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2 Southern Convention, s Remarks of Judge Tucker, of Va—Continued. ( And now, sir, let us look at the dangers ] which are to attend disunion. Let us suppose t a case, and consider the influence which will s be brought to bear on those on whom the peace of this continent will depend. Let us sup- t pose but five states—the states of Florida, < Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Miss- : issippi,to withdraw from the Union, and form i a Southern Confederacy. Their policy would < be clearly pacific. What would be the policy • of the rest of the world ? Would the manu- i facturing states wish to rush into a war, which, : while itlasted, would shut them out from the best market in tfie world ? Would the ship ping and commercial states wish to rush into a war which would throw the carriage of our rich and bulky productions into the hands of Europe, until our own commercial marine should have become adequate to our wants ? I say nothing of the fatal consequences which would attend the loss of a supply of cotton to the spindles and looms of New England, be cause, although war should prevail, the laws of trade will be sure to carry the needed sup ply to the place of demand. This indeed must be of a circuitous route, and at enormous ex pense. But on this I lay no stress. It would indeed prevent the Yankee from hoping to compete with the English manufacturer in markets open to both, while war woull shut iiim out from this the chief and best market. “ And how long would such a war last?” asks Mr. Webster with a scornful scowl. “ How long would it be before the fleets and armies of the north would sweep the coasts, and blockade the ports, and overrun and deso late the territory of the south, and turn the knives of the slaves against their master’s throats ?’L- How long ? Sir, such a war will -fllver until Massachusetts shall have and be prepared to rush self-destruction. Whence but from the southern states comes the cotton tjjat keeps in activity rite spindles and looms of the north ? JSir, the north would not dare to prosecute v with such activity, as eFen to diminish could tho demand of other coun- and any' essential diminution would leave her nothing. But a war of desolation I Why, sir. such a war would re-act upon the north like the bursting of a cannon in a crowded ship, working ten times more mischief there that’ on th n enemy. Do gentlemen consider the nature Os g-eil manufacturing establish merts kept in operation by what they call/ree labour: the labour of those whose daily bread is the purchase of daily toil, and who, left without employment for a week, must starve, or beg or rob. The mind of man has not conceived the wretchedness which the failure of one cotton crop would produce. Universal bankruptcy—universal ruin—the prostration of the wealthy, and the uprising of the suiter ins mass violently snatching from their beg eared employers a portion of the scanty rem nant of former abundance, to satisfy the wants of nature. Sir, when the overwhelming force of France threatened to invade and subjugate Holland, the Dutch cut their dykes and let tn the Ocean—the enemy withdrew, and all thought of again invading the soil of a people capable of defending their liberty by such sa crifices was abandoned forever. Here was a self-inflicted suffering which did but warn the enemy, without wounding him. But what it the people of the southern states, goaded by in sult and wrong, should determine on a much less sacrifice. What if, with one accord, they should agree o make no cotton for a -ingle season, except for their own factories, and ap ply all their labour to laying up a store of grain for another year? The south could bear it sir. It would incommode many. It would enrich some. It would ruin nobody here. And what would be the effect else where ? The mind of man cannot calculate kk The imagination of man cannot conceive Horresco referens. An earthquake sliak continent from the Potomac to the swallowing up the British Isles, and all that Revolution has b it -ttii.il- ■ and G •rmai.y. Sir, the jmlars w .I .. Ml ■■ SlJ.’TuuS? rlo she will not. But this is always in her power; and this she will do, if ever her loathing detes tation and scorn of her oppressors equals in acrimony and malignity their fierce philanthro py and insidious friendship. Something like this would be the conse quence to the North es any war with the South. Worse if possible than this would be the consequence of a war of desolation and emancipation. In that case the mischief would not be confined to the North. It would over spread the civilized world, in aggravated hor ror. In New England we can calculate it. The seven hundred millions of which the B o jth has been robbed by the unequal opera tion of the federal government, has been real ized, as they call it. It has been built into ship’s and factories ; it has been paid out for barren lands at high prices only justified by these establishments; it Irs been built into pa laces where merchant princes and manufac turers dwell in marble halls. There are no other objects of investment, and the boasted heaped up wealth of New England is just that no more. Now take away the cotton and commerce of the south, and what do you see ? The ships lie rotting at the wharves; the fac tories tumble into ruins; and skulking in cor ners of their marble palaces, the merchant princes, like those of Venice, live meagerly on contributions levied on the curiosity of tra vellers. As to the laboring classes, the far west ia open to them. What violence and rapine they may practice for a while, under the teachings of Communism, Fourierism, Agrarianism,and other isms of the family of Abolitionism, it is not possible to say. But they will soon see that Communism if of little worth where there is i othfng to divide, and that what they call the rights of labour cannot be enforced against those who have nothing to pay. 'They will be off to the west, sir, there to found a new Ohio on the banks of Wisconsin and Minnesota. And Boston— t Look at Venice, air. The bistory of Boston is so far the history of Ven ice. Venice enriched herself by tiie oppres sion and plunder of her subject provinces. Boston has done the same. Venice concen trated her ill-gotten wealth on the marshes of tho Adriatic. Boston has heaped up hers nutty. barren lAti-s becoma die victim ot mis ■Viln- trade H HNPHiKiels—and behold she is u of marble in a waste of waters. Even such would be the mischiefs which Bos ton would puli down upon herself, by the sui cidal step of warring against the south. But look across the Atlantic, and suppose the mtdness and malignity of the North to hur ry them into a desolating war against the cot ton growing States. Other countries have more various resources than New England, and might have something to fall back on. England, for example, insular as she is. lias land. But England has a superabundant pop ulation, and there are there not less than three millions of laborers whose very existence de pends on cotton. They have no western , country to flv to, and while the land ot Eng land is'aufficient to feed them all, they will not starve, whether there be work tor them to do or no. There is something there for commu nism to divide —something of fourierism to experiment on. Let but the loom stand still for one month, and there will not be