The Greensborough patriot [March 2, 1850]

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VOLUME Xi.
«■■ — GfcEENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, MARCH 2, 1850 NUMBER
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•- I'ulalic Art*
fatted during th* first session of the Thirty-first
C'ongrrtt.
(TKM.II—NO. I.]
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Original.
IDTH TO MIIII.
■v am. H. x. I-ISLEV.
0 mother if Ihou wilt depart.
Entreat me nol I pray,
In bursting agony of heart.
Behind thy path to May.
1 was thy gentle ('hilion'a spouse.—
Ilia chosen one on earth.
And ne'er can I desert his house.
Or her who gave him birth.
Then where thou goest, let me go.
And in thy home abide,
Content or peace I cannot know
It aevered from thy side.
Whom thou lovc9l will I also love.
Thy Win be kin to me—
And lie—thou worships! above—
Thy (iod—my Clod ahall be.
And v. here thou dieat. let me die.
Safe pillowed on thy breast,
Loie shall embalm ua where we lie
Sketches ol (onrrcsiloaal Hebutcs. a Government as this, with its traditions, its fa.
. ~ .1 sliliiliona, its promises of the past, its perform-
Synopsis or the Speech of Mr. CLINOMAN in ■ anee 0f ,|,e pr„cnI, an,i jw h,,p,.« of the future,
the House of Representatives, Jan. 22: living in the heart's core nfalmoBl every Ameri-
Mr. Clingman availed himself of this occasion j can; "" he broken "f. "f',ho"1 »»»-»«»«^»**«-*l. has
to present the remarks of which he gave notice : relKl <>»">■»> «»<«™ »"<! human h.atory to lute
vesterdav. concerning the subject embraced in P'"S"""- »«• '»■ *• Gordian knot that bind,
the President's message, vesterdav. in regard to .'!? u'S';}b" wdlneverbe severed bulhy thesword.
Californis. Mr. C. expressed his confidence in ' ° •"■ lllen- of dissolution is to talk ol w^ar.
the judgement and integrity and patriotism of, ">»«*" inseparably connected, and the evil day
the President: and in commenting upon tba *J' ■** *• "■" "™ hr""t ,ho oll,cr- A"d
views advanced bv him in the Message. told W"!Lktod'"?» »■»•■ «* ■»' Such a war.sir.
there was no real difference between the I'resi-1 " *•»•«" .'•" never seen. I he nearer we
dent and himself. He admitted the right ofeach • ''"• bmi " ,"""i'- *• m"re deadly wil be our
Slate to seille for themselves all such domestic ' '"'"'«" " '"ethics. It will have all die e entente
questions as were referred u iherein; but as to ".' V'",' »'": of an intestine war. Wherever
who are the people ilnit an- to decide aa well as ""' "order may be. it will be marked by blood : heard something said upon a former occasion a
the time and manner ofadmission ofnew Suies. "'"' •^••WUDB from one end of it to the other. I bout allegiance to the Booth. I know ol no
were in themselves questions for the judgment *•"'* " ['""> "J l0 "'"S" *• >"i»"" that well : South to which I owe any allegiance. [Applause
of Congresa under all the circumstances of the . i'"'.'""1. ""K1!1 Il,n,c' "P"1' ''
of the confederacy, to increase the nuiulier of
versary voles against us upon
qucsiinns, withoui lirst receiving some coiiiprnsa"
lion therefor t
Mr. CLAY. Mr. President, it is totally unne-cessary
to remind me of my coming from a slave-holding
or a free Slate, fknow whence I came,
and I know my dutiea. I am ready to submit
to any responsibilities which liel'.ng to me as a
senator from a slavcholding Stale. Sir, I have
He alluded lo Louisiana, which was kept two
years before she was allowed lo form a State
Constiiuiion. and to be admitted by Congress
into ihe I'uioti. He argued that the admissmi
tin
strike the balance of evil with m
cision. It i« enough for me to know
oua would be the hopes of both. A
all ihis lo end ? If jealousies and fancied rival the sovereignty of the Stale of Kentuek
interests, or real gricvan-'es, are to divide ua in-. allegiance is to this Union and lo mv Slate
, into it by the hand of','mcniheTwIm happn»d
„.?!*!* : "° '° be quile " ,ir"nk " himself. P -
TK* t'nlon—Bbfumi F.xtrart.—The fol-lowing
beautiful passage is from a 4ih of Julv
Oration delivered M Charleston in 180D, by the
l.te Hon. Tuonas s. (.iin,Kk. diena verv voune
•■ The American, who can look forward will,
ca.mness to the day of separation, must be eith-er
mure, or less .ban man. He must be ,he vic-other.
and then j in the galleries, which wasinimediaielvsiipprcs- I,i,n of ambition or corruption ; a deluded enihtu
iiathematical pre- aed by the Chair.] I owe allegiance to twoao- I i:1«'- " a propliei ofmod, which the moat ssn
'—W that rum-. vereignties, and only two sovcrcigniies—the one «•■«■ dare not hope, and ihe keen-eved statei
ltd where is is the aovereignty of this Union, and iha other is ">*n cannot foresee. Thenroforward ihe Amer
Mv
and
■:in eagle ihiU dr
and grasp only the
.- -mer-p
the ohve-brai.eh of peace,
"rows of war. The hand
In one eternal rest.
