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The Time I've lost in Wooing.
Song of an Officeseeker, xcho had failed in hum
hugging the Union Democrats into the
Constitutional Union Party.
Tile time I’ve iuet in wooiog,
In watching and pursuing,
The light that lie*
In Drrey'a eyes,
» Hi* been ray hope’* undoing.
Though Truth im* often sought m*,
I (corned the good sit* brought m*T y-
My only book*
Were Fillmore's look*,
And folly'a ail they’ve taught me.
Ilia etnile, whenever granted,
Hung with gnze enchanted ;
The golden ore
Within bi* store,
Jiv vision oft hath haunted.
Like Howell, Office won me,
But ere the robe was on rue.
The People’* pay
Wa» turned away—
Now ! th’ winds cannot outrun me 1
And are tho*e chance* going ?
The pains I’ve been bestowing,
To make my creed
And their* agreed,
Have they been vainly flowing ?
Oh ! 'ti* a failed endeavor.
The Patriot’s love to sever ;
My desp'rate chance,
Against their lance,
is weaker now than ever I
From tot Charleston .Mercury.
Prospects of Cotton-Stuck In
(■rent Britain.
The late accounts from Liverpool fur
nish the annual statement of the Colton
Trade for the past year in Great Britain.
On the whole, we tliitik they justify, noi
only the maiutainance ofthe present price*
in this country, but promise an advance.
The import into the United Kingdom, < I
all desciiptions of Cos ton, has been I 749
000 bales, against 1,900.000 the previous
year, a decrease of 157,000 hales. Tin
consumption has been 1,514 000 bales,
against 1,590.000 the previous year, a de
crease of but 76,000 bales. The exports
arc 272,000 bales against 254,000 tlie pro
vious yeai, being an excess of 13,000 bales
Taking the consumption and exports t.>
gelher, the difference between the two
years is but 59,000 bales. This result is
highly favorable to the growers of Cotton,
and is an effectual answer to the dismal
forebodings 3tid nnfounded conclusions of
many on either side of the Atlantic, that
any considerable advance in prices would
materially reduce the consumption, and
prove disastrous to the manufacturing in
terests. The fact, however, has been
established, that at an advanced range of
prices, averaging fur the past year, 50 per
cent, over those «i| 1549, the consumption
of Great Biilaln lias fallen off but 3 pei
cent! and t ho manfuciuring interests were
never more pro perous. The past Ins
tory of Cotton shows that an advance of
price to Bid, has never materiallly excel
led consumption.
in entering into any consideration of
the I'utuie prospects of Cotton the stock on
hand is important, and we regret to say
that we have no faith in the accuracy of
the recent report of the stock on hand in
Great Britain, on the Ist of Jannuary last.
On the contrary, we cannot but believe that
it has been intentionally over-stated, and
that, for the purpose of unfavorably iti
fluencing prices in this country. It is
not ibo first lime iliat such a game has
been played. On the Ist ofjannuary, ISSO,
a professed recount of stock added 70,-
000 bales to the previous estimates. This
discovery of a cheap remedy for short crop
bears date January 1, ISSO. and the suc
cess of the first experiment has doubtless,
prompted its repetition. Since the year
JBl6, the estimates <»t stocks at end of year
b ive always been made up From the regulat
Weekly repo ts, and their accuracy has
never before been questioned; probably
because the anticiapated slioit supply bad
never before been sufficiency \ivir] to e\-
cite the inventive faculties of British manu
faacturers. But the apprehension of an
insufficient supply for the last two years
has been so urgent, and the interests in
volved so great, that the old established
and hitherto unimpeached mode ofestimat
ing srock is suddenly found not to answer
• purpose; is thrust aside, and a method
substituted by which any anticipated di
minution of supply is compensated bv
an exagerated estimate of the quantity on
hand.