one stone left standing on another ot the whole political and social fabric of England. The statesmen ot England know this, sir, and this it is that governs the foreign policy ot England, and determines h<-r to oppose her veto to anv warthat might disturb her commerce, and. through that, her manufactures,on which her very existence depends. The play of the shuttle is the pulse of life to her. Let it once stop and it beats no more. Nor is this couhn ed to her. The same cause operates on eve ry powerful nation of Western Europe, and hence that long, unnatural peace, which, for more than thirty years,ha- covered Europeas with a death pa'll,'and produced and prepared more guttering and more causes of mischief than half a century of w r had ever done. . But the evil is upon them, and they dare not, shake it off However the angry spirit of ri val nations mav chafe at the restraint; how ever the plethora of redundant population may cal! fer the letting of blood, the immense fixed capital invested in manuiacturmg establish ments. and the multitudinous population whose bread depends upon tlrfm, compel liw world to peace. Il is indeed but » peace of suppressed hostility, ot' stilled envy, of insidious rivalry, and its consequences make us feel the full force of the woe denounced against those who cry “ peace, pence! when there is no peace. But there is no escape from it In the cant of thedav, “the spirit of the age demands it—the spirit ’of the age is essentially pacific. What then, sir, would all Europe say to any attempt on the part of the Northern States, or of every power upon earth, to lift a nanu a<rainst the cotton growing region, and inter rupt the production of that article. The power of wealth would oppose it—the cry of famine would forbid it—the universal nakedness ot mankind would forbid it; the united voice of all the civilized world would command the peace. The Southern States of this Union are confessedly the only cotton growing coun try in the world, and slave labor the only means by which it can be produced. What ever may be their spite against us, and howev er they may cant about slavery, they will be careful to do nothing to interfere with the pro duction of cotton. Had Orpheus been the only man in the world, sir, the nymphs, how ever enraged, would never have killed him. All this time I have spoken as if_our dear sister Massachusetts, and the rest of that sis terhood, were to have the matter their own way. I have taken no notice of the fact, that although North Carolina and Virginia, Ten- nessee and Kentucky, might not be at once t prepared to join the Southern confederacy,they « would feel that their interests we. e identified t with it, and re! use to join in a crusade against t the defenders of their rights. They would t have a voice in the question of peace or war. < They might indeed be out-voted, but would a i vote retain them, andjwould the North press i a measure which would be sure to force them into the Southern confederacy ? The exem- i plary patience of Virginia is a proof that she fondly recollects, that to her, more than to any other State, this Union owes its existence. Sjie will be the last to dissolve it cause she .’.Ua Ao ibnw clne- t, let her be told she must fight somebody, and she will not be long Lr.. deciding whonfshe will light, fell her to reoard and treat as enemies the Southern States, peopled mainly by herself—to imbrue her hands in the blood of her own children, and her answer is ready in the words of Harry PerCy “ Not speak of Mortimer! Forbid my tongue to speak of Mortimer ! Yes, I will speak of him : and may my soul Want mercy if I do not join with him !” Sir Virginia did not approve the attitude as sumed by ” South Carolina in 1833 What then ? Was she prepared to lift a hand against her? On the contrary,she remembers now with pride, that her Governor tnen ueciareu, that before one foot should cross the Potomac on a hostile errand against South Carolina, he would lay his benes on its shores. That was old John Floyd, sir, a man “ who never pro mised, but he meant to pay ;” and, thank God, there stands now another John 1 loyd in his fa ther’s place, to repeat and make good his fa ther’s words. . , ~ ~ But suppose the few remaining bouthern States not to be driven to the necessity of choosing their enemy. Suppose, as would be the case, that no warlike attempt should be made —how long would those States be con tent to remain under the grinding misgovern ment which taxes them for the benefit of their masters in the North, while witnessing the prosperity of their Southern brethren living under a revenue tariff and enjoying the bless ings of free trade ? With a modest, econom ical government, such as a mere central agen cy for independent States ought, to be, a mod erate revenue would suffice, and nothing would prevent the acceptance of the overtures for free trade, now made by all commercial na tions These are not accepted now, sir, be cause mainly beneficial to the South. And who cares for the South ? What is the South ? An ass of the tribe of Issachar,“ bowed down between two burthens;” thirty millions to be paid into the Treasury, and twice as much more to go into the pockets of the Northern manufacturers. What if Lord Palmerston should offer now, in return for a reducl on of our Tariff to a revenue standard, to take ott the English duty of seventy-five cents on our Tobacco. Would it be accepted ? No, sir, no It would but enrich the Tobacco States, anil what do our masters care for them ? On iavor,’and how long would Virginia and North i Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and even Ma- ( ryland and Missouri, delay to avail themselves , of the arrangement ? Depend upon it, sir, such a confederacy as I have supposed would 1 hardly be formed before every slaveholdiog 1 State in the Union would seek admission into it. The prestige of Union once dispelled by a partial secession, the Middle States would be at no loss to choose between union with their Southern brethren, or with their North- I etn enemies, persecutors and slanderers. i But tho thing would not stop here, sir. , Pennsylvania at this moment, with all the ad vantage of a protective tariff, finds her manu facturers often on the verge of bankruptcy. A tariff may protect her against the competi tion of European manuf ictures.but not against the superior skill and capital New Eng land. Against this she contends as well as she can in the markets of the south. Take that away and she will sink at once. Even now Massachusetts grudges her tho benefit of the protection which only enables her to hold up her head. But let the southern victims of that oppressive system emancipate themselves from it, and, my life U upoa it, five years will not pass over before it is abolished. What then will be the condition of Pennsylvania, placed on the border between a northern con federacy, in which she is overshadowed by su perior capital and skill, aud a southern confe deracy of winch she might become the work shop ? A revenue tariff of ten per cent, would be worth more to Pennsylvania as a member of a southern confederacy, than forty per cent, is now—more than ail that protec tion could do for her, were the south with drawn from the Union. Let us look a little to the west, sir. I begin with Illinois, because she reaches farthest South; because she is nearest to New Orleans and furthest