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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH,
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CITT, COUNTY AND STATB PRINTERS.
TK !i M3—Vor tbs p«psr»lrictly in advance,£2 50
per annum.
Chlt-rlmt it pon watering place Fattltiotf*.
We rarely have allowed ooraolve, to tako excep
tion to nrevailim; fashions; bM there is one subject to
which wo fed Indoty bound to all,.do. This I. the
prevalent style of great display in dress at the toWe
hint* of a crowded watering place, where half the
people are strangers, and openly remark upon the
taste which one displays—nay, worse, yon aro tiros
aahiectcd to the impertinence of penny-a-linera. who
will perhaps, relieve the tameness of their next let-
ter by ii <1 *'fription of the toilets to the minutest <3e
\Vo know thrre are some to whom a notoriety like
the last would he a aonree of aelf-gratulation rather
than aon-H-nnos-.-bat there am few of our country-
worn mi we rust, whose ambition is an limited a* to
fin 1 gratification in soeinsrtho color of her dinner dress
reported in the Mornins Herald, or to make a boast
ofhaving appeared in a different one at every meal.
Ostensibly a party goea to the Springs or tothe sca-
sboro.tn regain waned strength, to be the compan
ions of an invalid friend, or. at least, to rest from the
exhaastion of a round of winter enjnymenta. Hut let
ns aee if nnv of thaae things are ae. Nowadays. tbo
lifsof a fashionable woman, teems divided into two
seasons. The winterofgayety.when three parties
on the same eveoins can be attended, if orcaaion re-
noire. The. day is filled by teeing, in demi toilet,
tnoteyouliwn met the evening before, and expert to
meat on the mr.rrow, with the same empty, vapid no
things of conversation. Or perhapi u consultation
with a milliner fill* up an onorenpied hour; for now
dresses raaat be bad to support the “wear and tear
of''society, at whatever coal of time or expense of
pnrte.
A pause of springtime follows; ami while the earth
it putting rn its freshest garb to invite them to the
country, they linger “at home—yet not at "home,” in
preparation fir the summer Janet. Then, when the
suashioe-ftlla the fiercest. and the quiet of home would
seem more desirable than ever, Jnly and August
must be consumed in harrying from one place to an
other. heated in crowded steamboat cAbiiis,nr parched
in the dust of a rapid railroad car, until the final des
tination ia arrived at; and the winter’s round ii repeat
ed, with the. oxeeption that thero aro now several
hundred indifferent spectators to the farce that was
then entered in your own private circle.
There mutt be morning-dresses, too fine for actual
nse, and thatrequirel-nari to complete them in their
miuntrat detail. Dinner-dresses, where tho absence
of all drapery that can bo decently, and sometimra
immodestly, dispensed with, teems to be the chief
aim. Evemog dresses, still more Parisian in their
scantiness, and all this, ai we have said defore, in the
face of a crowd who feel at perfect liberty to remark
upon every word you utter, every ribbon von may
wear. And.besides, where ia the personal cAmfort
of Such a display T You risu unrefreahed from the dance
of the night before, and long fof the freedom of * com
fortable roWe chamlre. But no. curl papers must
be reieaeed.the showy dress be donned, and you en
ter the breakfast room too languid perhaps to raise
the cap you have called for to your lips. Then after a
mort,in3 of violent exertion, riding, driving, boating,
T 'Slhin-', or bowling, in tho warmest psrt of the day,
it is ncersssry to change the whole dress (ifyou
would he thought somebody by tho crowd) for one as
uncomfortable as stiff laces and tight corsages ran
make it. and steam nverthe soup, or hint in the odor
«f the toasts, with your hair in Jenny Lind bandeaux
and your feet in excruciating French slippers.
Tho evening dresais usually the most seasonable of
all. It i* light enough, itia thin enough, it ia scant
euough for the hottest day of the season; bnt then the
wind may chance to blow up freshly when you are
heated with rfanciog, or pnrsun a flirtation by moon
light on the piazza. Oh, a watering-place of all oth
ers, if this be the atmosphere of society; to promote
health, ease and comfort!
But is it not possible to change this “pursuit of plea
sure under diffirultiest'' to makaoar summer resorts
what they should be. places for social enjoyment and
freedom irom .lie thralls of lhe “absurd seif aonoyan
cea of fashion," as some one has ill It terms to ns.il
aoms of our noble-minded ladies woold attempt this,
many conld be found weary enough of tho henrtiesa
incongruities of the past to join them in the reform.
Iletr many roold then afford to seek health and relax
ation at the Springs, from which they are now debar
red by the neoeaaity of doing as others do. while their
* 1-- -»-<■— (i,e expenses
much more
I parties!
We should see no more of brocade breakfast dress
es, or of ladies sitting next to entire strangers, with
dresses ao low and sleeves so short thst their ow-n
brothers blush for them, through the tediooanrt* of
Brreocouraeassnd a dessert. There would be fewer
French bonnet* worn upon the beach, and onr pretty
iMfil would find themselves a thousand times more
Interesting iu plain, close straws, protecting the face
from the glare of a midday son.
No->\ ia the height ofthe bathing season, we hope
onr strictures --ay not come amiss,and trusting that
• word, to the wfoefeaafllciqut. leave them for the con-
stderation of oar r.tr i ad art.
TDc Sublmtli.
Beautiful Sabbath! Thy very' breath ia melody; thy
evrry sound is music to the ear. Weary, wecometo
tlieo for rest. Sick, we find health in thy hour* of
prayar ami ideating. Weak by the strife and the
atrugules ofthe world, wegain strength to pursue onr
tasks again. Happy aro they who kanw thee; blest
the nations where thy name ia honored. All is not
ao. Some know thee nnt. The dark mantle of ain
and ignorance covert the heathen foods, and the Sab
bath tuna have never shone In upon their gloom, or
the Sabbath belle waked to gratitode the joyful hearts
of their people. The Sabbath—who does not'wish to
aee it preserved! Whosloeennt wish to tee it honor
ed! what friend to humanity bnt frowua upon its de
secration! God made tho Sabbath, lie made it for
himself. lie made it for uood to roan. Had it not
bean wise Ha never would have ordained the Sabbath.
Let ua honor the Sabbath then. Let os love its auth
or. Lot ua lovt on that holy day to goup to tho house
of God. and leant its statutes, and listen to the pro
cept* he hat given for our salvation. His no loss to
love and honor the Sabbath, but on the contrary e
gain. We are strengthened by the Sabbath's rest to
pursue the labor ofthe week. We are uot rendered
poorer or leaa happier, and surely If any may expect
toe blasting of God upon their labor*, they are those
who honor Him by keeping the Sabbath holy. We
will not grudge to th„ Maker of the World, to whom
beloegeth clldnys of the week, one day in seven, e*
periaSy when tbit day is devoted to the sweetest and
moat delightful of ail employments, the cultivation of
the knowledge of himself. 'That would be unkind to
tho author of our existence and the snlhor ofthe Sab
bath. That would he unkind to ourselves. There
fore, wo will honor the Sabbath day, and remember to
heap it holy. At we draw near to the consecrated
hoar* ofthe Sabbath, let ua remember the beautiful
word* ofthe poet,as we give our hearts to prayer and
and praise:
“Safely through another week.
God baa brought ns on our way;
Let ua now a blasting seek,
Waiting in bis courts to-day.
Day of all the week the beat.
Emblem of Ete rnal rest.”
If you woold befriend one of (lie best friends of the
human bod;—If yon woold honor one of tho best
friends of the human intellect sod general education—
If you would fasora grand illnminator of the public
conscience, and byaocli agency a powerful supporter
of civil Is w—If you would sustain a law which gives
great power to ail other divine laws in the human
mind—Ifyou would support that which keeps promi
nently in tho sight of all men the great truths of Hev-
elation—Ifyou would sustain that which powerfully
guard* men from vine and rrime—Ifyou woold favor
an agency pre eminently efficacious in making men
lit for tbo eternal scene* of purity,love podjoy—keep
the Sabbath.
MACON.