Kail election, none of the gentlemen from the fre
,,- .„ ... .1 iii* , I States here can be relumed except upon ihe an-
Hater.— A thousand blessings on the man M ,,,„,•„,,„. •,.,,„„. jj ,„,' s„nbi ,H,
thai invented sleep ! ' cvelaimed Sancho I'anza. | said, who had stood up for die rights of the
on awaking from a refreshing snooze. And the ! South, had shown ihemselves ihe Iriends of the
inventlion of water is fully as valuable aa that of i Consiituiton ■ml die Union.
Besohed. hiithe Senate and ILu.e of Ran- sleep, in the estimv.ion of the author of ihe fol- ! "''. KfM .'"l"1n "P<»llion to show what
^atioesofthernitrd Suitrsof JmerUa in lowin, «,,., has e.dently M,e„fed the ..«.«, | Eg,^t£X5*2&teA.1^
of California with her present organization, would' lo "V" ">ti'ed«ieica, where is lhat division to il genilemen suppose that they can exact from ; »l"ch wnus the deel.irauon
be a great anti-Fla.erv triumph ; but maintained : ""'I'/. fma¥ ™""e' " '" «'»'—'hey are inse-; me an acknowledgment of allegiance lo any ideal, j H™ '»e blood curdle in u, veins: and the, toiu-uo
! that if the territorial ■questions were not settled ' ['•"'•>"le f""" human nature—and we shall linal- pnor-rxiatine. or niton conieinplaicd coniedracv j ."h""1' n»dl u lo the world, shall siifTen in t'ie Lr
this session and permitted lo go over till die nexi! '>' ■• "'duccl lo State soicreigmties, and may ol die South, 1 here declare that I owe no such " he moumaina thai dttide us, ahall be •• ihe dark"
[PiDLtr— Xo.8
A RBSAtirriO.N •uthoiuini, iks at
usrnpt Fail Weil AiMrraa of tiror^
i-hiftf of Ibe Ma
NVaabinaliiii.
McmA/cs/i
on the Library he
manuscript of ihe farewell A
pie of the United Statea, of George Washingtou
if ihe purchase of ii can be effected on fair and
just terms, in the opinion of ih,- committee.
Approved, Pebruarv 12, 18J0.
', That the j..i,,i Comimttee |>tsl, |r01|1 ttle pilrritm ,.,r;„,
authorized lo purchase the , ■
ress to the pen-1 « ATER 1
Oh ! water for inc I bright water lor me.
And wine fir the tremulous debauchee !
It eooleth the brow, u eooleth Ihe nr.iin,
It ni'iketli the faun one strong aeain :
It comes oet Iho eeneealike I breeze from ihe sea,
All fre-huess. like infant purity.
till ! water, bright water liar me, for me !
Give u iue, give wine to the debauchee !
He
nfcallprtioi '■>«
Racal uur.
f I'l'Bl.le—No. 3
A RBSOMrriOS Hmhimi Ihe np,
lavcnu-' fr.iin CUMiiins, lor I'e pr.-i
Resolved, bu the aSVitff/i and House of /trprr-
•entotivet of the United Statrt o/ America in
Congreti tutembltd, That, Instead of the sum
■ppropriatod for ihe expeniea of collecting ihe
revenu- in ihe act of March third, one thousand
eight hundred Mid forty-nine, die sum of one
million of dollars for collection of revenue from
euatoina; fifty ihouinnd dollen lor warehouses;
Mealy-live thousand linlhirs fir Texas and Ore-gon
i one hundred thousand dollars for Califor-nia
; lifly thousand dollars for new business and
IV . districts, be appropriated for the expenses
of •• Meeting the revenue for ihe half of dm pre>
aenlfiacal year ending thirtieth June, eighteen
hundred and tiity. together with such sums in
addition as may be received from storage, cart-jge,
dr.iyage, and labor, for said half \ ear, and
in dial proportion for any shorter or longer tune,
until Congress ahall act upon the •uhject; and
that meanwhile the restriction by law, upon the
•mount of of salines in California and Oregon.
