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m \ liM nmtwwujfr fEtral BV SIIEKWOOD & LONG. VOL. XXL H jpamili? Xrtospapcr-—Srbotrti to Hitcrature, Agriculture, fttamifacturrs, OTommcrcc, anti itttsccllanrous Hcaoing. GKEENSBOEOUaH, 1ST. C, FEBRUAEY 24=, I860. TERMS—$2.00 IN ADVANCE. NO. 1075. J BUSINESS CARDS. C. HEDCiECOtR, A' , Lexington, K C. Feb. 1«, ATTORNKY AT LAW, 1858. 'J72 tf. v»*lE«i A. LOXG, ATTORNEY AT LAW, I*-™1, GBEEN8BOROUOH, N. C. G-. L. MEENLEY, LEXINGTON, N. C v»R. A. A. HILL, liroB"TII & ITLEf, COMMISSION AND \\ forwarding Merchants, Fayelteville, N. C. . »l|.->» E. THOM having turned his attention I^JeOOSE AND SIGN PAINTING, respectfully .i;,.;.. the public, patronage. " „.;,,. ough, October, 1859. 57 tf O. IIIIOKK]!. P Cr- 0 CD (LMV r IL-HiT' J- *• K"AK1'- u- m"1*-*-"- • ^ FHtlEB. FOARD & HOOKER, lMI'OR- K .. .,,.1 wholesale GROCERS, (except liquors)! * »j*nl*PRODUCE, and GENERAL COMMISSION VtR« IHNTS, NEWBERN, S. • . jan 10-09 3m. June ln ltl59. - n UIERS, Commission Mi-reliant, mj j. >IOOKI', Formerly of Stokes county N. \ OLD COtrSIT WHARF. _ _ 1YI . C , with M KAKLAN I), T ATM AN & CO., Ini- 4d ly Xenbern, X. C, •• »,e prompt attention to all business entrusted to "** December 16, 1869. lypd porters ami wholesale dealers in FOREIGN and DO-MESTIC DRV GOODS, No. -JIT Market Street and 234 Church Alley, between Second and Third Streets, ....... r. i .VIPCTMVVV J. 15. M'Farland, i PHILADELPHIA. { » Berghauser, J- >- . ( II ;.BS. COFFIN > COBLE, JAM .MOWN ,_ p ^^ ; JMl20-6n. J R C Oldbam II .% r. have associated themselves together for the *__ * frLo* of'PRACTK'lNG MEDICINE in all its various •m»ra|C|1CN an(| Jewelry.—Having located In J^nche*. Special attention given to SURGERY. Of-. fT Leakwille, N. C, I respectfully offer to the pub- f".e* e a.t KV. BIt- Dllpepnoott.. FFeebb.. 118855'9.'.. 24 tf. i lir crimpi-alK- a well .ii.luelnd xlnek nf fine f'lll.t) >\!1 « JAMES K. HALE, HAVING REMOVED [oflreensborough, N. ('., offers his Professional , .'. ,V the public. Office on West Market Street, Lttabouse recently occupied as a residence by Hon. 1 ka.\ Gtoer. February, 1858. 978 tt i4» (OPARTSEBSIIIP.--J j ii f. CALDWBU, Grccnsborough, N. ... -'.:■ ;themselves in the practice of the ,*-.-. fGuilford county, will promptly »••»•■ ;..:.,-.,-iitmsted to their care. Jan. 1858. fOIIV W. PAYNE, ■l,..v.ne loca lie generally selected stock of GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, with a large assortment oi DBto.fJlr*e-e"ns*b'o*ro■u»g•h,■?V.'*.V.,* J*of^fe"rs" h\"is"n1'"rort'e"s-s.ionali FASHIONABLE JEWELRY. Those wishing to pur- ( „ . mc as am . ,i._ nnM>M (»ffi«o An Woct Market Street. , , , - , t • , , dent that lean please in both, article and price. Jtay Watches, Clocks and Jewelrv carefullv repaired and warranted. (timjan20) BENTON J. FIELD. . A. LONG & C, having law, in the ■ « :•. tUford attend to all for DURABILITY and BEAUTY are taken in Lockets, Pins and Cases, to suit the tastes and purses of all.— Having permanently located in Greens-borough, they confidently expect a liberal patronage. ££&" Call and examine Specimens, and learn the Prices. Rooms formerly occupied by A. Starrett, sec-ond story of Garrett'a brick building. Wist Market St , Greensborough, N. C. Sept., 1859. 53 tf SHKRWOOD. JAMK8 A. LONG. SHERWOOD & LONG, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. TERMS: -S'i.OO A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. RatCH of Advertising* ONE dollar per square for the first week, and twenty-five cents fer every week thereafter. TWELVE LINES OK LESS making a square. Deductions made in favor of standing matter as follows : 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 TEAR One square S3 50 $5 50 $8 00 Two squares ".. 7 00 10 00 14 00 Three " 10 00 15 00 20 00 LETTER PROM MR. RIVES. The subjoined letter, addressed by Mr. Hives to a friend, on the important public questions oi the day, has been handed to us for publication, and we take pleasure in lay-ing it before our readers: CASTLE IIII.I., 27th Jan. 18G0. Jlv DEAB SIR :—You ask me for my opin-ions as to the Irno character ot the present cris'S in the condition of the country, the cir-cumstances which have produced or aggra-vated it, and the line of conduct it becomes Icry is now opened,and Cameotypes,Melaino- | ns ol Virginia to pursue, with reference to types, and AMBK<ITVPES. which cannot be surpassed \\r (.IHI\M:I.I/S PlMtograpMcCUU- I •I having permanently located in Greensborougt i » Uitend the Courts of Randolph Davidson and i 11 -Land prompllv attend to the collection of a -tamgrbK(H,in his hands. Jan. 9, 1867. '.'1 •> " N. ml fall l.R.W. P. PVCII 's PERMANENTLY SET- \) tied in HIGH POINT, S C, where he will Live fc,undivided attention to the duties of his profession. jijecial attention given to Obstetrics ami the Diseases : RTomen and Children. July. 1869. s. 18tf •i|4.Vs& IIARDEE, PRODUCE COMMIS-Jl -• n Merchants. 1'etersburp, * a. fy Liberal CASH advances made upon consign- MBta, when desired. Sept. 28,1859. 646m ir H 1LLM •'■ "■ CI.ARK. 4 LLKV kCLlRK. COMMISSION MEH-A CHANTS,Wllml»St»«,M.C. Prompt per-sonal attention giv.i, to consignments of Nival stores, Cotton or other Country Produce, for sale or shipment. Dealers in Lime. Plaster, Cement. Hair, &c. January 20, 1869. ly Al». 8PERRY, of .\orth Carolina, . With VVM GRAYDON ^ CO., Importers and Jobber of Ory f.OOdM, M PARK PLACE, and 41 BARCLAY STREET. — YorU.^;.1^ las Graydon. ) Nwrpber, 185R. Xew tf ; m liiiWI-ANl). I W. D. RKVNiil.ns. I J. II. ROWLAND. ROWLAXD & REYWOED8, SUCCESSORS to Anderson & Reynolds, Grocers and I ommisaion Merchants, NORFOLK, Va. J6gr Pay partiouUur at-tention to the sale oi* Flour, Grain, Tobacco, etc.. avoid-ing unnecessary charges, and rendering prompt re-tarns. December, 1867. 068 tf I.iALL FASUIOMS—Slrn. Sarah 4dams will open on Saturday the 8th instant, her large t "s •.' Ht.iiiM Is. ItihlMMis. Fir went, Ru-rbeN, Kf., which for cheapness ami beauty, shall Hot he #urti»<sed in this or any other market. BurnettmmFIFTY CENTS toTWENTY DOLLARS. OwaeracalL October 4, 1869 60tf 1 IE\I\<iTO\ JEW EERY STORE.— i Ihe subscriber has on hand the fine GOLD LE-VER WATCHES mannfactured by Johnson of Liver- MsLand Dixon of London. Also, the Silver Lever U '".« and common Virpe Watch, with a variety OI •'-'iFXRY ol all descriptions. All of which will be * liewforc ish. Watchesof all descriptions repaired- ;tf GKOIIOK RILKY. tm m. m OTT. WILL. I.. BCOTT. L-COTT & SCOTT, ATTORNEYS AND CODN-f* eelloTs at Law, - - GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, Win attend the Courts of Gnilford, Alamance, Ran- Wph, Davidson, Porsythand Rockinpham All claims ntrosted to them for collection, will receive prompt MTentioa. Office on North Street, fourth door from Liadsay's comer. RJ.MI:M>I:MI*I.I>. LAND AGENT, WILL • select and enter Government Land. Locate Land "unata, make investments for capitalists at Western Mta, Bay taxes, and transact a general real estate bu- ■•:.