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T11E GEORGIA TELEGRAPH,
UV BAY A: BOSS,
CITV, COCNTY AND STATE PEIXTEE5.
MACO N.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1850.
TKRMS—For tlio piffflBWradvauco.SS 50
^»er annum.
Xow Version of Widow JZacltrce
■T D. J- LTOM.
Oci. Widow Machree. whencowld weather comet on
Och hone, Widow Machree,
.It i«o't myself will be tinging thi, song,
Och bone, Widow Machree;
For.sore at X li»o, thia body 1’U give * j
To-tbe fishes that swim away down in tho sea;
AnJ tbo sprat and the lierrin shall come to my bemn,
Och hone, Widow Machree.
Ocb, Widow Mnebree,. wide yon It car of my fate,
Och hone, Widow Uachree. Pate,
'Tbo big tcare may rowl down, l ot ’twill thin be too
•Och bone. Widow Machree -,
For even tbo whale, at tbo sight, will look pale,
As with a heart full of pity he glares upon mo
ds the salt briny wave ho w ill dig my cowld grave,
Ocb hone. Widow Machree.
•Och. Widow Maebreo, wheo you marry O "Flynn,
Gch bone. Widow Machree,
And ait by the fireside a looking at bim,
Och bone, Widow Machree;
With atear in your eye. aud perhaps with a-sigb.
You'll member that I loved you betterdban be;
But the mermaids, poor man, will be atin' me thin,
Och bene, Widow Macbrae.
Ocb, Widow Macbree, don’t be snoring so loud,
■Och boue. Widow Machree,
'Tia awake you should be, aud a making my abroad,
Och hone. Widow Machree;
Have pity, I pray, and only jiat say,
That, at somo tutor* day, you will smile upon me,
AnJ bad lock to the flab tbat would mako me bis dish
Ocb bone, Widow Macbree.
letter front Ex-Governor Tazewell.
Norfolk, May 31. ISW.
My Doar Sin I have to acknowledge iboreceiptof
-roar favor of tbo Wth instant, sod reply to as speedily
as the infirmities of age wiiJ permit me to do so. Let
mo begin tbia reply by assuring you that no apology
was necessary (or any communication you may choose
to make to me at any time, especially in regard to
any question tbat you may think of public importance.
I regret to be compelled to say. however, that my
years, and the tecluaiou which I live, keep me very
tar behind tbo times, as to tlio facts written every
-statesman should always keep in view when called
upon to act; or even to express an opinion, in relation
to matters sf practical polities. I still retain a strong
predilectiou for politics aa a science, aud not nnfre-
queutly review tbe tbeoriea I formed, in reference to
it. when I was a ranch younger man. Occasionally,
snJeed, I compare the conclusions to which these tbe*
-oriuj :„ad with those rhet are now announced as tbe
opiLioos of others; and when they do not concur, I
take it for granted tbat some facts unknown to me are
the disturbing causes to wbichtbe discrepancy onglit
to be referred.
Bnt there is on* class of political questions concern
ing which the professor in bis lecture room and the
statesmau iu his cabiuet ought not to disagree—I
mean questiousiuvelvias tbe construction of the con
stitution. Theseare and ever mostbe mere abstrmc*
tions. Whether A be guilty ol some specified crime,
or B is entitled to some property which he claims,may
involve facts of great practical importance to tbe par
ties; but the nature of the crime with which A is
charged.and 'lie truth of the principles upon which the
olaimofB depends, are pure abstractions, tint will
remain equally certain whether A be guilty or n. t
guilty, or tbe claim dB be affirmed or dented. So.
too,in regard to tbe couatitution. Grant that any pat-
ticular power ii conferred by it upon any department
of the government, and the question whether the
gras tea power ought to be exercised becomes a ques
tion of expediency, to be decided by practical states
men, according to the circumstances of each paitii a-
Ureas*. But admit tbat tbe constitution does not
concedo such a power, and the question of expedien
cy can never arise.
Under this aspect only have I ever considered tbe
aerations presented by tbe report of tbe Committee of
Thirteen, suggesting tbe plan of a compromise. ]
have never teen that report “rn extenso, and have
too littia koowledgeofmany of the facta to which it
must necessarily refer to justify me iu forming any
opinion as to these facta. But so for as die subject
involves the construction of the constitution, so for ss
u national law.
13^* We are indebted to Messrs. Davis, Suule,
Clemens and Berrien of the Senate, and'lo Messrs.
Wellborn. Owen, Orr, Wallace, Vettdbie, Inge,
Meade, Bay ley, and Ashe of tbo Hoot s-of Rep-
resentatives, for valuable Congressional Docu
ments, for which wo tender our acknowledge
ments.
The “Comjri
CP* Wo would-direot particular attention to’aa
article copied into anther column this mornin
from the Mobile Tribuue. It furnishes a -vivid
picture of tbo pence tbo South may expect under
the hollow truce proposed by Mr, Clay's Compro
mise Bill.
Latter from Ex-Governwr Tazewell.
Wo iuvite attention to the lotter of Ex-Govern
or Tazewell, in reply to Senator Foote, in an
other column this morning- God. Fuoteio hia at
tempt to debauch the understanding of the South
ern people by getting certificates to biainventiuu,
was unfortunate iu his application,in this instance
This venorahle patriot and true friend of the
Union, as will be seen, while he refuses his ap
proval of Mr. Fuolo's nostrums, like others of the
noble race to which he belongs, now rapidly
passing away, despairs uf tho perpetuity of tbe
Union, baring no hope from Northern compro
mises and obligations. He believes onr only se
curity is to depend on ourselves.
BatogyenJlr. CsUboun.
We have bceu requested by tbe Committee of
Arrangements, to state that the Eulogy, in this
City, on the life, character, aud public eurvices ut
tho lamented Calhoun, will be pronounced by tbo
Bov. Dr. Ellison, at tho Methodist Episcopal
Uliuroh, at 13 o'clock, on Tbnrsday, tbe 4th prox
imo. We will give tbe programme ol the Commit
tee, and tho proclamation of His Houor the Mayor,
in our next.
it preisnts a question of consttuitions! law, apart _. ... . . , .
from any ioqoiry ** to the expediency of the propos- wt ’ Tbe editor, however, doos not attempt to
ed compromise. I havo carefully examined it, and
have formed a very decided opinion. This opinion is
ahst tbe constitution does not confer upon Congress
any authority to enlarge or contract its grants of pow
er. )>y any •acessipna. compro.-nises. or other means.
Allium'.!• I oen readily conceive tbe expediency
and propriety of ajjastiug questions of interest by
compromises, and in insny other modes. I freely ac-
Laowledgetbat I havanever yet been able to com
prebend how questions ol coo-ititiitionnl rights could
properly beeotreated, especially by those endowed
with fiduciaiy powers ouly. If it is supposed that
ths results of acompromise ofconstitutional principles
become equivalent with the provisions of the consti
tution itself, then tbe compromise is in troth an a-
menttment of the constitution—ao amendment of this
instrument,-.oo, by those to xjltora it has positively
denied the power of makiog any smrndment what
ever. And if the compromise hss not such an effect,
hut is regarded as a mere legislative art, which, like
all other sach acts, is repeaiable at tbe will of the
majority, then the compromise becomes a temporary
expedient to postpone a troublesome subject, until tlio
majority, by means of this very cutpprotniae, shall sc
S ^^hTi* sufficient strength to enforce some other and to
•m a bettor bargmio. In the one case, it is a gross
assuinptionofpnwernotgranted. but denied; audio
the other, it would be a perpetual abandonment of im
portant rights, in consideration of a supposed secori
ty of comparatively inconsiderable intcreati. The
Missouri compromise furoiskes a strong illustration of
this truth.