shall be suspended : I'rovidrd, That die Seen -
tary of ihe Treaauiy shall he authorized to dis-pose
of the bonded warehouses now leased by
Government, on or befora the lirsi of January
next, on the best ; racileabla terms for the Gov-ernment;
hut he y retain such parts of said
house-, or lease such other houses at his discre-tion
as may be necessary for die storage of un-claimed
goods, or goods which for any other n i-
•on arc required in law IO be stored by the Gov-ernment,
SEC-. 2. And In itfurther resolved. Thai no-thing
in ihe act aforesaid shall be so construed
is to deprive the imp irter of ihe pru ihge ofthe
transportation of merchandise under bond from
one district to another, and of re-warehousing
'be »oue :i tiling to ihe provisions of Ihe see- ,
on.I lection of the act nfeixth August, on: ihons-,
sud eig'it hundred and forty-six, lo estjl
warehousing system, and to ami nil
tied "An act to provide revenue
rand to change and modify c-x.,tiai, |awa ;„,.„„
log dunes i iporis aiid for ol
Approved, February it. isjti
Till to the brim '. fill, fill lo the brim.
Lei the flowing cnsial kiss the rim !
Uor my hand is steady, my age is true.
I or 1, like the Mowers, drink naught but dew.
Oh 1 wau-r. bright water's a mine of wealth.
And ihe ores il \ ieldolh are vigor and health.
S,, water, pure water for me, for me !
And wine for die tremulous debauchee !
Kill again to die liiim ! again to the brim !
Por water strengthened! life and limb !
To the days of the aged it addelh length,
To the might of the strong it addcth strength,
It freshens ihe heart, it brightens the sight,
'Tis like qutling a goblet of morning light !
So water. I will drink naught bill thee,
Thou parent of health and energy !
\\ hen o'er do- hi'ls like a gladsome bride
Morning walks forth in beauty's pride,
And, leading a band of laughing hours.
Brushes the de*V from the nodding llowers ;
till! cheerily then my voice is heard
Mingling with dial ol the soaring bird,
Who llingeth abroad his matin* bind,
As he freshens bis wing in the cold gray cloud.
Hni w hen ei cuing has quilted her sheltering vew.
Drowsily dying and weaving anew
Her dusky mesJieso'cr land and sea,
How gently, O! sleep, lall thy poppies on me '.
I'or I drink water, pure, cold and bright.
And mv dreams are of Heaven, the live-long
iiainhtinin
mercial towns, Baltimore, Charleston, Mobile
and New Orleans, would abstract a large por-tion
of die trade of New York. Philadelphia
and Huston. The South, he said, ifunfortu-nately
such a thing as dissolution should lake
place, would grOW up ill wealth.
In allusion to the Northern abolition movement.' siitiition of the
he cued thegreai loss to Maryland of her proper- with her hope
ty, which in slaves amounted to at least, VIOil,-
0110 annually. He sal.I that from the lone ol'the
Southcrn press, as well as from other indications,
it was obuous that the South will at an early
day be sufficiently united to insuivj the success
of whalt \er means ll may be necessary lo adopt
and proteei themselves from ihe aggression men-aced
lioni the North. In relation to the territo-rial
question] he submitted u oolml • in the North
read our fate in die fate of the (ireek republics allegiance, nor will 1, for one, come under any I mountains of death," and die' s'trearn's Iholaaaat
so vividly portrayed by die ancient historians. [such allegiance, if I can avoid il. I know what' between, like the waiers of Egypt, shall be lura-
Mr. \V»:nsTfcR. Mr. President, 1 am much my duties are. Genilemenmav cease lo remind l eu< 'n,° "lood.
obliged to the member from Michigan for the me of the facl dial I come from a slavcholding | " Conceive the eventful crisis arrived when
clearness and force with which he has expressed Slate. If I choose to avail mvself of Ibe opini- '■'« delegates of America meel to seier our con
opinions, in which, in the main, t entirely eon- ons of my own State, I could show thai, in reso- Mmoey. • • • In vain mty ihey call
cur, especially in what be says of that existing lutinni received by me last uighl from my legis- ' 'he spirit of Washington to hslk
idealism which I find spread over die country, lature, reported after due consideration by ihe '''ke the prophet ai Kndor, h
that there call or may he such a ihing as a peace- committee, il declares its cordial sanction of die ; hi"51, and speak but to curse.'
aide breaking up ol this Union. whole series of resolutions which I hare offered, j
And I must sin, sir, dial the preparation of that'
12. Mr. llr.KHitv resumed rc5",lu1'"" "HS nol prompted by me : for I have
up
•w Ujeir rnCI;
shall look but to
Europran Not'umt on the t",iit„l c,»<..
