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Mr. Clay's Speech
The following is the conclusion of Mr. Clay’s
speech in the Senate on his Compromise Roso-
lutiong:
Mr. Underwood. Will tho Senator give
way for nn adjournment ?
Mr. Clay. Ob, no; if I do not weary tho
patience of tho Senate, I prefer to go on. 1
think I can begin to seo land. I shall soon
coino to tbo conclusion of whut I have to say.
Such is tho Union,and such are the glorious fruits
which nro now throated with subversion und
distraction. Well, air, the first question which
naturally arisesis, supposing the Union to be dis
solving for any of tile cnoscs or grievances
which ure complained of, how far will dissolu
tion furnish a remedy for those grievances! II
the Union is to be dissolved for any existing sineo come
cause, it will bo bocauso slavery is interdicted
or not allowed to be introduced into tbo ceded
territories; or because slavery is threatened to
be abolished in ifio District of Columbia; or
because fugitive slaves ure not restored,ns in mv
opinion they ought to be, to their musters.
These I believe would bo tbo causes, if there
be any causes which car, load to tho dreadful
event to which I have referred. Let us sup
pose tho Union dissolved; what remedy does
it, in. a severed state, furnish fur the grievances
complained of in its united condition? Will
you be able at the South to push slavery into
the ceded territory ? How-are you to do it,
supposing the North, cr all stutes ’north ol the
Phtomao, in possession ot tho navy nod nnny
of tho United States? Cun you expect, I say,
under these circumstances', tbut if there is 11
dissolution of the Union yon can carry slavery
into California and New Mexico? Sir, you
cannot dream of such an occurrence."
If it were abolished in tbo District of Colum
bia und the Union were dissolved, would the
dissolution of the Union re-tore slavery in tho
District of Columbia? Is your chance for the
recovery of your fugitive slaves safer in a stale
of dissolution, of severance of the Union, than
when in tho Union itself? Why, sir, what is
the state of the fact? In tbo Union you lose
some slaves and recover others; but here let
mic revert to a fact which I ought to have
fioticcd before, bocuuse it is highly creditable
to tho courts and juries of tho free states. In
every -instance, as far as my information ex
tends, nr which an appeal has been nmdo to the
•ourts of justice to recover penalties from those
who have assisted in decoying slaves from their
masters—in every instance, us fur as I have
heard, the court has assorted the rights of the
owner, and thejury has promptly returned an
adequate verdict on his behalf. Well, sir,
there is thon some remedy while you nro a
part of the Union for the recovery of your slave",
and some indemnification for their loss. What
would you have if tho Union,was severed? Why,
then the several parts would be independent
of each other—foreign countries—and slaves
—escaping from one to tho other would bo
like slaves escaping'from tho United States to
Canada. There would bo no right of -extra-
ditioivno right to demand your slaves; no right
tohpeaPto tho courts, of justice to indemnify
you forgfee loss of your sluves. Where one
slavo escapes now by running away from his mas
ter, hundreds and 'thousands would escape if
the Union were dissevered—I care not how or
where you run the line, or whether indepen
dent sovereignties be established. Well, sir,
finally, will you, in a case a of dissolution of the
Union, bo sttfer with your slaves within tho
separated portions of the stutes than you are
now ? Mr. President, that they will escape
much more frequently from tho border states no
one will deny.