At the close of 1849, so confident was
the belief that the general estimate of
the stock would show a large reduc
tion, that it produced a tendency of prices
t > a rapid advance and a buoyant market,
when, lo! to the amazoment of ever one
the discovery was made in Liverpool th <»
there was the small item of 100,000
bales snugly stowed away, and ~f whose
existence the wh lo mercantile world was
ignorant. Accordingly; the Hock was am
plified from 459,000 to 559,001 bales
and prices immediafaly declined on both
ikies of the Atlantic. Again, at the close
of the yearjust terminated, with se ions up
prehensions of a short supply from this
Country, and prices advancing, the estima
lid stock as.deducible from the weekly re
ports, is found not to answer the purpose
of the manufacturers. Another little hern
of 60,000 hales is disclosed, of whose exist
since, as hefire.no one had a suspicion,—
The stock bv this remarkable discovery, is
t rv*wffr«m iSO.OOOhflee tosi?o<W>
1 nud agatD prices are checked and the mar
ket depressed. Now we apnea to the
Common sense of eveiy intelligent mer
chant and planter, if any fai h is to be
placed iti these statements. Cun it be
believed that tiieie existed at the close
0f1549 in the Liverpool market, 100,000
bales, over one fifth us the supposed
cntiie stock on band, an amount cal
culated to have such an important bear
ing on the maiket and mt prices, and all
knowledge or suspicion of it to have es
| taped the vigilance of importers & dealeis,
aud s ill mine of the whole body of shrewd
and watchful speculators, who opera
ted in that single year to the heavy amount
of b 70,000 bales t
‘“Ag»in, utkr-so seveie a lesson, is it con
ceivable that an error of a similar chaiac
ter, to the amount of 69,000 bules in the
stock of 1351, should be allowed to creep
in undetected by the same class, nerved to
redouble vigilance by shaip experience of
the past, and the magnitude ofthe inter
ests they had at stake, for doling this very
year speculators had operated to the ex
lent of 790.000 bales. Is it not fair to con
clude that these mns opportune discover
ies have been merely tucks ofthe trade,
by which the pressuie consequent upon a
stru t supply might be alleviated, and the
necessities of the consumer covered with a
specious veil i The effect of such devel
opemenl is necessarily suddden as well as
injurious, and under the influence of the
panic so produced, the agents ofthe man
ufacturers seize the ■ ppoilunity to supply
their wants. We do not, thetefore, be
lieve that there was any such stock of Cot
ton in Great Britain on the Ist of January,
at 520,000 bales; aud deducing these
•trangely discovered quantities of 100,000
and 60,000 hales, in wii >se existence vve
have not the slightest confidence, the actu
al stock would l>e but 360,000 bales. The
declaration of such a stock w old have
caused pi ices in this country, on legitimate
giomuls, to advance to 16 cents, aud even
higher.
It may he thought illiberal to make such
imputations, hut it is not the firs' time that
the producing inteiests of this country
hive been delrauded by u deliberate and
systematic misiepiesentation on the facts.
Witness the accounts sent out to this
country in 1346, coming from high com
mercial sources, and seconded by iufiueu
. lal journals, ofthe Condi ion of their pro
vision crops, which were represented to he
so abundant as to tender it imp oliuhle
that any supply <>f breadstuff's from
this country would be needed; and
this when the crop in Great Britain hail
signally failed, and the prospect of famine
was stating them in the face. But their
object was attained. In consequence of
these delusive accounts, prices fell in ilti*
country, and farmers hut i ied their tinnltice
to maiket fear of still lower rates. In the
meantime agents despatched across the
Atlantic by British capitalists, travels* and
the whole country, making large purchase*
aud the farmer was thus defrauded ofthe
produce of his labor. Lei the Cotton
growers take warning, lest they also be
misled by similar misiepresentatious, and
be victimised for the benefit ofthe Man
chns'or spinners.
But granting that the stock of nil kinds
of Cotton in Great Biitain be as is stated
in the revised estimates, still the prospects
of American Cotton, although somewhat
influenced by it, ate not such a? to justify
the reduction of present rates at least, and
planters should not, in our opinion, on the
stiength of the recent advices, submit to
any material reduction.
