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If"! "CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT FS TO INDIVIDUALS; AND THE GLORr OF-THE STATE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF IT CiTiatNS.' BY W iOSEPif S. DUNN offers his scr- 'vices a3 ..nlc-iaktr ana ounc.er,iu mc im ..il.r. JiSDOSCU tocomiacnoi e w. j c "cfi'S liberal- LOOK HERE. iRoundshaves St. Axes. The Subscriber continues to m;i r.u acttire his '-el; brnlM Shaves, so favorably known to Turpi n ri;Ic makers for the last I lire.- yea s. They t an he i.a-J :u my shop, or at the stores of P.Tajlor or 1. s. Lutt.-rloh. TurpcnrV.e Airs repaired ::t t..c j'lO test notke. No Shaves are genuine nn.es lauded L. Wood. LEVIN E WOOD. D.:c. 19, 13 IS. 4t:9-6ur. "Iprints only. SPRING STYLES, 44 UKDAli STRHKT, .C .V Y UK. 1 :ive to 1 ; i T- r ' ! Doa'cis in Dry Goods, that t.i. v have r c ivi d, and an- now ..h biting, al Till WAI1EUOUSK KXCLU--IVELY br rilh I'LD CALICOES. 50 Oases, Comir ising Xo-w Spring Styles, f )f Jlr'lish, Frrvrh and .luttrivn JUruivfiiclitre ; w m li, it A DDITIO.N to I hci r u-n; I sl.-tk, rcn liurr lloir assoi tu-.eiit one of iho m.! lt-autifu! and sntiMi-live in the vUy ; aud having .j'i:-t been .ur- ' S(!S! AND SHORT CREDIT., Are ' ft'.-M d ;v tin- ifcr or p u l a-e on ihe tmiiH, ai and lie'ow ma nuho t u 1 1 i prices. (Jar .l.ucs ..(' prices (corrected dail) are placed in the lia'.ds of buyer.-. I'm -ohiise. s v. i l i .i!. rm t!iemst Ivf 3 of the tnle ofthe m irk t. and he w U rei aid r un examina tion, cvtn if l! y do net piiiih se. L. Jc 1). h-ive peculiar advantages for executing J is for prints, whit h me re.--p ctfuUv solicited. LE & ii'tEW 8 l ELt, -1 I Cedar Sti c t. ". w "i'ork, Jan.y, 1317. 380 -y. 'Cwarclcia Seeds, .is rcc iv. d ami tor su!e by J NO. M. R.OF.-E, Next d or to liriggs' tlctel. J a nnarv 0, ! 3 17. xi:y SUPPLY UF FRESH fruit. H) Coc iu Nut-, f i Dr :im 'J3 lox - s llaism. Lemons, Currant., Prune?, PMher's, Almonds, lira z i I Nuts, Cilion, Pick! s, Caia. Also. .MiMt.nd, Ulaekifg, Scotcli PnuiT, ami iiioki -j T Ii.ii tn, j.'st r'c ive.i and for .afe nt J... 3 ' I.-17. i RiOIi'S. JOHN C. LATTA, Crommission crcliarit (JKXKKAL AGENT, lVH.MIXtJTOX, N. C. SALE. i WISH to sell my hind lying o i IJig Kocklish, h in about 2'K)il aires ol i"il turpenline land, . uii a irood s-ri-'aiii for ca..Tying it to market, navi iineal anv time while there is wati r enough for ooat-lo run between Favctlevillc and Wiiming t ei. Title indisputable. ALE XL A N P E II WILLIAMS. JVv 12, I Si.". 333-tf. JFARBLK FACTORY. i: i' ik'-- :.::,Mmtm if " ... . lltlltih v i Hi: ifesS- f.lhtr mmm By George Lauder, Nearly opposite the Post OmV ' 'i 3 , H 17-1 v " Faje-rcville, N. C. tate of T. C'arolin:; ISIatlcii countj-. In KtjUtty. '-z il ctli linau, w i e ol" Joshua Ervan, vs. James il'au and John Dryan, Admi nisi ra lot s with Tie Wi I annexed of James Bran, the'd; Henry 'v o,,:,-, n:ui i iic J tne, Geo Tha.'?.rd ai d wife Mary, C, ,, C: van, William J Cryai, Andrew J va i, and Jushui B:an, husband of com 'il.ii lai.t. Original Bill. TJie comiilainant liavin.r mo. I.. fn.!o..; . i,t t!,- il'lelltl. IlltS lieiirv Wrx.t. n I ...:-.. T..- r....-Z.'l lhigardand w r le Mary, and George Rrvan a. e r- ocs of tins Sure ; notice is, then fore, erehy given to said non-n si-Jt.ai tlc!endants to appear at the next term of the Court of Equity to behind for thf county of Blmien, at the Court House in E!i7.ahcl htow n, on I lie firs,t Moi dav after tie 4th Monday in Mauh, A . D. !S47, th, n an,i Hare to lead, ar.su cr or demur ; otherwise, there "ill be a decree pro confi s.-o, and Ihe Bill b arcl c.xparte as to (hem. Witness, William J. Cowan, Clerk and Master in L-Vpnty, at Oflice in Elizabelhtown, on the 2nd -l jinJay afler the 4lh AJondav in September, A D '15, and in the 7 1 st year ofAmeirenn Indcpen- cc. V Al. J. COW A IS, C. M . E. Fb.l3,lS47. 417-61.. pr adv S3 25. JfBW BOOKS, STATIOJTEKY, .Vc. R.W. HARD IE ar K JU!1 rfteived a 8PPly of New Dooks, stand fancv s'Scnooi Rooks, &c, with stationery and HAS ircy artii e January 23, 1317. JW'f iftllM $$mi ::.T.:.r:'.:;-. 