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THE SOUTHERN WHIG.
m Chief Justice Sharkey.
Jackson, Miss., April 4,1S60. '
Editors of the firtliokal Intelligence/.: -
Gentlemen:—Your'number of the 14th. common’ property of ill the States.—-
or March contains an article headed ■* • L “ ——~ r — L
*• The Proposed Remetly frir the Evil
the Sooth to mark your language] for
this is ihb immediate cause of the quar
rel. We conscientiously believed, and
still believe fbe norib claimed loo much;
that Congress has no powet oyer .the
subject of slavery in the territories, the
doubtful. They claim to exert it, we i
deny their right. If they ad. they may
violate the Constitution, bjir if they. are
passive, they cannot. By that means
peace will be restored. A free gove
rnment must command the volantary
homage* of the people, and whatever
tends to weaken their attachment, en>
JFront Ulasl)ingtcm.
of the Day Examined,’* which docs
gross injnstice to the members of the
Crtntrctittan which, met intbis place in
October last.' The part which it was
my fortune to take in that Convention,
makes it necessary that I should forego
inclination, and appear before the pub-
licto repel an unfi»oodcdc«loroi»y>^ % _ ... ... v ... . •» „ .
That article is but the scour*! of seve- you, do most to unsettle the foindations . Mississippi. I see nothing alarming in|
ml others which preceded it of less * of ihe Government, by claiming for it' them beyondi a firm determination to
. .. : nwes I power which it doe/rnot possess—by mainisiin their rights : and if there be a}
From the Correspondence of the Chariostoo Courier.
1 he Compromise agreed on.
Washington, April 29.
licara, with pleasure, that the Com-
pmmfse cdmmitiee of the Seuate have}-
agreed upon the terms of their report;
and directed thetr Chairman, Mr..Clay,:
We.belive that the exercise of such
power would endanger the Union and dangers its existence.
to prevent this catastrophe we met. If , In the further, progress of y< ana airectea hk
we have betted 'he question of aggrez- , inalinn. you my ibc present their view, to .he Senate ami
,«n, ue eliafl conl.nae in that category. he i^aih Ceitohna^nd V.rg.D.a lh « connt Tbe la3l mect i„g of ibe
We were sincere in our expressions of latures. Tnese figure trotore your vis- >fa . J Thnr*,!ar Ii was
nl.achn.em to the Union 1 believe illation as .nnjt.ippnllingprooriof.lisloy- |b( , n (lei . iJe( , onc biU. should
whole soa,h is mtached lo H, a.,.I that ally ly.tbeHui.nf. fbeyare bat farlh-; 1|e M Caliinrnia, ihe lerriloriM gov-
iio secret designs arc cnlenaine.1 against, cr developments <.r .he plan.the firs.; and lbe Texan proposition.
quarter. \ou, nnUmthers like •• germinations of which appeared in Tbe ler[n , of lhe Fagl ui e slave bill
Mr. Webster’* I
_ i possess—by
consolidated fabric ; secret iuteniiotr beyootl that, 1 leave you
were agreed upon. ^lr. Cass, as I
learn, suggusted them, and they are so
favorable and well guarded as to remove
j all objections of the Northern people.
' ... to meet
. , • r e c prt&ijJ.tjno'. it ..matter of "'"mier That ?~!rirton,"VX'«Vai«,7uH. «t*«» 1768
to deplore the rain or the Governments had not discovered unfriendly ‘"d.™- ; a , to make U rtlc doty of the Federal
and to trace it, cause, you and your tions fromotherquarters. _ You have j_ CoBr .,. ; n eleb State, to appoint Cum-
missioners to enforce the act.
The owner of a fugitive slave or his
[ent, is to go before a magistrate *
class of politicians will stand conspicu
ous in the foreground on the canvas
which shall represent the great drama.
Bm your greatest alarm for the safe
ty of the Union has arisen from a por
tion of the address prepared under the
direction of the convention. That is
regarded by you as a full development
of the object—a southern confederacy.
The language alluded to is this: “ Be
sides, and beyond a popular convention
of the Southern Slates with the view
and the hope of arresting the course of
aggression, end if not practicable, then
to concentrate the South in wilt, under
standing and action, the convention of
Mississippi suggests, as the possible al
ternate resort, the call, by the Legisla
tures of the assailed States, of still
more solemn conventions, such
should be regularly elected by the peo-
even heard petitions for the dissolu-}*
lion of the Union presented to Congress
from the North. You have witnessed
boldness. The public journalist owes | power t
it unite country to deal candidly and j trying to build up tr< _
fairly with the conduct of others, and in Jon the ruins ofState sovereignty, and oft.and the movers to settle it. , • rp. were framed witba view
departing from this duty he is like .n j the constitution. And if, unfortunately, | In your alarms for the safely of the i gonj ' jij OSC! objections. The
swift wittiest, he betrays his parliality j the future historian shall be— : o—t ;■ ,. #.f «. A n .i»r ih», *"'■* 1 . . J
at the cost of his integrity. ' * * *' -* - -- 1 — r
Your article is lengthy, and I shall
content myself with noticing such por
tions of.it as place the Convention in
the most prominent point of. view.—
Your, title seemed to give promise «f
discussion, but your essay begins and
ends'in assertion and denunciation.—
You prove one thing however, which
may not have been generally known, an
entire identity in feeling with the North
in it# high claims of power on the subject
of slavery. Your Northern readers will
doublK’ss .feel gratified at your devotion
to their favorite measures, hut they will
not bo much enlightened by your argu
ment. Your Southern countrymen can
no longer regard yon ns neutral, lam
not willing diet the Convention shall be
judged by the open enemies of the
South, nnd still less willing that it shall
be condemned on evidence and infer
ences not found in, nor warranted by.
ilS.own declarations; ami I assert, in
the most solemn manner, that motives
have been ascribed to the members
which they did not entertain'.