There are many other aerions objections to the
plan of the proposed compromise, if 1 understand it
rightly. I nave neither lima nor strength sufficient to
enumerate these. There is one. however, to strong
in itself as to render such an enumeration unnecessa
ry, I think. It would be a palpable violation of the
public faith, pledged to Texas at the time of her ad
mission into tbe Union, iiit proposes to stripher,with
out her consent, of a large portion of territory admit
ted to be Iters, in order to okenot Che promised con
sideration to the sooth; and if her previooa consent to
a itch a dismemberment be required, the time and
mode ofgiviog it are loft to Texas. Bo that the con
templated eompromiae, while it it to be executed at
eoce, so far aa it injures the south, is left contingent
and executory, to tar aa the tooth may hope to derive
any benefit from it hereafter.
Entertaining these opinions, I could never yield my
assent to the proposed compromise, whatever I might
think of its expediency and policy. I nm well aware
however, tbat tbe not km* of an abstractionist will
never have any influence upon public opinior, iu re
gard to questions supposed to involve great public in
terests. All men feel, although but few reason; and
with the matt, tba Impulses of the passing hour will
ever overrule the most wise suggestions as to an un
known future. Henee. while, for my own amusement
merely. 1 continue to build my nwn "chateau rn Es-
pagns."it is with such a conviction of the inotility ol
the work, that I have long ceased to trouble any body
•Iso with an explanation of its object or design.
An ardent friend of tbe anion of the States, and at
one time a sincere believer in the efficacy of tbe Fed
eral constitution to preserve that onioo, and with it
tho freedom of our citizens. I long since discovered
that neither tbo one nor tbe other of tbeao objects
could be attained by any mere paper guaranties. Un
willing. however, to abandon entirely my original
roovictions. I next indulged the hope that the diversi
ties existing in lb* social organization of tbe different
States would bind the minority together by tbs strong
cement of similar interests, and would enable it to re
sist successfully any important encroachment apon iu
equal right. that tba majority would certainly at
tempt. But when fanaticism reared its head among
a>. us no human sagacity cah measure its force, I lost
all confidence in my former calculations; and I aui
now convinced tbat although this government, noder
some temporary modifications of it. effected by con
struction, compromises, and concessions, will last be
yond the shore space of tbo life of a very old man, tbo
nsxt generation will surely witness its annihilation.
Iu tbe Old World, as in the new. political power is
always stealing from the many to tho few. There,
tho many who are despoiled are but a small portion
of tho whole; while here, ills the wliolo who are rob-
hed for tho benefit of a numerous interested majority.
Yon, sir, are vonng cnongh to witness, probably ma
ny of tlio results ol snch a transition. In its first stage
it will exhibit the simple government of an uncheck
ed majority, acknowledging no restraint upon its ab
solute will—of a majority proclaiming that there is a
law higher than tho constitution they have swernto
support, of which biclicr law they are the only tree
expositors But my paper warns me to bring this
doll prosing teas end.
Those, sir. aro the deliberateopiuionsof an o Jinan
with whom time has long since extinguished all inter
est in the practical administration of public affairs.
They aro given to you only became you have request
ed them; and 1 pray yon to exenso the very awkward
maimer in which they are expressed. Bat I writo
with fT—t difficulty, and 1 Should delay my reply to
your otter too long, if 1 was to copy it.
ThcKasliville CobtcuiIod.
Account from Nashville give ns tho intelligence
tbat tbe sontbern Convention assembled at that
place on Monday tbe 3rd iust.
At 3 o'clock p. m, the Convention was called to
order by Ex-Gorernor Brown of Tennessee. A
prayer was made by J. B.Ferguson.
A resolution was adopted tbat tbe Conven
tion should vote by States, each delegation cotin-
ting one.
Tbe following are tbe officers of tbe Conven
tion: W. L. Shaikey, of Mississippi, President,
Gov. McDonald, of Georgia. Vice President; and
IVro. F. Cooper and E. G.-Eastman, of Teuessee,
Secretaries.
Tbe President stated tbe object of - the Conven
tion. It was not to dissolve, but to perpetnato tbe
Union. They met to consult on what measure it
was deemed | roper to adopt to avoid disunion.
After some discussion with regard to the cre
dentials of tbo Delegates, it wos ordered that a
Committee ufono from each State, should ho ap
pointed to recieve aud regulate all tbe uumes of
the Delegatee present.
NiueStates were represented in tbe Conven
tion, viz.: Alabama, Arkausas, Florida. Georgia,
Mississippi, Soutti Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
and Virgiuia.
Thu Compromise of Mr. Clay will not be ap
proved by the Conveatloo.
»i»r,” alias tlsc •‘Adjust
ment.”
We have already noticed this scheme somewhat
in detail, butita great and commanding importance
at this time overtoiling, as it does, every other
question, will justify us iu recurring to it agaiu,
and exposing some of its features, not sufficiently
reviewed, in (ha comments, wa havo heretofore
submitted.
So far as tbe Son th is concerned, it can hb de
monstrated to the satisfaclionof every man, not will,
fully blind; that tbe plan of tbe President, or even
tbe application of the Wilmot Proviso, to all the
territory acquired by the treaty of Gaudaloupe Hi
dalgo, would be infinitely preferable to tbe bill now
under diicntiionlu thollnited States Senate. This
language is strong, bnt in onr judgment not so
stropgas will be tho sad reality. Let us turn for
a moment to the mode of settlement recommend
ed by the President, and the hill reported by Mr.
Clay, and see wbat the difference is between tbe
two plans. Tho President proposes to admit Cal'
ifuruia as a State, with her constitution as it is.
and her boundaries as thoy are. So doe* the bill
reported by the Senate’s committee. General
Taylor is iu favor of leaving to tba people of tbe
Territories tbe settlement of tbe slavery question
as may suit themselves. Mr. Clay’s Bill proposes
to organize territorial governments fur New Mex-
icon mi Utah, without any restriction Upon tho poo
plo with respect to slavery—this to bo left to
themselves. Wbat Is the difference f It is no
answer to say, that the provisions of the compro
mise hill deducing the powers of the Legislatures
of these territories, provides (bat no law shall bo
passed by them, in respect to African slavery.
The doctrine laid down by a majority ol the Com.
milteeis, that slavery is an institution created by
law, and that therefore, it cannot exist in any com.
muuity unless by special statuary enactment. If.
than, slavery can only exist by special enactment,
and if the bill providing -governments for these
Territories expressly prohibits their local legisla.
lores from passing any law with reaped to elaveiy,
bow then, wo ask. can it ever be made to exist
within their limits. In point of fact this bill woald
exclude slavory from tho Territories more effect
tuklly (ban the Wilmot Proviso itself. As it stands,
it provides that the Territorial Legislatures shall
pass no Istvs iu respect to African elavery, which
would of course inhibit tbe legislatures from pas
sing eveu police regulations, for its proles lion It
exrlndes any legislation, whatever, on tbo subject
of slavery, so that if a southern man should go iuto
either of these territories, and taka a slave with
him, aud the alave shoulJ run ofT, tlio owner of
did slave has no sort oX redress, fur tbe simple rea
son. that the Territorial authorities have uo power
to do any thing, in relation to Africau slavery. Nor
is (bis all. To make our exclusion doubly sure, from
all tho Territory ceded by Mexico, Mr. Clay bolds
tbat tbo Mdiicao laws abolishing slavery, aro still
of force iu these territories, and slams the door in
the face of our people, migrating with theirslares
tlti'lierwsrd. But again, Mr. Clsy proposes to buy
out Texas down to thirty-two degrees, embracing h
Tbo Richmond Enquirer.
