hall re rktor. noth, r tribute
In tiw original prineiplte of our guvarmaem, and Aim-
teh anotiwr guaranty far iu pmaaiwncs and praporiiy.”
" Here then ia the portion of the Dctaociacy ae sta
ted by their candtdatoe—a nfa, honorable, republican
potetloa—tiw porition of tiw patriot and Ihe Malm an,
that hue the pc raw nance and pnupsrily of tiw Union at
teu
But how have the Whig party tael the question I—
At a party they have not met il at all. They hare
blinked it auerly. They have churen, or choked down
a olaooholdor at their raadidate. They know not kit
beling. or vtewi upon the queatiou—and are .front to
rotaaui him by any derlomiiou over hie own eignaiare
upon it They fetlewteup cosingty—tu> tupporun
North and Boatit; Ihe fanatte aboliiionlte nf the ona, and
tiw ultra, teave ptopagandtet of the other, each suiva
aealmwly to keep him aacoauailted.
“ We hove ao fast, far the reeult We do not believe
the trickery or the malice of political deoogoguoo will
be fa. quite the eotaoton feme of Ihe people.
“ The Iteawcrory mute triumph. Gea. Cow adU to
oar aoet roam dent, umr ov temlonoe aoto rew, mil
toaqptfioo.tiUttopooploof ttotottltetw tetoattoycoore
to ergaaue ae a Walt, ok rote it ‘ omam their ooo rwpee*
oSoloty, sad ta far etea teaaate aad trite, ia the lam
pooner of Aarretory Wafa, (sated Mesa, totoogtsg
rtoowriere to tto reterirev' ad,^re to of tea la sao
tto corioteotratlia'jitet torriteryToftwy parries Tf fa
Wc cotnmettil tha above extracts from tit. Plain
Dialer to nil unprejudiced minds among the Sou
th, nt Democracy. Ut (hem recollect that tha
yoarrwl from whioh il ia taken holds a high aad in-
fiaeatial position among the Detuoerelic journals
of lbs North, that in the Northern pat af Ohio, it
ia iha acknowledged leader of it. party | that it kaa
into; and lhal B*
an aapevtar for ability ia lhal Stole;
rouftdentlol frimtd of Caaa, to whoat,
editor ir the
according la hie own tUchiattea.C«M baa Matod,
j§ jwitsii ninssrsafiim. Mt MMkloi Istkl mu-
mm of alarere; fat all threeddHito leutotohered,
aad we ahaB fan attach theirdee weigh* to the
atartiiaf dmligMiMi coatola^ la tha above are
What, the*, are the poakitfa eel forth boldhf,
piaialy, aad, we base ae daebt, boat
pwmlarat orgaa ef Om. Com 7
boaamjy.by thia
ipsradded
to others of ■ utnilor character,bears heavily on the wor
thy propriotore, oud hoo oolled forth the oymputhioo of
Iho whole eotnmuoity.
By tits activity of tho Fin Companies fa flat two
wore prevented from epraoding, eraept to a kkchoa
end meot-hoan ia tiw hnmedioto vicinity, which were
abo ooasnmod. Iha large building on the eonwr
knows re the Shylock Bonk, sad the Epioeopol Church
were fnqaeatiy oa fire. Our office, which hoe now
twice been in the midst of Iho Romeo, oomo out uu-
ringed by tits ooaflagraliea. To fa two Fun Cam-
pea iso, aad ta tha ciutona aad stnagaia that aided ia
amotiag tha flomoo, the thonko of tha oanaaadiag
prcporty-holdon are justly dim. The engines aad tha
ciotorao are at mare real value tino all fa imoraaea
officeo in fa Uuioa.
SOMETHING STIRRING.
