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Icier (ran: Hon. .1. n. I’oitixcU
Bellow-Citizens: My object in addressing
to« in this crisis ol our affairs, will scarcely
be misunderstood. I am a Carolinian hy
birth and principle, and nil I own in the
world is vested in lands nnd negroes. 1 have
■ common interest then in the question bor
fcre thfc country, and n right to express- my
Ttetfs and opinions. 1 should not, lien over,
hare departed from my detcrminmicm to
abstain from tnkirg par m politics, if I liad
■ot lately enjoyed unusual opportunities oft ly blamed by both .iNi
be conduct'and cliarncterot the riTci\ s ended much tr
•haarving the —
opposition msue at the North to dor institu
tions j and if I bad not perceived from the
tenor of the speeches ami writings published
in the Slate, that tho subject is hot fully un
derstood in-South CtwoVma. These speeches
and writings have tended to irritate the feel
ings ol some, and to alarm the fears of others,
il Texas voluntarily chooses to compound n
doubtlul title utid to accept tho oiler made
her, surely there is- no cuuso for calling her
hard nuinfs and applying to .such n people
utitisive epitbeis.
The next subject 'complained of- Js the
abolition of'tho slave trade in‘the District of
Columbia, and this measure is characterized
ns advancing abolition. For inv own part,
i think the scones we have so olteu witness
ed in Washington, mid so often heard severe-
“ 11 *-■ ftlicrn nnd Southorn
.. arc to advance aboli-.
Won than the passfigo-oflhii^lnw." "f
It if,-certainly tube lumonled that the
halunC'E'ol' power between (lie slavo nnd free
.Status cot/lii not have been maintained in life
Senate, We have struggled for it in vain,
it is iviih Stales as with individuals—equitl-
jfv of strcngili or of fortmio cannot he main-
THIS COURIER,
among our fellow-citizens of lho North.— j mined by either; lliit this is no legitimate
Many, however, among thorn, have regarded j cause of strife or - 1 evolution, And yet we
these outbursts of passion without resent
ment, and have assembled together in recent
meeting! to testify their devotion to the Un
ion, ana their Arm determination to main
tain the laws of the Country. On niio ill
these occasions oil luy passage through i’liil-
adelphia, I tvoasolicited to be pro.- out, that J
might witness their proceedings, and hear
taatimbuy to you that nor folJRv-jcilizcns
of Pennaylvnnia were animated with the
kindheat feelings towards os, and determine
to tee the laws aflecting our property within
their State.
I resisted the importunities of my numer
ous friends there, beenuse 1 did not desire to
take part in the proceedings ofnnotlior State.
A» a Carolinian, I darned to speak to toy
fellow-citizens of Corolinn from my own
home among them I did not niali to up-
pear to (ebukc the winds and waves of our
agitated sea from n distant shore, but icserv-
ed my efforts to calm them until my return
among you. Burin justice to tho great
and good men who assembled at New York,
Philadelphia and Boston, to vindicate tho
laws and to declaro their Arm determination
to maintain them, I feel bound to say, that
they wero animated by the purost mid no
blest motives, and hnvethroughmu, evinced
the'most praise worthy zeal and patriotism.
1 am personally and Intimately acquainted
with many of them, and believe that they
will maintain to the utmost the sentiments
they expressed on thoso occasions. Tho
great error, it appears to me, that wo liuve
committed, is that we have given ton much
eonsequeace to the wicked and designing
inon who strivo to produce discord among us
•ad to destroy the peace nnd prosperity of
the country, that thoy may reveal in the
spoils, or elevate themselves to pow er, by
pandering to the passion and prejudice of the
vilest factions. Depend upon it tlieso men
•re moral lepers, despised by the masses ns
well os by the enlightened portions of tlio
community everywhere. They me power
ful for evil 1 know, becauso they arc organi
sed and unscrupulous; mid from the period of
lh(> first French revolution, when a .small or
ganised fa:tion deluged Frnace in blood to
the present day, wo all know tlio power ox-
ercised by a well organised mid unscrupulous
faction of the people, however insignificant
in .numbers and character.
The admission of California into the Un-
-iou as a State, is hono-lly believed mid rep
resented to bo the most prominent of our
. wrongs, and the adoption of tlml elnui-0 of
her Constitution excluding slavery, tlio great
est outrage committed upon our rights. 1
.say. nothing of tlio irregularity of .the admis
sion ol CuTtfornin, becauso V firmly believe
that if tho clausa above alluded to hnd been
omitted, the complnint of the constitution be
ing violated in the fnct of her admission would
havo proceeded from the North rntber than
from the South. But I think (Imre is an er
ror in tlio enusos assigned for (lie adoption of
that clause. Tho exclusion of slavery in Cal
ifornia is generally attributed, in tlio South,
to tho improper interference of Government,
whereas it arose from tlio spon'aneous fcol-
ings of the people there. Tlio missisou of
Mr. Butlor King, whatever were the instruc
tions ho bore, w ns of no qse whatever. There,
ns everywhere in this country, tlio people
would nave revolted at the uncalled for in
terference of the General Government.
