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prilled himself as being) lhat North Carolina had not been surrendered to the Goths and Vandals. He finished oflf with considerable contortion of bod, violent gesticulation, and theatrical striding, which ,was appropriately received and elicited much admiration, as .well as the expression of pity fiom many that he had mistaken bis profession. Col. Manly was called for, but did not appear. Mr Chailes Manly regretted thai he was "off his feet " and could not run for he felt certain, I . a it I r 1 t ii no were uoi - lame 01 a le;." ne could run over " Locofocoim rouah-shod." Mr 11 W Guion being called for by a few voices, said "he had broken his ankle two or three years ago, aud coujd not speak.' He told, how ever, a very funny anecdote, which probably the to holt convention had not heard before ; and made some further remarks, the meaning of which your correspondent could not com-; prebend, but which he has no doubt were very creditable to Mr Guion. General" Bryan excused himself, saying he had been very ill had the mumps aud had taken cold ; but he would offer a few words a single remark. He thon went on for an hour or so, and at the end of his remarks the houso were very much delighted. Mr Miller had been called two or three timea, but failed to appear. At length he came forward and repeated (with the exception of bis abuse of Gen. Saunders) the speerh of hw congressional canvass, the speech of his Legislative canvas, ihe speech he delivered at Franklinton, aud the speech he delivered in Orange. His "cogeut argu ment" on the taritf was well-timed, as the cou ventiou were drowsy, and needed repose; nor was his "indignant eloquence" less appro priate, as it required some noise to wake them up. The pigmy orators of the convention have now made their display, and Mr Badger la loudly called for. He was glad he had been called. He wished to givo the convention some lessons on order, decency, and gentility Your correspondent will not repeat his speech or attempt to do so. With him we have to do in a different way. Between him and those to whom we have alluded the difference is that of the mountain to the mole-hill, in mind as well as in heart. In mind, the difference is in his favor; but in heart it is most wofuily against bim. H is speech was a combination of affected charity, love of peace, and appeals to Divinity on the one hand and malignant personal invective on the other. Malignant, for it was not the effect of excited feeling, but premeditated, designed, prepared. With what regard for modesty, for past history and present truth, does a profession of respect for the feel ings of a political adversary, or fur polite de meanor towards him, or choice language of him, come from the Hon. George E. Badger the self-constructed lexicographer of decen cy to the late Federal Convention the holo graph of taste and refinement to that most po lite and respectable body ! It well becomes him to comment upon charity in deportment, dignity of speech, decorum in manner and grace iu action, who can boast himself so no ble an embodiment of each of those desirable attributes whose conversation is alwavs on subjects of importance and improvement who would not descend to a vulgar joke at a death-bed, nor a depraved jest at a funeral humor, even at the door of the Church; but who, always standing on the high ground of diguiheu una polite conversation, looks upon the low marshes of dirty anecdote with proper scorn and contempt. It well becomes him to hold up to the mirror of public observation what he may consider inelegant or ungainly, who is himself so large a recipient from nature of graceful accomplishments whose refined taste displayed itself in a very important Naval Ordinance, where it was bold enough to take oil its officers by the beard while be, in the courtly costume of hu shirt-sleeves, received the Ambassadors of the foreign nations, and charmed them by the neatuess of his attire and the dignity of his dress. A homily from su h a source is a rare and rich prize from the lottery of these degenerate times. But really, for Mr Badger to preach a ser mon on genteel behavi.ir, very fully exempli fies the fable of the aged crab, who was so ex cessively mortified at the crooked movements of his unpolished descendants. Does he forget his long, labored, well-digested, and conclusive argument to convict Mr Clay of "foul and dishonest bargain, corruption and bribery " 1 Does he forget his unscrupulous attack upon Mr Van Buren and his oartv. wnen personal lriendship nor private intima cy wero sufficient to evade the scorpion-lash of his denunciations 1 Does he