! Tho Lanier Mouse,
Althongh we have at various times, uoticed the
TUESDAY MORNING, JUKE 25, 1850. j progress of this House, so elegantly and tastefully
zTZrr-.:= —7— ■ ■ — 1 built, we may say, by Ale* Jajim 1). Arnes and
ffc** Onr thanks are due nr.d are hereby tender- Mr. Alexander McGregor, under ilie superintend
ed to .Messrs, Butler, and Clemens of the Senate, ! mice of Mr. Charles Campbell, we never until last
and to Alessre- Orr, Wallace, Woodward, Cotcock. week, examined this superb and ornamental stnic-
Wcilborn, Jackson and luge, of tile House of Re
presentatives, for vnluable public documents.
Tbs Southern Address,
We present our reader* thia morning, with the
Address adopted by tho Nashville Convention.*- 4 -
It ia a calm, temperate, dignified and truthful ex
position of tho present stateof tiling-, and of the
danger of tho Southern States, and the duties of
southern men. We commend this address to the
serious perussl of every reader.
Tho Southern Press,
Wehovo received the firs* number of thil pa
per, just started at Washington. It is edited by
Eiwood Fisher and Edward DeLeou, late of the
Columbia Telegraph. The first nnmber of the
Press give* abnndant assnrauco that the editors
will justify the choice of their electors, and ac
quit themselves creditably amid the great and try
ing responsibilities of tbeir position. The Press is
published Daily, Tri-weekly and Weekly. It will
contain full report* ofthe proceeding* and debates
in both Ubusas of Congress. Persona wishing to
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bers by calling at this office.
lisb this morning, that they have not been disap
pointed in the confidence they have hitherto re ;
posed, in this unwavering republican, aud true
friend of the south.
We regret to observe, that Col. Jackson, is im
pressed with the belief that bis constituent* have
changed gronnd.and are disposed to accept Clay's
compromise. Weassure Col. Jackson that tbi* is
not so. Three-fourths of bis constituents, we
have every reoson to believe, are opposed to it.—
A large majority of the people of the State, of
both parlies, are opposed to it. Georgia will ar.
cept nothing less than the Missouri compromise
line, and the representative of hers, that sustains,
either the plau of old Dr. Townsend or young Dr.
S. P- Townsend, will cover himself with an im.
mortality of infamy.
(onerrst.
Our advice* from Washington, lead ns to be
lieve, that the friends of the Compromise bill, wiil
endeavor to pnsb it to a final vote io the Senate dtt.
ring tbe present week. Tbe friends of the meas
ure confidently coant an it* passage in that body,
by a small majority; bnt from what we can learn,
we doubt its success in it* preseul shape, even in
tho Senate.
tore thoroughly. In company with one of the
gentlemen who had the principal su|ierintendance
of its design, we made tbe tonr of the House,
irom “topto bottom’—
“ From tnrrct to foundation stone.”
and we must say that, a more comfortable, and
conveniently arranged pnblic House, we have ne
ver explored. Tbe Laoier House is four stories
high. It bet a front of seventy-two feet on Mul
berry street, and extends two hundred aud eight
feet back. Ilsinteriorarrangeroents, haveall those
modern improvements of Hotel Architecture;—
that free veotillation and admirable arrangement
of light, which it so conducive to comfort, and
which give* every thing around it. a social, light,,
antlgbearfal look. Upon tho second floor, the
dining room baa been extended so as to ac
commodate a large number of guest*. IX is hand
somely lighted, and is unquestionably the best ar
ranged dining room iu tho Slate. The gentle,
mau’s sitting and reading room* are well furnish
ed, large and airy. The ladies parlor, on the second
floor, tbree large rooms thrown into one, may be
considered a model it ft* way. It ia commodions.
elegantly and tastefully furnished, airy and well
veatillated. The sleeping apartments, bo’lt single,
and communicating with each other, for families-
are commodious and welt furnished. The princi-
al stairways opening upon the main entrance in
Mr, Jackson's Speech.
Our friends in tbo first Congressional District
will be satisfied on reading tho brief synopsis of pa | a t„trways opening upon Uie main entrance in
tho apcech or their representative, which we pub- f rrontt ia , p1eauult fratore in ,hi. House, aud the
' ' — ,l._ i. observatory, on the top of the building affords a
delightful view of the city and its environs.
Enterprises, such a* tbe Lanier House, aro deser
ving of patronage, not simply on account of tbecorn
fort and increased enjoyment they afford, bnt be
cause they benefit entire communities wherever
they are found. The greater number of attractions
we scatter within onr boundaries, increase* our pop
ulation, aud by rendering own homes more pleas
ant and agreeable to ourselves and other*, teoda
to destroy that system of annual absenteeism, to
destructive to the general welfare, that impover
ishes onrowH sunny clime, iu the exact degree in
which it enriches those who feel little aolicitude
for tbe welfare of our people or affection for their
institutions.
Somu.ii for tho Lanier House. A word in
regard to its Proprietors. Two better or more
popular men for conducting a home like this could
nut be found than Messrs. Lanier A Son. They
are attentive, courteous, kind and obliging.—
They enjoy an extended acquaintance and n
large Jhare of pnblic |M>pulsrity. They will keep
The Texas Boundary.
One of the mo»t odious features of the Compro
mise, if it has one feature worse than another is
the Texas .bribe; a proposition ns unreasonable
and nnjnslifiahle, as.it is degrading nod insulting.
In n fate debate in tbe Senate. Air. Bntler, of
South Carolina, thus briefly summed tip the mer
its of this controversy, if controversy it ran bo
called, whan there if clear acknowledged right on
one side, which is only met by impndent ajsnmp.
tion, mnking np tor want of title by tho extrava*
ganeeor assertions on the other:
“Mr. Bntler. On a former occasion. I expreg.
sed an opinion that Texas \vss_ bounded by the
JJnrce* bnt since the termination of the war I
take a difforeet view of hertitle. A* I understand
it, Texas proper was a State, and she acquired her
independence by revolution, which was co-exten-
sive with her’state boundaries. She assumed,
however, to have done more. After she had ac
quired her title by revolution, she also contended
that she bad acquired other right* bv rnnqueat
beyond those limit*. Now, the part of the roan,
try which she claims to have acquired lies between
the Ntieces and the Bio Gramle, anil this Govern-
meat ha* acknowledged that her title to thnt ter-
ritnrv was gnnd. for it was in consequence of the
invnsinn of tbatdispntrd territory by the Mexicans
that the war was commenced.
The territnrv of which I speak did nnt embrace
any portion oT New Mexico. Bnt Texas also .as
sumed, by the declaration of a solemn legislative
ect. that she hadacquired not only the country ly
ing between the Nueces and tbe Bio Grande, bnt
that she had nlao acquired to tile forty-second par
allel of latitude east of the Rio Grande, or that
portion of the land, which is now cluiined to be in
New .Mexico. Sir. if we bad not gone to. war, and
ir it bail not heenn fair subject of negneintinn be
tween the United States anil Mexico, Texas Iter,
self enuld have made gnndherclaim by the sword.
But instead of Taxes making rood her claim by
the sword, what did the United States do T Their
took upon thepiselves the quarrel. War.wasthe
arbiter, and it was not a mere tresspass to try li-
tle ; for when we resort to war we undertake to
make good every acre which we claim, ami hav
ing assumed that position, we cannot turn round
after having been the ally of Texas, ami now be
her adversary, and set up this clsitn against her —
I gi'tst regard hertitle to tbe extent or her clniin.
ft was potentially good before, and we have made
it good bv war. The sword nas decided that mat
ter, am! I cannot therefore, entertain n doubt upon
So lar os regards this boundary. I
FUO.tJ WASHINGTON.
[CORBESFONDENCE OF TH E GEORGIA. TELEGRAPH.]
WASHINGTON. June 18.1850.
Hon—M
The Californin Question-—Untile Hypo
crisy mul Fraud—A Tight Place—The-
Support of tlieGovernment-—otec.
