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) i XT. .V - t- :1 Qt&ttcrl xttx am 'CHARACTER 13 AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS; AND THE GLORY OF THE STATE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF ITS CITIZENS." HOLMES & BAYNE, Eilitois and Proprietors. FAYETTEVILLE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1841. Volume 2. Number 103 TERMS OF THE NORTH CAROLINIAN. Per annum, if paid in advance, $2 50 Do if paid at the end of 6 months, 3 00 Do if paid at the end of the year, 3 50 Km tee of Advertising : Sixty cents per square, for the first, and thiry cents , for each subsequent insertion. A liberal deduction will be made to advertisers by the year. Court advertisements and Sheriff's sales, will be charged 25 per cent, higher than the usual rates. All advertisements sent for publication should have the number of insertions intended, marked upon them, otherwise they will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. Ne) paper discontinued until arrearages are paid cept It the option of the Editor. XVo subscription1 received for less than twelve months. . C7Lctters n business connected, with this estab lishment, must be addressed Houiks&Bitne, Editors of ths North-Carolinfiri, Slid in all cases post-paid. C7 Subscribers wishing to make remittances fcy mail, will remember ihat they can do so free of postage, as Postmasters ar authorized by law to iraak letters enclosing remittances', if written by themselves, or the contents known to Jhem. Prices of Job Work: HAND BILLS, printed on a medium, royal, or super royal sheet, for 30 copies, $2 50 For 50 copies, 3 00 And for every additional ICO copies, 1 00 HORSE BILLS, on a sheet from 12 to 18 inches sqjare, 3l copies, 3 00 Over 18 inches, and not exceeding 30, 5 00 CARDS, large size, single pack, 3 00 And for every additional pat k, - . 1 25 Smaller sizes in proportion. BLANKS, when printed to order, for 1 quire, 2 00 And for every additional quire, under 5, 1 00 Exceeding Squires; 75 OIRCTJLARS, INVITATION TICKETS, and all kinds of BOOK & JOB PRINTING, executed . cheap for CASH. THE FOLLOWING B LANK S! iCept constantly on hand AND FOR SALE AT THE CAROLINIAN OFFICE : CHECKS, on Bank of the State, and Cape Fear Bunk. PROS ECU riON BONDS, Supr. Ct. . MARRIAGE LICENSES VENDI EXt'O., constables levy COMMISSIONS to take depositions in equi ty, and Supr. (coort APPEARANCE BONDS WRIT3, Superior and Co. Ct. CA. SA. Supr. Ct. INDICTMENTS for Aff ay, and Assault v" and Pattr ry, Co. and Sup. Ct. .CERTIFICATES, Clk. Co. Ct. JURY TICKETS ORDERS to overseers of Roads BASTARDY BONDS TAX RECEIPTS "WITNESS TICKETS EJECTMENTS PATROL NOTICES LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION Bonds Deeds, common, Sheriff's Deeds, Constables Ca. Sa. Bonds, Do Delivery do Appeal Bonds, Equity Subpoenas, Superior Court Fi. Fa. aJounty Court Sci. Fa, to re vive judgment. County Court Subpoenas, Superior Court Warrants, Bonds for Col'rd. Apprentices. JrTayetteville FEMALE SEMINARY. I should express to its former patrons and friends my confidence, that in the hands of Mr. Spencer, it will be conducted with ability and faithfulness, on the general plan heretofore pursued. Mr. Spencer as a teacher, is laborious, accurate and persevering - R. W. BAILEY. THE Subscriber will open the Seminary on the 15th ot October next, and h'pes by giving his ent re and exclusive attention to the business r,eac!Idt'Partment by competent, efficient FEMALE TEACHERS to merit the patronage heretofore bestowed. In regard to the plan he in tends to pursue, he has only to say, at present, that he is DETER. MINED to give a course of instruc tion in each department as THOROUH as possible. The Academic year will he thesarne as before; com mencing on the 15th Octobi-r, and closing on the 15th July, and divided into two sessions. Pupils charged from time of entrance to close of session, and no deduction made for absence, except in cases of sickness. TKRJfIS In Advance. Elementary Department, or Se cond Class, First Cl iss, French Langunge, Drawing and Pintinc, Music on the Pi.ino Forte ac companied by the Voice, Music on Guitar, Use of Piano, Incidentals, $3 00 per session 16 U't 10 CO 1C 00 Augnst 1, 1840. 