forget his vindictive assaults upon Mr Tyler, whom he has stereotyped by every appellation but that of gentleman ? Docs he forget his late at tacks upon Mr Webster, whom he denounced in coarse and vulgar lauguagc, with unseem ly epithets, as profligate, dishonest, onpriuci pled and bae ? Does he f rget his applica- tion to Mr Polk of the term " Fice Dog," in the county of Northampton, iu the late can vass f Did he not, even in his lecture ou good manners, call Mr Tyler a traitor, and President Polk the descendant of a Tory? 1 1 s . . . J How singular and delicate the modesty which, in the face cf recollections so fresh and so true, can exalt itself to be minister of polite ness and decency at the, altar of charity and peace I alt Badger's memory tits him like an easy glove, aud can be slipped otf . to suit his convenience. His Addisonian Foolish'' stand tow in good stead, who thinks Milton a humbug aud Homer a fool. Upon the question of Oregon Mr Badget "was n masterly specimen or felicitous thought and flowing declamation ' amounting to a confession of his total ignorance of thewhole ' subject an affectation which he thought smart. Upon the " horrors of war ' he was so truly grand that it would have done Mrs General Gaines no good to have beeu there as women cannot look without envy upon successful rivalry. It will occur to any can did man that the false construction of the Texas Address which called forth Mr Henry, was a departure Oom fairness and honesty which a correct and upright mind would have been utterly incapable of. But enough of Mr Badger, tie is known to the people of N. Carolina too well to requite any thing further at my hands. It is a pity the editor of the Register could not tell the truth even about the course of pro- ceedings in the late Federal Convention. Is it that he is ashamed of Mr McKesson, that he takes from him the credit of ' closing the discussion ' or docs he especially desire Mr Waddell's fivor, that he bestows upon him this post of honor ? The truth of the matter is, Mr Wnddell 'did not close the dis cussion, fie did make "one of his own speeches" and a perfectly harmless one too4 as it was altogether ol himself and his ances try. Mr McKosson closed the discussion, hi a speech full of slaughtei's pencil and death-dealing blows. What a utce young man U that same ! If he lives aud is proper ly attended to, lie will make a second modern 'Addison." It was universally remarked how much he resembled Mr Badger iu ap pearance, in action, and iu language espe cially those ' gems ol polished wit." u-o on voung sprig of the West 1 Thou art as spirited as thine own mountain cascade! Dash on ! the Presidency of this great He- public is no more too lofty for thy aspirations thau it is loo great tor ihy deseiw. We forgot to mention that Col. Jong nl Halifax, after having been .much called for, went forward and said huzzah ! huzzah ! huzzah! f.r Graham ! which was received' with tremendous applause. So ended this "glorious whig convention." A new humbug has heen started. This Convention adopted the cue of being re.pect ful to the democrats affected great regard for their feelings and felt conscious of having wounded no one. Let us see. Its o'gan constantly calls us locofocos, which Mr Stau- a f ly says is the lowest meanness, and a jaise appellation on the part of the Register. Dr. Hill, their President, denouncedus as rogues and swindlers." Mr Stanly and Mr Miller charged s with being in power through "miserable, dishonest fraud-.'' Mr Kerr styled us " Goths and Vaudals aud Mr Badger pronounced our President " the de scendant of a Tory ;" and all this they say is whig politeness aud good breeding, and in striking contrast with democratic want of manners. Let the people judge between us. i Look at their speeches and their press. When did they ever argue a public question honestly and fairly, when personal invectives could be used? Private misfortune screens not their opponent from their attacks the grave pro tects not against their Hyena-like assaults. They scratch up the dust and a.hes of the dead, and spread the slime of their calumny upon the naked skeleton ! Nay, iu thi very Convention, while preaching charity, Mr Badger could not forbear (when his hungry nature cried for its usual suck of slander) to denounce inot bitterly the dead grand-father of the President as a "miserable Tory." Yet such men set up pretensions to superior char ity and decency. This humbug will not take. The people have not forgotten 1S40, with its debauchery, its vice, and its slanders. They are rousing themselves against this party, aud this the whig leaders see, and it alarm them. They would