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3*. Revoked, Thai llic aforesaid did t been overuled by the decision of the
IWH authorise the Secretary of the competent constitutional authority of the
Treasury to pay interest on said claim. United Slates, i acquiesced then, as I
and its payment was not “ in contormi-, have dune ever sinc<% in the validity of
tj with law and precedent.** - ] that act; and. therefore, I have cordial-
The first resolution was agreed to, ly concurred iu the proposition to which
by Messrs. Burt, Disney, Feaiherston, the report refers—that which recognises
Jackson and.Mann ; ami disagreed to Texas as the rightful proprietor of the
by Messrs. Conrad, Breck, Grinned soil which the Uunited {States proposes
and King.
The Second was agreed to onanim-
ou»l;
to acquire from thai State.
But, sir, ujkhi other points it was not
my good fortune to concur with the
WT< ... . . _ .... „
Tne third was agreed to by Messrs. jo?i»y of the committee; I hope that it
Befl* Disney. Featlierston, Jackson and is no; necessary for rr.c to say that I am
Mann ; and* disagreed to by Messrs, sincerely'devoted to the preservation of
Breck, Grinned, Confad and King. • this Union, and that 1 would most cheer-
The report was signed by Messrs. t fully nnd cordially concur, at the sacri-
Burt nod Jackson.. fire of «very individual opinion which I
The Speaker said that the minority ought to be required to yield, in any
reports would now be rend. ! measure calculated to promote the peace
_ Mr. Burl remarked that there were no ami harmony of that Union, and of the
minority reports.
; people of the United States. But, sir.
roost cheerfully in the otnjssinn ofllie created much feeling. l.GuU thailhere
Wdmot "Proviso, but I regretted that • is a disposition to censure the President!
Mr. Carter inquired what papersj there were measures presented to the
were reported by the gentleman from i consideration of the committee, some
Kentucky, (Mr. Breck,) nnd the gentle-; ol minor and some of greater importance,
man from'Ohio, (MK Disney.) 1 upt.n which it was my misfortune to
„ Mr. Burt replied that m» live mcm- \ differ with the majority. I did not,
bers could so agree as to approve of the i however, consider that the differences
- ' ' * of opinion entertained and expressed in
that committee, would he conclusive
upon the minds of the individuals enter
taining tliem, if. afier a full discussion
ol ihc measures recommended .to the
Senate, there should appear to be a
prospect of a final adjustment of all
these questions which have disturbed
the peace of the country—nn adjustment
not merely confined to this particular
territory, hut extwiding to the whole
subject of controversy. Considering
that the opinion of this committee
was to be submitted to the considera-
i well ns the j lion of the (Senate, I fell it to be my
onforinilyjo j duty, even upon questions which, in
| my own view, were of comparatively
i argument, j minor importance, to adhere to the opin-
Fenilierstor* ions which I entertained, in the expec-
Itiding with the follow-1 tation that during the progress of our
' deliberations an opportunity would be
arguments which led to the conclusions
expressed in the resolutions. The
chairman of the committee had prepar
ed an argument on the legal question.
- which seeks to show that the allowance
i»f the principal was not in conformity
with law and prficcdcnt.
Mr. Breck then rend an argument,
signed by Messrs. Breck, Grinned,
King and Conrad, maintaining the fol
lowing points, vis:
1st. That fin? claim is just, and that
cquila-
to be established in the City of Wash’
ingion, put forth the following:
that had not been a simple act, unac- for sending any force or offering any in- j Fellow Citizens :—A number of
panted by the reasons which took ter position. What orders has he given ?! Senators and Representatives in-Con-
fromit the healing influences upon the That is the question asked. I presume,; gress from the Southern Stales of the
public mind it would otherwise have from the tenor of the official articles in j Confederacy, deeply impressed with a
had. It left the inference to be fairly the Republic and Intelligencer, that he ! sense ot* the dangers which beset those
deduced, that, in the opinion of the has given orders to’ the squadron to States, have considered carefully our
committee, a power existed to impose capture and prevent from landing on j means of self-defence within the Onion
that restriction, and that it might be the shores of Cuba any hostile expedi- and the Constitution, and have come to
exercised whenever a case should arise lion, that may have, been organized and the conclusion that it is highly' impor-
rendering it. necessary tq do so. I he- set on foot in the Unthd States. That is taut to establish " ”
lieve that this expression of the reasons distinctly his duty, and it may be pre- which, without
which induced the withholding of that sumed that his orders go that far and party, shall bo devoted to the rights and
Proviso was calculated, to diminish the no farther. It is objected that the Presi- intciesis of the South, so far as they
beneficial influence it would have in deut has no right to interfere, because are
producing harmony among the people the expedition wa3 not organized in th.e out
of the United States,'and quieting the United States, and was not to sail from and a „ Wil „ ; ..u,
agitation in the country. a purl of the United States. It is also j port is necessary', and accordingly we
With respect to the boundary of urged that the contest in Cuba is mainly ; add '* ° "
Texas, I was desirous that it should be a civil strife between the people and
fixed either at 34 deg. or at some point their rulers, with which we have noth-
approaching it, which would have left ing to do; that Gen. Lopez, called by
the settlement existing in the vicinity of the people of Cuha-io return, cannot be
El Passo, and spulli of the desert, of! molested by this Government: and that
from eighty to ninety miles, which was! the President, by interfering to prevent
found there when this boundary was j his landing, does, in fact, undertake to
fixed—that this settlement should- be in- { "’age war upon the patriots of the Is-
L’luded within the State of Texas, from . loud of Cuba, and to declare and carry
of Atria
i the questions 'growing
n slavery. To establish
such a paper, you
the Government was
blc obligation to pay it.