from New York ; and because she begins to be aware that slaves are wanted in the southern part of the state, and seems not quite insensible to the propriety of letting such f her people have them as have need of them. Now what will be he situation? No man admires more than I that noble system of in land navigation that connects the waters of the Mississippi with the lakes. But paths are expensive canals are dry by drought, aud winter rarely fails with his icy breath to close up the navigation of the lakes. But the Mississippi, broad, deep, and full, is ever open to bear on its flowing bosom all the bulky and weighty products ot Illinois, at the lowest possible rate of expense. I am aware, Sir, that the law of nations would secure to the states, on the waters of that river, a free passage to the ocean. But that law would not exempt them from imposts and from export duties, and from all the inconveniences which must be encountered by those who ne- j cessariiy pass through a freign country to get j to their own. A gieat river, such as the Mis- , sissippi, like an iron cramp, holds together all j tiie country penetrated by its tributaries, and no . amount of human perverseness can iong pre- | ! vent them from blending into one “ like kin-, i dred drops.” ... ~ . . What 1 have said ol Illinois applies with ( nearly equal force toliidiuna. It may, in time,, apply also to Ohio. At present, sir, I see no-. thing in that region which we designate as i Ohio, of which any sort of moral or political I character can be predicted. Isee a vast mul- j titude of all kindred, tongues, and nations, | swept down and agglomerated like the wash ■ of a hill side, or that from the mouth of a com- , mon sewer; heaped, as against a dam, on the i north bank of the river. On such an alluvial I , deposit you may raise cucumbers and onions, | but the majestic forest oak can find no toot I i there the stately edifice no stable foundation. ■ , Among such a rabble you may have tempora rv regulations of arbitration aud police—but a . government, strong to protect, strong to res . train, consecrated by the affection and rever [ ence of the people, “ a fortress at once and a ■ temple”—the thing is impossible The rock ( built anopolis of Tennessee stands on yonder I hill, and there it will stand. It is built ot rock, f for it stands on a rock; and there they will J stand together till the foundations of the earth Hare shaken. But as well might you budd . 1 such a structure on the marshes of the lower . , Mississippi, as to establish any thing deserv ing the name of a free, stable and enduring 1 I government on such a quaking bog as tjbio. - The institution of domestic slavery, which, > I like piles driven into the earth, gives stability j to government, and renders universal sutlrage 1 j and perfect freedom possible to those who are ■ free, is a resource denied to them. God for- bid that I should desire to introduce slavery there. No, sir. I would not so wrong the negro. He is proud and happy in his subordi nation to one worthy to be his master. But servitude under such as these, diflenng indeed in color, and inferior in all besides, it w. uld break his heart. If such servitude as this is their only idea of slavery, I protest before God that their abhorrence of it must fall far short of mine. But they themselves are sensible of the negro’s superiority, and they are jealous of it. They steal our slaves from us, and when they have made them what they call free, they harrass them, they persecute them, they com bine to shut them out from all creditable or profitable employment—they starve them out, | and even drive them away ! Is this disgust ? No, sir. It is jealousy. The shoemaker will not sit on the same bench with the negro. But let the negro prosper in spite of persecu- tion, and he will give him his daughter in mar riage, and she too will thankfully take him to her obscene and lustful bosom. And this is Ohio; and the philanthropic abolitionist, as he floats down the river, turns his eye sadly from Kentucky, the home of a bold, high minded, law-abiding yeomanry ; the home of accom plished gentlemen and enlightened statesmen, to gaze on the prosperity of Oiiio. What does he see there,sir? A fertile soil, industry, manufac tures, commerce, wealth, and even some sci ence. All the elements of civilization are there, but of civilization itself—of the refine ments and courtesies of life, nothing. No, sir. without social organization there can be no civilization. It is the relation between true and acknowledged superiority, and confessed inferiority, that elevates and ennobles both where both are capable of elevation. Associ ation will always assimilate. The Southern gentleman, studiously observing all possible courtesy in his deportment to the negro, makes a gentleman of him, while he himselt becomes more a gentleman by his condescension, ot Ohio has nobody below h m Mp the hog a gen hut. his -j/A and I need not adv how the dead (weight of the hog drag down ■his companion to his'level. But there is the Queen city as they call it. “showing like a jewel on an CEthtop s ear. I went ashore there the other day, sir, and ve rily I should have thought, that, like the Queen of the house of Brunswick, she had been im ported from Germany ; for the young princes in her streets talked hardly any language but the German. And these are the men whose suffrages are to give law to us whose fathers rescued the country from the domination of a German prince upon the English throne. I speak harshly, sir. 1 know it. I meant to do so. I speak as it becomes every man to speak of the enemies of his country, for 1 speak of those who have long waged a sys tematic, predatory and cowardly war against Virginia, my country. But enough of Ohio. There let her lie—a foul cess pool at one time green and stagnant, at another stirred up from the bottom by the strifes of ■ the reptiles that struggle in its mud and , tainting the moral atmosphere with its stench. > The inhabitants of Ohio may one day acquire that consistency which is necessary to const itute a people, and then they may tor in them selves a government, or in the mean time they may find a master. It will be time enough then to consider of our relations to them. Until then, I will rest in the hope, that should such events take place as I have spoken of, they will see the necessity of paying that respect to the Laws of Nations, which they deny to the Constitution. (TO BE CONCLUDED ON TUESDAY.) [communicated] A Special meeting of the Hopewell Presby tery, called at the request of the Rev. E. P. Rogers, was held in the city of Augusta, on Tuesday. July 2d, 1850, and was constituted in the usual form. A statement was made by the Rev. Mr. Ro gers, of the reason which had induced him to request the Moderator to call a special meet ing. His statement was, in substance, that his attention having been called to certain ru mors current in the city of Augusta, calcula ting to injure his reputation and impair his usefulness as a Christian Minister—rumors appearing to be founded upon certain repeated Gil IG charges, from a prominent individual in this city, he deem d it to be his duty to call the at tention of the Presbytery to the subject, in or der, that, through their investigation, he might be fully exonerated from censure. The Se sion of the Ist Presbyterian Church were then called upon to communicate