take a new turn but the blood hounds of Truth aud Retribution are swift, upon their track. Their downfall is inevita ble ; aud when this party sleeps in death, may North Carolina hope to rise and shine, for her light will then be come. A LOOKER ON. From the Washington W hi f. DISTRESSING SHIPWRECK. On the night of the 6th inst., the schooner Comet, bound from Turks laland to Plymouth N. C, was totally wrecked near Oeraeoke Bar, and the craw and two passengers perish ed. The wifo of the Captain, Thos S Chase, on hearing of the event, drowned hetself and two children, at Plymouth, N. C. An uncommonly foolish murder was com mitted at Lexington, Kv., ou Saturday even ing week, upon the person of a young man named On in, by another youth named Fayette Shelby. It is said that bhelby, who had been dissipating, was sitting at the supper table, at the hotel, opposite Orriu. ftnemy got up from the table Mist and went out to the bar room, where he remarked that there was d d scoundrel at the table, who h id been looking too hard at him. Soon after Orriu came out, when Shelby told him he had iu suited him. Orrin replied, " how could I in suit you ? I never spoke to you, aud do not even know you. Shelby said, "you looked hard at me, my name is Shelby, and I do not allow persons ti look at me in that way.' 10 mis urtin replied, "l ao not care it your name is Shelby, I -hull look at you if I choose." At these words Shelby struck him iu the face with his fist, aud immediately as Orriu turned with ihe force of the blow, drew a pistol from his pocket, nod applying the muzzle to Or r in's head, shot him dead upon the spot, Shelby was arrested, but bailed, If such i murder is bailable in Kentucky, we would not iiive the snap of a finiei for all the pro lection her laws are to her citizens .V I True Sun. Most Melancholy Accident. We un dcrslaud that n little son, some 10 or 12 years ol age, ol ine late Michael Hoke, Esq., Lincoloton, was shot ou Saturday eveninT last and died instantly. Himself and another boy, about the same age were pointing their guns at each other, in sport, when accidental ly the gun of the young Fuleuwider, which is the name ol the other boy was discharged, This accident is more truly deplorable, owing to the fact Airs Moke bas been in a very cril ical state of health since the death of her hu baud. llulhcrjordton Kepubltcan. Affray at Talbotton. We learn by an extract of a letter received iu this city from Talbotton, Geo., that an affray occurred iu that pUce on Thursday last bet w ecu two young men of the names of Chambers and Ceily, in the course of which Ceily cut Chambers nearly in two with a bowie-knife. Chambers lived about a minute. Ceily was immediately arrested and imprisoned. A strong guard was placed around the jail in consequence of an apprehension that an attempt would be made by Cedv'a friend, to rescue him. Ceily wa. conbned last summer for 90 days, in consequence of havmgrnade an atiempt on the life of his uncle with a bowie-knife Charleston JSevs. SPEECH OF MR DOBBIN, OF NORTH CAROLINA, In the House of Representative;-January 15, 1846 On the resolution authorizing the President to give the notice for the termi nation of the joint occupancy of the Oregon territory. The House being in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, Mr Dobbin addressed the committee as follows : Mr Chairman: I do not arise with the design of iuflicliug an hour's speech upon the committee; aud while I have not the van ity to indulge the hope of entertaining the committee with the charms of splendid decla mation, or of illustrating this vexed question more eleaul!y or more clearly than other gentlemen; yet, sir, sucti is its magnitude, such the solemu responsibility its decision imposes on every representative such the deep aud intense interest with which our countrymen are all watching our deliberations here that I feel excused and justified iu pro claiming with "undisguised frankness and candor, and as succiuctly as possible, at least a portion of the numerous reasons which ani mate me in the course I feel constrained to pursue. Sir, 1 believe the present is an inter esting crisis in our national history, when legislatiou should be the offspring of calm, dis passiouate, uuexcilcd, patriotic, aud states manlike deliberation ; when the illiberal and contracted suggestions ol . sectional prejudice should be sternly discarded; when party ani mosity should be sacrificed and forgotten, aud this grave American question, involving American honor and American rights, be set tled by the suggestions only of American pa triotism. Mr Chairman, had a stranger en tered this hail, and listened to the thrilling and beautiful dissertations on the loveliness of peace he frightful descriptions of the hor rois of war his mind would surely have been impressed with the opinion that we are really discussing the question of declaring war against England ! For myself, I avow my determination to vote for the resolution of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to give notice to Great Britain to terminate the joint occu pancy of Oregon, iu pursuance of the treaty of 1828. I repudiate the charge that this is a war measure. 