The imp rt of American Cotton into
Great Britain during the year just closed,
was 1.184,000 hales; her cutisiimp'iuti
and Export. 1,230.000 bales; or 54,000
bales more than the import. Her Stock,
though 75,000 baleH more of this year’s
crop was received than in 1549. is. never
tireless, diminished by 40,000 bales. ‘ The
stocks of Cotton, too, at all the ports in the
world are considerably -ess than they were
last year.’’ Our crop this year, 1850-61,
in all probability, will not exceed 2,150,000
bale- - , and every bale of this will lit* con
surned, ami more will be wanted. The
stocks in France and <>n the continent are
small Thesemarketavv ill ipquiieSOO 000
hales, the consumption f this country will
require 500.000 bales, and vvihtbesede
duetions, where will Great Biirain obtain
a supply equal t<> her consumption of the
past year? Could tire dealers and Cotton
growers in this country, withhold supplies
for three mouths, and thus compel her to
prove her stocks by working them up. we
cannot doubt that the price of Cos ton would
advance much beyond the present rates
Planters should not ligh ly yield the pow
er they now have of dictating fair ret ms.
There is every thing to show that there
will be a consumption this year equal to
the entire crop, even though it amount to
2,300,000 bales, and that there is no suffi
cient cause for ptices lower than the pie
ten!. Trade, both abroad and at home, is
in a highly prosperous condition, food is
cheap, and money is abundant. The gold
of California cannot be w i hout its influence
on prices, and titth as seme pnli ical distur
bance intervene, all circumstances concur
in promising a prosperous year to the Cot
ton growing iiiteres'.
Truthful.—The aspersions of lihelers
may be compared to fuller's earth, which
though it may seem to dirty you 8t first,
only leaves you more pure and spotless
when it is rubbed off.
Tight Lacing.—A Physician re
feiring to tight lacing, avers that it is a
public benefit, inasmuch as it kills al! the
silly girl*. and Vws'he wise ones
Remarks of Jlr. Claj,
At a Meeting ofthe Col mzatwn Society
Tiie amount of money received by vol
untary contributions of (hose who favor
ibis Society in its objects Int 9 been greater
than in any preceding year ; and 1 think
1 do not mistake the signs of the limes
when I say that a dtgiee of public inteiest
has been excited in favor of this Society,
in all patts of the Union, to an extent
greater than has heretofore been witness
ed. Indeed, gentlemen, some of the very
causes which have led to great agitation,
to uncommon excitement, and seiious ap
prehensions w ith regard to the institutions
of out country —those very causes them
selves, a happy teimination of which 1
hope has taken place, have conduced to
the advantage of the Society, for, if I am
not misinformed, that portion of the gene
lal community fiom which we experience
the greatest opposition to the proceedings
and the success of this Society—l mean
the Abolitionists of the North—unless 1
am mistaken, at least all the moderate and
rat onal portion of them, have become sat
isfied that to agitate the subject of slavery,
with a view to the extinction of slavery
u i hiu the bosoms of the va ions States in
which it is tolerated and established by
law, it utterlyfuillest, and afailed iff rt;
that a further agitation ofthe suhjt-ci nei
ther benefits those whose interests ate in
tended to be advanced, nor benefits the
country at taige ; that it is a complete fail
ure, and that their exertions heteaftei, if
governed by motives id humanity and be
nevolence, should be directed, not to the
unattainable object ot the extinc ioti of
tdaveiy within the States, but for lie eat
purpose of coluniza ion, which in its u'-
tnnate c. nsequena s will lead to the final
s pa ration aj the two classes of persons
that now in/iub t this country. (Applause.)