1 iikMI LXLS'U Ti i J O M COMSTOCKH SJiliSAPJlRlLLA. Cf superior quulit), and half the price of any other. Fort:;e cure of scrofula, geneal d. biliiy, ecaly eruptions of the skin, piinpies or pustules on the face, bi.es from an impure habit of the body, pain and swellings of the body, and all diseai-ea arising from an impure slate of the blood, chronic rhtuina matinn, cutaneous diseases, tetter, mercurial or syphiloid disease, ulcerations of ihe throat and l liver affections, exposures and imprudence in hie, excesses in the use of mercury, &.c. The rc.t popularity of Sarsapardla and i's -established efficacy, render it superfluous lo enter in liaiiy encomium on Us v.rlues, or adduce any cvi d nte in its la vor. This Sarsapariila "u warranted positively as good as any other (that can lie nude at one dollar) ut just half the price of those fo mm h adverl iseil, and us st tong. and inns lare boltics, viz : 5J cts per bottle, or G hoilh s for S2 50. lit number to ask for Coinstock's srsaparii!a, and lake no other. Sold only by S J Hinsdale in Fa ctteville. DEAFNESS- DR Mc.N AIR'S ACOUSTIC OIL The dt-at from nifai.cv, often recie in u im.tt u:iracutous maiim r theii hearing when I hey Icat-t expect II, by ihe nsi- (l ti is'Oi I, w hich shows tin m how tasily ttiey might miuli sooner have had their heaii -g and s..vcd themselves and their friends the pain ot conversing jn a loud tone, without pleasure, or of b' ing neglctlcd and shunned, lo ayoid that distress whiih is ft It mutually by the de;.f ferson uml h:s hearers. Now Sacred a duly ih rcforc.it is, tliat wc use all necessary meai.s to remove such an ;dTJ clion,and e-,.joy I ho social (jiiatilicaiimplant c ct in our iiaiuits ! Tliis Ear-Oil hi.s the iffccl so I., relieve Ihe t nsion, ami bung i; t use the natural action ol h; pails, as to restore the hear in i when lost or inip. i.eJ. This is proved by so manycl knon cases, that vvliere known, it ncers no praise. The gr at wit-h of the pi prie tor ih..t each may speak to ot!n r.- ol ils un common virtu's, iih sulf rers m;i knew and be rehev l and res'or'-d by its use! This will he tlo !" ii all cases of recent deufm ss, and many of long tl. Hiding. Ail daf .persons-. should usi; this t 'il .' It will re'ieve al-once, or if-d afi-ess is jut comm.- nciiig, it will remove the cause and check its progie.-s. I hose who have been Jung ileal frheXild continue ils app ieation a fev wicks to hear well. Each llask lias lull directions attached to it. Avoid any imitations. The true one may he k uov n by my signature on theiiask. Price, S'. pei -flask. " DONALD McN AIR, Ai. D. C.in-t'k Co, New Yoik, are iho whole salers of tiiis Oil. iSol.J in EayettcviUe by S J Hinsdale." . 1 Boon lo all Families and Sufferers. Proof loo plain lo be doubted and loo strong to he denied, is obtained tfat all die io low'm aro cur-d by LIN'S liALM OF CHINA, namely : Dorrns, el i !il..in-, tetter, u'eer, cuts, stre throat, h i i ber's iti h, soie eyes and lids, lie ilolort ux, idd scars, -sre ni, p'es. -whitt; swi lling, ecalds, c-hale, pirn, le, fistu'a bj uiscs, u billows, carbuncle, sore hp, ai;ue i ii f.ce and bie.tst, prickly heal, rough h inds, general sor- s, lrotcd p.irts, cluq's, felon, erysipelas, strain, jiiles, eruption, iheiiHiatisin, fe ver sors3, broken Ortasf, blistered surfaces. For Burns it is a specific. dnestion Will any humane man risk llio fives i;f bis children by ne jI el lo Keep th:s ba'm alw ays at band? It is pood fr so many tilings thai no bourc should be wit b i ul il. Lit iilt in eil this wnruine. l'riae 30 els, or f, bo'tlcs for-$- 50. Sold in Fayetteville by S. J.Hi if dale. Hoy's Itninient for llie files. Piles i IT ct ually tun d by this certain remedy. The sale ol this article is steadily iincrtasing,. not withstanding ihe many count erf' its :got up -in imiiat.'on of n. Persons troubled v.