2d. That the interest,
principal, has hccu paid ii
law and precedent.
Mr. Disney then read
signed by Messrs. Disney
and Mann,
ing res»liiti<
Resolved, That the claim of George
Galphiti was one that the United Slates
was under no obligations to pay prior to
the passage of the uct of 1848, which au
thorised and required the payment of
the principal only.
Resolved, That the interest there
on was paid without authority of law or
usage.
Resolved, Thai Congress should pass
A law prohibiting the payment of inter
est in aiy ense by any officer of the
Government, unless expressly directed
bylaw.
Resolved, That Congress should pass
a law prohibiting any member of the
Cabinet from deciding on any claim or
demand against the Government \p.
^w**ich any member of the satne Cabi
net shall be interested, while they may
be thus associated together in the ad
ministration of the Government.
Resolved, That we recommend the
passage of a law making final the decis
ions made by the House, of the different
Departments, and regulating the right;
of appeal, &c.
Mr. Toombs {fesired that there should
be some understanding in relation to
this qnestion. He wished to reply to
the gentleman from New York: and to
have a foil investigation. Ho hoped
that the House would not tolerate the
Smuggling through of one speech, with*,
out a full hearing.
The reports were made the special
nvtfernf the day for lho 4tli Tuesday
in June next, nnd'every day thereafter
until disposed of.
T)ic committee in the case of Mr.
Horner, the door keeper, made a report
’^flhe facts in the case without any re
commendation as to the action of the
House in the matter. •
Thu House passed a motion to print.
. the report which was not rend.
Adjourned till Monday next.
pportunny
afforded for such modifications os I
lesired to obtain.
I will say, then, sir, in the first place,
that I found it impossible to acquiesce
in I lie proposition of the committee to
admit California with the boundary
liich she had herself prescribed.—
Looking at that subject entirely apart
the slavery question, I thought
that as an American Senator, I could
not prudently and discreetly consent to
recommend the long line of seaboard
which was claimed—to place the whole
interest of the United States in the com
merce which will necessarily be
duced into that territory through the
ports of San Francisco and Sail Diego,
Und, as I believe chiefly through the lat
ter, as well ns those growing out of the
mineral riches which are found there—I
could not consent to place these entire
ly within the control of a single State of
this Union. If I had looked at that ques
tion in connexion with the subject of slave
ry, it would havebcen desirable to have
had California in one rather than several
Stales. But, believing as I did, that the
interest of the United States would be
more effectually protected by the check
which different Slates on that seaboard
would present to each other, I thought it
unwise on that ground to.asseut to the
admission ot California with her present
boundaries. I believed it was entirely
competent to make two States giving
that portion or the people residing
north—not of 3G deg. 30 min., but of
3,3 deg. 30 min.—a convenient division
ot the territory for the establishment of
..valuable member oT the Union.
1 found, however, a difficulty of a
higher character, in relation to the ad
mission of California, in the proposed
number of members to be allowed to her
in the House of Representatives of the
United Slates. I hold that difficulty, to
be constitutional, and could not vote
lor it, unless upon the same principle
which 1 would vote for the Missouri on
Compromise; that is to say, on the
ground that the public safety required
me to do an act beyond the limits of
the constitution, and to throw myself
upon the justice and generosity of my
constituents for my justification. Ex
cept such a state of things should arise,
it seemed to me that there
which it is separated by this interven
ing desert. It is possible that the line
suggested by the committee—the line
beginning twenty miles above El Paso
—may accomplish this object If it does
not—and the fact may l»e ascertained
during the discussion iu the Senate—it
will be necesary to,change this line, bc-
s its adoption was made with a
to the accomplishment of an object
which i*. will have failed to accomplish.