1 here ate ciicumstaucos of interest, and
of great inteiest, to the society which
have Iratispiicd in the course of the past
year. The fiist of which I would advert
to is the proposition submitted to the House
<f Representatives during Ihc Inst session,
and renewed at l/us, to establish, under the
auspices if the Government, a line of steam
packets, which, plying regularly between
the United Stales and Africa and other
points, shah furnish the means of trans
porting emigrants from this cotitmi-nt jo
Africa. Uis not the mere submission of
sui h a pt oposition, but a deg >e of c use
quenc.e and sp nt which, I think l am mi
tlioiized to say, will succeed, whether it
shall fail or pass duiing the present *e*
sion. If it fail, I shall tie*er despair, for,
gentlemen, despair is a word not in the
vocubulaiy of the C lonization Society
(Applause) We rtsort to rto formidable,
no ent measw e in the pursuit of our abject.
rVJ l l<|, temper ate, moderate, exciting no
appiebeusions. it appea s to Heaven for
the continuation of the success and support
which it has hitherto designed to extend
tons. 1 hese are our princip’es, and that
they will be successful is beyond all hu
mail doubt. Ihe pro; usitioii f*n- a line of
steamers, 1 repeat, has been renewed, and
1 am happy to say, what is generally
kn xvn h* the community of Washingti n,
that i :s in the hands of a gentlemen from
one «*f the slaveliolding States. Mr. Stan
ton of I eunessee, who has pursued i with
an earnestness and zeal which entitles
him to success—entitles him, at all events,
to the thanks nfhis country for the efforts
w hich he lias already made.
1 have said, and recently, on another
occasion, that 1 sincerely believe that, of
all the projects of the existing age, the
scheme of colon izat k m of the African is the
greatest.
In saying this, 1 did not look into its
| resent condition Ido not look at what
it may he ten, fifteen, or twenty years
hence ; but 1 endeavored to throw myself
in advance, and looked into what it will
be fifty or a bundled years hence ; what
it will be it hen the continent of America
shall have dist kargi and itsi If mainly of the
■ reat'T portion of the African race, and
shall hare returned, them hark to the rnnti
nei.t »J Africa , the original home of thi ir
an cslurs. and shall have rewarded Af ica
for the injuries I it* r sons have suffered, by
sending back to their original country a
race < t men endowed with all the at ri
bales of ciiiliza'ion, Christianity, the arts,
and all the benefits, in fact, which belong
to our ow n race. In making this state
ment, I will, in order to pievent miscon
ception op misapprehension, state more
specifically what I mean. The society
has, with consistency, protested, from its
origin to the present lime, that it has no',
and cs not, and never ui I interfere u ith the
subject of slavery as it exists in tie several
Sta es It is no part of its oject or office
to do that. But we know that the num
her of free blacks iii I bis country amount
in a 1 probabi ity, to no less than half a
million, anil tba it is constantly incieasiug
annually by natu al causes end v loutary
emancipation on the part of slaveholders.
W e know. I repeat, that this number will
• onlinue to augment from this time foi ward,
unless it is lessened by the exportation of
a portion of the rare to Af ica.
But this is not all I mean. I believe,
and I have as much confidence in the be
lief as 1 have in my existence, that the dav
will
cornu—distant,' e ry far, pet haps, from
the present time—but the day when, by
roluntaiy emancipation and the ats of in
dividua/s and States themselves, without
usurpation of power hy the Genual Gar
eminent, there wi l he an end tn tlarrry. —
Slavery may be teuninated in different
inodes. It may by law ; it may by the
operation of natural causes ; hut it is by
the operation rs naluah enurs to which 1
look fir its ultimate ratin' tion. As to the
swotd, nobody. 1 trust, will think of the
employment of that to put an etui to sla
very. As to law— l fuse had. setae expe
rience in my own State, where the people.
! were much agitated the year bfore last.and
to whose dccisii ns 1 bow, llf here t and that
reconciled me lothc decision of my .State,
although rvnt)ary to my wishes, that no
safe method im cm a nut emancipation,
hv the operation of law, CAN TERMI
NATE THE EXISTENCE OE SLA
VERY MUCH SOONER, if any soon
' er, than the oj caation of natural causes.
