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JOHN FORSYTH,
SDITOH. f
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‘jqIf7ORS?THrRrBLLIsTm~
>g<lRI*T“P AND TT BUSKERS.
I
•yd Tmss is pnbUsfaed every Tuesday!
ifoijag oa the West side of Broad street,
near opposite “ Winter’s Exchange.”
tJis— IVmiltf, Two Dollars and a Half per
i* advance, or Three at the end of the
meJ Tri-Weekly, 85 j>er annum in advance.
3 paper will be discontinued while any
ar*arages are due, unless at the option of
tiuproprietors.
ii>YE*TisE3iEXTs conspicuously inserted
at<OsK Dollar per square for the first mj
aftion, and Fifty Cents for every subse
ent continuance.
THREE PL AN T ATIO.N IS
POK SALE
£ acre* nfliad on tiio Upatnse, 20 miles east of
C*lah*‘ near the Rail Road in Muscojrce coun
t*. tsnrts arc <v<k and hickory bvttom with
| jrljmmnc—in throe settlements, with nbont ,
tOO arm of cleared land on each, with dwelling ,
hani. hoatet and screws- There is an
•tee|latanple orchard on one of them. I
.It the tame place, / offer for sale ]
TWENTY LIKELY NEGROES. |
Term* cast, or paper well sec-ired.
WILLIS P. BA KKR, Sr.
L’a?oie An? 13 35—m5t I
yyXlama TeH?raph copy monthly until Dec. !
p pmH Kiil to this ofiicf. ‘ j
VALUABLE PLANTATION ;
jr&S 3ii2a^S
11HE stibscril?*r offers for sale a very j
.Usable plan’nlion in Stewart county, lying
•a Milo east ot Fl ence, containing 1,113 acres, ■
700 acres of which are cleared, anil now in
vatiM.
On the precise* are anew framed dwelling !
hnw. with six room*, gin house, screw, negro J
%<m, kc. The land is well watered, and one !
•arfthe wort yalnable plantations in Stewart county.
PrrM desirous of pnrehasing are invited to ex- j
awme the laud. The subscriber residing on it !
will take pleasure in shewing it. The terms will !
he wsade ea-v to the purchaser.
JOSEPH KING.
Stewart county, Ga. July 2-"*. I’5Q 32 —w4m
VALUABLE POSSESSION
roll
THE subscriber offers for sale his pos
session. containing 740 acres of land,in the
“7th district of Randolph County Ga., occupying
nearly a central position between Georgetown
a> d Fort Gaines. On which is a spacious and com
fortable dwelling, and a number of other houses,
• good well, and a considerable plantation, now
Jn enitiration ; also a valuable set of mills, two
goed grists and a splendid saw, and an excellent
gtn and screw at the same site, and all in good re
pair, withs sufficient amount of water for any ma
chinery. persons wishing to purchase are invited
tn came mud examine. The subscriber residing
an the place will take pleasure in showing it.
A good bargain can be had, Terms easy.
JOHN NEWSOM.
Aug. 20, ISSO. 3fi-3ni.
“ pok sale!
£ ACRES wood Oak and Hickory
Lands ; (500 cleared) in a healthy loca
fnn, possessing excellent water and convenient to
Markets,ebnaches, schools ami Post Office. Titles
perfectly satisfactory.
The property -can he divided into two or three
ettlea**(H* with improvements of open land,
wrenardn, ‘houses, S"C. Corn, fodder and stock,
esn he tad on the place. These lands are
uituated in the North-western part ot'RHssell Cos.,
Ala, tvs m'ies from Opelika and 24 from (Jolnm-
Ws, Ga. Como and see ti* 1 nest settlement within
tot) miles of this place. Terms —Well secured pay
nsent in 1,2 and 3 years. A. H. GRIFFIN.
Ooelika, Rn*eli Cos., Ala. S-pt. 26. 42 ts
&&H9 FOR SALE,
IN HARRIS COUNTY.
1 OFFER my plantatinn-for.snle. (known
as Randall Joi.es’. Bull Creek ptaWfitJißn) con
taining 900acres*reiI improved land, framed dwel
ling, plastered inside complete, good negro cab
ins with brick chimneys, gin-house, screw and
•tiwr ont-huildings. For sale low—Terms easy.
During my absence, any person wishing to pur
chase will call on John K. Cone, near the premis
es or James Rollard, Sr., near Hamilton, Harris,
snntv. JAMES L. POLLARD.
Oct I, 1850 43-tr
PIdAN TA TI OiJtf
urn. na jl, m-z
f|IHK snbscr ber oilers for sale, his plantation
■ onPataula Creek, in Randolph county, con
catning about five hundred and sixty-five acres of
faod. About 259 cleared and under cultivation
Uhs preseat year; the greater portion of which is
fkosh land, and finely adapted to the cuttnre of
-cotton. This place is situated shout eleven miles
from Fort Gsines, nnd about the same distance
from Georgetown. On the premises are good ne
gro houses, corn cribs, stables, fce. Persons wisli
sngto purchase can call on Mr. Thomas J. Srutli
crisnd, on the place, or to the subscriber at Fort
Gsines. B. H. ROBINSON.
October 22. ISSO 45—3 t
VALUABLE PLANTATION
tOH „ ,
IYING in llit* -lih District ol Early
J county, containing SCO acres, 200 of which
tn cleared and in a high state of cultivation ; well
Improved, with good gin house, screw, and
ha ova a the John Lanier place, and •!! to close
to# estate of said Lanier. A bargain can 1> had
is tliFtft valuable, cotton lands, upon application
Is Luke Bliss in Fort Gaines.
October \SSQ 45-w3t
PUBLIC SALE
Os a Valuable
PLANTATION,
PiutatiSa Tools, Mules, Horses, Jacks, Jeuueys, .
Hogs , Coirs, dj-c.
11/ILL be sold <ri Saturday, the 30th !
V V dav ot November next, on the premises, I
the pUnUtion where John Sims formerly lived, ‘
contain? 1280 acres, 400 of which is cleared, un
der ?ood fence; and in a fine stale ot cultivation,.
The place well improved. It has a fine three
•tnned Gin-Honse, Screw, Negro Houses, 4 large
Boilers and a Sugar-Mill, and all other improve-”
mention it necessary fora plantastation.
Also, at the sm< lime and place, 40 head of cat
tle, SO head of sheep, a number of fine Hogs, 3 Jen
neyt and a Jack, and a set of Blacksmith tools. — ;
The Land will be sold for one-tbird cash, and ihe
balance in one or two payments, to suit the pur
chaser.