Upon these paints, sir, it was my mis
fortune to differ from the committee. It
s a gralificatmn to inc to believe that
he committee has rendered a valuable
service to the country, for presenting
this project. ( do not abandon the hope
that in the progress of this measure
through the Senate, such modifications
II relieve it from the
iow press upon my
he result of our de-
. __ no °ne will moro cordially
rejoice in the couise pursued by the
Senate upon this occasion, and in the
restoration ol that harmony which will
be the result of it. I have no doubt
that ihc effect of any proposition which
shall receive the sanction of both hous
es of Congress will be temporarily
beneficial upon the public mind; that
it Will tend to prevent “any outbreak.—
T * toy earnest desire to go beyond
difficulties which
mind. If that ii
liberations, no or
this—to present if it he possible, some
compromise in which the North and
Souih might unite, feeling that they
stood securely under protection of the
constitution.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Courier.
Washington, May 20.
The prompt and decided action of the
Government, in relation to the Cuba in
vasion, took every one by surprise. The Mr. Clay’s compromis*
Government was incredulous, as many
citizens were, until Saturday last, of the
existence of any enterprize such as had
been rumored. The Saranac goes out
OP ym r
OF GEORGIA,
Onthe mot ion to print the Report of the Com
mittee o/ Thirteen, in the U. S. Senate.
* ' ; - • Mat 8, 1850.
Mr. Berficn. Ido not propose, Mr.
President, to enter into any discussion
of the merits of the bill. But as the
port nnd the bills wfiicb accompany il
will.go before the public, and ns they
will produce, as they nfe calculated to
produce, very" great effect upon the
public, tnimi, from the ability with
which that report is drawn, front the
interest nnd magtiiindo of the subject
which it .discusses,' 1 desire, as a mem
ber of that committee, that my position
ill reference to it may be understood,
by my eonSliluenls at least.
‘ lUcrms to me to have been rendered
rn'bre necessary on my part by the ob-
servations which have laUen from the
- senator from Vermont, [Mr. I'hctps.l in
tcference to the Texan boundary. It is
Well koown 4<uy«»tl ? sir, as it is io many
i»fmy associates in* the chamber, that J habitants o| the
from the earliest inception of the mens- of persons who
pro of Toxihn annexation, I was person-} the framers of the
ally opposed to it, and coniimird, until [they required
with sealed orders,
what is to be the extent of the
interposition of our Government. But,
as there are several Spanish steamers
ke two . Stales giving ; on the watch, il may not be necessary
r ■* - - 1 ’ for any interposition by our vessels.—
Our force will be a large one—the homo
quadronnnd the Congress anil Saranac
—and, together with the Spanish ves
sels, can effectually prevent the land
ing of any considerable force. Gen.
Lopez left New Orleans, it is said, on
the 8ib, and he may, with a small force,
have already landed on the south-wes
tern side of the Island, where the gar
rison fs - represented as containing only
one or two hundred men and those
quite ready to unite in the revolt.
The plan of the invasionists is to
raise a standard and rely upon the sup
port of the creole population, and upon
corrupting the Spanish soldiers, who
are treated as slaves and are said to be
already disaffected.^ Upon the occur
rence of any successes the enthusiasm
of our people will be excited to the
highest pitch, and they will spread
* for
iflhe
without the authority of Cou-
I imagine it will be found that the
Cubans are not yet quite ripe for a re
volt, and that the enterprise will fail.
Should it succeed, however, the ques
tion of auucxultou will soon be precip
itated upon (island will be productive
of much agitation. That Cuba can re
main an independent power is not be
lieved. She wtll fall un ler the protec
tion ol some great naval power, should
she not be annexed to this Union; so,
it is evident that the question of annexa
tion would arise at Once.
It has been said, and repeated in the
Senate, that Gen Taylor had, before
his ele6tion, expressed himself in favor
of the ultimate annexation of Cuba,
when it could he done consistently with
our obligation to foreign powers. Mr.