In Sena,. Keb .2. Mr. Bnnaiav rcsuined ™'™ TSSS^.ti,flZl |^ ""J-j "-»• *CR^K
and concluded hts Speech m reply to Mr. Clay: .ing,e member of the legisla.ure of Kentuckv Cowiw «* E»«"i«'. «?• »• f»Mu> overrate
f Ibia whol« session. biill. Ibe anoURl ami thg value ol ihe ir
of Eu-refprnd
to ihu mile aMtnlia npoo an m-
StiMih. whieh mi [■lerwoveti
rid (rrlmgs, nm\ ihe was n
iJurii
net
- ol ilic inlluence
urn i beg pntion for loedifraenoa; I certiin- « our iniirtuiiooi on ilie pepalif mind
lv did notexpeellofiddll ncrcsiarv louiionliesc ' ro,,.. Hesa.s:
ilrtrnuiiicJ lio longer lo eubmii lo e-tNalie. lie 6,"l'",t'nl8 i boi Uieee are n) lenUmeou, eoJ I
had once hesenled popularity bv \oiin«' for a a,H ''tll»L,»" 'o be terrified nor frightened bv any " '!,e "rr!nt m*™ of lUe P"op|p .», ||„. contl.
Fompromiae. whieli, bv the lack offirmneea on ono- ' "°"1 •reeil,,r ,0|ri"> itfiiuraut »f our national ex.
the ;»iri of ;i few Sonthern men, waa loet, l lloPe cntl'-nn-u will not iraneeend the liinite 1SI*'M''^- nr "■»• ihe regueel Weaofourgeogrnptv
\U- was willing .main to support anv plan of wlfgitltnaw parliamentary debate in naing anv |.ral fJjUJ^ OUr h,slo.7M' n,,r eharaeter, nnj our
aeeommodation thai would give equal rights to mohlanguagetowanlame; beeauae I fearleould
die South. He would deapond but for one re- nnl «•""«« myeelf. If they were to do it. I
flection, to wit j That theae lelf-aamo diffieultlea s,,:"1 uw "° ■ucn lant»««g« lowarde them, and I
hope upon thia floor lor a reciprocitvofcourteay
and parUainentary dignity and propriety. I ask
existed when the constitution w .is made, ami
era atmilemeo thai iliev had betterrnakeup their I were overeone by pairiotiam and fraternal feel-*
nuuiUio give the South at ouee a fhir eeulemonii, iop-not
cheat ihembyji mare empty form without re- i He paid a moat beautiful tribute to Mr. Clay, lr,lsl '"y^" •' wnguega of a personal character
aluy. butffiva aomeihing lubatantial for the I wiehing that he might lung lire to participate in w*r* •??»•** •» "*! I Care not by whom.
.South. 'Ihey might, he said, acquiesce in the j ihe Weealnga of unity and peace, and that when Mr. CL*Y proceeded to explain that he deair
Miaaouri c^promiae line. He would individ- he ehould atlas, be called to lay off ihe frail ed Uw a^nilon rf all hb reaoloUona, though h-ually
prefer, under all the olrcumataneoa, giving I garmenia wntcfi he baa ao grarerully worn, his ,., __.__. , ., .. . Hv?
up ih*? whole of California, provided they could ' closing eyes nitglitrt-l on a tree, untied and hap.
have all on this side of il up to abool ihe parallel ' pv republic.
of 10 degrees, not far irom the North hue of the i Thu South calle«l upon Congresa not to legis-
State of Miaaouri ralher than iis Southern 30 de- ' hite upon ihe question of slavery. They had not
grees :»0 minutes. They would thus begetting ! ;"*kod legislative aid ; it was legislative interfer-
Ihe whole Of New Mexico, ami. having the iiV'.u- cure which ihey deprecated. They called upon l,,u ^,,u,,l
tain chain and desert on tlm West, obtain a pro- j CoOgrete to exercise whatever power it had. to
per frontier. They might then acquire, at some ! organito goveranienis for the territories, and ah- * Knew 01 nu oouu me lorn ..l government The Parieian matron, who
inquired on mv mention of Waahington, ir he
waa « that bomd Bngliah phyaielan w ho »
cd Napoleon t —the Atbeamn. «•».««.«:.
tcil me that nui Mking
i"""'"'^ wnopounm-sman,
who eangratala-
» i'l.my rich, .-nice he
ii because I do not really know bow fin I could l'al, K,,i su mui''1 *oM ut California "—the Nea-politan,
who was aatiafied mat - Ameriaa il Urn
hues, kingdom m Europe." H(I(J w|ined „,,,
Uk« htm there a.oot-and the Custodian, a,
Pompeii.whocould expound emiquitief most
admirably, but had Mverevan ,„ lnil,(l i)8ncard
of \merlCB—afford fair illustrations of the
IJgence generally possessed on ihe
Jkl not expect to ha, c them all embodied in one
act.