Terms of sale of the personal property made ,
known on the day of sale. Said property belong
ing to the estate of David C. Rose, late of Russell
■county, deceased, and sold for a distribution a
mnng the heirs. MARY R. ROSK.
Any persons wishing information, arc referred to ]
Massrs. Hill and Dawson. 0018,11*50 43-tds
J3T Macon Telegraph please copy three times
and forward bill to this office.
VALUABLE LANES
FOR SALE.
I FOURTEEN Hundred acres of Land,
3SO to 400 acres of which is fresh open land
aader good fence and in fine condition for cultiva
tion. with all necessary houses, out houses. Gin.
Screw. See., lying op the waters of. Wolfe and lch
nwav NotchV'vxy creeks, in Randolph county,
and'U-.ely in t ie occupancy of Solomon Graves.
Any person wishing to settle a good plantation,
having every advantage of health and location to
tnake it dcir>bln, would do well to examine this
place before making a purchase else .vheie.
The terms will be reasonable, and long credit
given, if de-ired. For iiirther information, please
call npon the undersigned or address tnem atCulb
hert,Ga, fj-IR/tLLAf GRAVES,
flotilS A GOffEKK.
P<3 2*2, ___
I OFFER to sell two farms in Stewart
county, one on the Pataula, M p al and Briar
# v'reeks, of IC4O acres, half open. The other on
Mannahachy creek of 1215 acreshalfo,ten, 12 utiles
from Florence and *0 miles from Columbus : 250
aersm f which was cleared ihe present Si past year.
J Tcntt* easy, payments long if desired. Brag
siav daferred. aatil the land is exhibited.
fSKTESTT SLAVES, amongst th*m are Carpen
• ar n and Black Smiths. They are likely, young
ta 4 wntl trained. Together with all the stock up
on th* farm. GUSTAVOS Def,AUNAV.
|.npkin, ?ept 4.1850. 39—ts
A 13 ARGAIN IN
THE subscriber offers 320 acres of land
situated in Russell county, Al., for s#le.
verv cheap for cash. The land i* ka w-tx as the
south half of-Section 30, Township 17, aW, Range
29. It slO miles distant from Columbps and 2;
anile* front Crawford. There are same lain im
provements on the land. Persons desiring Rtch
property, will ptease call on me at thsir’eraliest
cogveaience, and the price will tbetll.
#T*HE subscriber offers for sale the pre-
JL mines, known in the neighborhood, is ‘Bap- I
r4tt*s Plac*,” situated ab-ut tour miles south
oast of Columbus, contain 166 acres ot land, most
ly hensile timbered with oak hickory, feci 99||S|
are at preseatstamling apon it, a com*brt*bla’lo l !
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VOLUME X. j
The New York Herald after its own
peculiar way, presents the following true
hisforv of the passage and fate of the Fu
gitive Law it effects upon Northern politics
and politicians arenot at all exaggerated :
The Fugitive Slave Rill—The Late
Elections.—The Stampede. —Of all the
measures comprised in the Slavery adjust
ment. the Fugitive Slave Bill has work
ed mo.-t emphatically in the North. On
the day thatthe bill went through the House
Mr. Clay lose in nis place in the Senate,
and expressed his congratulations thatthe
measure was finally passed and that the
great work ol compromise only required
the abolition of the District slave trade.
That bill also, was at length passed ;
when Vk. Clay took occasion to express
his convictions that peace and harmony
would speedily be restored to our bleed
ing, agitated, distracted country. A few
Abolitionists in the North, and a few
reckless ultras in the South, might he sup
posed, attempt to revive the agitation ; hut
their efforts would be ridiculous. The
great masses of both sections, would be
satisfied. Harmony would ta restored,
and the North and South, under the same,
vine nnd figtree would bury the hatchet,
and smoke the pipe of peace together fora
very long time to come.
Such was the prophecy of Mr. Clay.—
What is the fact? The Compromise bills
were but the beginning of the agitation.—
The fluster, bluster, bravado, clap-trap,
gas, and terrible threats of Abolitionists
and Southern ultras, before the settlement,
were mere moonshine to what has suc
ceeded. It is just the difference between
the mnnccuverings of-two armies before
an impending war, and the actual guerilla
warfare after the battle is over. All the
peace measures of the last Congress only
carry us to Buena Vista—the battles of the
Southern column of the army have yet to
be fought.
The Fugitive Slave bill may well be
called the Buena Vista of the compromise
measures. As in the fight in Mexico, so
in the contest in Congress: there were
many among; the bravest left upon the field,
and many who, deeming “discretion the
belter part of valor,” kept quiet or took to
their heels. In the Senate, Colonel Ben
ton was accidentally absent on the engross
ment of the bill; and owing probably to
the “noise and confusion,” General Cass
did not answer to his name. From one
cause or other, ('and, as far as we are in
formed, we give the cause,) the following
Senators were absent, or dumb, oi just step
| ped out. on the engrossment of the bill,
which was the test question:
l .ABSENT, BTEPPED OPT, OR NOT VOTING.
Alabama —Jeremiah Clemens, for sev
eral weeks gone home.
Arkansas —Solon Borland, offin Arkan
sas. all the session,
Florida —Jackson Morton, rbsent.
Indiana —Messrs. Bright aid Whit,
comb, ('Bright stepped oul, Whitcomb hard
of hearing.,)
Illinois—Messrs. Douglassarid Shields,
j (absent or mum ■)
Kentucky—Mr. Clay absent at New
! port.
| Maine—Mr. Hnnrjin, (freesoil absent.)
| Michigan—Messrs. Cass and Felch.
!Mr Cass was in his scat, but too much
; “noise and confusion” to hear his name
called, Mr, Felch accidentally missing.
Missouri—Mr. Benton missing: suppos
; ed to have stepped out.
New Hampshire—Messrs. Hale and
Norris, Hale off home. Norris no nn
! swer.
! New York—Messrs, Dickinson nnd
Seward —paired of to allow Seward to visit
New York.
New Jersey—Mr. Miller gone home.
Rhode Island —Mr. Phelps absent from
: Total gone home, absent, stepped out or
not voting, twenty ; or exactly one-third
of the entire Senate,on the pa sage of the
I act. But to make the case more clear
j we give the ayes and noes, and the miss
! ing,&c.
SENATE VOTE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL.