' And, sir, I must tako occasion Jtero to sny
that, in my opinion, there is no right on tho
part of any one or more of tho states to secede
from the Uuion. War ami desolution of
the Union uro identical und inevitable, in
my opiniou. There can he a dissolu-
ion of tho Union only by consent or by
war. Consent no one can anticipate, from any
existing slate of things, is likely to be given,
and war is the only alternative by which a dis
solution could be accomplished. If consent
were given—if it were possible that wo were
to be separated by one great line—in less than
sixty days after such consent was given war
would; break out between the slaveholding ai a
non-3laveholding portions of this Union—be
tween tho two independent par s into which it
would bo erected in virtue of the net of sepa
ration. In less than sixty days, I believe, our
slaves from Kentucky, flocking over in num-
Shrs to the other sido of the river, would bo
persued. by their owners. Our hot. and ardent
spirits would be restrained by no sense of the
right which appertains to the independence of
theotho'r sido of tho rivet, should that bo the
line of separation. They would pursue their
slaves into the adjacent free stutes; they would
he repelled, and the consequence would be that
in lees than sixty days, war would be blazing
in every part of this now happy and peaceful
| land.
W And, sir, how are you going to separate tho
stutes of this Confcdracy? In my humble opin
ion, Mv. President, we should begin with at
least thico separate Confederacies. There
would be a Confederacy of the North, a Con
federacy of the Southern Atlantic slave-holding
states; and a Confederacy of the. valley of the
Mississippi. My life upon it, that the. vast po
pulation which has already concentrated and
will concentrate on the head-waters and the tri
butaries of the Mississippi will never give their
consent that tho month of that l iver shall bo
held subject to the power of any foreign state
or community whatever. Such, I believe,
would be the consequences 6f a dissolution of
the .Union, immediately ensuing; hut other Con
federacies would spring up from time to time,
a« dissatisfaction and discontent were dissemi
nated throughout tho country—the Confederacy
of the lakes, perhaps the Confederacy of New
England.,or of the middle states. Ah, sir, the
veil which covers thesesadnud disastrous ovents
that lie beyond it, is too thick to be penetrated
or lifted by nnv iitortuleyo or hand.
Mr. President, I urn directly opposed to any
purpose, of secession or separation. I am for
staying within the Union end defying any por
tion of this confederacy to expel! me or drive
me out of the Union, I am for staying
within the Union and fighting for mV rights, if
mjW’afiary, with the sword, within the .bounds
and under the safeguard of the Union. I 'tm
for vindicating tlidoMsghts, not by being driVpn
out of the Union harshly and tSnucromo-iiuusLi
• • • *' .• ■ . . " •
by any portion of this confederacy. Here I am-'
within it,and here I meun to stand and die, as far
us my individual wishes or purpi ses.cun fro—
within it to protect my property and defend
myself, defying all the power on earth to expel
me or drive mo from tho situation in which 1
am placed.*—And would there not ho more
safety in fighting within the Union than out ot
it? Suppose your lights to bo violated, sup
pose wrong to be done you, aggressions to be
perpetrated upon you, cnnyiiu not bettor vindi
cate tliom—ifyou have occassion to resort to the
last necessity,the sword,for n rostorutiunof those
rights—within, and with the sympathies ot a
lurge portion of the population ol tho Union,
than by being without the Union, when a large
portion of the population liuvp sympathies ad
verse to your own ? I on can vindicate your
rights within the Union better than.if expell
ed from the Union, und driven from it without
ceremony and without authority.
Sir, I have said that I thought there was no
right on tho part of one or more states to secede
from the Union. I think so. The constitu
tion of the United States w as made not mere
ly for the generation that then existed, but for
posterity—unlimited, undefined, endless, per
petual posterity. And every state that then
canto into the Union, und every state that has
since come into the Union, came into it bind
ing itself by indissoluble bands to remain with
in'the Union itself, and to remain within it by
its posterity forever. Like another of tho sa
cred connexions, in private life, it is n marriage
which no human authority can dissolve or di
vorce tbo purties from. And if I may be allow
ed to refer to some examples in private life,
let mo say to tbo North and to the South, whut
husband and wife say to each other. We have
mutual faults; nel’her of us is perfect; nothing
in the form of humanity is perfect; let us, then,
be kind to each other—for hearing, forgiving
each other’s faults—und above all, lot us live in
happiness and pence together.