Since our last, we havo received tbe Enquirer,
containing a disavowal uf the sentiments of tbe ar
ticle copied from that paper, iu our lsst weeks is
answer its arguments.
Foxiest. Oasiqcu* to thi Lxtc Frxsidxxt
JaxxsK. Polk.—This last solemn duly was per
formed at Nashville, Teun-, on the 33d nlt„ unde r
tbe superiuteudsnoe of the Masonic fraternity of
that State. Tbd procession moved at au early
hour, lo the following order s
Mus'c; Pali bearers; Masonic Fraternity; May
or aud Aldermen) Fire Department; Re.ideutand
visiting Clergy ; Governor. Ex-Governor sad Slate
Officers; Judaea of the several Court* : Member*
of (he Bar; Physicians; Citixeus on foot; Citi
zens in Carriages.
The procession proceeded to ibecity cemetery,
where the remains were received from the Com
mittoe of Arraugeraent, nod conveyed to their fi
nal resting place io the family grooud, where they
were, under iho direction of Col. Strickland
placed io the vault. Au address was delivered by
tho Bight Bov. Bishop Oley. The solemnities uf
the occasion were terminated with appropriate
Masonic ceremonies.
I ri-n.aiu.
liomblo serve
A Trcf L
applied to sa
.tup cf sever
sry respectfully, your most obedient
LITTN W. TAZEWELL,
no tv. of i!ie tionaleof tbo U. States.
;w vr.n.—Alexander Hamilton wns ones
■-i.uiis.-I by ii mail having tlio puardian
it orphans, win. weald, oncomincrof age,
urge and valuable estate, of which there
m n material defect in tbe title- deeds, known only
their KuunliuD. who w ..i.tcd to get tbe title vested
himii-lt. Hamilton noted down lira faithless exe-
u.r v atnlenn-i.t. and then tnid to him: Settle with
'm unhappy iofaota hooi.rably lo the Is*t rent, or I
il hunt von ln.it) vmir skin like a liarc.*' Tbe ad-
n was itrictly f-lfowu.l.
t. <.f Mobile, this year, will exceed
Kit the product uf thr state has been
l.y u-u.porarv and adverse causes.
:r imparts err indicated with snffi
Mithurizu so estimate of 430,000,000
uf l.ci uuuuuf uoionivrca.
I.atc and Important from Cuba
By the arrival yesterday, saya the Mercury of
the.filb iust., of the fast sailing acbuuuer Merchant!
Capt. Tessier, from Havana, we havo odvicaa np
to lbe30tb ultima. The Uuited States steam fri
gate Saranac, Capt. Tatuall, arrived st Havana on
the Sfilli utL with important despatchce for tbo
Caplaiu Genera! of Cuba and oen. Campbell, the
American Consul et Havana. It was stated iu
Havana that the Saranac bod bceu put under tho
order# of tho Caplaiu Genera), to assist in captur
ing any armed expedition from the Uuited States.
The timely arrival of the Saranac off Havana pre
vented what would have uo doubt been a bloody
engage nieut.
The Uuited States ►! .ops-of-war Albany and
Germantuwu, while lying in Havana, received in
formation tbat .toveralSpauiah vessels-of war were
expected in a lew days with a part of tbo Cuba
expedition on board as prisoners, (no doubt iboss
taken ou tbe coast uf Yocatan.) On receipt of
this iutelligenc s they immediately left port for tbe
purposo of intercepting them, aud demanding the
prisoners fiom tho custody of tbo Spaniards.—
They met them a few hour** sail from tbe
More, and were about exacting their release at
tho cannon’* mouth, when the Saranac coming
up an interview took place between Capt. Tat-
nail and Commander Randolph, after which the
Spaniard* weto allowed to take their prison
er* into Havana. Tba prisoner* ore confined
on board of adipaiush aevenly-foor in tho harbur.
rive of those taken at Cardenas, under Lopez,
were shot at Matanzasafew day* previous to the
sailing of the Merchant. Four of the number
were said to bo Scotch and Irish, and one an
American, (u boy.) who stated to tho last tbat ho
joined the expedition under tho tmpressiou that it
was going to Califorina, and that ho had no idea
of invading Cabs. Tho Merchant left in port tbe
United States steam frigate Sarauac, and sloops-of-
war Germantown and Albauy. The conduct uf
our Consul nt Havana, under tbe tryiug circum
stances which sarronnd him, is spoken of in the
highest terms.
territory nearly three times as largo as Georgia !
which nnder the compact of annexation is uow,
and will hereafter bo upeu to aUvery, unless tbia
bill should been me a law. Gou. Taylor’s plan does
uut proposo to dismember Texas, and in this con
sists its advautage over tbat uf the Cumniittee.
But we have said that eveu the application of
tbe Wilinot (’revise to thi* territory, would
he preferable to the Compromise—wo beg tbe
Waahiuglou Vnisn’t pardon—tho " adjustment,”
proposed by the Senate’s bill. The Wilmot Pro
viso proposes nuly to exclude ut from the Territo.
riot of Culiafornia aud New Mexico. Mr. Clay’s
plan exclude* u* from the former, by th* Presi
dents Proviso, and from tho latter, by the Moxi
can Proviso, while it proposes iu addition, to au
uul the compact under whirl, Texas became an
nexed to the United States, and surrender mure
than half the territory of that Stale,—now slave
territory, to be exposed as it will be, to tbe in*
fluencessn powefully acting to exclude ns froinox e-
ry foot ol territory belonging to tbe Uuimi. By
tile passage of the Wilmot Proviso, tbe free soilers
ran only get the Territories, bat uuder Mr. Clsy’s
bill, they will get all the Territories aud half uf
Texas to hoot.
Iu the next place the proposition to amend the
law of 1793, for the recovery of fugitive slaves,
will not be worth to the Booth, its much as tbe
parchment upon which it is written, instead ot
improving the old law for the protection of our
property, iu Ihia respect, the Committee propose
additional embarrassments and cumbersome and
expensive details. It would be nearer tbe mark
to call this part of tlio schema on set, providing
more effectually for the security of slaves eaca
ping into a free State, and against tbe kidnapping
of free persons tif color, from such States, by south
era men, than a bill for tho recovery of runaway
slave*.
By tbe next scheme in this project, tbe Free soil-
era secure :h* abolition of tbe slave trade, in tbe
District of Columbia, which they have lung re
garded as the first, of a scries uf measures, to end in
its completo destruction in tbe States. But we
are told that tbia part of tbe scheme simply ex-
teuds the laws of Maryland over the Federal Dis
trict. It doea mure, it permits legislation by Con
gress over rights that beloug ouly ta tbe States,
and moreover, while tbe old law of Maryland,
which it pretends to revive, imposed nuly a
pecuniary penalty upon tbo person violating its
provisinus, this bill gives freedom to the slave.
Now, we ask, iu all candor, wbat is there iu any
of these provisions to elicit tbe admiration or so’
e ere the approval of any onotbern man l We sub
mit to tbe practised compromises aud appraisers
of southern honor among us, to show us, wliat she
is lo gat, for the treasures she is called to throw
in the Northern scale t Wbat duel she get in re
turn fur Texas f Where is the equivaleut fur re
linquishing her joiut ownership iu a territory as
large as tlio old thirteeu ! Nothing, absolutely no
thing ! Aud yet, this is what we are told is a com-
promite by the North. If it is a compromise, it com
promises Southern right*—if it ia conciliation it
is tbat policy which conciliates rapacity, by ac-
ceeding to its demands. If il be concession, it
by tbe South and cousists iu yielding, that which
noxt to personal honor, soutbora men ought to part
with lust—their political equality in this Union.