1 have seen nnd conversed with returned
•migrants from that State—sonio successful
boyond their most sanguine expectations,
whilo others wero disappointed and poor—-
na poor, i
me told that tlio remedy of (heat evils is to
lie sougnt for in revolution ; for what is so
cession bn revolution ? U the right of se
cession to be found in tho Constitution ?. It
existed, I grant under tlio old Confederacy,
lor that was a l.o.iguo ; but the Constitution
was limned and mlopied, lifer solemn delib
eration, to tbi'in a more ported union of the
Siolt-s. Tho lirst timo wo over beard of tlio
right of secession was during tlio proceedings
of tbe Hartford Convention, and at that peri
od no people roccivcd tlio doctrine with
iiioro indignation and contempt than our-
selves. Intact if any .Slate possessed the
power to secede from tl.o Union whenever
il thought proper I'd do m, our Constitution
would boa moikory, nnd unr boastedslicngth
as a great and powerful nation, would be dos-
pised by Rroign powers. It is true if Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana,
Florida, Mississippi nnd Toxns, wero to
form a Confederacy uiid agree to secede,
there might lie no opposition for u time.
But muiiy of those Stales form but tlio en
trance and portico to tlio great edifice roared
in the West. How long would tlio inhabi
tants of tlio mighty structure ciiduto the
privations they must sutler, if their ingress
wero in tlio lianas of foreigners ? Would
they permit Louisiana to bo ilia ally of some
maratime power, that might occupy New
Orleans, und hart ass tl.c internal c mime ce
of the Mississippi valley ? 1 think nut. No
lino can bo drawn that will not involve
questions uf humidiiry mid right, only to lie
so’tllcd'by the iSSf appeal ; and this country
would soon exhibit the miserable aspect of
tlio Spanish American Stales Besides, such
a Confederacy would picscut no burner
against the attack- of the Abolitionists of nil
tiic . world. Tim sympathies of civilized
Europe me against our institutions, and if
tliov be not protected by the Constitution
uud tlio much despised Union, our slaves
would not be worth ten yc irs |U: chase. In
such a Confederacy, how many causes of
discontent would occur? How would we,
with our habits of eternal agitation, bo satis
lied with our station in it f Our relutive
importance in tlio Sonlliern Confederacy
would diminish every year unloss wo could
change our habits altogether, nnd instead of
devotingull our energies to political a 0 t.atio
as w e have done for tlio last twenty years,
turi) our minds to tlio promotion ol commerce,
munuliicttires and easy communications by
land and water from the interior to the
Const. But, under the lend of .South Car
olina such a Confederacy will never be form
ed. Wo me unfortunately not renow ned lor
our wisdom or prudence, nnd our taunts will
1)0 nliltu in vain to drivo our sister States in
to measures of violence for the pust. What
the future may bring tortli, time will show.
But I warn the Northern men, who love their
c’otmfry, and dcsiro to preserve (lie Union,
that they most restrain their own ngitatois ;
men, w hom my nivn sclf-rcspct prevents mo
from characterising ns they deserve; mini,
who are not families but political demagogues
of the worst description, Using their money
and abusing their talents to deceive nnd so-
duco tlio people, nnd who would not liosi-
inlo to ol ovale lliomselvcs to powor overllio
rocking ruins of their country. The apposi
tion commenced under my own eyes, to the
iitftmous machinations of these men must be
THURSDAY MORNING, DEO. 12,1850.
,l Should Congress at an// time exhibit its
purpose to war upon our property,, or withhold
our just constitutional rights, we standready to
vindicate thosorighls, in the Union as.iong
as possible, and out oft he Union when wt-sre
left np other altern/iiivc."
lion. Joel It. I’oins'vU. ’ “
We publish to-ooy on lntcrastltig letter from this
gentleman to tho peoplu of South Carolina* "Wo
for it an attentive perusal,.became we have neither
heard or read any thing upon the slavery question since
the agitation cointtlehoea which pieuses us better. He
takes tv fair view of the whole question; gives each
fact its due weight, nnd arives at just.conclusions, evi
dencing neither malice towards the North nor an im
proper leaning towards the South and Southern insti
tutions No unprejudiced mind can attribute to him
any but the purest and most patriotic motives; he has
no ambition to gratify—no lust for office—nothing to
prompt him in this matter but the love of country.
