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Tier remain unchanged. We quote middling
fair 6& ; fair to fully fnir C| to 7 cents.
FREIGHTS. —Our river is rising again.
The steamers H. L. Cook and T. S. Metcalfe,
left to-day with full loads of cotton. The
Ivanhoe arrived this afternoon, and a steamer
was in sight at dark.
ID A telegraphic dispatch to the Charles
ton Courier, from New York, on Monday even
ing last, slates that on that day 1200 hales of
cotton had hoen sold, wilh a steady market, at
7} to 7} for middling fair to fair upland.
CHARLESTON, March 22—There was
no change in the cotton market yesterday.
The sales reached 1300 hales, at from G to 7}.
principal sales 7j cents.
COLUMBUS, March 17, 1819.
Stock on hand, Sept. 1. 1725
Received this week, 079
“ previously, 63,407
65,811
Shipped this week, 3.563
“ previously; 38,766
Slock on hand, 23,482
The market is without change—price 5 to
6} —River bontahle, and large arrivals of goods
Irom Apalachicola.
MACON, March 21.—The cotton market
during the week has hecn rpiile dull, wilh but
little otiering. 'The Ranks are preparing for
their semi-annual report, and money is ex
tremely scarce. We quole extremes at 5f to
t>l; principal sales of fair cottons, 6J- cents.
Receipts very light.
[Reported for the Raltimnrc Sun.]
Cuilod Stales Senate.
"H‘*ar»*Ssw,"niuuiii H). i*Tj.'V
The Vice President, in accordance with the
intimation given yesterday, not being present,
tire Senate was called to order by the Secre
tary, Mr. Dickens.
Mr. Mangum rose, and after remarking
that it would he perceived the Chair had been
vacated wbfr a view to afford to the Senate
timfiustomary President, moved that the Hon.
Wav id It. Atcirison he unanimously appoint
ed, which was agreed to, and Mr. Atchison
was conducted to the Chair hy Messrs. Man
gum ami Cass.
The Journal of yesterday was then rend.
On motion of Mr. Webster, the Senate then
proceeded to the consideration of executive
business, and confirmed file nominations of
C. W. Rockwell, of Connecticut, (brother of
lion. Jno. A. Rockwell, of the House of Rep
resentatives,) as commissioner of customs
under the new law ercnling the Homo De
partment; Allen A. Hale, of Tennessee, reg
ister of the treasury, in place of Mr. Graham,
resigned; Jas. E. Norfleet, collector of Eden
ton, N. C.; John 11. Crops, surveyor of Paw
catuck, R. I.; Zebedoe Ring, surveyor of
New York, in placo of Elijah F. Purdy ; and
Edin Boyle, postmaster at Annapolis.' Also
several promortions in the Rifle Regiment.
Then, at about 1 o’clock, tiio Senate ad
journed until to-morrow.
War Department, March 14, 1849.
The following regulations will govern in
issuing arms and ammunition, under the reso
lution of Congress, approved March 2, 1849.
1. Each applicant must send to the War
Department an affidavit that it is his bona fide
intention to emigrate to Oregon, or California,
or New Mexico, as the case may be, and must
state distinctly what arms and ammunition he
requires.
2. On receipt of an application or affidavit
as above stated, a sufficient supply of the am
munition designated by him, to arm and equip
each applicant, may he delivered to him, or his
order, on payment of the cost thereof: provided
the Government has such arms, and the same
can be sold without detriment to the public
service ; and, if not, then the applicant may
receive such other arms and ammunition as
he shall select on the same conditions.
3. Arms and ammunition, furnished as
above, will be delivered to each applicant, or
to his authorized agent, at the nearest or most
convenient arsenal where the arms may be.
The place of delivery desired by the applicant
should be designated.
GEO. W. CRAWFORD,
Secretary of War.
Liberal for a Turk.