A cocreappatient, writing ftam Waobiagtaa City ta
the Charieateu Even tag Newt, remarks that upwards
if Jiao kaadrod paoo-arte hove just bean mads out,
at fa Stole Department, far patoono ia New York
aad elsewhere, who are .boat going to Intend The
writer auppora (hot they are a portion of oar adopted
eitixoao, (torn tiw Emerald Isle, who an preparing to
ret ant to Iheir satire ooaulry to aid fair brethren ia
fa aehterouwat af Ihoir national ladopoadoaco. If
Irelaad ii prepared al hone far the otnaggia, tha is fa
kiad of help ahe arill wool To ooo bar owl sons re-
laniagtefahadof thoir fofam, to ftoo fat load ar
poririb is fa otlootpt, would oraam a aabter oalbari.
thoa al tho pablic amotiago that w* era bo raim
bind ia this ooaatry. Imagine fat you am fa gal-
teat Bkieito teadwg ia Irelaad aad pteeiag kimartf at
fa band af tiw military awoaaweteofbiodawakraddaa
maotryawa, aad thoa imagiao fat yaama thoamadp
Mhbasaateyawa faitosnaghim bmsurfanaaad
raagiag Bwateohroo aadsr hh baaaor; what da yaa
oi^pfl*** **xM fl* 4t* ppxl
aad highly aarttodpsupte threat Bat la Ihte. aare
SIERRA MADRE EXPEDITION.
An impr.wioa psreadte the public mind geoerally,
tit.l a plan i. on foot te orgoniis ■ largo foroe, the ob-
met ef which io lo invade oud revolalrooiie that por-
Ajon of fa Mexican territory recently known oo tho
Sierra Mod re. That there io ouch ■ purpose entortem-
od, by a large number at rsckleoo and daoetuAed |
•pirite, odmito ol present of little doubt. The object of
ouch on expedition cannot bo mistaken ; but its results,
fl carried out, may not at this moment bo forraoeo.
B must bo admitted that the aggressive spirit of our
p^pla, ■■ monifaotad io the history of the loot fifteen
yOare, has added but little to our notional character.
Armed expeditious here been organised and equipped
with the avowed intention af dwtarbrng Iho domeotic
relation, of foroigo nouutrioo, and raioiug tho rtondord
of reraaooo to tho oolbority of gaverumeuto with
arhich wa were ol peace. Such conduct, independent
of its intrinsic injustice, io ■ virtual riolatiaa of existing
treaties, and welt eolculatad to embroil friendly nuioM
in fa horror* of wer.
Let uo place thia thing iu lhal light where it will bo
■eon man distinctly by fa American people. Suppose
that wo ware ■ weak end distracted people, just eereped
from a conflict when neeraily hod ootnpelted ns to
submit to fa tortus of tiw conqueror, that te order lo
preserve our nolkmolity, wo hod by treaty agreed to
tha diomombernwnt of our oouulry, and thst under
ouch circumstances of limitation, Iho citisem of fa
notion te whm strong arm wo hod yielded, should or-
on armed fares still farther te trample upon
■skuas, end rtiil further diomembor our remain,
ntry. To whom would wo hob, in oar week*
redrew T Would wo not naturally turn to
irnment whoso ciltseuo wore Ibuo violating Ha
faith, and would not ouch government bo
by every principle of notional tew, to prevent
evil, oud pnuiob tho ofTcndore 1 Under existing cir-
eutnoUnees, than, ■ it not the duty of the government
of Iha United Staton to interpose its power between the
weokiteM of Mexico and the aggressed of oureilixenoT
It io true, tho President has disavowed any kaowl
edge of the intended expedition. The onme disavowal
woo mode when battalions and oven regiments wore
organised and wont forth armed to tho shores af Tax-
as. Tho govern moot neoer could loam aay thing
■bout ti. But just than, simitar things ware dona on
Ihe Canadian frootier. Arms and men were seen mov
lag towards the Niagara to join the ao-called patriots.
Tho aye of fa Fremdout caught that movement ia n
moment. Tho Britah lion began ta show bio tooth,
and otraigblwoy Iho Commander.in-chief of oo army
woo despatched with forces sufficient to proves! fa
movement, nad preserve pom of fa two countries.