Your allusion to the Hartford Conven
tion is an artifice which requires no
comment to show its object. Its 1 provide, in the last resort, for their sepa-
bistory it gives at length, and you con- rale welfare, by the formation of a
elude from the “mode of its composi-jj compact and a union that will afford
lion, ond its objects,** the Nashville Con- protection to their liberties and their
vention is more deserving of odium.— I rights. . This you call the project of a
Tbis is condemning it premat urely on ( Southern Confederacy confessed—open-
assumed grounds. This Convention • (y, and without compunction avowed
ATHEHS, GEORGIA:
Thursday Morning, May 9, 1850.
on open, palpable .nfiracltot. of the. c » 0 jn his b c0 „ n , ao(I deS crite .he
Const,.,.no,. by Pennsylvania aud other of . the fl]gi , anJ st a.e the n , c ,
States, by the passage of laws aunulmg J f M dope,non?, whereupon he is to
that prov,sion to the Constitution which , ake a cer 1 iBcale of „ le / acls , which
secures to the owner the r.ghl to recap- be . lreM . nt one of lhe Cnmmis-
ture lus fugitive slave. You have heard sinr m ^„ ve naraeili in „, e SlalB wherc
it proclaimed .a the Sena.e by a Sen- „ le fog i,i«-j2 f aon d. The Coinmis-
otor from the Norlll, who was sworn to 8il)Rnr '| s artc5l ihe s ,ave and return
support the fonstitut,no, that a cer.a.n him tU e owner, of his agent, the lat-
clausc ol that instrument which pro- ivin a bnndi wi tho,.l other than
tects us, was unmoral, and therefore, ,, “ wn “ecurilv, ,o try the said slave
not binding. You have heard the ter- „ bi , rvlllr „ h om e, by a jur, of the
rors of a dissolution of die Union do- v ' icin r . Thi3 jury ia d J ccide upon
scribed by the Diclure of a vast gel/ be- , he i( , of , b J e r i„ itiv0 whh lhc * r .
tween Hie Nerd, and the south, •• filled 3(! „ a „ j to bave „l? )pL , d . The guards
and heaped high with the slaughtered ^ b VBnl lbc ,„jsibi!lity 5f any
counlryuien, yet this re- , b - tng kidnapping.
The othef measure agreed upon
iftiw. troifoM',
Duriti,; his recent vUit to Boston, Mr. WKWm j- Mtny ^ our riders will, perhaps, remember,
addressed the citizens of that city, moat aplemnly i ^ j urt the adjournment ol the late Leji«l a .
re-affirming the positions assumed « n hi * P eal j ure , the editor of the Federal Union, by rirTu« Q f
speech in the Senate on the slavery question. The position as conductor of the Democratic metro-
Washington correspondent ol the Charleston Cou- j organ in this State, ventured to read arath-
riersays, ‘‘Mr. Webster's speech is much com- cc cnrU j n lecture to the President of the
mended here, and it is certainly one of .his most ( „ giimit,” Gen. Wofford, of Habersham, in regard
excellent efforts. The worxJr, “I TAX* xo step ^ gp^ch which ho mado on a certain occasion,
backwards,-’ will long be remembered and cited and which the edi t0 r says was aptly characterized
as the Webster motto.” _ - j by one of the Senators present as. a “ rambunctious
By the following resolutions, which we extract effort.” This, together with various other excep-
Irom a batch ol a kindred character, and which tjQng to tlie course of the veteran Senator, formed
were almost unanimously passed by the Legisla- the staple of a lengthy article which appeared in
lature of Massachusetts—all parties voting for >the-Federal Union immediately after or about the
t hem—it will be seen that that body is not, by any time of the adjournment of the late Legislature^—
means, disposed to sustain the potriotfc sentiments long a time had elapsed without a reply from
of the greatest man of tlie age. Gov. Briggs is the General, that we were beginning to think that
already spoken of as Mr. .Webster’s successor in' notwithstanding his well known political pugnaci-
the Senate of the U. S. It yet remains to >e seen ty, the old gentleman had declined entering the lists
whether the people of Massachusetts—by which j with so formidable a rival as the editor of theme-
we do not mean the trading politicians, (a class ^ tropolitan organ—when, lo, aud behold! we Were
that stink in the nostrifs of all honest men) —it re-, /*gt week “ startled from our propriety” by the ap-
For Washington news, &c., see the matter un
der the proper head in another column of this pa-
the people. .Should, in the result, such
conventions be called and meet; they
may lend to a like regularity constitut
ed convention of all the States; to
ed their object, it is unjust to ascribe to
them motives which they did not ex
press, unless the charge can be sustain
ed on more conclusive evidence. My
purpose is with the Mississippi Conven
tion, and if you had dealt as fairly by it
bodies of
volt ing sight would be endured—there-
ple.,r these'States lo deliberate, speak alily wiMCMed. by a member of the' the'ua'^Wi^.Te‘?n"Vh“e^DistHcb
and act with all the sovereign power of Lower House, father than lie would t j t j 3 proposed simply to extend over
' ^ a,ld ° 1 ,, j ec > »“ ,ha this District the law of Maryland, as it
subject ot slavery. You have heard „ itfed r „ ur , ea „ stgb, aud-which will
your own especial favorites declare that effi , c|aally s ' ppres3 ,| le s , ave marl3 in
dissolution must come rather than the , . j . 11
Wilutot Proviso should be abandoned, j ct ' relired OI) Frbl ; Bln lbc
You take no alarm at these tilings, bold cnuntrv order wrile ll.e report
nnd dartng as they are. Much as they , ^ aad recommending ,t.c Se
may show a total disregard lor the J Q ° °
Union, they arc passed over as harm-, o
less. You have never been suspected ; . Washington, May
of an over devotion lo the State sover- \ ^ r * Clay is in fine spirits and there
eigniy or constitui.onal restrictions, and ? ann, ! l . be a doubt that he has succeeded
if the South had claimed power for ull «V°S lh , e Committee of Tbmeetv
Congress instead of denying it, she ” r ralb ^ r ,, a ^ ar 8 c majority of them, tr
would have found more friends. , f “ v " r ° r h J 3 ,P la " ° r <-ompromisc. On-
My only motive in making this com- ly three of the Committee were absent
municatinn, is to vindicate myself and at the meeting hehl aweek ogo-Messrs.