The Turkish ambassador to France instead
of covering and hiding his wife, as is usual
in his country, took her to a grand Ball at the
Hotel ’de ville. It is the first instance of the
kind since the foundation of the Ottoman em
pire. She is thus described by a French pa
per:
“Another queen of the fete was the wife of
the new Ottoman ambassador, Madame Cal
limarchi, a young Grecian lady. This fair
creature shone, not like tiieother ladies present,
by the loads of diamonds which covered her
person, but by her purity. It was the beauty
of Phidins and Praxitalles, the marble of Pa
ros, wonderfully softened and animated wilh
life. A crowd of admirers followed'her
through the drawingrooms.’
The Supreme Court terminated its session
at Washington, on Tuesday week last.
j£~,„o iK a mioueai treat as
they will afford is seldom ever enjoyed.
Dr. TrotterN Lecture.
It will be seen that this gentleman will give
at the City Hall, several Lectures on the very
interesting subjects of Phrenology and Magne
tism. His first will take place to-night. Dr.
T. lias recommendations from gentlemen of
high character in tiiis state, as to his ability and
success in demonstrating and (caching these
attractive and important sciences.
Meetings have been held in York and Maibo
rougli Districts (So. Ca.,) in addition to those
heretofore referred to by us. We believe that
nearly every District in that State has spoken
on the great Southern question. Honor to
South Carolina ! Her people were never
made to wear fetters, or submit to a tyranny
which would degrade them I
“ For avtiiit Wood.”
We find ill the Chronicle and Sentinel, of
the 21st in t., an at tide headed "for what
good," in which the Editors nftcr saying that
“ mutualJorbearance" actuated our “patriotic
forefathers asks “ what good then can agi
tation accomplish ?” The Chronicle seems to
forget that agitation against the South, at the
North, is the order of the day. It is not con
fined to the fanatical abolitionist, but pervades
every tank and order of society, and certainly
is displayed wilh great unanimity in Northern
Legislatures. We presume Northern Legis
latures would aflord a pretty good index to the
general sentiment in that section of the Union.
If we are not mistaken, resolutions to exclude
with our slaves from the new Territories,
Wave passed, nearly donminWiialy, Legislative
bodies of almost every State north of Mason’s
and Dixon’s line. The recent action of those
of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, are fresh
in the recollection of our readers.
Action then is llie order of the day in tho
non-slaveholding Stales. Wc propose to meet
action thero by action here, it that is treason,
distiniunism, agitation, tfe., let those who op
pose it make the most of it. The Chronicle
says :
“Have we not seen the abolition organ in
New \ork copying the ultra disorganizing
doctrines of the Calhoun press of the South,
and disseminating them among the abolition
ists of the North and East ? What motive had
these men for thus acting ? What motive had
the anti-slavery men of Massachusetts for thus
cordially commending the course of the South
Cam illa Agitator ?”
Does not the Chronicle know that this abo
lition organ, published two of its agitation
articles! If it published pieces from the Cal
houn press, to aid in destroying the Union,
what object did it have in publishing two pieces
from the Chronicle and Sentinel ?
We do not know what motive tho “ Aboli
tion Organ” had, in “commending the course
of the South Carolina Agitator.” But, perhaps,
the Chronicle can inform us, what motive ano
ther abolition print, in New York, had for call
ing the Chronicle and Sentinel “ the vanguard
of anti-slavery at the South." Perhaps that
paper forgot that it was itself tiie special ob
ject of compliment from an abolition print.
The compliment to Mr. Calhoun was this,
the resolution declared that he was bold, man
ly aud honest in his support of the institu
tion of fie South. Was the Chronicle com
plimented in the same way! or, for being
against its own section!
If, as the Chronicle says, it was their object
to “ increase the number of abolitionists, by
copying the ultra sectional appeals of the
Southern press,” what was their object in
publishing two edit) rials from the Chronicle ?
We have seen a copy of the National Anti-
Slavery Standard, which contains them.
The Chronicle incessantly declares that
for the South to express its opinions on this
question is to manifest a distrust of General
Taylor. It does no such thing. Every man
of sense and candor knows that General Tay
lor cannot resist the spread bf anti-slavery
doctrines at the North.* They can be resisted
only by the decided action of the Southern
people. No, quiet submission at the South
will not save us. It would cause Gen. Tay
lor, with the best intentions in the world, to
loose even the moral force of his position to
protect us. By action here we do not distrust
or weaken General Taylor, but sustain and
strengthen him rather.