—•. iu Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. Address, BianeapoGs, Minnesota. Btference:—Hon. J. M. Morchead. George C. Men-i--.:...'.. i'. • Walter Gwynn and Hon John A. (iilmer. X*| io. 1856. 888 tf Sttt'L, ii. THOMAS has removed his HAR-NESS SHOP to the rooms recent'y occupied by F-M.UU.KI!-. Esq., two doors North of LINDSAY'S tare,and immediately opposite the New1 unit House, wlinefae will be pleased to receive calls from hi- old fc&dsand the public generally. It is his intention tekeep constantly on hand a GOOD ASSORTMENT Ht:iM>S. and other articles in I] s line, which !'».... r ■ iscd to sell on reasonable terms. January 20, 1869. >'.»tf JAMES >I. EDHET. 141 * haiiU»«-r»-.«*l. Ne* fork, bays every kind of Merchandise on the he*terms, and forwards for -1 per cent, commission. Dealer iu Pianos, Parlor Organs, Organ Melodeons, •■■ iodeons, ll trpB, Gaitara, Stools, Covers, Music, etc, *--'.oale and retail. All Instruments warranted. '■■•'. for "Lindsay's Patent Pump," Garden Kn-fine, etc. Circulars ol Instruments and Pumps sent free, i.ti application. Refers to John A. Gilmer, ('. V Mendenhall, U. L. Swain, and others. 950 LMLC. 18ft8! Ilamillon x Brahai, *- IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS. Are now prepared to oiler on the tno-t fai orable terms. ••WHOLESALE BUYERS, a large stock of For- *lKn and l>unie«lir l>ry Woods, selected *|th treat care for the Fall & Winter Trade. •' ■ † †lor variety, beauty, and its adaptation to :he XORTH CAROLINA. VIRGINIA. AND TENNESSEE TRADE. will be found second to none. Buyers from all sections ' - - ■ ited to a close and rigid examinatioi of our Stock, ;• ■'•- fee. No. 60 SYCAMORE STREET, Beptembei 10. Petersburg Va. A. PLUHNER, IMPORTER AND DEAL- I er in In >i-.(i and American HARDWARE, SADDLERY HARDWARE. AND CAKlilACri: MATERIALS, No. 10 Bollingbrook Street. (SIGH Or THE KEY) .Nh.XT DOOK TO LIBRARY HALL, PETERSBURG, 14. teg-ALL GOODS SOLD AT NEW YORK PRICES. Jnne 1. ls-">9. 38 lypd OTTO IBI 'i»:it, J K W CLLER A V O WATCH-MAKER, Wesl Market. GBEESSHOBO' N. C . has on hand and is receiving a splendid and wen selected slock of fine and fashionable Jewelry of every description, among which may be found several magni-ficient sets of coral Jewelry. He lias also a stock of tine Gold and Silver Watches. All repairing done in the BEST MANNER and war-ranted. All persons purchasing Jewelry, would do well to call on him before purchasing elsewhere, as he is confident that he can sell as good bargains as can be bought in this market. August 1st. 1868. 99b' tf. | <RO«KK & ItAKKR'S SI.»VI\Ci MA-VH CHINES—The attention of Housekeepers Seam-stresses. Dress-makers and Tailors, is invited to the unrivalled excellence of Ul'Oier ii. Baker's Sewing Machines They are simple in construction efficient and durable in operation, beautiful in model and finish, and applicable alike to families or mauufac-turi 8. The company feel confident that their Machines are the best ever offered to the public, and refer for confir-mation of this opinion to the thousands of families who have used them. Price from $60 to $126. J. R. i J. SLOAN, Agents. September 28, 1858 3 tf IkiUl.s AND HEDII IXES! PORTER & GORRELL, (SCCCESSOBS TO T. I. PATRICK.) Wholesale and Kelail Di-Mii-risl-. Are prepared to execute orders tor Drugs and Medicines, and all articles pertaining to the Drug Business, with neatness, accuracy and dispatch. With large and im-proved arrangements for business, and with a very larije stock on hand, which has been selected with unu-sual care, we feel satisfied that we can offer inducements to physicians and others who may give us a call. Physicians WOO buy from us can rely on having their on ers filled with pure and reliable Drugs. Special at-tention will be sncii £o orders. April 15. J. r. HOWLETT. W. HOWEETT & SON, DENTISTS, Re-spectfully offer their professional services to the and all others who may de-ll their teeth in the most J. W. BOWLETT, !». citizens oi Grecnsborougl sire operations performed approved, modern and scientific manner. They are amply qualified to perform all and every operation per-taining in any way to Dental Surgery, unsurpassed for ability or beauty. The Senior of the firm has in his possession Diplomas Iroui the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Ameri-an Society of Dental Surgeons, and Dr. S. S. Fitch of Philadelphia, and has been in the regular practice ot the profession for over twenty years. They have furnished their Operating rooms on West Street" I wo doors above the BK1TTA1N IIOFSE, in a handsome and comfortable manner for the reception of Ladies, where one of the firm may always be found.— Ladies will be wailed on at their residences if desired. June 28, is:>ii. 837 excitements of the country, and like the same moral elements elsewhere, are constitution-ally and proverbially slow to act, began at length to be as much startled at the develop-ments that were taking place around them, as the people of the Southern States them-selves had been. The great communities of Philadelphia, Boston, and New York, in the order in which I name them, held solemn and overflowing assemblages, such as have not been witnessed before by the present genera-tion. in which they denounced, in terms ofjust and unmitigated abhorrence, the crime com-mitted against the safety of a sister State and the peace of the Union ; rebuked its apolo-gists and sympathisers with a noble and vir-tuous indignation; tendered earnest assur-ances of fraternity and support to the people and authorities of Virginia; and proclaimed, in loyal and manly language, their fidelity to the Constitution, and their determination to fulfil each and all of its obligations and pledges. An uninterrupted succession of similar meetings has continued lo be held since at various points in the interior of the North-ern States, at which the same sentiments of horror and indignation at the unnatral and treasonable crime committed,of fraternal at-tachment to the other States, and of loyalty to the constitution and its covenants, are re-iterated, if possible, with oven an intensor fervor—showing that the nearer wo approach to the great central heart of the nation, the stronger are the pulsations for the mainten-ance of the L'nion, in the spirit of mutual confidence and affection in which it was founded by our fathers* These moro recent manifestations, I cannot but believe, should be taken as the true ex-pression of the sense of a large majority of our fellow-citizens of the Northern States.