tboso with whom I acted, Irom the. By'?"' Mason and Dick.nson, audit
charge so uawarramahly made, or un- , ls Lrelteved that each ot them would co-
friendliness lo the Union. We have "P? ratc la *7 P Iaa agreed upon,
been actuated by a settled conviction, B is suppiised that, on tlie 6th of May
throughout, that wo are right. We be- j Coramitlee will jcport, and that, by
has not met; its composition cannot bc|and coolly recommended to the consid-
known, or at least but partial!} known, eration of the Southern Slates.” Tbis
Its objects arc jusl what the convention is an unfair construction. The second-
of Mississippi expressed them to be.— j ary is made the primary proposition.—
When men have openly and fairly declar-1 The accident is made the substance—
the alternative, the primary object.—
The contingency on which a Southern
confederacy was alluded to, has been
entirely overlooked—kept out of vjew.
It was spoken of in tlie address only
a lasl resort in the event of a failure
There hate been two arrivals of fore'gn Steam
ers since our last issue,- each bringing intelligence
of an advance on cotton of £d. The home mar
kets have not, however, as far as we have observ
ed, made any advance whatever—although we
think there must shortly be a very material change
in prices, as the Liverpool Cotton Brokers have
at length admitted in their circular that the Ameri
can crop of last year has fell short of the usual
supply. This will certainly raise prices.
The 'probability of a war between England and
i is now seriously discussed—the “ Czar of
all the Russia*” having intimated his determinali
o sustain Greece in case England persists in I
blockade of the Grecian ports. It is believed that
England will not recede from her position; and
should a war ensue, the whole of Europe wil I
probably be involved—as all the powers qf the
Continent will espouse either one side or the.other.
reported lliat vast quantities of Gold—mi
rivalling those of California—have been discovered
Spain. Great excitement prevails—whole
wns are deserted for the new El Dorado. Wheth-
these reports be true or not, can only be deter-
ined by subsequent arrivals.
OS- By a
rsight on the part of the compositor,
;ek made to speak eery learnedly, of
the state of affairs- in Florida, about which, per
sonally, we knew very little. The article referred
to should have been credited to the Savannah Re
publican.
We understand that Col. Mnsely, a native of this
State, and for many years a resident of Wilkes
county, but now an enterprising citizen of Mi
sippi, has discovered a process by which a very
superior article of Cotton Bagging can he made of
the long moss so abundant throughout the South
ern States. We learn that he is about secur
patent for his discovery, and that lie has jus
urned from the North, where he has purchased
whether the real people of th
.'.will join tlie fanatical howl of disapprobation
forth by the Legislative body of the State, or
whether, like good citizens and patriots, they -will
Webster in the noble sacrifice he has
made in the cause of the Coustitution—the Union,
and Eqnal Rights. It is said that the “sober
second thought of the people is always right.”—
We hope it may prove so in this instance, and in
stead of Webster being displaced in the Senate
by Briggs, tlie miserable fanatical party hacks who
ipose the present Legislature of lliat State, may
be replaced by better men, who will be willing to
sacrifice prejudice for principle, and fanaticism
for love of country.
Here are the resolutions:
Resulted, That the people of Massachusetts
earnestly insist upon the application, by Congress,
of the ordinance of 1787, with aU possible sanc
tions and solemnities of law, to the territorial pos
sessions of the Union, in all parts of tire continent,
and for all coming time.
Resolved, That the sentiments ot the people of
Massachusetts, as expressed in their legal enact
ments, remain unchanged; and, inasmuch as the
legislation necessary to givo effect to the clause ot
the Constitution, relating to this sul ject, is within
theexclusive jurisdiction of Congress, we hold it to
be the duty of that body to pass such laws only, in
regard thereto, aa will be sustained by the public
sentiment of.the free States, where such laws are
be enforced, and which shall especially secure
all persons, whose surrender may be claimed, as
having escaped from labor and service in other
States, the right of having the validity of such
rlaim determined by a jury in the State where such
claim is made.
