——p—I I ■ ■■ I *■" -, tagcfl of an i^and—a cmmtry with a com-
rnoM THE natiox.vi. ixTTJLUOENrEn. ulon language; soil and eliuiato ot \aricil
AN \rri:\L to HISTOUY. flomonts, all eiuinently suitable to sustain
Into the \lisrussions which have Woii U l'';osp‘rous, powerful, and numtTOu^s
veral of tho Southern States ulatioii. . , i e
to the value of I Aflerhaving, H.tl.cloT,gcourscof,iRos,
had every form of govornnient tried on its
theatre, Italv nettled down into the follow
ing States, independent of and perpetually
(ir less hostile to e..eh f>ther. lio-
111 ore
g'rnig on in st
for the ];v,-Jt two years as
the riiion, it is surprising how little has
entered of statistical or historical investi
gation and di'duetion.
(leoirraiihieal distinctions, varieties of - - . „ . , • .
•I 'i }• ♦ ) «• . 1. .111,1 ever (fsires to see, troni a single point oi
:^(ii aiul cliinate, ditterenee ot liahits an«l ^ i ;. i,Vt tli-it ner-
,o>,,|«T-,i,rm,,stam-cs«itlun,t wIikhtlMs v,o,v, what Italy vva.s .,1,1 K't tl.at ,Hr
('unfederacv iK'ViT c«»uM have lioeii l>ri>iight I son M.-it tnut. > /» ,• , f
into existeneo, and whieh, by eiuiMing i Taiutur Vk ir of In^uhtr and (onUnenUtl
■ ■
Siu;iro miles. IVijiulation.
them reeij'roeally to sup]>ly oaeh other s |
wants, have hitherto uniteii the Mates in
V*ands of niutnal interest; l/n , with heat-
*h1 appeals ti* prei'idiees aiivl passions stim
ulated by artful exaggeration of differeiues
whieli Nature lierselt has eroatod bi'tween
the remote North and the far South, and
whieh existed in a greater extent betore
the fstablishnient of this tioverumeiit than
.'iiice, iiave constituted the staple ot the
argiiuu'iit in favor of a dissolution ot tlie
I'nion.
Lately we have seen atteiiipt> made to
Sioily.
Kiiifr'loiii «'t Najilos,
l’olK‘(l'*ll>,
Tusvan y.
Mdilena,
I'liriii.i.
Luinlianly nivl Veuioo,
Kin^'Ioni of Sanliiiia,
Totals.
lO.CiOO
I
17.400
h.'.t(H)
17.fiOO
L'lt.LM')
8.:’>00,0(I0
iVXt,0(»l
,'i, 100,000
»*
•J4,'>(H).(K>0
1 l!i,78o
Here we iiave a surface of, we may say,
one hundred aud tw(*uty tiiousaiid .'tjuaie
.■ - ■. , . miles, ami a mean pnjiulation ot t\>o hiin-
jirove that any State of the I uion. (Nnith | furtv-tivf to tlie .>-(juare mile: a
('aroliiia, for example,) witlnirawing from cjujilly great in aggregate num-
it. wouiil, l»y assuming a separate national I’nited States.
rxisteiK-e. appropriating to her s.de use her /,,,»/• an‘ masters of the soil upon
resonries of eajiital and produets, beeom-
in:: her t»wn carrier ami manufacturer, and
maintaining an indej>endent intercourse
with the foreign worKl, be renlered more
prosperous and happy, and, ab(«ve all, more
great and glorious tiian site now is.
which stands the (’ity once Mistress ot the
civilized worUiy Hivided into petty trag-
ment.', for centuries p.ist it has been trod-
vleu down by tiie Frank, the Hun, the
(iotb, Sjtaniard, Turk,
liut we turn from the plt ture, ami a>k,
The im{.robal»ility of such a result tnmi were those re].ulsive
such a procedure we have heretotore, liy
facts and ligurcs which no one in the South
has so much as attempted to controvert,
indeavored to show. Our object iii the
jireseiit article, aud in i>ue or two others
with which we propose tit follow it uji, is
to otler t» the cou>id»‘ration of our readers
a series of illu>trations, drawn trom analo
gy. of the a'lvantages liki'ly to ae«-rue to
ideiuents united as are tlie I nited >tate
Hach a whoK‘ in itsidf. with all th*' very
best attributes of individual freedom; a
common lantruage, and I'ommon history:
the s;iine trlorious names to pntnounce as
tlu“ hi'i'oes aiul martyrs whose acts secured
National IndejHiiileiioe.
('an that man I'.xist wlio woul'l, tor any
earthiv coii.'ideratioii, make himsdf an
any separate (lovernment l.v hreak'ng up .,1;,,,. „.hm> sleeps a WasIi-
into tragments the harmoniotis \\ hole ot
tiie I’nion. W ith this jmrjiose, we ask
the attention of our reader.- to the followini:
Hl.^ToniCAl. VIK\V.>^ (»K Till-: sri'i.IKCT;
r,\erv operation in Nature is. to a les:
or irreatcr extent. org:ini/.ation or disorgaii-
TllK ;^K(’F„s.'I(»MSTS ANSWl-I’.KP.
\Vc liavt" rarely met with a more com
plete aii'Wt'r to tlu‘ arguments of a party
than is coiitaimd in the toIiowiiiL' sliort
izition. Animate and inanimate matter article trom the Natchez ( ouricr:
alike submit to this universal law. The The South has never a.-ked for any thing
L'^reitest Kiii['ires (>f the earth, as well as in>t expressly guiiraiiteid tti her in tin'
('on.'titutioii.— \ iiL'ihunj S' lifiii'/.
the most hnmble individuals wliieli serve
to compose their m isse respectivcly, are
liable to decay, death, and di.'solution.—
The causes of ruiii are a> iuliereut as those
of orfraiiizatiou. durability of existence
i>-. of eourse, a mere (juostiou of time.
 )n the great Kastern (,’outiuent. through
all recoi’vled ai;cs. We tind iii-lability iu the
History of Nations: (irandeur rating on
ruin; victory ]'Ve]niring for defeat; jiride,
f >lly, and pre.-umptiiui laboriiiLX to obt.iin
luimiliation; aggregation meriring iiitodt^s-
I'otisiii, or division into weaknes,-. IJoth
extremes pi'oilucingand perpetuating slave
ry and misery in the ma»es.
To these conflli J.- y)etween growth and
decay, in p'llitieal life, there is one verv
I'Miiarkable exception of jip'sperity. with
out >criou.« revcr.'c. Th at exanij lc is af-
f'Tcb'd by the Anglo-Saxon Nation of . , w i i
X- 1 » ‘ 1 ■ • cxi>t tlure. We lie;r to intorm vou that
North Ainoriea. On the oi.TinsiiiLr  onti- \ .* i
, , ‘ , the ( onstitution noM'he-e L''iara^itee> that
liellt couilHi.-itioli ami (leeonilio.'ltion have i n > i i I L
- - * one s' etiou >haii oe boiinii To mak^‘ su-h
acknowleilgeui' iit.'. A VrojMT tribniial ha>
, 1 - , i' I • • been cri ated bv the ('ou'titution for the M-t-
rtates have evinced verv i»o\vcrtul i>nnci- . . n ’ i
, . . ; ■ I , tleuient ot all .'U, h.(
jiles ot composition, and with ni '.'t salut.i-
'rheii vours is not the true Sourhern
partv. You are a.'kinir for amendment' to
the (’onstitution; for grants of pnwer
iicitlur expres-lv u'T iii,!ireetly given. If
they were there, there would be no neeti of
alter.ition and am' iiilmeiit. \ mi a.-k for
the Mi.-'Siiiiri ('oin|'romise line, ^’our own
leailers have over ami over again aeknowl-
edired it to be unconstitutional. You a>k
for a repeal of the .^Iexican !;iw. Now, if
that repeal is guaranteed by the (’oii'titu-
tion, it is uceoniplished by the ^'ou>titn-
tion. and ueetl- not the action of (’onLMes.'.