— Why should it not be BO? Those States have a deep stake in the peace and harmony ol the Union. Their industry, their trade, their manufactures, their navigation are foe lered by an unshackled intercourse with the South, and thrive by the abundant and in-creasing productions of the latter. It is, too, the common government of the Union which ensures to their principal branches of enter-prise and employments of capital, the protec-tion and encouragement they need, and by which they have grown up to their present immense development. With a sensible and sagacious people, as they arc, neither the delusions of a morbid fanaticism nor the arts of political ambition can long produce a state of blindness to their true interests and their plighted obligations. They may bo led away, tor a time, by facti-tious excitements ; bat when those excite-ments havo run their brief course, tilth a people can never bo brought to believe, in so-ber earnest, that there is an "irrepressible conflict" between two systems ot labor, which have, for so extended a period, been tributary to each other's wants and minister-ed to prosperity. Nor can such North and the South. With re-1 a people be drilled into the absurd hallucina-latter, the developments of opin-1 (.ion of supposing that their preferred social institutions at home, resting under the invio-lable shield of their own sovereign choieo, arc in any danger of subversion by a domes-tic institution of another part of the confed-eracy, essentially quiescent and non aggres-sive, and asking for itself only immunity from the unlawful interference of others. It is obvious that a re action has already commenced in the public mind of tlio North, with regard to that delicate social question which has, of late, been so wantonly used by politicians as the instrument of sectional ag-itation and strife. The people thero must now sec the natural fruits of this agitation, in the bloody and revolting tragedy at Har-per's Ferry ; in the growing and dangerous dissensions between the two great divisions of the confederacy; and in the inevitable tendency of those dissensions, if longer con-tinued, to undermine the foundations of the Union itself. They will not, therefore, de-liberately make themselves accessory, before or after the fact, to a courso of action fraught with ruin to their own interests, as well as the overthrow of all those generous hopes bound up with tho great American experi-ment of free Republican institutions. Let us await with dignity and coolness, then, the progress of events. Let us not check by unseemly violence, by denuncia-tions of secession and disunion, the steady advance of that salutary re-action which is pale of the constitutional authority of the States. Wise and proper at all times, the crisis demands then DOJT. It remains for us to consider how the ques-tion, whic'i has produced these fatal divisions in the o. nitty, should bo dealt with upon the national torn to. All must see that or ganized sectional parties, founded upon a question \ so sensitive as this in all its rela-tions, ara a standing menace to tho Union. They hang over the country like dark and the wise and proper remedy for existing evils, she ought in candor to say so. And if such is her opinion, why should her repre-sentatives make her a party to a sectional convention proposed primarily and avowedly with a view to secession as tho true and only practical remedv ? To my mind, thero are two obvious and conclusive objections againnt the acceptance of the invitation. Tho first is that, upon an issue of so vital a character as that in con-angry clouds, which threaten, by their out-1 templation, the people of Virginia should be T^nu itan*. ARCH STREET ABOVE THIRD, Philadelphia. Terms—$1.50 per day. - 1 KEEP CONSTANTLY ON ip, two ini!es Noiih of James- RULE «;i vs. i. at my si "'•». a supply of Superior Itillc (iuns, which *ill he sold at reasonable prices. As an evidence ot T skill, and the excellence of my work. I will men-t'uathat one of my RIFLES TOOK THE PREMIUM :;' ' 31 lie f'.iir a"? Raleigh last week. My address is Jamestown, GoUford county, N. C. A. LAMB N-_ R.—Persons sending orders by mail, should he I»avtiou!ar in the direction of their tellers, to avoid con-tusion or mistakes. A. L. "•- ibei 28, 1859. ly N>1. MARTIN, IIIIO. A CO., GROCERS % AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No 18», The undersigned having purchased the interest of his former partner, Mr. Evans, in the above MOTEL, would call the attention of the public to its convenien-ces for those visiting Philadelphia eiihei for business or pleasure Its situation being but a few steps from the principal avenues of trade. onVrs inducements to those on busi-ness; while to those in search of pleasure, the con-stantly passing and repfSing rail way cars and those in close proximity, aiioid A pleasant rule for the mere nominal sun of half dime to all places ol" interest in or aboul the city. The Proprietor gives assurance that The l'nion shall be kept with such character as will meet public approbation, and would respectfully solicit NORTH CAROLINA PATRONAGE. UPTON S. NEWCOMER, Proprietor Angnst 18. 1859. 4!My \ | IlX-WRICillTIXU &, MACHINERY " THOS.C. HAM. Keniersvillc, IV. C, j Would respectfully announce to the public that he is prepared to put up all kinds ol Mill-Work tllltl kiiiilrcri Machinery on the most APPROVED PLANS, with neatness, durability, and dispatch.— ! Having had several years experience in the business, ! he feels coiihdeiit of being able to give entire satisfac- , tion to all who may favor him with their patronage. He would further say that he is AGENT for the I sale ol" all kinds of Mill-Building .Materials, sacfa as French Burr, Cologne. E^opus, and Cocalico Mill Stone our own safety and interest, as well as to our duties as a member of the confederacy. Well knowing how little weight these opin-ions are entitled to, I, nevertheless, give them to you without reserve. I am not one of those who think it either a safe or rational way of meeting the dan-gers of the State, an}" more than other dan-gers, to underrate and make light of them. A great and resolute statesman* has told ns, that "an early and provident fear"—(not an tin pre pined and flurried consternation, when the danger is upon us,) "is the mother ol safety." Let us, then, without exaggeration on tlie one hand or extenuation on the other, endeavor to take the true measure of recent occurrences. The affair at Harper's Ferry, wicked as it