FBOM WASHINGTON
[cORRISFONDINCXOF THE OKOROlATKLSORIPH.j
WASHINGTON, June 4,1850.
Our Present CnndHlon—and « few ether
Things.
There are many cliqnes and parties in the city.
All are busy at work to carry out their especial
plans. A great change having taken place all
over tbe conotry, within the last two yearn, to
this may be ettribnted the aclieedrings at the me
tropolis.
You know that Mr. Clay was. m tho "language
of Gredley. "slaughtered” at the great Philadel
phia convention; and as a kind ol salvo to heal
the woodds of the hunker whig*, be was sent to
the United Slates Senate. They indulged the
hope, that as 'Geueral Taylor had said Mr. Clay
was more fit to be 'President than himself. General
Taylor as President, would be glad if Mr. Clay
would lead off for bim. . Old Hurry practised on
this hint; and where is he now? Outside of tbs
Administration church—“a publican aud a siu-
ner!” Many of his recommendation* of gentle
men to office, have been thrown aside, as things
not worthy of serious consideration; aud hence
tho Kentnckimrdid not forego the fine opportuni.
ty of giving to General Taylor a severe beatiug
recently, wbeu be spoke as to tho superiority of
bis own plan uf compromise.
The • ‘National Intelligencer' hat joined the
“ Republic," in shooting straws at Mr. Csy, kil-
iiug him a second time! The Compromiser, how
ever, like’Auhcu*, galhorsadditioual strength every
time he falls, aud ibe Hercules of Death himself,
ouly, can potaipoahis caudle au extiugureber.—
So bis admirers say.
Tbo •• Uniou” snppoits Mr. Clay, and is his
champion". This is really a changing uf sides iu
party politics. Aud as strong a democrat as is
Senator Foote, bo too, becomes oueof Mr. Clay's
guard! A most singular breaking up of parties
bos taken place, but all tbe material has not done
quivering,aiul sometime will elapse before it will
settle.
There is a party tbat will go fur the Presidents
ptau of adjustment. They think that they are
bouud to support the Admiiiistratioq; aud eveu if
they did uot to believe, thoy desire the agitation
lo -continue, that they may goiu notoriety, aud se
cure place; by miuiateriug to the fillby scaudaltzers
ut tbe North—the putrid excresceuces ou the com.
muuity. Aud they have iu view, at some day, the
rallying of the piebald forces to make Seward,
the Presideut of the Uuited States? Greeley -has
just come here to help them.
Southern men are divided. Seine afle afraid to
act, others are indifferent. Tbe •• Southern Press,''
however, may arouse them, if their cuusitueiitst/o
not. This paper is to he tri-weekly, at $5 per an
num, with a weakly at Already thousands of
subscribers have seut iu their uumes with the
m oney—which is something substantial.
Much might bo said about the scheme, aud
their plans of operations; hut, as I have always
lieeu cautious to expressing myself, not iu any de
gree assuming to kuow as much as the mantrfactur-
era of newt, I will Uot now avow any opiuion as to
the result ot the Congressional agitation, further
than to say, that, at present, il is uot probable that
Mr. Clay’s compromise plan can receive tho as.
sent of the two Houses. *
To show the iasanity of individuals iu Congress-
I may he pardoned for causing amne of your types
to be disgraced, by printing a name held to he
odious by the lovers of justice aud deceuty.—
Lsat week, while a hill lo give donations of lauds
to settlers iu Oregon, was uuder rousuieraliun, Mr.
Giddiugs of Ohio, declaimed loudly in favor of
darkies, boasting uf their patriotism, their intelli
gence and respectability. Mr. Sackell,"of New
Fork, also, joiued iu Ibtf same strain. Il was a
duett set to au E:bi«piuu tuue. It was iu vaiu
that these worthies were told tbat the peupfo of
Oregon had to exclude negroe*; because they mix
ed with-the finii»a».w*'l nerved thoarai of ihe'sa-
vage to wield the tomahawk agaiustthu whites.—
No, they must put tbe blacks ou a fouling with Ibe
palefaces! Mr. Courud uf Louisiana, said that
the “geutleman from Ohio must have uegro blood \
iu bis veius. judging from the fact that the afore
said ^tiidiliugs had apologized to the Ilouso for
placing the whites uu the same platform with the
blacks!” Mr. Gkldiugs immediaUly arose, with
an expression iutemied for a sui.le, aud uublush-
lugly avowed, " that be bad mere-lv intended to
say that u white man was at good at a negro, if ho
.behaved himself.” Of course, tbe deceut portion
of the House were disgusted, aud suffered tbeeu-
losist of the negroes, to eiuk iuto his cushioned
seat.
Mr. Soulo, iuthe Senate to-day, offered his plan
of adjustmeut, which ia tbe Missuuri compromise
liue ; California, to be sent borne for the present,
aud to couie iu uuder bis proposition. This will
receive the majority uf southern vutes, it is though')
for Mr. Clays plan gives tlio oyster to tbe North,
aud the shell lo tbe South. Wliat do you gain by
the puicbaseof a purliuu of Texausoil, from which
slavery will be excluded? You will have to help
to pay for it, aud yuur proportion will be seren o r
eight millions uf dollars. What do you gain by the
fugitive slave bill amendments ? Nothing but au
affirmatiou of tho law of '98, which you have al
ready, and it is good enough, if honestly carried
iuto execution. What do you gsiu by tho aboli
tion of the slave trade iu the District of Columbia?
Merely the triumph ol the North, who have for
years been atriviug to tbis end. What do you
gain by the aduiisstou of California ? Why, in ef
fect, the W ilmot proviso already enacted iuto a
law by that State. And wbat do you gain by ths
Territorial Governments for New Mexico aud
UtaO? Just nothing, for the North and the South
*r > to share equally. We repeat, if there is any
thing gaiued for the South by tbis odjustmeut we
will have to employ old Diogenes with his candio
in the day time to hud it.
METROPOLIS.
trhat tile free Sailers Thittlt Of
Cltjy’a Bill.
We have said elsowhero, that even objectiona
ble as tbe plan racotn mended by President Tay
lor for settling ths territorial question is, it is in
finitely preferable to tho scheme of Mr. Clay.—
The President ptoposes to take a part of the new
territory only. Mr. Clay proposes to take all
the new territory and more, havo half of Texas.—
Those Southern men and presses who havo been
endeavoring to demoralize tbe Southern Senators
who aro opposed to the Compromise Bill, by call
ing them u'lruB aud classing them with Halo and
Seward, because the latter, from motives as an
tagonistic as the potesaro likewise opposed to Mr.
■Clay’s plan, will see, by and by, who are really
•co-operutiug with the Abolitionist, and who have
been the true frieuds of the South. A free-soil
correspondent of tbo New York Express, who
advocates Clay’s scheme for the abolition of slave
ry everywhere, writes as follows iu denunciation
uf Gen. Taylor’s plan, because the latter'does not
propose, like Clay, -to turn over half of Texas to
the Abolitionists.
startling Developments!
Washington. .Mat 30th.
The "Omnibus Bill” is likely to be killed by
the nitre Southerner*. The rally against it in
South Carnltua. Virgiuia, Mississippi anil part ol
Alabama, seems jnst uow to he fatal. If Northern
meu, Mr. Webster excepted, couliuue to etaud
where they now slnnd,—
California admission depends upon the perseve
rance of tbe Southern ultras in resisting it by tbe
ayes ahd uoes. It they will give iu, or cau be
gut iu.
But,—AVai Mexico will be blotted from the map of
America. Texas will usurp it all east of the Rio-
Grande.—Mr. Secretary Crawford orderiug tho
U. Bute* troops to look on mid help?
And Texas will be here the uext week with
another new Slave State claiming admission iuto
the Uuiou!