Calhoun, as I have understood, from
good authority, was consulted
subject as late as last November, and
expressed himself in opposition
the peaceable acquisition and annexa
tion of Cuba. A war with England
and France will, ol course, as politi
cians think, follow from an attempt by
the United States to acquire Cuba. \
we get Cuba, we shall gel St. Doming)
next ; arid already English writers afi
predicting that we should acquire Ja
maica.
Mr. Stephens offered a resolution yes
terday, to terminate the present session
of Congress on the 15th July. But
was not considered.
Every one is surprised, and many
are chagrined, at the announcement ‘
the Republic, that the President adheres
to the policy in regard to the vexed
question, which he recommended
his message of the 21st of January,
and that, of course, he is opposed to
Mr. Clay had
self come to a different conclusion,
and on last Monday stated in hrs speech
that the President was now in favor of
a full adjustment the whole question;
The Republic had, under the late editors,
engaged “a passage in Mr. Clay’s
omnibus,” but the Administration will
take seals.
you on the subject.
In the contest now going on, the con
stitutional equality of fifteen Slates is
puj w question. Some sixteen hundred
is worth of negro properly is in
volved, directly, and indirectly, though
not less surely, an incalculable amount
of property, in other forms. But to
say this, is to state less than half the
doom that hangs over you. Your so-
ial forms and institutions, which sepa
rate the European and the African ra-
into distinct classes, and assign to
each a different sphere in society, are
threatened with overthrow. Whether
the negro is to occupy the same social
rank with the white man and enjoy
equally with him the rights, privileges,
nnd immunities of citizenship, in short,
all the honors and dignities of society,
question of greater moment than
any mere question of properly can be.
Such is the contest now g«*ing on—a
mtesl in which public opinion, i! .not
the prevailing, is destined to be a most
stilutional objection to the proposition their sails in every port of the U
to admit California wpli two represen- jCuba. Such, at least, is the phi
tatives. 1 found in llic constitution of! projectors of the enterprize.' General
the United States a provision that each j Lopez was to stir up the native populr
lion, aud then to be joined and su[
ported by a large force, under an Arner-
_ ^ icatrleader. The command has been
olid that, il required that the repre- j offered to General Quitman, to General
renlaiion should be apportioned accord- Cushing, nnd to a half a dozen other?.
State should be entitled to
scnlutive. I found that, for the purp«
of having a ay number of members be
ing to numbers; that the existing ap- i Some
portionment would require, in order
give California two representative;
will be found to take it,
, any number can be got for
pedition. Want of funds ernbar-
population of- 141,360—- not transient rassed .and delayed the enterprise, but,
persons, not foreigners, not merely
of success, the wealth add
Address to the People of the South
ern States.
At a large meeting of the Southern
members of both Houses of Congress,
held at the Capitol on the evening of
the 7th instant, the' Hon. Hopkins L.
Turney, of Tennessee, having been ap
pointed Chairman at a previous meet
ing, took the Chair; and on motion
the Hon. David Hubbard, of Alaliaoi
Wm. J. Alston', wasappointed Secrelarp
Whereupon, the Hon. A. P. Butler,
of South Carolina, from the Committee
appointed at a preliminary meeting
ported an Address to the Southern peo
ple, recommending the establishment,
at Washington City, of a newspaper, to
be devoted to the support and defence
of Southern interests, which was read,
id with some slight modifications
(opted.
The following resolution was offered
by the Hon. Thomas L. Clingman, o
North Carolina, and unanimously adopt
ed by the meeting:
Resolved unanimously. That the Com
mittee, in publishing ilie Address, be in
structed to give with it the names of
the Senators and Representatives ir
Congress who concur in the proposition
to establish the Southern organ, as man
ifested by their subscription to the seve
ral copies of the plan in circulation, oi
who may hereafter authorize said Com
mittee to include their names,
Maryland.—Senator, Thomas G. Pratt.
7>y"i ...
guarantied by solemn compact and no
mattter how vitally involving our pros
perity, happiness and safety. It is tune
that we should take measures to defend
ourselves against assaults, which can
end nothing short of our destruction
if we oppose; no resistance to 4icm.—
Owing to accidental circumstances, and
want of knowledge of the true condi-
...j lion of things in the Southern States,
in this city a paper J the larger portion ot the press and of
eterence tew political the political literature of the world has
been directed against us. The moral
power of public opinion carries politi
cal strength along with it, and, il against
us, we must wrestle with it or;fall. It,
as we firmly believe. Truth is with us,
there is nothing to discourage us m such
an effort.