* Since Gen. Taylor took his seat, as Pre
sident, have we seen any relaxation of North
ern efforts to assail us. Nonp. And we nev
er will see it from that cause. We would
risk our life on it. Hence we call upon the
jieople of Lite South to act for themselves.
in solemn dolihom’ ! "n, have r('*ofrf'TT.~» .t [he
institution of slavery is a foul blot upqfi the
moral escutcheon of the country, and that no
effort on their part shall he wanting to forward
ila extirpation from the body politic, at the ear
liest practicable period—which means, as soon
as their numerical strength will place auch a
project in their power. And who does not
perceive that the day is not far distant, when
a trial of strength will have to decide tlis ques
tion in the very teeth of the guaranties of the
Constitution ?
In addition to these, resolutions in Various
primary as well as legislative assemblies, have
been adopted, declaring that under no circum
stances ought the slave institution to be suffer
ed to extend to the New Territories, however
clearly it may bo shown to be common proper
ty, and that no stone shall bo left unturned to
prevent such a result. *
Now, may we not ask, and ask it with all
fairness and propriety, who are the blameless
actors in this great agitation? Upon whose
heads sh mid fall the responsibility cl agita
tion, those whose rights are jeoparded by a
process but little short of revolution, or upon
those whoso motives spring from the worst
faith to a solemn compact, and whose designs
if consummated would entuil upon one half of
this confederacy all the eyils incident to an
untried and fitful destiny ?
All that was proposed or intended bv Mr. C.,
so far as our reading has extended, wa- simply
to urge upon the South the propriety and ne
cessity for ( a joint, and if possible, a
declaration of our rights, and a determination
to resist every unfair infraction of thecal any,
ami at nil hazards- 1 |[n
This Is the front oF msTrfending, uiid fur
this a change of undue “ agitation” iiV made
in palpablo disregard of the leading facts.
No one among us has ever doubted Gen. Tay
lor on the slavery question. Nor was there a
reasonable doubt that the entire Southern del
egation would have agreed at all points as to
the ostensible and legitimate course for the
South to pursue. Nor do we believe tliero is
at this moment a native resident of the slave
holding States who dissents from'a single po
sition assumed in the Southern “ Address” as
a basis lor Southern action. When that ad
dress was published it was to have been hoped
that all would have assented to its sentiments,
and then to huve let it take its proper course.
But, in as much as it failed, for reasons alto
gether alien to its appropriate character, to se
cure the signatures of all 'the members who
attended the meeting, to continue to denounce
it, must inevitably promote, instead of allaying
that which is professed to be deem d “ agita
tion.”
Never doubting that the guaranties of the
constitution, if adhered to, will ultimately set
tle the question of the South,and that, by every
principle of equity and international usage,
the institution of slavery may be safely intro
duced by the Southern holders of that species
of property into the new Territories—we
shall rejoice to hear of regularly organized
meetings of onr fellow-citizens from the right
quarter in defence of th ir rights.
California.
W e give a few items from a letter publish
ed in the New York Tribune, and received by
“ one of the oldest, largest, and most respecta
ble houses in Pearl street, New Tim
writer states that the discovery of Gold is im
mense, and will excite both the United States
and Europe in a greater degree than any event
which has happened for a century.
Prices at the Mixes.—Flour pe.rlb.,
Boots $75 per pair, Pork $-250 per barrel,
Carpenters wages $lO per day, common labor
ers $8 per day, a cook S6O to SIOO per month,
Brandy 4 ounces gold per bottle, Bread $2 per
pound, Blankets SBO per pair. Clerks $3,000
per annum. A room at a Hotel S2OO per
month ; a common hovel or shanty s3oto SGO
per month. The writer and his partner had
cleared upon their cargo SIOO,OOO.
Two servants had run away from their mas
ter and returned with $75,000.