* • ■ The honorable senator knows per-lectlv
Well the language, as u«cd here again and
again, ts •• treachery lo the Smith," •• abandoning
failing 10 uphold the interests ol
the South." .Now, what 1 meant toeay waa,that
I knew of no South in the shape
ofa eonfei! ra-future
day, whether United or divided, possession I stain from any action upon the domestic instil,.- ,e^ govermonl; no South to which I owed al-of
the country along the Gulf of Mexico, well ! U*OT Of slavery. They called upon Congress to l<,Rr..m,<'- I did not mean to say that (here was
suited to bo occupied by a slave population. He i have the slavery question lo the gwa| consiitu- ••solitary Individual in the South iu favor ofa
meant that no restriction ought lo lie imposed by t UOMl arbiter between the two sections. That UWIolution of the Union.
Congresa on this territory, but that alter it has' VM all the South asked. Whatthen—he would
beeu left open io all elaaaeas, in a proper period \ eppeal io the Senalot iron* Kentucky. Mr. Clay
lhat a majority mav then, when they main
«n :i
r.et enii-ifoin
imports.
purp«»»e
night;
.So hurrah ! for ihee, water ' hurrah, hurrah .
Thou ari silver and gold, thou art riband and itar!
Hurrah ! tor origin Water! hurrah, hurrah !
A " dim *'j Purest Ittiff -Serem."—Weagree
witll a contemporary that .Moore never conceiv-ed
a more exquisite fancy than the following by
•• Amelia,'1 ilie aweel poeieea of the west:
The iwiliglii hours, like hirds flewby,
As lightly and as free;
Ten thousand mars were in the. iky,
'IVu thousand on the sea ;
For every wave with dimple lace.
That leaped up in the air.
Hat! caught a slur in il* embrace
And l.< hi it trembling there.
State Conatitutiog, determine lor ihemeelvea wh
ther the) will permit slavery or nol The South,
I he said, would acquiesce m any reasonable aet-
( dement, Bui, said he, when we ask for justice.
j we are moi by ihe senaelesa ami insane crv <»t
j " Union, Union.*' lie waa divgualed with it;
when it came from Northern genilemen who
1 werealtakintf them, it lell on Ins ears as n would
[do if a hand of rubbers bad surrounded a dwell-
1 injr, and when ihe inmates attempted to reaiet,
i the aeealtanta should raise the sliout of • peace,
union, harmony."
He waa for making the isaue now, when the
South hail the political Rtrcngtll lo resist and lo
control the question. He concluded by warning
gentlemen at the North againat meaauree, which
[ whileauhioiaaion to them would be ruinous to
: the SoUtll, ihey would not ill the end he liei.e,.-
ciaiioihoir luetiune Seeing then the issue in
; all n> nearinga it i» for ihoin lo decide. They
j hold in llieir hands the destiny of UlQ existing
soverami nt.
what his the South to yield.' What was il
lhat they had lo surrender .' Was it their eon-atilulional
right to invoke the decision of ihe
i highest tribunal in the Union, that they were
tilled upon to give up f Surely such a demand
could never be entertained, lie the,, proceeded P° *? M "' ,f,fV u u Ir.^ b.e U|' wtli
loezamlne more specifically the question of the "'- ,nf T"' " b<? ""^ whrt rajhi has she u .,, ' , * *, It'll (HI I. ,1V,■>.,.■ Ill-l. ..»•, Iixnllla.i ■•.■!.*_ ll -. _
power i'l i onsresa to take anv action up.<n the
A cones; h ntofthe Dsltimore Sun says that
the Abolitionists are to hold a Convention next
June in Buffalo, aa a set-off to thu Nashville
Convention. By arranging telegraphical com-munication
between Iheso two places, the two
aasemblagea can inflame each other to a delocta-i
»te degreei I'or inatanre :
•On motion ol Mr. Oidilinga, Rosr4ved, That ,;.1)<jW ,>„„, |tls forihroming volume of poems ■ tion of lite Union! Mr. CABS said.—
•tavery ami slaveholders are the arwalesl curoeol ,
are quite t'jirofios at tins time
'/''ir t'n'toit.—The following lines bv Lorn
In Senile, Feb. II, on the question of reeeiv
I.IJ; a petition praying for the peaceable diaavlu
the ago Reel ive lal Nashi lie at I past 13.—
Thou too, sail on, U ship of stale!
Sail on. (> Union, strong and gnat f
Humanity with all its (ears.
With all die iiopf* of future years,
l< hanging breathless on ihy late !
We know what master laid thy keel.
What workman wrought thy ribs of steel.
Who oiade each mast, each sail, each rope,
What anvils ring, what hammers beat,
In what forge and what a heal
Were shaped the anchors of ihy hope!
Fear not each Ml Itlen sound and shock,
"1'is (ml the wave and not the rock;
*T.s but the flapping oi ihe sail,
And not a rent made hy the £.,\v .
spu
Uesponac.