1 fling back the war cry. If there be a war party aud a peace parly, I be long to the peace party. But, sir, this alarm shout of war, war, war, shall not deter me from voting to give this notice, when I enter- taiti the sincere conviction that natioual honor demands it good policy demands it fidelity to treaty stipulation demands il justice to our adventurous pioneers in Oregon demands it; aud iu my humble opinion the public peace will be more surely promoted by it. Mr Chairman, gentlemen who have inge niously sought to make this a war measure. may express su prise at the declaration. But here in my place, before 'his House aud the country, I declare my solemn belief that geu- tlemeu who oppose this measure are openly advocating aud proposing a course of policy ar, lar more calculated to plunge our happy countiy into an early war wi h England more evasive and violative of the spirit of our treaty stipulations mo e surely to multiply difficulties in the adjustment ot this already too long protracted cont'oversy, and more inconsistent with the candid and honorable bearing of this great arid prou l republic hat, sir, is the relative position ol parlies on this question : All, all believe our coun try's title to Oregon, if not perfect, is at lea?t the best. All concur in the opinion that the emigration of our citizens and of British sub jects to that ten Hory, and the difficulties and confu-iou necessarily produced bv conflicting jurisdiction and laws, loudly call for a termi nation ol tie present convention between the two countries. All now reject the formerly avowed policy ol masterly inactivity," and propo&e ac'ion. But, sir, I invoke the atteu tion of the House to the character of the poli cy ol gentlemen who discourse so vehemently against mis notice as a war measure The distinguished gentlemen fiom Virginia, Mr Hu titer, I whose eloquence and patriotism all admit, proposes, not "inactivity," but the pusfeiug oi sucn measures as may encour age our settlements in the disputed territorv without contravening any treaty stipulations. He thinks that thousands of dollars may be judiciously expended for colonizing the terri tory ; aud that if our settlements are ouce firmly planted south of the Columbia, the crack of our American rifles, and the sound of the axe of our western pioneer, will in due time be heard, not only north of that river, but north of the 49lh parallel ! Another gentleman, op posed to the notice, venture? the hope that soon a hundred thousand American emigrants could be encouraged to settle there, and among them twenty thousand good riflemen ! Other gentlemen who concur iu this miscalled pacific policy, concur also iu the opinion that this is ihe wisest policy to secure the territory, not only to the 49th degree, but "the whole of Oi egon"-some, even, in their ardor, stoutly scouting the idea of ever allowing to Great Britain a pound of its earth, a rock, a tree, or shrub ! And this, Mr Chairman, is gravely urged by gentlemen as the peaceful mode of securing the whole of Oregon." For what are emigrants to be encouraged to go to Oregon ? To seize possession of it ? What are the implements they bear with them? The axe, and the rifle too. What is to be heard after they reach there ? The so-ind of the axe, but the crack oj the rifle, also. What part are they to occupy 1 First, they are to st tile south of the Columbia, but iu due lime they are to press on north of the Colum bia and north of ihe 49th parallel ! I ask what means this rush of emigrants, bearing not the olive-branch of peace, but he instru ments of war? Does tb's plan, even at the starting " point, wear the aspect of peace ? I denouuee the scheme while I respect its or h nators. It doubtless was suggested by a de sire Tor peace; but it is deceptive, and must lead to war. Reject this resolution, and re fuse to give the notice iu accordance with the treaty, and adopt the other policy, and what will the British government say ? What the Hudson Bay Company? 