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The itjpson pilot.
0. A. MILLER, ..... Editor.
TkNHHtM, Saturday, July 30, IM.
THXEUD DISTRICT.
FOR CONGRESS,
THOS. HARDEMAN, Jr.,
OF MACON.
Opposition Jluss meHiiif;.
The State Mass Meeting of the Opposi- !
tion Party of Georgia, will assemble in the I
city of Atlanta on Wednesday, the 10th
day of August next. At which time a
candidate for Governor will be nominated.
Let every county send a large delegation.
Opposition Meeting.
A meeting of the Opposition party to
nominate candidates to represent Upson
County in the next Legislature, will be
held in the Court-House at Thomaston on
the first Tuesday in August next.
Oak Grove Academy,
Read the advertisement of J. L. Barker. ;
We are pleased to learn ihat the Oak
Grove Academy is in a flourishing condi
tion, and that Mr. Barker’s attention, in
dustry, education based on common sense (
and modest deportment lias given general
satisfaction to the patrons of the Academy. ;
SSOO and SI,OOO.
Notice the advertisement of John A.
Cameron, and you will see that the reward
offered for the apprehension and delivery
of Henry C. Worthy is changed from S3OO
to SSOO and SI,OOO.
First open boll of cotton.
J. R. Russell, Esq., of Talbot county,
sends us a perfect boll of open cotton, the
first we have seen this season. It was ta
ken from the stalk July 20th. Hit him
again “Uncle Johnny”!
Large Cue umber.
J. M. Hickman, Esq., whose residence is
seven miles South of this place, has pre
sented us with a cucumber grown this sea
son whose weight is four poimds. If any
one can beat this, they can talk it out, or
forever hold their peace.
Grapes and Grape Vines.
We return our thanks to John A. Cam- :
eron, Esq., of Talbot county, for a box
containing five varieties of Grapes, of
which we will mention the Moselle and Is
abella. We are glad to see that the cul
ture of the vine is attracting serious and
increased attention. Wine countries are
proverbially temperate and healthy, and I
we know no section of the United States !
that with proper care the vine would flour
ish better than in Middle Georgia.
Mr. Cameron informs us that he has for
sale at his residence near Pleasant Hill, j
Talbot county, rooted vines and cuttings
of almost every variety.
New Coacli.
We are pleased to see that Isaac Che
ney, Esq., the Proprietor of the Chalybeate
Springs, in Meriwether county, lias recent
ly commenced running a splendid new
Coach from this place to the Springs. Mr.
Cheney spares no expense and trouble to
provide pleasant ways for visitors to reach
the Springs, and after they have ended the
trip, to supply them with the very best ac
commodations at one of the most celebra
ted watering places in the State.
€o*#ction.
In mentioning the difficulty between
Jones and Campbell in our last number,
we discovered I;ei*>rc ur \■ ludo ediu<m was
published that our informants v • .v mista
ken as to Campbell’s death. V, e then cor
rected tho error immediately. We have
now the pleasure -u announcing that Camp
bell still lives and will probably recover.
Blackwood's IQaga/inc.
For J illy is received. Contents :
Lord Macaulay and the Massacre of
Glencoe ; The Lifted A r eil; Dr. Hansel’s
Bampton Lectures ; The Luck ot Ladys
inede—Part V ; Sentimental Physiology ;
The Novels of Jane Austen ; The Change
es Ministry—What Next ?
Price $3 a year. Address Leonard Scott
& Cos., 73 Fulton St., New York
Peace Concluded.
It will be seen by our latest foreign ar
rivals that “ grim visaged war,” who hut
lately has been blockading Italy with dead
human bodies and rattling his dice made
of human bones into the ears of the world,
has tor a time ‘smoothed hie wrinkled front.’
The great pulse of humanity and civiliza
tion will now, we hope, beat more temper
ately, and the talents and energies which
for some months gone have been employed
to the destruction, will now he turned to
the improvement of our fallen race. \\ ar
may he a necessary, hut even in its
mildest visitings, it is a terrible scourge.
Its pride, pomp and circumstance may fas
cinate the young and thoughtless, hut the
groans of the sick, the wounded, and the
dying, the lamentations ot widows and or
phans, fields of fruit trodden down by
heavy artillery and the hoots of charging
cavalry, villages depopulated and cities
blown lip or fired, these immediate results
are not calculated to enlist the sympathies
of a good heart or a sound head.