The eventual strength of an opinion
is to be measured not by the number
who may chance to entertain it, but by
the truth which sustains it ; we believe,
nay, we know, that truth, is with us. and
therefore we should not shrink from the
contest We have too much staked up
on it to shrink or to tremble—a property
interest, in all its forms of incalculable
amount und value ; the social organiza
tion, the equality, the liberty, nay the
existence ol fourteen or fifteen Slates of
the Con led e racy-all rest upon the result
of the struggle in which we are engaged.
We must maintain the equality of our
political position in the Union. We
must maintain the dignity and respec
tability nfour social position before the
world ; and we must maintain and se
cure our liberty and rights, so far as our
united efforts can protect them; and, it
possible, we must effect all this within the
pale of the Union, and by means known
to the Constitution. The union of the
r.incnt force, and yet no organ of | South upon these vital interests is ne-
united interests of those assailed J cessary, not only for the sake of the
as yet been established; nor does South, but perhaps for the sake of the
there exist any paper which can be the ; Union. We have great interests expos-
i.nnion medium for an interchange of j e ‘l t° tl ie assaults not only of the
opinions amongst the Southern State.— j al large, but of those who, constituting
Public opinion, as il has been formed l ^e majority, wield the power of our
and directed by the combined influence own confederated States. We must de-
of interest and prejudice, is the force fend those interests by all legitimate
which has been most potent aga'nst us I means, or else perish either in, or with
in the war now going on against the in- j oul » l ^ ie effim* To make a successful
slitution of negro slavery ; and yet vve|^ e l ence we must unite with each other
have taken no effectual means to make | upon the one vital question, and make
and maintain that issue with it, upon j tbe most ol our political strength. We
which our safely and perhaps our social. must do more—we must go beyond our
existence depends. Whoever will look j entrenchments, and meet even the
to the history of this question, and to! m ‘» re distant and indirect, but by no
the circumstances under which we are j means harmless assaults, which are di-
now placed, must see that our position i re uted against us. We too. can appeal
is one of imminent clanger, and one to *° public opinion. Our assailants act
he defended by all the means, moral and j upon theory—to their theory
political, of which we can avail our
selves in the present emergency.
The warfaie against African slavery
commenced, as il is known, with Great
Britain, who, alter having contributed
mainly to its establishment in the new
world, devoted her most earnest efforts,
for purposes not yet full)' explained, to
its abolition in America. How wisely
this was done so fa r as her own colonies
were concerned, time has determined,
and all comment upon this subject on
part would now be entirely super
fluous. 11, however, her purpose was
h and embarrass us on this sub
ject her efforts have not been without
success. A common origin, a common
language lias made the English litera-
s to a great extent, and the ef
forts of the British Government, and peo
ple to mould the^public opinions of all
with them, however .rorj portion of the MiJttbH unot,
1 talent and: money to sustain a piper which nugh
be supported by all. becnui
willbedevi
n. It will betheearn-
vho are charged with
merest of every Smitt
es^effott of the Comn
these arrangement*, L., ——— —«•••«•
lent and standing; and they will also see that the
pmper is conducted without opposi'ion and without
.reference to the political parties of the day. With
these assurances, we feel justified in calling upon
you. the people ot the Southern States, to make
-• e necessasy efforts to establish and mamtaiuthe
oposed paper-
ing to become a subscriber to
price of which will he moderate, can
e and that ot'his poSi office, to his
e in Congress, without waiting for
; to be published.
ATHENS, GEORGIA:
Thursday Morning, May 30, ISM.
CO- We have been presented by the -editor, Mr.
T. A. Burke, of this place, with a copy of “the
Poetical Fortune-Teller,” a very handsomely exe
cuted little volume, composed of quotations from
the poets of the past aud the present, which vvill^
tless, be lound exceedingly popular with tho
ig people. The work is dedicated to “the
st girl iu Georgia,” (we know her) and is
i creditable to the ability of the compiler as
as to the taste of the publishers, Messrs,
tit! & Co., New York. We believe it is for
at White's bookstore.
Californians, who are not yet citi-; sources of Cuba will supply means
zens of the 'United States under the j rewards. The projectors published and
treaty-rbut tjiat number .of settled in-! distributed, every where, a little work
iuulry, of that clqss j entitled Cuba and the Cubans,
contemplated by '
oppose experience. They reason uji
imaginary state ot things; to this
may oppose truth and actual ki
edge. To do this, however, we too
open up avenues to the public mind ;
too, must have an organ through
ppeal to the world, and
commune with each other. The want
of such an organ heretofore, h;i
perhaps one of the leading ce
our present condition.
