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1 PROPRIETORS AND PfRj.IsiIEJiS
.ATHENS, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1850. \ t
VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 12
JUST HQpL&BEET! ,
RING AND bUMMER GOODS!! j-
PON, MOORE k CARLTON,
respuctfulljr inform their friend 1 end
Selected ^Joctrg.
s' Orest Goods s
d And embroidered Swiss muslin;
, beautiful white, pink, bine and
u> muslin*, printed and plain coTd
jwarii, printed lawn*, and organdie martin*, plain
and an tin checked btregea, barege juspree. brocade
barege, printed alborioe*, crape de Paris, printed Flo-
—— ’ * Me and-Swiaa rou*ltn«, Victoria
■aa dm, neat aaaall §g'A print*,
t of eol’d and mourning giag-
r Wk alpaccaa, Mlk-warpedda, every
in, striped and eol’d do. Mir bomba-
common. Turkey red. calico, plain and
1 bordering, tine and beautiful fumi-
l, large and handsome flowers in the
I and eol’d ground*.
Silk goods.
, figured, atriped brocade cJuune-
r and hanilwmta style*; eol’d and
J foulard silks, French satins. Mack
flnmdri&a, plain black groa d« Rhine ailka; wide and
narrow; blaelnod white fif’d rtik veils, 4 Jenny Liud
veils curiously worked with etraw; hl*k and eol’d ailk
ties, gfqPa silk tiaa and pocket-hazulkwchirf*.
LACE AND FANC Y TRIMMINGS.
A large aaanrtment of cotton and thread edging**
japan at and Swiss insert***, trimming*, ribbons, silk
braid, draw buttons, and Ruwia cordlinen, silk and
cotton braid*; black and white lace c ipos, collar* and
catfr; Victoria vi*ettes, linen and cambric handker
chief*. needle-worked do^from t2 60 to $8 60.
MILLINERY ARTICLES.
Taney whit* chip bonnets, fluted pedals French
lace.white cudinette lace, Milan chip, and black Albino
laf Coburg, Oipscy, Jenny Lind, and pearl
and ganaa, «p and neck rihboaa ; wijT «.d
aaah and belt ribbons handsome sprigs and silvered
S ailk finings Indiea’ and gent*’ kid gloves
assortment cotton, linen and silk mite and
i aplcndid lot of umbrella* and parasol*.
ROBINSON'S SHOES.
Ladies’ kid ties, tomes, kid slippers and buskins,
White kid and satin slippers white lid and satin guit
ars linen do. Jenny Lind tie*, children and and misses’
shoes aad gaiter*, geat» calf shoes and boot*.
GENTLEMEN'S. DRESS-GOODS.
French, English, and German Mack and colored
drap da te, Wellington cord. Canton cloth, Italian
cloths black and fancy casslmers white and fancy lin
en drill linen coating, linen and Marseilles vesting*,
saper black satin vestings fancy silk do. gingham*
and linen cravats j silk, lioon and cotton shirt*.
- Tatum's Tauwmos.—A good assortment. f v ■
f STAPLE GOODS.
r. Brown and Maaebed skirtings water-»ww| and
Tfew York mills Maaebed and brown she*ting; linen
sheeting; pillow-case cotton and linen; oottoci diaper,
crash fix- towels huckaback and Russia diapers brown
and bleached table cloths ten and fruit napkius.tla-
ma>k and worsted table covers brawtraod btasna#
Hollands a large lot of Irish linen Columbian stripes
Scotch plaids cotton and Qncn oanaborgs ; a gopd js
, aertnmmt.of straw, Leghorn, Fsnama, moleskin and fur
’ STATIONERY.
' Letter ana fbojs-cap paper, rteel pens and quills,
. note'paper, envelops Wafers and scaling wax..,
HARDWARE 'AND CUTLERY,
C I Hollow wars crockery sadlery.bnxmi* and brushes.
l GROCERIES; $c., %c.
All of which will ho’sold -low for ca«b or approved
credit, at No. 3, Granite Row, Athens, Georgia,
i, April S&, 1850. ■ v ,
NEW SPRING. AND SUMMER;
NEWTON* LUCAS, „,
, ,L SE now teeming a largo assortment of LA-
A DIES’ FANCY DRESS STUFFS; Alborines.