**The drying up a single tear lias more
Os honest fame than shedding seas of gore.”
If all Nations would imitate the sage ex
ample of that ancient King of France*who
marched up the hill and then marched down
again, it would be a jubilee for Farmers
and Butchers, hut death to Surgeons and
Tax Collectors.
Alexander M. Bneer, of Bibb, is the Democratic nom
inee for Cotigress in the Third. lie lias a hardy man
to beat, but we hope lie will, speer him successfully,
and leave the gentleman “standing prostrate before
him at tit** end of the canvass.” — V., of the Intelligen-
CCJ\
Such attempts at punning are about
equal to the “No Sir-ee” wit of the im
maculate Joseph. It would take a smart
man to tell which has the precedence in
dullness—the puns of his toady of the In
telligencer or the wit of his Excellency.
To decide the matter on this subject, we
think popular opinion would award the
crown of thistles to the Federal Union.
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
It would take an idiot’s brains to soak just
seven years in the dirty pool of Locofoco
ism, before they would discover the least
likeness, either in sense or sound, between
“Opposition” and “ ’possum” ; and yet
such poppy puns stupify the readers of the
Union every week —no doubt, to the great
gratification of the Editors. Let the next
medal they receive he made not of leather,
hut lead. They will wear it gracefully
and honorably.
Democratic Consistency.
Therefore, we prefer to fight the hordes of Northern
Abolitionists within the ranks of the Democratic party,
until it is “known and acknowledged of all men,” that
she has become paralized. powerless, and unable to
give us our rights, in the Union, then we will resort, if
necessary, to the sword for protection. — Empire State.
“She” has become already “paralized,
powerless and unable to give us our rights”
as “acknowledged of all men”—therefore
the conclusion irresistibly follows —-the hair
of the dog is the only cure for the bite, or
in other words, we must drown, to escape
hanging. Under which King shall the
South fight ? That is the question !
Southern Cultivator.
The August number of tlie best of Ag
ricultural Journals is on our table.
Terms SI.OO a year. Address W. S.
Jones, Augusta, Ga.
“The Hickory Nut.”
We are indebted to Maj. Wm. A. Cobh
for a copy of the Hickory Nut published
here twenty-six years ago. A quarter of a
century is of little account in the life of
nations, hut it makes sad havoc w r ith the
affairs, and especially with the politics of
men.
The copy of the Hickory Nut before us
bears date April 23, 1834. It contains no
editorial. The inside is filled principally
with the proceedings of a State Rights’
Meeting, John Turner, Esq., acting as
I Chairman and P. E. Bowdre, Esq., as Sec
retary. George Cary, Esq., from the Com
mittee of Resolutions, reported nearly two
j columns of Preamble and Resolutions,
i drawn out in words of learned length and
j thundering sound. The meeting was then
addressed by Daniel B. Grant and George
Cary, Esqs Maj. Wm. A. Cobh then re
ported an excellent Constitution for a State
Ri W Association for the County, which
w,:* unanimously adopted. Then follows
the following interesting information :
The committee of twenty-one who were appointed
: to select candidates for the Legislature at the next
General Election ‘reported through their Chairman, the
Rev. Jos. I. Rattle, that they selected the following
gentlemen:
FOR SEXATE,
Capt. EDW ARD HOLLOWAY.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
GEORGE CARY.
ICHABOD DAVIS.
Which was also agreed to unanimously. The meet
j ing then adjourned till Monday next for the pur
pose of electing officers for the ensuing year.
Monday, 21st April.
j The meeting was organized this day by the Chair
man, but in consequence of the general review and pa
! rade and the confusion incident thereto, it was thought
i to adjourn the tuceting till the first Tuesday in
THE UPSON PILOT. SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1859.
May next, which was accordingly done : at which time
it is contemplated to elect the officers of the Associa
tion for the ensuing year; and afford stlch ot the citi
zens of the County as may wish an opportunity of tie
coming meml>ers of this Association by signing the
Constitution.
JOHN TURNER, President.
Preston E. Bowdre, Secretary.” ,
The outside is filled up writh an able Ad
dress upon the Sovereignty of the States
before the State Rights’ Association of
Pennsylvania, on the 4th of March, 1834,!
by Condy Raguet, Esq.