Resolicd, That the people of Massachusetts in
the maiutainance of these their well known and
invincible principles expect that all their officer?
and representatives will adhere to them at all times
on all occasions, aad under all circumstances.
it a* you have the Hartford Convention, \ n •» the hope of arresting the course ol
no vinification would have been requir- j aggression.” The address did not ail
ed. The history of onc is given nt! thnrize you to say that a Southern Con-
length, but not so with the other. The ( federscy was the object; it avows at-
: 1 — tachraenl to the Union, as did every ex-
iiev7 ™'nVcien.i;;Viy ;haV Congr^ h7s! **»e firs, of June, the Senate will pass I * *«>■* h '
bo power over tlie question ofWcrv, i ?!, ea « a P"? 10 !'. ,” f llic , bl ! 1 - fbe first 1
: • * hill will he the hill to admit Calilorma :
Hartford Convention is pronounced
innocent affair on the strength of the de
clarations contained in its proceedings;
but the .Mississippi Convention is not
judged by the same rule; its declara
tions are disregarded, and motives as
cribed to it which were not expressed.
One sat with closed doors, and its pro
ceedings were kept secret, at a time
when wc were-nt war with a powerful
foreign pnemy, which had been opposed
and the justice of which had been de
nied by a portion of oar people; yet its
motives are determined by the journal
of its proceedings. The other sat whit
open doprs, published its proceedings to
the world, and invited discussion ; yet
it iscondemncd on what it did not say.
You next allude to the Mississippi
Conucntion and after selling out its re
solutions, •• these resolutions, certainly,
upon no sufficient ground in their aver-
mcnls, the essential part of which, [con
tained in the second resolution] none hut
political fanatics (ond hardly, they)
would be found to dispute, but faintly
outline the purpose, of which late dis
cussions in nnd out of Congress hardly
leuve n doubt, through the instrument-
alMyof tlie proposed convention to un
settle the 'foundations of tho Govern-
«Qtm -of lhe U nhed States. They set
it, indeed, with professing n devoted
pression of the convention, nnd as do
the whole people of Mississippi. No
men live, who more desire the perpetui
ty of the Union, than do the signers of
that address, if they can have it unim
paired. But they believed with the en
tire South, that the North had been
pressing, and. would pgain endeavor lo
press, the exercise of power not dele
gated to Congress by the constitulion,
and they believed moreover that the
South would not submit. The first
hope was to avert lhe evil by a timely
declaration of their rights, but if that
should foil, it was natural to look to
consequences, and to provide for them.
The convention did not, as you say,
“act under the. influence of excited
feelings.’* They meet aa men who had
reflected well; who knew and felt the
solemnity of the occasion. In survey
ing the whole ground, it was but natur
al—it was prudent—that they should
look to the possibility of a failure in
their fondest hope. And it was only |
on that contingency that a single thought
was turned to a Southern compact as n
means of security, nof of choice. I re
peat, that we desire no Southern confed
eracy—we desire the perpetuity of our
present Union; but it can only lie pre
served by keeping every department of
either permissive or prohibitory, an'd , bl " ' vll 1 l 1 !>® lbe bl11 !.° ad ”' 1 c alilorma;
that any action on the subject would be i m establish the territorial governments
a gross infraction of that instrument.! ,,f , D i ah an .‘[ Deseret; and to reduce
We desire to see the question banished I an<1 fi * ,b e boundaries of Texas, upon
from our National Council-House, nnd P r ','l> cr compensation. The. other bills
harmony restored ; but we warn the j wl require but hale lime, viz: the fugi-
Nortlt not to expect us lo submit. We ", ve . slav , e b '."- aad « bc bdl P^veniing
are quite as firm in our resistance as lbe introduction of slaves into this Dis-
their encroachment. trict for 3aje~ _ ,
That wc may stand vindicated, and r As to the House, they will contend
have that justice lo which we are enli- fora month, over the first ltd and very
tied, it is hoped that you will publish P r " bable * ead 11 bllck , ,he Sanale
this letter, and the proceedings of lhe w,lb amendments, and then, after a
Convention, or nl least the address. a conference, makein mcr.l of necessity,
pamphlet copy of which I send you; o»d yield to the Senate,
and lest the MSS. should be lost,' it is i. rbe positjonnf the-Admimstraimn,
published in the papers of this place, rc S ard '» .' bls s “ b J ecl , h ?‘ of la,e ^
from which in that event, it may heex- > ! ™ wfel** »»4^WW»JI.
traded. Your obedient servant, “ ' " “ n nr ““ r '
W. L. SHARKEY
;The Administration plan, or as Mr.