AYES. NOES. ABSENT, OR NOT
Atchison, Baldwin, voting, etc.
Badger, Bradbury, Benton,
Barnwell, Chase, Borland,
Bell, Cooper, Bright,
Berrien, Davis,of Mass. Cass,
Butler, Dayton, Clemens,
Davis, Miss. Dodge, of Wis. Clay,
Dawson, Greene, Dickinson
Dodge. lowa, Smith, Douglas,
• Downs, Upham, Clarke,
Foote, Walker, Felch,
i Houston, Winthrop—l 2 Hale,
| Hunter, Hamlin,
Jones, Miller,
I King, * Norton,
I Man gum, Norris,
| Mason, Fratt,
i Pearce, Phelps,
i Rusk, Seward,
1 Sebastian, Shields,
j Soule, Whitcomb
: Spruance, —2O.
Surgeon,
Turney,
! Underwood,
Wales,
! Yu lee—27.
! For the third reading of the Fugitive
bill, 27
I Against the bill, 12
I Absent, stepped out or not voting,
J One vacancy from Ohio, 1
| Total, Sepate jfpalifopm not then
J. admitted j A0
This vote was omnious of what was to
come. The stampede upon it in the
■ House, was also very significant and sus
| picious. Thirty-five members absent, or
i just stepped out (3. B. among thenij or not
voting! It was a fugitive bill in more
i senses than one. Seldom does a single
‘ shot create such floundering nnd flutter
! ing. The Democrats rushed it through
I the House, to throw the burden upon Mr
Fillmore. It puzzled him prodigiously
1 whether to sign or not to sign—to veto or
! n rt to veto. He signed. The Attorney
i General explained, or rather apologized,
i for the President, in view of the N. York
election. : ..... F .
Then commenced the reaction. It ha 1
been overwhelming; hijt it has not stop
ped with the administration. . Cass, Dick
inson, Douglas and all concerned in, or
evading or consenting to the measure from
the North, have been absolutely over
whelmed in the late elections, excepting m
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, where the
people want a modification of the tariff.—
AH prospects of national platforms for na
tional candidates, upon the prop of the
Fugit've Slave bill, are shivered into frag
ments. The very thing which Mr. Clay
considered the cap-sheaf of the comprbm
i. jge, has turned out to be the wooden horse
fto the Trojans. Cass, Felch, and Benton,
and Dougla?, and Bright, smelt the rat,
or rather the cat; but. they have not escap
ed iff It has turned everything upside
J down, from Cape Cod, to the west bank of
Uke Mississippi—from Buffalo to Mason
jUttd Dixon’s line—ana all the arrange-
Waurnt*, for all the Presidential favorites of
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA,
all the cliques, of both the old parties, are
scattered in this nullification i
excitement—tnis ftHptive' WKrmtMf- —fffy
Pandora’s box to the politicians. *^^7Clay
was wide of the mark in supposing that
the Fugitive Bill wouM end the agitation
—it only begins it. Mr. Mason thought
it would dono good, dxcept to test the sin
cerity of the North in their professions of
good faith. The test has been applied.—
It works wonderfully. It has turned
Whigs and Democrats into fugitives ; and
it is difficult to tejl whether they or the
runaway slaves run the fastest from the
law. But there is this difference—the fu.
gitive politicians have been overtaken,
while the slaves have generally escaped
into Canada. If such is the beginning of
the stampede, what will be the end? Whig
ihh! Democratic hunkers—where a re they?
—their platforms—their plans—their can
didates—their principles—their parlies?—
Swallowed up in the Fugitive Bill. Gone!
Three cheers for Lincoln !—We
have seen (says the Augusta Republic of
Saturday,) a private letter from a gen
tleman in Lincoln county, to a friend in
this city, which states the gratifying
fact, that a m°eting of the so culled Union
party of that County, held two weeks
sir.c-’, came within three votes of nomina
ting a Southern Eights Candidate for
the convention. Lincoln, like old Burke
is united, almost as one man, in behalf of
the rights and institutions of the South.
All honor to Lincoln. She will give a
good account of herself on the 25th.
We are pleased to see these increas
ing signs of union among the peoplr.
Every day is adding to the strength es the
Southern Rights party in Georgia. It
will yet triumph. Even a defeat now, of
which there is little danger will only add
to its powerand influence. We will yet see
the banner wave over us in triumph. Cour
age and faith ! ‘1 he day is ours,
“Those in advance may fall—it is the
common history -sis revolutions—but the
cause will not fall with them ; no human
power can avert the r< suit, it will tri
umph.”
Death of Ccl. Richard M. Johnson
We regret to learn R M. Johnson, a brave
soldier during the war of 1812 ; for many
years connected with the public councils
of his own Stale and of the Nation; Vice
President of the United States during the
administration of Mr.\an Buren ; and a
benevolent, kind-hearted gentleman, who
possessed the esteem of all who, knew
him, died in Frankfort, Kentucky, on
Tuesday last, whilst in the discharge of
his duties as a member of his State Leg
islature. His illness was brief, having
been seized with a second attack of paral
vsis, under which he suffered but a few
days, when, at a ripe, age, he was reliev
ed by death.— fA utionul Intelligencer,
Nov. 21.
Col. Johnson was distinguished in war
as a brave soldier; in the Senate of the
United States as a firm advocate of the abo
lishment of imprisonment for debt; and,
in the public and piivaie walks of life, as
a man of unbounded generosity of charac
ter. Peace to his’ remains !—[Hashing
ton Eepubtic-
Address of Hon Jos II Lumpkin. —The
Charleston Mercury of the 19th inst, says :
Avery crowded and brilliant auditory
were in attendance at the Theatre last
evening, to hear he address of Judge
Lumpkin, upon the occasion of the
second Anniversary of the South Carolina
Institute. Upon the stage we noticed
many ot the most distinguished men of our
State, and the boxes were graced with the
beauty and fashion of our city. The ad
dress was mainly devoted-to the consider
ation ot the vast resources of the south,
the aevelopement and improvement of
which would add so incalculably to her
wealth tnd greatness, and its positions !
were enforced by a power of argument
and felicity of illustration that extorted
frequent arid enthusiastic outbursts of ap
plause from the audience.
ES” Tlu* epithet ot John Bull is taken
from Dean Swift’s ludiciious History of
England, wherein that name is given to
the English people, and to the sovereigns
of Austria, Spain and France, those of
Squire South, Strut and Louis Baboon.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Reported for tlia Charleston Courier.