Already he has served his country^ home nnd abroad;
in tho Cabinet, as a Foreign Minister, with credit to
himself and honor to his country; ho has largt* expert*
enne in public affairs, and if there is any man whose
opinions nrc worth knowing, and whose warning
voice ought to bo heeded In theae times of excitement,
that man is Joel R. Poinsett. >Ve trust that hia na
tive State, South Carolina, will yet listenIo Ida warn
ing, and not involve herself! n difficulties, the end of
which no man can see, nnd which may result In
calculable evil to heiself and other Southern States.
So it ill Carolina. .
The Legislature of this State ianow In session, and
ach member is striving to show himself more South
ern than tho South itself. Various propositions have
been submitted,—some are in favor of the ofLpiing of
the Nashville accouchment, a Southern Congress—
some for secession—some for non-intercourse, and one
fallow is for not being represented in Congress atoll.
VVImt they will do is very uncertain. Front what
they have done, one thing may be very clearly infer
red, ” tho fools iro not all dead yet.” Gen.’ Quttlc-
hum is there ami is quite a conspicuous member.
Every day’* mail brings us additional Intelligence
concerning the division In the public mind of the free
States upon the adjustment measures of the late Con
gress. Upon one side are to be found the friends of
the Union, the law abiding and ‘constitution loving
portion ol the people They are assembling in large
inhssesin the principal cities nnd townjfao give ex
pression to their devotion to the Union, and their dis
approbation 'of the conduct of fhc abolitionists and fan
atics generally. On the other side oro to be found a
gang of political demagogues, bankrupt in princi le,
destitute of political integrity or moral worth, and
whose only hopo of notoriety is to be found in the
depths of infamy to which they may be able to preci
pitate themselves. Thus ore they arrayed against
each other, and of such aw-the parties 1 com-
continued by tho united efforts of the good
and true ol all parties ; nnd tlio Constitution
Gooey’s Lady’s Book for \Vo have receiv
ed the January No. of this prince of Magnarnva.—
" UNnquAT.LKD” is its motto',and ififie prift-isn suffi
cient criterion fo* the future, wo feel confident that the
motto is a correct one• ‘ift contains many original nr-
tides, prose and poetry , which are alike highly credi
table to the giited authors nnd' published. The
embellishments arc a little superior, both in design
nnd execution to any thut have met our eyefnnd whcn
wo consider that ‘they are the* work of Americanty ii
civntus a pride that makes us love to commend the en-
teiprisuig Publisher to'the patronage of hi* country
men. To tho Indies, especially, this Mng zinc is in-
v tillable. Now is the time to subscribe'for 1851. L.
A, l»odey, Publisher, Philadelphia..
We neglected last week to call tKfr atten
tion of our renders to tho advertisliutsnl of
Leonard Scott & Co., 79 Fultpn’-st., New
York, who still continue the re-publication
of four of the leuding Biiti»h Quarterly Re
views, nnd Bluckwood’s Magazine. They
have also commenced the publication of an
Agricultural work entitled the “Farmer’s
Guide to Scientific nnd Practical Agricul
ture.” • \
It is useless for us to say one word in
vor of the above works, ns- they have attain-'
ed to n character in the literary world, which
is sufficient commend uiotv. They ore the
exponents of thediflerent pnrtios in England,
nnd are indispensable to those who would
keep pace with the political history of that
country. Tho literature is of a higher and
purer order than is generrully found in any
other periodicals. The Farmers Guide will
he a valuable' publication*, and persons en
gaged in Agricultural pursuits, would, we
think, be benefited- by subscribing for it.—
For terms, &c., see advertisement in another
column.
In view or Oils-tttaitiKm of Un people fn the fre •
States, it beeonU't the duty of gooit men nv tk^Bouih
to be cautious whir.lt porty they aid by their conduct
To excite and ngit. te th» Southern mind by violent
appeals to'Sceriofied JSWRidices, and array the nuts of
a mob fn Boston or any whe e else as nn evidence that
the whole Northern mind is unsound upon the ques
tions t.ow before the country, is not only unfair, but
unwi-e. Tt is unfair, because it is not tiue. It is un
wise, because, in the language ofn dittingu shed states
man of South Carolina, " it gives too much conse
quence to the wicked and designing men, who strive
to produce discord among u», nnd to destroy the
peace and prosperity ofthe country, that they may re
vel on thu spoils or elevate themselves to power by
pandering to the passions anti prejudices of the vilest
faction*.” With th.:nta great nnd paramount object
is \tr be considered nnd spoken of by us ns the truk ex
ponents of Northern opinion, and every Southern tn rn
nnd press, that by nn untrue .-taiement of facts, lielj s
to keep up this delusion, ts g.viog aid and comfort to
our enemies, unwillingly itmny be, but none the less
effectually. If on the other h md we would speak of
them, nnd regard them as they are, a lawless band of
desperadoes, vagabonds and fee negroes, " moral
lepers, despised by the masses, as well n< by the cn
lightened portions of ih' community every where,”
they would soon dwindle into cotnpnrathq^insi 4 nifi-
esnee, and the contempt they so richly in rit from good
men ol all parties every where, would be tneeted out to
them.