such facts as had come to their knowledge, in re gard to the rumors aforesaid, and stated that they had used great diligence in tracing their origin, and could find no source from which they could have arisen, except the expressions of unfavorable opinion on the part of one in dividual, above referred to. They also stated that in their opinion, no credence was given to these rumors, and that they could not affect injuriously the reputation of Rev. Mr. Rogers, nor impair his usefulness in this congregation. A call was then made by the Presbytery upon individual members of the congregation, for any communications which they might choose to make in reference to the subject under consideration. The Hon. Charles J. Jenkins then arose, and stated that the remarks he had to make referred entirely to the expression of opinion highly unfavorable to the Rev. Mr. Rogers, which had emanated from the individual al ready referred to. and who was understood to be Col. William Cumming of this City, and that for the sake of being perfectly under stood he had committed his remarks to writing, and with the permission of the Presbytery would proceed to lay before .them the follow ing statement: “ To the Moderator and Members of Hopewell Presbytery, sitting at Augusta, July 2d, 1860. Impelled by an ardent wish to promote the ends of truth and justice, desiring the preser vation of social and indiv'dual and privileged (as he bones) Ijy -*'»i i..il’.inr ces which jgtxc-on.siil dltu turn with the sub "jeef tnattpr” under consideration, the under signed respectfully craves permission, to pre sent to thisEcclesiasticalTribunal the following paper; Having an abiding confidence in the inno cence of the Rev. gentleman, who has sought in this mode a vindication of imputations cast upon him, and a no less settled conviction that the author of those imputations could never have made them unless deceived by misrep resentations, pr misled by delusive appearan ces, 1 determined they consenting, tp become the organ of communication between them, the medium through whom whatever of mis understanding, or mistake might exist, should be corrected, without unnecessary publicity or painful excitement. Accordingly, in a spirit of candor, and a just conception by each i of what was due to the other, the communica | tion proceeded, and aided by other informa -1 tion happily accessible, led to the result which I it is my pleasure to offer for your considera l tion. Having been furnished by Col. Wm. Cum ming, with a description of an incident which had induced frequent expressions of opinion by him unfavorable to the character of Mr. Rogers, I submitted it for the consideration of the latter. . Mr. Rogers promptly recognized the in cident referred to, and authorized me to say that upon a careful review of the particulars presented, he perceived, as be had not done before, and admitted, that appearances were such as to the apprehension of Col. Cumming uninformed of other attending circumstances, might seem to warrant the suspicion of an improper design on his part. At the same time he insisted that a thorough knowledge of the facts, would have vindicated him, not only from the imputation of improper act, or inten tion, but even from that of imprudence. Col Cumming, aftei a candid consideration of additional facts brought to his knowledge, made to me the following statement: “Wm. Cumming thinks that he was fully justified at the time, in regarding the appear ances referred to, as furnishing grounds for a most unfavorable opinion of Mr. Rogers. But justice now requires him to state that he has recently obtaineo (not from that gentleman) an exposition of circumstances, which renders those appearances entirely compatible with the innocence of Mr. Rogers. 1 o make this i known, Wm. Cumming considers not less due to his own character, than to the other part#’ With this exculpation, voluntarily as above stated, by the gentleman from wkern emanated the imputations referred to, I can not suppose that this Presbytery, convened at the instance of a clergyman affected by them, for an investigation, would desire a detail of circumstances, in my opinion, properly with held, when not demanded for the purposes of justice. Nor is it believed that a just and gener ous public will feel any prurient curiosity con cerning an incident of no moment whatever except as having excited suspicions, now hap pily removed. Since the vindication of the only party suspected, has been obtained, ii were wanton cruelty to make public reference to others, needing no vindication. Upon *this subject, I have to say, for Mr. Rogers, that whilst he did not ask that the facts be withheld from the public, and would not desire it from • i -.-.1 Li.vicnir JiA npvpr- considerations personal to himself, he never theless, for the cogent reasons above ifliuded to, acquiesces in that course. This is all that duty to the parties requires of me; and here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But in view of the information obtained, in virtue of my confidential position, and of the sacred relation subsisting between one sur rounded by circumstances so peculiar, and the many who worship statedly in this temple, may I not presume yet a little further onwfe kind indulgence which has granted me a hear- "With I trust, a sufficiently exacting.esti mate of clerical purity and propriety of de meanor, I have subjected the conduct of Mr. Rogers as exhibited in all the facts ascer- tained and carefully collected—to a severe scrutiny; and I solemnly aftirm, that lean perceive no shade of culpability, no ground of even the midest censure. And if my Reve rend friend and Pastor will pardon liber ty I will add my humble his whole conduct’and bearing, though the trying ordeal, beauul’illy il itrirnted the— Christain Minister. Respectfully-submitted, b. . f The following was appended to the paper . presented as above: I have examined the within statement pur nortimr to have been made by me, and hereby verify it. E. P. Rogers. July 2, 1850. I have examined the within statement uurporting to have been made by me, and hereby verify it. Wm. Cumming. July 2, 1850. No futher communications being ottered, the Presbytery then proceeded to the appoint ment of a committee consisting of Rev. Drs. Church and Talmadge, Rev. Mr. Chamberlain, and Messrs. John Cunningham and Wm. L. Mitchell, Elders: to bring in a minute on the subjects under consideration. Presbytery then took a recess until haltpast 5, P. M., at which time the committee presen ted the following report: The committee to whom was referred the subject now engaging the attention of the Presbyterv, have the same under considera tion, and report: That they have directed their attention first, to certain vague rumors which have been re cently in circulation in the city of Augnsta, injurious to the christain character of Rev. Mr. Rogers, and, secondly, to the reported ex pressions of opinion by Col. Wm. Cumming, unfavorable to him, but containing no specific tharge against him. As to the rumors referred to, your commit tee. after careful consideration, can see in them nothing which calls for further investigation, or which can injuriously affect the reputation or disturb the peace of Mr. Rogers. A>- regards the opinions expressed by Col. Cumming, your Committee having examined the paper this day presented by Mr. Jenkins, are