But 1 may he asked what I mean by the
' operation of natural causes. Some twen
ty years ago, 1 went more at large into
i this subject than now ; 1 had gone into
; the modus operandi of the natural causes
! by which, in a long time, slavery may he
! extinguished. S’" THERE WILL BE
AN EXTINCTION OF SLAVERY
WHENEVER THE DENSITY OF
THE I OPULATION OF THE UNI
TED STATES SHALL BECOME SO
GREAT THA I' FREE LABOR CAN
BE PROCURED BY THOSE WHO
CAN COMMAND LABOR AT A
CHEAPER BATE AND ON LESS
USE ROUS CONDITIONS THAN
SLAVE LABOR CAN BE COMMAN
DED^
Although 1 cannot fix the time. I can
state the causes and circumstances which
will occur to induce a voluntary etnancipa
•ion of slaves. It is ni.-t to he by the
usurped and legal action of the General
Government, nor us other governments,
hut by the Volutitaiy consent of Slates and
individuals, who alone are interested in
the subject of slavery and have the exclu
sive right to determine w hen and hoxv it
shall cease to exi t. Whenever the pop
ula ion shall be three or four times as great
as it now is—when we measure time, not
by individuals, or the particular lives of
persons, but by the period of national ex
istence— when the time an ives when the
population will be three or four times as
great as it now is —WH EN THE PRI
CESOF LABOR. THE WAGES OF
MANUAL LABOR, shall l„- SO RE
DUCED that it will be TOO BURDEN
SOM EAN D EXP ENsl VE ON TH l
PART OF OWNERS OF SLAVES
TO RAISE THEM FOR THE SAKE
OF THE LABOR THEY CAN PER
FORM, then it will become the interest
of the slave States and slaveholders to re
sort to ANOTHER FUND than that
which is afforded by slaves; and that
will be the TERM I NATION OF SLA
\ ERY. (Applause.) I it iti not about to
specify the time when this is to go im.
operation, but ! would repress, if I con and,
'he impatience of hot'’ who are not willing
to await the slow operation nf nw ns and
ins rumenla/ities which God and nature
fur dth, t< COMPLETE THE GREAT
PURPOSES OF THEIR WISDOM.
MACON, G A
- MORNING, FLISKUAUY ti.
IT We lire indebted to the Hon. Joseph \V
Jackson, for valuable public document*.
Loomis' Panorama or Cuba.—Tbi* grand
painting was exhibited at Concert Hall in this
city last evening, to a respectable and delighted
audience. The display of this splendid speci
men of art, in which so many interesting subjects
arc graphically delineated, w ill afl'ird all who
visit it, a pleasing entertainment.
A gentleman who had resided for some time
in Cuba, remarked in our bearing last evening,
that the representation was completely life-like.
.Mr. Loomis mentioned a fact, in connection with
Ins descriptive Lecture, which we do not re
member to have seen elsewhere. He states that
the ungrateful tree first makes its appearance as
a sort of vine at the root of the Sievu tree, and
runs up near the top of it, where the vine be
gins to coil around the Sieva, and shoots down
numerous branches to the earth, Where they
take root and destroy the large tree, whose wood
being soft and destructible, yields to the ag
gressor, until the ungrateful tree has entirely
usurped its place, and become an enormous trunk.
The Panorama of Cuba will be exhibited
again on this and Monday evening*. See
advertisement in another column.
I r We would direct the attention of onr
dry goods merchants, to the advertisement of
Messrs, c &E.L KekriSon &. Cos., of Charles
ton, S. C., who, in consequence of importing
(heir goods direct, are prepared to offer grpat
iudiicements to purchasers Give them a call
Gooey's Lady’s Book —The March number
nf this interesting literary periodical has been
r eceived, which is fully equal to any of is
predecessors. Published monthly at Philade!
phis, by L A. Gooey, at $3 per annum, in ad
vance.
Distressing —Hi! I egret to learn that Mrs.
Swimiik and her four children were burnt to
death oi I heir dwelling house which was con
sumed bv fire in Yinevillc, near this city las'
night. Her husband died about a month ago.