Why woo this dona 7 And how happens it that our
rulers coo team of events on tho fruitier, whilst fay
remote profound^ ignorant of similar events oo sooth
or t Io it becauao England io abte to rteont fa injn
re, white Mextern, tram her axioms) and internal weak-
note, in naobte todofond bar rightoT Such a ouppooi.
lion Ii ■ reflection an fa notional justice and spirit of
this country, bat ti h one lo which the eircnmmnnceo
inevitably brings otrory reflecting mind.
We hove alluded to Ibio nutter -reply Lo ox proa our
entire and aaaqaivoeal disapprobation of fa Stem
Modre expedition. Thu ootxntry iu. already reflated
enough (tern fa afloete of mums ooaueeted with aid
directly resulting fora ouch momurenu. Look back
npon fa ooraqaraCM af fa Texas expedition On
fa war that fclliwnd fa anno lotion of fat cnutxy.
ou fa blood and twooura waited ia that conflict, oo fa
OMqMrt ud DMMflMMt DoqDrtMvD *f iffftiay ol*im-
od ao indemnity; nad than look forward to what may
sad, from pxoreut ifpoeiaaeoa, eltmm inevitably, mart
earns ia fa train af thh angnuHtoa. No patriot ran
look apoa tho part, fa runmtT, and fa FUTURE,
without otxeh ml^ivlngt ea atoewt xmioot toamruia-
eMtery ta this hreigu eeabedL Oar autteu Iwkad
of Into quite xuougb af war aad Hai nad date aad
Lot prudoamfae mtogtotofa t
htoato,tesl fay httog apoa thh a
rad Irotead’s
lolunhinof
terthaoa la Barepu. Tho pom at Brio o realty a af
■wo rates fan ouwy thing fa, mm tie honor and
h. Hatty. lot fa* poor- bo preorevod.
ty fat fa worthlote territory oxtrertod from flute
wifl, te fa nad, prom fa gram af this Rapohiie.—
to MoxiraB
atom Modre remote oo ti te Tha mu lhal i^yo
in fa aoomanataMod tote warns tiua a moral Unit
er to fa great tetomt of bio oouatiy, aad donna to
reeaira at fa kaateaf fa goviramont fa poaaky of
Ws falra whrthw fa gsrai
BMto oaMflh to aw«d it to htan.
MR. FOXMORTR OPINIONS.
Oar opprauln bum rikugod Mr. Fiureta
SPEAK OUT, BOYS.
The communication batow io prerhily who! H par- I
porta to be. The writer in n mechanic, and to out I
knowledge boo boon tinea bio ntidonco in this city I
for ■ number of years ■ Ann, active, and eontiatont [
democrat. He fools, however, no ovary indatiristxo I
mechanic ohoold bei, fat fa mwi who weald direct |
the legal ation of fa country u te to rob him ef fa
wngee of n freemen, io unfit In be fa repeooenlotivo ef |
a free people.'
brought ngRinst me from the South, on the slave
), lh ' ' '
question, I hive concludod to stale briefly my po
sition.
While I woo in Convreas there was much agi
tation on tho right of petition. Mv votes will
tioublleo* be foutta recorded uniformly in favor of
it. The rule upon which I acted war, tint every
citizen preventing a reepectful petition to the
body that bv tlie constitution lintj the power lo
grant or reftiao the prayer of it, waa entitled to be
tumid; and therefore the petition ought to be re
ceived and conaidered. If right and rcaaonable,
the prayer of it ahould be granted; but if wronjf
or unreaaonable, it ahould be denied. I think
my votea, whether on the reception of petition,
or llm conaideralion nf reaolutiona, will be found
conaiatent with thia rule.
I hive none of my CnngreMional document,
here, they being at my former reaidencein Buffalo,
nor have I acceaa to any paper, nr memoranda to
refresh iny recollection; but I think at aome time
while in Congreaa I took occa.ion to state in aub-
atance my viewa on the subject of alavery in the
Htatee. Whether the remarke were reported or
not I am unable to aay, but the aubntanco was,
that I regarded alavery aa an evil, but one with
which the national government had nothing lo do.