was in its conception and atrocious in its de-signs, as well as savage and revolting in the ■ †• * a • t means provided tor its execution, cannot be adequately judged in an isolated point of view, ll bad both its antecedents and its consequents. In regard to the former, it seemed but the logical acting out of the bit-ter denunciations which, for years past, havo been systematically indulged against tho do-mestic institutions ot the South—a prelimi-nary rehearsal of that universal and "irre-pressible conflict," proclaimed to exist, in the nature of things, between the social sys- e(j i0 each other's prosperity terns of the sped to the iuii and feeling, which immediately followed the bloody inroad, were far more startlin than the tierce denunciations which prepared the way lor it. It was certainly not unreasonable to ex-pect, when a crime ot the deepest atrocity had been committed against the peace antl safety ol a sister .State of the confederacy, marked by every circumstance of cold-blood-ed treachery, and leading, in its consequen-ces, to unmentionable horrors, that but one voice of indignant reprobation would havo been heard through the land. But, instead of that, meetings, more or less numerous, were held in several of the States, in which, if the crime was not openly approved, the criminal was applauded and sympathized with; and a portion of the political press, or-dinarily representing largo masses of public opinion, joined in the unnatural apotheosis, proclaiming not only the supernal honors, but the impunity of the offender. Hardly had these first demonstrations of popular meetings anil the Press, in which halted and denunciations of the South were largely mingled with laudations ot tho can-onized hero of insurrection, conic to a pause, when an incendiary pamphlet, abounding in virtual incitements lo civil as well as servile war in the Southern States, was brought to light, and found to have been clothed with a recommendation and subscription for its cir-culation, signed by sixty-eight members, act-ual or recent, of Congress. That body soon alter assembled at Washington; and the first act ol its most numerous political party in one branch, wanting only a few votes of a majority of the whole House, was the delib-erate selection of one of tho signers of the above mentioned recommendation, for its standard-bearer and candidate for the Chair. To this nomination they have inflexibly ad-hered through a protracted and hitherto fruitless struggle of eight week's, without ov-er having si,own, so far as the public is in- viS"kcd~ It is one of tho characteristic ad formed, the slightest disposition to relent or vanla,P(,g 0f the federative system under burst, tc carry devastation to the face of nature an i all the bounties of providence.— "What," Mr. Maduou.askedat the era of the Missouri t estrictioo, "is to control these great repulsive masses from awful shocks against each Other," which may shake the Union to its centre, if not rend the Government in twain? Should such a party, founded on anti-socifli; sectional principles and sustained by exclusive sectional affiliations, ever ob-tain possession of tho Government by means of a domoant, geographical majority, it will be tho severest and most hazardous trial through which our institutions havo ever passed, or could, by possibility, pass. N<> good or tvise man should be willing lo see them put to such a test. It is of the highest importance, therefore, that tho question of slavery should be taken entirely out of the arena of national politics. It is, in itself, essentially a local and domes-tic question. There is but a single case in which the Constitution designed that it should be the subject of Congressional action, and that is to provide the mode by which the surren-der of fugitives is to bo enforced. With res pect to that, Congress has already performed its duty, and is so far funetus ojficio. In all other eases, and especially as to tho status of slavery in the common territories of the Union, the questions concerning it are legal questions, involving the application and construction of the laws and Constitu-tion of the country, and, or, such, are the proper subjects ot" judicial cognizance. In tho hands of tho judiciary, then, let these questions rest; and every good citizen should rejoice that a peaceful and enlightened um-pirage, elevated1 by its high character and the independence of its official tenure above the region of party passion and temporary excitements, has been provided by the Con-stitution for tho decision of questions at onco so delicate and so intricate. There then re-mains no other p actical question, with re-gard to slavery, but the action of the territo rial communities upon it when forming their Constitutions and asking to be admitted as sovereign States into tho Union ; and ir. re-lation to that, there is now a general agree-ment of all fair minds that the groat princi-no of nt JS- >r. now doing its office with large masses of the sober-minded and patriotic peoplo of the North, and which, there is ground to hope, will 'ere long, by the regular and peaceful action of the ballot-box, redress the griefs of which we have a right to complain. I mean time, there are resources tection and defence which the w our government has left within the control of the States, and which no reasonable mind can I blame us lor recurring to, after the warnings, | ovort and implicit, with which wc ha\ lelt perfectly free and uncommitted to decide for themselves, as it is their sovereign and exclusive right to do,—when the solemn cri-sis, demanding their decision and their ac-tion, shall arrive. The other is, that the ex-pedient of this convention, whilo likely to lead to no satisfactory result, and certain not to receive the concurrence of several of the slave-holding States with which Virginia, by juxta-position and community of interest, is most intimately connected, would yet serve to distract our attention, and prevent tho concentration of our efforts on other measures of both a more legitimate and a more efficient character. There are other views of this subjoet which deserve to be most maturely pondered.