25 00 25 00 3 uO 50 G. SPENCER. 75-tf 4( (C ( ( C U LAND ! LAND ! LAND ! 58 Splendid Lotteries D. S. GREGORY, & CO. MANAGERS. 40,000 COLLARS VIRGINIA MONONGALIA LOTTERY, Class A, for 1841. To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday February 6th, 1841. BRILLIANT SCHEME : . $4,00 $15, I NOW ofTer for sale a very valuable farm on the Eastern side of Cape Fear River in the county ot'B'aden, about 16 miles below the Town of Fay etteville, and immediately on the River. There are 760 acres of land (river survey,) and 12 acres of back land joining the same. About 250 acres were in cultivation the present year, and there are suitable buildings for the convenience of the farm. Persons are requested to examine the same before the crop is hnused, as ihey can then judge properly of its production. It is unnecessary to sa it is a first rate farm, as all will be satisfied of that f.ict when thev see it. Terms will be mnde to suit the conve nience of the purc haser. JOHN T. GILMORE. FayettevilIe,Oct. 31, 1S40. 83-tf The Observer will copy. NEW GOODS. W ILLIAM Mcl X T V R.E TTTT AS iust received and offi r for s:le, Superior I E-J I J - .... r . r-t .1 T., U u Black,. Invisible ixreen ocjisiue loins ; er & Pilot Cloths ; Double-MilPd Drab & Lyon cl:. Sottinnrtta Kpntiu kv Jems. Stronc Twilrd Keyseymcre. Flannels, Vesting, Blankets, Iilan-keX-Coals; Frerieh Merinoes &. Circassians ; Call- coen, Muslins, JVlousiin U'L.ains ; ona"j ""' t fc.n, SP!l-SUin Cids : Wool & Russia Fur. Hats; Boots & Shoes; Hoods & Florence Braid JSoonets. GROCERIES. Teas, Loaf-Sujyar, Wines fc Liquor", Cheese ; Raisin", half &4juarter Boxes, White Pigs in Boxes; Wf ndow-Glass, Putty & White Lead. Hardware & Cutlery. Carpenters1 Blacksmith's Tools ; Collins, & Co'a. Axes, and Whettmor's Cards, &c. Fayetteville, Dec. 12, 1840, 94-'Gt STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ( Cumberland Countyt S Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Dec. Term, 1840. Peter McCaskill, vs. the Heirs at Law of Roderick McCaskil, de'd. Same vs. Same. Same vs. Same. Same vs. Same. Same vs. Same. Same vs. Same. Same vs. Same. Same vs. Same. FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. AN OFF on the 22d inst.. from my residence on the Cape Fear River, 9 miles above Faveitcville. my negro man A JTKILti. " fie Is a little bright omplected, with thick bushy hair, very Ibow-legsed, when walkinst rocks very couch, and has a great impediment in his speech. partic ularly when frightened. Said boy is about, five feet five or six inches high, and weighs about 145 lbs. ; aed about 30 years. The above reward will be paid lor his le'ivery to me at my residence, or for confining htm in any Jail so that I get him aain, and al! reasonable expenses paid. It is more than probable that he may make an attempt to go to Mr Arch'd. McArns, Robeson County, near Gilchrist's bridge, who owns one of his brothers, whither he has made the attempt to go heretofore. w HENRY R. KING. October 31, 1840. FS-tf MOUNTAIN BUTTER. lS Firkins (assorted.) Some vcrv Pimerior, at prices from S to J.S cents per pound ! for sale by GEO. McNEILL. Nov. 24, 1840. STOVES & STOVE-PIPE till, fcubiCi iber has on hand, nnd rliers lorsa e, the lanrest assortment of STOVES ever be- f re rff red in the State, consisting ol Uox-btoves, Six, Seen and Nino Plat ed Stoves, Boiling, Baking and Cooking Stoves, of the most approved patterns, Chu-ch Stoves, suitable for Churc'ies. Court and - School Houses. Manufac- iories, etc., assorted, from --gj 18 to 36 inches in length. ALSO. Pipe and Fire- ri i7 ..-1; c an assortment of Stove-Pipe t lall 1 I IV ",,CJ) - and Elbows, together with a large and very general assortment of JAPANNED arid PLAIN TIN ware, at WHOLESALE and RETAIL, all of which he will sell on the best terms. !r-pHe still continues to manufacture every ar ticled the COPPER, TIN and SHEET IRON ware line, at the shortest notice. MARTINE Fayette vi He, Nov. 27, 1840. 