.{.•solved, on motion of Gen. Bayly, That if
iha negro'thiefs and white tyrants of the North,
and runaway negroes,now aaaembled nl Buffalo,
will come here, .ve will SIVC ihemiVsaC. '" He-ceived
al Buffalo at I.-—Response:]
Resolved, on motion of Mr. John Van Buren,
That the blood-thirsty uegru-drivera and traitors
ui Naslnilie arc beneath contempt, and we will
no longer hold fellowship with them. And on
motion ofMr. Douglass, (runaway nig.) Reeolv-ad,
Thai white negroes are better auited lo the
menial drudgeries of life than the genteel blacks
l.om Africa. And on motion of AM.y Kelly,
Resolved unanimously, that black was thoorig- .
lnal color of our parents bufore their fall, and
thai a black asy skin, set off with a woolly !
bead and list.!. lips, hi the most lovely object in
nature, and that we deplore from the bottom ol
our hearts iho bftachmg process practised at lira
South mill North, l.v which the lustre ol the black |
race has been tarnished. . i ^^_-^„_—s,^—«
• The fair morei prefaced the resolution with ,
the remark, that it was her intention lo do all m Virginia.—According to some population sta-her
j iwer t lunteraet the prevailing lendonei ii^'i«'" published in the Predoricksburg (Va.)He-rd
ihe times, b> taking to herself the blackest coruVr,il appears lhat, between the veara IH30
African she could find for a hueband. Greeted and 1840, ihe white population of eastern Vh>
with Immense siipl ,,-., ^ jnw decreased nineteen in even thousand per-il,
H i ived ai Naahtille at 3 and "produced an sons, while the Blares decreased iili> in every
raiensa sensation, ihouaand. In Wesierg Virginia, Ihe white pr>
00 motion of iien. Quatllabum, Resolved, that I pulalion increase*! in the same period one hund-
*!,,~ ' ■ iwujtanlvnd. • . s - . _ red and sixty-aeven in every ihovwnd,.antf tho
On motion of Mr. Uarriaon, in replv to iha slaves only five in every thousand.. It iaeuppea-l
r 'joins, i i lived, that not only .this I nion be ed ihal the -■. naua^of the presenl year will show
'w '"i"v I bo resolved iuln lhat fimilaicsuses have continued to act qn the
■*'":'-'' k'' . ipietlwithdeajes- population of the two div
•»".: Vi»'3t •'*" S%V*«4»*MI tf'Aiy.. bimilai effi
I ni-l-
he
Our h
Our b
Are a I
of rock and leilipei
;• of false li^his on the shore,
. nt»r lear (o hreast the sea '.
.tits, our hopes are all w ilh tboc ;
arts, our hopes, our pra, ITS, cur tears
With diet—are all with tlice !
We talk as (lippandy of breaking up l'
on as we talk about dividing a lownanip
great dillloulty of our position 14. sir. thai we do
nol know how well wc arc off. The sun never
shone on so prosperous .1 country as thia ; and
yet we return almost contemptuously the bless-ings
of God, and seem Ultorll iiwensihd* to die
tavors ho has showered upon us. !,o.«k over
ihe pages of ancient history, sir, look round ihe
world as ii is, and where will you find more free-dom,
more happiness, less oppression, less mise-ry,
than in ibis country ' And yet weseemtVoin
lime to time ready to reject ah these Hemouisof
public anil private prosperity, and todeatroy this
Uovernment, Uie world abeai bupenud our own
Instead of thia eternal system of
wc should bow our knees in gratitude hi 1
who gave »*• these blessings, and who, | some-times
fear, will s'.nke us witll judicial blindness
as He did his chosen people of old. That wc
have difficulties sometimes to encounter is Inn
the common lot of humanity. individual as weU
as national. Hut when theae come, lei them he
adjusted in a proper spirit of compromise, ami
the future imv bring us all that the loudest as-piration
can desire.
This petition aaks us to take measures lo din*
solve this Union ftcnrrnfi/if. it professes locome
from the followers of William I'enu, the great a-posde
41I peace ; from a portion of the most re-ipeetable
Society of Friends, whose high Moral
question of slavery in the new territories, argu>
ingsgainal the existence of any such power.
Ill COnclUSIOH, he asserted the law opinion,
ihai slavery, bv ihe constitution, existed every-where
where il is not abolished by the municipal
law ol the State, This, he helicved. would he
the opinion of the Supreme Court ol the United
Stales, lie particularly adverted In Mr. Clav's
remarks upon ihe implied faith to Maryland and
\ irginia, that slavery should not be abolished
by Congress in ihe l/lslrioi ceded by them, and
railed upon the Senate also 10 keep in mind the
implied faiih towards all the South, lie referred
'<> Mr. Saward'a description of i!ie benefits ac-cruing
to New York. Irom her portion of the
surplus revenue, in advancing the education:
interests of her population j—Hes.nd, il was
melancholy fact, which appeared in 0001 paring
the statistics of crime in Sew York, thai crime
and knowledge go together
Mr. Dickinson mierposlng, remarked, lhat
ihe Senator charged the crimes i>f ihe city of .New
York, the depot for ihe reception ol criminals
from the entire world, against the agricultural
district.