It Would be uvli's- for Congress to d,»
what the (’oii'fitution has done already.
If you ctuten'l that it is not -o nnieh tln‘
lejieal you want, a- it the ackiiowledgi -
nient bv the North that th"s,' law- d'l n>-t
waged, with varied vici.-situde, constant
warfare. So far of its history, the I'nited
I V result'
I^Kxt-'rnal pres-ure has ii' t y. t
1 roved more than the expansive ^t^ell'J:th
ot the New Knij'ire >f t!ie W'e-t. Are
there no .sym{,toius of the existence of the
opj)osing lav.-, and of danger to be f. ^red
from its action? Though latent, all his
tory almoni>hes ti.s t) acknowledge its ex
istence. and t>> guari airainst its ever wake
ful aud ever malign influciu-e. riiion does
11.,t giv general safety only, but al-i in-
div’ilual si.fviy. In j.olitieal >tri!cfnre'
the fi.ivrs gain )>o-iiinn .-nid daraliilitv
in jii'"f)ortion to the >trengfh and cojie.'ion
I f till- whole faliri(.
In all our ili'ijui.'itions on our domestic
}..licy, we seek, aii'l with the utmost pro-
jiricty. our examples of similarity or con-
Tra-t in Kurojio. Hence are mainly sought
or derived our laiiiruage, en.'toins, and the
ba.'C of nur history, and our knowled:;e of
the w-rkings of i)ur iii'titutioiis. J^,.t n.
then fore, .-pread b-f,.re us t.ibular charts
ot Knr"|ie, in its pi>Iitical and natural rlivi-
.-'ioti'. and from the review s”e f!;e rn-st
prominent con-ef-u-nce.'of aggregati-.u aud
o( divi-jon of Knifiire.
In advaiie. . we may premise that in re
gard to territ.Tia! surface the r.Stat«>
falls very little ,-horf of tlutt of all Kurope,
an,I that in capability of .-U'taining tiojmi-
1 ition the two r' lrioiis are probably still
more similar. As they now stand. North
Ain,'rica and I'.uropi;; pre.scnt a most im-
{•ortant p.ditical contrast. In North Amer
ica. the I nited State.s possess the mihilf
Zone, wiih (jiio nation and common lan
guage, and wi^h free institutions. Hen;
the gn at in-.ral Lw forbid.-n'Volntion, and
iH-ts to preserve. In Jliin)}).', change i.s |
• -.-•ryday m ,ye In-.idly elaiin'c]; an>I, as'
tile human mind expands, the jaihlic voiee '
IS more dearly heani, and more impeni-
tive in tone. The I'nited States Iiave be-,
gun on a .‘^y.stcm whieh well wii! it bc—if!
permam ntly m.iintaim-.] in Ainerica—tha"
Kun>i,e can imitate. It wouM be trea.son ’
again.-t human natun' were faction v.-ithin 
our own borders to mar the most salutary !
example, and so far th(; nio>t siicc- s-ful
’X]if‘riment, e\ r pl.icc-d })ef'onf mankind, j
hither by clioico or accident, Hurope I
was, jii the middle ;il''cs, and in a too'rreat
de "■
jUe-ri'111-, and when that
tribunal has sp,iken, it is time enoiiirh to
a.'k the aeknowledi:einent by the North
that thty weri* in error. In tht> mi antinie
to contend that ('ongrcss hould refM'al
certain I.rws. is but to eonteml that the
('oii-fitution has not. and that (’,iiiLrri-ss
can d" iu that n -peet what the (’,«nstitu-
ti'iii i- unable to otf,ct.
\ ou ask t ir a repeal of the I’tah and
New .M exieo laws. hat more you \v'uid
haV‘- ‘hail they ecutain, except a 'oiigre--
.'ionai estaldisliiueiit ot -hiverv, or law- tor
It- further j,r"tection. is hani to be -eeti.
And yet your own iih s, an,l the tile- of
every l>eniMerat;e pap>'r in the State, and
the -peeelies .{ mo>t of yiair own a”itation
leader- can be ipioted against you, to -how
that all sucli b-gislation would be uncon-
>titutional .'uid improjier.
'J iien if tlie .''outli uevr a.-ked anv ihint:
beyon.l the gnarantit s of the (’,.nsf itutiun.
and as you are asking a great deal beyond
them, eonte.^...: y,,iir.- is-not the true
S'Mitheri! partyl tieii. f^hiitmaii an-l .Jn,ig‘
( . I'inkney >mith want such ainemlinents
made tu the t'on.-tituiion as will insure tlu“
>outii an e-pial iepr* -eiitafi.m in the Si-u-
ate of the r,iit( ,j St.ites wilti the North.
W ill you plea.se .-how the .-ection and ar
ticle where such a ]iro\ i.-iun is guaraiitieiiy
Ue-ides, if it is already guarantied^ then
your own coufe-i(>n neither they, nor
Von who support tin m, belonir to £.1^. true
Southern partv!
-\ll your demands you in-ist u]>on in^
derthe alternative of scefc.--inn. If’you
cannot get tlie former, yon go for a South
ern (',>niiress and the l itter. Now jilea.se
inform us ui wiiat .-ection or article of tb.e
( oiotitutiiin is either a Southern t'ongre.-s,
or seees-ion from the I nion, “e.xjiressly
guarantied' ’ If neither are “expressly
gn.'irantthen you do not btdoiig to
the Southern partvl " If not to the Souili-
ern party, to what I'arty do yon cling.'' It
mu-t be to that faction to which northern
al^olitii.ni'^ts are lemiing so much aiil—the
Sewards, Hales, (liddings and Snmm’i's,
whoe|ually v.ith you go again.-t the ( om-
pronii.sc—it niiist be to tlu! l)i.-iinioii jiai-
ty’.
of lianxln; Kon-
Aniong the maxims
canid, i.- tliis one;
lir-v i.s the li'iiia;;; vhieli Vice pays to
gree remiini.s so, broken up into small ,
and hostih; fragments. 'J'he work of mod-1
 in time.s has in fact bet n, by emjdoyin/■ \irtn'-
I vC means, to bring onler out of eonfu-| Some of the 1 »isunionists of (leorgia,
sii.n. huiope has, at every cjmk h of itsi .,j-,,.r working ami lighting for in(»nths
)i.-toi V, ])ic.sentcd the extreiiK .s of desjiot-1 1,,. principle.s laid down in tho
' !‘iid liceiitiou.sness—extremes | (i,.(,rgia I’latform, now protend to submit
a ike *estructive of rational trfte.dfim, and I 5t j)(»ssible tor a man to (diango
{iiodueing anarchy, or the nili- ot tin; few wlioU* mental nature during the first
over tlu; Uiany, when human life lost in no j we(^k afti r tiie s( lection of a ('amlidate for
innted degree the sun- ],rotectiot> of .-ilher (v riilini/nun fun-t" ever
law, humanity, or n;ason. As some com- y,^
pc.-isation for such vcr.Hr.tilKy, birttory has , ,.j,ti]nation of these meny What then shall
ncordfd the eonse.iuences, and fiketched or their ac(,uioseence be
•ailed? Is it not hypocrisy?
iiiefl.K eahly the scenes.