In some places the gold was so abundant and
pure that there was no necessity for washing
the earth; each man obtained S7OO per day.
All agricultural operations had ceased| the
gold is inhaustible. The Tribune tfrat
the names of the writers can be had bjl appli
cation at that office. i
This account beats the diamond valfcys of
eastern story.
The President has officially “>(|Bniized
Charles Varea, as Consul, and urado
de los Reyes as Vice-Consul of P C rßr Cal
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Tbe South must Act.
The New York Evening Post says.
“ The Government of the Territories.—
How stands the great question of the day ? is .
tbeinqniry of all. Has it disappeared amid the
tumult and confusion with which the session
of Congress closed ? Have the friends of free- '
dom been defeated at this last hour, and is all
lost? Nothing like it.. The victory of free
dom, though delayed, is none the less sure.—
The darkest hour of its struggle has passed
i away, and it is unshaken.
“ At the next session the question will again
present itself before Congress, but perhaps in
such a form as to receive an easy and prompt
decision. By that time the inhabitants of the 1
territories will have expressed their deci- i
ded aversion to it. No longer will it be a p'ac- ,
tical question, as it is not even now regaril
ex-President Polk. The Southern States
have within their limits a 1
Mguifavor of its exclusion. Cir
■kre will bring a sore and
■■be cause of freedom.
true princi
ples, while it constantly diminishes the num
ber of their antagonists.”
It is true that the people of the North are 1
pouring into California with great rapidity. A
large number of vessels have already gone
crowded with passengers from the Northern
States. Lines of constant and regular com- 1
munication are establishing between Northern
ports and.our Pacific acquisitions. What is ,
Are our people
1 liced to California by her inexhanstajle bn ires
of the richest gold in the world? Are our peo
ple afraid to go, or do they fold their arms in
1 abject submission and say, we hate no right
to go! Are Southerners bowing their necks to
the yoke and hanging their heads in deference
1 to tiieir Northern superiors'! What good will
nur meetings and resolutions do unless we act?
Are there any who wish to go to California;
who wish to take a part of their hands, and
make a thousand or two dollars to the hand,
: instead of three or four bags of cotton, and two
hundred pounds of bacon ? If they do, what
1 prevents their going ? Are they afraid of the
North ? We hope not. Do they admit they
have no right to go under the Constitution of
the United Stales? llcaven protect them if
they do ! The New York Post thinks a pow
erful parly against slavery will soon exist in
1 the South I Why ? because we do not net,
we are divided about action. We have ap
pealed to tbe Souib to speak as one man. If
1 our people would do so, Northern free soilers
would not gloat over their present and anticipa
ted triumphs, nor stab us with the charge that
we arc false to oursehes.
Kailrosul to California.
A Convention is to held at Memphis, Ten
nessee, on the 4lh day of July next, to elicit
an expression of public sentiment on the sub
ject of constructing a Railroad from the valley
of the Mississippi to California. With the
completion of other schemes notv contempla
ted, this, if carried out, will unite the two
Oceans, Pacific and Atlantic, at • point central
to the whole Union. Schemes of improve
ment are sometimes more beautiful and grand
than practicable.
Emancipation' rHvKNTu Vv.—The Louis
ville Journal, the leading Witig paper of Ken
tucky, commenting upon Mr. Clay’s recent
etter, says :
1 “We must reiterate the expression of our
full conviction, that there is not at this time
the slightest earthly chance that the Stale
Convention, to be held next fall, will incorpo
rate in the New Constitution, a provison for
the emancipation of slaves. We do not believe
there are ten counties that will send emanci
pation delegates to the Convention, and our
opinion upon this subject lias been form ’d
upon free and careful consultation with the
must enlightened men, members of the Legis
lature and others from every couuty in the
State,” _
Mu m m ary.
St. Patrick's Day. —Saturday last, the
anniversary of the Patron Saint of Ireland
was celebrated in an appropriate manner by
the “ Hibernian” and “ Irish Union Societies”
at Savannah.