Mr. Berrien feared, thai making all allowance,
no better si tie of things could be shown.
In bis closing observations, Mr. Berrien de-clared
hi* belief ihal ihe North would not abol-ish
His very to-morrow, if ii had the power, bo-cause
it emend loo largely in their prosperity:
no- products of slave labor furnishing the mate-rial
to so great sn extent, for their manufactur-ing
Jand carrying trade, The North consid-ered
.Slavery a sill, but consoles itself in the idea
•dainiir*,! luaI as H'ii^ as 11 is confuted 10 ihe Southern
States it is their sin. and thai the North do not
participate in it. He h-ul no idea ofa dissolu-tion
oftho Union. When the Idea was present-ed
to him. ii floated before bis mind like a vis-ion,
lu which be could give no form; ami yet,
as the result ofa desperation winch may ensue
upon tins question, such dissolution might come
le intel-
-- continent of
Europe>respecting our country. In truth, how
should it be otherwise f .\v,,r|v half of the peo-ple
are imahle ,o read, and a large proporlioi of
Ihe remainder are both loo poor to obtain book-and
loo uncultivated .0 care for infi,..nation.
ihe educated rlas. entertain the most inadequate
Mid perverted ideas Concerning iis. 'f|,fv kimw
indeed, Ihal wc are a republic, but tbev have nJ
proper conception of either the theory nr the
practical operation of our jjovernmeiii;' I|MV un-derstand
thai we have liberty, but thev are {no-rant
ol the moral itrength wh.ch controls it, and
of the s^rtatcon-UuiUonalaud bgal barrier* which
hetlgn u in. How ought we 1.1 expect it to be
otherwise, when, even in England, which has
twemy times the nciliUesfiirinmrmat;on,ninety-nine
men out ol every hundred know so little of
our politicsl orgauitaiion, as to he readv to re-proaeh
Congress for notalonwabi^umuwaUvs.
stay up burning lire and randies iu this ume of ry through the Union."
nighit — _
I'resident Taylor is somewhat In ihe position r.«,. ur„,Lt~„,M , ... ,.
orihe.lK.re poor wife. ID., had ,„;,.!.'■ ,,l,jr,- ^" "'«*•»•*'•«—* Wwhaupa l.tle,
tlonable MeMage, the o|i|insiiion woultl have
bean dawn on Bin R* so doing. Ilui his last An aneedote i. eurrsjnUo Ih, paUiiaal rirclr,
Mesawe—the one on California—1, one of ibe " ,' 'V'1 s'""c ""VP':*"™ •'» ethibilin, th>
No doubt Ml our reader, bare heard the fol-lowing
temperance ineedotg:—A dranken man
aollloaaii si, on hia way home, eomewhere »-
bout midnight, after thi. foahioDi—" li'mv vrile'a
in bed, I.II li<*k her; whal business baa she lo
most patriotic, purest, and mast honest State pa-pers
that ever emanated from ilie pen of mam.
Null they arodown on him. Whet right bus he
in tend forth to ihe unrlil a Message MI aeveJM
of detects, os 10 preseni no blemishes into winch
they ean dig .their harpy claws .' So it ia.—,Y.
t\ Arguit
f.'iliiij! nfa portion ol" ihe South on iho
u llii'll
l:i!i».n
laic I/
ha ih in creal a 'd
subject
spur*.
ihai funeral Ar.nslrotw,
s eitclel so mue
It Is stated
s. Consul 11 Liverpool, ui H-IIUDI Qeti.
Jackson beqaestheil the sword which he wore
ai the battle of New Orleans, recently declare !.
1 in conversing upon iha proposed Boutbern oon.
j veniion. if dial body should srfopl measures eon-
, lemplaling a dissolution of the Union, he would
uniheatli the sword and rally ihe people of Ten.
• nesaoa io expel it a. eulertainfnK 'reasonable de-signs.
I si>e the anecdow, aa ii in lamiliarlv re-lated,
explaining iho introduclinn oi" ("Jen. Arm-strong's
name '.•• \k- del thai h. has Ion* oceu-pied
a high posi<ion in the Domoeralic part* of
the South, enjoyed iha confidence of Gen. J.ick-ld
all his political successors down to Mr.
a C'irminstnntitil Evidence.—In a plea Tor die
I suspension of puMio opinion in the ease of men
II eharged with erime, as in the cave of Pr. Web-ster
of DoeloOi umil the result ofa legal invosti-galion
has been attained, die Journal of Com*
mere, remarks:
•• Men do nut reflect thai eireumelaneee may
appear terribly agaiusl an Innocent man. The Polk, who conferred upon him the best oincoin
case of die Uourr.es iu Vermont, lias noteocaped '''s fe''i.