[Calhoun catled it “the Executive pro-
| viso,” was offered in the California mes-
! sage of the 2ist January; at that litne
lmpofctttoi
The Southern Christian Advocate contains a
letter from the Rev. Jesse Boring, who, many ot
our readers will remember, left this place some
time during tlie latter part of last year aa Super
intendent of the Methodist mission in California,
from which we make the following extract—detail
ing the shameful manner in which California
emigrants are imposed on by the heartless scoun
drels who undertake to furnish a direct passage to
Jackson, Mississippi.
this experiment shonld succeed as well os the dis
coverer of the new process anticipates, it will prob
ably effect a revolution in the manufacture of this
rticle, which enters so largely into the annual/; San Francisco, and then leave their dupes
«msumption phhe planters of the South-as doubt-, heiplees conJition at p anslfnai w/icre they are some
times forced to remain for months before they can
proceed on their journey. The high character of
superior to any now in use. I Dt Borin5 h , affil . ient wilh tho!e w ho know trim
the least
nts from
sources showing up the conduct of these men
i even in a more unfavorable light than he lias done.
J For example, a correspondent of the Columbus
Jud*. Xk.rk.,, L-U.r. j Enquirer, writing from tana, aay, tint utter
—r-r leaving the emigrants at Panama, with a j
We trun.ler to onr columns this week the *■* L, wmmniaf there for two or rlirec tuomhs,they
letter of Judge Sliurkey, of Mississippi, to tlie I p l,« ticket, in the li.ml, of iheir .gems lo besold
editor, of t'.e Nationul Intelligencer, which is a ! , la gre ,t edranceon the original cout, bclieri
masterly defence of the Nashville Convention— j „, e ewi „ naU , ro „|j s „h mit to it, rather th
the designs and objects of its friends-and “t «iie | be lf , a for indc6 i>ite period at frvnwnia,! II these
D-The Hughes Family, the gifted Jore.il. | to ■“ in
Musicians, who have become so extensively popu-1 exp fc'£ erat » w 1 e we *' e * ee, ‘ acc ° u
pearance of a leghthy reply from the pea of the
“ father of the mountain-Democracy”—which, by its
publicity, is now public property .and from which we
propose lo make a few extracts,in order that the Gen
eral may have the benefit of our circulation in plac
ing the matter before the community. We do not,
therefore, wish to be understood aa taking any part
tbis family quarrel,and only publish these extracts
because, the editor having the columns ol a widely
circulated sheet at his command, has the advantage
Habersham friend, whose reply will not,
perhaps, be seen by one in ten ol those who read
the editor’s attack on him. _
But to the “ dockiroent.” After most emphat
ically denying that he had heard any one pronounce
his speech a “ rambunctious effort,” and defending
his conduct in tlie Legislature, the General alludes
to Mr. Campbell’s great strength in that body,
which gave him eight totes for public printer—and
drops the following hint as to the cause which
prompted the editor to attack him:
“ You say,” says the General, ** that if there
is a single measure of policy urged by the Ex
ecutive which met my support, yon have not
heard of it. But Hint more than once I opposed
his views. And here lies the whole secret of this
unholy attack upon me. 1 was opposed to yonr
being kept in the Central Bank, riding op and
down the country at a salary ol $1200 per annum,
electioneering for your paper and doing yonr own
business at the expense ol the public. And this
is tlie eye-sore, to-you, and what brings you oat
Here the “ Sinnitor” hits the Government edi
tor hard ! I^st him have it—he deserves it all!—
Any thing connected with the Central Bank makes
him “ rambunctious.”
But we have not time to follow the General all
the way through his reply. He winds up as fol
lows :
“ But you say, ‘ I forbear. It is with deep re
gret, and in accordance with our sense of duty to
the democratic party, and the wishes of not a few
i»bcrs, that we have been compelled to
take this notice of General Woffordand hope
that I will ascertain the fact that lam not theDem-
party of Georgia, and that a sober second
thought will cause me to retrace my steps, and
lend my aid to bull J up and not destroy, the only
party that has ever honored me. Whew! the
palpable inconsistency that ever came from
if that had senso enough to set a type.—
Compelled lo notice a man that has no influence!
4 man whose speech nobody understood! A man
who had not been able to give one reason for the
side he advocated, or against his opponents!—
Compelled to tell the people they did not under
stand his speech ! Compelled to publish that
Senators hung their heads, and blnshed for the
lionor of the State ! Compelled by the wishes of
many to do all this ! There never came a baser
talsehood from the pen of a demagogue than this
the editors of that paper; whose course lias
From the'Baltimore American. ! sage of the 2ist January ; at that time, been so extraordinary as to excite the regret (to
Tlie Census of 1840. the WiJmot proviso bad not beeu given • gay the least of it) of vast numbers of the admirers
The plan upon which the census is up hy the North, and it was a quesi ion of that journal in the Southern States,
to be taken this year, is similar to that ‘ whether the Northern members, would J in some strictures in reply to Judge Sharkey,
good tempered, just and proper rebuke j things ^ truei 80me thing ought to be doi
"* ' W "* ** u " protect the hundreds and thousands of-young
:n who are subjected to such abominable imposi-
nnd cherished attachment to lhe Union,; the Government within iis constituiion-
but thnj beg the rjttratioH oj aggression by jol limits. And your assertion is with-
tA$ non slarcAohJtug States, in order to sug- jout proof.