— Suppose it to be decreed that, owing to the unhappy and discordant passions of men— certainly by no necessary operation of tho system itself—this glorious union of confed-erate States, is to be broken up; what is to be the new order of things that will, proba-bly arise from its ruins J Speculations upon the dissolution of the Union are no novelty in ear political history. They were indulged before, as well as since, tho adoption of the present Federal Constitution. It has been hitherto supposed, with rare exceptions until recently, that, should the catastrophe of a a dissolution ever occur, three confederacies, ■A leas;, would have to be constructed out of the shattered fragments. As late as 1844. a distinguished Senator of South Carolina, Mr. McDutiic, on the floor of the Senate, presented a bena ideal ol tho new system, which, in his conception, would spring from the ashes ol the present; and ho gave us the perspective of three grand confederacies—a manufacturing confederacy, to consist of the Eastern und Middle States; a farming confederacy, of the Western ar.d Northwestern Slates; and a planting con-federacy, of tho Southern and Southwestern States. In this arrangement, it is evident that the able and eloquent Senator looked to industrial interests as of chief potency in controlling the permanent re-distribution of the States into new confederacies. Being at that time a member of tho Sen-ate, anc! called upon to present some views in opposition to those of the Senator of South by net. ive-it Beat been honorab'y distinguished, in ths *!» category of States, by the catholic iempe. their political action ; and that if a dinVrj-spirit has, sometimes, seemed to be ma ii ted by any other of tho North-western I der States, it is a departure from the nor lal condition of things and must needs be t m-porary. That the question of slavery has net he power to over-ride all other censiderat^ns in deciding the now affinities and relat "Mil of the States, in the event of a dissolution of the present Union, is farther evine the fact that this question has two diet aspects, in one of which it divides the nl holding States, as much as, inthoot . • unites them. Virginia is, by the profoun '» sentiments of her nature, as well as ly. tin* most sacred and honorable traditions >I;IKT history, committed to an inflexible srdj un-compromising opposition lo the revlvjl ot the African Slave Trade, which, it is frail known, has numerous and zealous advoi.ites in several of tho Southern States. If I ■ comes us, then, when invitod lo dissolve: the prosent Union, and enter into a sepiTrato confederacy of Southern Slates, to i it,uire how our associates in the new conft." irm y would be likely to stand on this fundnu u-tal question. What are tho sentiments ot South ' !i r di na and her neighbors with regard to i* '— Kuowing only that there is a poworli I • and apparently growing party in that M0|i the Union in favor of the re-opening ->t tlu- African Slave Trade, wo can but luke •rein-ing of the unquestionable historial I'm , thai South Carolina and Georgia, in the c Hi eii-tion which framed the pTCMOt Federa' t'on-stilution, made it tho express condition of their accession to tho Union, that there•»! mid be no prohibition of the Slave Trade !h lore 1808, and in ordor to oblain that ext; i- *ioi of time for the traffic, they entered lolasibar. gain with the Eastern States to surreii* rlo a majority in Congress the unrestricte Ijmw-errol regulating commerce; both of \ ioch provisions were steadily and zealously i ed by Virginia, and were the features i new constitution tho mosl dislustciul feelings and judgment.* There arc other points of divergen twocn Virginia and tho cotton BfaHl regard to the different systems ol police-respective situations and pursuits woi I evitably give rise to in u separate OOO • pics of American liberty and public law re- Carolina, for whom I ever cherished the quire that the new States, as well as the old shall be free to choose their domestic institu-tions for themselves, unshackled by the authority of Congress or any other interfer-ence whatever. Here, then, art plain intelligible principles of justice, common sense, and constitutional law, commending themselves to thejudg ments and feelings of all men, which close every door against the pernicious agitation of tho slavery question in tho National coun-cils. Let the Soiith be content to stand upon highest respect as well as the warmest per-sonal regard, I revolved in my mind, as thoroughly as I was capable Of doing, the saddening theme of a possible dissolution ol the Union, with the new affinities and rela-tions of the States that would he most likely to follow such a catastrophe. The remit of that careful consideration of the subject, in which all subsequent reflection has more and more confirmed me, was lhat, by whatever line the l'nion might bo violently severed iu the moment of an exasperating conflict on a these principles and abstain from putting ! sectional question connected with the domes-forward new and untenable pretensions, like that of demanding from Congress the enact-ment of slave-codes for the territories—a claim of no importance with reference to any state of things likely to arise, and serving tic institutions of a portion of the States, other and more operative considerations, re-sulting from physical and commercial laws, would and mils', decide tho ulterior rear-rangement ot the parts into new confedera- Ceuk and •elaware only to revolt tho feelings of the represent:!- cies. lives of tho non-slaveholding States—and ; Maryland, for example, to whom Virginia the good sense and loyalty and patriotism of j is indissolubly united, as their early history a large majority of tho peoplo everywhere, I proves, by the interests and necessities in-in spite of all tho efforts and arts of politi- j volvcd in the jurisdiction and use of the cians, will rally lo the standard of reason j broad navigable waters common to both, is and conciliation. We should thus see the j bound by similar ties, through the Chesa- £ommon nuisence of slavery agitation, which now disturbs the peace, and destroys the moral and political health otlho Union, soon abated by the spontaneous and concurrent action of the great body of the nation. There are but few. I trust, who would wish disunion for disunion's sake. Look through tho history of the world, and where shall we see, even as the slow growth of centuries, the samo spectacle of national power an develop-ment, ot public and privato prosperity, the widespread commerce, the flourishing manu-factures, the teeming agriculture, which have been nursed to maturity, in seventy short years, by the quickening and vivifying in-fluences of the American Uiiicn—installing, among the powers of the earth, a new and vigorous nation which already, in its early youth, makes the name of an American as • ."