Mr. President, I have said what I solemnly
believe, that dissolution of the Union and war
are identical and inevitable; that they ure con
vertible terms; and such a war as it would be,
following a dissolution of the Union! Sir, wo
may search the pages of history, and none so fe
rocious, so bloody, so implacable, so extermina
ting—not even tho wars of Greece, including
those of the Commoners of England and the
revolutions of Prance—none, none of tluyn nil
would rage with such violence, or l«e charac
terized w ith such bloodshed and enormities as
would the war which must succeed, if that
event ever happens, the dissolutionoftho Union.
And what would bo its termination? Standing
armies and navies, to an extent streatching the
revenues of each portion of the dissevered mem
bers, would take place. An exterminating war
would follow—not, sir, a war of two or three
yours’ duration, but a war of interminable dura
tion—and exterminating wars would ensue, tin-
til after tho struggles and exhaustion of both
parties, some Philip or Alexander, some Ctesar
or Napoleon, would arise and cut the Gordian
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1850.
£C|* See niis&ellany oil first page.
Mr. Clay’s Speech.—Mr. Clay’s great
speech on his compromise resolutions is pub
lished at length jn several of tho Northern
papers. Various opinions ore expressed of
this last effort of the great Statesman of the
West; some characterizing it as a speech
worthyof his palmiest days, while others say
that both in matter and manner it fell far below
the high expectations of the country. The occa
sion wus one of nbsobing interest, and it is
probable that no man, not even ,Henry Clay
in his prime, could have acquitted himself so
as to havo added additional interest to the sub
ject, or to have met the conflicting views and
feelings of his nudtt.ory.
We have had time to give but a glance through
the speech, which fills some ten or twelve close
ly printed columns of the N. Y.Commercial Ad
vertisor; but even had wo an opportunity to re
view his argument, we would not undertake the
task. vWc dissent from his scheme, believing
ns we do, thnt the basis proposed Is not such
an one lis can, or ought to give satisfaction to
the South. For the sake of the Union we are
willing to go far to compromise tho unhappy
difficulty between tho North and South; but
we could not consent, under nny circumstances,
to abandon all that the South justly claims,
while ihe North surrenders nothing which she
has a right to claim. A scheme of compro
mise, to be worth the experiment, must be bas
ed upon mutuulconcession of interests and rights
—it must be equal und just—it must be such nn
arrangement as will, while it gives present con
tentment, insure future permanence. We do
not regard Mr Clay’s compromise as such an
one."I We sincerely hope, however, that it may
lend to such an adjustment of the difficulty as
will effectually put the exciting question at rest
preserve our political Union, and give an endur
ing peace to the country.
The closing paragraphs of Mr. Clay’s speech,
which will bef-iuml in another column of our pa
per to-day, present in a striking light the state
of tilings, which, in bjs opinion, would inevita
bly follow a dissolution of the Union. His re
marks on this branch of his subject are ealeu- next ’ Novv the >" are lr - vit, S t( > aboli * h the cats
knot, mid solve tho problem of the capacity of
man for self-government, and crush the liberties
of both the severed portions of this common
empire. Cun you doubt it?.
Look at nil history—consult her pages, an
cient or. moelenv—look at human nature; leek at
ihe contest in which you would be engaged in.
tho supposition of war following upon tho dis
solution of tho Union, such as I have suggested:
and Insk you if it is possible for you to doubt
that tho final disposition of the whole would be
sorno despot treading down the liberties of the
people—thefina-1 result would be the extinction
of ibis last and glorious light which is leading
all mankind, who ure ’gazing upon it, in the
hope and anxious expectation that tho liberty
which prevails here will sooner.or later e disus
ed throughout the whole of the civilized world.