Messrs, (’base and Linton, we learn from
the Athens papers, have made a good article
of wrapping paper at their paper mill, near
Athens, and will, in a week or two commence
manufacturing printing paper. We hope they
will be successful in their laudable enterprise.
The District Court of the United States for
the Northern District of Georgia, held its first
session at Marietta on Monday, the 12th inst.
lion. John C. Nicoll, presiding. Next term,
secoud Monday in September.
Can this be true ?— A New York corres
pondent of the Pittsburg Gazette writes that
the §IO.OOO, the proceeds of Mrs. Fanny Kem
ble Butler’s reading in New England, have
been remitted to New York, to frustrate an at
tempt of her husband to obtain possession of
the stone.— ——
The election for Governor in Tennessee
comes oft'in August next. From preseut in
dications, it would seem that the whigs intend
to run the present incumbent again—Neil S.
Brown.
The Savannah Georgian says, the United
Kingdom, which sailed from Liverpool on the
12lh ult. for Savannah, is a ship of 1267 tons.
She will b-ing 7,050 sacks of salt to Messrs.
Harper & Stuart.
Asa freight train on the Harlem road was
approaching the tunnel on the 14th inst. an |
immense rock, weighing several hundred lbs.
became detached, and fell upon the track,
mashing the locomotive and tender to atoms.
Several men attached to the train were also
crushed todeath, and others badly hurt.
Gold has been discovered in Oregon on the
Big Platte.
The St. Louis Organ of the 7th inst. men
tions ten cases of cholera in that city and vici
nity, during the previous week.
The bill for exempting the homestead of a
family from execution, when it does not ex
ceed §6OO in value, has passed the legislature
of Ohio.
’ John B. Dillon, the Irish exile, was admitted
to practice in the Supreme Court of New York,
in session at Albany.
The Kilmiste Family.
We have noticed many rncomiums passed
upen the Kilmiste Family in our exchange pa
pers, and we doubt not they will give an at
tractive entertainment to-night. We have
been informed that the Theatre is selected,
because of a pre-engagement of the Masonic i
Hall. i
We learn that they bad an excellent house i
last night.
The Rome Bulletin.
We perceive that Mr. J. Renean has
changed the name of the Rome Journal to :
that of the Rome Commercial Bulletin. The
sheet is also enlarged and other evidence of 1
prosperity manifested which we are pleased to 1
see.
The Cassville Standard.
The above is the name of a new paper pub
lished at Cassville by J. W. Burke. The
first number which we have received is neat
ly printed and filled with excellent matter.
The Standard is Democratic in its politics.
Contested Slaves.— The New York Sun
has the following“ Two slaves were
brought, about a week since, in a vessel from
V irginia to this city. The vessel lay near the
foot of Canal street for several days, and when
aMjpyme known that slaves were on board, a
were grateful for the interest taken in them,
but refused to accept the offers. When the
vessel left for Virginia, they returned in her
to their master whom they loved.”
I .and Route to California. —The dis
tance from Galveston to El Passo on the Rio
Grande, is short of COO miles, with an entire
passable road fur waggons. The more.familiar
route leads up the valley of the Colorado,
striking the Gila, which takes the party near
, ly to their destination. The distance from El
Paso to San Diego is not far from 800 miles—
making the whole distance from Galveston to
the “ diggins” about 1400 miles. The cost
to the emigrant cannot exceed thirty or forty
' dollars alter he is astride Itis mule or mustang
—properly provided, possibly not half tin's
amount.
Atom* oi .Hew*,
GATHERED FROM NEW ORLEANS PAPERS.
The steamship Galveston, which lelt New
Orleans on the 15th inst. for Cltagres, was
compelled, itt consequence ot a serious acci
dent, to put into Balize. Moat of the passen
gers intended to proceed in vessels already
chartered in that place for Cltagres.
Slone and McCollum generously tendered
the receipts of one night at theLeviathian Cir
cus, to the relief of destitute emigrants in New
Orleans.
Mr. Macready, after a series of splendid
theatrical triumphs,consented, upon invitation
of a large committee of gentlemen, to give
two readings from Shakspcare.