*’ Silk Berrige. assorted, plain''and figured,Tissuod Silks,
do. 6a. do. Grenadines French Muslins, Ginghams,
Uftm Lustre, •
^ .I/OURA'Io'VG GOODS,
■> in great variety; Ribbon*,- Laces, Shawls, Handker
chid*,'Ac, Superior Brussels Loco Capes, AS to $10
- Embroidered Muslin Cape* and Collar*; Silk,
•_ . Linen and Cotton Hose and Glove*;
Kid . Glove* aad Fancy
BVJC9*TOOJIK*T.
Once in the flight of age* part
There lived a man—ana who was be?
Mortal! bow’er thy lot be cart.
That man resembled thce-
Unknown the region of bis birth.
The land in which be died unknown,
Hi* name bath perished from the earth,
This truth survives alone:
That joy, and grief, and hope, and fear,
Alternate triumph’d in his breast;
His bliss and woe, a smile, a tear!
Oblivion bides the rest. * -
Tbe bounding pulse, the langus/Umb,
The changing spirit's rise and fall,
We know ibat these were felt by him,
For taut are felt by all.
He suffered—but his pangs are o’er.
Enjoyed—but his delights are fled,
Had iricuds—hi* friends are now no more,
And Iocs-—bit foes are dead.
He loved—but whom he loved, the grave
Hath lost in it* unconscious womb;
O, she wtu fair! but nought could save
Her beauty from the tomb.
Tbe Tolling seasons, day and night, «
Sun, moon and stars, tbe earth and mafn.fl
Erewbile bis portion, life and light.
To him exist—in vaiu.
He saw whatever thou hast seen.
Encountered all that troubles thee,
He gas—twlliit evcr thou hast been,
j^fvh^rwhat thou shah be!
The cloud* and sunbeams o’er his eye •
That once their shade and glory threw.
Have left in yonder silent sky
No vestige where they flew.
The annsls of the human race,
Their rain siucetbe world began,
. Of Him afford no other trace
ittiscellang.
« Pity bis Family.”
A man falls into embarrassmer.ts,
which ultimately overwhelm him in
bankruptcy or drive him into roguery
anti crime. He was yesterday respect
ed, influential, and supposed to he afflu
ent, and his family were treated, and
they treated themselves accordingly;—
but ttfjjay he is disgraced and steered
clear of—without. resources -oe pros
pects—very likely in prison, and ex
posed to ignominious punishment.—
“Vile wretch!*’ says the million ;"** it
is good enough for him, but we must
pity his family.”
Certainly we must pity them ; pity
ali who suffer—si ill more all who sin
and suffer. They need pity, and there
is noduuger that we shall pity them too
much* But the impression conveyed of
the innocence of the fallen man’s fami-
J^y, and of their unmerited exposure to
'want and ignominy, is often very far
from the truih.
In fact, half the men who are loathed
as dragging down their families to
shame amt'desliluiinn, are reallv them-
There’s »ot a heath, however rude.
But hath some little flower
To brighten its solitude.
And scent the evening hour.
But hath some memory of the part.
To love and call its own.
€l)c (9>att)ertr.
Let a man have all the world
give him/he is still miserable, if he has
a grovelling, lettered, undevout mind.
Let him have his gardens, his fields, his
woods, Ms lawns, for grandeur, plenty,
oroaj»?ui, and gratification, while pi the
same time God is not in all his thoughts;
nd let another have neither .field i
jnrden,; lei him look at nature with
enlightened mind—a mind which <_
see and adore the Creatorand his works,
ca.n consider them ns. demonstrations of
His power, his wisdom, his. goodness ;
nml in nil ins poverty, he is far happf
the other in his riches; * The
were*at once-silent. They were without
thoughts. Their mental faculties were
lying waste. They never read a book.
On the contrary, let a man who i3 ac
customed to read good books be placed
in the most unfavorable circumstances,
and he will at once show the kind oi
company he has been accustomed to
keep. Conversant with the best thoughts*
of other mem His own faculties are
aroused, and the whole tenor of his con
versation at once proves his superiority
to those around him. -We have listened
with interest and instruction to the read
ing farmer, as with marked intelligence
he dwelt upon the operations in which
he was engaged; and we have been
truly edified in conversing wiih\he pious
reading labourer, whose thoughts and
leelings sdmwed^hat he was more than
a mere man—a man renewed, and a
citizen of heaven, in anticipation. Read,
read.—If you wish to be elevated above
the light of the moon, the greater part
of the night.-—LnyariTs Nineveh and its
Remains. '
True 'Education.