Lot uh look the facts then fairly in the face, and
deceive neither our. ehes nor others Lei u- not be
frightened out of our wit* because in Boston where
there are hundreds of th'im&ods of people a mob of a
w hundred attempt to ob.i ruct the enforcement of a
law* It is the extremity of folly to he *o bndly scared
fion* so small a c >use. And if indeed, we under nt**
the str ngtli nnd importance of his gang, there fa still
greater reason why weshou'd be careful lest we err n
this matter. If we take part in the contest at all, nnd
if our conduct can b* con-trued favorably to cither
side, fat it be for th it side which is mo t favorably in
clined toward us Let us not tell our friend- that ih y
are powerless for good—that they are in tho minority,
and are doomed to defeat and overthrow l»u> let us
accurate them, nnd commend io th • favor of thu peo-
uch men os have recently met in New Yo k.
Phiindel, hbt, Boston nnd elsewhere to oppose the
spirit of fanaticism nnd disobedience to the laws.—
There is no wi-doin in eneourtging our enemies, nor
is there any chivalry in making a man of straw just to
knock him over.
Our Devil says that the disunion pa>
pers have been continually saying }ha{ the
Fugitive Slave Law was no go, but ho guess
es they will conclude that they, themselves,
are no go now.—Atlanta Republican.
Yes, they are 0one in the Salt River,Pack
et.
We are not able to answer the inquiry
of friend Bennett, of the Standards but
hope his imagination will supply our defi
ciency.
CBRRESPOiNDENCE OF TH COURIER.
Madison, Ga., Doc. fi, 1850.
I arrived at this place last evening, after n fatiguing
nnd in some respects, annoying ride of a few horns
upon Rill Roads of various kinds and qualities. 1 first
stepped into whnt -ome ten years ago would have been
culled a Rati Road Cot, near R in *, whh*h was qu u e
crowded, nnd in due time, strange tosny, anived at
King ton without accident. The dhectors of this
rondhatc exhibited good tnate i*. the eduction of their
og nts nnd conductor,Who are gentlemen tint seem to
take | leasu c ; n trying to render the traveller cotn-
fortnble. But how enti thev do this with th • present
equipment 1 We kn nv that the stockholders have the
ability to furnish a more tasteful and creditable out
fit; we trust th y will >oon have the will, nnd thus
render the route to the impel ill city, on.* of the most
safe nnd delightful in the State
But bad and mong.c ns are the accommodations on
the Rome road, they arc far better thnn those on the
Statu road, lien* we f .uad but n solitary fitpefonn-
nted passenger car, its senta in sonic inmutc -s without
cosh fins or bucks; n poithm ol tin p.is.-cngcra com
pelled to K.t or. trunks, nnd box *, so ne on nothing,
and the rest crammed into tho baggage cur with itc-
gr es, &c I do. not desire, Mr. Editor, to be harsh
oi c. nsorioas, 1ml l must be permitted to repent whnt
nluiost every traveller asserts, thet the p *v»out wretch
ed outfit on this great thoroughfare is a repro ich to thu
>'tntc. Portion- of the truck, also, are evidently in u
decayed and utts tfe condition.
Bull did not sit down to write n pltilipic against
rail toads, hut principally to speak ofthe improve
ments o th s vc y tlniity nnd beaut.iul vHlntre. M idi-.
son, within a lew ye. trs It ta r.ipfTTIy ino.ens k *d in ;.o-
I ul -tion tmd advanced in • wealth. Its enterprising
citizens h ,ve now in process of completion » steam
cotton factory of very creditable dimensions, which
wilLoon be in eucc -ssful op rnii m, uud f course,
gently enli noe tho buslness.oi'tue place Two Fe-
utnl: C’ollegcs n.e nl*o • stahlfalted at 'this-placet, one
unth*. the auspices of tho Biptlls, the otlte.r unde -
tllofo of the Metbotilst Cbu ch. 'i'lte College buii.i-
ing of the form r is ju-t •commenced, that ofthe Int-
I r neatly completed, ft is c ghty feel long, nnd three
stories high, uml will be, I doubt not, bath nn orna
ment md n bles-ing to tit ? place. By n Cnttlogtte
before me, I observe that liter • were in attendance
upon this Institn.ton Inst y nr, 128 student*. This for
th • lirst year ofi s existence, is certainly do ng well.