-M'f‘ r the revobitionsof thirty centurie.s;
•ittor i hange.s jf fortune moi(; m.iiked and | j\ry, Yoric —^J'hc returns of
varied than ever were an) where else dis-j the een.sus show that one hundred and .six
pl.iyed, let UK view It.dy .is it i«, and why , n(;wspapers were published in the city of
is, the fractured exji'.’iieut of tvillen gr.in-j New V ork in luiving an aggregate
... circulation of H2,:St58,478 ^sheets.'^ Four-
Italy, though joined to (or rather, in-j teen were printed daily; fifty-eight weekly;
d" d, scjnrat^d from) I* ranee on the north-j and fourteen monthly. The rlaily circnla-
Ve.-t, Swit'/.erliind on tin? north, and (Jer- ti> i amounted to L’lr'i.Oil; tin we« kly to
m:.ny on the northeast, if engn-uped, and and tlie monthly fo 4U1,H()().
with tlie Islands ot Maha, Sicily, S;Tdi-: This ennineration is strictly confiniMl to
nia, ' 'isita, lias :in insular charaeter, newspapers, and iloe.s not inc lmle the mi-
,»u itself^ in ,,t t\,,. luitural advan morou:^ {'eriorjieals in other shupeisv
FUnM THE REPUni.TO.
Democratic I)cnvnciafi»n oj tfir
(ration ff>r its Fidel if >/to S^nrcrj/ —
J)fWornft{r to hvpvnl
of the FiKjitire Slave haw.
We arc g^ad to see any effort for adjust-
; niont of (uir national difi»!rences upon the
j basis of ac(uiescenee in the (^unpromiso,
‘even though that ac.piie.cence be accom-
'panied, as in two extreme meetings hdd
lately at the North and in the South, witli
I abstract dcidaration.s ot the most objection-
' able character. , , • •
' Wo wore gratified to see tho Wliigs ot
j Vermont avow their willingu-j.«s to a(j-
ipiiesee, in spite of the otlensive and fanati
cal diH'trines that aceomj>anied their reso
lutions. his acijuiesecnce \\ill be ioiiiid
in the following resjolutions, which the
I’nioH does not publish:
“Kcsf Jrcd, That wo ar', as we over have
been, di cfi/cd/ty iittac/icd to the I nioii,
that we look to tlii' cmirts f the I . Stuh s
as thi‘ true iiitrrpn ti rs of the ( oin^titntn/ji
and the lairs uf the itatiiai—coiiftdin'j in
their n'isdtJiii and fdeliti/—and that irc
hare no si/miiathi/ >a' toh ration for the
rerohitionari/ iloctnnrs at s/crssnai, nid/i-
ficatian, ardisnnionj in whatovi'r ijiiartci
m.uiifostLd.
I!(Sf,ired^ That in the m,'derate, and
discreet, and prai tieabK- mcasuri's iM-oni-
nieuded to ('ougress by the present Nation
al Administration, and tlu‘ tirm (k‘terinin;i-
tii'U to reiji'ess international disonU-r. aud
to c.vcntc faithfnU)/ tin fafs nf tin land,
and to maintain inviolate the laitb ot
public treaties, wo recognise measures an 1
j)riiu'iples to which we gi\e our i-ordial
ajiprobatioii, and pledge a lu'arty support.
We were in like m inner gratilied that
' the ('onservativi's of Soiitli (Virolina coUjd-
t‘il their denunciations of tlu- I iiion with
an airreement to endure it. N\ e regarded
the declaration of the fmatics of \ erm-'iit,
a:il of the seee-.-ioui-ts of South ('arolina,
abstraction-—announced to pre-erve the’r
consistency. We were willing to accept
their allegiauee to the (’ouiproniise and t >
the l iiN'U with any e\pressioii> ot )>ri\ate
ojtinion they niav v hou.-e to utter.
(tpiuioii in America is no t-rime. 'i'he
South (’aroliniaii may entertain or exj’re-
di‘te-tation of th‘ I ninn. \t-t loni.'a-he
"efraiiis fri>m the jiraelical exerci-.- of hi-
tpinion-. there is and th( re ought to be
! o “sedition l.iw " to puni-h Ir.in for any
tiling that he may write or spe.ik, Th,-
s-ime rule nin-f aj'plv to tlu- fanat:e of
\’crin '!it: y,'t if the ri -i-taiice t,> the |-'ii-
gitive Sla\e law autlfrized by the st.itut ■
i.f Vermont should be attempted, the l-’ed-
eral law- woiilil be enf'iced. as th y l..i\e
been and will continue to be. uhil.-t the
pre-,-i;t .\'iiuini,-tration i- in p- u r.
\\*c i it.- a pic-e ,if p.'litical hi.-t,’rv v. iii, h
the W'lrhi, We bi lieve. ha:- if't \« t learind
tVom the cobimns of the rni,>n.
It seem- tll.it ou the ’J‘Jd I'f d lily, l^o],
the ••I'cuio ratie State ('>;nvi ii'ii>n'’ met at
Montpelier, in Virmont, and a! *pted the
foll'iwing re-olution-;
That any ;itteni[>f to f ,;.t th"
in.'titiition of>la\ery uj ,n ti-rrifoiv un h r
the juri-dietion of tin.- I’nioii: anv leL'i-la-
ti,n 'f (' >ngre-~ ti.at e.\p ,--- the tree riti-
z,‘ii.- '-fa >iver'-iLfu .‘'t;it> t.> p-rpetual -la-
very with,>ut due priHf-- of law; that ib-
n;e' the tri.d by jury, and -tri]-- i.ti tie-
pa’ii'ply "f the ^reit writ of rijLt, i- an
inva-i"ii of the leiritim.it.- -iiver>'_uiv >f
the States ainl an infriuLreUi, nt on tin-
guarantees of to-- ('onstituti.,n, and -lendd
be pn'Uiptly n }vll. I.
•• A'. '1 hat we d:-e.,\ , r but one
distinctive featuri- of tin- W big part\ , in
it- pre-eiit ]>laee, a- .-hadow^ d by the pre
sent Aduiini'tr.ition. fi b-li’v to -l..y. rv.
the maintenance of it- -upr inacy and in-
violaliility; we shall then f,re opp,i-e tin-
N\ IjIl^ p'ft.\- It' jiritieipl, it ji.i^ n..ii. ;
■■ A'1 hat the \\ li!gs d \ erin iiit,
by cnlially approving of I’resident Kill-
nion-'- Ao'mini-trati'.n at their late c.n-
vention at H.-llow-' |-'al|', endt-ciI and
tendereil all i--Ue lip .|i til'- Fuiritive Sl,l\.'
law; and that this eon\,-iifj.,n promptly a -
ci [>t the ten ler, atel hereby ree,(niin''ml to
all their p"htie.i| tra-nds. ;in l thi- friemls
of freed,>m au'l huintuity in the State, to
ni.-.-t tie- i-.'Ue in every joditn-al gatiiering
and at tie* p ,11-."