That by the constitution of Ihe United States, the
wliole power over that question waa vested in the
several Slates where the institution wae tolerated.
If they regarded it as a blessing they had a con
stitutional right to enjoy it, ana if they regarded
it aa an evil Ihpy had the power, and knew beet
how to apply the remedy. I did not conceive that
(,'ongreM had any power over it’ or waa in any
way responsible for ila continuance in the covers!
Stales where it existed. ! have enteriiined no oilier
nontiincntion this subject, since I examined it
auffkientiy to form an opinion, and I doubt not,
that all my acta, public and private, will be found
in accordance with thia view.
I have llte honor to be, your obt. servant,
MILLARD FILLMORE.
[F« fa Enquirer.]
Messrs. Editors:—I have noticod in the la.t 1
three or four numbers of your paper, aome refti-
erence to a epecch made by Judge Wellborn in Al- I
batty, in’ defence of his unieerxol leveling oyslem
or in other words, freo trade. The Judge, to I
illustrate hla lubiect more fully, showed a pair of I
Bools purchased in France, for four dollars, and 1
thought it hard, that he should be compelled to pay
a mechanic in Columbus seven dollar, for a pair
equally aa good. I know not what haa caused
the Judge to bear so held on the American Me
chanic, or why he ahould desire to place them in
competition with the starving population ol Eu-
X ; hut fear, that hia trip to Europe has some-
t changed hla republican way of thinking.—
Tlie Judgej whilst In Peril, no doubt became ac
quainted with some of the wealthy British Capi
talists who flock to the metropolis of France, to
•pure a portion of their princly income, absorb
ed from the wages of fair starving countrymen.
They poured into fa ear of our unsophisticated
townsman, the bcantiM of a system, which hM
since deluged Europo in blood! and enabled
hitn to purchase a pair of Parisian Boots for four
dollars. The mechanic in France, ie compelled
tn labor for a small pittance, scarcely enough to
furnish him food and raiment; if his children re
ceive any education, it must bo at the expenMof |
the Government; but the American Mechanic,
placed by nature in a moral and physical attitude,
which conspires to carry to perfection allfa attri
butes fat ennoble hia mind, and procure happiness
to hie being—presents to fa world the imposing
spectacle of liberty and reason combining, to con
summate Justice. I ask yoo, sire, ia it not insult
ing to be told by one, who, aim* to be fa guardian
of our righu, that our now too small wigM mute
come lo a level with the paupare of France?
I am a Mechanic,and am proud lobe called each,
I am a Democrat too, and always hava bwo. Iam
not acquainted with me princwl'. act forth bv
Judge Wellborn; they are not of the old school, I
mum confess. I am like fa phikmophar who aaw 1
fa calf's toil sticking through fa knot-hole, but i
how the calf got it in waa pnsxled to know |
More anon. VERITAS.
WALTER AND MATTHEW.
Or tie opioo tf Jamtt, going ta and fre in tho land
•sating if bom they may dewar.
W. have teen several aoconato of fa Stone Mono-
lot. Mooting, but tho editor of fa Holicon telle of fa
great cuxxT iakbawa way. In raiding of fa toil
udtnvelaf faopteoof Jomoo, wo iavolnatarfiy aoh
ooiooWm, if thin io fa onme Wilts! who mode timi-
Ur eaenrtioM a few you. tine., praeUimiag te fa
street, and on fa h.ratap., from fa moontuM to
fa see fare, Asm Dan oven onto Bonhcbn, fat one
Martin, whooo ourmame io Von Biuva, wm fa only
nun iu all fa laud of Colombia, worthy to rate over
the tnbe of Iho repnWieooo ? Did ho than apeak fa
worth ofofanum and troth 7 Or wu it hio detiro to
deliver the pooplo of fa Southern province* into fa
hondo af tho enemy T Hio doing! at prooent ore very
timilor to hio deed* of fat day. Ho haa found another
Northern man with Southern foohugo,” like unto the
font, and has girdod on hio armor, oo ufurolimo, to
bottle for another traitor, and wont iuto on exceeding
high mountain to proclaim tho glad tiding! of coming
dalivoraueo. But wiodotn eoraeth from oxporioneo.