of the opinion that it clearly and fully ex onerates Mr. Rogers from all unfavorable imputations. Putting that matter in the stron gest possible light against him, it would amount simply to this, that there were appear ances which while unexplained, were such as were calculated to excite tn the mind of Col. Cumming, injurious suspicious; aud who is there occupying any public station, who is not at some time, exposed to this peril . it w enough to sav, that information subsequently obtained (not from Mr. Rogers, but from other sources,) changed the character of those ap pearances, and made them entirely compatibly Ctxmini. Your Committee are happy in the belief that the inquiry which has been instituted, af fords abundant ass rance that the confidence of the Church and congregation in Mr. Ro gers, is in no way impaired, and that, as his character cannot suffer, so his usefulness will not be iminished. Your Committee recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Ist. Resolved, That in the judgment of this Presbytery, there is no ground for any charge against the Rev. E. P. Rogers, and that there is nothing affecting his Christian character, or which is likely tn impair his usefulness; and that we fully and cordially exonerate him from all censure. 2d. Resolved, That the paper presented by" Mr. J nkins, be entered upon the minutes of this body, and that it be published in connec tion wiih this report. The above report having been read and con sidered, was unanimously adopted. (Signed) F. R. GOULDING, Moderator. Francis Bowman, Stated Clerk. From the Columbus Timos. It is an old proverb, that “ it is good to be taught by one’s enemy,” {fas est ab hosle do cerif) — and we were reminded of it on read ing a leader in the Philadelphia North Amer ican Gazette, the Free Soil and administra tion organ of that city, from which we take the following sample : The Two Compromises—lnterest of the North.—ln the midst of the violent opposi tion, political, sectional and personal, which Gen. Tavlor’s administration has had, and still has, to encounter—the wrongs which it suf fers from malice, infidelity, and all unchar itableness—one thing ought never to be for gotten by Northern men, (and we commend it to the recollection of tl e Whig State Con vention whitch assembles in this city to-day.) that his is the first and only administration friendly to the North which has existed for thirty years. * SuciuaP'Tsfueiit the North ought to stand -byyand it is bound to do so by every dictate of gratitude and interest To abandon him and his policy, is to abandon the North itselt; and the Northern men who are now leagued with his enemies in the attempt to break dmjjj| his administration, are struggling to back the former state of things, and to re-estab lish the Southern policy of slavery-extension and free trade, by whicn the republic has been, so long distracted, and the North is now wo unded in every industrial interest. In speaking of Payne’s new discovery, the New York Journal of Commerce, of the 27th ult., under the head ot Gas Explosion, says: “ A party composed of distinguished chemists from this city, Princeton and Boston, and oth er gentlemen interested, met at Worcester a day or two since, to examine the apparatus constructed by Mr. Payne, to illustrate his al leged discovery of a new method of manufac turing gas. Mr. Payne left town on the ap proach of these gentlemen, but his brother re mained to do the honors. They first visited the machine at the exchange, which remains in the‘damaged’ condition to which we allud ed last week. They then adjourned to his house, where the gas is shown burning, and succeeded in detecting the trick by which vi sitors have, heretofore, been deceived. They will furnish a full account of the exhibition in a day or two, and ‘ explode’ this humbug, which has excited such a large share of pub lic attention.” The fair editress of the Zazoo City Whig is “right out” on the Women’s Convention. ‘One thing is certain, (says she,) if the North is going to be governed by women-folks we shall urge the South to secede forthwith. Women have power enough already to keep the world in hot water Mrs. Partington’s Last.—“ An act to take the senses of the people! Well I vow,” said Mrs. P., “if things ain’t coming to a pretty pass;—these Legislatures want to take every thing away from a body—l think they might have left the senses alone, there’s pre cious little of ’em to spare any how so say ing, the old lady dropped her specs and relap sed into a profound melancholy. A correspondent of the Boston Post wishes to know whether the body that Mr. Gliddon unrolled was not that of bpurius Mummius, a distinguished Roman, who flourished in the i time of Cicero. Augusta, (Georgia. —— • ( “Saturday Morning, July 6, 1850. The Celebration. We regret that we are unable to give more than a passing notice of the ceremonies and festivities attendant upon the celebration of the Anniversary of Independence in our city. The day was ushered in by the roar of artillery, and the stillness of the early morn was broken by the inspiring sounds of the drum and “ear-piercing fife.” At nine o’cl’k. a procession consisting of the Augusta Di vision Sons of Temperance, and others, ac- cording to programme, was formed in front ot the Masonic Hall under the marshalship of Capt. Wm. McLaughlin. The Augusta Brass Band preceded the procession, the line of march being directly down Broad Street to Centre, up Centre to Greene, thence to the City Hall Park, where a large assemblage of the intelligence and beauty of the city had col lected to do honor to the occasion. After an eloquent and impressive prayer by the Rev. Win. J. Hard an opening ode was sung by the choir, and the Declaration of Independ ence was read by Lucien Lalaste, Esq., who prefaced it with some remarks highly appro priate to the occasion. After music by the Band and a second ode by the choir, the orator of the day, Mr. L. D. Lallerstedt, arose and delivered an able and elo quent address, which was characterized not less for its manly tone than for its purity of ..i— - ...I richness of diction. Wo listened to ilrfsiftJivery'vvii’h the amplest degree of satis jjaction and we doubt not, from the enthusias- Itic applause which frequently interrupted the Speaker, thatthe large and intelligentauditory were equally pleased and delighted. The thoughts which he presented to the audience were of a practical nature but still, highly re fined, strengthened and beautified by power of imagination. We cannot do the address jus tice by any mere outline and will not attempt the task. We will only add, what perhaps is already well known to the large majority of our rea ders, thatthe gentleman is a most able and en thusiastic champion of “The sober Laws Andholy dictates of spare Temperance.” After the conclusion of the address and a benediction by Rev W. J. Hard, the procession resumed its former order and returned to the Masonic Hall. The festivities of the day were concluded by a very brilliant display of fire works at the City Hall, which afibrded a large amount of enjoyment to our citizens, but more particular ly the juvenile portion. We are fully confi dent, that if he warm thanks of the childrm will suffice '‘the city Fathers" for the gratifica -tion thus afforded, they will receive them in manifold abundance. The people of the United States have at least