Although the general debate ceased, on Tuesday
last, tbe California bill is jnst about where it was
on that day. Gentlemen, in offering amendments,
havefiveminutes allowed to them, by tbe rnlea.
for the purpose of explanation; and, under this rule
an amendment offered by one gentleman is with,
drawn, another presents it, and thus the same pro
position is handed about, giving occasion for all to
indulge in ihe.rfiscnsaion. Tho remarks elicited
during the last week have been more important,
than iu the set speeches, and a kiud of running fire
has been kept np, adding spirit to tbe proceedings,
and showing- tbe bands of certain gentlemen, who
studiously dndenvor to entrap the “houest in
heart.” Instead of travelling over the eutire
ground of controversy, l will from an eminence,
merely point your attention tu.a single poiut. _
You fewnw that because tbe constitution of CaL
iforuia excluder slavery, northern gentlemen are
extremely unxiona to force her iuto tbo Union,
and that they have been singing very aouga iu fa
vor of the ('residents plait, which is alleged .to be>
to leavo the people of the Territories, to settle the
slavery question for themselves. As the inhabit
ants of California have excluded that institution,
of course tbeso members, instead of objecting,
lay hold with both bauds, to drag into our Uuion
another sister! Very well. To test their siuceri-
ty. Air. Stanton of Kentucky, offered an amend,
meut (to that or Mr- Greene, ruuning the buun.
dary line to the Pacific,) nfiirming that it should
be no obstacle to the admission of any State here
after applying for admissiou, that her constitution
excludes slavery. This was opposed by northern
men and voted down in the Committee of the
Whole, ('where tile yeas and nays are uot takeu,)
It was killed liy ayes 78, noes 89.
On Friday tbe California bill was not consider
ed ; but ou Saturday, it vitas again taken up wlieu
Mr. Inge, tif Alabama, offered an amenduieut aim-
the .object So far a. regards thi.UopnTI.ry.T uf Mr . StauU ,„. making tbe ground
grant that Texas in conjunction with the United " 1 r ,i
State*, might appoint » commissioner to lay it nut; broader-that the people of any portion of the
but so long as she Contests ir, we have uot a right ! g:1 jJ Territory, when assembled in convention,
to interfere. When we take the sword out of her ^ . iurtualice G f constitutional authority, to form
I, m ,<J m u.a in Met i»nrrt» nil llt>P iva rs Mini MMltsflll hnr *
NASHVILLE CONVENTION.
ADDRESS
(COSCLUDED FROM FIRST TAGE )
cessivc election lor years past. Nor have we seen
in the action of the States any proofofa returning
sense of justice to Us. or of reverence for the con
stitution. Several of them, lest falsa Inferences
might be drawn a9 to their position., have taken
caro lately to reiterate in the most offensive forms
their former declarations agamst our rights; and
when a great Senator, representing one of them,
anxious tor the perpetuation ol the Union, has ven
tured something of justice to thesonth.be has been
rebuked by tbe Legislature of tho State he rep
resents. and .virtually denounced for his fidelity
to the constitution. This resource lhen,_ under
tlie ordinary operntions of iho constitution is of no
avail. Ana how is it with the present Congress,
the only other source of redress in the usual ad
ministration of the constitution ? For six months
it has been in session, and during this whole period
of time slavery has been the absorbing topic of
discussion nod agitation. Yet nothing . has been
done to heal the discontents which so justly exist ^
in the Snntb. or restore a bleeding constitution an y power over the instimtinn of i!w r Un - ll ' r ”.'
All we have recieved lias been bitter dennucia- territory. Independently of the »rnr.« !" S*
tinns of our institution* by many members of’
that the Indian r-rritorv. forso enough r
more States, will l>o controlled bv ihg „ Jf
holding States. Tims hy these two - ) ,.;.,, 0 , D ^ 4r '-
report, the South will lose fo ur j ;ir , [ e „ 10 tho
| California—two in Texas end t wo in t! 'i*' *
territory Nor is this all. The
mg States will be brought to the » d '
boundary of Missouri ’ and Arkansas e, ! era
whole exlent, and will bound *£,„***
whole northern and western fontier 0n T f* r
the southern States will be hemmed •
the iioD-sloveholdfog States on their whole u ' n
border—n policy which they have declared t,,erj
tint to the end of abolishing slavery fo th„ ts * es -
era States. What enn compensate the Sinew* 1-
such enornmons wrong and spoliation! for
But this is not the end of ynnr conceuio
this report. We must not only yi e |,l t0 .i, “7
ests. but to the prejudice* of a Norihrrn I,ein,fr ‘
Slavery existad iu tbe District of Co|j lm t,;, r ‘ < ‘ n J' 1 *-
Congress accepted the cession of territnr»
posing it from the States or AlaryUnj
nta. No one enn suppose that Alarvt.rJ , ei ’
-info, sfnvehofdine Smtes -hen and .tiW'
States now, could have designed tn S ; ro
bauds, we mast carry on ber wars aud defend ber
rigbu.
Agrlrntturpl lleiouricii in California.
The San Francisco News, of the 20th of April,
contains tbe following remarks ou tbe agricultural
resources of California:
California has other *o-irc»* nml resource* than
gold iqioii which to base prospect* of n flilteriiig
future. Though in a great measure - neglected thus
far, the time ia not far distant when the good old
«!* »? » T “I.
will merit, a* we trust they will receive, a large liearinz quartz of onr mountain*. This may uot
share of custom, and reap the reward they de
serve.
Arrival of the Cambria.
The Cambria arrived at Boston on Wed nesday
last with dales from Liverpool to the 8th inat.
The Cotton Market remaiued unchanged. Tbe |
sales of tbe week ending on tbe 7tb iutt. amount
ed to 60.000 bales. The polical aud other intelli
gence by tbe Cambria i* unimportant.
Disturbance iu Nlarliniqur.
Intelligence baa been recieved that the negrer*
at St Piertie, (MartiniqTie.) *et fire to (bat place
on tbe lOlb May. then surrounded tbe city, and
perpetrated tbe most bomd outrages. One
bnndred bouses were destroyed. Tbe whites
armed themselves, anti martial law was declared.
The Varieties of Aou-luterrentlon.
Gen Cat* made an elaborate, though a most
weak aud effete speech in opposition to Mr. Ben.
tou’a motion of postponement on the llth iust.
In his remarks on that occasion the curious can
aee the varieties of hi* doctrine of non-interven*
bearing quartz ol onr mountains. This may
be the case fora year <ir two yet, for the reason
that the novelty of gold limiting most have time
to wear itself off, and the fact tic,t money enn be
mode by seeding and harvesting, he demonstrated
to the comprehension ol the must incredulous.
a State Constitution, have a right to adopt or
exclude Africau slavery; and tbe determination
of the question, by the adoption or exclusion of
African slavery, shall be no obstacle to the admis
sion of such Slate iuto the. Uuion. This amend
mendaieut was like a bomb iu the enemy’* camp
it started northern men from thetr sent*. They
wore plainly told lhat they were very willing to
acknowledge tbe President's plan, north of the
Missouri line,and vote for Caliafontia, but were
adverse to to tbe adoptioo of tbe President’s plan
South—leaving to tbe people there the determiim'
tiouof tho slavery question. Mr. Stephens, (as
Mr. Toombs, on a former occasion.) toldthem Utat
they were guilty of. fraud, pretending to favorone
thing, and doing another. Gentlemen alarmed
started up all over the House, excusing themselves
No person who lias travelled over the couutry
can doubt the womlerfol richness of tbe soil. It, . Mr . Stanton’s amendment, on the
tin* particular rt w not *orp«Ased by the famed t
Tbe Progress of Life,
Men rejoice when tbe sun is risen, they rejoice also
when it goes down, whilst they are uoronscioog of
thedeesy of tbeirown liras. Men rejoice on seeing
the face of a new season, ai at th* arrival ofoae great
ly desired. Nevertheless the re volution-of seasons
lit die decay of humaa life. Fragment* of unit wood
merlins in the wide ocean continue together * little
space; thus parents, wive*, children relatives, friends
sod riches rr..i.i:a with us for a short time, then sepa
rate, and (be *• 1 srr.tion ia inevitable.