S st llte idea that they (the j>cople of j. I quote further from your “exatnina-
iasii.sippi) desire lo liave it only such j lion. —You say: “ It is oo longer mat-
, astliey desire.**. Here isa.dirtct ch trge ter of reference. There exists a d is satis-
of a design to unsettle the foundation'faction to the Union, more deeply seat-
nf tho government. It is utterly denied [ed than we bad supposed^—engendering
that any such purpose; was designed, j designs against it, which the mass aud
Il ls denied that any member of the j body of the South are as little aware
Mississippi Convention had anV such'[of, ns we were three days ago; theger-
object in vieir; and it is a.'serial that! mi nation 6f wfrigh i* this project of*
every metnher there assembled Is a: Nashville Convention*** I nmgreatly
friend to the Union. The great, the j mistaken if . the 4 *.body of the people
leading object iq .callingit .was !o pre- Jof the South,** are not fully aware of all
.** serve Hie Union. 1 ’ll is asserted by.-you ; tho “disaffcctions to the Unioti” which
UiS* tlic rest4u\ions hut latnJly.oqtlineiexisVherej and fully aware, loo,', of the
the norjiosc To unsettle the loundaiiousf causes of ihal disaflection. You liave
of the Government, but the picture is'imparted no information totbem on that
filled out . by the ntd of a ^per verted | subject. • : Tbcln^t ** germinal ion” fif
imagitmiiuli' oit lhe evidence furnished disaffection grew out of an attack upon
by “discussions in and oui ol Con-[ tjieir rights.. singular that you do
gre|#.” Wlty .did yoU not judge tltol not undertake to account for this* disaf-
Hartford Convention by ^discussions! fection and to sboiv as whefber it is well
in and out of Congress’*” The Rlissis-{or.iU foundetl. Perhaps it maybe jus-
sippi convention also ask to fidjudged tiEable. It is said thai motive is the
by its own acts, and.by its ovrn Tests : impulse to human ftctioq,. and oppres-
only, - a . jAion is the tnaiu spring of revolutions.
But in the foregoing extract it is alia AVIten.men desire a change.ol govern-
asserted llial thc essential parti ojf the ’ ment, and enlarged liberty is the great
resolutions is contained in the second, object aud changes are.- .n'eve.r. desired
whidi was adopted. in 1840. That is relinquish it. The President’s plan j they in effect rcpci
to say, it includes ttol only, aft enumer-; was, therefore,a compromise, and in-
ation of the inhabitants throughout lbe ! tended to evade the Wil mot proviso,
country with classifications of age, sex ; The progress of opinion in Congress
and color, but statistical information M*nd among ibe people has been su«:h as
also concerning the staple products of-to rcqder practicable an entire adjust-
the soil. We have not seen the - schc- ment of the questions; to which, of until
dule contemplated by the bill now be-J course, the administration will readily
fore the House, but have no doubt that consent. , ,s~
it is ample and comprehensive. [ Washington; May 3.
This mode Qf taking the census is a! The Senate completed its weekly
great improvement over the old mode, labor yesterday, and adjourned over to
Tlr/t I, n.lt* t Vi nf n nnniitn*. vti^.r inrlanrl MmillnV. ihiY till
The growth of a country- tnayjndeed Monday, the 6th, by which time
be indicated in a measure by the in-'peel the return of nearly all the absent
crease of its population—especially in Senators to their seats. . The Compro-
the case of a country possessing, as- mise Committee have now, by a vote
ours does, large tracts of unoccupied , of eight members out of the number
land. But the-increase of population ; present, settled every question ol diffi*
is'not always a standard by which-to -Ctihy ; and upon a full meeting the vote
judge of national progress. The facOl- ; -w’»ll be taken upon the bouiHlary to be
ty of production, enhanced by the a p-! proposed toTexas and the compensation ^m V Ushedth,a object,
plication of science and the agency' of: thereof. : ' ■ ^ e n ia, r n ° ,• ° th-'vv i* 1 t°p ^ pr0P °^
machinery.ia^not be n,ea S fre/- ..v ' J ^ ^
n with many
other editors, North and South, they have reite
rated time and -again, viz: that the question of the
Nashville Convention presented the issue of Union
or Disunion! This has from the beginning been
harped upon by the opposers of that Convention
of them by this, time may,-perhaps, be
lieve it really true ! But we have too much con
fidence in-the intelligence (whatever our opin
ions, may be regarding other things) of the ed
itors of thelntelligencer, to think, for a single
moment that they do, or ever have, believed such
ridiculous absurdity. Will it be pretended by any
sensible, well informed man, that there
hundred men Sooth of the Potomac who would
favor tlie idea of disunion, abstractly consider
ed ? - It is true, that in certain contingencies every
patriot J in the South would become a disunionjst.
To avoid this was one of the objects kept -in view
by the friends of the Convention; and we believe
Dr. Boring’s letter is dated Panama, March 20.
We have room only for the following extracts:
There is certainly a wretched state of things at
this time; hundreds of men are thrown into the
place with or without tickets, the vessels are not
in port, the consequence of which is, that mutiny,
riot, and disorder prevail: To this state of things,
this great mail line of steamers is far the largest
contributor, and I hesitate not to say, that its con
ductor? have acted wilh ruinous and reckless care
lessness in vending tickets, which they knew,could
not be redeemed under two or three months, and
by this they have ruined many a young man, who
otherwise would have been doing well. And yet,
if one of these injured men, having paid his money
fora ticket, and having now neither lim
ey to spare, presumes to complain he
away as peremptorily as if he were a dog; finding
himself without money, a stranger in a foreign
clime, uncared for and even abused by those
bave his money, lie yields to despair, dissipates by i
drinking and gambling, and soon sinks, the victim
of poverty and disease,. superinduced by a flagrant
and monied monopoly. That tlie General Govern-
... ... , „ ment should interfere in this matter, .and compel
kindtJ atu-r-s -mM U-ejMMi j lhefe c0 „p. nie5 «u bryooj the .cto.l
provisions lor their redemption, and
“ I dismiss this subject, sir, by requesting yon to
whisper in the ears of the Milledgeville clique,
who advised you to make the unjustifiable attack
upon ine through the columns of yonr slanderous
sheet the Federal Union, that yourself and they
have failed in the efforts to injure me, for you had
as well attempt to turn over the Stone Mountain
as to prejudice the Democratic party of Georgia
against me.”