Baltimore, Nov 21.
LATE FROM CALIFORNIA.
ARRIVAL OF THE CRESCENT CITY AT N. YORK.
The steamer Crescent City, from Cliag
res, arrived at Nevv-York at 5 o’clock this
afternoon. She brings San Francisco
dates to the 15th of October 350 passen
gers, and 1,800,000 in gold.
Sugars had advanced 3 cents; and cof
fee 28. Tobacco had also advanced.
News of the admission of California as
a Slate had reached San Francisco, and
caused great rejoicing.
Advices from the mines, continue flour
ishing.
Information of the most distressing char
acter, had reached San Francisco from
the overland emigrants. They were suf
fering from sickness and hunger.
The Choleia had broken out among the
miners and had made great destruction
among them.
The Cholera was raging terribly at Port
Royal, Jamaica.
. Nomination of President.
The Whigs of Delaware have nominat
ed Gen. Scott ti r the next President. The
Hon. Mr, Clayton, it is said, approves of
the nomination.
Union Meeting in Philadelphia.
An immenee Union Meeting was held in
Philadelphia to-uight, at which resolutions
were adopted, approving the Fugitive Law
and condemning the Northern fanatics.
The Hon. Mr. Buchanan advocated the
same sentiments.
The Hon. Daniel Webster, returned to
\\ ashington to-night.
. A>ie York Market.
The New-York Cotton market was un
settled to-dav, operators waiting the ac
counts per Niagara before operating.
Reported for the Constitutionalist.
FURTHER PER NIAGARA.
Charleston, Non 23, 3,55 f. m.
The Havre Cotton Market was heavy
but prices unchanged. In the last three
days 5000 bale? were sold.
Political.—Accounts from Ffacee and
Germany state that affairs were more
peaceful. ‘
The Courtsof Spain opened quiet. The
Queen pronounced all tranquil.
Denmark and ilia Duchies were still in
an unsettled state.
The Captain Pacha, Turkish Battle Ship,
exploded recently at Constantinople, kil
ling one thousand persons.
- New York, Nov 23.
Cotton.—The market has declined one
eighth —inffum ‘whll ; f|jlr
New Nov 22.
Cotton.—Sales to-day 800 bales. Pri
ces unchanged.
’ The steamship Pacific from Chagres has
arrived, and brings 460 passengers.
Charleston, Nov 23, 6 p. u.
Cotton,—The Market is unsettled. The
5 a e l cUne 0 ' da? re * Cb ** -* ?t * t 0 * CeDf
uecHut. r
“THE UNION OF THB STATES AND THE SO •&jK IGNTY OF THE STATES.”
THE ELECTION.
The Southern Rights ticket is beaten in
Muscogee county, but Southern Rights
are not conquered, nor are its friends dis
mayed. From the thistle of defeat we
willpluckthe flower of victory. The South
ern cause has been overborne by the am
bition of demagogues, the union cry of j
ignorant infatuation, and the votes of j
yankees, foreigners and Iraitors. Our
flag still flies. It has not been damaged
in the fiercestruggle between UnionSouih
ern Rights and Union Submissionism. —
We entered this canvass under the banner
of SECESSION and SOUTHERN LIBER
TY. We have kept it flying, and now we
nail it to the mast. It shall float as our
ensign until the constitution is restored,
the rights of the South vindicated, the
States of the South restored to their origi
nal condition of equality in the Union; or
until the South is conquered and enters
upon the long night of despotism in the
shadows of which reckless Northern usur
pation and Southern degeneracy are pre
paring to envelope it. In this contest we
havenothingto reproach ourself with. We
have done our duty, and we shall continue
to do it while we have a boll left to let fly
at tyranny and treason.
The cities of Augusta, Macon and Sa
vannah have share! the fate of Colum
bus. The voters of Georgia have been
overwhelmed in each of these cities by the
Northern vote cast against the South in a
contest betwixt the North and South. —
The North has a Greek Horse in every
Southern Town. There were New Eng
land men voting against the South yester
day, whose every feeling and sympathy are
with the North—men whose families live
at the North—who remain here,’only dur
ing the business season, and like summer
birds fly to the North with the return of
spring, to spend those gains which they
have earned out of the people against
whose rights and liberties they steadily
vote. There must be an end put to this
outrage somewhere. Where the law has j
been violated by the illegal voting of these
men, we call upon the Solicitor to do his
duty and prosecute them foi the offence.
Nearly the whole foreign vote was
against us. With some honorable exeep- ;
tions, the Dutch, Irish and English were !
againstus. The German Jews, true to the j
instincts of their race, which through ages j
of persecution, have always led them to j
the side of liberty and caused them to be !
found in every patriot army that has ever
struck against tyranny, —the German Jews
*o a man, voted the Southern Rights ticket.
The Factory vote of the city was largely
against us. The Coweta Falls Factory,
in which every stockholder is a decided
Southern Rights man, gave nearly its en
tire operative vote on the northern side.
In addition to this, every officer of the
city and county corporation and the fed
eral government, except Mr Rutherford,
was actively in the field againstus. Mr
Lee, the City Postmaster, who was spe
cially appointed to supersede a politician—
that odious thing to the present adminis
tration—was theforemost electioneerer on
the northern and submission side.
We shall recur to this election and the
lessons it teaches.
The lollowing is the state of the polls:
City. Harria’a. Ilalloca'. Glenn’s. T.
So. Rights.
A. Iverson... 517 ... 00 ... 158 ... 13’ .. SO7
M. J. Craw lord 511 ... 00 ... 156 ... 132 .. 799
.1. 11. Ho\v:ird, 515 ... 00 ... 157 ... 132 .. SU t
W. Y. Harden 511 ... 00 ... 155 ... 132 .. 793
Submission.
N. Howard, 788 ... 00 ... 31 ... 87 .. 906
A. McDougald 793 ... 00 ... 2S ... S7 .. 9i>B
T Wooldridge 773 ... 00 ... 32 . 87 .. 592
A. C. Morion, 778 ... 00 ... 29 ... .'7 .. 894
At Harris’ 10 inaj. lor sub
The county Precincts of Muscogee
have nobly done their duty. Hai.loca,
especially, has covered itself with glory,
giving 130 majority for the Southern Rights
ticket. The county is sound, but is over
whelmed by the hostile alien vote of the
city.
SUBMISSION REJOICINGS.