The Hit j list College I nut also happy t<» hear, fa inn
nourishing condition These hvo li.stit.t lions w II add
g ently to the cliiirrcict nod pro fie.ity of this port! .n
of tin? Mate. W hen shall oar own r.ch nnd p >pulous
county be able to pout to sint.Inr exhibitions of public
nterprisc nttd lib -.slity f
Coming Right.—The Aemonstr-..™^
public sentiment on the side ofthe Uuioh, _
overwhelming. From every quarter, North,
South, East nnd West, there is one general
spontaneous outburst of loyally; and attach
ment to tho institutions of the country ; and
if the intelligence and patriotism of the North
will be able to suppress the attempts of the
fanatics to agitato the public mind ‘andUo’
keep it in a state of foment, peaco^and qui
lude may soon bo restored: 'We ill want an
armistice ol this kind—the'gooit -of the couo--
try requires it; the interests, cdmlort and h.pl
piness of the people demand’ ll'. It is full
timo then that this perturbation and dis- '
quietude should bo quelled—that we should
tiring our minds to dwell upon more conge
nial and proAtablo subjects; and to discard
from our edritomplatiun lh „ di.trust 'And
gloom which overshadow a disastrous future.-
That futuro can be made’bright and sun-
'■liiue, if all good, true, uiid • lijj-nl citizens-
• ill unite to frown down fill nlitnipts to sub
vert tlio'institutions 61 tlio'country. Will,
the past wo have now' nothing to do ; oliV
sores liuvo been lieaiod—past grievances re-'
dresied. Wo have made''a compromise, nnd
it now behooves us io staiid by-'it faithfully
■md truly. We irisirif ihalHir Northern
brethren shall carry out, in good faith, nil the-
covenants nnd obligations, that they have
entered into, on their port, and we must do'
tliesniuo on our part. If the compact shall
bo honestly observed, there js no further
dilliculty to apprehend; nnd this temporary
interruption — J '' ' •sifsafy
to show the
inappreciable
liood.
With, us
■O ii|)prc!Icn
y to apprehend; nnd (histemporary
Hion of domestic harmony will serve'
' <>'0 lolly of family ..broils, DndUfp^^
ciablo value of a^itnite4^h».
“^Lita^uB^thoro is no danger
ouuu ironriii|) F|)jrjt of disaffection
Tilt Amriiiilu Mtciusic—We have intruded
some lime pant to cnlt the Attention of our render, to
tide illterrsling pnpor, devoted to the ‘ mere ts oflh’
worlttng mnn. It i. publ shed nt Aihens.Cn , by nn
A-sorint on of Mechnuh.’., nud edited with spirit, hy
~ S. Ot.lt’ten, one of rinrure'. nobi -ini fj; Ii i. wor
thy the pstroljsiie ofthe labouring men of our Suite
■nd country,nnd we hope it may receiver lilie-.il sn, .
port.
Nothing of Interest hn.i traueplretl in Tongrese
• Some change, hove been tmidc in the standing Coin.
Quinces.
CO-We are planned to notico thnt M. snrn. CnatsTV,
Ke.'^isa & Bi iikk, of Athena, tin., Imvo cetnbli hed n
Puhlfijhing House in tliut place, tngeiber wilh a Tvie
Fomairy. Thin will be quite n convenience to prin
ters l’h this eeciion of country.—Thais the sort of retj-
tutio.ts to establish Southern intltjiendrnce.
A TRAVELLER.
They nil, both rich ana poor, concurred
tho opinion, that tlio exclusion of shivery
lrom Onlifirriin was owing to the unwilling-
■nen of the white man to work side- by side
with the negroes—n feeling so universal nl
,,he North, that I have nevor seen negroes
employed in their great work shops, nnd up
on asking the reason was informed by tlio
proprietors tlinl if they attempted to intro
duce negro laborers into their works the
whites would leave them This feeling gov
erned the vote on this question in California,
it is n great mistake to suppose that nt the
period of the adoption of the Constitution
that tprrilory consisted only of squatters lin'd
ofthe simple nnd ignorant conquered people.
California was peopled with unexttmplSd
rapidity, and the emigrants were from among
our most industrious nnd enterprising citizens.
They were neither few in number nor dis
qualified in character to frame u Constitution
. for themselves; ihdeed, their atderly.conduct,
while abandoned hy their legitimate govern
ment, wns dwelt upon with pride by us, nnd
excited the admiration of the civilized world
We mVy complain w ilh some justice of the
admission of California wilh the exclusion of
slavery, hut if wo had depopulated South
Carolina of our negroes and taken them to
California, I firmly believe that they would
have been expelled from the State ut tin; '’ -
first meeting of its Legislature, fi t I know
full well that tho pe >p!e there w ere dolcruiin-1 1$ appointment of Senator may be conic
,, j ,i' on soiub one whose heart uiid hand, nnd voice,
ed not to admit ll.e.u. I nre t( , (he ( i llil)n of ,|, 0 .States, at nil
bi’.zurds, nnd to tlio .support of tho compro
mises of tl.c Constitution and the execution
ed not to admit them. |
The next great outrage complained of, is j
♦he adjustment of the boundary oi Texas. I j
will not prolong this paper and occupy your j
will ho snfo and the Union preserved.