'What the other powers of ihe world say ? Would not the British Minister here inform bis government that, although the Congress had refused to give notice, not to be lulled into apathy ; that the American Congress had discussed the policy of giving the notice, but tha some dis ihimiished gentlemen, being alarmed lest it Pi . -A.,r-t wnr Kind nprsoaded thB &don- ml"Ul pi iuuv.- , - , r tion of another policy, called the peace policy, hy which emigrants, under the guise of set -tlin" the country, were to go armed with rifles; that"they were first to plant themselves south of the Columbia, but that, "in due season," the crack of the Ameiican rifle was to be heard even north of 49 degrees ? And that, by this plan, ' the whole of Oregon was to ho secured ! Think you, sir, that the British cabiuet, ever sensitive to British interests, would hear all this and be idle ? Would they not prompt ly and energetically adopt a counteracting policy, startled at the developemenl of this new scheme of ours? Would they not en courage British emigrants, and send British soldiers, too, to settle in Oregon, to save it from falling into the hands of Americans? WTould they not feel aroused, even to excite ment, ou learning that, instead of giving no tice, we bad resolved ou resorting to a scheme professing peace, but ultimately designed for the exclusive seizure of " the whole of Ore gon ?" And, Mr Chairman, wheu the American emigrants and the British emigrants reached there, what would follow? The crot,s of St. George, and the stars and stripes, would be be seen floating iu dangerous proximity. Under one would be seen rallying the Hudson Bay Company, with their savage allies and British soldiers ; under the other, the hardy and adventurous American, attached to their soil, and bent on its exclusive possession. How long, sir, could such jealous adversaries eye each other as contending rivals for sover eignty in Oiegon, nnd remain unexcited aud peaceful ? Is it not to be expected, sir, under such circumstances, that soon there would be collisions, skirmishes, and violent outbreaks? Would not the report of the first gun be the signal for general conflict ? Would not the news be hurried over me mountains to our bold and daring countrymen in the West, who would rush to the defence and aid of their sons nnd brothers in Oregon ? ould not the news fly to England? And then, sir, wotiid not all the horrors of war be the early fruit of this peaceful mode of saviug Oregon? Much has been said in this debate about the importance of having the sympathies of other power in the event of war. Would not England, in such a war, have the advan tage in that particular ould she not say to the other powers, when asked what produc ed the war, that Americans refused to give the notice according to treaty, but avowed a determination to seize it by other means, and that she was bound to deleud or be recreant? I appeal, sir, to gentlemen to look calmly al these nnturnl consequences of their policy, aud tell me if its peaceful character can com mend itself to their judgment. Sir, it would begin in an undignified scramble for land, and end iu war. Again, Mr Chnirmnn, I cannot avoid the conviction, that if we have resolved on termi nating this controversy, and exercif ing sover eignty over Oregon, or of taking possession of it, we are honorably bound by the treaty ol 1S2S to give twelve months' notice t Gieat Biitain. or haz i-d our natioual fidelity to treaty stipulation. It is well known that British statesmen, aud eminent statesmen in our own country, deny that it was a treaty for joint occupation, but a commercial convention lor the purposes of trade and comme rce. If thai be the true construction, I ak, can we, with that treaty staring us in the face, decline the giving the notice, and pass nv jres to colo nize Oregon for the avowed purpose of ulti mately thereby seizing the "whole of Oregon," even to 54 deg. 40 min. ? The committee will mark the manifest dis tinction between protecting our adventurous pioneers in Oregon, by throwing the shield of our laws around them, and encouraging ihem to settle there fur the avowed policy of seizing the country, to the ultimate exclusion of the English. Mr Chairman, statesmen sh.ititd ever hesi tate and ponder well wheu ua'.ioual honor and nation il faith is at stake. And sir, w ith great deference to the eminent gentlemen who differ with rne ou this question, I appeal to gentle men's sense of honor and frank and manly dealing, if the policy of emigration and colo nization, for the puipose of taking the territory virtually before giving the notice, comports well with the magnanimous, bold, ami manly bearing of a proud and high-minded nation. Will uol the uatious of ihe world taunt us with it, as an unmanly piece of management, par