We submit the follow ing correspondence
of the Charleston Mercury , copied into the
“ Hickory Nut,” to some of our modern
Jackson, Van Buren, Buchanan, State
Rights Democrats, as a “Nut” to he crack
ed. We think it will prove something like
the late Kansas nut—too hard to be crack
ed and too large to he spit out or swal
lowed. Are State Rights better protected
under Buchanan democracy than under the
reign of that man who the correspondent
calls 11 a sanguinary, cruel and vindictive
tyrant” ? Let real State Rights men an
swer: not those who are continually’
“marching up the hill merely to show how r
gallantly they can march down” :
“Washington, April 7, 1834.
There was little done in the Senate to-dav, except a
tedious debate on a trifling claim, and the presentation
of a few petitions. Mr. Calhoun gave notice that on
Wednesday next lie would call up the “Force Bill.” He
lias kept back this painful and important subject, in
order that the people who are laboring under distress
from the action of the General Government should be
heard, and every thing done, which the Legislature
could do, to relieve them. There will, no doubt, be
one of the most animated debates on this subject, that
lias ever been before the Senate; and Mr. W ebster, the
Ajax of consolidation, is not here. I know not which of
the Van Buren Jackson men will be selected to meet the
present crisis. No friend to human liberty would ever
have supported so dangerous and flagitous an outrage
on the rights of the States and the liberties of the peo
ple. No man who felt for the continuance of our polit
ical institutions, who was opposed to despotic power,
would ever have placed such a bill in the bands of any
man, much less the sanguinary, cruel and vindictive
tyrant, who now sits like Cromwell, dictating to his
insulted and slavish serfs.
The Senate at an early hour went into Executive
Session on the nomination of Mr. Eaton as Governor of
Florida, as it is supposed the Bank spies, that the old
tyrant has had the impudence to re-nominate with an
insulting message.
The House was in session till 5 o’clock, presenting
petitions and memorials during the whole day. It is
the first time during the session that-the entire States
have been gone through. There was an immense press
of memorials against the action of the General Govern
ment in relation to the deposites. That usurpation was
denounced in every note that could be produced by the
language of indignation, suffering, and love of liberty.
Mr. McKennan, of Pennsylvania, presented several of
these memorials, and with the firmest, clearest and
most distinct voice of any member in the House, lie
pointed out the evils which the usurpations of the Pres
ident had brought on the country, and the necessity of
retracing his steps. He drew a strong picture of tlie
effects of Jacksonism on all the active pursuits of life
in Pennsylvania, and entirely concurred in the unqual
ified, condemnatory language of the memorialists. Dr.
Southerland, the politician of principle in proportion to
his interest, presented the proceedings of some, little
clans of tho ring tails in his District, who met in the
grog whops under the dictation of Judge Kh>g, who
presides over the Court of Quarter Sessions, and holds
in his hands the power to break and withhold licence
from all whom he may find fault with. r J he conse
quence is, that all the grog sellers and buyers must
vote for Southerland and the Kitchen Cabinet. This is
as notorious in Philadelphia as the stroke of the great
clock at Independence Square. But the men who open
ly laugh at political honesty, will make no scruples
about compelling the grog bruisers to vote for them pu
fas nut pu nefus. This is Pennsylvania Democracy
under the reign of Andrew Jackson.
Southern History—The u Black
Boys” of Cabarrus Cos., N. C.
If Homer’s lyre had remained unstrung,
the heroism of Achilles and the wisdom ol
Ulysses would have been forever unsung.
Many brave nameless Napoleons have
sunk into the grave ‘unlriended and un
known/ because no Historian’s pen record
ed their gallant deeds and rescued from ob
livion their many virtues. The colonial
and revolutionary history of the South is
still unwritten. Many of the most thril
ling incidents of that momorable epoch are
lost forever through carelessness or acci
dents—many are handed down only by un
certain tradition, while the rest are locked
up, covered over with cobwebs and mould,
in the public offices of Europe, there to
await the touch of some future Hume or
Gibbon to give them form and vitality.
Occasionally some interesting historic
fossil is disintered after having lain buried
for centuries. Our country is rich in such
remains, hut we need Southern writers who
with the devoted enthusiasm of Old Mor
tality will leave the great highways of His
tory and turn aside into the lanes and al
leys and seek amid the humble church
yards of antiquity and there with chisel
and mallet cut away the moss and lichen
| which have gathered, from time and neg-
I lect, over secluded graves that no
! “storied urn nor animated bust” could
! possibly render more sacred and glorious,
j The big military Johnson’s of the earth
i who have waded through slaughter to
thrones can never lack sycophantic Bos
wells to hand down their names to poster
ity—the real heroes of the battle fields of
life, the soldiers in the ranks, are too often
the heirs of neglect and poverty when liv
ing and of cold forgetfulness when in their
tombs.