It may be an easy task to read some men oot of
party, hut wc think the editor ol the Union will
find his hands full before he can accomplish that
object in the General's case, albeit he is some-
nes considcntby “rambunctious” in his efforta
advance the interests ot Ins party.
Capture of .Hr. nalloili.
Yesterday, intelligence was received here by
telegraph, that Mr. Bulloch, the Cashier of the
Central Rail Road Bank of Savannah, had been
arrested. Our correspondents of the Georgian in
form us that he was secured on his arrival in En
gland, and was placed on board the Cambria, ami
will be brought over in charge of a Boston police
man.—Augusta Constitutionalist.
tikis region c
may become an evil. England with
her swarms of paupers, can testify up
on tin’s point.
- This great Republic* with, its vast
capabilities sufficient, to yield support to
untold millions may well regard a grow
ing population us a sign ofitsown- pro
gress and - increasing power; Yet the
energy and enterprise: and ihe: inven
tive genius ofour/people are more, itor
poriant. elements than (heir numbers
per capita, -fi’fs well, therefore, that the V
census should give the results of the ag
gregate-productive faculty of the-QQDu-
Aa there is some interest felt i
the subject of Plank Roads just
following letter from that eminently practical and
remarkably enterprising gentleman, John G. Win
ter, of Columbus, Ga., ana which appeared in a
late number of the Alabama Journal, will, no
doubt, be found acceptable to our readers. The
facts detailed by. Mr. W. are truly astonishing.
Albany, N. Y., April 2, 18S0.
Messrs. EditorsHere am I, on the outskirts
them signally for every failure and deten-1 of the Plank Road region, with all the favorable
„ _ _ of passengers, there can be no question. Were 1 impressions heretofore entertained in regard to
Galphin Committee are still pursuing their , a better feeling pre+ail*, and wc think the distract- , l | |e>e transactions at home, and the arrangements I this uew and remarkable invention more than con-
SKSTSS; i 72r , "“ ep«».i« «~* b, conversion vitb the .nemfer. of th.
cfaior. They did noMtnow Wi4t Mr. Cr*w?ord was ; ° | would present a different case. Legislature from the Western portion of this
W*'** 1 -' ewS^J^^.Ht.Corr.ent^.^p^M,,, . portion prZtrl. ,o proper, UejonJ
cede it.end ,1m of lhe C.nol to tlie Enilri St*t«, ; P"« *’ oracle* in nwlierr ol tad, h, all partie.,
a«. soon as th®. Canada Reciprocity Bill sbaH piss. - have unscrupulously• ledt themselves to the pur-
Tliat Bill will pass Coagress^and in terms corres- poses of detraction and misrepresentation, in regard
Ctnadi « n ^latare, ^ tot hismatter, aad Ml their enginery lias been em-
1 y passed. ^ ployed in misleading the people concerning a ques-
[ tion of vital interest; but notwithstanding all this.
MucU taicitcnjent lias exisierl in our j tl,e o>»'» “bird ron-ht lo bo .ccomplirted by tier
community for some days past, dur i nff ;Wc»l«. Content,on .iz : the presen-aUnnnl
an investigation into the circumstances^ b "““ e "" d ’ *“ “ rc ” ai, “ for
attending the.;<lM.b of Mrs. .Wade.HH*.*!*. 1 !**^**
whTch look place oil ’ tlie 20th met. nt j sow eiw niun
her residence a few, miles above iIhS - ’ . ,7—^
place, ji post mortem examination was ; ; The Scientific American anadtances ibe arrival
bad and op submitting )be fttomacb and , of the-achooner Hartfotd with a cirgo of Georgia
contents to the proper teste,llie .presence i.^ urr f* be used- in the rniffA of Hack-
of arsenic was <fertccied v Tbe^ medi- j Co., fo Richmond efc^y..