There is no paper at the seat of Govern
b «**
k hich ’
The
gifted vocalists, consisting of two brothers,
(the Messrs. Smith,) and their sister(Misa Smith,)
favored our citizens with i^ series of their popular
and highly entertaining concerts, during the latter
part of last week and the beginning of the present.
e bad the pleasure of bearing them on Saturday-
evening and again on Monday, on which occasion
they gave concerta for the benefit of the Son* and
Cadets of Temperance. Their performances are
characterised by that natural, unaffected sweetness,
the absence of which forms «o striking! feature in
the “ fashionable” music of the day. We most
heartily commend the “ Asians” to the patronage
of the public—feeling satisfied that their perform
ances < annot fail of giving satisfaction to all persons
the abol
The
try. The
of s
i pape
the protection of tlie white i
ho speak_the English 1, w _
not been vain or fruitless. On the con-
rary, they have been deeply tell wher-
ver the English language is spoken,
ud the more efficient aud dangerous,
because the South has taken no steps to
appear and plead at the bar of the
world, before which site has been suir-
nned, and by which she has b:-en tried
ready without a hearing. Secured by
institutional guaranties, and indepen-
*ul of all the world, so far as its dri
est ic institutions were concerned, the
South has reposed under the conscious
ness of right, and independence, anti
forborne to plead at a bar which she
knew had no jurisdiction over this par
ticular subject. In this we have been
theoretically right, but practically we
have made a great mistake. All means,
political, diplomatic, and literary, have
been used to concentrate tlie public
opinion, not only of the world at large,
but of our own country,‘ against us ; and
resting upon the undoubted truth that
ich broadside of tvv
mammoth double-sheet Pictorial Broth
er issued in honor of the Fourth of July
« 75th Ar.niversary of mu Independence '
e to hand. As usual it is filled with
well executed engravings suitable for
ent historical era which it ia intended
•ript cripv of
nent. “Wash-
n inthejona-
nre of the il.
s enclosed in a
ir.ed and patrioti
-well Address”
foe simile of the
Ihor This d
framing. The largest of the pictures,
illustrations of •• Raising the First
and “A Salem Trial for Witchcratff^ -
e numbers of smaller engraving* for
ten for a dollai
•‘*17 c
! the s
y» be found laboring to <
i paralyze ail efforts at
lough at the expeus
ou may possess, nc
to-day we publish the report of
lablishment of a Soutlmrn press
the ground that the political
s to hold the re-
the people into fab
t only neglect the
dually attempt t
Is ot their establishn
iiterests and the advan
l they are pledged. \
lings ol the majority o
iturc the South has sc
;s.~ And North ha
ty,tor the purpose of
g party platforms ; and from the forth-
ition that the anti-slavery men of the
m able and e.Ticient organ at the seat
•tit, established with the avowed object
gainst our peculiar institution,
pinions in regard to this matter, have
i from the press of the count ry—a por-
•ocating.and a large portion opposing
We believe, ourselves, in “carrying
jeeis of uo Government but
cal governments, and concerned
but ourselves, we have been passive
under these assaults, until d
naces us- from every quarter. A great
party has grown up, and is increasingin
the United States, which seem to think
it a duty they owe to earth and Heaven,
to make war on a domestic institution,
upon which are 'staked our property,
Thos’S Bocock,.U A Edmundson, Jeremiah Mor- j our . social organization, and our poace
and safety.
i Afri)
one tioiu that of the
ress is subjected moi
■ ^Our public men, j
Virginia.—Senators. R M T Hunter, J M Ma
li, Representative*; J A Seddon.Thoa H Avarett,
Paulus Powell, R K_ Meade, Alex R Holliday,
thecriiisuminatirin oftbnl i
“ North Carolina.— Senator. Willie F Mangum ; j .. . , \
Representatives, T L Clingman, A W Venable,, ^Sectional feelings have been invoked,
W H Ashe. 1 and those who wield the power of this
Elmdm; L A g° v ernmeiij [wye teen templed almost
so doing reproduC)
ve party organs in
the feasibility of commencing an issue in the city
of New York fur the purpose of adcocaling the in
troduction oj slavery into that. and the adjacent
States. We cannot, for tho, life of us, see why
the Northern people should object to the estab
lishment of such a press there, while they claim
and exercise the right to locate an abolition press
itory.
a I pi, I it
\Vnod.*ard, Daniel W.IUre, Wm F Coleoek, J,. II not quite beyond their power of re- bound by mu^tamdx
LOrr, Armstead Burt, Isaac E Holmes. i sistance to wage; a war against our pro- l, ie moral and political mei
• Georgia.—Senators, John Me P Berrien, Wm C perty, olir rights, and our social system, I AT!