No m-rtal eats escape tho common lot; be who
mourns for his departed relative* has no power to
cnote them to return.. One standing on the road
wotdd readily ray to a number of persona passing by,
I will follow yon. Why then should a person grievo,
when Journey ina the same road which has been as
suredly trodden by all Id* forefather*? Life resembles
a cataract rushing dewq with irresislableimpetuosity
ty. Knowing the end of Ufa ia death, every right
minded man ought to pontae that which i* connec
ted with happiness and ultimate bliss.—Dublin Uni-
Tandy Hoy mine.
Adjustment.—The Richmond IVlig suggest*
that aa ibis term ia now ao fashionable, we may
anon bear of the adjuafmenl of Cornwallis nt York'
t.wn, or of Borgoyne at Saratoga.
North Carolina.
At a Democratic State Couwenlion held at Ra-
leigh on tbe Utlt iust., the Hon. David S. Reid, of
tbe County of Buckingham, received the unani.
mous nomination ofthe Convention, aa tbe Demo
cratic candidate for Governor. Air Reid was the
Democratic candidate in M8 ami reduced the
Whig majority by thousand*. With aneb a can
didate. selected under each auspices, we cannot
doubtthesuccess of the Democracy of the old
North State at the.ensuing election.
At a Whig Convention Held at Raleigh a few
days previously, Hon. Chat. Manly, now Govern
or of that Stats, received thy nomination of hi*
friends, as Ihe Whig candidate, for re-election.
We are rejoiced to tee that - tbe Democracy of
tbe old North State bare, in convention, solemn
ly and outboritalively repudiated the Clay Com
promise and planted themselves upon tbe Nash
ville platform along with Georgia, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Florida, Virginia, Texas, Arkansas and
Sonlb Carolina. The Raleigh- Standard of Wed
nesday last makes tbe following comment*- in ref
erence to tbe action of tbe respective Conven
tion:
We point with pride to tbe Democratic Rosoltj.
tions, in contrast with those of the Whig Conven
tion . The Democrats have met the Slavery quee
tion, boldly : and while they have refused to en
dorse the Senate'* plan, and base rejected with in
dignation Iho Frce-snil policy of Gru. Taylor on
this subject, they have taken their aland upon tbe
Misannri Ime, satisfied of their right* in the prem
ises, but still willing to concede much out of re
gard for Uuion; the Whigs have approved the Sen
ate's plan in one breath, approved Gen. Taylor's
iu Ihe next, by endorsing bi* “ability” a* President,
and have tbits left tbe people at a loss to deter
mine what they aro really for oragaiustasto these
vital issues.
bottoms of the Mississippi or. tbe river lauds of ground, that it was an “abstraction, and was in,
o, uuu iuurivci, Tex**. The valley* of all our river* are of this tended to embarrass the California bill! Jlr. Viu
• , ... , , .. l T“.'’ lC . rTC "i das*, and these vnlfoy* are anflicieut iu extent to tsnokesmaii for the whizs of the West
iron and whor.Uelaboration as stretched out and a - rt inl „ iu01 of foh.bitont*. to ray nothing of ,ou ^ ST* ® , 8 , . ,,
explained by himtell means. From the full report j baud red* ol small rivulets, beading mid emptying j 80 stigmatized tbe amendment,.aud refused to nip
of this speech in tho Washington Uuion. we take »ithio the distance of half a dozen mile*, aurrouu- | port it. because he said, that if any thing was mure
the following extract, which wo recommend to all i d,fd '•y muuoluio*. with l.eaut.fol lakes in thecen- firmly established titan another, it was. that slave-
. „ , , . ....... „ tre, and lands capable of all manner of pruduc- j rv u n „ h» r tit tbeadtnissiun of a new state. He
those Southerner* who advocate tbe “adjustment | to„, a< running back to ihe very base of the f ‘— 1 -
ou nnii-iiiterventiou principles. Air. Casa's re- that separate them from similar nooks, w
marks arc a* follow*:
Well, sir. iu the exerrite
eminent thus necessarily a
Legislature da, or rather what may it uot do! It
itt&&&SiSZ£?‘JSX: Sr *- 'ffr "V"" 1 "
inouulniiis ihe»n*e!vtrsnre covered with a growth of | vote for another ila\eStnte . and be wuft ftileut for
a while, aud whan still further forced for a reply,
repeated whatbo had ulready said. There was
; muiiuiniiia«iiutiiariurs• o tuvruu wiiitn^iuwiu hi
^ r ,i „ f i wild oats,of which an eastern farmer might proud-
may . «/ «*“*'• peculiar feature of the south-
' .i , y i, ern portion of tbe Slate, anil the district Ihrnngh
^y p^auyls w^uotpniliibitod by. Iboconxii- j "«• *"•
tutioil, and not inconsistent with tbe relations ex- • JuM -
Au-’elos to San I no constitutional objection; but he tacitly admit
ted. with the notorious incendiary Seward, that
■listing between
They may regulate all
Ihe Territories and the Union — 1 Tl,e ? re * 1 V8,,e J ,,f 1,10 s " u Joaquin mid Sacra- , tliore j* au “oblisatiou higher than the constitn
ite .11 the domestic relations; the ! H.«..rli .liff-rl..* in ».»">’ points from | tion.” which constitution these fanatics hare an
of busbsud and wile, of parent and .maLer onranf the *rean,*. agree;;,
child, of guard an and ward, and indeed organize i " f toeSodV w^CrtreTrinidad country is rep-
country. They can in»titu!u aUrerj
tutioo exclude it under «jfiii|*r cir
cumstat.. •*. No m*n cm draw a line between | towrioiit growtl. «tf tfaibor. t
the power to regulate the relatiou of master and
servant, including the Condition uf slavery, and
the power to control the other domestic relations,
unless that liuo be foauii in Ihe constitution.—
Such it the state of ’.his question, with respect tu
the power of Territorial legislationoverit, where
the Legislatures are established by the people
themselves. And what would it be, iu the event
of the passage of this bill f
We have iose-ted a restrictive clause, forbidding
tbe legislatures created hy tbe hill Irom establish
ing or prohibiting slavery. If this clause re-
maiiis, Ihe status gae of slavery remains with it,
and the existing condition cannot he changed.—
This restriction was carried by tbe votes of sever
al members, who had already voted for the Wil
mot pruvisn, and upon tbe ground that shivery,
foirmly swam to support! And. then Mr. Scheuck
came to the reset* of bis eolfeagne. saying that he
was in favor of the rresident’s plan, and that he
would vote to apply tho Wilmot Proviso to theter-
A great bugbear to many is tho fear that nothing ri tories, because if this be done, the territories,
n ue accomplished with certainty from the wool ; when they come to form State Constitutions, will
• so for Mtipasuug both in one iuipurtaut point—it*
of rain. The plain trit’h is simply this: nil kind
of small grain can be grown iu any of these local
ities in defiance of the dry season lit the neigh-
bnrliood of theeoasl all the productions natural to
the latitude, mature ns well as iu the east Irriga
tion for ally purpose is necessary only for the inte
rior, and thero the facilities for it are such that the
want of raitt need hardly he regarded as au incon
venience, for under this system of tillage, two
crops cun be garnered yearly'instead of oue.
[From, the Columbui Timet.]
Tbe Washington “Union” thinks we are “very
liberal in our warnings,” aud advises us todis|iente
_ . I . some of them to our “clique” nearer bnine.—
not existing iu lhe*e territories, it cannut go there | Wnat“cliqdeT" We suppose the Southern -‘clique’ ’
. Texas nit it the It lo Grunde.
Late news front hence give a deplorable *e-
connt of the depredation* of the Indians. Towns-
village* and forms had been deserted by tbe in
habitants on tbe Rio Grande. How much more
appropriately conld tho money that has been
filched from the Treasury by the present Gal-
phin Cabinet, have been spent in protecting the
defenceless inhabitants on the frontier* of Texas!