92-3 m IiiiCD Scire Facias. IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Kenneth McCaskill, one of the Heirs at T.w 0r Roderick McCaskill, dee'd, is not an inhab Snt ol this State, It i therefore ordered that pub lication be made in the North Carolmian for six Seessive weeks, for i-aid Kenneth McCaskill to ear at the next Term of this Court to be held fir the County of Cumberland, at the Court House in Fayetteville, on the first Monday in March next, then and there to show cause, if any he can, why Se"nds of said Roderick McCask ill, dee'd which descended to him, should not be sold to satisfy the Plaintiff's Judgmenr. Witness, John McLaurm, Jr., Clerk of our said Court, at office, in Faycttevjlle. the first Monday in necember, A. D- 1840, and 65tn year of American IDn"epnaence. JOHN McLAURIN. Jr., OTerfc Jan. 2, 1841. rTMHE accounts of the subscribers for the year 0 1840 are now made out. In'erest will now be cbTrffed after the 1st of January 1841 on all accounts tiat femain nnpaid after that date. r Fayetteville, Feb'y 3. 8il, ' J021t- LAFAYETTE HOTEL. Fayetteville, North Carolina. THIS ESTABLISHMENT will be open after the 1st of Ausust, under the management j: ni,o Suhcprllipr. The House has been thoroughly repaired, and will, in a few days, be well furnished; and every cflbrt will be made to render it worthy of patronage. EDWARD YARBROUGH. JugttstS, 1839. 23-lf . SCT-Thc Augusta Chronicle (w eekly,) Raleigh Register and Standard, Wilmington Advertiser, Greensborough Patriot, Salisbury Watchman, and Cheraw Gazette will insert the above three months and forward their accounts to the subscriber. E. Y. For Sale- (J-Being desirous of embarking in an other business, I now offer the establishment of the Wilmington Advertiser for sale. I do not know ofa more eligible situation for persons desirous of embarking in the printing business, than Wilmington, JVorth Carolina. ... Terms accomodating. Application post- pa,U F.C.HILL. W'ilmingtoa, N. C. ?6-tf. CK3- !Pay tlie Printcr3 1 1 1 1 50 50 50 prize a a Of $5,000 3,000 2,500 2,297 1,000 3,00 200 Tickets only $10 Halves, $5- Qrs. $2 50 Certificates of Packages of 2G whole tickets, $13) Do do 26 half do 65 Do do 26 Ctuarterdo 32 50 3B5.,&a& dloAs FORTT of Sl,500. Virgrinta Wellsburgr Lottery, Class B, for 1S41, To be drawn at Alexandria, D. C, on Sat urday, 13ib February, 1S41. GRAND CAPITALS. $35,295 $10,000 prize of 5,000 4,000 3,500 3,035 1 1 1 1 1 tt 3,C0G 40 Prizes of $1,500 50 of 200 Tickets SI O Halves 5 Quarters 2 SO, Cert ficates of packages of 25 whole tickets $130 do 2.5 half do 65 do 25 Quarter do 32 50 Do Do PRIZES OF 82000 VIRGINIA LEESBURG LOTTERY Class B for 1S41 To be drawn at Alexandria, D. C. on SatUr day, February 20th, 1841- GRAND CAPITALS $30,000 $10,000 Prize of $6,000 5,000 3,000 2,500 2,195 Ct5 IWESTY-EIVE PRIZES OF JSJ2O0O. Tickets $10 Halves $5 Quarters $2 50 Certificates of packages of25 whole tickets S'30 u tc t. Do Do do 25 half do 65 do 25 Quarter do 32 50 IN FIVK prizes of $10,000 ! 14 drawn numbers out of 75 ! ! NOTICE. THE late firm of No-'t & Starr heins dissolved by the death of Mr William Nott of said firm. Notice is hereby siven bv the Subscriber, as Surviv ing Partner, to all persons having claims against saia nrrn, to present them for payment; ana to all persons indebted to them, whose notes and accounts re oue, mat immediate payment is req ured, as the business of the firm must now be closed according to Law. JOHN D.STARR. 102-tf Surviving Partner. IMPORTED IP II a tt tt e n e n ensuing season in Will make the tavetleville, under the management of the subscriber. Terms. SrSO the season, to commence 1st of March, and end 10th of July 1841. Breeders who have patronisrd him two seasons will be allow ed a deduction twenty per cent., and of ten per cent, for one season. A deduction of twenty per c-jnt. will also be made to classes of six mares. Mares fi!ing to Flattt rer in the spring, will be per mitted to altend him in the fall (ifd 'sired) gratis or in the following spring for half price. PEDIGREE. FLATTERER was got by Mui.f.t, (sire of imp. Leviathan &c.) his dam Clare, by Marnvon sr. d. Harpalice by Gohanna g. g. d. Amazon by Driver 2- g. g. d. Fractious by Mercury Woodpecker mare Everlasting by Eclipse Hycena by Snap Miss Bvlsea by Regulns Bait!ett's Childeis--Honey wood's Arabian Mr Bowe's Byerly Turk mare, the dam of the two true Blues, &c. &c. Extended Pedigree and other particulars in hand bills. - Mares from a distance will have good pasturuge gratis, and be well fed for thirty cents per day. Every care will be taken to avoid, but no liability will be assumed for, accidents. JOHN BLACK. Fayetteville, Feb'y. 2, 1S4I. . 