N-'W. so tar from i-oin(-i,ling with the
I ni"U in the opinion that the Wliig \’er-
inont resolutions were h ,.-tile to the (’oin-
pronii,-.', the Hemoi-ratic (’i.nveiiti 'n ex-
pre.-.-,-s the opininn that ti:o>,- rt--idnti,,ns
“cordially approved the ,\iiniinistration of
I'resideiit l-'illniore,’’ and diseo\crs but
one di-tinctive feature of “the W big p.irty
in ii> pre-ent place, as shadowed by the
pre-etit Administration—fiilelity to slavery
—the mainten incc of it.- snpn-m.icy and
invioiabilitV. ^\ e shall theicfort- oppose
the W big party.”
'I’he I >cnioeratie ('on V( ntion “recommend
toall I heir pditical friiinls an I thefrii-nds
of freedom ami humanity in tint State to
IIKct the issue of the I'uLritive Slave law,”
alleged to ha\e been “endorsed and teii-
den-d” by the Whigs of \ erinont in the
re.' ili.tions .'-o much condemiu'd by the ( -
nion for their hostility to tin* (’oiniir.iinisel
\'et there is iio Wold of cen-ure for thcM-
I)( luocrats of W rmont. ^I’licy may declare
wh.it Oj.inions th-;/ think proper—4hey
may appeal to “their friends ;ind the friends
of humanity” to meet the issiu- “of endors
ing the Fugitive Slave law” iu every jioli-
tical gathering and at the jmlls, ami then-
is no whisper of disapprobation for them,
liut the Whig Aihninistratioii is denounc
ed by the Hcmocrats of \ eruiont for its
“fidelity to shivery,'^ ami by thi; I’nion :is
having been tal.se to the ('impromise which
jiroti'cfs it. ^
Wc trust that iu justice to the Adminis
tration, as in jnsticc to tin; hi.-torv of the
period, the I nion will let it be known
that the Administration of .'Nlr. I’illmore
has been denounced by the Ikniocrats of
Vermont for its “fidelity to slavery,” and
that the democrats d’ W-nnont have
pledge.l themselves to agitate the issue of
repealing the b’ligifivf! Slave law in (ivery
Jioliticul gathering and at the polLs.
A Ilod.r. It was rej)orfed on Saturday
by 'JVlegraph that a man went over the
i'alls in a small boat. Uhe (Jf)urier says:
“Jhe statement was founded upon u
hoax gotten up in this wise: A eanoc was
.sent over and in it was a atufled figure,
sitting erect, with paddle in hand.—^
Many persons on either sid; of th(j river
saw the incident, and considerable oxeite-
nient was ot course created. The follow
ing morning it was iinnonnet'd that the
body of the poor fellow was to be .seen gy
rating upon the surface of the whirlpiw.l,
and the hack and wagon driv*rs reapi'd
the benefit, of their honest ingenuity!”
I A SFJ.nCH FOR TnE UNION.
' Strange as it may ap[»ear, in view of tlie
present j)osition of the Hon, 11. H. liliett,
of deadly hostility to the I’nion, the au
thenticity of the follow'ing extract from an
able Speech delivered by him in the Hotise
of Representatives of the I nited States, in
the year ISk’, is not questioned. As
true as it was then, it is now. Jle cannot
iinsa// it:
“Hut t^i make the will of all the law
by constitutional arrangements to jiroteet
the weak, and enable the weak as widl as
the strong to ruh* theniselvi'S, and thus to
secure the blessings ot libt>rty and fre*
ifovernnu'nt to all—that is tin' mighty jiro-
idem which has puzzled the statesmen and
patriots of all ages, and whiidi has, at last,
been so wonderfiilly solved in our ( onsti
tution. This (.'onstitution was the rvv-ult
of a long train of events, of peculiar times
and circumstanc'-“S, and a wisdom ami vir-
tiu' ({uickeiied by the intensest tluuight,
and matun'il by the sternest trials. (uMi-
t'eiiieu nny succeed iu overthrowing it—
for tie rc is no blessing man is not cap ible
of despl.'ing and abusing—but let them
not indulge the vain hope that when over-
thnnvn. tln'V can re-establish it. Ceutu-
rit's rolli 1 ()ver before the birth of this
('oust It at ion; and it may take as many
mori' to tind a people either (.-ajiable ot a]>-
preciating or ;tdministe:ing such a ('oiisti-
tii ion. ()iice falh n, like the decayed ci
ties of the old world standing amid.-t ruins
and desf Its, it will l>e fallen forever. It
the I iiioii Wire to Ik‘ dissolved to-morrov.',
it i-ouM not be re-niiited. .\ware of the
diflieultv of ot.ildishinir the ('oii-titution.
and i's ci,inplet.'ne.-s, when honestly ad
ministered, to aecompl>.-h the great objects
for v. L;eli it was cn-ated, the pi opk- of the
rniteif States have ev-r frowned upon all
att'-mpts to alter or at*oli-h any ot its es
sentia! f atures. Whenever :iny ]>arty ha-
fairlv develop,‘d desiixns ii ,>ri!e to it.- in
tv-litv, th' V have been ov rthrowii. To
wliat but this ('onstitution must we attri
bute the ^dorioiis distiiu-ti in we ]>o.--ie-~, a
tlie bippie-t and free.-t peo)ile in fh>‘
worl i.’ ami what an* all our tr-'ubles ;in'i
eoiit-'iiti.,iis with each other but pr-'vid -n-
tial ri biikes for lep.-irting fr'in it.- wi.-e
and ju-t pr, vi-ions?
••Sir. 1 go for the (‘o'l-titntioi. as it is.
I want m» diange in it - jirov;-i.tn-: but if
tl re i-^ to be any ch.inge. I w ait th-- '^
i-li.-ii::;--.' t,i be in favor of j'opnl ir liberty.
In-tead of -tr,.'n_theniiij the legi dative
p,,\\, r—froni which :tll u-iirpation- on th-'
(' ,n-f ^tu'i'n ha\e origin.tt,-,|, an ! which
now tljp ;tt"U t't o\ i-rtlir,iw it—1, t tb.- le-
Lri-l\ti\> j, w r be -till fiu'th, r r -trained,
i V iuuit it: III- luor ■ ele;;rly deliued; b t the
\i t > ]-rin> iple. >n which the (' 'ii-titution
;- I'uilt. !'■ t nlaiir-’ i. in ,,rder tb.it ■.Mea*
Democracy.—The Riohmnmd W'hig fitalilo Woodine.s.'? Trithont coiir-, From the following jubilant
thus sketche.s the begiunitig, the middle, universal and impartial that which we take from the Wa.-hi„,,;,;
,v . I never t(dd the truth to either friend or foe. nion, it would seem that som.;;,!.,^
and the end of AnieiKaii cmoc .uy Accordingly, “tottering on in vices to the sions had been felt by the K,lit.,r ,
“All things, they say, and tiagt lies much without the daring of man- Ashe’s defeat />// hts oun fn'i),,i^
especially, have their beginning, t leir .,g tljL> decency of middle age, .sangni- gratification which that p!*per cxpri... ^
inry but stealthy, wicked as it was w'eak, the intelligence of his election
violiMit as jiiisilaiiinious, arbitrary and im- it was not an event whieh had
]iotent, most pernicious through the jiow- confidently looked for. We an-
ers which it ludd !tml not through its jiarts, deal struck with the cj■
it iK Vcr stopp-d at a crime and trembled cumstanee of Ashe being cli.,,., „ ...