“The Omnibus Bill” is to be killed by oulifiers
ami Freesoiler*. Northern Whig* wautiug courage
aud (tower to act. When a mackine it to be the
death of >bem. they are inactive. When non-inter
vention is the plan of the Cabinet, armed military
iuteiveutioii is blotting New Mexico from tho map
of ihn world,— Rubbing her out and writing over
her -Slave Texas"! ,
You rosy prattle as you please,—you may phil
osophize as you please—hut I show you, New
Mexico is being blotted from the map.—There is to
be nowore NrW Mexico. New Mexico in tbe
Na|utleouio phrase, ‘ ceases to exist.” Thiuk of
the tact t see it and yet kick at the Oinuibus bill,—
aud denounce Mr. Clay fur it?
Suula Fe is, orb about to be in Texas. What
has beeu New Mexico for two hundred years,
is about to be Texas. The soil that a slave
never trod, is to have slavery forced over it Ly
Texas,—and according lo law.
O. liable awuy about-"the Wilmot Proviso” iu
the North, bable away.—aud see Texas by arms
Ilia Hag of the United Slates aiding,—wresting
soil utsde "Iree” by nature, sod aiiltdu ng it to be
‘‘slave” by the troops of tbe United States.
Babble away, and abuse Mr. Clny,—when the
Wilmot Proviso made lay the Almighty G->d, is
repealed by tile arms of the Texian Major Neigh
bors, aud Col. Mouroe, and bisU. .8. Troops, act
ing under ibe order of Mr. Secretory Crawford.
Bubble a way. mid go for "iiou-actioii.” But be
sure aud don’t forget to abuse Mr.‘ Clay. That
is essential to the Whig Party, mid wid give tome
pour devil anotfice.
Why sbunid the Smith go‘‘iuto the Omnibus”?
Perhaps they call aye and uu California outof the
Union number year, ami be ready next whiter, lor
a new Slave State to offset her from Texas!
Are uolCieiueu*. Mason, Suule, the Frenchman
aud other* wiser limn Clay, Msugumt aud Daw
son. To do nothing is to steal ail New Mexico
east of the Kio Grande,—and to repeal by Texns
uiuske s the Mexirau free law of >h it Ter.i ■ r. -
Gforinit* “inaction.”!
But don’t forget to abuse Clny and Webster
as to (iitnlttraitoti, foresight and patriotism.
Hsle, Chase, and others of that ilk have ever
showu them selves wiser defenders of the North-.
Follow such will o’ the wisps, sad don't forget to
denounce Clay uttd Webster.
It I had a vote to give lor the North. I should
Im very suspicions ol my judgement; when in the
North I was deuoiinciug Webster ami Clay, aud
following the lead of a lisle, a Chase, n Clemens,
H .Sonle. « Mason—but hurrah for the uew cna
liriou nf uulitiers slid AboiiliyiiisU, that is to Still
otf a Clay and a Webster.
ftto 'uut 4 NfIW OiclWHWIT.—-
-}tr.n Action"—The stealing of New Mexico by
Texas.
Goino for tut WiLttot PkoYisO—Uuited
Staies Troops rubbing out free New Mexico, and
establishing slave Texas.
Admission or California.—Waiting fora new
Stain to bn so formed from Texas, or lor tho con
quest of Cuba.
A Lookkr on and Ladohir.
From the Mobile Tribun
A Little Thunder.
Our readers doubtless are
A Third Party,
Major Noab, whose political sagacity and ripen
ed experience render his suggestions add predic-
tious very valuable seems ’to thiuk that the old : provisos and compromises; but it ^ ° 1 ' ^ht
basis of parties catuiot continue hereafter even in sick and woary of his debts, or of Sf" W
1 . *u«. La. in 1 11,8 vvifsa . .
tho event of a settlement cn iho vexed question
now agitating Congress and the country.
lie thinks that a third or Conaiitntional party,
will ba formed on the ruins of the former organi.
Rations, which have douo their work, and had
their day. At the cloBe ol ono of his recent edit
orials, the veteran thus Speculates:
‘‘The speeches of Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Clay, and
Mr. Webster, on slnvery, were merely arguments
iu favor of right on tbe one baud, and grounds of
seltlemeutou tlio other.- There was room for pa
triotic appeals, for solemn warning, for just admo
nitions, but the principle involved was but slight
ly referred to; aud when a settlement was propo
sed which looked ns if both sides wore amply pro
tected, it gave satisfaction to neither. The South
wants a diHereut arrangement, which the North
will not constat to. We must, therefore, look for
no extraordinary demonstration of parliamentary,
ability while this locul question is pressing like au
incubus opo'n yis.
Another view oT this Subject presents itself.—
Suppose the whole question is Bettled, apparently
to tho satisfaction of both sides, can parties settle
down iD harmony upon their old platforma. and
sustain their former lines of division? We think
not. A high tariff", a uatioiidl bank, a distribution
of tho public lands, and several subjects which
have heretofore divided parlies, cannot again ob
tain auy leading asceudaiicy. Tbe struggle aider
whatever name it may be carried on. will bo a
struggle fur power, lor place, fur position. The old
grouud of principle cannot be again occupied, be
yond the snpport uf our national institutions, io
which support no difference of opinion exists. If
we settle the Sin Vary question, the wouudsof the
South are cicatrized tint healed.
No Southern tnan will ever vote for a free soil
man, abolitionist, or Wiftnbt proviso man. Their
own position.aud rights will always be paramount
to party usages. They may not insist on a south
ern man for President; but they will vote for no
man that has ever been hostile to the Sontb. la
the North tbe fires of abolition will still burn, fa
naticism will fan tho embers, and political aposta-
cy will provide the fuel.
Under such apolitical state of things we cannot
see how tie creation of a third nr constitutional par
ty, is to be avoided. A large portion of the wltigs
and the whig press of the North stilf cling to abo
lition, and many lead rug democrats of the North
ern and Eastern Slates are tainted with the same
doctrines.
The whigs of the Sooth have been driven from
the ranks of their brethren ia the North on the
slavery question, ami they never agaiu will cor
dially assimilate. The South, if not too ultra in
tho settlement of the pending difficulties, will here
after vote together hi a solid body, and two thirds
of the Northern democracy will join them intho
formation of this new cmistilniionul party, pre
senting, as we thiuk, n democratic constitutional
party, the elements of which will bo strength,
uuiou aud success. We shall then bear no more
discussion on slavery in Congress.
Senator Foote Urpudiutetl by hia own
Mace.
Mortcotype.
This it a uew and beautiful application of Da-
guereotype to Marble, aud is destined to create
quite a seusation among tho living, if not among
the dead. The Baltimore American gives the fol‘
lowing account of this discovery. The idea i*
chaste and uovel—tho dead are made to live in
form, feature and expression-—the tomb stone
gives to tbe breathing world more than the mere
name of the departed—more than can be told by
the poet or expressed by the sculptor; a sent
bianco of the mouldering dust that sleeps beneath
when the ghastly remnant of humanity was cloth
ed in flesh, aud “ the young blood rau hot in the
veins.*’ Tbe stranger, wandering throbgh onr
cemeteries, will uo longer dwell open tbe epitaph
of the silent sleeper; but coutetnplate the features
of tbo oue who ouce breathed and bad volition
liko himsell". Tbe young and tbe lovely will seem
to defy the consuming finger of decay, and smile
as they were wont iu the days of life. The parent
can again look upon the features of bis beloved
child ami forget that it repose* in the silent em
brace* of the louih ; while the lover cau contem
plate the feature* that long erst won his heurt, nnil
say, •• such was *be—but v. bat is she cow ?."—
" Morteotype” l* a/event invention of Mr. J. H.