Ii there are nny nmong ns so wild ns to
think of seperato Stutc action, to them 1
would sny, thnt they mistake violence for
strength. Let them cxnmine the map and
cousult tho census, nnd they will see our re
lative weakness, and understand with what
oaso South Corolinn might be prevented trom
indicting nny injury except upon herself.
But 1 will not parsuo this humilict'ng theme
—it is improbable that such u measure will
lie-resorted to. It would be ns absurd ns for
one to throw himself from a precipico in. the
expectation of injuring his enemy hy the
fall.
Fcllow-cittzens, my task is dono. I felt
impelled to address you as a friend and
brother, by the interests I liavo nt stake in
Ibis question ; by my zeal for tlio honor and
wolluro of my native State ; by tho Fong ex
perience I have had of the fearful consequen
ces of revolution, uud by niv devotion oi the
Union, to which, under Heaven, 1 heliove
we owo our unexampled prosperity ns n na
tion. J. H. POINSETT.
Charleston, Dec. 4, 1850.
Leetteu ekom Com.Stockton.—In a brief
hut emphatic letter, Com. S. declares ho
will not consent to hen candidate for tho U.
S. Senate from New Jersey. Me fervidly
Wo art) happy .to info/tn our .Corres
pondent, who complains of the meagre h®
coindntions on tho Rome Railroad, that tho
enterprising President, Wm. R. SsttTit, Esq.
contemplates placing n new Car on the Road
ere long.
Thnt it should he many way “strange” to
our correspsndent to arrive ot Kingston w 'ab
out accident, is a little strange to us, ns wo
lenrn that there has been hut one or two ac
cidents on the Road since it has been in op
eration), and no serious injury watt done then
If, how’ever, there should be any lack of ac
commodutions at present, we feel nssured
from our knowledge of the intention of the
President nnd the Company, to make every
one comfortable who passes over the Rond
thnt such a state of things wujl riot be allow
ed to exist long. And while on this subject
we would take occasion to say, that we
know of no road where there is' so much
promptness in the transportation of freight
as on the Rome Road.
“Still permit n>o to express tho hope, that
‘‘ . * 'felted
..... prolong this paper
to hy arguing the question of tho validity
“the boundary claimed hy Texas; hut cr.ii’
1 If w'ithslating my bel.cf that il Mr.
had been captured by the Biitixi)
' and, under terror of hi.- life,
ty ceding the then Torritn-
i're.:?; and we, the people,
d that Great Bri.aia ha ,
La title to that portion of
at of ofleiing ten
what it lias been
vii war, olh-
course of
heffljsush-
of the laws wi.lt unfaltering fidelity
“Survive who may, perish who will, the
Union must ho pro.-cr'-ed To this sontiment,
lor one, f so! my Impd nud. heart, and on its
inauitonance, I rirft ririiv nnd cvw have been,’
ready to pledge my life, my (t/riunq, and my
honor. The people of New Jersey have at
the lute election, adopted and made it theirs,
uud every citizen c ’o.y v. t;c- u, wiro loves his
country nt.d Iris race, ’..’ill re-pond to it with
enthusiasm.’’
iDliuiiiicjll.'i.S edict ol tlio
it Turin, by which the
XT An
Pope tins a
Pope Inis ex(’,o<ivnui>ioa!r 1 d Irani [hollo*
Northern A Sonlliern Sl. rrhaiit*
There seems to be a very general opinion in the
country. ihntSouthern merchnnts ought not to trmle
with any Northern merchant who do not give unequi
vocal cvidenco, that they neither cttrecily nor indirect.
ly, countenance nKncke.inude upon, the inetitution of
nlnvery. We ore not ofilhoeo who blame a thing be.
cauee it is Northern orpralso it because It ts Southern,
•till, seirpreservation in the first low if nature, ntid if
Nortlrem meti will make war upon our insdluilorin,
arid meddle with thing! Which do- not .concern them,
it in i. ut just flint we should refnliste” in thu .moat ef
fectnal waypind ifthere isany.more effectual way to
attack on tndivhluel Yankee .05 a pridya.pMfa.11 krea,
thnn to_kcepyour parse in your entry yaAfeV, wyVe
not nwritc whai it ii. - "We d^mffirieaiJ-byeihis tW
they would take'•itharyopi^pBnq'qr’j'UcgnVenu.lrq^
yon diritonentiy, but if in »"f»h coarse of .trade arid;
for a vriluitiic cori»ideratiori t ’i >r lawyers say, they
cmld sell yon fevenly five cenlo worth of goods fora
dollars worth of money, they would no, loose mofe
than seven nights sleep in the Week ( pn n
troubled conscience. We do not pretend to
» hot would be unequivocal
mercbnlirfe .ituii.f upriir i.