All the rivers up the Mississippi were still
rising. This new rise, before the fall of the
previous one, it was feared would produce an
awful destruction o( proDerty.
On the evening of the 7ili, there were nine
w II « I I n'l in 1 I mWi.-; 1-4.
the mark. The river during the previous 2-1
hours, had risen seven inches. On the (alls,
over the Indian chute, there were 6 feet seven
incites water.
Mr.Strackosh.who was recently in Augusta,
is creating excitement in the musical circlps
in New Orleans. The papers say that the
critics pronounce him superior to any pianist
who had ever visited the city before.
A project is on foot to connect Tampico and
San Louis Potosi, by building a rail road from
the head of navigation of the Panuco river to
the latter city.
A letter writer from Mazatlan says, that hun
dreds are found at every place wailing for
chances to get to the “ El Dorado”—that the
whole coast is crazy, as the reports of the ex
tent and richness of the gold is confirmed at
every step. The writer says that as many of
the foreigners are armed, it is feared that some
difficulty will take place between them and
the Americans, if Gen. Smith persists in ex
cluoing them from the territory.
A whole troupe of model artists had been
captured in New Orleans, and released upon
giving bail to appear when called for.
A letter writer states, that 200 pounds of
gold, $42,000, had been lately dug out bj four
men. This was called only a specimen. It
was a great specimen.
Bread is rare at Panama, and enormously
high. Six small loaves, not larger than the
fist, cost 37} cents. The expense by water
incurred by a passenger, from Chaares to
Gorgona or Cruces, is from SSO to SIOO.
Here the land travel begins, and the price of a
mule from Cruces to Panama, is rather more
than $lO. Lient. Lewis paid $34 for three
mules from Panama to Cruces.
The merchants at Valparaiso had made en
ormous prqjits on investments of goods, provi
sions, &*., to California. One cargo had been
sold at a clear gain ol $120,000.
The war of castes was continuing in the
south of Mexico. It was thought that Alva
rez was in a difficulty, as 1000 men had been
sent to hun, in addition to tlje six hundred
readv with him. if wafVumbred, on the 24th
,nh. at TeflSneingo, that he had been wounded.
Wp,made.prisoner by the Insurrectionists, but
ifieVeport was pot generally credited.
A war Weil 3 tea was also going on in Gua
temala. Carera, the banished President, was
the author and promoter of the outbreak.
The northern states of Mexico are still
dreadfully ravaged by the Indians.
The Mexican Chamber of Deputies has vo
ted to authorize the government to borrow
$1,500,000 upon the faith of the next instal
ment of the indemnity due by the U. Slates.
There was an attempt at revolution made on :
the 21st ult. in Oajaca, in favor of Santa Anna,
but it was immediately quashed. The gov
ernment is making an effort so to organize
the military force of the National Guard of
the States, that these attempts may every
where be speedily put down.
[For the Re
WoODVILLE, WEAK S. C. )
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[corrmuED fkom oueiSst.]
To the Editor of the Christian Review :
But a word upon African slavery as it exists
among us in the Southern States of the Amer
ican Union and for which we are anathema
tized by religious and irreligious at the North.
Whence did this ugly, uncouth, ill-shaped mon
ster arise, and whence came it amongst us. I
protest that no So itherner ever yet made a
slave. The institution, our puritan friends will
perhaps admit, for the most part took its origin
in the captures effected by the belligerent tribes
of Africa themselves, and it was surely a mer
cy that such captives were enslaved instead of
being destroyed by their conquering brethren.
But how came their descendants now among
us is the question which I suppose would bring
abolitionists to a stand, if not too rabid. Your
correspondent being a knowing one might
perhaps charge the introduction of African
slaves into this country to British cupidity.