one holiday, which all classes take delight in celebrating. And we believe it to be true, that so long as we hold in reverence the day on which our Liberty was declared; so long as we commemorate the scenes which were enacted on the 4lh of July, 177«, by the Patriots whose glorious efforts established our independence, ao long will our attachment and loyalty to the institutions they bequeathed to us be cherished and strengthened in the hearts of the people. Southern Rights Meeting. Tho proceedings of the meeting of the friends of southern rights, and of the address, ...... , n .i r>-Tnr:yfr'l ; '-wi wMU lis‘l- 1 ' ■ “T- lurnn. We rejoiced to see assembled at the City Hall, on the evening of the Fourth, one of the hrgest political assemblages we have ever witnessed in this city. The fire of true south ern feeling, independence and honor, burned brightly in that assembly. Beauty was there te grace the occasion with its charms. We gather ed fresh courage from the manifestations which were made, of a pervading sentiment of heart felt devotion to the rights of our much wrong ed section of the Union. Every eye flashed the fire of determined opposition to further ag -gression on the part of the nonslaveholding states. It was a source ot regret to all, that owing to the continued indisposition of our ve mrable representative at Nashville, Dr. J. G. McWhorter, he was unable to be present. Many were disappointed that they could not hear his eloquent voice on an occasion so full of interest, and to which his great abilities add so much. Os the speech of Mr. Dawson, the other de legate, it does not become us to speak. The Senior Editor will be excused for simply stat ing, that it was full of the zeal and true spirit So characteristic of that gentleman in the great Cause which called the people together. The Resolutions were passed with great unanimity, but one or two votes having been given against them. The crowded state of our columns, pre vents our saying what we would say on seve ral topics of great importance connected with the meeting, and embodied in the resolutions. We cannot, however, omit to commend the last resolution to the consideration of the peo ple of Georgia and the South. The people want light. Nothing is so well calculated to afford it as the formation of Southern Rights Associations. Unity of action is of the ut most importance ; that is the way to effect it. We hope the friends of Southern rights will Jfeu and establish associations, or clubs, in every county, which will snatch this great question from the fangs of party, and send light and truth on thousands of glittering shafts, to arouse our people to a true sense of their condition, and to immediate and effective resistance to the shameful bondage to which they are in danger of being sutyected. Hopewell Presbytery. We publish with much pleasure the pro ceedings of the Presbytery, assembled at t e request of the Rev. Mr. Rogers, to investigate certain rumors in circulation prejudicial to his character. We participate in the feeling of gratification which pervades our community, that an affair, which has caused so much pain ful exc tement, has terminated honorably to all parties. We are not at all anxious to know more than appears in the published proceed ings, which will leave nothing more to be call ed for in the minds of any. It has been a most unpleasant controversy, bat it has terminated pleasantly, and therefore w» say, “ peace to its ashes.” Cotoosa Springs. We refer the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Messrs. Battey, Hickman & McDonald, in another column. We will take occasion in a future number to dwell more fullv upon the qualities of these Springs, and the charming scenery in their vicinity. Enlargement of Society.—We are plea sed to notice by the arrivals from sea on Satur day, the appearance of some fifty or sixty of the fairer sex in full blood. They are from all quarters—some from Yankee-land, others from John Bull country, and quite a constellation from merrv France. One Frenchman brings twenty—all, they say, beautiful! The bay was dotted by flotillas of young men, on the announcmei|t 'of this extraordinary importation. [ —[California paper. Southern Rights Meeting. A very large and respectable meeting of the citizens of Richmond county, agreeably to previous notice, assembled at the City Hall, on the evening of the 4th, to consider the pro ceedings of the Nashville Conveniion. On motion of John Phinizy, Jr., Esq., Mar tin M. Dye, Esq., and Dr. I. P. Garvin, were called to preside, and Jno. C. Snead and Geo. G. McWhorter, Esqs., were requested to act as Secretaries. After the object of the meeting was an nounced by one of the presiding officers, it was addressed in a very eloquent and spirited manner, by Andrew 11. 11. Dawson, Esq., one oi the Delegates to the Nashville Con vention from the Bth Congressional District. The absence of Dr. McWhorter, the other Delegate, was excused to the meeting, on ac count of his continued ill-health. The large court room of the City Hall was I crowded almost to suffocation, and the passa ges and yard were filled with persons, who could not gain an entrance. Many ladies gra ced the meeting with their presence. James M. Smythe, E»q., being called upon by the meeting to address it, excused himself •n account of the great heat of the room, and the continued detention of the ladies within and without the Hal), in so unpleasant a situ ation. He proceeded, however, after a few prefatory remarks, to move the following Res olutions, approving of the proceedings of the Convention at Nashville, which were passed almost unanimously—but a single voice in the negative being i card by the assembly at large, and only one or two other voices, in a low tohe, being said to be neard by those in their ’immediate neighborhood. 1 Resolved, That we cordially approve of the zeal, fidelity, and ability, with which the delegates of Georgia maintained the rights and honor of the State and the south, in the South ern Convention. , ~ , 2 Resolved, That the address and resolu tions of the Convention, embodying, as they do, impregnable arguments and constitutional principles, elicit our highest approbation; and that we will cheerfully, warmly, and deter minately sustain the conclusions at which it arrived. „ t 3. Resolved, That the so called compromise of the Committee of Thirteen, whether in its support of the fraudu ent admission of Cali fornia into the Union, or its abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia, or its fugitive slave bill, so arranged as to invade the sovereignty of the States by legislation upon the subject of Slavery within their limits—or sits deceptive schemes of establishing territorial governments for Utah and New Mexico, with a nominal exclusion of the Wilmot 1 roviso, but its practical application to the territories, or its unblushing sacrifice of Southern politi cal power, in proposing the monstrous scheme ofapprop iating a large sum of money, say ten or fifteen millions of dollars, to purchase of the slave State of Texas 125,000 square miles of her territory to add it to New Mexico and increase, by false pretences the anti-sla very power of the country, ought not to receive the sanction of the people, whose rights, whose sovereignty, whose honor, and whose safety will be involved inits consummation and adop 11C Resolved, That the policy of Gen. Tay lor, in admitting California and New Mexico into the Union at once, and the other territo ry as soon as possible, exhibits an utter dis regard of precedent, justice, equal and consti tutional rights, and the future prosperity and security of the south, and deserves to receive the resolute and scornful opposition of every friend of the south. 