Sir, can you lightly contemplate these con
sequences ? Can you yield yourself-to the
tyranny of pas-ion, amid dangers which l have
depicted in colors tar too tame of what the
result would be if that direful event to whi ‘
I have referred should ever occur? Sir, I im
plore gentlemen, I adjure them, whether from
the South or tlmNorth, by all thnt they hold dear
in this world—by all they lovo of liberty—by
all their veneration for their ancestors—by all
their regard for posterity—by all their gratitude
to Him who has bestowed on them such un
numbered and countless blessings—by nil tho
duties which they owe to niamlkind—and by
all the duties which they owe to themselves, to
pause, solemnly to pause at tho edge of the
precipice, before the fearful and dangerous leap
is taken into the yawning abyss below, from
which none who ever take it shall return in snfe
‘y
Finally, Mr. President and in conclusion, I
implore, us tho best blessing which Heaven
can bestow upon me, upon earth, that if the
direful event of the disolution of liiis Union is
to happen, I shall not survive to behold the
sad and heart rending spectacle.
luted to suggest serious and painful thoughts ii
every patriotic breast, and should be read by
every American, from the Aroostook to the Sac
ramento.- How many, North and South, will
be ready to join with Mr. Clay’ in his truly
patriotic aspiration, with which ho closes his
rent effort' in behalf of the Union.
Correspondent of the N. Y. Jour, of Com
San Francisco, Dec, 29, 1849
You will learn by the papers of the destine
tive fire which has just occurred here. At one
liino all hope of saving any part of the city
was given up by every one. As it wus, it burnt
gambling houses, hotels, restaurants, offices
stores, tents, dwelling houses, bowling alleys
store sheds, and lumber yards. It ruined and
blew a gale for three weeks up to the time of
the fire. That morning was the most calm and
pleasant concoivuble. The next day it again
commenced to rninnnd blow. It was one of the
most remarkable instances, ever witnessed
the visitation of the Almighty, sweeping, as it
did, the principal and most notorious, as well
as the first gambling establishment, where
night am} duy, Sundays and week days, openly
unhltishingly and hoaslingly, did they vinlat
the laws of both God and man. Many hav
beon ruined by the fire, and yet the rebuilding
commenced the very morning after it occur
rod.
In a former letter I mentioned Mr. and Mrs
Johnson being on hoard of the steamer. They
reached here, and he had rented a little cot
tage, furnishing it elegantly at an expense o ?
some thousands. Appearances indicated pros
perity, wealth uifd longlife, when lo: yester
day ho was dining at the most expensive re,
taut ant, eating, among other delicacies, ninsh-
ruon». One of them sickened him, and going
home, ho sent for a physician, but it was too
late. He died almost immediately, unconsci
ous of anything ! His wife is almost bereft of
her reason, and what she eau do here, under the
circumstances, Heaven only knows. Thus
death has commenced his ravages among those
who started from the docks in New York, thnt
pleasant afternoon ip September, 1849.
The Military Parade.—Wo were unable
yesterday to attend the Review which took
place on the Parade Ground. A friend who
was there describes it as a very handsome pa
geant in which cur volunteers acquitted them
selves in a highly creditablo manner. In addi
tion to tho uniformed companies, several com
panies of tho Militia were present and ma le a
very soldier-like appearance. The volunteer
companies in attendance were
Chatham Artillery.
Liberty Tuoor.
Liberty Guard.
Effingham Hl-zzaits.
Georgia Huzzars.-
Republican Blues.
Savannah Volunteer Guards.
Irish Jasper Greens.
German Volunteers.
I’h(enix Riflemen.
And first, second, third and fourth Boat Com
panies, Georgia Militia.
Tho troops were reviewed by Brig. Gen.
White, who was received on the field with a
solute of thirteen guns by the Chatham Artil
lery. After the review, various field evolutions
were performed and the exercises of tho day
losed with a sham engagement, in which ull
the troops participated and which was very
handsomely and appropriately conducted.