the recollection of ,iur older readers, Thev '■ "
Wen tried and eondomned lo death for the mu'r- ".'/' ''off".—We advise our friends who have
der of liusm-1 (VUin. The sentence of oneof j uot milk, totrj Ry, Coffee, nrKve tnetesdof
commuted loimpriaunment for life. Coffee; a bushel of whieh may be bad for three
already in the Stale prison at labor. , pound, of Coffee, and we pronounce it, if prop-
The remain* of erly prepared, with sboul one third coLTec io he
supposed, been I equally aa palatable, end much more healthy
our
them was
and he was a
The oilier awaited execmioi
the murdered man had, as was
destroyed, bul nails, and bonas,snd buttons from
Ins clothes were found and ideni.i
days before that named lor ihe exc
eondomned mar. Russcl Colvln e
alive and well."
I. A tew
limi "I Ihe
ired town.
ilian ihe pure coffee itself; si le ihi
deliberate opinion, founded on la$te and erperi-rnee
huh. The economy of the tiling auud
fur lUell.—.h'icvil.'r lUettetUttf,
The llosion Transoripl says, the Journal o- ' 7'u.—As s cheap,
mite to mention the moal marvellous foatura in commend ihji t;,i"'i
■his case, which was, lhat ihe .ccused person. F""*"1' ""'""f'••■•■"
healthy substitute, wr* re-old
isshionnl southern
\\ e honently belters ii
■flitter, ni«>n* iioursbins ami healthier than all
I thetnseWes dually confeaaMl Iha murder, ihcir ,,.,. I(..( nm, ,..,,,,,.;„ ,(„.„«
j minds hav'ng been wrought upon by some wor- |v, nnl to-:
nl it' ii tlni eorae, his feellnss, sv mpathies, and j ihy religious neople< who setually drove them 10 ,nr ''lr u holesnme B
strong, wnh [tlenty uf uiiib
Cflbrta, would alt hi- in behall of the pe
whom he h;ul ideniiiied his interest.
qf his people* whether in weal or wo, should bo
pie with I the belief in their own nuili.—It. Hep.
Phe lot
In Senate, Feb. Ift,— Mr. Cut having ex-preesed
hfnjsell favorably i«- the admisaiou of
California) Mr. FOOTB wanted all the collateral
quostions settled tft Ihe "nine lime, la ihe course
oole said—
ijuulnu's no inan npp^reeiatoe bener fban I do.
Ilui whal kind ofa pnfpositionii thial 1\tdi»-
utiivr thii Union peaceably t I say it with nlr
pivper deference to the pVtitioners, hut I ssy itl ol *• 000010 Mr
1 mphatiuaUy. thai he who oxpects sneh a result! Let me igain propound 10 ihe honora&le sena-ions
<n ihe >ni*» «nb i. rlthar alroady inan insane hospital or •ought' i0r ;i question wnicti 1 ISave berstofrA-e pro.toun-s
».*-sV>-atst'« - afe-wW* i. j* *'4>^ i "Hew. Il*."fiv» M*f««othsi *«cli «.s4, »a«I »*.*•*. t* h*» 4M *rt anamcrtit klom
4
mm, ihi* hisuries m
tueeiie cconomj, and
Vice in High /'/art*.—Major Noah, in his
Suud.iy Times, aa)a; It is a tnrlaooholy faei
*ti;ii too many men who attaiu the biggest rounds
ni ilie ladder ol ambition are addicted i" vices
the moat loathsome* and debased. VWltaveseon
1 man*Governor ol ;. 8ute,*ao drunk belorc
breakfast lhat be could not »ala ; **'■ have seen ,<
made right.
H a go.
uniodiiies of the ICeroh)-
ir counlrt 's growth, U'IH
•uld Si 11 ■'nl .-...-n bread.
./I'I vilit M<.i,,nizer.'
'J'i.' I'.njKthm«■■','/.«»/ ai d rlatl Fiend .
Ilia wife may leatc him, h - ftin ly disown him.
his eh I Iran run in >v n him, his b -. .run-,
ivoid ml de-fii I..111. luii'r tax-gatherer fel.
lows him to the grave. Il mu ! he nmai flaltra;-
blnet miniater so given to intemporance, that ing loan I5nglisnnian a pi dc .hat, poor as he'
he keptaTbarrelofwhiak)—snd very puorwhis- m % be, he na slw
ky ifsrss too-aHin lap in his office! we hare » Il call widioul eeren
ai en a Vice afcr,-.! nt,jtrttempore nl '■!! r . s. .lwnn) loaf. Solitude
Sa*at', m:|.»r ia ItastguNefaot l','C».a «| W .... ••'- sh-Coglsnd
mi, a^quainlanoe \h#
mv auljihari- Ion !,^
and silnshnose ,»i> .4