5. Resolved, That the Rio Grande, frem its mouth to its source, is the western boundary of Texas, to whicli she has a perfect chain of title; and any act of the government of the U. States, in aid of New Mexico, in her prepos terous pretensions to portions of Texan terri tory east of that river, would bean outrage upon the sovereignty of Texas, and, on tl e government, a faithless act of ty- wfoch have been taken by proclamation of Col Mon roe at Santa Fe, and subsequent proceedings, to dismember Texas by violence, and estab lish a State constitution (preparatory to ad mission into the Union) for the people of New Mexico, when there are not fifteen hundred American citizens in the whole territory, and the other inhabitants are a mongrel mixture of several races, t o debased in ignorance, stu pidity and vice, as to be utterly unprepared to take position as a State in our federal Union. 7. Resolved, That in this new difficulty be tween New Mexico and the Administration on the one hand, and Texas on the other, our sympathies are warmly enlisted in favor of Texas by every regard which should be bad for right, justice, and the good faith of the United States. 8. Resolved, That the act of Col. Monroe, whether perpetrated by his own will, or under orders from those in authority at Washington, is an outrage and insult, not alone to Texas, but to the whole South and should be resist ed by both in common. 9. Resolved, That the North has wronged the South without excuse or justification, and exhibiting as yet no disposition to relax .her aggressions, the latter owes it to her honor, and her safety, to resist them now, “ at all hazards, and to the last extremity.” 10. Resolved, That for the sake of the Union and as an oblation upon its altar to procure peace and reconciliation between the North and the South, notwithstanding we be lieve the Missouri compromise was a great con cession on the part of the South, still we would meet the North upon that line, with a distinct understanding that slavery should have a free and unmolested admission to the territory South of it. 11. Resolved, That as a means of arousing the people of the South to a full sense of their danger, and of protecting their rights, Asso ciations or Clubs should be formed in every county of the State and the South, for the purpose of procuring unity of action and dis seminating light among the people. On motion of John Phinizy, Jr., E«q., Resolved, That this meeting adjourn to meet on next Saturday week, ‘or the purposes men tioned in the last resolution; and that the ciiy papers be requested to publish ths proceedings of this mee ing. I. P. GARVIN, ) r .. M.M. DYE, J Chmn ' John C. Snead, / Secretaries. Geo. G. McWhorter, $ Letter from Judge Sharkey. Jackson, Mi., 21st June, 1850. To the Editor of the Mississippi Southron : Dear Sir:—An opinion expressed by me in a letter to the Hon. H. S. Foote, approving the plan of compromise introduced into the Senate by the committee of thi. teen, is being used as evidence that the South would be con tent with the terms of the compromise. That opinion may receive an undue weight from the circumstance that I was chosen President of the Nashville Convention, and the inference may be drawn that a majority of the delegates concurred in approving the c mpromise. The reverse, however, is true. The compromise had but few friends in the Convention. And that no opinion of mine may be used to de stroy, ist any degree, the force of the action of the Convention, a further explanation may be necessary. The letter was written at a time when it was believed by me, as well as by others, not only here but elsewhere, that the Convention move ment would result in a total failure. Some of the States had declined to appoint delegates ; it was believed the delegates appointed by oth ers would not attend, and everywhere great opposition was manifested towards the mea sure. It seemed impossible to rally the South in vindication of her rights. The advices from Washington City seemed to dispel any hope of a creditable Convention, and a failure could have no other effect than to encourage the ag gressions on the South. It was also believed that the Compromise was the best that could possibly be obtained ; so, indeed, I was distinctly informed. Under such circumstances I wrote the letter referred to, in reply to one which contained but a syl labus of the Compromise, not having seen the details of the measure. But, in expressing that opinion, I did not intend to admit that the South was entitled to nothing more. My opi nions on the subject of our rights are too well known. I trust, to be the subject of doubt. I had repeatedly declared that the South was en titled to an equal portion of the new territories. Sinco that letter was written, the Nashville Convention has met. Its enemies have been disappointed, and its friends gratified. It is now seen that the South is alive to her inte rests and her rights. Tho Convention was called for the purpose of enabling the South ern States to consult together, and to know each other’s sentiments. After full delibera tion, the Convention, by undivided opinion, re solved that the South was entitled at least to claim to have the Missouri Compromise line extended to the Pacific, which would give her a part of California. This plan received my cordial support. It was the one for which I had indicated a pre ference before 1 left for the Convention. Il recommends itself by its entire justice. Inttns the South is yielding more than ought to be demanded of her, hut for the sake of harmo ny she may with propriety accede to It. I did not go into the convention with any other mo tive than to preserve our rights by acting in concert wilh others, and was fully prepared to act in a spirit of compromise; and whatever opinions I may have entertained or expressed, I am now under obligations to carry out the views of the Conveniion. Every man who went into it was at least impliedly bound to abide by its action ; and this obligation is the more cheerfully admitted by me, as all its measures seemed to have in view a due re gard for the Union and the preservation of the Constitution. And 1 trust the whole South will unite, in a spirit of firm determina tion, to insist upon the line of compromise which we have recommended. This shall be my course, and I hope by pursuing it to accomplish the preservation of the Union un impaired. It is proper to state that my opin ions were freely communicated here as well as at Nashville, and I make this communica tion not to vindicate myself against the charge of inconsistency—l am wholly indifferent on that subject—but solely for the purpose of ' placing the action of the Convention m its true light. Your ob’t. serv’t, W. Ju. Shark Saiitiivrii Convention. REMARKS OF MR. COLQUITT. Mr. Colquitt, said the resolutions were tame enough in all conscience. We in the South, he said, have for years been engaged in plan ing schemes for partv aggrandizement, and it was time for this to cease. Men should speak out