The submissionists gave evidence the
night of the election of the severe fright
they had during the day. As soon as the
polls were counted, and it was announc
ed that Muscogee had voted to put the
noses of the people of Georgia to the
Northern grindstone ; their relief broke
out in yells and who. ps. They soon parad
ed some submi-sion music and with drums
and fifes, some two hundred of them kept
the women and children oi the city awake
until the small hours of the morning. We
are indebted to ihem for a visit to our res
idence. In passing, some genteel rowdy
called out, “ three groans for John For
syth”! and it was responded to in highly
flattering manner. We are obliged to
them for it. We take it as the most point
ed compliment we have yet received (out
of many) for the zeal, if not ability, with
which we have defended the Southern
cause. We venture to say that there was
more than one Georgian in that crowd
whose throat refused to utter that intended
insult to a countryman whose crime was
that he haJ been zealous in defending the
rights of Georgia Yankees, Foreigners
and Abolitionists might well have uttered
the groan, and to them we say, look out
for the time when the line of separation
shall be drawn between the friends and the
enemies of the South, and when it may be
lawful to wield the sword as well as the
pen in defence of the outraged rights of
the South. While for these we have noth
ing but scorn and contempt, due to the
ungrateful reptile that stings the bosom
that warns it; to our countrymen—to
our fellow Georgians who participated in
that scene, we have nothing to say. We
leave them to the admonitions of their
own consciences, when time, as it surely
will, shall have removed the delusion
which now blinds them. They will then
do us justice and acknowledge
fault is (if any) that we have loved Geor
gia too well.
“•
Omnibuses, —About TOO drivers and
3000 horses are constantly employed by
the omnibuses on the principal fhorough
fares of New York city. They each pay
the c?ty an annual license of and all
J combined yield the city an annual reven
iue of SBOOO to *IO,OOO- They are own
j ed by about forty proprietors.
Assassination. —We are pained to an
nounce that Mr. Royall Wright, of this
city, came to his death from wounds in
flicted by a bowie knife, by a man of the
nime of John Robinson. The assault was
made on Sunday afternoon, the deceased
receiving three wounds ; one in the” abdo
men, one in the back and another in the
breast, fie lingered until Monday even
ing, when he expired. Robinson is a
shoemaker by trade, having been in this
place some seven months, and last from
Atlanta, whence he escaped, as we learn,
from an arrest for some breach of the law-
He has made his escape into Alabama.
Mr. Wright was a soldier in the Georgia
Regiment and served twelve months in
Mexico. He was buried yesterday after
noon, with military honors by the Colum
bus Guards of which he was a member and
with which he served in Mexico.
THE SOUTHERN CONVENTION.
Thisbody adjourned yesterday morning,
after having adopted the resolutions which
will be found elsewhere in our columns to
-day, by a vote of 6 to I—the State voting
in the negative being Tennessee. We
hear that the vote of each State, with the
exception of Tennessee, was unanimous
for the resolutions. A majority of the
Tennessee delegation preferred the resolu
tions introduced by Gen Pillow, although
three or four of the delegates approved
those which were adopted.
Southern Convention.
• Seventh Day. —The convention met
pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by Rev.
Dr. Edgar.
Gen Gordon of Va, moved that the pre
amble and resolutions be re-committed to
the committee.
Mr McDaniel, of Ga, called for the pre
vious question, which was put, and carried
without dissent.
Mr Gordon, of Va, gave notice that the
committee on resolutions would hold its
meeting forthwith.
Mr McDaniel,'of Ga, offered the follow
ing resolutions, which were read and re
ferred :
Whereas, combinations of citizens in i
many of the non-slaveholding States have
assailed the rights and plundered the prop
erty of the citizens of the .slaveholding
States, or most of the non-slaveholding j
States of this Union have by penal enact- !
ments interdicted within their limits, the !
enjoyment and exercise of liberties and |
rights guarantied to the citizens of slave- i
holding States by the constitution of tin* j
United States. And whereas, the federal j
government has confiscated the rights of i
the citizens ot the slaveholding States in 1
the territories acquired from Mexico, and
withdrawn its protection from us—and in
stead of being a shield for our rights, has
become a sword for our destruction. Beit 1
therefore
Resolved, That this convention solemnly i
invokes the sovereign States of which they i
are citizens, to whom they owe allegiance ‘
and have a right to claim protection, to j
supply moans deemed by them wisest and
besttorthatprotection for their rights of per !
son and property, denied and subverted
by the federal authority and the non-slave
holding States. Be it further
Resolved, That this convention respect
fully recommend to the slave-holding
States to assemble in Congress or conven
tion, at such time and place as may be
agreed upon among themselves, in order
to concoct and adopt measures adequate
and ample to secure to their citizens ihe
full exercise and enjoyment of all their
rights and liberties.
Mr Jones, of Ga, moved that the conven*
tion take a recess of half an hour; which
was adopted.
On the re-assembling Tis the convention
Gen Gordon, of Va, stated that lie was in- !
structed by the committee on resolutions
to report that they had adopted the pream
ble as reported by the committee on Sat
urday, and had substituted in place of the
resolutions the following : The preamble j
and resolutions were then read as follows :
We, the delegates assembled from a
portion of the States of this confederacy,
make this exposition of the causes which
have brought us together, and of the rights
the States which we represent, are en
titled to under the compact of Union.
We have among us two races marked
by such distinctions of color, and physical
and moral qualities, as forever forbid their
living together on terms of social and po
litical equality.
The black race have been slaves from
the earliest settlement of our country, and
our relations of master and, slave have
grown up from that time. A change in
those relations mustendin convulsion and
the entire ruin of one or both races.
When the constitution was adopted, this
relation of master and slave as it exists,
was expressly recognized and guarded
in that instrument. It was a great and
vital interest, involving our very exist
ence as a soperate people, then as well as
now.
The States of this confederacy acceded
to that compact, each one for itself, and
ratified it as States.
If the non-slaveholding States who are
parties to that compact, disregare its pro
visions, and endanger our peace and ex
istence by united and deliberate action,
we have a right as sovereign States, there
being no common arbiter, to secede.
The object of those who are urging on
the Federal Government in its aggressive
policy upon our domestic institutions is,
beyond alldoubt, finally tooverthrow them
and abolish the existing relation between
master and slave. We feel authorized to
assert this, from their own declarations,
and from the history of eventsinthiscoun
try for the last few years.