And if we grant it was thus the institution
arose among the puritans of the North, we
again ask how it came fixed exclusively upon
usin “the sunny South.” Did not our enter
prising Northern neighbors, when their slaves
were of no further service at home, push them
off - upon without the “nnid pro
value received? And now,
! tempt to wrest them from us without compen
sation come with a good grace from that quar
ter? Surely not! But let me suggest to your
. eloqueut correspondent and his compatriots
' how the thing may be done on principles of
[ equity. It is a bad rule which wII not work
both ways. As the abolitionists are the sym
. pathizing party, convinced that slavery is a
, crying sin against God and the country,
■ j while we are not of that way of thinking, let
' I them give us our money back, and convince
j us that they will better the condition of Nancy
; j ar.d Scipio Africanus, and the rest, and perhaps
* if the slaves can be induced to leave, many
might bo thus satisfactorily relieved from
“ the scourge and the chain.” But let
Inm and id omtie genus sell all they have
and come over like men and vest the whole of
their cash in the purchase of slaves to be ta
ken from among us, and manumitted where
their religious privileges, with their health
and happiness, will be bettered, and we will no
longer upou such practical benevolence fling
tlio charge of hypocritical can'. Wo will al
low them to be sincere, though we may not
think them quite free from fanaticism—nor
thoroughly ptad in the book of God’s revela
| tion, prescribing human duties and obligations,
| because of the obnoxious feature of our slavc
!ry whicli they had forced upon us. Our abo
lition brethren some years ago repudiated reli
gious connection with us in the work of chris.
tian benevolence. They now (your cor res
-1 pondent at head) are resolved at all hazard, at
the risk of cutting every Southern throat (ex
cept Nancy’sand Scipio’s,and that class) toex-
<Avemi,tiers'iitJftt tWTefffil rj l
1 '-y the blood and treasure, in which I suppose
> they admit that our chivalric volunteers boro
1 equal part with theirs; and the justice of the
thingistobeseen in the fact that “so much Ter
’ ritory has already been given up wholly to the
South.” Well, this might seem plausible
were it not for the fact that we have alwavs
1 welcomed gooj citizens from every quarter to
share equally with us in the privileges and im
* munilies of all our States, and thousands of
1 Northern men and women have grown and
’ and are growing rich amongst us, yea your
boot cleaners and milk maids are perhaps more
highly honored with us than at home, and all
r we ask is to join with our Northern fellow-cit
: izetis in settling up the New Territories. v
Does there appear to you no semblance of
. reason and justice in our demand ? In ma
king it wo think conscientiously that we have
I the Constitution of the Union, and still more the
God of the Bible with us. Be not surprised
then that the South should insist so pertina
ciously upon the righteousness of this claim as
1 to make its refusal to us the fearful act of sever
ing us from the American Union to which we
j. have so long clung with steadfast attachment.
Sir, while your correspondent’s orator, Mr.
Dix, indulging in abolition cant for political es
-1 feet, spoke of Northern bones bleaching upon
the plains of Florida, he forgot the fact that they
were commingled with an equal number of
Southern bones. But in referring to the plains
of Mexico, we say that the blood of the fallen
' sons of the North unites its voice with that of
the blood of Southern heroes in proclaiming
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the South are, equally with the North, entitled
to share in the costly purchase of that blood.
Yes, on making the demand, we are conscious
of having on our side every principle of rea
son and justice, and that legislative act of Con
-1 gress which will so far trample upou equity
and the Constitution as to elbow us out of the
1 New Territory, must at the same time thrust
us out of the Union. How could it do other
wise? For in the language of your corres
pondent, “ it will be the first step towards the
J final eradication of that leaven of discord,
1 slavery itself”—and so it would. For in having
overleaped the barrier of tbe Constitution in
taking this first, the next would be to legislate
our property from us without compensation,
one of the ultimate results at which rabid abo
; litionists mm. Would not this first step then
necessarily throw us upon the resort to self
protection. Were it not to do so, the abolition -
ists themselves would think us dastardly
drones, and we could not bear the reproaching
voices hailing from our blood-stained battle
fields—those of the old revolution for liberty,
and those of the late British war for free trade
and sailors rights, and those of the recent
Mexican war for natisnal rights. But, Sir, I
trust that if your correspondent’s orators in
Congress have no more knowledge and sense
of Bible principles than he has, they at least