what they felt. Let the rights of the South be really infracted, and he did not know the Southern Slate or the humblest man in the ranks who would not come up and face the politicians. He was willing to have mar gin enough incorporated in the report to suit the views of gentlemen who might wish to address the people, but he was for decided measures. He would advise every Southern State to go to moulding bullets, casting can non, und filling their arsenals, if need be, in order to defend tneir rights. Was he a Dis unionist? The Union, ho would say could not be destroyed, but he was not for tame sub mission! The Union was dear alike to all. North and South; and if the people North loved the Union as he did, il would be preserved. But every man, woman and child, Sou'h of the Potomac, was willing to die for their rights. It seemed to resolve itselfinto this, at lust if he . just exactly did know how much to ask for in the settlement of this controversy, and he . could get what he so desired, the Almighty knew he would ask for just that much and no more. ... , Mr. C. illustrated his position by a humor ous story in substance—that a fellow in Geor gia had purchased a new pair of “gallowses, and wished for an opportunity to display them. At a muster therefore, he pretended he wished to finht [in order to get a chance to pull off his coat] But it proved to be a fight sure enough and the mover in it got whipped. Mr. C. hoped the Delegateshad not come to the Con vention to show their “gallowses!” He did not want any dodging either, and he hoped that every delegate would take the ■ bilitv and come out over his owtl name in what he did. . He was briefly and handsomely replied to by Messrs. Mcßea and Stuart, of Mississippi, and Jud«e Hunter of Alabama, having secured the floor, on motio , the convention adjourned to half past four o’clock. Afternoon Session.—Judge Hunter hav in<T the floor, proceeded to reply to the remarks of Mis Colquitt. He regretted the necessity ~t...h I-Jlnd nor nvnvl cowardice conveyed in the speech of the gen tieman from Georgia. Men rose here to talk flippantly of their love for the Union, while raising their hands to tear it to tatters. He would ask, was there no other man here but himself devoted to the preservation of the Union/ Was it to be expected that the Con vention would adopt views which not one in ten or one in fifty of the people would sustain? He came here with a heartfull of the spirit and the temper of compromise, and he accepted the resolutions without a word of dissent al though they did not fill his ideas fully; altho’ they did not agree with the positions assumed in all of them. He stood there as the sole representative of his Congressional District, and as such he was willing, notwithstanding his objections, to take the Resolutions present ed by his colleague. But did the Address cor respond with the Resolutions—was it based upon it? It should have been fitted for the Resolutions, and was it so fitted ? No, it was not! They had gone in the Address beyond the limits of the Resolutions. He would say to the author of the Address, whoever he might be that it was calculated to work evil at home—to inflame the passions of the people. Although there were not many here who agreed with him, yet there were more per haps, than gentlemen might think; and they who differed had the courage to declare them selves. Before he could see disunion carried out he was against the Address and for the “Compromise” a thousand times over.— [Stamping in the gallery tn approbation ] There, said Judge H., was the voice that cheered him on—that would continue to cheer him on. He disagreed with those who drafted the Address, in rela ion to the portion that re lated to California especially, and the Address characterized the Compromise of the Commit tee ot Thirteen as a comprehensive scheme of emancipation. [Here Gen. Gordon explained that this portion had been stricken out. Judge H. accepting the explanation.] Other ex pressions and portions of the Address were objectionable, other positions were overstated. Such action was calculated to exercise a bad influence at Washington and to awaken the passions of the people, which he considered to be wrong. He would pay his humble tribute of admiration to the gentleman from Missis sippi (Mr. Mcßae,) for his noble conduct here to-day, and for himself, he repeated, he would take the compromise a thousand times in pre ference to disunion. Mr. Winston, of Alabama, sai he arose to express his dissent to nearly all that had fallen from his colleague on this occasion. He had heard too much about the Union —the glorious Union ! but when it became an instrument of oppression, then it became infamous. He did not care for the demonstrations —the stamping in the galleries, it did not move him. His health would not permit him to make a • peech, but coming as he did, from the same State, he could not be silent. Mr. Newton said he had not intended to speak on the occasion. His colleague and friend (Mr. Gholson) had asked, however —if in case the Compromise Bill was passed, would he be willing to dissolve the Union ? He had no right to put such a question. He himself was not, however, for timid counsels, any more than for rash ones. What was the fact with regard to the proposed Compromise? Why, five out of six of the propositions were in favo- of the Norlh. Was that a compro mise which proposed to take for a single free State nine hundred and sixty miles on the shores of the Pacfic, cutting us out forever from all the commerce of Asia and that quar ter of the world, and confining us to our own shores here at home ? The day had passed when he knew the distinctions of party, in common parlance, and South, there ought not to be any distinctions recognised between Whig and ’ lemocrat on these questions. He had fought for Whig principles with all the ardor of his nature ; but he could tell party leaders that party ties were broken, and they must look to the people hereafter for guidance He came from the county which was the birth-place of Washington, and in that county they recognized no distinction of sentiment up on th"! questions which had brought him there He yet hoped that his friend and colleague and himself would go home to co-eperate in measures, withstanding the slight differen ces of opinion now existing between them. Curiosities for the Museum. A secret society composed of ladies. The coat-sleeve of an arm of the sea. A lock of hair from the head of navigation. A beefsteak cooked in a “ blazejtf jjlory - 1 Key to a lock of Clams from the “ sea of troubles,” Ravellii'gs from the web of circumstances. Teeth from the mouth of the Kentucky cavern. Slippers made on the last of summer. A map of the land of dreams. Stem to the pipe of peace. The shadow of a doubt pieserved in a small phial. Silver buckles from the knees of a ship. An apple from the “tree of knowledge.’ Splinters from a beam of light. Seeds from the apple of the c y e , - , Part of Ihe “bone of contention.” MARRIED- In this city, on Thursday evening, 27th June, by the Rev. Mr. Pierce, Mr. EdwardC. Thompson to Miss Margaret A. Philpot. In Muscogee county, on the 2l}!fc lfft., the residence of Wm. . Rockmore, by R. i W. Carnes, Esq., Mr Thomas Hunt of Jones 1 county, to Mrs. Mary Renfroe. If DIED, W In Columbus, on the 24ih ult. 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