We have seldom seen the difference
between learning—book-learning—and
true education, more clearly pointed
out, than the following article in an ex
change : * ■
Books—Latin and Greek—and rub
bing one’s coat sleeves for about three
years against a college wall, are, by
rni^ipr thought all the requisites - for
the i
a-good education. No such thing.—
Some suppose that every learned-man
is therefore an edupaietPman. Nots'o.
A man may study metaphysics till be ts
gray, and languages until he is a walking
polyglot, and if he knows uolhing more,
he is uneducated.
That man is educated, truly, who
knows himself and mankind, and takes
Igar, ignorant herd, read, and be accurate, common sense views
right' choice of yo
Powerful Reasoning.
a young men’s debating society
where down in Indiana, the ques-
_ or discussion was—“Which is the
selves dragged down by those families ■ greatest evil, a scolding wife or a smoky
—driven to bankiuptcy, shame and j chimney f" After the appointed dis-
crimeby the thoughtless and basely self- p Ulanl3 j, a d concluded the debate, a
ish extravagance of wife and children, spectator rose, and begged the privilege
Let a man be in the way of receiving] „f .. making a few remarks on the occa-
considerable money,and having proper-; sion.” Permission being granted, be de-
ty in his hands, and his family can j live red himself in this way:—“Mr.
rarely be made to comprehend and re- j President, I’ve been almost mad a-lisien-
alize that there is any limit to his ahilL „ig to the debate of these ’ere young-
ties to give and to spend. Fine dresses ( sters. They don’t know nothing at all
and ornaments for wife and daughters;
spending money and broad cloths for
hopeful sons; costly parties every now
and then, and richer furniture, and more
of it at all limes; these are a few of
the blind drains on the “governor’s”
means which are peqieiually in action.
f *Oh! what’s a hundred dollars to a
man doing such a business?” is the in
dignant question in case of any demur
or remonstrance on his part. Not one
of them could bear to disgrace him by
earning a dollar ; they can’t see how a
man who can get discounts in .Bank
need ever be short of mopey or siitigy.
in using it. All bis talk of difficulties
or bard limes they regard as customary
fables, intended to scrimp their drafts
on his purse, or enhance their sense.of
his generosity. When it is so easy to
fill up a check, why will he be hoggish ?
Let him give fifiy dollars to any philan
thropic object, or invest five hundred,
however safely* in any attempt to meli
orate the. sufferings of the poor, and
they now.see clearly that lie ha3 hoards
of gold, and can just as well give iheni
®. 1 often regarded by his family as a sponge
to be squeezed, a goose to be plucked.
legs, plain an J fancy Cloths, Casaimere and Vestings,
of every style, Ac.
Hats, Gaps, Boots aad S oca:
A lot of well assorted Bovs’ and Misses’ Hats and
” * * r and fashionable Bonnets, Shoe*
the above articles, they have a Adi supply
da of staple, and fancy dry goods, that are
thie market. Also a large and well as-
WARE AND CUTLERY,
, Carpenters', and Tanners' Tools,
fie#,' Bridles, and Harness, LcOlk-
Ofl Cloth, Carpeting, Mat-
*■— n 'vrriagt: Trimmings,
Horse Nnuings.
LSO—
OF GROCEBIES.
VSR, 8P1CB. COP
FITS TKAS, COF-
CLOTniNG THAN EVRR!
XIMFIELD, would respectfully call tbe
^ at u-nt ion of .all those wantk* dothog, told*
new and wcU selected assortment of 8pring and
is
cot k*v Drawer*. *«lk. -cotton aod wool Undcr-
but little lower than an
. Tudtii.—Truth is a subject
which men will not suffer.to grow old.
Each age has to fighi with its own false
hood* ! each man with his love of say
ing to’.himself and those around him,
pleasant things ami things serviceable
for lo-dny, rather than things which are,
Ycra child appreciates at once the di
vine necessity of troth; never asks,
“ What harm is therein saying the thing
there ir not ?” and'an old man 'finds in
his growing eXjK’riencc wider and wi
der applications of the great doctrine
and discipline of truth.
Education.—The striving of
modern fashionable education is to make
the character impressive ; while the re
sult of good education, though not the
iiiro, would be to make it expressive.