To abolish slavery or the slave trade in
the District of Columbia—l*> regulate the
sale and transfer of slaves between the
States—to exclude slaveholders with their
property form the territories—to admit
California under the circumstances of the
case—we hold to be all parts of the same
system of measures, and subordinate to
the end they have in view, wh ch ijj open
ly avowed to be the total overthrow of the
institution.
We make no aggressive move. We
stand upon the defensive. -We invoke the
spirit of the constitution, and claim its
guarantees., Our rights—our indepen
dence—the peace and existence “of our
families depend upon the issue.
Tlie federal government has, within a
few y ; ears, acquired, by treaty and by tri
umphaut war, vast territories. This has
been done by the councils and the’- arms
of all, and the and rights be
long alike and equally to all the States.—
The Federal. Government is butthe com
mon agent of the States united, and repre
sents their conjoined sovereignty over
subjects matter granted and defined in the
compact.
The authority it exercises over all ac
quired territory must, in good faith, be
exercised for the equal benefit of all the
parties. To prohibit our citizens from set
tling there with valuable part of their
property, is not only degrading to us as
equals, but violates our highest constitu
tional rights.
Restrictions and prohibitions against
the slaveholding States, it would appear,
are to be the fixed and settledpoKcy of the
Government —and those States that are
hepeafter to be admitted into the Federal
Utilon from their extensive territories, will
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1850.
but confirm and increase the poyver of the
majority;'and he knows little of history,
who cannot read our destiny in future, if
we faihd'do our duty now as a free people.
We have been* harrassed and insulted
by those who ought to have been our
brethren, in their constant agitation of a
subject vital to us and the peace of our
families. We have been outraged by their
gross misrepresentations of our moral and
social habits, and by the manner in which
they have denounced us before the world.
We have had our property enticed offand
the means of recovery denied us by our
co-States in the confederacy. We have
! been denied our rights in the territories of
the Union, which we were entitled to as
political equals under the constitution. —
Our peace has been endangered by incen
diary appeals. The Union, instead of
being considered a fraternal bond, has
been used as the means of striking at our
vital interests.
The admission of California, under the
circumstances of the case, confirms an
unauthorized and revolutionary seizure of
the public domain and the exclusion of
near half the States of the confederacy
from equal rights therein—destroys the
line of 36 deg 30 min., which was origi
nally acquiesced in as a matter of com
promise ami peace, and appropriates to
the Northern States 120,000 square miles
below that line, and is so gross and pal
pable a violation of the principles of jus
tice and equality as to shake our entire
confidence in any security to be given us
by the majority who are now clothed with
the power to govern the future destiny of
.this confederacy.
The recent purchase of territory by Con
gress from Texas, as low down as 32 deg.
on the Rio Grande, also indicates that the
boundaries of the slaveholding States are
fixed and our doom prescribed so far as it
depends upon the will of a dominant ma
jority, and nothing can now save us from
a degraded destiny but the spir t of free
men who know their rights and are re
solved to maintain them, be the conse
quences what they may.
We have no powers that are binding
upon the States we represent, but in order
to produce system and concerted action,
we recommend the following resolutions,
viz
Resolved, That we have ever cherished
and do now cherish a cordial attachment !
to the Union, which the constitution of the {
United States created ; and that to pro- j
serve and transmit such a Union, this j
Convention originated and is now reas- i
sembled. I
Resolved, That the Union of these States j
is a Union of equal and independent Sov- ;
ereignties ; and that the exercise of power ;
delegated to the General Government can
be resumed by the several States whenever I
it may seem to them to b*: proper and nc- j
cessary.
| Resolved, That we deem it unnecessary
j to notice tin: various acts of aggression ;
i inflicted upon the South. A simple refer !
j ence to the wrongs perpetrated since the 1
; first nice ting ofthis Convention willsutliee, !
j and they are .
i 1. The failure to extend the line of 36
i deg :*0 m. north latitude to the Pacific j
Ocean.
2. The admission of CaliforniqasaState. 1
3. The organization*)! Territorial Gov
ernments for Utah and New Mexico, with
out. adequate protection to the property of
; the South.
4. The dismemberment of Texas.
! 5. The abolition of the slave trade in
| the District ot Columbia.
Upon these facts, we solemnly adjure
the people of the south to unite in one con
centrated effort to save the Union and the
constitution. Wc recommend to them to
go into convention, anfi each State to de
termine her position on the questions and
exigencies of the crisis. With the north
ern majority and federal government fatal
ly determined upon the destruction of the
Institution, on which our existence de
pends, we have nothing to hope save only I
from our own unity, resourcesand strength, i
When these shall have been exhibited, j
possibly the north may recede. The unity
of the south may save the Union of the 1
States. !
Resolved, That in view of the aggres- I
sions and outrages inflicted upon the South
and those threatened and impending, we
recommen ! that each of the Southern
i States, in the mode she may adopt, do ap
j point delegates to a General Convention
of all of the assailed States, to be held
at on day of clothed
with full authority to deliberate and act,
with all the sovereign power ot the people,
; with ihe view of arresting further aggres
i sion and restoring the Constitutional l ights
of the South—if possible—and if not, then
to provide forthesaf ty and independence i
of the South in ihe last resort.
Resolved, That wc urge, as a defensive !
course forced upon us by our assailants, j
and as not only unavoidable but essenti- j
ally just, that tee Southern people do im
mediately adopt the following protective
measures:
1. That every county, district, parish
or other civil division if each of the as
sailed States, do hold a primary meeting
and form a society or association tc adopt
and effectuate any and all lawful measures
and means whereby the resources of the
South shall be employed toward domestic
manufactures and internal imp. ovements,
and whereby all social, commercial and
political intercourse between the South and
North shall be wholly suspended, until the
North shall become prepared to concede
and guaranty to the South the full measure
of her constitutional rights.
2. That such loCal societies do appoint
and empower committees of vigilance and
safety, each to . xertobservation over its
locality in respect to incendiaries and'in
cendiary publications, pamphlets and pa
pers; to bring such incendiaries, or the
disseminations of such productionsto pub
lic justice; and to act genera ly as police
men in respect to the assailed institution
of the South.
3. That it is incumbent upon the South
ern People to build up Southern institu
tions and foster Southern Literature, by
giving all possible preference to them. —
Especially we would discourage the ex
penditure of large sums by our citizens
in the tours to the North and East, prefer
ring not to favor those who return our gra
tuities by wrong and insult.