Tho hog may return, after bring woriied, to tio wal
towing iu tho mire; yet tin people, with mon Imtoili
grace and mon remeinboraaeo of pari injuria than
fa brute, will honfiy bo doped n oooond time by fa
oomo deceiver. If Van Boren io n friend of Iho
South, then olio io Co#o. If Colquitt won right oo to
the oue, ho io right oioo ox lo iho other. If ho woo
onoog, tod orary body now odmito tbnt ho woo, h ti
not fair ta proouuM fat bo io wrong now ? Davy
Croc belt wm of fa opiates that grate politician! won
sou ally great political kuovoo, and in thh opinion we
an rttiior iochned ta egrea with him. Bat fa pooplo
moot judge for thomoolra, white ore give fa Hoiicon'x
accoaot of favteit tufa Stone Mountain
And it came to pa ax in the loot year of the
reign of James whuoe eir name ia Polk, that it
became necessary to eend out epioo into all die
provinces of him the eaid James, to oocertain If
any in all his greet dominions had become forget
ful of their' Brat love' and were running after
strange gods
Aitu when Mathew whoie eir name waa McAl
lister, and Walter whom air nams wa. Colquitt,
who Mood high in the confidence of Jams*, heard
that he desired this thing to be done, fay forth
with ' forsook all' and betook tbemtelvea to their
journey
Ana after they bad travelled a great way, even
from the sea coast, without shoei oa their'fee* or
scrip in their puree, they came onto a mil
roekinagreat plain, called by the natives a
Mountain, where they found a trait ntultitttde who
had aooemhlod three to tear what the emlmirieo of
James had to My and to witnese their miracles.
But when the people rnw that fay bad not to
much as three ktavM and two foehee to divida
among thren, notwithstanding they were hungry
‘ ' ‘ who*
and ready to fount, they heeded them no*
(hey declared unto fa people to be ‘ _gfad tidings
ef great tee' even the elevation of Grwi. to the
throne of James.
And when Waiter earn that fa people heeded
hia no* he waxed wrath became of their unbe
lief, and with divers oontartiatis, distortion, and
abortions labored till fa going down of tho mu;
screwing hto fas. aad toomh tteo fa Mtentre of
norhiag la haaren share ur dm earth beneath,
hare mm.of fa 'sonata*.' he had occoaioa to
Mi me premat ation Corrected I
Columbus, Ang. 99, 1848.
To the Editnre rtf the Columbia Enquirer:
Aa the article published in the columns of yonr i
paper of thi. morning, intended to prove that, in
opposition to my present relation to tho question
of the constitutionality and expediency of a Na- '
tionul Bank, I, when a member of the House of
Representative, of the State Legislature, from the
county of Harris, in 1834, voted in favor of the
measure, is, in effect an attack on my veradt in
the repeated aunrancea given by me to the con
trary, as well aa my political cooresteney, it w uld
seem to be proper that I reply, In person and over
myown signature, to the unfoundedaspenion. You
will of couree, at the ueual nlee of charge, (if it
be agreeable to you to accept compensation) in
sert, at my respectful request, the answer to the
attack. Let me premise, that the article in view,
appears on It. own showing, to be not editorial;
and that I would concede, if I could, that ti i.