102-tt". LANDS FOR SALE. (By Decree of the Court of Equity.) I SHALL expose for sale at public Auction, at theCmirt House in the Town of Fayetteville, at 12 o'clock, M. on Monday the first day of March 1841, (it being ihe first Monday in the month,) the follow ins Taliiable real estate, to wit: The lot and store on Hav street, joining Kyle's at present occupied by William Watson. Warehouse on Franklin street, joiningThomasJ. Curtis, The lot and store on Mnrkct square, at present occupied by John B. Marsh.' The lot and dwelling house on Union street and Maiden Lane, at present occupied by William S. Latta. The terms of the Sale will be Notes negotiable and payable at the Branch of the Bank of the State in this place, to be approved by the directors thereof. AKUU'U. A. 1. KMU U, C. St M. E. Fayetteville, February 6, 1841. 98 tds. Political. VIRGINIA MONONGALIA LOTTERY, Class B, for 1S41, To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday February 27, 1841. G-SAETD SCHEME. 10,000 10,000 10,000 - - 10,000 10,000 2 of $5,000 $2,500 $2,120 25 Prizes of $1,000 20 of $500 20 of 40030 of 300 40 of 250 &C. &c. &n. Tickets $10 Halves, $5 Quarters $2 50 Certificates of packages of 25 whole tickets, 8 1 20 Do do 25 half do 60 Do do 25 Quarter do 30 1 " 1 " 1 1 " 1 " For Tickets and shares, and certificates of Packages in the above 6plendid Lotteries, address I). S. Gregory, & CO. Managers. Washington City, D. C. Drawings ent immediately alter they are over all who order as above. NOTICE.- Trust Sale. To be sold on Fiiday the 26;h inst. at the .Mar ket House in the Town of Fayetteville, N. C. between the Hours of 10 and 4 o'c'ock, on that day, By Virtue of two Deeds of Trust made to the Sub scriber, byjohn Atkins, for certain purposes therein mentioned, the follow-in 2 Property, to wit: two pieces of Land, on the East side of Cpc Fear River, join ing F. C. Armstrong and othe'.s, about nine miles above the Clarindon Bridge' containing about 424 Acres more or less, and u the same time and place Four Nero Slaves cal'ed Pomp, Nat, Willie, and Milly, and also, one Timber Waggon, Two Mules and Gear, belonging to said vaggon. Terms Ninety days, Note at Bank with two approved En dorsers. SAMPSON BOON, Trustee. Fayetteville, 4. Feb'y. 1841. 102-3ts. "wanted. ANY person having a comfortable dwelling house for rent, may find a tenant, on applica tion at the Carolinian Office. Fayetteville, Jan. 23, 1841. From the Globe. The Abolition Humbug. It appears that our opposition to the Abo litionists has only served to draw down upon us the censure of the Southern Federalists, now the majority. According to the organs of whigery in the South, the Richmond En quirer and the Globe are the "incendiary" prints. The liberator and Emancipator are innocent, for they mean nothing but " Aboli tion humbusr." The New Orleans Bee J thus speaks (or lis whig friends : " The JNorth and the South. It is painful to observe upon the part of the Ad ministration press, more particularly the Washington Globe and Richmond Enquirer, a continuation of those incendiary and irri tating publications, which, whether intended or not, have the effect to foster and encourage the most dangerous sectional jealousies. The abolition humbug, which should expire with the dynasty it was evoked to sustain, is still held up to sear the eye-balls of the South, aud the nonsensical charge of British attach ment 13 reiterated against the whigs with dog ged pertinacity." We have always admitted that the majority of those interested were the best guardians of their own rights ; and as the majority of the South have thought it best to place their trust in ihe controlling Northern power, of which General Harrison is the head, composed of federalism and abolitionism, it would seem that we