Our friend authorizes us to say in tho language
of Military Reports, that the action was u spirit
ed afl'air, in which officers and men behaved
well. Tho Militia, though their amunition was
exhausted, early in the engagement, stood their
ground like heroes, and received the charge of
the cavalry in the most gallant manner, utterly-
disproving the too oft repeated slander that this
class of troops are not to be relied on in action
We have seen no official report of the killed
and wounded, but understand, that two of the
cavalry were unhorsed during one of the char
ges, by the carrying away of briddle reins arid
styrnp leathers. No one was injured, however
and the duy passed uffiharmoniously
The Sailors and the Cat.—“What upon
yeath,” remarked Old Mrs. Stallins, laying
down the paper she was reading and raising
her silver spectacles from her nose—“what upon
yeath will them bomimtble abolitionists lie at
The Georgia Historical Society, hold
its 11th Anniversary Meeting in the Society’s
New Hall, on Tuesday, evening 12ih inst. The
following officers were elected for tho ensuing
year:
Hon. James M. Wayne, President,
Hon. M. II. McAllister,1st Vice Pi-es’t.
Hon. W. Law,’2d Vice President.
I. K. Tf.fft. Esq. Corresponding Sec’y.
Dr. R-. I). Arnold, Recording Sec’y.
E. J. Harden, Esq. Treasurer.
C. E. Tefft, Esq. Librarian.
Col. W. T. Williams, ^
A. A. Smets, Esq.
Col. J. W. Jackson,
W. B. Hodgson, Esq. Curators.
Hon. C. S. Henry,
Rt. Rv. Stephen Elliott,
Solomon Cohen, Esq.
On motion, a Committee consisting of Messrs.
E. J. Harden. ,T. C. Levy, and William Dun- I
can, were appointed to superintend the proper
arrangement of the Books of the Savannah Li
brary Society, now in the Hull of the Georgia I
Historical Society, by some competent person,
at a compensation to be fixed by the Committee
as soon as tho funds of the Society will war
rant the expense. . Theso Books have been
put upon shelves erected by the Georgia Ilis- I
tnricul Society, at considerable expense but
the want of funds, has prevented their arrangc-
ment in such order as to render proper access
to them easy and convenient.
Pursuant to notice given and resolution
adopted at a previous meeting, the seventh
article ol tho Constitution, was amended by
the uddition of the following clause: “Life
Members of tho Society may he rnado upon the
payment of such sum for Admission as tho So
ciety shall from time to time determine.
The Society fixed the sum of fifty dollars as
the price of Admission o f Life Members.
By this arrangement it is hoped thnt the
means of the Society will be increased, sons
to enable it more fully lo prosecute the praise
worthy objects of its institution.
The Treasurer laid before the Society, the
annual statement of the Finances.
out of the Navy. I think its perfectly ouJacious
to take the sailors cats from ’em. Foor crea-
ters, when they are sailing on the briny ocean,
away out of creation, without seein anything
but sharks and porpoises, for ever so long,
how revivin it must ho to ther sperils to
have ther cats a comin and coilin round ther legs
and pun-in to ’em,remindin ’em of their homes
and ther dear absent wives. If any people on
the face of the yeath ought to have the right
to have ther cats; I think its them poor sailors;
and them people what# meddlin themselves
about what they know nothing about had a
monstrous sight better be miudiu ther own con-
sarns. And the old ladys face flushed up and her
eyes sparkled with charitable indignation as
she resumed her reading about the “abolishment
of tho eat and spirits in the Navy.”
• [For the Morning News.J
St. Valentine.
The spring birds now are wooing love,
And sing their matins on each tree ;
The gentle dove is cooing love,
And earth is filled with melody ;
The wild flowers kiss the balmy gale,
As playfully >t skippelh by,
And all things whisper love’s sweet tale :
Then, lady, why not You and I ?
The busy bee is hunting lovo,
While sipping from the heather bell,
Tho maiden sighs the coming love,
t Of him whose sueing pleased so well :
The lark now heavenward wings its flight,
Tuning his joyful song on high,
And all around breathe love and light:
Then, lady, why not You and I ?