Ar/ITSieptaorRol^rrToornbr.'ll A ' vh | c . h - »f successfully prosecuted, owii Lmsihs st| M «tt
Allen F Owen. end in our destruction. Every induce-1 We do not propose to me
Alabama.—Senator. J Clemens; Representa- rnent, the love of power, the desire to [** lhe y nowe * l8t ! Wl
w B “' d0, " s w,ng '; ^“z'ulimv 1 ar r,’ H w .' ,h r Ie5 v- r aii
Mississippi.—-Senator, Jefferson Davis; Repre- * han plausibility, called “reforms, all Wedonotpn
sentatives, W S Fe^therson, Jacob Thompson, A are offered to tempt them to press upon »n his party
G Brown, W McWillie. ' ' _ I those who ore represented, and in fact,
easy 1 pr^y of the spoiler.
Isaac E Morse. I yur equality under the -CnQstitUtipn politic
.. Arkansas.—Senators, Solon Borland, W K. Se- 1 is in effect denied, our social institutions
bastian; Representative, WpiR Johnson.^. _ I arc derided and contemned, and
excite the cupidity of.Acnerican
institution when ' adventurers. A copy was sent to each
for the purpose ; member of Congress.
art Itv the pas- ! of fixing the ratio of representation.— j Strange rumors arc in circulation
sage, jif the resolution of annexation, to Now, sir, 1 have no evidence of the! here, one is that the expedition is de-
resist iloti the ground of its unconstitu-1 fact—I do not believe that any body stined for St. Domingo. Bui that is out
{tonality. The recommendation with else has any evidence of it—I do not! ol the question, as the New-York Sun,
Which I, in common with nil the other 1 believe that the fact exists. Although j which is the organ of the projectors, has
metrfhgfoof the committee cordially con- ] there may be a great number of per-j published Gen. Lopez’s address, pro-
cufr—which proposes an appropriation j **»• •«» *b e Territory, yet 1 do not be-, clarendons, &c. A rumor was circu-
* of a? certain sum of money to Texas, in , lieve that there can be found there that j lated yesterday, and said to he author-
cousideraljon of her circumscribing her number of settled inhabitants, who,are ized ; by prior communication to the
boundary—a recommendation which ii I citizens of ihc-fJiiiiedSlates within the! Spanish Minister, that abolitionists of . ..
founded on the assumption.of her exist-i contemplation of that provision of the j England and the United Slates had Louisiana.. nj
ence ns one ofilie Slates of the Union, .couslituiion which requires that repre- j cnutrilioled means for the expedition,
on {lift lerms^and conditions' ou which ’ seiitation shall be proportioned accord-and with a view to the extinction of
•he was admitted—seems to impose an ing lo numbers. ' slavery. This rumor was. I imagine,
obligation to explain that the ground! If# conviction upon my ; put afloat in order to deter Southern
wbi?h J%ivc assumed, is precisely that mind, I acquiesce in the admission of. men from encouraging the enterprise.—
•which I occupied when the resolution California into the Union, I acquiesce AIL eyes will be fixed, .with intense in-
of annexat ion, utter having received the in that admission iu dcrogation-of the ; terest, on this movement- Jt .will, no
assent of Texas, was brought back to' rights of.every other State, since they j doubt, be the subject of notice in Con-
Ibe Bennie oftbe United Stages. 'Then,! nrc all restricted to that provision of j gress to-day. '
sir, notwithstanding my opiniou that the j the constitution arid niade to conform to I ^Vashingto.v, May 21.
Congress of the United States, in the I it- .For these reasons I found it impos- In both Houses, yesterday. Resolu-
adoption of dint resolution, had-trans- sibto to concur in.the provision which
cended llicjrconstitutional power, I con- i contemplates the admission of Califor-
tidcied that it was tny duty to submit j nia. I d'd concur most cheerfully in vernment
to the willnfthc majority, expressed in that provision - which proposes to give l Cuba, and .tlie facts
Ibe form which the constitution had pre- governments to the Territories of Ne'w* which the Prcsiden ...