Cnixtst PaorosALS or Marriage.—When sgen-
tit man feels desiroos of taking unto himself a wife, be
sends to a paternal head of some family containing
dnaghtets, for specimens ofthe sixes or their feet with
tbe prices attached. One foot is valued at perhaps
two thousand dollars,the next smallest at five thous
and. aud so forth, according to the market. After the
t ot (orlady tosrhoih it belongs) is chosen, she is sent
in.* sedan chair in the intended husband's bouse, he
meets her at the door, looks into the vehicle to take
a view ofthe fair one: and. ifsbe auitshitjute. he ad
mits ber. At *oon a* she passes his threshold she
becomasbis lawful wife; hatifhe likes not ihe Isdy,
he shat* the door, nml si.c is carried whither she
cam*. ^
HosT ToM*K»r —When a yoi
to ber parei.Uin a manner parti
rripenfol.frotu principle as well
U -thing end c« ;!<I that ms
i: .i.i bar. in win.iei, r con liti-'n s
\ !i<
r woman behaves
lorly tender snd
natnre. ihrre is
*ev r» >t be expected
m she may be placed.
»* to his i lioire of a
e, "h.i kout firone div-
id sweetueaa tolicrpa-
I I, !.. -It -.1 bj
.i! ,iinf dntv snd eon-
I. being Irnritferred to
I to render her u mild
jy The Northern paper*, ray* the New Or
lean* Doll* of the 16th inst., presuming that the
Spanish athoritiea of Cuba, with characteristic ob
stinacy, would refuse to deliver np tbe American
citizens made prisoners of at the Island of Con-
toy, or on the high seas—are speculating on the
probabilities of a war with Spain. Tho fact that
theso men have been released—and that we here
know it, precludes tho necessity of snch specula
tions on our part. It would be strange, indeed, if
the Spanish anthoritie* were to persist in holding
onr citizens captive, whom they illegally arretted
on the high seas, when our Government, which
has gone so far to proloct tbeir despotic authority,
solicits tbeir liberation.
unless the people, when they come to establish j is meant ’ We are to infer, then, that the ’-UiiiiMi”
their State cniistitittion*. *linuld choose lo iutro- ; ,| l>e s not belong to that “clique." We have thought
duceil. Cy Iu tliiaview the hill will ho more fa- so, for some liine past. We have travelled ihe
vorahletu the opinion*of those who seek to ex- same Republican mail with the “Union” for a long
elude slavery by the at-tiou of tbo General Guv. | time. But we have at length arrived at a fork.—
eriimeut thau Iheexisting slate uf thing*, which’ Here we part company. Mr. Ritchie takes-the
leaves tu the people to introduce it at tbeir pleas- j left bund that leads North. He think* it a pleas
ure if not prevented hy the constitution jp\ If nu i route; alouz it* wayside are to be gathered
the interdict upon tbe power of the Terniorial flower* and Iruits—its air it redolent of the fra
legislatures vhuuld be struck out, then the qnes- gaucoof long accustomed perfume*. It ina broad,
tion would be left hy the hill precisely where it o|ieii and thronged road. Focilit ducrutut Aterna.
now fo, with power lo tbe fogidatures established Our fork looks South. We may encounter dif-
Ity it lo cbatise the law upon this subject at their j fh-ultie* in the path. We shall meet on it those
pleasure. And yet, tbe Republic anticipate* that who will impugn our patriotism, aud denounce
the passage of this measure would sive great dia- ; our "ultra” motive*; our feet may he bruised by
satisfaction at the North, and one of the most in- i the rocky way, onr spit it more bruised by llteapa-
telligeul Representative*from New Euglaiid. (Air. j thy and H’eacbery which wo shall find where en-
Wiulhrap.) a gentleman whom to know is to re- | ergy and devotion are doe. But at the end of it,
tpect, partakes of this apprehension, and even in we shall find the rights of the Southern Slate* vin-
a stronger degree, aud inn speech in the House I dicated—their safety rescued from the assault* of
a few days aince expressed his foreboding* iu I open enemies and trembling hands of false friends,
gloomy term*, predicting that the “organization ! We ehnll “pluck from tbe thistle of despair the
nt to It-.- Iiuk.-
Allert, the first in
Dor. WiasTEB** Case—Ground* on tehieh a
nev trial it ashed.—The following aro th# points
raised and argued by 0. B. Goodrich, qn the ap
plication fora writ of error in the case of Prof.
Webster, at Boston, as it came before a full bench
of tbe Supreme Court, on Tuesday, io that city;
The point* rnisod were that the Supreme Court
had no jurisdiction in the cate, and had no right
to try Webster; that neither judgment nor sen
tence were in accordance with the re require
ments of tho statute; that no record of the order
ing of the case to the Supremo Court by the Mu
nicipal Court appears; that legal service ol the
indictment docs not appear to have been made;
that tbe seutenco was not io accordance with the
ttotnte. in saying that said Webster should he ta
ken from the jail from whence he came and thence
to ihe place of execution, which i« in the preciucl*
of the jail; that the Municipal Court not having
performed tbe proper primary proceedings in the
case, the Supreme Court bad not acquired juris. J
; diction; that the Supremo Court had not yet
been furnished with the records of the Municipal
Court in Ihecase—thealmpl# endorsement of the
clerk of tlie Municipal Court upon the indictment
- not being sufficient to give the Supreme Court
. jurisdiction.
Professor Webster tell* the Court that he is not
influenced by a desire of delay ins the execution
of judgment by this movement, hut hv the nd
>f Territori il governments without any aiili-slnvery
clause would only transfer the agitation and indig
nation to tho other cm! of the Republic, and
would tend freshly to inflamo a spirit which we
all deplore, ami whit-lt Southern men especially
cannot fail to desire to see forever extiugavbed.”
Tax Louisville Divorce Trial.—Referring to
tbit trial, a writer in the Boston Bee intimated
that T. B. Lawrence is au ill-used man, in regard
to the difficulties which have grown op between
him and his wife, and biuted that an expose of the
affair about to be made ou hi* part, would prove
him to be so.
Tbe following article, Irom tbe Boston Courier,
a h'gbly respectable journal, does not place him
in t*favorable a light. Tbe Courier says :
It is not often that nffiirs of a private nature pro
duce to widely-extended a sensation through a
large community, aud even through distant and
separate portion* of it nation, at tbe recent divorce
of Mrs. T- B. Lawrence. It is uot our purpose
to discuss the merit* or demerit* of tbe parties,
hut to do what we can to prevent tbe aliueation
which it inevitable between them from extending
its influence to those who are couuected with on
ly one aide. We think it will have tome tendency
to effect thi*, if we express onr conviction*—nay
onr knowedge— that Mr. T. B. Lawrence fo not
npheld iu bia course, hy hii family relatiou*, or
hy any considerable number of persona amoug os.
Indeed we bsre it from a prominent member of
the Lawrence family, that tho chagrin and regret
flower of victory.'
It in all this we are disappointed, we shall at
least iiuil no ronscieiice upbraiding us with treach
ery to a just cauir, and to the laud uf birth, at Ihe
trying moment of their fate. We shall never
have tn re poach ourself with having bartered a-
way th-right of the Son!hern State*, for a cou-
temptiblo “uiess of Uutila.”
Will the Slavery Qucation be Adjutitcai
This inturrefstnrv force* itaelf upon u« at every
■tag* nl the progress of afTtir* at Washington, if
indeed there may he soid to he any progress at nil
Inwards aselllement. As the debates progress iu
both house, the prospect of an adjustment heenmes
small by degree* and beautifully loss. The best I tho rules to consider the resolution, the result was
forever have tho free institutions.” As much a*
to ssv. we give you liberty to decide for yourselves,
but we force you, as a condition of admitaiuo
that yon exclads slavery ! To tbe credit of sev
eral whig* from noii'slavehulding States, they said
that if New Mexico, shall present herself with a
recognition of slavery in bt;r constitution, they
would vote for her admissiou: aud Messrs. Bissell,
McClernaud, Robinson. Gorman, and other demo,
era's, from tbe western States, gallantly catne for
ward, Coudemuing in the bitterest terms, those
who want to preclude forever, all but non.stavo
boIJiiig States. Little Mr. Houston, of little Del
aware who i* tbe entire delegation of that State,
warmed up for once in his life, throwing aside the
quakec, aud eloquently declared, that if the prin
ciple was tu be established, that no more states are
to he admitted, the Uuion wasuow at atteud; aud
gentlemen would fine that tbe Delavnrt, and uot
the Potomac river, would bo the dividiug line.—
Tu bring up (he rear, those abominable apologie a
1 tr men, Tiiaddeus Stevens, nf Pennsylvania, and
Joshua R. GitMiugs, of Olifo, arose aud boldly
declared, that it was the deliberate, fixed, and let.
tied determination of the Soreh, that no more slave
States shall be admitted ! It is true, tliatbe tenden
cy i* ip that direction, judging the present from
the psst.