When the fire was discovered lire building was
nearly consumed and we have been nimble to
ascertain how it originated. Titus a whole
family has perished in a month.
Accident. —The Passenger cars on the Cen
tral Railroad did not arrive here until 5 o’clock
this morning, in consequence of the breaking of
an axle, which destroyed two baggage cats—but
no parson was hint.
Inquest A man named Randolph Black
well, whs found dead at bis residence in this
county on the 2!)th ult.—Verdict, that the said
deceased raino lo his death by the visitation of
God Mr. Blackwell was from Kentucky
where he had a family and some properly.
[O’Born Meal is retailing in this market at
one dollar and a half pi r bushel, and very scarce
at that—Fresh Beef ten ants per lll.—Turnips
fifteen cents eaeh, and other articles in proportion
o°Tho Liverpool Mercury slates that Mr.
and Mrs. W.Cn.irTs ('he runaway negroes from
this city,) have arrived at that port in the Cam.
bria. Thoy were at the hmjso of the Rcc. F. I
Byartor i
Another “Peace measure.”
For some time past, nothing thatcouldcma-
I nate from the recreant spit it of Henry Clay,
'and this lover* <;f unconditional Union, could in
| any wise surprise or astoni.h u*. But w* con
-1 less that we were not prepared for tbe recen 1
; developeinenta at the capital, so alarming are
they in nature and tendency. We cannot but
feel the worst apprehensions in regard to South
ern liberty, and the safety of our people when
measures are from day to day brought forward,
and mustered into ihe service of the Abolition
ist*. The Colonization system, into which
horse, foot and dragoons of the anti-*l.ivery cru
sader* are about to resolve themselves, or at
least to co-operate with, for the extinction of
• lavery, put to the blush all the former outrage*
offree soil hostility and Southern treachery.
The various and aggravated attacks made up"
on our institution have awakened the slumber
ing sensibilities of the generous ami confiding
South, until her threatening aspect for a time
has overawed the van of Northern aggression.—
(Sot tlie suspet sion of Abolition efforts was only
for a short period, to the end that they might
create defection in our own ranks by the prof,
sered bribes of office, and to accumulate new
strength and power from the season of recrea
tion. There is a virulent and irreconcilable
animosity between the two sections : the North
will not recede from tier offensive position, tire
South cannot give up her defensive movement
without sacrificing her political existence. Ab‘
olition honor is pledged to the final extermina
tion ot slavery, and {southern sovereignty can
uloi.e he upheld by maintaining it. In this
juncture, the Father of South-betraying ‘-Com
promises ’ comes to the issue between the two
parties, aud volunteers to make a truce between
them. .Vr. Ctuij proposes to exterminate s!u~
very, hut suggests u different plan for its ac
cniiipli-liment to that, avowed and practised by
his rabid brethren at the North. In this only
does he differ from Garrison and Hale —they
wish an immediate extirpation nf slaver}, while
.Mr. Clay desires a gradual abolition of it.
In another column will be found an ex nu t
from a speech delivered by Mr Clay, at a meet*
mg of the Colonization Society, (of vvhi* h he
is President,) held in Washington City on the
23d ult. We have followed the italics of the
Southern Press, and capitalized some of the
more important passages, to which wo invite
the eatcful attention of the reader. Mr. Clay
avers that slavery is an evil in itself, and con
sequently the country should get rid of it. We
do not believe that slavery is an evil. It pro*
vid s support and control for a portion ot our
people, who uie otherwise unable to maintain
themselves. It takes the burden of care and
anxiety from the mind nf the servant, aud trans
fers it to the master. The law compels the own
er to treat his slaves humanely, and, undis
turbed by the gibbet-deserving interference of
false-hearted propagandists, the, slaves of the
South are more contented and happy than a
large number of free white citizens. Mr. Clay
proposes transportation to Liberia as a desirable
object, both for the slave aud the country, hut
that it would operate injuriously upon both, w c
have no question.