There is a tendency in modern educa
tion to cover the fingers wiib rings, and
at the same time, to cut the sinews at
the wrist. The worst education, which
tcaches.self-denial, is heller than the
best which teaches everything else, and
not that.
Vex not vonrself when illy spoken
of. Contumelies, not regarded ^-vanish;
but, repined at, argue either a puny
soul or a guilty consciency.
xeellence is providentially be
yond the reach of inda\eoce,ihat success
may be the reward of industry,'and that
idleness may bp punished with obscu
rity and disgrace.
Riches arc but. ciphers—it is the
mind that makes the sum.
Rogue# in rags are kept in coun
tenance by fpuges in ruffles.
—Plain dealing , is a jewel* hut
those who wear it are oat of fashion.
■ .'Be calm and steady;'nothing
will grow under * moving harrot
. —-Thegrave buries every > error-
covers every defect—extinguishes every
resentment. From its peaceful-.bosom
springs none but fond regrets and ten-
Iriadwa’Dm, Pock-, der recollections. Who can took down
HgU&CMU&>’> 'dM^rSbi upon the grave WFan.-enemy,, and not
»«? TwwsAi
>c ««w4irtmcnt of TnuJa, Carpet Ban VoUsm, Ac.
do.r beta. Rc«* Ware, BreU.«.
«»• - • . April 18. 18sa .
. .THE PLANTEirS GUlDli
feel a compunctiqnsrthrob that he §hould
have warred with the • poor handful ot
earth .that'lies mouldering before him !
• ' v .
Fix Military.—A young ensign,
complaining-.-of the smallness of bis
aparimcnts at , the barracks, . after
many attempts at asimile, compared
1 Kernel.
orange to be sucked, a spring to be
drank from when thirsty, without,
diminishing its flow. The stuff is there
profusion—the only trouble is
make him give it up.
Iii vaiu he remonstrates—implores
puts down his foot; He cannot be
eternally contending with those he love!
si ; he wants quiet at. home in order
mature his plans and perfect,his ope
rations. If he resists importunity, the
pumps are set going, ami
about the subject. What do they kn<
about the evils of a scolding wife?
Wait.till they have had one for twenty
years, and been hammered, and jam
med and slammed .all the while—and
wait til) they’ve been scolded because
the baby cried, because the fire wouldn’t
hum, because the oven was too'hot, be
cause the cow kicked over the milk, be
cause it rained, because tbe sun shined,
because the hens didn’t lay, because the
butter wouldn’t come, because the old
cat had kittens, because they came too
socn for dinner, because they
minnte too late, because they
cause they tore their trowsers, because
they invited a .neighbor woman to call
again, because they, got sick, 1 ojr because
they did^inytbingcl»e<, neNM^ter wheth
er they.' couldn’t help H or not, before
they talk about the evjls of a scold
ing wife,-; why, Mr. PresitlentrPd rather
hear the’clatter of hammers and stones,
and twenty tin pans and nine brass ket
tles, than the din, din, tlin, o!-the tongue
of a scolding wife. -‘ Yes, sir-ee, 1 would.
To my mind, Mr. President, a smoky
chimney is ria pfore to he compared, to
a scolding wjjMg'than a little negro *
a dark night.*£§»,'<
manners, and things around him. Some
very learned men are periecl block
heads—and the reason is, they arc no
educated.
y no means would we speak dispar
agingly of books—properly selected and
choice books.
But the great Book ofHuman Nature
one which should be the most thor
oughly read. Washington, Franklin,
Sherman, and many others we could
name, eminent men, were not overstock
ed with learning; but their lives and
their aciions prove lhal they were
thoroughly educated J Instances of this
kind may be found in all countries, and
among all classes ol people—men who
» have never entered a college hall,
but have been a rich blessing to their
country, and gone down to the« narrow
house,’ with the blessing of posterity
their heads. Learning is only the
means, not the end.
..-ArJ* Dancing-
TB^pWtterJia'ving been devoured -to
thp lost fragment, dancing succeeded.
Some scruples had to be overcome be
fore the women would join, us there
were other tribes, besides their c
present; and when at length'by the
eriions of Mr. Hormuzd Rassarn. this
difficulty was overcome, they made up
. different sets. Those who did not take
an active share in the amusements seat
ed themselves on the grass, and formed
can stand the April showers of feminine ] a large circle around the dancers. The
sorrow? He giveaway at last; and | Sheikhs remained, on I lie sofas and di-
throws down the money demanded, vans. The dance of the Arabs, the
hoping that some great news by the next Dcbke, as il.is called, resembles in some
A -Vonutain of Gold.