lay ourselves open to the charge of improperly meddling against the wishes of the slaveholdmg States, when we exert the in fluence of our press (whatever it may be) agaiustthe abolitionists. We must suppose that the Southern majority, which elevated Harrison to the Chief Magistracy, did so under the impression that he and his Northern supporters would soon put an end to th. abolition humbug ;"' and hence it is that any interference ot the democratic press or party is looked upon as incendiary '' as "Jo menting trouble" There is certainly, there fore, very little reason why the democracy, North or South, should intrude, for the pur pose of averting, as a real danger, what the majority composed of federalists and aboli tionists of both sections assume to be a perfectly innocent affair. Under these circumstances, and forbidden by those most interested, we shall surely not offend further by any " incendiary'' opposi tion to the abolitionists; and, in considera of our forbearance, we hope to escape, for the future, the denunciation of both the Northern sect and their Southern political allies. As the conductor of a public journal, how ever, we shall feel it a duty to present facts upon this subject, as upon all otbeis, to the country; and especially shall we consider incumbent on us, as a Southern man, to expose the false hoods which' the Southern political allies of Northe.n Federalism may attempt to palm upon the people of the South, to induce an un guarded submission to Northern control ; and we shall begin by exposing ar flagrant false hood for this purpose, which follows the stric tures upon us in this identical article of the Bee. To show how implicitly the South may rely upon federal support in regard to its slave interests, the Bee states this case : " Upon a more recent occasion, the North exhibited a regard for Southern 1 ights, equally pleasing to contemplate. hen it was un derstood that the British Government had re fused to make compensation for slaves taken from the brig Enterprise, and liberated by the British authorities ot Port Hamilton, Island of Bermuda, on the ground that an act of Par liament abolishing slavery in the British West India possessions had altered the law of na tions in respect to slave property, driven bv adverse winds into the port of a friendly power, the following resolutions were intro duced into the Senate of the Unitea States, and, on the 15th April last, passed 33 vot ing in the affirmative, and not one in the ne- " Iiesohed, That a ship or vessel on the hiah seas, in time of ncacc. eneraced in a lawful voyage, is, according to the laws of nations, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the State to which her flag belongs, as much as if constituting a part of its own domain. ' Jtesolcedf lhat if such a ship or vessel should be forced by stress of weather, or other unavoidable cause, into the port, aud under the jurisdiction of a friendly power, she and her cargo, and persons on board, with their property and all the rights belonging to their personal relations, as established by the laws ot the State to which they belong, would be placed under the protection which the laws of nations extend to the unfortunate under such circumstances. " Resolved, That the brig Enterprize, which was forced unavoidably by stress of weather into Port Hamilton, Bermuda Island, while on a lawful voyage on the high seas, from one part of the Union to another,-comes withia the principles embraced in the forego ing resolutions ; and that the seizure and de tention of the negroes on board by the local authorities of the island, was an act m viola tion of the laws of nations, and highly unjust to our citizens to whom they belong. u It is not to be supposed that the North will - tamely submit to outrages perpetrated upon Southern property, after the unanimous passage of the above-resolutions." This is laid before the Southern people by the Bee to persuade them that the North the whole Noith, including the federal Represen tatives from non-slaveholdiug States had united in support of Mr Calhoun's resolutions, which were intended to tell England and all the world, that every