Whitehurst, o geotlf mm who hss devoted a great
p inion of bis life to ituprovetneuts iu the art of
D-ignereotyping'; a young man of eiUraordinary
genins and enterprise. It is; the imbedding uf the
sun-created likeness into the stone, anJ making it
imperviun. to the ravages of time, bv the use of a
peculiar kind nf cement, which makes the picture
as durable as the marble itself. The inventor hss
filed his application for a paten’, and hundred* of
persous hare visited hi* aplemliil^ gallery iu Balti
more, for the purpose of seeing the specimen
there exhibited.
Tbe Crop In Alabama.
A correspondent ol the Mobile Tribuue who
writes uuder date of Jnue 1st, speaking of the
growing cotton in that sectiou says—We know
tbat as a general tiling throughout the State, tba
plant is not three iuebo* in height. Letters re
ceived yesterday from Lowndes connty state that
planters in that county are ploughing up their fields
and repWutiugevoa at this late day. One of our
most respectable and influential citizens returned
yesterday from bis plantation in Pickeue county,
can scarcely discern that tbe cotton has sprouted.
Another large planter from Autauga county, is
willing to bet that there will be no bloom* iu bis
fields until first July.
Tbe WbcatCrop.
The wheat harvest, says the Marietta Advocate,
of tbe 6lh iust., which will begin iu this section thmt the people of the South msy cut their own
Statue Iu tbe North
Tbe whole tribe of Free Soilers iu tbo Northern
States, are rapidly rallying to tbe snpport of Mr.
Clay’s bill. The New York Tribune, the most
widely circulated, as well as tbo shrewdest aud
most far seeing, of all tho abolition organs, after
making many protests against the Senate’s com
promise, has come to the couclusiun. within the
last few days, that, though the prico is rather high,
it will be better to give teu, or even twenty five
millions for Toxot, than loose it altogether. It
therefore favors the compromise, iu preference to
Geueral Taylor’s scheme.
New Dillnrxliouof parties
Tho following says the Charleston Mercury, from
the Natchez Free Trader, is as true as pitby. W°
commend it to tho attention of the folks at Wash
iogtoo, and shall be glad to know, at their earliest
convieoeoce, to which or the fnnr parties they be
long, ns a system of classification ia comparative
ly uaeleauuless wo know whereto place the in-
diviilai*.
“ We have been permitted to copy th* following
terse extract from a letter to one uf our members
in Congress.
** There appears to be two parties io Congrass:
1st, a parly front the South who wish lo cat their
own throats.
“3d. A party at the North who do not with tbe
people of the South to cut their own throats, but
prefer doing the job for them.
“3d. A purty from the North who are wiilin
of tils Stole in a few days, ia looked forward to
v-iih much interest, owing to tha almost total fail
ure ot the last crop. We bear much complaint
among onr farmer* of rust. If however tbe pre
sent favorable weather should continue, tbe gen
era! yield will probably be about an average crop-
throat*.
** -lib. A party at the South who do not intend
to cut iheir own throats, or let any oue else do it
for them.
“This last party nave tbe other throe against
them, aud they will have to exert great energy to
save their jugulars..”
31r- I.’.more's Successor.
Governor Senbrook lias appointed the lion. Ro
bert W. Barnwell, Souator iu Congress, iu place
of Mr. Elmore, deceased. Mr. Bnruwell is a
gentlemen or high character and distinguished
talents. He was formerly a member of Congress
from South Carolina, and for several years Presi
dent of the College of South Carolina. He ia
uow iu attendance upon the Nashville Convention.
Tux Shortxst I’assaqe.—The steamer Asia
has made tho shortest passage, less than leu
days, from Liverpool to Buslou cf any stcumer.
Previous to her tho shortest trip was madu by
the America, ia ten days and six hours.
lAtUHCll.
Yesterday everting, as advertised, says tha Sn
vaunali Georgian of tbe 3d iust., the new steumcr
Isaac Scott was launched from the ship-yard of
Messrs. Joues & I’apot. Sbo entered her d estiued
element in beautiful style, amid the cheers of
the multitude who gathered to witness the launch.
The Scott is intended as a river boat, and will, as
speedily as possible, receive her engines and out
fits, and take her place, among others, as a compe
titor for the increasing business between Savan
nah and Macon. We hope she may be as success-
fulas one of her enterprising owners at Macon,
whose nnme she bears. She is 130 feet extreme
length—breadth of beam, 27 feet—over all, 45
feet—depth of hold, 5 foet—and will, when load
ed, draw 4 feet water. She is to be propelled by
two high-pressure engines, of 33 horse powur, ta
ken from tbe steamer Collins. Success to her
and her enterprising owners.
LeF* - The Hon. Daniel Wallace, member of
Congress from L’uiua, Sparlnuburg, York, aud
Chester Districts, S. C., has addressed an able let
ter to his constituents, exposing Mr, Clay's Com
promise in all its fuutures, aud expressing tile
opinion that tlio admisnioo of California. under her
present pretended organization and boundaries,
rhould he the test quostien.
The Missippian, published at Jackson, the cet.‘
tral democratic organ of the State; and one of the
nbleat journals in the southwest, deubauces the
Foote platform, as follows:
Senator Foote has called on a number of distin
guished meu for.their views upon tbe compromise.
Sn far ail are favorable to it; but none of the wri
ter* are citizens of Mi-sitsiiipi. Mr. Walker be
lieves th'it the anil of Caltfornis is free by virtue
of the Mexican law. This is Mr. Foote’s first au
thority, anil snch views are iu direct conflict with
our October platlo iu ; fur our convention express
ly declared that slave property is guaranteed pro
tection in California by onr constitution. If the
October convention had held with Mr. Walker,
that slavery cannot exist in California by reason
of ihe soil being already Tree, Senator Foote would
have been saved Ihe trouble ol introducing his
testimony. Tho convention would hare given up
the question si once. We would like to see what
distinguished citizen of Mr. Foote’s own State will
support his view*. We know uf some who have
expressed to bim their views against tbe compro
mise.
We are ready for tho iasne upon this compro
mise. We are opposed to it. Let thoso who are
in favor of it take iheir position, and let us draw a
line. We wait ouly for ihe platform or tho Naah-
ville Convention. In Mississippi we shall carry
every thing before us, on a direct issue upon, this
atrocious compromise hill. We again any, we ore
ready lor the contest—The rights of the South, or
Submission !
From tbe Jacksonian, published st Holly Springs
iu the same State, we extract the following:
Gun Foot* and thi Compromise.—Thi* gen
tleman ia mistaken if he expects that his constitu
ents will approve of bia course, if he votes for the
Compromise Bill reported to the Seuate on the 8tii
iust. We have conversed with many of onr most
intelligent and influential democrats, who avow
their eternal opposition to the hill, or any thing
like it. Tbe Suutheru man tbat sanctions that bill
of abominatinii* is recreant to the South, and un
worthy of the conGdeuce of the southern people.
This is strong language, but We feci aud know that
it is true.
Tho people wnntlhe question of Slavery settled'
They want on “ truces” that leaves every ques
tion of importance unsettled, except against the
South.
Again—the same paper further adds t
Glorious Missismpi’i-—We have not heard of
a single Democratic paner in this State, that lias
bean sn rash, so imprudent, and ro recreant to the
South, ns to advocate the miserable bill called a
compromise.uow before the Doited StatesSenate.
The M ississippian who can advocate that bill as
reported to tbe Seuate, is an unworthy resident of
a State rendered immortal by the condact of her
volunteers uu the bloody fields of Monterey aud
Bucnna Vista. We hope every Democratic press
iu the State will arouse themselves and cheer on
our gallant Jefferson Davis, nod bis noble col-
From the Forth Carolina Standard.