The virgin moon is beaming love,
And gilds with hope the lover’s prayer;
The silver brook is gleaming lovo,
Now sportive with the evening air;
The glimmering stars that peer aobve,
Smile brightly from their parent sky;
All nature seems enjoying love :
Then, Indy, why not You and I ?
Savannah, Feb. 14, 1850. XV.
The cholera fs raging to a considerable'
extent among tho emigrants at Ward’s Island
—says tbc N. Y. Evening Post,
The Liberian Emigrants — The bark
Chieltain, Capt. Drinkwater, dropped down
to Five Fathom yesterday, and took on hoard
the emigrants for Liberia. About GO have ar
rived from Charleston, and are nlso on board
The Chieftain will probably sa l in a day or
two, as we learn she has every thing on board
necessary for her voyage.
Important Decision.—The Supreme Court
oP-New Orleans ’ has recently decided in the
case of Hart and others vs. tho owners of the
Jane Shore, that the ship owner who detains
a vessel-after the advertised sailing day, to tin-
injury of the freighters, is responsible for all
damages. The Court yvould' not. admit evi
dence to prove that advertisements and assu
rances of owners, of the days of departure,,
were not to be considered os binding—-that the
Cholera at Memphis. — The Memphii
Enquirer, of the 31st notices tho occurrence of
three cases of malignant cholera in that city on
the preceding day, all of which proved fatal.
The persons who died of the disease were Maj.
Ware and dnughtor and a Mr. Harris. The
small pox was also prevailing there to some
extent.
Tho Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun says:
The reshlt of the application of California
is extremely doubtful in the Senate, though
it may he favorably entertained and accepted
by the House. Senator Atchison, of Missou
ri, 'tis understood, will oppose it as violently as
Mr. Culhoun. Several of ihe Whig Senators
from tho South will oko oppose it to “the bitter
end.” The issue therefore is very doubtful.
[Coirespandcnce of rfo Morning News!)
MILLEDGEV1LLE, Feb. 13, 1B5 0 .
IN SENATE.
Bills passed on Tuesday, 12/ft. i ns [ ^
Bill to regulate the action of Justices of t| m
Pence hi granting Pi ace Warrants. Tliij
Bill provides that whero any Magistrate o r
committing officer mnyhave a person under ar.
-est by virtue of a Fence Warrant, thny 8 | ltt ]|
he entitled to have all the privilege of i ntr0i
duoing evidence to show that tho same is un
just and groundless.
A Bill to regulate and give the control of tli e
fisheries op the great Ogencheo river below
Hill's JBridge on tho Durtefi Roud, in Brj an
County, and on the Savannah River from Abcr-
corn creek to the mouth of said River, to the
proprietors of the Banks and Islands of said
Rivers; also to prevent illicit trading w ; t h
slaves.
A Bill to alter and amend tlie act of 10ih
Dec. 1841, organizing the Lunatic Asylum,
His Excellency the Governor returned to the
Senate, the Bill to secure to the Rock Island
Factory certain privileges, and logalizo the
buildii g of n dam or’ dams in the Chattahoo
chee River, and for other purposes, with his
reasons for refusing to approve it.
The Senate adjourned till 9 o'clock to-mor
row morning.
House of Representatives, Feb. 13.
Bills of the Senate passed on the 12thinst.—
The Bill to amend an act passed at tho last
session of the Legislature for the relief of John
H. Mann, Ex’r.,of Jno. G. Stallings.
The Bill to prevent Judges of the Superior
Courts from making certain charges or giving
their opinions to or in the hearing of the Jury
Tho Bill to pardon John Hunton of the
county of Wilkes, a youth sentenced to the
Penitentiary for life.
The Bill to exempt Emory College and oth
er Colleges in this Stato from taxation and
place them on the same footing with the Univer
sity of Georgia.