Resolved, That sve earnestly recommend
to all parties in every State of the South
to refus* to go into or countenance any
National Convention whose object may
be to nominate candidates for the Presi
dency and Yice Presidency of the United
States, under ny party denomination
whatsoever, until our Constitutional rights
aresecured.
Mr Gordon, of Va, moved the previous
question, and on a call of the States the
following was the result:
Affirmative. — Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi, South Carolina and Virgin
ia—6
Negative. —Tennessee—l.
The question then recurring on the
adoption of the report of the committee,
it was adopted as follows:
Aye. —Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mis
sissippi, South Carolina and Virginia—6.
Nay. —Tennessee—l.
Mr Donelson, of Tenn., moved that the
vote be re-copsidered.
The President decided the motion out of
order, as the State from which the mover
was a delegate had voted in the negative.
Mr Clay, of Alabama, moved an ad
journment sine die, which was carried j
when the President pronounced the con
vention adjourned.
More free soil Members.—The N Y J
Tribune says: All the Members of Con- }
gfess elected from*; Massachusetts out of
Boston are men of decided and matured
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SPEECH OP *
HON. LANGDON CHEVES.
of south Carolina.
In the Southern Convention, at Nashville
Tenn. November 14 1830.
We meet op a melancholy occasion.
It is to devise the means of defending the
Southern States against a great and
alarming danger, with which we are
not threatened by a foreign foe or a com
mon enemy, but by our f< How citizens,
whom fraternal feelings, whom fidelity
to plighted faith and whom gratitude
for great benefits, which more than all
other causes have made them great, weal
thy and powerful, should have made our
hearty friends and our devoted allies
in nil adversity. Instead of which we
find them our most.iirymt oppressors, our
bitter and unappeasable enemies. Hav
ing deprived, us, practically, of all power
under the common government which
bound us together, they are aiming at tlie
subversion ol our dearest rights, the de
struction of our most valuable property,
and the desolation of our country.
Our inquiry will, of course,, be of Smith
ern rights. Southern wrongs, and South
ern dangers. Tue general rights <1 the
Southern States are those of equal, inde
pendent,unabridged sovereignties. Our
indepen lent sovereignty was asserted
from the beginning of the government,
& maintained triumphantly tw within a few
years after the nildpli nos the -Constitu
tion o( the U. S. The old Federal doc
trines of strong government and construc
tive powers irre put down. In the
South and West there .•as but one voice
on the subject. Such was the devotion
to Stale independence, such the generous
spir t ofjthe South ami West, as expressed
ill the resolutions of Virginia and Kentuc
ky in 1798 that had not the dangers then
‘contemplated, though not amounting to a
tithe of ih.-se by which we are now threat
ened, been av< rted at the polls, it would
have been done by force, The base idea
of taking “the best we could get” enter,
ed into no mind. The only questions
were our rights, and how they should be
maintained. The universal public scorn
would have scathed, with t e power of the
vivid lightning, the dastard who would
have consented to accept compromises, or
talk of talcing a fragment of th*se lights,
as “the best we could get.” Who would
then have dared to propose submission to
our equals? Who would then have been
mean enough even to deliberate on such
degradation? Butthe noble spirit of that
day s -ems to be extinguished ; and unless
it can be roused, you are destined to be
come “the basest, meanest of imirikiiid.”
You will suffer the most conspicuous in
famy that ever characterized a people,
You will cease to be people, and your
homes and hearths will be occupied by
those who ar> now your slaves,
The danger, however great, which we
suffer, is nevertheless from our own crea
ture. The States have only granted to
the Union, as their agent, in trust, the ex
ecution of certain limited functions. This
great and portentous power which now
hangs over us; would be dissipated like
a cloud, if it only covered constitutional
ground. It surprises us, on investigation,
to see.how little sovereignty is vested in
u government that now looms, as the sail
ors say, immensely large. It has not even
a name of identity. It has no power un
, tier the Constitution, to acquire, by con
quest or otherwise, an inch of territory,
except for the Seat of Government, and,
with the consent of the States, for forts
anti arsenals*. This wns the doctrine of |he
Federalists, who are the present Freesoil
ers w hen Louisiana was acquired,and itis a
sound cons itutional doctrine. The ap
pioprialion of that territory, in the form
of new States, was merely by the acquies
cence of the several independent States in
whom it was vested, ft is no more au
thorized by tlie Constitution of the Union,
than was the Missouri Compromise, which
excluded slavery beyond the line of 3(i
deg, 30 min. which is wholly founded on
the acquiesence of the several States.
Time, with that acquiescence, has given
validity to these transactions, According
to sound ci nstitutional law, California is
not,-and cannot be a Stale, without the ac
quiesence of each and every Slate of the
Union. Whether she is a State, or not,
may yet be a question, before “the great
argument” pending between tfie Noitli
and South shall he finally concluded.
But admitting that California is a State,
and that according to the forms of the U
nion, her admission is valid, her introduc
tion, under all the circumstances, with the
exclusion ol slavery, is the most prominent
of the recent wrongs that the South has
suffered. It was tyrannical, it was fraud
ulent, it was insulting. The territory
was acquired by your blood and treasure,
to a much greater extent than by t! ose
ot the section of country which has be
reaved you (If all share m it. Can any
tyranny be greater than to rob you of it?
You had as foil and clear a right to it, in
equity and law, as you have to the soil of
the States which you occupy and cultivate
and the miserable pretences under which
vou have been excluded from it, only in
jure by.the insults which they crinsturite.
It is thai ihe admission of. California is
not inconsistent with the Constitution, by
which is meant merely that Congress has
the power to admit anew Slate into the
Union. The violation of the Constitution
is to employ the use of i’s forms to violate
its spirit. The great object of such insti
tutions is the security ot the rights of the
citizen. Now the admi-sion. of Californ
was expressly with a view to destroy your
property in the territory j ami to make it in
struinentai in destroying slavery witfim all
the Slates. Is it hot farcical, then, to say
it was constitutional? Hail they come
into your .domestic territory, und turn
ed you out of your homes, it would
not have been a clearer violation of
right, or more unjust, though the vio
lence had been greater.