The Pacific News of April 29 has a
very singular article in relation to an
alleged discovery of a mountain
posed of gold and silver. The first
mention made of this roost ‘marvel
lous of nature’s productions, was
letter written to the N. Y; Commercial
Advertiser, which at the time
thought to he a clever parody on the
wonderful accounts from California.—
Subsequently, a parly of emigrants, fit- Slavery,
i\
llnlitirnl Ud together, to assniUnd destroy Stave. Cl ^
Jr* W *9¥H* ! fyitnhe South. The Southern Stales did
- 1 ' ™ —• * ; ncrthing.to vindicate their'righis and ar-
ADDBESS'OF THE [ rest this enurse r>f things. The Mexi-
SOUTHERN CONY'ENTION :ean War broke out; arid instead nfilmt i
To ,U T co P tc of Dclatmrc. MaryLvd, .Z"
rngjgZ North Carolina. SonthCaro- [ ’ !*'% ,ak ‘ n
lina, Georgia. Florida, AlaUnna, Mi,- j f ic ^a bring iZ a ^ nn,MtonoTabte
sus‘i>2“i Tenneisce, Kentucky, Louutana, j conciusionfin ,hn very firs, npproprin!
Tara,. Muaoun and Ar/canra, ^ , hc N T rth P ™
hEi.tow-ClTHENs—In obedience lo deavorc.l in thrust in the sohiect .of CL.
the commands of those we represent, we j Slavery. Throughout the war, they ( / r';
have assembled together to confer with | kept up the agitation ; thus clearly
each other concerning your relation with manifesting their determination that tit*
general Government in none of its ope- | y
rations, internal or external, shall be ^
exempted from the ".introdbetiop of this
dangerous subject. The war closed
with honor; and an immense territory f a.-\^
was added lo the United States. Their ^ Aj %
previous threats were realized; and
the non-slaveholding States immediate
ly claimed the right to exclude the peo- f
the General Government and the
slaveholding States of 'the Union, on
the subject of the institution of Slavery.
We deem proper to lay before you,
as briefly as the subject will permit,
the result of our deliberations and coun
cils. .
In order that your condition may be
understood, and the conclusions at
which we have arrived be justly appre
ciated, il 13 necessary briefly lo refer lo
a few past transactions.
It is now sixteen years since the in-
stitution of Slavery in the South began
to be agitated in Congress and assailed
by our sister States. Up to that time,
the people of the Northern States seem
to have respected the rights reserved
to the Southern States by the Constitu
tion, antLlo have acted under the con
viction, that the subject of Slavery be
ing beyond the legislation of Congress,
all agitation with respect to it, on the
part of Congress, was equally forbid
den by. the Constitution. But, at this
time, a portion of the people of the
North began to assail, in Congress, the
institution of Slavery, and lo accom
plish iheir object of dragging it into ihe
vortex of congressional agitation, they
claimed the right of petitioning Con
gress upon all subjects whatsoev
er. As a petition is only the first step
in legislation, it was clear that a right
to petition a legislative body must be
limited by its powers of legislation.—
No one can have a right to ask of an
other to do that which he has no moral
or legal right lo do. Nor can any tribu
nal have the power to receive and con
sider any matter beyond its jurisdiction.
The claim, therefore, to present peti-
. Congress on the subject of
considered by the South-
ting Out for a Spot aboqYsixtymiiles east ( ern Representative^ generally,
of Puebla de los Angeles, having heard attempt, indirectly, to tfjsume jurisdic-
ofthe existence of vast quantities of gold j ,lon over the subject itself, in all parts
in another direction, changed their des- j °^jhe Union. The object, without dis
tillation. We continue with the .re- S U * SR » wds the overthrow of Slavery in
latino given by the News: *l ,e States; but our assailants framed
The route lay in a northeast direction l 1 * 1 ® P e f' l ' on3 presented, chiefly against
from ihe place o! departure, and full pf; S,a . ver y i n l H e District of Columbia
difficulties. Striking the Mahahveriver,
they followed its course some distance,
crossing and recrosstng as necessity
and our Territories, and against what
they call the internal slave trade—that
i$, the transmission of slaves from one
compelled, some days as often as fif- •Southern State to another, f Conscious
teen rime’s, leaving it where it makes
bend to the southeast, toward the Col- .Slavery in Congress to destroy ihpiCnhgfesfl has become little than a
orado', into which it empties. Obstacles P eace and stability of the Union, an ef-]g ra nd instrument in the hands of alioli-
were encountered at
parts of
the journey almost insurmtiuntaWt. in: 'portion of the Nnrtbern Representafiy.