.within the limit, of poMihility, that a deliberate
and known misrepresentation may not have been
designed by (he anonymous author of ti I
The following are the reoolution-, which, lo- .
gether with the vote represented to have been cast I
Bv me against the parage of them, are cited In |
that I wa* at the time referred to, favorable I
lo a Bank:
I. Rooolvod, b, He Senate, 4v. Thai Ihe Beuk of tin
United Stotox ouqht not tn bs roe bartered on iny terns,
and that our Senator. In Confute be, and they are hem
by interacted, and our Reprcentailvei reqoiuted. to v ~
against the recharter of eaid Bank in any form or i‘
in which it ma^be presented.
t. That Uw bold, patriotic, aad constitution
pursued by ihe President of the Untied Suttee.
kHir. aad constitutional r
the powerful efforts made by lhal Bank to compel a r
charter, which muel, If ruccemfttl, have recalled in ll_
desiruclion of ihe libertieo and hippie*■ of fa Amori-
con people, deoervM and hoe fa unqualified approbation
of tho people of Georgia, who pledge to him iheir cop-
port white ho Meadlly more, onward in hio enure* to ar
rest and finally deotroy this mammoth of afaorrary.
And where., the power of Confrere, under the Comi-
tution, to charter a Bank, te dented by a large port mi of
the people at this State, and te acknowledged by inciter
portion, who amen tho power to be of loo dtepa<abh a
character to admit ita exerrtee without an emend moot of
the Constitution expramly granting ti; and fa opinion
of thin General Areembly bring Ihte Confrere should ax-
•rotes no power not eiprreriy granted, or nerremrily
flowing from one eo granted, and that fa right to charter
a Bonk i. not one or Ihte character—
1 Be it farther rmsfaed. That ear gralon ho tratrac-
d, and our Kapmentativoo raqueued, to non oil
proper mewno to prevent the chartor of any Bank of fa
United 8tatee, at learn until on amendment of the Consti
tution in this particular shall have been .nbmittod to the
Store*, end by them ratified.
Theee reoolution., when narrowly looked into,
arill be Men to affirm in part, and in pert imply,
Mveral proposition*, having not the remotest con
nexion with the question proper of tiw eonetitu-
tionxlity or expediency of a National Bank. Tha
fint awn met the affirmative of the disputed righto
of the State legislature* to iattract member* of
the American Senate. I am not called upon to
ray what, if any judgment were made op by me
on that subject,'at the date of tiw vote quoted.
The second, obviously enough to all who knfow
any thing of the political history of the times un
der review, refers, with approval, to the removal,
in the year 1833, by President Jackson, of tho 1
> the re-charter, may have thought the
> aa mpreeenting their objection to it, in
:t, iraxtreme and noMibly exaggerated
The reeolntian under dfeciwrion, con-
The nigh* being eora and the people artery,
they returned to their hitratt forgetful of what
fay bad heard, dir eead having fallen on stony
Netihra coated fay understand why it
was that fay were nev required to forsake sap rate, of that system of riMianii lil pedfey—which
f the Da-
poetics’ of public money from the vaults of the
Bank—a inns sure involving, in the opinion of eora,
question, nf conatilutionarExecutive authority, in
that of others equally opposed to the act, mere
consideration, or joteice to the Bank and policy
to the country—in none, eo for aa I am now aware,
fa mere right of Congrea* to incorporate a Bank,
or the wisdom of the exercise of such a right, oa
Ihe .opposition that ti were poteible by them,—
Now, to that measure, lo wit: the removal of fa
pnbfie deposits., I stood, in common with others,
opposed. Again : Ihe reeolution proceeds to aa.
Mil, without qualification, that the recharter of fa
Bank “moat have ranked in the deteraetion of fa
liberties and happiness of fa people.”! May ti
not have been that gentlemen, very honestly op.
opposed to tha re-charter, may have thought tha
molntionaai
this respect, i
terms 7 Tito
dodos withe pledge (in general terms) ’of fa
“support of the people ufGeorgia to the President,
while h. steadily move, onward in hi. conn*,''
fa. It can be no injuries lo you, gentlemen, to
remind yoo, that tboagfa the Veto by I'rcsideot
Jackson of the re-chatter of the Bank on a previ
tro* day, and other State Right* measure* of pol
icy, had nailed oil parlies in Georgia in rapport of
bis Hteiectioa tilths foil of 1839, yet that the doc
trine* of the Proclamation nod Force Bill that em
anated from him in the winter of fat yonr, drove
yoo, myoelf, and others of fa ran zealous advo-