only ttdotlie least good. Witliont one overwiielnilng majority,” when;
honor gathered from such high eomnnind, no rajidar 0j>j)0sitajn h> his
ueh Wide means of winging blessings to Ihe'l)o>^ocrucy certainly have
middle and their end. In Ijocofocoism,
Jackse,n, Nan Huren and 1‘olk m.irkei
those several .stages. 'I'hey may be ,sai
to have rcjiresented precisely the lhn
great periods of its life.
lender (Jen. dackson, it had witli tin
passiiuis of youth its vigor, it.s violence
and ever^’ thing but its iniiocem e. Stn tig
or re pi ( I from his |>eop|e; tin* jioor heart- whieh are peculiar, and no dou!,r
less, heailles- child of Heiiiagoguism in its tory, to theinselycs; but as “tli,-ir tl,,
ilotage and of paralytic Tartyisui jiassed
away, the la.-t of a line which must .soon
have m.ide an end of its country, but that,
hapjiily, its headlong ilegradatioii first
n end of itself.”
are not nir thoughts, nor their w:,.
way.s,” we must, in the pie-enr j,;.
boltl, self-willed, it did, in its lu.«tihood of i,ind; witliont one instant of aflection things and ways of showii
blood, just what it listed; it spent in all
I manner of wild proiligality the large es-
i tate of jxipularity to which it had sudden-
i ly and strangely come; it livel with grooms
land ]>arasites, sharpers,, bullies and bottle-
j holders; corrupted by its exainjile, the
I sober eountry-maiimTs wiile around; ro le j,,
I a hunfing or on an experiment, with
hounds, and horses and horns, over the
j corn of its tenants and the fences of the
' l.iw, ruining ni;iny people in a morning’s
di\ersion; or, going to town, it nickei I the
: windows fd‘ peaceful citizens, cudgeled the
I wati-hmen, upset the .stands of hiicksters
, and the e.irt.- of market |*eoplc, or sniashel
: the lamps :ind left every body to break bi.s
.-bins or fall into the gutters in the d.irk-
' ness. So strong a following of sw:i.-h-
ind without further conuiunt
riiion in the full enjoyment of
cies at Aslan’s iv-election, veiitai!]
to express the hope that th,, af,',.
!Mr. ,Vshe will prove himself tru,- ti,;
( mon:
J\arth ('arolIna.—are t ■'
learn that the Hon. W'm. S. Adu- ■
conijnoinising democrat, h.i,- been r,-'
ed ti Cwngress in the Wilmingt„ti ,]j.
North Carolina, by an overwh hn'',.
the late pidiiic.-il cont.-.-t in Alabama fully j,.rity. Inde-,-I, tllere wa.s no r. r‘,i:
sustained by the ,MobiIe Daily Jlegister, j, >-it"^ion to the election ..f
*We need li.-irdly remind our readers that tlio
'I'l ca.sisrv Mild 1‘ost riHice dc{iai-ilacnt.s were both
hv.rnt down, nnder Oeneral Jackson and Mr.
\'a:i lliiren, with circnnistances not n little rius-
pieiou.s.
ALAIJA M.\.
are irlad to find our own views of
W
cklers did it carry at its heels, (besides
the leading organ of the Hemoeracy and
of “Southern Kight.-,” iu that State. The
, that its wihl ways won tlu* po]mlace) tliat IJegister says;
(juiet fidks ilared hardly resist it, aud the None of the memb(*rs elected to ('on-
intimidated UKigistracy couhl searcidy ven- fress are disuiiionists or advocates of se-
tur*’ to take it u]i.  Mice, indei'd, they
tooli iu'art and issued a writ against if; eout-nd for the abstract right of .seee.ssioii
but the record of it was soon after exjiung- as a suiir.i-eoijstitutional remedy, but do
ed ;ind the dn-tices punished for the of- jjot ur;:e its exercisc for existing causes.
appears that Mr. William Win-l',u ,
cided democrat, was voted fir by ,-i j
of the wliigs, with a view t > diiii:i.;‘i y
Ashe’s vote. But we ;ire aii'h,
say that Mr. Window wi- p!a.
'n\v-
they cession. Tho Southern llights inon only field without his knowledge or »•
was voted for ag.iinst iiis cxpr,
fence which they had imMiit to check,
trreat, in >hoi t, were the goiii;iS-on of this
the true yo'.nig Hemoenu-y, tfiough it did
not yi‘t style itself young: that title was
k pt for it- le.ivings of life, its eai ly iin-
)■ M-uev: for it is only v tur rake, deeayeil
and th.it he w;is in favor of th--
the reirnlar democratic candid,u-
In this they are md materi.-illy difFerent
from tin* “-rnion” Ib'pre.seiitatives, who
all claim to staml U[»on the (leorgiu I’lat-
form, and are pledged, in case (d‘ any
f.irrher ai:-irre--ions, to resist “even a dis-
rii]»tion of «-\crv fie which binds the .''tat-.-
d'tre his time, that is fond d imagininLr to th'- I'liion.” '1 hey therefore ^a'actirallif
lieguil
our
fir.'t
■d ni.m."-r «d' wills
make law- f,r the
m ij r;?'. .lU inert :i
—ni.iy !„■ r |uired t,
peo] != ; ;.nl thus a iie:irer .ipproaeh in:i\ be
m.id*- fo the n.ik I th- ’ry of a tree iemo-
( r.-iti(- I i\, rniiii-nt—that every man -ftall
ml- him-^t If. 1 dete-t the d iiuini.n of
one in.in—a king. 1 i| -te-t m -r*- tli>- do-
mini ,?! ,,t many, b- i-an-e ni -n- h -artle.'-
rni'l -j 'ii-;' !*; but. ab>\-- :d!. I f-ar.
and b'.i’h,-. ;iiid 1 'j-:-- mtc tii.in I f r.
th,- ■ ok, I ithb'.--. rt in >r-4 ' -- t\rnnnv i f
a cao.cii- i,,.ij-rity—-tir-t f!i,- f.an-l
tiieii tie- \ictim-,,!' tie- bbt»lv ii>-piti-m
i,f -,,ni'- boi-I '■;i 1 m ta. u!i,i u-i s t ,• b _di
.I'pirari'in- of the p->’ph- f >r lib. i-tv t >
o\. I •!;;•,'W til,- (’--n-'itutn'i; -f hi- > ,uii’rv.
and 1 ft him- :f "ii it- ruiii-. Sir. r oul--
- are j.r-v- r' \iily -in i l-ii v-1. ’l'ii, y
atm at ,i b;_dit r -i.m-lard of cpiitv in
t-rnim-i!f. aa I rc,|u n-. th- r, f re. a hiirle r
-t.-iii,! n-'l i,f \ riue t'> a>lmini-ter th in;
ami, bi :nir i>pen to th-;c-pirafion- aii l am-
biti'in Ilf .ill. th'-v mu-t ntc '-arily b.- li.i-
tde t I m-’r- fr-ijie lit and d--p-r.ite c ,n-
f. -?- l',;- p"U- r. aiid d..rk>-r eon'pira'':e- a-
giin f t!:i ir integrity: aiel b-t u- never f 'r-
t the - id b--- 'ii ail hi-t -rv tea,-In--, that
e\ I v fi''> 'Vernni'-nt tie- -un In- e\i-r
-h-.iie up'iii ha- I ov.-rtlu' wn in tln-
n.-nic- of libi-rty and th.- p,-op!c.