steamship, some turn of luck in his bu
siness. will make it up id him. Perhaps
it does, and he floats on; perhaps it
don’t, and this Iasi feather lias broken
the elephaut’s back. The end, howev
er, nenr or distant, .is morally certain.
Treated always as a mme to be opened
at will, he finally grows desperate, and
rushes into reckless speculation or blast
ed crime, and is overwhelmed with ru-
Selfish villain,” cry the ignorant
crowd ; “ how could he run such a cn-
How we pity his family !” No
doubt of it: But if you knew more,
perhaps you would pity Atm.
The Difference.
How easy it is to detect the differ
ence between one who reads and one
who does not read! The one who does
not read derives the little knowledge he
posseseafrom conversation.; and as his
intercourse is generally with persons rif
lhe*same class, his whole slock con
sists of the gossip of the neighbourhood.
The only use of his memory is to lay up
trifling occurrences or remarks/ which
can be of little utility and afford hot
slender grounds ’for useful reflection.
In stopping at a country tavern, we have
sometimes made it our business to listen
to a group of men on the piazza, and
have been surprised to find how long
they could engage the attention of each
other in discussing the merits of a horse,
oc. jn telling ot an accident which, hap
pened to a cow. - AVe could easily, per-,
ceive fromibejr whnle•conversation that
they bad never read* a book. -Even
respects that of the Albanians, and
those who perform in it are scarcely
less vehement in their gestures, or less
extravagant in their excitement, than
those wild mountaineers. They form
rcle, holding one another by the
baud, and, moving slow f3* round at first,
go through a shuffling step with their
feel, twisting, their bodies into various
itudes. As the music quickens,
their movements are more active; they
stamp with their leet, yell their'war-
crv, and jump as they hurry around
the musicians. -The motions,of the wo
men are not wilboot/ £ra^e; but as
they insist on wrapping’ themselves
in their coarse cloaks before they join
in the dance, their forms, which the
simple Arab shirt so well display:.
entirely concealed. When those who
formed the Debkc were completely ex
hausted by thejr exertions, they joined,
the lookers on, and seated themselves
on thp ground. . Two yrarriojs of differ
ent tribes, furnished with ; shields and
drawn scimitars, then entered the circle
aud Went through the sword dance. As
the‘music quickehecT, the excitement of
the performers increased. .The bystan
ders'at length were obliged lo interfere,
and to- deprive the combatants of their
weapons, which were replaced fiy stout
staves. Witfi these' they, belabored
ona ariother: unraercifuljy; ; 1p the great
enjoyment _ <ff r the crowd." On every
successful'hiti the' tribe' to-which.the
one whd'dealt it belouged.s6t up tbeif
war-cry and shouts 1 of applause, whilst
ihe \yomea deafened u's with thfl shrill
tfiatehla noise made by-a’combined
the shape of mountains of rock which
they had toolimb.and mountains of snow
which they could not avoid; narrow gor
ges through which they had to pass, and/
still narrower cliffs along whose crests
nothing hut a mute could pass with a
prospect of safety, and where the slight
est mis-step would land rider and all
hundreds of feet below ; but they push-
>n about 230 miles from the Pueblo,
point for which they started. Here,
ng the eastern spurs of the Sierra!
Nevada, they, found the object of their-
search—gold-—and silver t*”* •
such quantities as they had
suppress it by a rule in the House
pof. Representatives, which, provided
that all petitions on the su.bjeciof Slave
ry should be neither considered, priut-
of—a perfect mountain of rocks with sil- subjectl ^slavery in- Congress,
nd gold mingled and commingled in J T “ *'
solid masses weighing from one to many
tons. The quartz proved to beexceetl-
igly hard, to such ai degree "that, dur
ing their short stay, all their imple
ments, made.for this particular purpose
starting, were completely worn
the operation of drilling and"
blasting.