The Bill giving to painters, tinners, and cop
per smiths in the county of Richmond, city of
Savannah and city of. Columbus, the same in
cumbrance for debts due on account of work - '
done or materials furnished, as is now given to
masons and curpentcrs.
The Bill authorizing and regulating the tak
ing of bail arid issuing attachments in certain
cases.
The Bill to relieve Justices of the Inferior
Court horn jury duty.
The Bill to change, point out and regulate
the manner in which the returns of the several
Banking institutions of this State shall hereaf
ter he made.
The Bill to amend the soveraJ^hrws ot this
State in relation to writs of certiorari.
The Bill- to authorize the Savannah and Al
bany Rail Road Company, to make and use a
plank road in connexion with or in lidu of their j
Rail Road.
The Bill to amend an act, to incorporate the
Reliof Society of the Georgia Annual Cenfer-
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by
adding the word “Souui” and to confer certain
powers upon tho first Presbyterian Church of j.)
the city of Augusta.
[Correspondence of the Morning News.]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.
Congress lias a holiday. The less frequently
they meet, tho better, until they can agree to
do something, or what is better, to do nothing,
in respect to slavery. I am hissing my faith
in compromises. I fear that no compromise
embracing all the questions which agitato the
country, can be mode, which will not leavea
rankling wound. Clay’s compromise is offer- [¥
ed in good spirit. Every body praises it.-"
Who will vote for it? Half a dozen other
compromisesare prepared or talked of. I think
Mr. Clay lias blown up the line compromise.
Ilis objections to it ate insuperable. Still there
is a prejudice in the country .in favor of aline
compromise, becuuse it gave the country peace
in 1820. I have not heard and am anxious to
hear an answer to Mr. Clay’s objections to tho
extension of the Missouri Compromise line
across the continent. Gen. Houston msiie
an interesting speech yesterday—anti-Calhoun,
anti-Southern Convention, uuti-Southern Ad
dress, and wholly in favor of the Uuion. W*
are to hear Mr. Berrien on Monday. Mr. B.m
a lawyer and metaphysician, has no superior-"
But I do not think that his speech will tend to
any practical end. There is hut one way 10
settle this question between the North and tbo
South, and that is for tho North to abstain from
encioachments on Southern rights and feeling'- ■
A better spirit begins to be entertained at the
North.
This day I had an opportunity of consulting j
some .of my friends from the South, and of both ^
parties, as to the present aspect of affairs, w 1
their own course,in vi ew particularly of the up-
plication of California for uddmissioti, ue 8
State, into the Union. One member, Mr. Cling*
man, of N. C., assured me, and authorized nt®
to say, thut the views presented in his speech-
would bn curried out. Other members from
South, of the Democratic party, who wait an of
portunity to express their views in the Housfi
gave me like assurances. The amount of tb'
thing is this :—California will not be admittc
I-Vi
Suicide of a'U. S. Officer.—The last mail
from Austin brought the melancholy intelli
gence of the death' of Lcut. II. Neal of tho
U. S. Dragoons. Ho was stationed in Hamil
ton’s valley. This officer served throughout tile
.. . .. . Mexican wor under Col. Harney, and was dis-
usage was to disregard [heiq,, The .Quart very t i..gukhed for his .fortitude und courage. He
-properly.field that the newspaper, should not C0lnm itted suicide by cutting his throat! Iusan-
be’used a* a means of deception; advert.#* t y may huvi caused the fearful deed. -
meats mint speak.the truth. I
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as a state; and not a single appropriation
bill
will bo allowed to pass, until the whole ten 11 ' 1
rial question as far as slavery is concerned, b®
set tied. Forty members cun prevent it, 8,1
they are sure of forty-five.
The powerful array of talent brought to he 18
in tlie Supreme Court, on tlio case of Shulit”
the Bank of the State of Georgia, has ST 1 ’ 1
general interest to the case, during this/ wCC ,