taking more of the c haracter ot an aitful game than of candid, independent, undisguised ac- lion Ami, ir, will they uot have too much cause to d it." 1 beseech gentlemen to to d i pause, to pause long, before our nation is made to act a pan even bordering on dis honor. But, Mr Chairman, when gentlemen seem convince! of the importance of terminating this dispute with Engl and, and that difficulties are annually accumulating, their imagina tions are haunted by the terrifie war scenes so ingeniously depicted here, that while they talk with burning patriotism about "the whole of Oregon," they urge the policy of colon izi tion, and say if war must come, time, lime, lime is to achieve our triumph. Sir, this cry of time wait negotiation has been rai-ed aud "ou tided here for twenty-eight years ! Difficulties are constantly multiplying, and still the same cry is made. Gentlemen argue us if giving this notice is declaMiig war. All admit it is of itself not cause of war ; and, Mr Chairman, instead of producing war, aud shutting ihe door of negotiation, I advocate it because I firmly believe it lends to promote and hasten negotiation aud to prese: ve peace. Sir, have we not struggled yes, struggled for more than a quarter of a century to nego tiate with England without giving this notice? And after the lapse of that time, can it be call ed rashuess, war, madness to give the notice? May we not confidently relying on the strength of our title and the righteousness of our cause indulge the hope that, when the notice-is given, England will reflect, will ap preciate our earnestness, will be aroused by the pressing importance of prompt action to act the part iu negotiation of her own propo posals, which her own sense of justice will dictate and the public sentiment of the woild will admonish her she ought to do ? Sir, I applaud ihe President for bis effort to settle ihis question in that spirit of liberal conces sion, so creditable to bis heart ; but I equally apnlaud the promptness with which he took an independent and firm position, when the British minister so hastily rejected that liberal offer. With a title which no candid man caa hesitate to pronounce better than hers, he still, in the spirit of concession, approached her. She discarded our offer. We have done our part for compromise ; if she desires it, let her now act. Sir, let us do our duty, and give the notice. Mas not negotiation, without me notice, ha filed the cftorts of our wisest states men ? Did not Mr Clay, with his lofty genius, the admiration of o many of his countrymen, try nnd fail ? Did he not suggest the most liberal offer, while he said that England had no "color of title to any portion of the coun try"? Did not Mr Monroe, Rush, and the able Gallatin, also attempt it, and fail ? Has not Mr Calhoun, whose giant intellect can grasp any subject, and who has evinced so much desire to adjust it, attempted and failed? And have we not all perused with pride the masterly correspondence of our present emi nent Secretary of State, who has also failed in his efforts at negotiation? When Lord Ash burton came from England as a special min ister to adjust our controversies, do not' gen tlemeu remember well that the cry then was j to "hush up discussion" the notice will be 1 considered a threat, and check negotiation ? t And do not gentlemen know mat nis iora.-nip ( crisis, sir, oeomuus nrmnessns well as pru retumed home content with the laurels and j Jence, and true patriotism admonishes the land he acquired iu the Northeast? leaving it to some fortunate successor to acquire lau rels ami land iu the northwest ! Was not the same suggestion made wheu it was anuouue ed that Mr Pakenham was coming? Aud gentlemen know the result of the effort to ne g.itiate with him. And yet, Mr Chairman, after all these liberal concessions, these anx ious efforts at negotiation without notice, by our most eminent aud learned diplomatists, struggling in a spirit ol compromise, lor a quarter of a ceutury, we are told to wait a while longer, to pause still, and thereby literal ly allow Britain, by time, to strengthen her pretensions to title, and increase the difficul ties in the way of adjustment. Si', I think our path of duty is clear and plain. Fidelity to our treaty demauds ihat we first give the notice, for we are bound to protect and de fend our people, who are daily (locking to that territory, under the belief that it is ours, and that this notice will be given. Gentlemen say that perhaps war may follow. I trust uot, and trust that England will do her duty. But, sir, must we be alarmed, frighten ed fiom the discharge of what honor and jus tice to our people commands us to do, becaue England may iu her folly, without cause, iii volve us iu war ? l'eace has its charm, and war iis horrors. The mind delights to contemplate the hly and beuign influence which an honorable peace exetts on nations, science, morals, and religion. - The man that would recklessly check it in its progress, pro moting happiness and prosperity in our belov ed country, has uei'her the heart of a patriot or Chi istiaii. All all shrink w i:h abhorrence from contemplating the carnage, and blood shed, and wretchedness lhat murk Ihe desolat ing track ol war. But let us be just aud fear not," as has often beeu said. Think you, sir, if the great aud gallant Wa.