The strangest part of the whole
Covery is yet to he told. These large
boulders of gold, stiver and quartz have
the gold in the south end and the silver
in the north end. No exceptions
found in their examination, the silver
being the most abundant of the two. In
the words of the person who
spot, “ there is enough silver there to
sink every ship in this harbor.” „ .
Possibly some may look upon this
account as a jest, and, so far as the
practicability of pulling the discovery
to any use at present is concerned, it is
All the water to be found for miles
pie of the Southern Stales from all’ the
territory acquired, and to appropriate
it • to themselves. If this pretension
arose from a mere lust of power, it
would be hard, to bear the superiority
and mastery it implies. It'would de
grade the Southern Stales from being the -
equals of the Northern States, to a posi
tion of colonial inferiority. But when
your exclusion is not from a mere lust
of power, but is only a further step in
the progress of things, aiming at the
abolition of Slavery in the States, by
the extension and multiplication ofnon-
slaveholdlng States in the Union, the
pretension is seen lo be as alarming as
it is insulting. The Southern States,
in their Legislatures set forth with
great unanimity the rights in our terri
tories belonging to them in common
with the Northern Stales, and declared
their determination to maintain them;
and finding in the Northern States no
disposition to abate iheir demands,
the Convention in which we are assem
bled, has been brought together to take
counsel as to the course the Southern
States should pursue* for the mainte
nance of their rights, their liberty and
honor. ~
Such is a brief, hot imperfect state
ment of past transactions; and they
force upon us the question*, in what con
dition do they place thq Southern
Slates? And first* what is their condi
tion in Congress ? _The rime was when
your Representatives in Congress, were
neither offered, nor would they endure
reproach in your behalf. Bui for many
years past, they have beard : you in Con
gress habitually reviled by the most op
probrious epithets on account bf the in
stitution of Slavery. If their spirits are
yet unbroken, they must be chilled by a
sense of humiliation al fhe'tnsulis they
daily receive as your representatives.
iYou are arrninged ns criminal*. Slave-
nf the fatal tendency of the agitation of? r .V 18 dragged into every debate, and
fort was made, supported by a largej ,innists lo degrade rind ruin the South.
referred. ^This rule"
sailed by the people of the Northern
States, as violating that clause, of the
Constitution which prohibits Congress
from passing laws to prevent' the peo
ple from peaceably assembling and pe
titioning for a redress of grievances.^ In
December, 1844, this ruin fell before
the almost unanimous voice .of the
North; and thus the unlimited power
I reducing and considering the
asserted, j In the mean time, the
of the Northern people showed clearly
that the agitation of Slavery in Con
gress was only one of the means they
relied on to overthrow this institution
throughout the Union. Newspapers
were set up amongst them, and lecturers
were hired to go abroad to excite them
against Slavery in the Southern States.
Organizations were formed lo carry off*
slaves from the South, and to. protect,
them by violence from recapture. Al
though the Constitution requires that
fugitive slaves, like fugitives from jus
tice, should be rendered up by the
States to which they may hove fled, the
legislatures of almost every Northern
State, faithless to this treaty" stipulat
-between the Stales, passed laws, de
signed and calculated entirely to de
feat this provision of tbe Constitution,
without which the Union would have
never existed, and by-these law
ually nullified the actnf 1794, ’passed
Instead of peace and protection, ag
gression and insult on the Souih char
acterize its proceedings and councils.—
And what is your condition, with rc-
;spect to your sister States 1 : Where is
that respect and -comity, which (due
from nil nations towards each oiher}is
more especially due from Slates bound
together in a confederacy, and which
was once displayed in all their inter-
iQrse; instead of respect and sympa
thy—denunciation and hostility, on ac
count of your institution of slavery,
have for years past characterized the
immunications addressed to you by
the Northern States. And what is your,
•ondirion . in the Union? The noo-
laveholding States stand combined, not
mly to wrest from you your conimen
property, but to place upon your front,
the brand of inferiority. You are not to
extend, on account of your institutions,
hut they are to increase and multiply,