7m . J say, _*• none bu< p«)iiiical fa- ’ \vbe» th© form;of Government is thcjtfy* as wc ^ as US increase in popufo-
naiics tvouM 1»<» found Jo dispute.”—j best that ca» be established. As ours . ^'* je censa s of 1850, together
This .is not true; the third resolution Is, is of thaf description,, ire; can. have ifo [wfli its predecessors, >vill stand as a
far more important. Il dcT)ies to Con- j motive to change it; the attempt to j milestone to mark ihe nation’s progress
gress .the j tower to legislate oil the sub-[abuse it is what we complain of. K we! in • its.career along tlie high road pf
ject* of slavciy in the Districf of Co-faye* .disaflected towards the Union ‘
* lumbia, “or to prohibit the slave-trade ‘ (which-1 deny,)- perhaps there may be! forthcoming census will present
between the several Suites, or to pro- 'cause for it, which, if removed, woulcL many instructive lactr illustrative of
liibit the iiitriHluciiou of slavery in tlie -1 restore harmony. - You* have seen that different .sorts or industry in different cri men who conducted .theettimiua-! Itmay wwwwhat astoniah importers of the French
territories of ihe United Stales.” This ? there was'.deep sealed discontent oil ihe - 1 sections. The slavcholding pud non-, tion Consequentlrgave the opinion^'Th^.i B °r r » ibe Augusta Republic, toJearn thefact
is the very gist of the dispute, and yei subject of slavery, and as friends to slavcholding Slates will speak lor them- iJ,j s was the cause of hpr death. xj, e ,tl«t ibe.Soofo «iHJnfotoro.not*ooly qiiany'aiitl
jt is passetl over as of no'importance.:your country, it was your duty TUajlay SelYes in-lh^l dpcaraent.- Neillrer. pro- * v 1
This is ihe controverted question of rtghi, the-excitement, if |»ossilile. .* You - but judice, - nor-fatiaticism, nor sectional
.u c
other* out
i . .. .. „ . , - --
couvenrion is chargod with having danger, tell your Northren Iriends lo la e national councils, wuh regard to
•* begged the question of aggression by j press us nofortlfoft to forbear. "Thai slavery, would confine itself to llwxen-
thc iiun-slavcuolJing States. [I wish ’ is lhc Safe course* even if the power be su# bill every ten years. -
sillciMiutcui «mih. aire . -. , -—<•'» ■> —■
Jury-of inquest rendered a verdict ac-1 for tJ ?« ir own conanmptlon, hot will be.aWe
corUingly.- William W^ttp.-'ili*..boe,;kefccettrtz^rta*.,*.yen.!•;,>■'* fleerieg
‘band of tljc deceased* ,nt> W as'mar-i mllI * tllro,Isboatlbe / a,latry ' Tfi,Georgiaston.,
rieJ again on the fourth day after ,h, : *« fre injirorrf op rtebo|t.nthor.t,, f.lljrcqMl,
ueu di'a.n on lue ioumu utiv uuvr iue> , . „ t, , ,, ,
burial of his former wife, is now-under F ' en ' h ^ghlyproUhht£at
arrest and. confined- in ja,U under the take ihq pT.ce ol that matena!,a the United
charge of poisoning her.-r-ChcroJcee Sutes '
Advocate. *
__ __r 0r k ' P^fifoblt to proprietoi
their way to Panam^arrive here, and'find that the »«?S« in * «pectation«, beneficial to the communk
ateamera for which tickets bave been sold them, at f *>' generally, and to the farming interest particular
enormous prices too, are not here, and will not be : *y~ excpcdin ^ w * l * t *^ are 10 express, for fear of
under one, two, or three month.. Thi. they could overstraining yonr crednlity.
not foresee, but the conductors of the Hoe eould and j The first road that I visited is near this city. I
did; and now'finding tbemselvea in a foreign coun-: will not, however, particularize it, as its proprie
ty whose laws and government afford no protect; tor* desire to withhold -from the public facts, for
tion, if even they could be understood, these passen- fear., of stimulating other and rival enterprises.—
gers, with or without money, are lett with’no alter-'The road referred to was formerly a Turnpike,
native^*** to seek the best means ofsubristencc they and a very gnqd one. One side of it was planked
can, and remain in one of the most wretched and k*t summer; and with receipt* swelling-daily,
unhealthy plaeea of the Continent, until the vessel j the increase thus for is equal to one hundred and
arrives. Common, sense will predict the requitin'ten per cent. Teamsters who formerly made
nine-tenths of these cases. It requires real moral , $2,25 per day hauling over the Turnpike, now
firmness under such circumstances- to' resist the make in hauling over-the Plank- Road $4,50
ten thousand temptations to dissipation and vsgran- j With a pair oHioraes, farmers haul two cards ot
Bat enough of this for the present. Allow * wood eleven mile*, discharge jt, and return with
1 aay that I should not have written one wold three tons of plaster,all in® single day, with ca
po this subject, but seeing Americana wronged and tire ease to the team anddriver. Stages, in which
outraged by. Americans, aad the rain which this on Turnpikes ton passengers wore formerly car-
flagrant injustice will entail upon hundreds, ff not! tied with Considerable labor by four horses, run-
thousands, I could not feel the acquittal;of my con, [ ning sixteen mile . router, now carry twelve pas*
science and hold my peace. I hope this statement ; sengers with two hbrses, wUh entire ease. In fine,
of faets.msy fiottjU way thronging the lengthand ! aa near as I am ab!etn'crtimatc r four horses on a
brcailtb.of the land, emi tint m Ijkejy to,be en-! rhiok Road cao*'on .a «ven s e, perform the work
arnored,may be rescued Mete tbej.er,- „ I cce oT.cn oo a feed Turnpike; end vrhtt strike, ell
—*— 1 « t—■— - - - merry now mPaoema^ eomeof whpin I-weR end jesbeiog rcmarkalde, tlieanmber ofteama ish.r^-
fT See nr-.v ndveiiiKmcnte in JItis weel’e peper. fteorebly knew m AJaUmx ied Ceorsa,” ‘ * [ ly increiacd oveftbc road UtqMiee, atllMag*