Os course, the National Treasury must fur
nish the means to provide for the exportation.—
A line of steamers must ho placed upon the w«.
tors, to drain the North from the offensive nutn.
tier of free negroes—the South, lie it remember
ed, always pays at least two-thirds of every draft
upon the Treasury u iiilst, the urdint j iunerrs
of Abolitionism ure stealing anew supply and
giving them refuge in the Free States. Asa
matter of necessity , Northern men will build
the steamers ; Northern men will command
them ; they will depart from Northern ports ;
will carry off the worthless free negroes that are
in the way of Northern dignity ; and in return
will pour in a population of foreigners, who
will be sent “down South” for our mutual bene
fit. A bill fur the purpose, Mr. Clay feels as.
sured will p;iss both Houses of Congress at
its present session.
In return for the system of African slavery,
the great “pacificator” wishes to degrade tie
poor white people of the South until their condi
tion is ten-fold worse than slavery. Hear it,
ye toiling thousand* ! you are to he the slaves
substituted for the present race ! You are to
he ground to the dust, and become the servants
of the wealthy ! Freemen of Georgia ! this is
the reason why no more “agitation” is wanted
upon the subject of slavery—it is because they
wish to transport tbit negroes, and place your
poorer classes in their stead ! Will you com.
promise your freedom and your honor, in order
to strengthen tha bonds of the Union, when
such nefarious operations as these are carried on
by filching your money from the Treasury, and
reducing MANUAL L.'BOR to a price below
that w hich can be afforded by slaves ?
That is the doctrine of Mr. Clay, openly a
j vowed at his Colonizing-Abolition Society.—
Henceforward, lie is to be the great high priest
of Abo iiionism, in co-operation with the ruffi
ans w Ito are seeking to undermine the Constitu
tion and prostrate the South. Now we should
like lo know what the Federal submissionists
will have lo say upon th its subject. Will they
think it an EXISTING CAL'feE for resistance
to the Federal Government, when Congress
shall level this new battering-ram upon us?—
Not they. The Federal organs who are sucking
the teats of tho National Treasury, will contin
ue to pipe the delusive song of “peace and
Union !’’ when there is nothing but strife and
division. They will find some lone instance of
a Northern Chamber of Commerce, which, al
lhough anti-slavery at heart, yet for the fear of
losing a valuable trade, is frightened into a lit
tie faint-hearted Southcrnism, and they will pa
rade it forth in a thousand varied forms, to con
vince the people of free-soil love for tho South.
We cannot trust that man or that party whose
vision is too beclouded to see our danger, or
whose want of honesty prevents their admission
of it. Let the people watch these applauding
minions of consolidated power. They need hut
the opportunity, to betray us into tho hands of
our enemies The effort to raise a free-soil
party among us, will receive anew impetus
from tho heresies of :he Kentucky apostate
The Hope or the South
fsnot to be found in the administration »t
Washington, nor in the representation of men
that can be influenced by partizan fear or favor.
We have a Berrien and a Jackson from Geor.
ga, whose name* we delight to honor, who
have battled with our foes, and stood unmoved
alike by bribes or threats, but our interests are
sold by others for silver and office. Where
shall we look for aid ? Whose arm ia raiaed to
defend us ? Will the Whig party do it t Ala.!
they are bending their necks for the yokn. Will
the Democratic party deliver u* > We believe
not. Already do we hear the preparatory evi.
deuces of a National caucus for President. We
shall not consent to such a project. We have
no faith in the Democratic party ofthe North
candor compels us to utter our conviction that
that Democracy is an uncompromising foe to our
interests, and that we can trust no Whig nor
Democrat from the North upon this question
They ait all opposed to slavery, and will seek
every occasion to destroy it The result of a
caucus of either puny would be triumph for the
North, and defeat for the South.