We And in the Atlanta Republican the fol
lowing communication, which we would com
mend to our renders for calm consideration:
Atlanta, Nov. 30, 1850.
Mb. Editor—If South Carolina should
persist in Iter revolutionary Course, wlmt will
be the eAect upon her currency ? Will not
her bills, which are now in circulation, by
the million, west of her own holders, be a
dead loss to the holders ?
These ore questions thnt thousands of tho
labor ng classes are interested in.
Now to convince every nffip. that there is
danger of suclt 11 result, f will simply refer
them to the lute proceedings of the South
Carolina Legislature, under the particular di
rection ol his Highness, Emperor Cheves.—
To convince nny one of the revolutionary
priaciples of that man, who lordk it over the
South Carolina Legislature, it is only neiSm-
ry to read hit speech delivered in the Southern
Conventional Nashville,Nov.14. Wouldihtu
every man in the Uniou sltould read it, ai.d
reflect upon the consequences that must fol
low. Or. page25lh of his speech, (in pam
phlet furmj in speaking ofthe dissolution ol
o r present Union, he snys:
"We want but Union among ourselves, and
the enemy nreours. Then this wnr will he nt
nn end. VVhntwill he the result ? This Union
will be, thank God, forever at nn end.”
On tlie same page lie says: "In such a
cot.tc-t, should it take place, shall the South
not sufler? Undoubtedly it will .suffer some
of the casnnltier of war ft would he a fraud
on the people to hold n different language . ”
unking it then for granted, that “it would he
a fraud on the people to li.dd 11 different lan
guage,” and believing that “some of the cas
ualties of war,” is tho depreciation of a wide
ly circulating paper currency, I would there
fore, advise every man to refuse the hills of
tlio South Carolina bunks. It is tiuthing-JiLn
justice to ourselves uud our families. Mure
“non. Georgia.
Recent movements in South Carolina
makes the difficulty.alluded to above, look
very . suspicious. Let traitors to Southern
Rights, (us our Carolina neighbors seen, to
lorlii.nll^who.cherish any good feeling to-
wneds our glorious Union,) mid all others
who ure inclined to be tender about the/tocA-
et nerve, be on the alert
V From the dividends declared b
ing institutions in Georgia, il suT
they nre iiiniimred Wit* " ‘ —-
iyfTu.Enasrii.LB, D-C. 9, 850.
To-mtnrow, yqa know, the grv .t Convention ns-
nemtil.’S til tlliB place. Already q.iite a number of
member., lutve nnived, nnd the Cnpiiol nl'tieni’gm will
B.Hin b • cruwded with vi-iturs. Themimlier of oHiee
neck. r» ofc.mirse will be small, ns-the t'onreutiun him
but lew otlicea inbestuw. Several gentlemen nrc nam
'd, an suitnldc nersutmtu preside over iisd-’liberntions,
Mr. SliuLDl.vo, .it .Metmoah w tl be the oldest mein-
of th ■ body, and if liin etr npih ■ vill permit, will
donlilles l>chos -n. na president
From ntl that l ran nee nll-J tl.-or, the Convellt'oll
will hold u short nnd Itnrinonioii.- nei.nion. I trust its
detihernt.otin will give sa'tlsfnotioii to tho {treat mnns of
the people of UeorJn. The PfenidenVs Mesruge hna
had the efiecl to increase in some degree, 1 doubt not,
by im enlin but dignified tone, the confidence of the
friends of the Union! But I mint clone tills epi-tlc,
written in great hnste. In my next I will endeavor tu
give your renders a more satisfactory account of mat
ters and things in genernl. A TRAVELLER.
thnt may, in spots, he at times exhibiting
itself. What we occasionally see, is merely
an oxhnlutioii of surolmrgcd..volnlilo spirit,
which us soon ns it finds vent immediately
dissolves into thin ntr—it is merely wind andl
nothing more. The recent demonstration in»
this ciiy,nl the two opposition meetings, has>-
had tho good effect of bringing our citizens*
to it showing: we know now who are ferr
and who agajnst the compromise j .who area
lor prueei'ving the Union in its integrity, 'andtl
who for secession. Wo presume no one,
will havo tlio hui’dihood to gainsay the fact,,
that the former class largely preponderates,,
hut tho Union men, so colled, constituted as-
hoy arc of both political parties, comprise-
eight-tenths ofthe population of our city—in
a word, thnt New Orleans ts eminently en-q
tilled to tho glorious appellation of tliei
Union City.—W. O. Bulletin.