that the shame and sin of slavery, may
by their philanthropic agency, he extin
guished from amongst you. But tbe
worst feature of your condition, is, that
it is progressive. As low and humil
iating ns it now may be, it is destined
if not arrested, to “a lower deep.”—
Every effect isva cause; and the spirit
of fanaticism brooks no delay in the
progress il creates.’ If.you were to
yield everything the North requires—
abolish slavery in the District of Co
lumbia—submit to be legislated pirates
for conveying slaves from one State to
another, let trial by jury and |be writ
of Habeas Corpus, wrest from you in
the Northern States every fugitive
slave, give up-atl.yoor territories lo
swell Northern arrogance and predomi
nance, woold tbings slop there ? These
all means aiming at one great end—
'when politics was the subject; noevt- . « ««.<•» w*ui> •
dencc was furnished' that they bad any t'motiorf-bf the tongue, throat and hand,
just views of the state of the countryyj vibrated rapidly over thy mouth.—
or of the great questions discussed by i When an Arab or allurd hears the ^ba
the leaders.. They knew by what narne j lehl he a!most loses his senses through
them to a nut shell; mi which a friend they were called, and that was abuot; excitement, and is ready to commit any
CHASK A FETERSOX.'-rcongratulated him, as bv dwelling in-a all. We have seen, too. the family of: desperate act. A party of Kurdish jes
' Ul °ManuapthBo°fc he had attained* the rank oC a .LAaaar *•
_ .espectable farmer, whose whole con- j ters from the mountains, entertained
versation from day to’day, and month * *he Arabs wi|h performances ftnd imi-
to month, was furnished by the trifiing^ltons mo . lfc amusing than refined.—
j incidents of ihe nniahhorhnod. Tntro- Thev Were received with shouts of
Don’t rob yourself, said the. farmer,!incidents of the neighborhood. Intro-’They were received
wheii.lbfbiwVir'calTedJiirobard names. 1 dace any mdreinstructive topic, and they Janghter. The dance wa9 kept.up by *
and miles around-is highly impregnated [ by Congress toaidrji's enforcement. Not
with salt or saheratus, or both. .Not a [content with the-dgitatinn of Slavery in
single drop of .water free from one or [political. circles; the Northern peo- «.*. .-—.— o
the other of these properties' did.one of] pie-forced it also.' into’ the religious as-1 the abolition ol Slavery i.n the States.-
the party obtain dbring their stay. ' The]’ social ions extending over the. Union, | Surrendering one of these means you
whole region is a perfect waste, disease [and produced'a separation of ihe Meth-j will but inflame the power hy which
and death must inevitably follow, any j odist and .Baptist-churcfies. The re- nriothe? will be exacted and when all
prolonged stay. On their return they suit of all these various methods of as- aie conquered, will the evil be arresi-
met a large company .going lo the same , sailing Slavery inthe Southern State#, ed* Iufifly years, twenty non-slavey
spot. A true statement of the difficul- was, tirat it became the grand topic of
lies and dangers ot a- further' piosecu-J interest arid discussion in Congress and
linn of the expedition induced *abobl' out of Congress; aridofie ofthe most iro-
t wo bund red to tarn back-t-fifty went on. [. porta nt-elements of [solitics fn the Union.
Thegentleman named/ 'from' whom fThus an fosritiition,-belonging ; to the
holding Suites'xqaj be added -to the
Union, whilst some, which are now
slnveholdiiig, may-'become non-slave-
liiddiiig .States.' There, then, will be
no. rired as now. opcnfy to put aside the
these facts havebeeriobtained'is nnwjhiSouthern States excirfsively, tvas wrestr -consiHuiion to r«afh- their object. If
...r.L j .r» i.;. ....... 1 ml -Auni...r..n • .nl ..nft iJitv,11 dp,am- 'ia (biit.-lho non-slave-
ibuotfe'xcitcmentjandis ready to commit any 'tbis'eity, with specimens in bis posses-! ed froth' their exclusive cohtrotf 'anjl
!r . .*' on> brought from the mother roofint'a(if.].fpitead.of thatjtrbteciiSri which is the.
They are the most singular aifd beauti-! greaF'ohjecl- of all governments,^ and
ful we have ever seen, and one need on-i which the Constitution of the' .United
ly to see them, and hear him, to be con-r i Stales guarantees to all tiro Stiles an^1
inccdthai nothing has. been.^told^ but [their institutions, the Northern^ States,
fie truth. - ;- • j v -antiCongressunclertheircontrql.yornbin-
■they wilVdeigtr to doit r the non-slave-
holding States ‘wilt then have the j>ow-
er by two thirds in' Congress and three
fourths of the States, to amend the
conslitulion r aml- then liave its ex
press sanction to consummate their pol
icy. Your condition is progressive.-