We honestly believe that the existence nf
the South, etcn as an inferior section of the ron
federaey, and a dependent upon the Federal Gov
ernment, is perilled, and that the only organiza
t'°n which can render usaid is the SOUTHERN
RIGHTS REPUBLICAN PARTY; There i,
no Presidential- bribe—no alluriiig spoilt—no
occasion for corruption in this Party. We can
hut nail this flag to ouj mast-head, and call up
on honest Whig* and honest Democrat* to unite
with the friends of Southern Rights. If w®
understand the principle* of this Parly, they
are as follows
Ist. The Confederacy of the United States
was formed by the individual consent of eafh
party concerned.
t-d. Each State, by the formation of a Fede
ral Government, delegated certain rights to it
which were defined by the Constitution, and
related to the legislation of the country as a
whole, and for the benefit of all.
3d. Each Sta’e, by placing a limit to Federal
authority, reserved to itself the control of its
own institution* and government, as directed by
it* sovereign people.
4th. The Constitution was established as a
safeguard for every member of the Union.
sth. The Constitution did not condemn the
institution of slavery, which existed at the lime
of its adoption, therefore it promised to protect
and defend it against the interference of the
non-slaveholding States, and of the Federal
Government.
6th. Any legislation on the part of Congress,
which tend* to prohibit, weaken, or destroy Af
rican slavery, is an attack upon the rights of
the skive holding Slates, and therefore uncon
stitutional.
7th. The District nf Columbia is the common
property of all the States in the Union.
Bth. Congress cannct, therefore, abolish ala.
very in said District, without violating the Con
stitution.
'Jib. The slaveholding States can make no
compromise with the Free States, or the Fede.
ral Government, by which African slavery will
be limited, confined, or abolished, without vi
olating the Constitution, and planning destruc
tion for themselves.
lOlli. The passage of any law or laws, by
Congress, creating or encouraging emancipation
by Federal authority, would lie a violation of
the Constitution, and an abrogation of the Fed.
eral compact.
lltlt. The majority passing such law or laws,
can only he considered as the Representatives
of a people desiring and acting dis-union.
12th. The South, in that juncture, in forming
a Government of tier own, will he defending
herself, and operating as the only faithful party
to the original compact.
These we believe are the principles of the
Southern Rights Party, and to defend these wo
call upon the friends of the South, of all par
ties, to “pledge their lives, their fortune, and
their sacred honor.”
A Commentary upon Abolitionism. —The
Richmond Dispatrh, says : “Bishop Capers, of
South Carolina, a gentleman of piety, was the
owner of a large piantation and one hundred
slaves. A few years ago ho was seized w ith
the emancipation fever, and resolved :o set them
all free. He gave up to their use for three
years, the plantation and all 'hat was upon it;
horses, cattle, farming utensils and all, telling
hem that if they succeeded well, at the end of
that time, they should have their freedom and
all they bad-made. When the time had expired
lie found that they hud made nothing, that the
stock was all killed for their use, that all the
firming implement* were destroyed, that the
horses ha.l died and not been replaced, that there
was no corn in the corn houses, or cotton at the
gin, and that they were on the point of starva
tion. He became satisfied that they were in.
capable of shifting for themselves, and very
wisely took them once more under hi* own
charge.”
The Remington Bridge. —Tho Amsterdam ,
N Y. Intelligencer states that the bridge built
the last season, and recently finished across the
Mohawk, at Tribes Hill, on the Remington plsn,
went down last week, being unahle to sustain it*
weight fVom its immense length. We under
stand the cost to the company, so far,in erectiug
this and another bridge that fell down laat ye*ti
is about $12,000.
Lois or the Steamer America.— The n*.
•learner America, Capt. Broadwell, bound
fiom Philadelphia to Mobile, to lako her station
on Lake Ponchartrsine, was loeton the night of
the 30th ult., off Cap* Ilatteras Light, bearing
N. W., supposed about ten miles distant, in *o v «
en fathoms water. Six of the crew were pick,
ed up at «ea «n the following morning, by schr.
Champion, Capt lUrtlett, from Boston. T «
remainder of the crew* sixteen in number, have
not been beard of.
(LJ* According to Prof. Loomis, the elect
fluid travel, at the rate of I9,<W> ,n
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