Tlic Compromise Tleasures.
We publish, at full length, on our first page to
day, the Report ofthe Committee of Tirteen aa
drawu up by Mr. Clay, and ulso sutne brief state
monts ofthe substouce of tbe bills therewith sub
mitted. Our readers will examine fob themselves,
and form their Own conclusions. The most ob
jectionable features in this plan are the admission
of Californio with her present bunndarie*. and the
proposition to assign a large portion of Texas to
New Mexico; and the objection urged by South
ern men to tbe wl.ole plau is, that it yields nil the
North demands, aud makes uu substantial conces
sions to the Southern people. This is tbe view ta-
keu of it by Messrs Berrien, Clemens, Davis, Yu-
lee, and Mason, though it is supported by Messrs,
Foote and Muugutn, aud will probably he voted
for by Messrs Houston, Badger, and others from
the slaveboldiug States,
Tho Southern people have a right to demand
tbat California shall be remniidcd to a territorial
cuuditjou, or at least tbat the Missouri lino shall
bo extended lo the 1’rtCinc! that the boundaries
uf Texas, according to her. jus; claim, from tbe
the mouth of the Kio Grande to its source, shall
be recognized by Congress: and tbat summary
process shall be provided for the delivery of fugi
tive slaves, witliuut jury trials in the slaVehold-
ing States. So for as the right of Texas to her four
Stales is concerned, that is a plain matter. We owe
Northern gentlemen uu compensation tor declaring
that black is black.
The act iu relatiou to fugitive slaves goes far-
enough when it requires the owner to produce a
certificate of record, describing aud identifying ihe
slave as hi* property. There caif be uo necessity
for his giving bund lo try the title here, for the
simple teasou that uo Court in the slaveboldiug
Slates would grant a record for seiziitg a free ne
gro who had emigrated to the free States, or who
had always resided there. The provision for a
jury trial is hated upon that assumption, and there
is no fouudatiuu for it. We object to it because
there is uo rcusun for it: because it reflects upon
tbe houesty aud integrity of Southern Courts i be
cause it is an empty conuessiuti to morbid Northern
feeling in u mutter uf positive constitutional right;
and because itYvill give a handle to the fanatics
to demand jury trials for tbe fugitive in tbo tree
States, let this law be us shurt as possible, aud
summary. Let duo proof be furnished by the
owner, und then, if the Commissioner should lint
promptly deliver up the slave, let the owner have
u claim upon the Federal Treasury for tbe loss ho
bus sustained. That wunld test the free States.
It they refused to pay such a claim, it would be
proof undeniable of their determination to violate
the Constitution aud withhold justice.
Congress has uo jurisdiction whatever over
the Slavery question, and we therefore object
to any act by tbat body abolishing the slave-
trade iu the District. If it must be done, let the
jurisdiction be ceded back to Maryland and let her
do it.
children, yet the law will not rclens u- e H
the ono or save him froth the tesrtnn^kv . fro «
the other. The public should, thTr e f '
awake and watch these snbjects
isting possesses So much real itoportanek". 0 * *«•
aouth, and ignorance of it or indiffere n " 7?,
prevent or protect us from iu cotum.,.. w *8-*st
We are besought day after -/ 3 tnce *-
papers to keep quiet—-to be perfoctlr ■,t° al k w *
our possessions—to eat and sleep with * **** •*
fur our northern brethern design no 1 Cw »-
are merely talking. Wilmot proviaot l i n, ’_They
not to inflict. They aretoujuat;_ha Te t 1
recollection of the oljeu time to do th - ,IT ^
Rely—wait, repose on their justice. H**
south hss Id Some meaoue slept.' T|,» C *
aro awake are called traitors; and q. j® *ks
kdep snoring away, and from theImyr,H, ?:,1 t
they lie. they cry ogt in their sleep
ed epithets to those who stand sside.wL*’
the tops ofthe hills surveying the borio,. '.
approaches -of the storm. Hsnnifo \* ni * 4#
there comes now and then a glean, ofriv^TS 1 ’
which precedes the found of foe fo n 7
this, ono by one. aron«es these patient .ij f r ' ,t d
dreamers. Some of these porteutaus i r j-
We have already noted in our cnlumni- t. , ll0la
has been given of more startling import th Dna *
which follows in an article from tbe fts»*»*
"Courier and Enquirer—an article caltti *° r * :
deliberately written in one o! the mut ;-#***
tisl papers la the free States. Here it kF*
that nothing less than all tbe north claims Jm T*
sal,milted to-^thst laws may be | ' •
gress. but they will havo ho weight if not '
cordance with thepcpular opinion nffo, ltt .!? 1 *■
that they will Ito of no effect—will he renodT"
a fid with the repeal new claim, bemadsorra.t
we do not Anhmit now. A more cold blondJ *
position Dfanjust demands Wo have caver'nli"
It is enough to arouse the blood oft santT-
turnip, if it have any, provided it be not *
raised In a freesoil bed. \Ve git- e ,‘ t
farther comment, only marking some’ portutr. i
it in italics: ^ “* «
There is a universal desire to procure a ,
meat of the pending controversies concemiDrfo,.
ry. AU considerate men nf all parties,
sections, are anxious that that foe agitation
turmoil, by which the peace of fo» cmjoiir
been so long clistubed, should he allayed TlLa
a patriotic and most worthy purDo«e.ind'dsm, 1 ‘ ri ,
not only the respet, but the sympathy ln g ^ ’
operation of every otto whn hatat heart th s ..j
fare of our common country, ' "
But it ia a great mistake to suppose Hist s bira
settlement is to be desired without refereoca t«
the principles oil which it is based or to the ta
per With whi.-h it is likely to be received by tk.
great body of the American people. An
ment of the controversy, to be nfeuential
must be permanent. It must put all tha quemioM
involved beydnd the resell of agitation and re
■tewed excitements. Any plan which doe, not
accomplish this, will be found to aggravate theetii
which it reeks to cure. And this is a point which
demands tho special attention of foe Snnth.-
They hive everything to gain by da Mjust-ant nr
IsAfcii shall be satisfactory to the Forth—and /U
have everything lolose by such an adjusttini aid,])
not enlist the favor, and receive the support of the grot
body of the people in tie Northern Stales.
In onr judgment tbe south, as well a, Soote p, r .
sons fibni the north, labor nnder a very senon,
mistake, in regard to the state of feeling on thi,
subjectamong the people. It has been fonmllr
announced, from many conspicuous and ii.Eses-
-till Sources, that, the Wilmot Proviso is dead,—
that it is oiiivereallv regarded as an exploded
humbug,—that the whole North is convinced tint
slavery cannot under any circumstances, obi,is,
foot-hold in New Mexico-, and foal the who),
North is ready, therefore, to ahandnn the provtu.
A great deal of confidencein foe success ot certtis
schemas, has been Itnilt upon tbis belie', Onrown
opinion is that a greater mistake was never matt.
Ws do not believe tbat Northern sentiment htt
undergone any such change. The people of th*
North aro nut convinced, either that foe preris)
is needles,, or that it is wrong. In spit* tif alt «f.
gninent und all exhortations to foe contrary, they
believe it to he just in principle, equitable ia its
effect on sectional ascendency, ami demanded by
the emergency. Wedo not believethere'SKtbm
free States in the Union which Would not, ajms I
fair popular appeal, affirm that belief by onom-
whelming majority.