For these reasons, we gladly make room
for the following Toast and Remarks spo
ken at Concord, N. C., at the celebration
of the 4th of July last, and copied from
the Carolina Watchman, published at Sal
isbury, N. C. :
Memory of the “Black Boys of Cabarri'B.” —
They lit the tiros of Liberty with the fuel, wujch had
been prepared to Try-on themselves. —May the light
of those fires never die out in the bosoms of tbeir de
scendants.
In response to the toast to the “Black Boys of Cabar
rus,” R. Barringer Esq. said: These festive scenes
should sCrVe to awaken enquiry into events they are
intend to commemorate. In addition to tlie more j
prominent teatures of the Revolution, we should seek j
to learn and perpetuate the heroic achievements of our
own section —our own people—onr own fore-fathers.
The committee on Toasts did well to remember the
“Black Boys” of the Revolution. Mr. B. thanked
them for calling on him to respond to that toast. He
was proud of that achievement for his country, and
for bis county. Elsewhere every incident of tlie Revo
lution is gathered up and treasured as the richest lega
cy—the dearest heritage ever bequeated to any people.
Not so with us. We have been sadly derelict in this du
tv. The destruction-©! the Tea at Boston, by a party of
some sixtv men disguised as Indians, lias been btazen
ed on the page of history. Yet here is an event, simi
lar in character, prior in time, and equally, it not more,
bold in daring, that is scarcely known beyond the lim
its of Cabarrus. It is well authenticated. Indeed, there
is no doubt whatever as to the main tacts Early in
May, 1771. Gov. Tryon in anticipation of a Battle vitn
the Regulators, ordered some three or four wagon loads
of powder, lead, flints and other munitions of War from
Charleston, S. C., to meet Gen. Waddell at Salisbury.
As they passed through Cabarrus, with a guard, they
camped at the Phifer Hill —three and a half miles West
of this place, on the main road then leading from Char
lotte to Salisbury. A party of men from Rocky River
blacked themselves as negroes, seized the wagons by
force, stacked the contents into one great pile, and by a
train fired and consumed the whole. Thepairi con
sisted of Messrs. James White, (afterwards a brave and
gallant soldier and officer in tlie Revolution,) Ins broth
ers, John and William—a cousin, William White, a
brother-in-law, ltobeft Carlitliers, Benjamin Cochran,
Robert Davis, James Aslnnore, Joslma lladly, and one
or two others not now recollected. These men did this
thing, not through any personal or local grievance; be
cause this section was then a comparatively prosperous
and contented people. But it was done through sym
patliy for their brethren, tlie Regulators, in the middle
portions of tlie State. There were gross oppressions
and the most unjust exactions practiced by the Royal
authorities in those sections. These men had a strong
and clear sense of right and wrong, with a generous sym
pathy for the oppressed every where. They had a keen
fore-sight as to tlie impending danger. They saw an
isstle with the Regulators was near at hand, and that
the best service was, to cripple the Governor in bis pre
parations for the Battle. Q his they did. llie battle
of Alamance was fought just afterwards, and the result
may have been very different but tor this bold and dai
ing deed. They disguised themselves because they
knew the consequences, if discovered. The danger was
not so much in the attack, as in the disco\ei>. But
even in the attack, there was danger. Besides the men
and guard with the wagon, the lied Hill at Phifer s was
then a well known place of resort, and the friends of the
Roval cause, at that early day. were still numerous and
near. But they were touching the Royal Governor, in
a tender point, in cutting off the sinews of war, and they
were not disappointed in the danger they anticipated.
They were pursued, as it were, with blood-hounds.
They were hunted far and near. They lay out con
cealed—the very spot being still known. Rewards were
offered, and pardons promised to any one who would
inform. Tradition says, that two of them (Ashmore
and Hadlv) did turn King’s evidence. It is probable
they only accepted the offered pardon, and surrendered
themselves. This only increased their danger, but the
others stoutly refused to do, and although they weie
often hotly pursued, the feeling ot the counti y “as so
strongly with them, that the friends of Liberty always
managed to secure their escape. 0
How does this compare with the Boston Tea 1 aitv .