'I'ia jt ai 'i'in m Sir‘‘h f a^'ihua. I he
(Ir'-eiiville I S. ('. I’.itriot of the Sfh draws
tie- f llowing contra.'t betwr«-n the pre-cnt
-f.ite -d' pulilie s,-ntiinent in the St;ite of
Ill'll (’artdin.'i ind the prevailing feeling
witliin it- boril- r- .-cvi-ral month,- ago;
“It is iu'leetl am.izing to -iei- what chan ires
taki* plac - in jmblic opinion iu the short
space  f a t‘,-w months. La-t fill the whob>
.'^tate secUied to be for sece^>ion. Now, if
it was left to :i Vote of the j>eople, a lll.ijo-
ritv w-'uld b*‘ found ojvjt-ised to it. Six
months siu'-e. there was not a m-wspapt-r
in South Carolina that di,l not ad\dcate
di-union and >eces,-i-"n. Now we have the
Soutiiern Patriot, Hambnri: ricpiiblican.
Charleston News, Southern Standard, Co
lumbia 'rranseript. and Kr,-kim,* Miseella-
nv, all oppos'-d to secession. j
“Not a whispi-r was h-'.ird wht'ii the liC-
gislature met of any populir expression a-
gainst sece--ion. Recentlv Haniburii has,
with gre:it unanimity, declared hersidf in ,
till’ opposition. I-'onr tlious.ind p>“rsons, at j
(In-en\ille Court Honsi*, on the -Jth of ■
dnl\. e\pi-essi-d themelve,-; by the pream
ble and resoliifi >ns adopted, hostile to se
cession. Horry I)isfrict did the same at a i
public meeting on the same d.iy. '
“L.ist fall thi-n- w;is not heard a single i
Voice- from the leading lueii (d‘ the State iu j
opposifi,.n to secession, except from Cul. j
tii'aysoti, .Mr. I’oinsett, (ilc-neral Hamilton,!
and (leiieral 'riionipson. Since that time I
we have sei-ii letters ojiposing, with ixreat 1
ability, the separate iictiou of the State,
from dndjie Cheves, dmL'e Hutler, dud-fe
O’Neal, Col. I’reston, Hr. Lieber, .Judge
Withers, Dr. Dickson, Col. Hurt, Cidonel
Chesmit, Col. Orr, Mr. liarnwell, (.'olonel
IJrooks, Col. Boyce, Col. Owens and many
others.
“This lo. >ks jiretty well for the begin
ning of an opposition to sece.ssion. But it
is not all. Ij,i.“,t fall as,sociations W(‘re
formed in almost every district of,' tin; State
tor the purjio.sc of agitating and contndl-
ing public opinion, as was done in France
With .so much sncce.ss during their bloody
revolution. But now tlie.s(‘ .laccdiin clubs
are dying in Charleston and elsewhere, and
th(^- have in a great measure cea.sed to
meet. The members have withdrawn, and
in tnany iiist;mces are ashamed to acknosv-
ledgo tlieir membership,”
him.',‘lf yourhful, ju,-t when he h;
to t.itier. Admiral ly. liowt-ver, ilit
vou;!j- h, ir conform himself, at th:
jn-riod, to th.it virtu 'U- counsel ad'lre--,-,!,
in what has bi-eome a popular >ayin'_'. to a
V"U:h who was named or who wore Boots
—a r-ivin'.r which exhorts him to ‘-(Jo it;
f-r tliat Ills ]>,ipa is weaithy.” He or it —
for wt‘ are ^)>eaking of imj«ers,>nat( I I 'ltr.t-
D, inoeraey, ami may use eitlicr pronoun
—h.-id, in tht' war.lsliip of hi- minority
I that i,'. during tin- eieeti.in
I. rge sums  f >ntlrage. up,>n c.,pious j>ro-
mi-i-,d’,i w,iiiderful econimv, if prmli-
gii i;- II -f riu-, .d'a peit.-ct -u]ipre--ion of’
all I'atr-'ii.ige, .-(f a s’trpri-ini: si If-{iri\a-
ti in in p-w- r. i-fa gre,;t li 'in r of tin- |,-t-
tinu' otlie,--lio|i!(-rs inl,-rfere in  lection-;. «,f
hoMing ;u al>ominati>-ii tin s Im iiiL' m,-ni-
bers lit (’oii;^r---- or ivlitor- witii fedi-ral
salarie- or contr.iets, of all rew,iplin;.' ,‘,f
Tie- AVbig s of Tenne.s.sce ar-d
Carolina have given u.- l";’ ar
cheering victories. In Teiin,--
cially, we b.tve «-arrieil all bi-tor,-
It will be a long time bef
consent to p;irt with this nobi.
brother-: in the Soiithi-rn Stat,
r.illy around the “i ni- n.” and
to us the right hand of f-. lii.->v
iry’t-. niiderst.ind’Vi^'^'i-iv th- pdi- ‘ I'^rty wiil we ev
aii,i
•lifl’er from t h -ir Southern Bights colleagui
only as twe iledum did from tweedlcde
But this furtln-r explanation is al
U'-e
tieal char.iet(-r of th,- in-mbi-rs ele‘t. In
the first an I third di,-tricts, tho eh-e'ion
tir,ni-'l ni.iinlv upon the fpiostion of the
ap]'rov;il of tho ('oniproinise measures.—
N'>ne of the e:in,]i,Iat,-s W'-ro advocates (d'
sece--i ,n. .Me--rs. Br ig;r and Harris W'-re
ehosi-n ber-aii-e tif-y were oji].,.nent,-of the
taken up (-,nipri'ini-e, while Me.--rs. I/ingdon and
.'ludd. tb'-ir an'a,goni,-t.s. were its a,lvoc-ates
an-l ju-ti;i,-rs.
hi the .see.iiel district, the Southern
II:^hr- ca id:-i.;te, Mr. Codiran, was under-
h.ill separate u- tV,,m tht-in. l,. t n,
ki'eji up,in the trui> N.nion .l I'l-it;' ri.i.
chewing all isms, an,! ,--ctionali-iji.
cialiy, as the wor-t of all, and ■ i.-r
await.' us el.-ewhere as weli as th rJ^
a: y. /:.
Th.
SjianiJt liid/ (’irciis.—Tile aiir
ul
!r.-,
W.i-
111 !■
m lu
have
■1 t.i h
ib-i’-ate i t‘ r t’le rea- >u.
; -rat. an-I e-'K-. ; v.iti\
be-u ran. it i-
been det--e,l. 'j
-c(es,-ion \iew,-. and
11 ,d a iii'tr--
So-atb'-ru I’liuht-
proliai
in' s;iJii'
Id
I'.ii f :z iii-^, ail'
in,
all
J-:
t‘ 1',‘- WoUi
in::v !>o s.^id
;ng to
what p-trty a man bd.iiiired wh-.-n lu- wa-
fit t'l till an otfu-i- t-» the jmblie a Iv .nt iir*-.