-hiugton aud Lafayette could revisit us, they would not blush at our degeueiacy iu shrinking from du ly at this cry of war? Would ihey not remind us of our eaily history, and tell us that the race is not always to ihe swift, or Ihe battle to the strong ;' but that a just God contioU the destiuy of uatious and of meu ? Sir, while I listened with pleasure at the c harming elo quence of an honorable geutlemau this morn ing, who vindicated so ably our title to Ore gon, I was struck wiih no little suiprise at a part of his argument for delay tor time, aud against the notice quite evincive cf the scarcity of more solid reasons. It was that John Bull was getting older every day, a. id irnt ulieady he had gray hairs upon his head, aud that therefore time would do much for u.-! Au adversary does us much wrong, and keeps friii us our owu we must bear il in patience aud, if upon observation we discover a few gray hairs on his head, we ate to leave him lor the present lo persist iu his wrongs, calm ly consoling ourself lhat as our adversary Is already a little gray, ho will become older and weaker in the decline of years, aud then the fight shall be made! And shall an Ameiican Congress seriously act upon this principle, in reference lo our valuable leu itory in ihe north west, iu which we have already sutieied o tn.ii.-h delay ? Surely, 'surely not, sir. - Sup pose our ancestors Ihe glorious sous of '76 wheu three millions only, writhing under a sense of unjust oppression, aud indignant at the unholy attempts to crush them with still more intolerable burdens, had concluded that "Although Great B'i'aiu is rudely press ing us down with ihe yoke of tyranny, we will wait until she gets older!" Instead of this proud, independent republic, America, iu all probability, would uow be iu a state of colonial vassalage. But, sir, such timid counsels pre vailed not in Ihe days of Washington, Adams, and Franklin. No, sir, no; the momeut they felt lhat the priucipies vf true liberty were violated, and their remonstrances despised, they flew to arms, aud spilled their blood on many a battle-field. Suppose, sir, iu our last, our second war of independence, our patriot and gallant statesmen, in the glorious Cou gress of that day, had listened to such timid counsels of waiting for John Bull to get older, and had been seduced and frightened by the panic cry of the horrors of war ! Who, sir, can now conceive of its influence upon the reputation and destiny of our happy country 1 Our hardy tars, perhaps, would still be impres sed, our flag insulted, and our merchant ves sels plundered on every sea. But, instead of this, the American feels a thrill of patriotic delight, as his mind reverts to the noble tri umphs of that war, and ihe laurels won ou laud and ou sea, by promptly daring to main tain our rights. Mr Chairman, gentlemen have said much of our want of pi epa ration for war. I do not expect war ; but it" it is inevitable, our best fortifications will be found in the noble hearts of our patriotic countrymen our best prepara tion to let the people understand their rights. A large standing army and Davy have hereto fore been regarded as contrary to the genius of republics. Such are a few of the reasons that guide me ou this question. 1 yield to other gentlemen who are eager to paiticirmt in this debate, and will add but little more! 7 I believe, iu the present state of the contro versy, our national honor will bo impaired if we uow falter or hesitate to give this notice. Firmness and undaunted courage oulv rau wiu from England respect, aud exact from her justice. An unnecessary war-cry has been thrust into this debate. I do not antici. pate it; but if it come, let us begin it in hon or, and it will end in triumph. England will be the aggressor. And if, sir, for Ihe want of preparation, clouds aud daikness obscure our horizon awhile, I believe the same protecting power that bore us successfully through Ihe dark and peulous days of the tevolulion will