It occurred in 1773, two years afterwards, when the
whole country bad beeh excited and aroused to the
highest pitch of indignation. Tlie Royal Governor ot
Massachusetts, (Hutchins) was manifestly a timid man ;
and lie was willingly relieved ol a difficulty by the des
truction of tlie Tea. The leaders understood this; and
the party disguised as Indians, boldly inarched through
the streets of the city in broad day. Tbeir names were
not even asked for by tlie Royal authorities; and no
one pretended to molest them. Let us not detiaet from
IWton Put hero k a deed at least equal to tbeir ex
ploit, and is worthy of remembrance by us, and of a
history. And for one, (continued Mr. B.) 1 shall not
cease mv efforts for its preservation, until we get a pic
ture in the North Carolina Reader representing Major
White firing his pistol into the train of powder.
This incident is further remarkable as shewing the
prompt spirit of our forefathers, when the hour of trial
came. As before remarked, the people ot this section
were comparatively happy and prosperous. *l ,( \ C 1 | 1
efforts were made by tlie Royal Governors to conciliate
them. In 1768, Gov. Tryon made a visit to this very
county, (then a part of Mecklenburg.) He first came
to Salisbury. He then visited Major John Phifer, at
the Red Hill. Reviewed a regiment at Capt. Polk’s. —
Took up his quarters at Major Phifer’s. Returned to
Salisbury and reviewed a regiment there. Again re
turned to Cabarrus, and staid with Martin Phifer on
Cold Water—went with Phifer and others to search for
one of the corners of the Granville grant, which they
found near Cold Water. He then called on Captain
Barringer in the eastern part of the county—went from
thence to Messrs. Alexanders on Rocky River. But
notwithstanding these efforts to conciliate the people ot
this region, in 1771, they all sympathised with theßeg
ulators( From 1771 to 1775, they protected the Black
Boys from the power and indignation and vengeance
of “the Royal Governor. In 1775, they declared inde
pendence, and throughout the war, they sent forth as
many and as brave sons, as any other region in America.
Our Revolutionary Fathers have passed away, and
with them many of the memorials, the traditions, and
the emotions peculiar to their presence amongst us.
But, (said Mr. B.) I rejoice that so many of their places
are filled here to-dav. by the presence of tlie soldiers
of 1812. I rejoice too, that we are able to boast on this
occasion, such a gallant and beautiful display ot the
military. Igo for the volunteer system, and trust the
time may soon come when these companies may so
gain upon the public?confidence, as to secure an organ
ization of one or more of them, in each county in the
State, at the public expense. They should be our pride
in peace, and our surest defence in IV ar. I rejoice in
these anniversary celebrations. Let them be conduct
ed with order and decorum. But let us each year as
semble together to recount the illustrious deeds of our
ancestors. I trust we may long meet in peace, and that
von, my venerable friends of the war of 1812, may lons
five to mingle your voices in the rejoicings of this day,
and warn us, as you have done, of the danger and hor
rors of war.
Democratic Harmony.
“We would not be considered as en
dorsing all that tlie speech contains. There
are some things in it quite objectionable.—
We believe Senator Iverson to he anxious
for the Welfare of the South. But, if we
rightly understand his speech, lie has come
very near throwing himself out of party
line. We think the speech almost, if not
quite, a disunion speech.”
The above is the language of “V.” of
the Atlanta Intelligencer, commenting up
on Judge Iverson’s Speech, delivered in
this city on the 14th inst. “V.” thinks “the
speech “almost, if not quite, a disunion
speech.” Wonder if it is more disunion
than “V’s” tirades in ’SO and ’sl, when
from almost every stump in this part of
Georgia he belched forth the hot lava of
disunion. “Consistency thou art a jewel.”
Come, brother G ask ill, no shufflling in
ranks—no dodging now. — Griffiin Empire
State.
Letter from the Hon. R. C. Win
throp.
This letter has the old high toned ring
to it, so often recognized and responded to
, at a former period—so seldom characteriz
ing the political discussions of public men
in these latter days. It will command uni
versal attention, and we trust may prove
reviving within many breasts, to thb sorne
what fainting and dickering dame of pa
triotism.
Boston, 20th May, 1859.
Hon. H. Kef chum , Chairman, d'C ., dr.