JVjt believe this to bo the fact.—acd in toting
it we desire Dot lo bo understood a* oxprruine
any opinion for or against the corrector** of.'M
views on wflidh the fact rests. tVo liars uth'nf
to say now at ta the justice or injustice, the neaaiij
or the in utility, of tbo Wilmot Proviso. Ilwtjht
wrong in principle, unconstitutional, neediest and i«-
tutting iO lhe Sualh : Upon all that in tiieva re
mark* we wish to lie understood as expreuigg
no opinion, either directly or by lm|ilic»tins —
All wo niekn to say is, that iu oUr opiuwta the great
body of the people of the Northern Slates hare nut
abandoned the principle of ti.fi Wilmot Pmrao.
We Believe that wbiletheoutwarddemnnatratse*
in regard toil have diminished, the rrsl popular
feeling is still strongly io its favor,—and that this
will become manifest, whenever occasion dull
uiiac.
Now. if this ba so, will not any compromise
which Hoes uot embrace this fact as an element of
the problem, he worse than useless ! Is it sot
clear that any plan which disregards and con
temns tbig feeling nf the North, will only inflaina
It aud increase its influence 7 A law pasted is
defiance of public opinion, must expect to »a-
-counter that public opiuion as its eneuiy. Aud if
Hug-South persist ia forcing S lew ubooireo# t"
the North upoir tlio country, they th'ist look (<*
anvthiug but pence and harmony as the result —
It is very trite the South has succeeded hitherto is
the epactmeut of laws distasteful to foe Xnrfo, ltd
the North has acquiesced. Tbe annexation of
Tcx.-ts, the war with Mexico, tiro acqnisitioo of
territory are matauce*. But these wer* law*
which could not be repealed. Ouce passed, tll*T
were irreversible. Public sentiment acquiesced;
because there was no opportunity for an appeal
But this is uot the cast, with any law now be fort
Cuugrqs, opou tbis subject, except, perh«p». to*
uue" pruposiug to purchase from Texas her eluo
to New Mexico. Suppose tbe South de/sst th*
attempt to admit Ca.ifornia—wiil that end_tM
matter? Most assoredlj? not. The contest ri! 1 «
transferred from Congress to the ballot-box- Sap
pose a territorial bill i, passed without the Wilmot
proviso—will that action be fiual I _ Not by suf
means. Every congressional district ia ever?
Northern State would instantly become the sees"
or a struggle to secure the addition of that Pf^T 1 ? 0
at tho uext session. Suppose Mr. Mason's bill in
regarJ to the surrender of fugitive slave, to be
come a law—will the South hear uo more of uu
matter f Will peace and quiet everywhere prtj •
Vail on tbat subject ? He u)U6t be a fooluli so 1 *
very iguuraut man, who catf cherish any 3 ,,
pcctutiun. The enactnieut of that law weald
the sigual for all anti-slavery agitation ibronphog
the Northern and the Western States, infinity
more violeut aud less controllable than any
the country has beard of hitherto! ,
Our main objection to tbe schemes pr°P°. .’
and to the general project of Southern P°. . “ti’
Is tbat instead of pacifying aud harmonism*
country, they will re-kiudle and aggravate **!.
cite meats. They will iucrease, iusteed < ”*Tl-
ing, agitation. They are not founded on to P ,
per basis. They are not adapted to •*>
papular sentiment—they do tint meet ibedem ■
of the public heurt. They are ,
disregurd „uf thut popular feeling on whtcu a
must depeud for stability and full elie f.' . ...
passage of such laws, therefore, can at tc ^
ouly postpone the conflict which they
viate. They leave all existing sources of di
tent in full force, and even give them renew c *
tivity and increased power of miscfiiW'
Sooth seems to forget the effects of ti® 8 ?P°,|
two CM'liotlfi nf t)<o PnL.n Tltrt North 13 8
, - • - -i Again: Nothing is said ia tho Report or in these
leagues m the House, m their opposition to all : bais, about Abolition petitions. Is tho South still
Hill’ll til 111 I llftv onrrli? nn/l mils? Itu onennrs, ail i • - 1 . . . .
■uch bills.. They onght, and most be encouraged
iu th« glorious work, by tho approving voic*j of j Q cn "
their constituents.
CP* Just ono yoar ago, St. Louis sustained on*
of tbo most terrible conflagrations that over deco,
luted an American city. By a fiery hurricane,
more than four hundred houses, and four or five
millions of property were in one night swept from
ezisteuce. The morning sun rose upon a broad
black chaos of rain, a fit brooding place for dis
may aud despair. It was one of those calamities
that seem to sever the very vitality oi the object,
and settle its doom forever.
A twelveraouth has passed, and the city Fbccnix
like, has risen tcom its ashes with renewed strength
aud beauty. Stately edifices and broad streets i
have sprung up like ouchautment over the brand- ‘
ed Are track, and the spot that was solitary again
echoes with the din of labor and tho hum of trade. [
St. Louis has liberally re-created itself by its own
deathless energy. It is one of those triumphs
over adversity, one of those manifestations of the
vigor aud elasticity of American enterprise, tbat
should make us prouder of onr countrymen.
(&. y« CW. Sr JSW
to be insulted aud inflamed by putitious praying
Congress to abolish slavery in the District, to
break up the internal td&ve'trade, or to arm the
slat*** aud enrole them among the militia? We
warn our Northeru fellow-citizens that there cau
be uo peace, so long as these things aro done or
permitted by them. Why not adopt a rulo in
both House, to receive the motiou to present these
petitions, and then lay that motion ou the table?
Slavery should bo au uupronounceable word iu the
halls of Oougress. It must be hereafter, or every
expectation of repose aud harmony will be idle
auu uurealized.
Wo have so often discussed the question of tho
admission of California as she is, and the subject
uf the Texas boundary, tbat it would be useless
for its to go into them uow. Nothing that we could
say, either iu regard to thebe points or upon the
measures recommended as n whole by the Com
mittee, could aflect the result. From all we can
learn, we thiuk these measures, with some not
very materinl modifications, will in all probability
pass both Houses, though the majority io their fa
vor must be small. The people of the South will ^
not be salistied with them, but thoy iievertheleki 1
two sectioufr of the Union. Tbe North
while growing stronger, in comparison
with tbs
"mho growing stronger, in ,vg
South. A postponment, therefore, only P u ffl
decision which must cotue atfoner or latc r »
entirely into the hands of the North- *
feeling to-day demands what ten yea ran 8° e jf
have been deemed fanatical. Ten year* ^ ’ S/
treated as it has been hitherto, it will T#
which the South would now treat ns jusliiy^o^
olutiou. Nothing in this country stand* stil. ^
census of I860, will not be a duplicate oi
the present year. And opiuion, on sUC ° 3-is**
pics hs that of slavery, advances faster
population.
Did any one ever read of so gross aft # ftfit
is enunciated in this fourth paragraph? ^ ^
any one ever read of so gross ah outrag®
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exactions of the North are, that section
tbein aud will have them gratified. l “ ^
meu among us talking daily of the
of the South—‘■■malign itig its patriotic nron-®^,,
capital lor the tyranuical section
doing every thing to con
lienee und iitiaslice.
t section, and. ,0 .-‘ 0 a.
tfjot the South of *
CF* The Taylor Regency, says the
niaUj are pursuing the Cubau patriots iu t* *
try, with all tbe ferocity of the Austria#
tyrant
- Hon-*"
hunting dowu the unfortunate Heroes u ^
tiry. What would the lie
eucy have done,
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acquiesce in them, iu the hope that peace and 1 l h** Spaniards been expelled from ^
corcord may be once more restored to them and ( they have sent ao army reinstate the
to tho Union. Though tbo South loses by thoso qj s ^] ul(J an(1 abandoned Court 1 Their P n
measures, she may gain repose: bui whether per
manent or tempo’-iary, tirno must .determine.—
Wti feat* it will be ofi y temporary.
conduct indicates tba*. ths?
thin" else.
Bl