Savannah Manui'actl'iius.—Almost cv
ery week wo tiro cnljetl upon to imtico
si'tnu new article of putt cslio tnamifne-
lute, mill we never pen 11 puTtigriTpli thnt
gives its more sniisliietiiiii Yesletilav wo
were invited In limit nt an iron, chest Hindu
lot Rlossts. E astern & E<'ktiiun, by David
t\lWlns. nn ingciiniul tni-.elnmic who has
ruoet'llN ilixed lijk iilifidci iffiPritg tin. Tins
chest is 4 loot A tfiHlltfj Ingii. 3 feet (5 incit
es wide, nud 2 li cl 0 inches deep. It is
Hindi: entirely ol wrought it’ ill
the must poib cl ihui.ihm', and nil the vvmk.
iiifllutliilg n irontplirutrd mid very vriliinble
iiick.lliis id It tl.”t|i’ b> Mr, Mi.i ps M. Inis
fniiveil imo a new simp, nnd is trow tea
tiy n> receive nrdhis lor nny kind 61 work
.11 itis Inti’.—mi). Rep
A Bio Clun,—Wo| clip the following
lrom one of Ken,lull’s letters lrom Pal is
to the N. O I’lttiiJ’iiih’ .
Bv the latest news horn I111I111. it woultl
seem that ill''gieiti gnu nl Bei gupoie—
once a liiinoiis AI ilirutin pity, but now tie
set ted—is tilmiii to lie brought to England
ns 11 tioplic. It bents (Join. iStoi’klon's lug'
gtiti nil hollow. Thu length ill' the picm
is loUftecn !ept. the eirc.mnlorctiee five?
ntitl the weight of'ilte hitlhlcnt|
poinids; Thp, lJicjx-W^*Bd?r •■■■ onnimt
onciL-trtirrfiit: tllftivpl tml only sny 1h.1l Hie
Tmuinl of the ri'poit ulni'iiK'd the inlin httiitits
for two iiimdii d nfilcs urnuml, but tlmi
)no bull fit still flying 1 It should lip hteped
that it pnty 1 nn until’) mi. way. Tliiee
thoustpid pounds of iron. Iiotimlirig nml
ricIloAhi’liiig uloiig through tile country,
wmyd be apt to hin t somebody.
“When DocTonk Differ, &c,”-
Montgomery Allas, denouncing Presidon*
Fillmoi'e in reference to the Fugitive' Slava
Law, says : “His Mntshnjs are, l,ke
n set oi rotten h artid abolitionists
Tlie u North Star" fh paper edited by tl
famous darkio, Fed Dougins) seems to 3
quite ns much displeased with Pr<* U
Fillmore as Is tho Atlas. The S.ar sa
“It may proporly he asked would-fl
Dovildow ell to rent outHell and tr
the United States, nnd rival, ifposstbM
dent Fillmore, und his political f "
If he enn bent them nt'tlie gama^L
clmngo will ho weljrj Would no
Angels make wise itnd humane a
compared with Cass, Clay and W
The fugitive slave might have rejoie
thc.-e men the experience of a lost f
Fillmore the soul of Satun.
Fillmore’s heartless position, ind
character and the Want'of a virtue
liavo rendered him despicable in tt
tlie good, and contempt!
bad.
Between the Star aud the Atlas
Fillmore is likely to suffer some.-
CoUNTERFEtT GOLD CotN.—Wei
the public on their guard against*
gold coin, without cioso examinatkt
gieatest precaution,Lowever, on
any one not critically conversant
would not avnil, to prevent thej
some ten dollar pieces sltownj
which were sent to the south-"—
road Bunk, where they were deter
pieces are of 1848, with the iettl
the englo, to indicate the New 0]
The only thing we can describe^
from the geriuino piece before 1
impressions of tho die are a lit
s.V, and tho rim and milling
There is also n slight tinge o|
on tho rint,'whhn held to^
general similitude, howe
und being ofthe sanj
ho'lieve that many f
-North,Carolina . and thc North.—A
Wj h u s been introduced,into tlie Legislature
North Carolina, laying a tux upon nil ar-
^iijles tnaiiufiuMur^ui the North and brought
inti* ifitit Stjitt for aule. Tlto luw is to re/
n | ,
(Ui^^iuroli ill
iiiam in force until the fuaitivo-lnw Js fiiijjf-
rried into effect thifougl]
Se<, rind until iillyhc
fotes iifj)/'
Tub Union
lie, is plainer than thnt t
stituiion oi these States*
serving, if they nre at ]
hamtfnl of malcontents j
Massachueils. If therej
ol tho country an abidi|
union—a patriotic in
—n generous nnd
ing dominions,
ilthesesentj
t(>oufiib/i
of the |
a built