He also, iu the tloiible vi'-w of a.-inir
the lu.iuy with a si-einni'i niod.eriti,,n .'iml
of .^....tiling th>' inijtatieu. I- ■ f tl; ■ f w hi-
W Mild be c,nip, tit ips. ) g.iVt- -p -i-i.d ! 'Il-l.-
to bi th. in lar_f,‘ dam i- --. tii.it h'- u c.iM,
at tiie eii l of joiir Vi ,irs. -ivc ni« fh - pm-
p-.-rty to tin- n* xt h-ir. bikevv;-t-. h,- :_'o:
t lar_'c 1 ,!ii I'Ut of fn • opp..-ite -',rt- . the
]*r,-t ctioni-t- .m-l .\nti-rrot; cii-'iii-t- i>v
:_'i\in:r tie ni b',;h ambide.\tcr'»ns obliLM-
tein-. t ' be paid in a •‘jii,]icion- Tiril?’.”
tl. inch a irreat enemy to the
a- to tin
an a iv-i -
gonn ry !
f r.itner—
■ s,-vi :;*h di-trict. Mr. Bice w.;s
,t - Ilf t!ie d',ctrinc_- id’ tin* 3I.,:;t-
*l,i'.''’rni—iii'b ed, om- of it,- -hi-f‘
-and so cxfrem-’ in hi-sentiment- i
n -h'lif.
n lit -V'tiin and liiinly
.ill who tr,idi- "11 b'lrrow.-'l c.ipital ■■/'■//(/
I bn .ik.” he Went lar^rtdy in debt fir tle-
V' -ideiicy. Iii-*oi-(“ he i:ot it; and. In-in;r in.
nviiici-d that
r
ineiits in the Spaiii-h bull cin us at M.alr;
on the “.^t!i uitimo. w-re ,.f m re tl.
u^ual brutal ehar.ieter. T'.ic ■- n m
and iier famiiy. toifftliir with the K ,
wore ]-re.-ent. The iii.-t fi;_li! wa-b r-,'
a Wolt ami ,-eVeral dogs; the d,,_-
finished iiim. Next a hyena ;;n l ,
dogs oeeujiit-d the arena. Then a
b ;!r eiicount -n d no Ic.ss tli.ai rijii-
dog.-; tlu- le r came di vi- t-ii- u-. ]
la.-t scene was that whieh attr;>.ct,-i •
crowded audience, viz. a conte.-t Uiv
a ii'in aud a bull:
“J'he lirst w as one of the fiue-t i:
.-pecies. N(t sooner was lu- loo.-ed il!'"V
arena and csjiicd the bull than In- in
towar.l> him at ouee, and attack-'vl ii.
wiih liiry. But he only succeeded
F-.I.-i-ai-Wi;igd ni.in-Coinpn mise can- ' se;zin-j ttie tail «d' his horned foe. by wi-
■“ 1 fc. ^ j In- dung on with his el.iws. The b,
In t!i otl;-r d;-:rjcts the i--iies as to , thus attacked from behind, w i.s uuaVde
S iirln "11 li gilt- have not been iiiaue a.- t iKdeiui iiimsdf t>v hi.- h irns; but pre.-i.ii;
di.-tinetly a- in S,.utli Al.ibama. j tli,.> li-.u having bitten his tail off cl-o '
* ; . the ruiii]). the bull turned on him.
"J ^ oi,'-niirr I ast / hr with.pain, chargeil witli tn nieii.’
tw nt. \\ e ;:.ive. a f»-w davs ; fmy, to-s;ng the l.on. notwith.-tandin. ..
; size, into till' air, «h’di so daii.p- i
; }diick of the latter that it itecanie at
lear on w ’liich side th-- vict,-i v w i.. .
a to fVi'iht n off liundr -ds of fin- warme.-t
fri'-H'!' of ii;thi-:n Bights in th-’ ,-trong
D-m'lciMfic i'i.-rr; -: in whi-li l;e run. ;,ml
f au.'
tiie
fo
•nil
fh • el'-ctioll if .'d
White,
can-
\////
Th.
S;/di. r
since, th" r, piy of (I ui-ral Wool to the ae-
cU'.ition ill,eh- agaiu-t him d‘ con-eutin-^
t > flit- punislme-ut a-ad line of a CatUolu-
\ r p.lid a firthiiiL'’ of all thi,- piper; ^-Mier f >r refu-ing to attend a I*r-iti--tant, { The lion .-at dov.n dcii eti
whii li. iufb-e,l, Ava- all void, as inadi- iii bis
politii-al non-.igi- or at usurious interest.
His gu.irdi.ius h.-id gi\t ii him a steward;
but viiuthful lonl- bate. fVoni th - irenero-.
ity of tht-ir spirit.-, tlie lull fu-e of an
arithnietieiau. Be-ides he had hi.- own
ideas of h.iw Accouut> >Ii,>uld be kept. So
h»- first ku ki-d out of door- the .--^ti'ward;
then tiie guardi-ans that h.id furnishi-d him;
and. by and l>y. to m ike all bad aceouut.s
-month an-l -«(uare. he burned uji the
book- th«-m-d\C-.Now, all this is told
in ill' taphor; but every bodv knows it to
b»- ••Truth .-t-vere iu fairy fiction dre-t.”
('hun-h. w bidi reply has dr:iwn forth the
fi-ll-wing card froni the s ddier hinisi If:
T" >r of y'i* *\' '■ ) t'rl' .m:
Sii;—11 i\in-.: m i n in y,>ur ]i i]ier, of ve-
t.-rd-iy, a letter from (i.ii. Wool. r> lativc
t" in_\ court m.trfi d, y,,u will j'-.-rmit nu-
to (-,iiTeet >-.-V(. rai ur.s.-t.-,tcments which that
c 'miiiunii-ati,,n co;itains.
1 le mention-;, that froui the testimony
id C,»loiiel (ianhiier. he h;ts no doubt th.it
had I communicati I my ,-cru[iU-s to him.
In- i('.il. (i. i wiiiiM have excu.-e,l me.—
Now Col. ;.irdin, r hiniM-lf has .-eeii a
great many of the s,dliers ;it this post
>o much lor tin- ••Democracy” in its hoy- ],uui-hed in different wavs, on account of
moaning with j»ain, while tiio bull ch::-_
him seNi-ral t.iiies in sccei-s.-i ii; • _• .
ed by the cr-iwd outside tlie j.,., . .
more than by his ,.wn will; f-.r, . •; -
till' lion w.i.s hoes dc nan hat. tl: - ^
sought no 1-iiiger to molest him. un 1 u ..
have left him alone but for the ^tiinul.iti
which was applied to him iiy the '
tors. The lion was killed.”