My Df.au Sir :—Your communication
of the 23d ult., reached Boston just as I
was leaving home on a journey from which
I have hut recently returned. As I am
now’ making preparations for a still longer
absence from home and country at an early
day, I am constrained to reply to your in
quiries less formally and less fully than I
might otherwise have been disposed to do.
Indeed, I would willingly have excused
myself from answering them at all, if my
silence were not liable to be misconstrued,
either into a want of respect to the Com
mittee of which you are the organ, or into
a want of sympathy with their general
views. Retired, as I have been for some
years past, from all political connection,
and without an aspiration for anything
which party can bestow, I am sensible how
little importance can be attached to what
I may say or leave unsaid. And though I
have no cause for concealing any views
which I entertain, I shall not be sorry if
this communication should remain among
the unpublished correspondence of your
Committee.
You submit to my consideration a reso
lution in the follow-ing words :
Besolved, That, in the judgment of this
Committee, it is not expedient at this time
further to discuss or agitate the question
of slavery of the African race in this coun
try. That it be respectfully recommended
to every citizen to vote and act according
to his convictions of right and duty : but
those who, with us, beiieve that sufficient
has been said and written for the purpose
of explanation and elucidation, will for
bear further discussion of the subject of
slavery, and turn their attention to other
topics of general importance ; such as our
foreign relations, including the question of
the extension of territory, the building of
railroads for national purposes ; the im
provenfent of our harbors, and the naviga
tion of our rivers, to facilitate internal com
merce ; the subjects of currency, and a tar
iff of duties and other means for developing
our ow r n internal resources and home wealth,
and binding together by the ties of inter
est and fraternal feeling the various parts
and sections of our widely-extended Re
public.
The slim and substance of this resolu
tion, as I Understand it, is the expression
of an earnest opinion that local and sect ion
al questions should no longer be suffered
to absorb the whole time and thought of
our representatives and rulers, but that the
attention of Congress and the Executive of
the country, should once more be seriously
turned to those great national interests
which the Constitution of thel’nited States
was established to promote.
To such a resolution I give my cordial
assent and approbation. I believe it to be
one which ought to command the concur
rence of all true patriots. There may he
room, indeed, for differences of opinion, in
different parts of the country, as to the
precise extent to which this or that policy
of national improvement, suggested in the
resolution, should be carried. At a moment
when there is so much well-grounded ap
prehension that the old purity ot adminis
tration and legislation which characterized
the earlier periods of our Republic, is be
coming obsolete, there may well be some
caution in instituting a general system ot
internal improvements which could open
still wider opportunities for corruption. —
But with this obvious qualification I can
not doubt that a vast majority of the peo
ple of the Union —could they he free to
express their opinions uninfluenced by par
ty and unawed by patronage and power—
would give their hearty support to the
views which this resolution embodies.
We have a goodly heritage to manage for
ourselves and to transmit to our children.
Greatly as any of us may regret that it did
not come down to us from our fathers with
out incumbrances or drawbacks of any sort,
w r e have yet enough to he thankful for,
enough to be proud of, enough to occupy
our most diligent and devoted attention
without “ begging trouble ” from subjects
over which we have no control as a nation.
Nohodv pretends that there is any con
stitutional power in the General Govern
ment over the institution of African Slav
ery as it exists in the Southern States, and
nobody would know what to do with sucli
a power to-morrow, were it bestowed up
on the nation. The States in which that
institution exists have a sufficient weight
of responsibility in regard to it, without
being vexed and goaded by foreign inter
vention ; and the intervention of the free
States on this subject is foreign interven
tion, as much as if it were that of Great
Britain or France.
Incidental issues must indeed occasion
ally arise, as they have arisen, which bring
the w’hole subject into discussion, and up
on which the councils of the nation may
be compelled to act. But I can see noth
ing at this moment which calls for anv
such action or discussion ; nor anything,
certainly, which involves any in inevitable
or irrepressible conflict between the North
ern and the Southern States.
I believe, on the contrary, that the best
interests of the Union, and of all, without
exception, who dwell within its limits, call
for a cessational strife. “Interest lieipub
liece, vt fin is sit litium”
The more I have looked over the field of
past or present political controversy, the
more I have been coeviuccd that nothing
but evil has thus far resulted from section,
al agitations of the slavery question, aid
that they have retarded, instead of advan
cing, the progress ot any just opinions on
the subject, both at the North and at the
South. Not a few of the most deplorabl
struggles which have been witnessed in re
lation to the new Territories, have been
inflamed and infuriated by the crimina
tions and recriminations which have char
acterized these sectional
Northern men and Southern men have ta
ken up extreme and untenable doctrines j Q
the mere heat of opposition and in order
to spite each other. Principles and meas
ures have been proposed and pressed in a
spirit of retaliation, from which a sober
second thought would have revolted, and
would now revolt.