There were many things in this debate, which we
cannot enumerate ilia letter. It is sufficient to say,
that the southern geolemen only ask for a recogni
tion of the non inlerveutiou principle ns to slavery
Snath, while they are willing to concede it North;
and they want to hold the professed supporters of
the President's plau to this. Nothing on earth
could he fairer, notbiugless should they take.
Tbe exclusive frieudi of California, with long
John Weulworlh at their head, tried to play a big
game to-day. He getting the thunder from Air.
Doty, offered a resolution instructing the Commit
tee of the Whole ou the State uf the Union, to
report the California bill to the House, after their
uext sitting. It was pressed to a vote on suspending
informed correnpondenu from Um capital now | 12X# nay4 77 f The only man frum Uie 8«Rlb
edroit it—even whose wish berpiowe, has . .. . u. i- r
' who voted in tbe affirmative, was Air. Stanly, ol
North Carotiua. Houston of Delaware, voted iu
the same side, hat slavery has been prospectively
abolished in that State. Two third* did not vote iu
hern father to .the thought thnt it would Ite settled.
Mr. Clay has expressed his fears, accompanied
hy a most significant remark, that so far as we j
have seen, has not attracted that attention from
w bn Ii hat re-1
mark pointed to a state orihings wo antudnted ! the majority,nod therefore tho roles were uot»us-
three or four months ago, and frankly expressed pendbd. Several southern gentlemen who record.
oar opinion upon. It looked lo the defeat ol any 1 ed their names in the negative, will voto for the
Congress, and threats In coerce us'in to submission.
Although nothing has been done, a report has
beeu made in the Ssnnte hy a ennimilteo of thir
teen members, which is now pending in that body;
end as the measures it proposes have bean pressed
upon the South as worthy of her acceptance. w«
deem it proper lo lay before you'a brief considera
tion of the matters it contains.
This Report embraces four distinct measures-—
1st the admission of California as n State, with
the exclusion of slavery in her constitution. 2d.
Territorial Government* to he erected over Ihe
territories nfUiah and New Mexico, with nearly
one hall of Texas to he added to the latter. 3d.
Tho prohibition of the slave trade in the District
of Columbia ; and 4'h.,provirinn* for the recapture
of fugitive slaves in tha noit-*Iave holding States.
To understand whether these mea»ures aro con
sistent with onr right* end worthy of our accep
tance, each of them mutt be considered seperatb-
ly.
The Snuth is excluded by the bill from the
whole of lhat part of California lving on the
Pacific, including one hundred and fifty thousand
square mile* of territory ; anil if this is done by
the legislation of Congress, tha mode in which it
fo done, fo of no importance. California be
longs to the United Slate*, and all action l>y
tbe individuals in that territory, whet Iter from
tbe United States or'from the rest of the world,
appropriating the Boil to thetiiaeives or erecting e
government over it, it of no validity. Tney con
stitute a people in no proper sense of the
term; but are citizens of the States or countries
from which they have come, and tn which they
still owe their allegiance. When therefore Con
gress attempt* to carry out -and confirm the acts
of these inilividaal*, erecting California into
a slate and excluding slavery there from, it i* the
same tiling as if Congress had originally, pas
sed a law to this effect, withont the Interven
tion of these individual*. The exclusion of sla
very |froin California ia done hy the act of
Cougress. and liv no other authority. The con
stitution of Californin become* the act of Con-
gress; and the Wilmot proviso passed and enforced
hv the legis'ation of Congress. Here then, if- that
exclusion from thi* territory .by the net of Con-
tress. which almost every southern State in the
Union has declared she would not submit to.
plainly anil practically enforced hv this bill, A
free people cannot be satisfied with the mode in
which they are deprived of their rights. A
sovereign State will disdain to enquire in wh’il
manner she is stripped of her property, and de
graded from an equality • whit her sister State*
It is enough; that tlie outrage is done. The mode
i* rtflitiiecnusefjnenhe. There i*’fh^tVYore in the
mode of extendigthe Wilmot proviso over ifo- ter
ritory nfCaliforiiia'pre*ente<rhy llit> hill, nothing
to mitigate the indignationofthe anathern State*,
or to baffle their determination to redress the
wrong, if inflicted. They are excluded from the
whole Territory of California, n Territory exten
sive enough to contain four large States.
If the Constitution proposed by California con
tained nothing about slavery, wonld the North
allow her to enter the Union 1 Such were the
territorial bills proposed for California at the last
Congress, but they r tyre ted them, because tbe
South was not excluded from this territory, in ex
press terms. Tbe inhabitants of this territory,
have been left without any civil government,
solely because the Smtii would not consent to hi-
legislated ont of them with her institutions; and
now that thi* object is accomplished by 'he Con
stitution paesented Ivy California, these con-
—r-n1**rrs lies* -i f l——'- w and order—
nre eager to nil not her. without right or precedent
into the Union. Wenre aware of Iheinconvenion-
civ« the inhabitants of California may have suffer
ed for want of a civil g-ivernmentestnhlislieil bv
Congress.; and 'herefore, are prepared to yield
much ou arcna'it of the circumstances in which
thev have been placed.
The uext measure is in perfect keeping with
this fir»t feature of-’the report” It take* from
Texas, teritory sofifoienl for two large St .tes. spd
adds them to New Mexico. What the .hill con
tains with respect to slavery will be of little con
sequence ; for it is designed that next winter
New Mexico thus constituted, shell follow the
exnmple'nr California, and ho admitted as a Safe
with a Constitution excluding slavery from i<*
limit* ifor without such exclusion she cannot
hope to lie admitted by the non slavehoMing
States into the Union. The effect will bo that
territory, over which slavery now exists, equal to
two States, will bo wrested from, tile South, and
will be given np to tho • non-slavehohli -g State*
The pretext i*. thatllfre is some donlv a* to the
boundaries of Texas. Texas by her bn**, when
she was admitted into the Uuion, had but one
boundary toward* the West, and that boundary
was the Rio Grande. Congress in the'resolution*
admitting h*r into the Union kecognized this
boundary, by laving down a line nf limitation
between the tlaVehohling States-,—(being the
Missoivri Compromise lino of 36deg. 30 min.
parallel of North latitude)—through that very
part nf her territnrv, her right to which t* now
questioned. Her boundary of the Rio Grand# In
it* source alnne gave herthi* country ; and was
thus recognized aud ratified by the resolution* ol
annexation. To vindicate this boundary for
Texas, ns a memher of the Union, the Mexican
war took place ; and in Ihe treaty of Guadeloupe
Hidalgo, it was finally vindicated and settled, hy
a clause in the treaty, designating the Rio Grande
a* the boundary between Mexico and the United
States. Thus by the laws of Texn*. by the legis.
lation of Congress, and by a solemn treaty of the
United States, the Rio Grande ia the western
honmhiry of Texas. Yet Ihe pretention is set
up. that her territory does not extend to with
in three hundred miles nf the Misannri Compro
mise line, where Ceogress in recieviug her
into the Union, determined that her terr
itory should he divided between the tlaveholding
and pon-stawlioldiiig States, —
people of the District, to emancipate thlL , 'i ,h *
it would he an intolerable evil to have a fl!
between them, where emancrpatk, D r . r ._ .! ,1 7 ct
the authority of Congress. Congress *, f,
reported ns part of the so-called enmpm,nj£ a b '
begins the work of-f mancipstfon b T j.*,'
that if nny slave fo bron|ht into the fo..,-,. 11 ?
sale, he shnll he “liberated snd free.’’ Ifa | *
is liberated because it brought iuto He Dutr,*!*
next stop will be, lo liberate him because fa, ■ .