•-■•uiore .'Street, ivi« i Sinn■■-. Va. ■• M. MAKTUff, SOX & CO., COHH1SS1 () N M B ROHAN TS, Richmond, Va. *. W. WAltTIS, SK., »• * MAHTIS, •• K- MARTIN, ISO. TANNAIIILL. H. L. ri-IMMKII, JR., N. M. MARTIN, Jit. oi personal attention given to the sale of pro- «•• Orders for goods promptly filled,-^jj 40 ly even to oiler a less obnoxious candidates. I simply recite tacts, as they have trans-pired. My object is neither to color nor to discuss them. These facts made a most pro-found impression on the public mind—in Vir-ginia especially, where the recent outrage having been perpetrated, there was natural-ly more sensibility to the manifestations of public sentiment it elicited in other States. Grave and reflecting and devoted men, who bad ever cherished an unshaken attach-ment to the Union as the palladium of the rights and institutions of all the States, were startled at the spectacle before their eyes.— They began to ask themselves, if these things can be in association of States, acknowledg-ing a common government and united by the closest political ties, what is the value ot that security for "domestic tranqtiility" and the "common defence," which the Constitution guarantees? Numerous meetings were held, in whicn men ot till political denominations participated, and heartily concurred in those measures or precaution and self-protection, consistent with the Constitution, which the Bolting Cloths, Grain Mills, Smut Ma-\ occasion suggested, and in the firm resolve chines, Mill Belting, Gear/?/// ings of all kinds, for CSji-n, I'loiiriiiu and »an Mills. till Spindles. Shafting, j, Gearing and Cast- Circular Saws and Circular Saw-Mills, and Pai-table and Stationary Steam Engines of ALL KINDS AND SIZES. All fitted up to order ol the best material and style of workmanship. All oiders promptly attended to. Address, THOMAS C. HAM, Kernersv..le, Forsyth Co., N. C. August, 1859. 5o tf to maintain their rights at every hazard.— Such was the attitude naturally and instinct-ively assumed by the whole population of Virginia, in the presence of the anti-social and menacing demonstration which imme-diately followed or very soon succeeded the affair at Harper's Ferry. Let us now look at another and more cheering aspect of the scene. The conserva live classes in the Northern States, who or-dinarily take but little part in the political •Burke. whichwe live that it affords more remedies within the pale of tho constitution for the defence of public liberty than any other form of political organization, and consequently admits less excuse for a resort to revolution-ary and extra-constitutional modes of re-dress. . The State governments, as tho organs ot the residuary sovereignty of the States, may lawfully adopt, within their respective spheres of action, all such measures for the security of the rights and inteiests of their constituents as are not forbidden by the terms of tho federal compact. Let the Legislature of Virginia, in the exercise of this authority, make every necessary and proper provision for strengthening the defensive att the State—let the tion of tho body of the militia be improved let tho formation of volunteer corps be en-eooraged— let the requisite arms be procured and furnished to both—let every legitimate and judicious encouragement be given to our s of self tiro- proud a title of respect as was that ot a l.o- •„„ ,•.,„„' ot- man citizen in the renown of the 'ancient ',f°.!™™i °f mistress of the world ; and all this has been achieved under the auspices of freedom, un-der tho mild sway of equal laws enacted by the people through one or the other branch oftheir compound representative government, and, hitherto, with hardly a serious inter-ruption of internal tranquility. Shall such a union as this bo lightly torn to ppieces, its dissevered parts reduced to the Susqiiehanna, to the States of and Pennsylvania: and these a-gain to their neighbor. New Jersey, by the natural artery or commerce common to all three of them ; while the latter is, in like manner, linked with New York by the estu-ary of the Hudson and ils noble Day, afford-ing indispensable channels of intercourse and trade for the daily and hourly use of botn of these conterminous States. If we look to the West, we find Virginia, in one-half of her domain, united by tho same natural liga-ments, through the Ohio and its tributaries, to Kentucky and tlio Stales of the North- West, whilo these latter, by the fiat of na-ture, most ever form with the slaveholding States on the banks of the .Mississippi one common sovereign of the "father of waters," which is the outlet to tho ocean provided tor them all. Virginia on her Southern border, in like manner and by similar ties, standsin-separably associated with her union loving and conservative sister States, N. Carolina and Tennessee. Come what may, then, if you will excuse mo for repeating the language of my answer to Mr. Mclhillio, "all the above mentioned great central States of the Union, on both sides of the Allegheny and including the mighty valley of the Mississippi, are tied ipoH-llie SHI he-with heir it.- lera cy of the Southern States, which evi ■ † re-flecting citizen of Virginia should we . con-sider, Before he gives his sanction to a jj pro-posal contemplating so desperate a r« <-it.— The staple of the cotton Slates is <■:■■† of which the production is limited to u pa il< u-lar region, while tho demand for it is urdvor-sal and constantly progressive. Theii entire capitul and labor, therefore, cannot i. ■ m ployed in any way so profitable as in I a DX« clusivecultivation of this staple, and c> ing it for tho fabrics of other count ric produce being admitted Ireo from doty i"i lor eign countries, where it is the indisj.;:, iabl< ma.erialof the industry of a largo por i u of the inhabitants, they can w:;ll afford, : -id it is their interest, to receive duly Ir. [ij r. turn the manufactures of those com, j . But what is tho situation ol Virgii {Hi agriculture is employed chiefly in the induc-tion of articles which are tho growth t "very clime, and of which the supply, then n e, of-ten exceeds the limits of jus' propor < n t the demand. Tho necessary Ooaaw where this is the case, is a runious re of the prices which those articles M in the markets of the world—asiateo now sore'y felt by the whoa', grower giniii—and the only remedy then i- t from agriculture a portion of the I | labor unprofitable* employed in it ant that portion to mnuiifaclurt s—thus, same time, releiving the plethora I ture and creating a new demand i"r uucts at home. In support of these views, allow mJt / eal| your attention to the follow ing pi- gi tract from an unpublished paper d M ison, written iu 1833, the conclusive which, I think, every eodersUudtl feel and acknowledge : " Manufactures grow out of tin- lafoi* hot i ■ Uction Mind lings A'Vir- < iv.ort vote the •. rieuL-I.. pro-fit ex- Had-io of mi -i ! the South West, is lasting inereaaio nparative insignificance and