If 1 have any serious fear at this instant
that the revival of the Foreign Slave Trade
will liud any considerable number of advo
cates at tlie South, it arises from the ap
prehension that the question will he seized
upon for party purposes at the North, and
made the subject of angry, reproachful, in
discriminate denunciation.
Undoubtedly issues may ho raised here
after, as they have been heretofore, which
must be met. But if I could hope that
mv voice would be heard or heeded nnv
wliere, I would deprecate the disposition
to anticipate such issues or to act upon
any predictions of their inevitable necessi
ty. Let the Southern mind and the Nor
thern mind have time to recover from the
fever and fromv of recent struggles; let
them be turned once more and turned to
gether to the consideration of common in
terests and common dangers ; let them
unite in devising means for maintaining an
honorable and inviolable neutrality in the
wars which are now convulsing the oM
world, and let it be the generous rivalry of
us all, w hich part of the country shall do
most to promote the prosperity and wel
fare of the whole, which shall exhibit the
best fruits of our Republican system, and
which shall most worthily illustrate tin*
history of those tree institutions winch
were founded by a common and glorious
ancestry.
These are the views, hastily and imper
fectly expressed, which lead me to give my
cordial assent to the Resolution of your
Committee. Like yourself and the gen
tlemen associated with you, I have formed
no new political connection since the Old
Whig party ceased to have a National or
ganization. I have waited patiently irt
the hope that the condition of that party
1 was only a case of suspended animation;
and recent indications confirm me in tin*
. belief that, even if the good old name of
Whig shall never again be revived as the
proud designation of a dominant National
party 7 , our country’ will once more, at no
very distant day, be found rejoicing in an
Administration conducted on the same
substantial principles which were so long
and so nobly advocated by Clay and Web
ster —which brought Harrison and Taylor
and Fillmore, ami ivhich ©fight to bate
brought Scott into the Presidential chair
—and which are still associated with sftch
living names as those of a Crittenden
an Everett, a Bell and a Bates, a Uiv ,s
and a Kennedy 7 , a Hamilton Fish and a
Washington Hunt.
Believe me, dear Sir, with great regard,
very faithfully yours,
‘ ROBT. C. WINTHROF.
FOREIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE
Ns O hITII JBKITO IST.
Farther Point, (off Quebec,) Jnty 24
The steamship North Briton has been
boarded off Farther Point, by the news
Yacht belonging to the Associated Frw-
The Liverpool news is up to Wednesday,
July 13th.
Commercial Nev;s. —Liverpool, July
—The sales of cotton for the past three
business days, were 32,000 bales, with a
firm market. Middling Orleans closed at
7 l-Bd., and Middling Uplands at G 13-1&1.
Breadstuff's closed dull, and provision*
w’erc declining.
London Money Market. —The money
market was generally unchanged, but con
sols closed at 96.
[second dispatch.]
Hriirial News.
The news by this arrival is highly in l ’
portant and interesting.
Peace has been concluded, between the
contending powers of France, Sardinia,
and Austria.
There is to be an Italian confederation
under the honorary Presidency of the
Pope.
Austria has conceded Lombardy i0
France, but Napoleon has yielded it up
Sardinia.
Austria still preserves Venice.
The North Briton left before the effect
of this news had time to be developed.
The Anglo-Saxon arrived at Liverpool
on the 11th of July.
Additional Commercial Neivs.
The sales of cotton in Liverpool, for l .
three days, to speculators were 4,000; ant
to exporters were 3,000 hales. The ad
vance previously reported by the Air*- 1
w r as fully maintained.
State of Trade. —Manchester advitty
were favorable, and goods and yarns
slightly advanced in price. r .
Richardson & Spence, in their L
pool circular, report that the weather
tinued favorable to the growing crop®y*
Flour was very dull at 10s to 13s.
was dull. Corn unchanged. Pork hea.
and declining. Sales of Bacon u . nlD3 '!A
tant, and prices dull. Lard inactive,