State in the Confederacy would maintain the law of nations, as laid down in these resolutions, and resist all "out rages perpetrated upon Southern property." out what is the fact in regard to this pre tended unanimity of Northern Federalists in resisting the outrages perpetrated ujioh Southern property'' by England ? But one solitary member of the federal party from a non-slaveholdiug State voted for Mr Calhoun's resolutions, notwithstanding he asserted in them a great right intimately connected with the navigating interests of the States repre sented by federal members. -The federal Sen ators from Massachusetts, Maine, Connecti cut, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, aud one from Rhode Island, turned their backs upon the resolutions and walked out of the Senate rather than vote for them. Mr Dixon of Rhode Island was the only man of the whole federal party of the North who would vote that slaves were pro perty. Every democratic member then in the Senate voted for the resolutions. We give the vote : Allen of Ohio, Linn of Missouri, Anderson of Tenn, Lumpkin of Ga. Benton of Missouri, Merrick of Md. Brown of N. C. Mouton of Ea. Buchanan of Penn. Nicholas of Ea. Calhoun of S. C. Norvell of Michigan, Clay of Ala. Pierce of N. JI. Roane of a". Robinson of HI. Sevier of Arkansas, joints urged by.Mr to the follow in.r ef- Strange of N. C. Sturgeon of Pa. Tappan of Ohio, Walker of Miss. Williams of Maine, Young of 111. 33 Clay of Ky. Clayton of Del. Criltenden of Ky. Cuthbert of Ga. Dixon of R. I. Fulton of Aikansas, Grundy of Term, Henderson of Miss. Hubbard of N. H. King of Ala. This is the whole vote for the resolutions. It will be seen that the slaveholding States would have stood alone (the divided vote of Rhode Island excepted,) but for the Dem ocratic votes. The whole Harrison and Web ster clan were wanting at rhis trying vote, which the New Orleaus Bee glorifies asprov iug that its friends at the North will not " tamely submit to outrages perpetratad upon Southern property." No doubt Mr Webster and his party at the North, will unite with their allies of the South in repelling outrages upon " Southern property." But the question arises what is Southern property? The ground upon which Great Britain denied the right claimed by the Southerners, in the pro pety taken Irom the Enterprise, was, that, " slavery had been abolished in Bermuda at the time the negroes were seized and taken from their owners ; and, therefore, they were not. recognisea as property. xnis is tne ground taken by the Federal Governor of New York, Mr Seward, .in the controversy with Virginia, and hence we see the doctrine of the British authorities asserted by the ac tive interposition ot the whig authorities in the greatest State of.the Union. And still the Bee insists that Northern Federalism is sus taining the South .in opposing outrages on Southern property ! ! The whig press have iinilormly denied the charge of foreign interference in our elections, and have scouted the idea that Brilich gold haT been used in influencing the elections. "We give below an extract of a speech delivered by Mr Wickliffj in the Legislature of Kentucky. Our readers will see what he s.nys of British gold, foreign ii.fl.ience, and abolitionism. , From the Report of the Louisville Advertiser. Mr Wicklifle, in continuation of his re marks of yesterday and the day before, spoke from 12 o'clock till 2, when the Senate took a recess: and after the recess he spoke from S till half past 5, at which time he concluded. Mr WicklifTe's speech altogether occupied ten hours, and, if fully reported,- "would fill four newspapers the size of the Advertiser.! The principal new Wicklifle to-day were feet. That his enemies had thrown it in his teeth t that he had himself recorded his vote in the Senate on the passage of the law of,S33. He admitted his name was to be found on the Journal of the Seunte on that vote, but he had beeu deceived by the tUTe oftho bill, which proposed to be "a bill to amend an act concerning ihe importation of slaves." llo had not been in his place for several days on accouut of sickness, and but accidentally came in as the bill