sustain us again. And if history informs us that, in the war of 1812, defeat and disaster cast a gloom over our country for a castt history also Informs us that soon, with a host of other gallant spirits, we had a Brown, aud a Scott, and a Jackson to make it terminate in a blaze of glory on laud, and our Hull, and Perrys, nnd Lawrences, to b;eak the spell of British inviucibility ou sea Mr Cha irman, I will detain the committee no longer. It is my misfortune to differ on this occasion with many with whom it U mv pleasure generally to concur. While I rerJt il much, I leel animaed with-a consciousness of the rectitude of my motives. The peculiar statesman, in the giowiug language of another " De just and fear not ; Let all the ear's llmu jiiiu'at . t he thy country' tl y CSivl's, and trulli'i? ; thtn, if I lion In IPs!, Tnou lali't a blcsed martyr. ' 3" We h ive nothing new fiom Mexico. We shall probably hear something of the Rev olution by our next issue. A capital article, from Ihe Standard, taking q"the late whig Convention at Kaleigh, will be found commencing on the first page. The friends of our worthy Shcrifl', Alexander Jolmsoa, will rrr t to learn that h- lias been sc v:iely injured hy ihe AHinof a mule upon which he was riding. He is rccovrrin?. PRICES IN ME IV ORLEANS, Jan. 10 Cot ton 6 to 7 cts per lb. A crop of etigur sold on the pi;ini;ittou at 5 cent? the moliisse. with it at 18 el?. Com 54 cts. Fiotir $,5 25. The above arc wholesale price?. CONSUMPTION. There i?, perhaps, no di sease with winch our country i sdiicitd, wlmh sw e ps off annually so many victims, s that t'Hl destroyer ot the human race Conpinnp!ion. Day alicr tiaj, y or alter y-ur, tlie insiiiiale iin.iit.ti r hurries to lh.: portals of the cold and i'eut lomlt ftesh .idded victims lo its conqn t. Pm wj.lk of life is sa-red from its hliuhtinji infiueiiic:. No ;e is t xe i-pt from its death 4ei;n shafip. The o t, ihe m:d lle-aari d and Hie youn," sd! n'ifc, are t I for thin cmiiiiio't enemy ol mankind. The white hair d patriarch, wlioe l-fe of temperaiue has n n. dered Ins system imp. rviou to the atiaiks oi oth. r ill?, and wlms id deeds prcp.ir d dm for llm enjoyment f life's ea rn evening, finds conumpti ii iiisteni ig its fanjs upon hts vitals, and Uii-iii; Ii in horn a wur'd,ever briuhl to minds wh ch look com placently on days He'l sp nt. Is lh re no ht lp for ihe a HI red ? No prrvr n'ivi: oMb (fii'i.cis which heot us in rmr vhnneahlo and fickle clime? We think fh:ie m y I.e. Ami if th' allegations ofli-- Wi;iT..t U; tit rut t'ctl to veracity, may heh. lii vtd, .h.-r- is a prvcntivu and a renn dy. Wist ir's lialsarn f Wild Cherry is offered to a siinVrinr world as such. It nerds not ihe 'dvfii titioti aid1 nf u Km" st. in of fictitious critifi at s toivpit not. ri tv: Its Irno value and intrinsic excellence are Milfui.-nt to ntjt it t. the confi dence of iho public, and " Walt ..n to fain." the name ofir- invent, r, sa h- nct.ofor of liis?p--i. s. For s;d by S. J. Hi'iedak,- F y-ttcvi;l,-, N. C. and Dr. A. Maltoy, chcraw. JUST RECKIVKD, Six S'-tg Hl.ok smith's Lo:: Chains, Fifth Chains, and Trpcc chains. O.V HAJS"D, a good tKk of lirandy, Whiskey, Rum, and Groceries ei erally. JOHN M . ROSE. Jan'y 31, 13 tC. 363 2t. MAGNIFICENT S C II E M E S , J. C G'rcg-ory &Co. M'uiagrcrs. A LEX AN Dill A - LOTTERY., Class 7, for 1S46. To be drawn at Alexnndrin, D. C Ffli. -4. 18 10 on Suturilny BUI M.IAN T SCN i; M E ! 'rize of $40,000 10.000 5,000 3,000 2.3S7 2,000 1,500 1.300 1,250 500 400 do do do do d.) 2 Prizes of 3 do 5 do 100 do 100 do &c. lie. &r. 75 Number Lottery 12 Drawn Ballots. Tickets $10 Halves 5- Quarters 2 :. Certificates of Pnekagr-s of 25 w hole lick els f?!30 Do do 2.5 half do 65 Do do 25 quarter da 32 50 O.V SATURDAY, Feb. 28, 1846. ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY, Clai 9, for 1846. Will br d'awn at Alexandria, D. C. MAGNIFICENT SCHEME: 1 Grand Prize of 1 Splendid do 1 do do 1 Prize of , 1 do 1 do 50 Prizei of 10) do 130 do $50,000 20,000 10,000 5,000 3,000 2,853 1,000 600 300 78.nnnihcr lottery 13 drawn ballots. Tickets only $13 Halvea $6 Quarters 93 r . r r Eighth $ 50. Certificates of packages of 26 whole tickets 1C0 P' do 26 halves do 80 do 26 quarters do 40 Do d0 26 eighths do 20 Orders for Tickets and Shares and Certificates of Packages in the above Splendid Lotteries will re ceive the most prompt attention, and an official ao count of each drawing sent immediately after it is over to all who order from us. Address, jf f Gregory & 0 Wanafrrm, Washington City, D. C.
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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