He District, is not difiirnlt. The power tn enu *
pate the slave* in the District of Columbia (, q CI-
claimed and exercised hy Congrecs. Many 0 f 7.
ablest men ol the Smith have denied that r\»
great possesses any sorb power, whilst
until lately, lhat for .Congress in interfere ? ffa
this institution, whilst slavery existed in u ' “
land and Virginia, would be a gross hreach nf flTt
toward* those States, aud an outrage upon tl,
whole Sou'll. How long will that facility «(.:?
yields to prejudice against the haying and sip
mg of slaves l>e able .to resist the greater pi-Vi
dice which exist* against the holding of slaws i
all in"the District of Columbia T 11
For. these sacrifices to the interests snd nre,',,
dices ot the people of the North, the South itt,
dered to the Inst measure of the cnmnnimisc—tk
fhgitive slave hill ns they propose tn amend it J
To understand the extent of the Cojicrs»j un ,’u"
South receives.on this point, wc must lock to n,
right* the constitution confers
The framers of tbe CotiRtitntion Were perfectly
aware that the General Government could bat*
but little power to .secure to them tbeir lujiij,!
slaves in the non-slnveholding States. Thewhol*
internal police "f n State must lie under th* cot
trid of tlie State, and bv this rhirfly could
lie recaptured. The Cunstitniion therefore not
relyiug on the legislation of Congress alone, rr.
quires that a fugitive slave, escaping j n t 0 ,
slaveboldiug State, shall be “deliveredupmirl-jj
of the party” lo whom he lathings. Fiigitiri
slaves are put on the footing of fugitive crimimli
and are to bo delivered up by the State snihoff
ties. If these authorities tin no not enfnrce tbe
requirements, of 'be Constitution, and aid ia tit
recapture and recovery of fugitive slare*. C«n.
great can do but tittle tn enforce them. The bill
providing for .the co-operation of the officers of
the United State* Government in a State, isprseti-
rally, quite insufficient to accomplish its aio —
What cau they do in such a State as Fenntjkir.ia,
to recover fugitive slaves? Yet if Congrcw does
ail that it can do. by legislation, to enfhrra the
Constitution, ilonly doe* its duty to th* South.—
There can be no com-easinii or favor tn the Ass'h,
in giving her only what she has a right tn forg
under the Constitution—unless,indeed, th* Cm.
Ktitutioa for her has no existence. Tbe biiitbea.
is, in tlie first place, quite inadequate to rci'onlt
•I* our fugitive slaves, and in the second place,
gives tile Smith nothing but whatshnisemitirdte.
If this was all, there would be nothing in the bill
for which we should concede any thing is tfa
North. But it is not all UudcP the preteit cl
bestowing on n» a benefit, it perpetrateslnurpv
tion on the reserved rights of the Stales. It pm.
vide* that a slave may arraign his master, by the
authority of laws made by Congress,-Mkss thi
ehurt* of the States aud of the Uuiled Slstn, I,
lo try bis right to bis freedom. If Cnn|r*u rn
legislate at all between tbe master and tlavt its
State, where can its power he stayed! It as
abolish slavery in the States. Thnsap.iwerhn-
*nmed in the bill, which virtually rxtend«i|ie jo-
risdiotion of Congress over slavery in the Shirt
Aud this fo a benefit to ihe Somli! Under a gaits
of n benefit, the bill is useless a* s renrdv—
and worse tbnn useless in its usurpslipni. Such
are the various measures which constitats 'is
c-imprnmise.
We do not believe that many of thaw is lb*
South, who at an e'nrlv day expresseda willitgiieit
to support it, had well considered it# import, cr
ever contemplated supporting it with -nt maPritl
amendments. W'r fully appreciatennd duly lsn-
or the motives ol those who would rcs'nre trau-
tjitnlily to the country, nor shall we impugn in
nny form 'hnee who have a-sfotrd 'o frame or *h»
have yi« Ided a support to the measure. Rif
'he non—lavehiiidiug State*do not support 'bo#
measures, we aro unable to understand. nn!«» it
be. that a haughty fanaticism, inflated with
sue 'ess; disdains accomplishing its objects hy in
direction. If these measures, however, were
really a c impromisp in which the Snath had nptd
gains with the North, it would be nf dnnbtftl ex
pediency for tho Smith to propose it. Three
time* in Congress, during this controversy, tb#
South, baa proposed tho Missouri rompmnlit*.
which has been three lime* rejected by 'h*
North. Twice she has proposed a nimfnai*
by which she consented tn lesve it fathecmirUef
•he United State* to determine her right*, fo
stead of requiring sternly their recognition br
Congress, fifteen sovereign States have consent*!
to be carried into the courts nf the country. »»u
there to submit their sovereign right* ia * temtu-
rv belonging to them, to their final arbitrament--"
Their humiliation did not win the respert or con
fidence of the North and the proposiliu* *•* j
twice rejected.
The South. ! n our opinion, might accept ern
other compromise, nnt hreanse it i» roei'erc”
with our rich's but beennse it ha* been tax*
sanctioned fiy those who have gone before u*.
tha North offers the Missouri cnmpmmif*.
tend to the Pacific Ocean, the Sonih cannot rejec-
it. provided, a distinct recognition of our rift' “
enter the torrit try south of 3G deg. 30 min- >**’“ I
latitude, is exoressed in Ihe compromise- 1 I
should take thi* line, as a partition line het*““ I
the two sections of the Union; and lie*«l** •
nothing hut what tile Constitution bestows. *•
though the Northerh States would acquits f
this compunmme. three-fourths of onr **ej”J*/T
rilory, they will have renounced the ' n '" ,
pretention nf restricting and proventiiigtheet
•inn of tho South, whilst they should exteoa
definitely. . .
Having thus, fellow-citizens, fold
il llie]*!np-
-nt. by the South,
rights under the
iamehtsry tnctics
ng in .the hands of
s li o. the fearful
P ml — prci.c, \\ e have
they hare felt for the meson eg he has *een fit to | rrt- j-grt ( t aa a jgu c , in «titntlnn.*il nw.ni of
pursue, nre inexpressible We nre sorry to speak r „i*, Knce aggression. Il fo onr nnlv resource
m such a manner of iray rnemher nr a. family so | e* c< . p , aubroiesion or a resort to disunion. Hut
much respected as that uf which our minister at „p believe i: will be effective, and t, *>■
just measure of settlement, and ihu loss of the
appropriation bills, ns n enn-req
pnge of the wheels of govern*i
ern members resorting to theii
rules.
Mr. Clay fo skilled in pnr
Heseeatliis power safely icp...
Southern members, end he sc-
consequences to flnwlrom it*
l»e surcessfiilly carried ont. We sometimes have ]
London is is tbe bead : hot it fo better, if offences
must need* come, that die weight of them should ^
rest “o„ him hy whom the olleiico comelh.” rather J Southern mrn eaiV'exert “cmirage.-"firmuesV,'and
admissiou of California, as au independent measure;
and from to-day's doings, we may put down tbe
majority for California, nt full fifty!
The Senate are dragging along with their Com.
promise, or rather •• Adjustment.” There is a
wide difference iu tho meaning of these words.—
It will pass that body.
In response loa mean insinuation of Mr. Schenck
last week, that our southern men are disoi guni
zer*. aud mean to revolutionize the government,
by stopping its wheels, in other words, fighting
a .. ... „ . v. .. Texas fo the only .