was on its final passage. He thought it was a mere amendment of an act, aud having entire confidence in the gen tleman who had introduced it, he had voted with him, wilhout knowing its contents. Had he kuott-ti the real character of the bill, he would as soon have voted for the death war rant of his own father.: Had he not been deceived as to its character, he had then sufficient influence in the Senate to arrest its progress now, the spirit of emancipation had made such inroads within these walls that he had not the same influence to insuro its repeal. The scoundrels wfcio had found footing in the State as emissaries from the Abolitionists of the North, had sown the seeds of emanci pation so thickly in their paths, that the State had become revolutionized, and. was fast plunging to that ruin from which nothiug but he repeaf of this law could save it. There was a time when no Abolitionist dare openly to print and circulate Abolition doctrines in the State. Now the times are changed. British gold had found agents to disseminate doctrines destructive to our in stitutions of slavery. An editor, without previous means, had found $10,000 placed in his hands to commenc e the war of emancipa tion in the heart of the State, at Danville. Another was hailed from the land of steady habits, a foreigner in our State, fo sow the seeds of dissension among us. At this mo ment we have two leading journals placed every duy upon our tables, one from Lexing ton, and the other from Eouisville, both con ducted byAbolition editors, and both, with all their energies, advocuting emancipation. One ol these emancipators, in his life ofllen ry Clay, approvingly says, Mr Clay "was in sentiments and feelings in favor of emanci pation not immediately, bi:t by a slow and certain process"' "bv opposition to nrrrm servitude." lie has not chanced since He was ever the slave's friend through life." Here Mr .Wicklifle, with much excitement. aiu ine uook on nis table, and placing his land upon it, exclaimed "This is the book this is the Bible." He then said in allusion to the calumny that he was Mr Clay's enemy, that the man deserved not to live who dared to accuse him of having ever said anything to Mr Clay's disparagement to his face or behind his back. What he had now tpioted was said of Mr Clay by his own biographer and written un der his own eye. The whole design of such gradual emanci pation was to abolish slavery directly or in directly. What, then, was the difference -between the Abolitionist and the Emancipator? Was it only that one boldly demanded im mediate compliance, and the other as boldly insisted on it by a process of slow degrees? Was it not, in the end, still emancipation? He ws willing to except those who are not engaged in agitating the subject of emanci pation or Abolition, though disapproving of slavery in the abstract. No man can say lhat there is not a combi nation between the British Emancipators and the Northern Abolitionists to abolish slavery in this Union. No man can deny that this combinatiou extends into the heart of Ken tucky. No man can deny the influence o" British gold in the country. 'He, for onjy would arouse the people to a sense of th-eoi: danger and, if necessary, he was ready o sacrifice the remnaut of his days to accom plish their rescue from impending ruin. Ho was ready to sacrifice himself in the cause of? the people of Kentucky. In this book, taking up the life of Henry? Clay, the plan of operation, says Mr Pren tice, is "slow but sure." And so S3y all the Abolitionists. Is this no indication of the ultimate aim of emancipators who will not allow themselves to be called Abolitionists. If you will not hearken to these warnings, you will not believe one risen from the dead. Gentlemen wanted to drive out the black j population that they might obtain white ne- groes in their place. How inconsistent ha been their conduct! They had a Democratic: white population the real tenants ,of loj; cabins the plain but comely matron, wltlt her swarm of young log cabin Democrats around her; but they have disappeared to make room for Durham short-horns and j
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