weakness,. together by natural bonds which neither the deemed to unceasing border wars, biirthcned1 folly nor the wickedness of man can ever with standing armies, crushed by the weight | permanently dissolve; and if a separation of perpetual and enormous taxes, driven to seek safety in tho arms of despotic military governments at home, or to sue for protec-tion from foreign powers, of whose interest-ed designs they would be made tho victim and the sport? Our sister State of South Carolina now invites Virginia into a convention of the | Southern States, with the open avowal on her part, lhat she considers secession—in Other words, disunion—as the true und only bould, at any future lime, take place, it can occur only at tho extremities, where tho cen-trifugal tendencies, occasionall}* manifested, will in the end, it is to be hoped, be controll-ed by the instincts if an American national-ity, as well as by a sober calculation of con-sequences." To thi-se considerations, it may be added that the border States, on both sides of the line which separates the slave holding und non slaveholding communities of America, needed for agriculture; and labor w, to bo so needed or employed, as it- ] satisfy and satiate tho demands for Id tic use nnd for foreign mar-cots W be the abundance and fertility of the will not be cultivated, when its fnii perish on band for want of a n arki is it nol manifest thut this must be h ward more and more the case in Lbb) The earth produces at this time as is called lor by the home and ford kets; whilo the laboring DOfMilalh withstanding the emigration to tha Nor duet! i,; tt'VOr I ill, it s| must .J And lied i • li I > III lit ll II in..I i, not- : SZiS?3* «i»cdy for ih, mm , comply of.J*| ^^^TSSS^SSi~' invitation has certainly been given in no discourteous sencc; yet I cannot but think, when it is recollected that Virginia has al-ready, on more than one occasion, solemnly expressed her opinion lo South Carolina against the adoption of this her favorite re-onr* dependence upon*other sources for the I medy, that it is a doubtful compliment, at supply of articles which the time is now fully I least, to re-propose it to her at a moment own domestic industry, in order to diminish for us to fabricate for ourselves—let when it might be supposed come tho Legislature, as far as possible, foster a navigation and commerce of our own—let them, in everything, and by all the means at their disposal, build up both the moral and material power of the State. These are the great resources of public security, as well as of public prosperity, and are all within the •See, as noble examples of this popular feeling, the proceedings, lately published, of meetings at Banger in Maine. Barnstabl'e in Massachusetts, aDd Luzerne in Pennsylvania. that her con-1 stancy and firmness had been somewhat j wrou"h, up by cicumstances and ooasidera-tions appealling-rather to her fears than her understanding. Be this as it may, South Carolina deserves a most r-.'spectlul answer; and that answer should be distinguished by the frankness of which she herself has set an honorable ex-ample. If Virginia now thinks, as she has heretofore thought, that disunion, whether tion, as the only means of nverting those hostilities and conflicts between them, which, in the absence of that connection, the differ-ence of their domestic institutions would in-evitably give rise to, in the summary recap-ture Of fugitives from service on the one hand and reprisals on the other. These bor-der States are naturally, therefore, the con-servators of the Union It would be unjust not to acknowledge that of these States, on the non-slaveholding.side of the line, Penn sylvania, by the general spirit of her public policy, has well merited her title of tho key-stone of the Union ; that the loyal people of New Jersey, trained to nationality and pat-riotism amid the historic battle fields of the Revolution, have rarely, if ever, failed in their federal -md social obligations; that In-by the tune of'secession or any other, is not I diana and Illinois for the most part have can we shut our vy>-* lo tin fccl thai id increase of the exports ol flour an co from a new and more fertile soil \ HI. be continually lessening the demand on * tor her iwo great staples, and be fon-f-i by the inability to pay for imports by .\\ to provide within herself substitutes fw* the former." • These important truths seem now ito be recognized by all, and, I um happj j are about to be acted on by H.e Lt-gtsjatore. Virginia must turn her atteni ion ni I more to the diversification ol her mpaatry by tho establishment of maniuacttnj-. l.oi i to relieve the surcharge of her agrMiltare and lo give it, in lieu of the glutted .'u'ukets of the world, the stimulus of local nwrkecaat home, which will diffuse, arou>.d theii ii spec-live centres, a smiling scene ofrenovii^-d lite and verdure. How would the system a lute free trade, patronized by tin; States, and ils neeeseary corcomitant mous direct taxes, accord with thisclji of things in Va. ? With one of heif lll'-O- 0440a eaor* ditiotl ?:aplc —tobacco—more heavily burthen," wnh taxation by foreign governments tV«r'' h"y known production ol the earth, ami which, from the necessities of their systems <* reve-nue will continue to be so borlbened, i;i with rising munulucturing establishment- j.f her own, could there bean act of more auicidal rashness than for Va. to place hers II in a situation, in which ••kiiigcotioii," b lui.dis-puted preponderance in ihe Councils ija sep-arate Southern Confederacy, would fe ena-bled to throw her ports wideopea U< lie fr< o and indiscriminate admission of thj,manu-factures aud productions offoreign ( j'uii'ns, •See Madison* Debates of the Federal ( pp 18'.'0-7. 1415, 14J7-10. 1450-36—Deba einia Convention of 1"*8, 1 Kll.oit's edition and Mr. Jeffeisonss Statement in MS. of e with Col. Msson. at Ounston, in I7i.',cii#d speech inSeuate olt. d., May 1814 or ven'iin, e . f V 1 • - ,jp- 3 5-8 r»» ion me in £
Object Description
Title | The Greensborough patriot [February 24, 1860] |
Date | 1860-02-24 |
Editor(s) |
Sherwood, M.S. Long, James A. |
Subject headings | Greensboro (N.C.)--Newspapers |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The February 24, 1860, issue of The Greensborough Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C., by M.S. Sherwood & James A. Long. |
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Original publisher | M.S. Sherwood & James A. Long |
Language | eng |
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Newspaper name | The Greensborough Patriot |
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BV SIIEKWOOD & LONG.