scribed lor the expression ofihe legisla- Mexico ami Deseret. I was desirous force to the island, &c. Mr. Yulec of-, The Committee to which was referred ; maintain an rs; ^
live will. Considering that the opinion ‘ o! fiifljlling our obligation to trial peo-! fered llic Resolution in the Senate. -I; the duty of preparing an Address to j selves involved by those Who make war
which I personally cuicrtaincd us to pie, to ;«ff»rd them the protection ofj presume that, to day, it will be discuss-; the people of-the slavcholding Slates upon us in regard to every interest that,
the ••onMituiiouulity «*f this measure had ; governments arid laws. 1 concurred cd at length, as the subject has already t upon the subject of a Southern-organ, is peculiar to us, amT>bicb is not en-
tie fidelity of y.
o say! Tficy
vise to suppose
emptatious which iiifluei
Fellow citizens
We'ha
It iviili ihis conviction upon my ! pul in order. In del’er 8»ultern! D *’*** B ■*!»:« ircalcil with ciSnumely anil scorn
• • ■ -■ . . . .. - - - rcflr--- - —-- r '* > *- L: —• r ‘-T i ihrouph all ihe iivenues which have as
tative. James S Green. j yet been opened to the public opinion
Kentucky.—Repreaentatiaca, R H Stanton, Jaa ofthe.world. That these assaults should
L 7>Mou«e.—S«wtor. Hopkins T. Tnraej; * lac * '^' ,r
reaentatives, Jas H Thomas, Frederick P. Stanton,! " hen we remember that as yet we have
C H Williams, J G Harris. j offered no organised resistance to them'
Florida.—Senators, Jackran Morton, David L, ai|( J opposed bill little, except''the
Y.ee; tewtete E C.r,.nppo C.h.11. I , ' „f
lions of. inquiry were offered in regard
to the. information received by the Go-'
pedhion against
j authority upon
President had sent a "naval
i sulated efforts of members of/Gotigress
j who have occasionally raisedtheir voices
j against what they believed to be wrongs
; and injustice.
It is time that we should meet -and
in which We find • oh r-
i all party and nil otli
purposes of «ell defence. Our relative p
the legislature ot the Union ia diminishing w
ry census, the dangers
becoming great
assaults upon u.
controlling influt
nd the chiet in.-truit
i is the public press, u
iiipinencss, the North e
On the outside of to-dav's issue will be found
such extracts from the report ol the committee on
the Galphin claimjand other facts in relation there-
to. as will present tlie matter to the mind of tba
reader almost as fully and fairly as the publication
of all the documents could do.
e of I O* On Tuesday Iasi, the Usual quietude of the
ih a ! neighborhood in which our sanctum ia situated, was
invaded by strange sounds (unusual in our town,
ues a! which, upon inquiry, we found proceed-
ith* j cd riom a splendid steam engine just going into
e uf, operation at the shop of that enterprising mechanic,
! Mr * Wm C ' Yoakam ' ( hooa;e carpenter) whose
t he | bu * ine,s ha * so r *P«Hy increased lhat be has Keen
the ! compelled to invoke the aid of steam, for the pur
pose of planing and dressing plank, making wid-
dow-sash, blinds, Ac. Ac. We were pleased with,
the music of the ehgine. andUke pleasure in record*
ing this evidence of the rapid advancement of out
We ex]>ect shortly to be enabled to announce tho
opening of another steam eetablisiunent^wbick w#
believe is nearly completed. We affude to the
plank-dressing,sash aud blind-mating factocy and
to be borne that public sentiment
South should be stifled or controlled by the
party press. -
Let us have a press of our own, as the North
has, both here and at home—a press whi
be devoted to Southern rights, and aniu
Southern feeling; which shall look
North, but to the South, for the tone which is to
pervade it Claiming our share ofppwer id Fede
ral legislation, let us also claim our share ol influ
ence in the press of the country, so as to send this
paper into every house in the land. Let us take,
too, all the indans necessary to maiutain the paper
by subscription, so as to incresaso it» circulation,
and promote the spread of knowledge and truth. Let
nand brass foundry of Messrs. Sumxey. Schxv-
l A Co., which we believe was in c#itetnplaUbn
before friend Yoakum's planing coaccro-
Athens is thus going oa, in a quiet, unassuming
shall way. Without half the noise apd blaster,, though
making more real progress than some ol the self-
sty|ed.and self-important ciri^s of the interior. We
are glad, however, to r^ord evidences of improve,
ment and progress in any.part ol the State..
On a future occasion, Avhen we have more |eis-
propose giving some, account q( what
Alilcns. and live county of Clarke a
way of manufactures, &c.
: doing inll|0