Ashfahuht l\ai(trt/.—The fowl tr; I, '
tw-t ii A'-litabiila iind New York coii^i:,:: ■
to tbiuri-li. ()ver two thous.ind f iwi- ;
shijipeil in two lots from A-htabu!:!. i.
week, for Dunkirk, theiiui to take N
V. A' Frie B.iilroad to New Yi rk li'.
ay, Its glory of youth that brooked no
n-tr.iint. strength tli.it .-corned all opp,>-
sition. and which nothing !'Ut it- own ill
cour-es—Its debauches, r,'ws ;irnl riot-
could h:i\«- hurt. But it live,I fast and
made a gn-.it hole in its health ;i.- well as
n-puiation and in both the .-ifn-cti-ius and
the propi-rty of no small p.irt of the sober- on um- of the coldest d.iys of w^intcr, on I ^'3' ^he tears and gro:ms of the slavt
absenting tlu-msdves from the I’rote.-tant i
placi* d wors!i:p lu re; ami it is i-vident j through in twenty-tour hours,
tliat ii hi- harsh disp'isitiou would pv-rinit i Lleactland
h;in to excu.seauy of his lui-n. he had uranv j
[Has it never occurred to the (lid lii:.'
opp-irfuuities of doiuLT so. In.-dea-.l of that, i Ashtabula that we New Y ak'
I, ahuig with twenty othvM-s, were oidioed i this poultry in money e.inir!,
to stall,.I on a lo^r vlurinu six (>r eiirbt hours ^'hidings Wt>uld say, in no small
er portion of the people living on the es
tate.
By and by came that wilier st.-ige of ]>e-
luocracy which Mr. Van Buren represent
ed. Its head gri-w craftier, its In-art cold
er: it exchanged its vices of vioh*nee for
th ov,. of cunning and selfishness. Its priii-
oiples did not improve; but if grew more
,l,.(.(.„t; and though thonmghly i-orrupt, it
;itt(-mpt'‘d to turn respectable. AVhere it
h;id co'*'i>*-it'ded, it began to ajole; wlu-re ■'tti-nding church, also mentioned that
it bad coinp.-lled. it took to infriiruinL'.
account of not attending church and this I Houth.'' And that as we send iiacx
to the Colonel’s own kiiiiwledge. j exchange sugar, mola.ssos, rice, andcott, :i.
He says that I have only forfeitetl about ' -^hstabuliaiis eat uj> these tears aiii
five dollars, instead d‘ that, ten didlars * to sweeten their palates, (>r cev ■
have been stopped of niv pay. AVhat 1 their backs.”*]—A. J. Ijjpress.
j'rincijially complain of however, is the
grossly unjust manner in which my trial
was comlucti'd by the i.itficers of this post.
Jhe witness who swore that I rcfu.st-d to
a.-k permission ot (,'ol. (J. to gi-t excused
TJif Crojis.—\\ e have had an opp"r: '-
nity this week of ^ieeing our ftiends fr :
various parts of tlie County. We lean
from them that notwitlistxiinlinir the la'
]irotractcd and excessive drought^ by whi
the crops luul been niatoriallv injuri '•
there will bo nearly an avera«;e vitdd
another .soldier was with me. As I was
7!,„ „„'.»l nil,- ,„a,,kl„.l ,.itl„.r tl,„;,,,,|, ' ■■■Hoiilj re. ^ ,
th(> vtc'-’^^ flit' virfue.s; and here the iHsed t> at.--nd diurdi, or displayed any- i ,i;A,.;i-ts to tb..
change w:is such as »>;'de the bail di.scon- a spirit of in.subonhnatiou, I callcd '
lif tl^grrd.’‘'’o,inhouM l^^ai^-vc;-rsinglJ'‘p^^^ I'tk^d this |Jears!'"h is''s!mmwh^!t
for the benefit of snnP' ^-rt or other be- while in some portions'of Dupliii‘the\-n‘i-
sides one’s self, and esl''-‘ially when tb.at 1h lu % ed that his answer would attend been almo.st ruined by the drou-'l‘f.
pers,mage is the object "t md,,„iy else's re- " couse.iuenco ol tho ^t the distance of fiftee i iiiiles eastwar..
s).ect or affection. The -'^‘V(,r,.i:rn who sit.s paitiafit^, did not call on any other wit- ^ains have been yory abundant aud tl,-
upm :i disputed tioone must ha'e vigour, ' '■'O respect fully. streams overtlowin.r
Smart l\cply.—A commercial traveller
left an article belongitig to his wardrobe
at -an inn, iind w'roto to the chambermaid
to forward it to him by the coach; in
answer to Avhich he received tho followin'’--
C*
“I liopo dear sir, ynu ll not I'cel hurt,
I'll frankly- ti-11 yon all about it:
I’ve niiido a shift with yeiir old shirt,
.'ud you nmst make a *hift without it.”
lie largo of his virtues or his criuies. If
not ihdermiued to l»e good, he niust make
himself im])o.sing: for while to be dreaded
is to be ]>refty safe, to be d(*spise*l Is cer
tain ruin. We have in the.se few wonls
written tin* history of twosliort reigns, the
Van Rnren and tiie Tyler, whi.-h form the
middle age and the wane of corrupt IX'in-
ocracy.
Comes the last stagi* of lireakiiiir-np, of
broken-down Democracy; what Shakspeare
dAMFS Dr(J(;AN.
Fort (’oluml)us, August D»,
streams overflowing.
Jhe 31ilis in this region have Ih-cii at
staml tor the last two t>r three week>. ar.'i
IVrsian s.s.—The j.olitem-.ss of ‘n'P'^'^siblc to pnieure meal, .V
the Persians is of a si»e ies j.erfectlv orien- ) , “ has ra iir i
tal. A nobleman of high rank wvnt one we think the rivers and strein,'
d.iy to the French Ambassador to bei' liis " , not now, Mlkd
jvardon beeau.se the weather was so bad iu running over.— GohLlntro'
iVr.sia.
Cotton,—The first bale seen of ii' .v
The . 'i'l f 11 • C’otton iu this market, this season, w;i5
Me.Tiiiem, (.'aiUHins.
ruriti.-, (Am.) Ny.-, April. l.s.M
.A«i:t. (Hr ) June,
.Xtrii-H. (Hr.) K>ri**. .-Xiip.. IS.51
lialtic, (.Am.) ('»in>tock. “
AVERAOK riME.
Avfrnjic nf ’iin.-rd stCHiiit-r.s
ties, its “m.'inly voice changed to a child-
isli treble,” it.s swagger to a shamble, A
thing patched up, .shrunk, shriveled, it
stand.s with props, it goes hobbling upon a
•stick of the South, a crutch of the North,
both broken. Its strength, its; wit, its very
sex, are gone. It drifts, a di.sniasted
wreck
for
its voyage to Dead-man's isle, making i prol
night hideous as it pa.sses, and fit with ’
toulnos^ ■
morn
It h
for few
except corruptiou without eap;icity, uupro-1 thj i^a'rjute
dn^s. houfK. lien. J. learn from a Correspondent that t!io
n; 4i» first bale of now Cotton was received in
13 Augusta on the 13 inst., aud piircliaMil
by the (iranitcyillo ('ompany, at ct-,
In Uambufg, the first bale of new (’ft-
tou was received on Saturday from tin
he ^iteamer pacific, which xailcd at n ^ iv
Ji)istrict, and stdd to iMessrs. Sale, Lark
30
% -il r . . dismasted no( n on Hatunlay. six hours after *h« arri ^ Messrs. Sale, l.ar
. M Steersman, ter« rflceived by the IJaltic! go that it is ( harleston (ohru,
ca(-man s isle, m;iking | probaltlo the Knglish merchants will m_ nn.„ i T..
ianadt.—The law of j)/'iniO'/'ndiii'i
sfeiict'
to aboli.sh the rigiit of priniogom
turc, ju the rucccs?ion of rcul ct;tj.U'