VOL. XXL
H jpamili? Xrtospapcr-—Srbotrti to Hitcrature, Agriculture, fttamifacturrs, OTommcrcc, anti itttsccllanrous Hcaoing.
GKEENSBOEOUaH, 1ST. C, FEBRUAEY 24=, I860.
TERMS—$2.00 IN ADVANCE.
NO. 1075.
J
BUSINESS CARDS.
C. HEDCiECOtR, A'
, Lexington, K C. Feb. 1«,
ATTORNKY AT LAW,
1858. 'J72 tf.
v»*lE«i A. LOXG, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I*-™1, GBEEN8BOROUOH, N. C.
G-. L. MEENLEY,
LEXINGTON, N. C
v»R. A. A. HILL,
liroB"TII & ITLEf, COMMISSION AND
\\ forwarding Merchants, Fayelteville, N. C.
. »l|.->» E. THOM having turned his attention
I^JeOOSE AND SIGN PAINTING, respectfully
.i;,.;.. the public, patronage.
" „.;,,. ough, October, 1859. 57 tf
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FHtlEB. FOARD & HOOKER, lMI'OR- K
.. .,,.1 wholesale GROCERS, (except liquors)! *
»j*nl*PRODUCE, and GENERAL COMMISSION
VtR« IHNTS, NEWBERN, S. • . jan 10-09 3m. June ln ltl59.
- n UIERS, Commission Mi-reliant, mj j. >IOOKI', Formerly of Stokes county N.
\ OLD COtrSIT WHARF. _ _ 1YI . C , with M KAKLAN I), T ATM AN & CO., Ini-
4d ly
Xenbern, X. C,
•• »,e prompt attention to all business entrusted to
"** December 16, 1869. lypd
porters ami wholesale dealers in FOREIGN and DO-MESTIC
DRV GOODS, No. -JIT Market Street and 234
Church Alley, between Second and Third Streets,
....... r. i .VIPCTMVVV J. 15. M'Farland, i PHILADELPHIA. { » Berghauser,
J- >- . ( II ;.BS. COFFIN > COBLE, JAM .MOWN ,_ p ^^ ; JMl20-6n. J R C Oldbam
II .% r. have associated themselves together for the *__ *
frLo* of'PRACTK'lNG MEDICINE in all its various •m»ra|C|1CN an(| Jewelry.—Having located In
J^nche*. Special attention given to SURGERY. Of-. fT Leakwille, N. C, I respectfully offer to the pub-
f".e* e a.t KV. BIt- Dllpepnoott.. FFeebb.. 118855'9.'.. 24 tf. i lir crimpi-alK- a well .ii.luelnd xlnek nf fine f'lll.t) >\!1
« JAMES K. HALE, HAVING REMOVED
[oflreensborough, N. ('., offers his Professional
, .'. ,V the public. Office on West Market Street,
Lttabouse recently occupied as a residence by Hon.
1 ka.\ Gtoer. February, 1858. 978 tt
i4» (OPARTSEBSIIIP.--J
j ii f. CALDWBU, Grccnsborough, N.
... -'.:■ ;themselves in the practice of the
,*-.-. fGuilford county, will promptly »••»•■
;..:.,-.,-iitmsted to their care. Jan. 1858.
fOIIV W. PAYNE,
■l,..v.ne loca
lie generally selected stock of GOLD AND
SILVER WATCHES, with a large assortment oi
DBto.fJlr*e-e"ns*b'o*ro■u»g•h,■?V.'*.V.,* J*of^fe"rs" h\"is"n1'"rort'e"s-s.ionali FASHIONABLE JEWELRY. Those wishing to pur- ( „ . mc as am
. ,i._ nnM>M (»ffi«o An Woct Market Street. , , , - , t • , ,
dent that lean please in both, article and price.
Jtay Watches, Clocks and Jewelrv carefullv repaired
and warranted. (timjan20) BENTON J. FIELD.
. A. LONG &
C, having
law, in the
■ « :•. tUford attend to all for DURABILITY and BEAUTY are taken in Lockets,
Pins and Cases, to suit the tastes and purses of all.—
Having permanently located in Greens-borough, they
confidently expect a liberal patronage.
££&" Call and examine Specimens, and learn the
Prices. Rooms formerly occupied by A. Starrett, sec-ond
story of Garrett'a brick building. Wist Market St ,
Greensborough, N. C. Sept., 1859. 53 tf
SHKRWOOD. JAMK8 A. LONG.
SHERWOOD & LONG,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
TERMS: -S'i.OO A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
RatCH of Advertising*
ONE dollar per square for the first week, and twenty-five
cents fer every week thereafter. TWELVE LINES OK
LESS making a square. Deductions made in favor of
standing matter as follows :
3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 TEAR
One square S3 50 $5 50 $8 00
Two squares ".. 7 00 10 00 14 00
Three " 10 00 15 00 20 00
LETTER PROM MR. RIVES.
The subjoined letter, addressed by Mr.
Hives to a friend, on the important public
questions oi the day, has been handed to us
for publication, and we take pleasure in lay-ing
it before our readers:
CASTLE IIII.I., 27th Jan. 18G0.
Jlv DEAB SIR :—You ask me for my opin-ions
as to the Irno character ot the present
cris'S in the condition of the country, the cir-cumstances
which have produced or aggra-vated
it, and the line of conduct it becomes
Icry is now opened,and Cameotypes,Melaino- | ns ol Virginia to pursue, with reference to
types, and AMBK |