State tn tbe Union which ha* the solemn guarantee 1 etafemrni of vour condition—your right!
orthoGnveniramit ofthe United Slate* in every ,(« reme dv which, under present cirrnm’tsw”'
possible form toher boundaries, let this ts the j you should accept, we leave you for.brad »J**
.L.'’ V -_". rn 7. ,t .. W , .'. r ‘ '■'•P 1 ' 1 ’'* tb-nij n'id under rif time. It i* proper to slate to yon. thst
we are unanimous iii approving therfsnlutmnt^
eonipnnviug this address, the Delegates
Convention are not entirely unanimous t“
ingall lb»arguinenUcoiitaiiiedin it. P srt p''. jj
such hs relate to the rompromfoe bill pen 1 -'
the United States Senate, thmtgn oooein
o| that bill, tildes* it be amended 1,1
with our resolutions, or in such a ' ,nn . er ..
aubslBiitlnllv secure tn the Sooih 'he r, ? n „g
edin them. Until Congre’S adj nnr "*''■’’f'..
know w hat it will do. or will fail tn n«. w
therefore meet again after it* hdjoaro
consider the final condition i<* w huB
leave you. We recommend to you. ^
you to send delegates from evety
district in the Southern Slates to , meet a l cCt uS»
we again assemble. It ia no ordinsrT /Wi-
whicb baa assembled us together. Tns g
tutioo.and tho Uuion it created. 0B ^ irhatha
your hearts, nre to ho preserved, and you'
aod your institutions maintained.
Resolved. That it is tbo duty of C " D?r ^^cS
vide effectual means of executing .'h® * —t,ri*g
of the -4th nrlielo of the Constitntios u.
jerries « “
\ si**}
ihrati tbrat those whoare especially afflicted by them j datorminallaw enough to carry il ont. As a
should bo tho lunoceiil victim of auoiber * mu- test agaimt time as vrell as nnmh^rs* it wl
serious doubt* whether n sufficient^ number of ; off supplies, Mr. Bnyiey, tho Chairman of tl
Committee of Ways and,Means, said that ho and
“Inklings by tlie Way."
It isstated that Air. N. I*. Willis has been cow-
con-
ill re
quire a continuous, enduring, unflinching courage.
Snell n storu) nf imprecations and denunciations n*
their eonrse will provoke from the Norib, as well
ns thnt class of politicians in tha South, who nd-
his friends intended no such thing, and treated the
the pretext that they are very doubtful, purposes
to take from Iter uenily one half of her territory.
It fo by virtue of such pretensions, that by the bill
two States are to he taken from the southern aud
given to the northern States; nnd this wrong is
aggravated ; by compelling us to pny for it,
through the Treasury of the United States.
It is muloudttyjly pnipey, that Texas should be
qmeted hy a law o| Congress, plainly ncknnwl-
quieted ns tohur boundaries; but she should he
edging them. II after her boundaries nro settled,
the Gemuat Gevernment, to carry ont the pur
poses of the constitution, or in good faith to fulfil
nil the obligations, tho annexation of Texas, the
arrangement concerning her territories^, which
lenvea « shade of doubt as to the right of tlie peo-
pleof the South to enter any portion of the Terr
itory, which according to the terms of annexation
nre now tree to them, neither Texas nor the
General Government hnvo nny right to mnke.
The terms of annention constitute the compact of
Uuion. between Texas, and the other States of tho
confederacy and this compnet secures irrevo
cably to the people of til— slave-holding States th*
right of entering with their property all h<-r terr
| itorv lying South of36deg. 30min. north latitude—
whilst from nil her territory lying north of that
i line, they are excl
j makes no provision
■ >f the compact, lint lenves it. doubt tho right of
; tlie Southern people, throughout all tho territory
| propoaedto.be purchased; whilst many who
npport tho bill declare that in effect it exclud
remarks as its author deserved. Now, mark how entirely the people of he Southern States from all
to the restoration of fugitives iron:
bur.
utleil. Tbe bill in the Senate Resolved. That when this Conveotino sjtr 'j
i fur carrying out these terms : it adjourn to meet at Nashville, ia ”J, l ! ar( a wi
Tennessee, the 6th Monday after th® *“J I .^ tk»
of the present session of Congress. ddf
Southern States bo recommended to nil l
cations forthwith.
ihe northern men did to day. They would not |
even suspend the rules, to let Mr. Bnyiey intro-
bided in the streets of New York, by Mr. Forest vise that we should postpone every form of resis ; deco a resolution to make tho apprnpriotion bills | assmenl and liti
th* tragedian.
the territory purchased. The least evil there
fore the bill can bring to the people nf Iho Sout
hern States on entering it, will be contention,bar.
Professor Webster.
Tbe application fur a new trial in the case of
Professor Webster, was refused at Boston on
Wedira-dsy last.
“ Htaixa Law.”—.Mr. Thompson (nf Pennsyl- !
vania.) is reported to have said in tbe late debate,
lhat the “ Act of ’93 (iu relatiou to fugitive slaves)
is an ntrominuhle one.”
This Ast is only derigred to carry ont a plain
provision of the Coustimtion, about which there
tnnee till our anus nre manacled, mul the foot of
our oppressor b upon oGr necks, this country has
never seen. In’tlte discharge of a duty beset
with to many trials and embarrassments, our
member* will look forsnpport and vucounigcment
it lo them
the order of the day for Monday next.
“ Tha Southern Pre*9," wns issued yesterday
morning. Il is edited by Ellwood Fisher and Ed-
But you will have a very inadequate concep
tion nf the impni tame of the territory taken from
Texas by the bill, i. r you confine your views to H
Texas. Ifyou will look at ihe map of ihe United
[From the Saranuoh Georgias]
Wasuixotox City, Juno 12. lN
Editors of the Savannah Georgia*
Gentlemen: I send you. by t'jis 1 *j a tb*
skeleton of some poor remarks made by '. KjJ
' the 7tii ■
of hit counsel, that tiio errors presented are of j cau be no cavil or doubt—and the.gentleman who
8 f c ^.^ r f v ® importance that it wns proper they . thus characterised if. is Chairman uf the Judiciary
should be brought bcfoia the Court.
I Committee of 'be Haase.
from their constituent*. Let it
with no spr.rin" hand. And as tHo strength nf a
brave minority makes itself felt, wrestling with,
nnd pushing hark the power of superior numbers,
let us cheer them in the unequal contest with
'•woll done good and faithful servants.”
[Mobile
“AVhy are you jnulimcholiyaaid ihe
Dnke of MaclboroU"li ton soldier al'iei the battle
of Blenheiai.
“ I am thiokine.” replfad the ro*!l, ‘how much
blood ! have shed for a sivpenco.”
ward De Leon. Its editorials are firm nnd mild, j States, you'will percieve that the' territory pro-
characterized by talent, Rod directed to the pro- posed to be surrendered by Texas lies throughout
j per object.
The llonse refuted to entertain a resolution to
day, offered hy Mr. Stephens, to adjourn on the ; th
, 12tb of August.Congress will be here, probably, ! boundary two non-slavrbiridiug .Suit
till the Orst of September.
METROPOLIS.
ty -There is never Wanting some goodnatnred
person to send n m-m an account bf what bo bet
I go ndud to hear.
hole extent along Iho western frontier of th
I Indian territory. This is now it slavehnldlug
country: and must be considered os a part of
South. Place along their whole western
_ and bow
long wiil the Indians hu ublo to maintain the in-
j titutimi of -slavery 1 If the agency nf Congress is
not used, to abolish directly slavery in the Indian
territory-, this end can be easily accomplished by
1 tho very means now in operation against slavery , render to it
, in the southern States', which the Indian will Iih
i but little power to resist. The effect wi’! -
House of Repr**eut*livea'i»u ihe »•" , p pre
leen for some time unwell. I coossete ff idssi?
lertn declare my opinions, and I ‘“ d
preparation, and without notes; Had I' ™ j %
I would write out what I said in l,ie ’ , c itiOg
sppecch. 15u; we are engaged iu a »
d I
;o'esM r . v
juootal 1
struggle, an
I rrgrci. from inv inmost heart, that U
with you; and perhaps a majority ol ,
nab constituents. It is jxr.nlii' 1 ^, x cA n 1
have not a mmi to reprf
they do. the justice and be.utieao. iwr^
adjustVnent. It must be ani«U"
<03, VC
i bom who c*" - ^
r.ies oi the r r ‘£ ,
uded befoi®
’ -
j r-.p^ctla!!;
JOSEPH tv
iacksos