The manner, too, eminently bore the
impress of tyranny. The military power,
of which all free States are, or ought to
be, iu the highest degree jealous, was the
immediate instrument used for its accom
plishment. A subordinate officer, in reg
ular rank not exc* edmg. f believe, tht*
grade of colonel, calls upon a population
contemptible in number, disqualified in
character whether recent squatters, or the
simple and ignorant conquered people, to
perform the great work < f statesmen, to
appropriate their own use a vast territory,
equal to the aggregate exfeht of many of
the largest Stales in the Union, embracing
all our ocean hordeail oiir ports and har
bors on the great Pacific, to one foot ( f
which, not one* nor all them, had a politi
cal right. Does the history of nations,
from the earliest records to the present
time, furnish anything like a parallel to
Government.
a Constitution, and demand admission into
the Union, and begin by a violation of the
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ORDER.
Constitution of the Union in making a
claim to two representatives instead of one ;
and contrary to an express article of that
instrumi ent, whi :h required that the mode
and manner of their election should have
been previously prescribed by the Leg
islature of the State. Their haste was too
greateven to wait for the establishment of
a Legislature. In better times, when
your old well-tried and established citizens
respectfully applied for admission into the
Union, such extravagances were not
dreamt of, n**r would tli**v have been toler
ated; yet Congress admitted this monstrous
deformity, with none of the probationary
tests which had always before been requir
ed, with a baste which forbade ali investi
gation, by the pi*oplt of U, e Union, of tint
physical character of the country; or tho
fitness ol the population to form a S*iate, or
the mnmier in which these pretended rights
had been exercised. The miserable jug
gle of non-iiHervrntic n was played ft.
was alleged that < ‘ongress had no power
to control the small and motley population
which wantonly presumed to do this great
political act, flow false, how impudent
an assertion! Congress had undoubtedly
a right to govern and dictate the mode
and manner of their admission into tlm
Union, whether they had the power to
make California <> Stale or not, which, ns
has already been shown is at least very
questionable. All other stales have pond
through a probatinnaiy course; but Cnh-
Lrnin, even in iu swa.lditig clones, in
linsle and with violence, is forced into tho
Union with all tiiesu and many more im
perfections on its head* under the absurdity
of non-intervention. jOf this puerile fan
cy any man of coni niton sense would l>*i
ashamed. Yet I understand that the pa
ternity of it belongs to n distinguished gen
t emito who yery modestly spires lobe put
at the head of the government of the Uni
ted Slat*-.*, and that his principal claim on
the South* rn Slates is founded on this
great invention. Statesmen, now-a-dnys
invent principles to suit occasions as read
ily as our eastern friends invent instru
ments for the paring of apples,or making
of pins, and though wathout their usefqi
ness or merit, we as readily adopt them,
.(.hie might suppose they had teen dili
gent students in the Academy of Lagado.
It has been asserted by this distinguished
gentleman that the meagre group of Cal
ifornia had a right uncontrolled by Con
gress or any other pow* r, to form then
- into a Si te, and, of course, to ap
propriate t>> their * \vn use this vast Ter
ritory, the whole ocean coast, and the most
valuable mines in the world ; and if tins
great inventor be right, there are no rights
of domain reserved to the United States
lor, according to him-, they area sort r
people. Is it not monstrous even in lan
guage to hear such an assemblage of per
sons as these were, called a people by
which is meant a State: and to say that be
fore their admission into the Union they
could exercise sovereignty over a largo
portion of the continent!
California did not belong to them any
more than it did to the Grand Turk, ft
was conquered by the people of the Uni
ted States, and ceded to the people of tho
United States in sovereignty. The sov
ereignty thus ceded was vested either in
the United States as a Consolidated body
or collectively as independent sovereigns.
If the former, the population of Cali
fornia could not budge an inch ex
cept under the authority of the Govern
ment of the United Stales, which had all
the powers of an absolute sovereign over
them. If the latter, then the like powers
Were vested in the States, under w hose
acquiescence the Government of the Union
could not control them, as was done in the
case of Lousiana, If this Senator be right
as to the power of the population, they
coulJ have re-annexed the territory to
Mexico instead of ilie United Stater. Why
not? According to him they were not un
del - the control of the Uuitet^, States or
any other sovereign. The t
was she fairly admitted info the Union?
The negative of this pri position lias, I lhiuk
been alieady abundantly proved. But
Igo on. A lii'ge portion of the small pop
ulation of the Territory was decidedly op
posed to the formation of a State, and de
sirous of a Territorial Government, b u t
they were silenced by the grossest mis
represt ntations. An agent of the General
Government was sent to California to co
operate in the establishinunt of a Siam
which should exclude slave labor. Ho
was a secret agent sfl far as the people of
the Union, or the legislative power of the
Union, was concern* and. No one doubts
what he was sent there for, or what
he did, notwithstanding the arts with which
the transaction was covered. No trace of
his instructions pqn be discovered: all that
we can learn is that lie understood the
Views of the President and his Cabinet;
and, notwithstanding all denials to the
contrary, no one doubt? that his holiness
was to advance the great work of bringing
this Territory into tin* Union as a non
sJavehoidiiig Stale. W*u not this a gross
fraud upon the South? In better times the
President and his ministers would have
been impeached for this gr ss abuse of
power, and, it justice had been done,
would have been dii-tnrised from < Ificr,
Tojtilf the South into security or acqui
escence, it was asserted with the utmost
confidence in’ Congress, and by alt t!*o
ageiits and presses of the Freesoil* rs, that
the South had no interest in the ques
tion, as slave labor could not be employ
ed in the Territory. Now ‘.bis is an ab
solute falsehood. Tlose is t o portion of
the United Stales ill which slave lab* r
could be so usefully and profitably employ
ed. Mining is the proper labor of slave?,
and for that purpose, where limy wve ex
isted they have been eiiipl* yed in nil coun
tries and times.
On this point the slave owners would
have thought for themselves, ands on
have dissipated the error and misrepre
sentation. But they Were met by another
misrepresentation, which. I think, I shall
prove to have been equally false, by those
who had the power to make their opinion
prophetic; that %fav*-s entering the Ter
ritory would be, by that act, emancipated
under the Mexican laws; which were al
leged to be of force in the Territory. By
this assertion, coining from such a source,
theslave owner was intimidated;and before
le ha* time to look about him,thc contriv
ange*fifafree Stateestoped him. Theslave
holding Slates were thus depri ed of vast
advantages which thi-ir slaves would have
yielded them. These advantages have
been enjoyed by all the vagabonds ol the
world, and even by foreign convicts. Now
this opinion l believe to’ have beep as un
founded as that the Territory was not fitted
The alleged law of Mexico was declared
biy revolutionary and military Gevern
ments, in which the people of Mexico bad
no agency. The first act simply declared
jhat slavery was abolished. Within a ve-