-ith this distres sing co-nphi i nt, declare that I hey wouitl not be witliout this preparation in their houses for the price of ten boxes. The pulric will n collect that ibis is only h nredy Hi r d ihtm li-ai isinrts:hiy of any value whatever. In jlatcs w In re it is known, every family In s it in ibcir hi use. Its pric-i: is not considered al nil. It is above all mice. Cr ms'ock &Co., 23 Court lar.dl street, N w Voi k, sob-piopu'etors. Sold only by S J Hinsdale in Fayetteville. Qtdridge's Jlalui of Colur.ihia for ihe flair. Its positive ijuali'.ics are as Ibl'i.ws: 1st For infants, kei ping them free from scurf, and causin? a luxuriant crewth o! the hair. t'd - For la Ties afler child -I. r 1 1 h, r stering ihe skin to ils usual strenghrh aeil firmnts' and re t; "Hn.! the fa lin out of the hair. 3 1 - For any neison recovering from any debili l, t'.e -ame IT-ct is jondccid, 4ih-l!u-ed in inf.iiev t i !1 a pootl '..growth is started, it may bo iresciMil by attenticn to the latist pi ri- d ol l ie. 5tii It fret s the h.ead from dandiufl, slienth er.s the roots impaits health and vigor lo the cir culation, and rtvtnts the l,;,'n fit m tdianging coi ns cr gi ! t iiiij sin v. Ctli 1 1 causes li e bar to tor! beautifully when done up the ovr i.iiht. 'J No ladies' lode should cvrr he made wit hunt it. 7lli Children who have bv any means contra' t ed vThi:n iti fhe lieati, ate i:nn eibaielv and er fectly cured of them by its use. It is infallible. Sold only by S. J. Hinsdale in Fay tieville. JJolhcr,s Relief Indian Discovery. All expectinc to becime mothers, ar.d anxim s to avo-.d th- pains, iJ.Eircss, and dangers child bearing, are carnt stly entreated to calm their fears, allay lli' ir nervoi sness, and soothe their way I y the use of this im st extraordinary vegetable pro duction. -Thoee who will candidly observe its virtues, must approve of it in their In rrls; every kind and afteclionate husband will feel it Irs most solemn duty lo alleviate the distress his wi'e is exposed to. by a safe and certain mil hud, which is the i ?'' ol AJolher's Relh I. Further particulars in Pamphlets intended for the Female Rye, to he had gratis w litre this hu mane Cordial js to be found. The .Mot hot's Relief is prepared, and sold, by the now sole proprietors, Con.slmk Co, . s ISAAC S. SMITH M D. Gradnute of the New York State Medical Col lege, and Public Lecturer on the Theory and Practice of Medicine. Orders may be nddressed to ihcm, 2lCourt landt street, New York Certificates, and further paiticiilais, can be seen w here the Reli- f is sod. Sold only by S. J, Hinsdale in Fayetteville. -3 Certain atid Permanent Cure for Salt n nnitn H Ileum, SfC Dr CHURCHILL'S ITALIAN WHITE WAS! Will Cure Salt Rftcum Tetter?,. Bfng Worms, and all Diseases of tiie Skin. itmVon ISawTbe- mcdi'-. producing a con stitut onal arul last, n. cure by actio on the bo wels by absorptron thro rgh ,he pofeo .he skin, and happily comb nin2 a local and . l rr . , Direc.ions with each fiott! .o'.dV SO "cenjf the Drugeists feuerally C mstoek r York. Sold only by S..J. H"msdfle. .FebraaVy 1847. . , FAYETTEVILLE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1847. On liana tna lbl- Sale, 2 J Casks Fresh Lime, 30U0 lbs. fresh beat Rice, 300 large blch'd sat ks Salt, fi00 bushels Alum Salt, 25 hhds. Poito Rico and Cuba Molasses, 3 hhds. Porto Rico and N. O. S'unr, 50 bags Rio. L3gUjra aj J;.Va jCofTce, 10 bbls new Mulhts. 10 kits mess Mackerel, 1500 bushels Corn, 200 bushe s Oats, 20110 lls Mountain Ca-stinrs, 10 bbls Tanners' Oil, 2000 lbs pure, extra, and No. I Whi c Lead in Oil, Together with our usual variety of Iry Goods, Hardware i Cutlery. COOK & TROY. " Feb. 20, IS 17. ' 4lS-3t. A VOLUNTARY WITNESS FOR JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT. Jihn.Van Valktnbnrh, Esq., writes to D. Jayio, fc'ept. 2Sth IS4G, and says ; I would cheer fnlly accept l an Agency for the s-a'e of your (ami ly Medicines, because I feel satisfied, that il 1 had not taken your Expectorant, 1 should bifoie this day have beeu in my grave. In the month of A.u gtfs', 1 845, I had a vcry. sevtic attack of Typhus rFevi r and Inflammation of my Lungs, which re-ddecd-me very low. In a ftw days : fter my fever left me and 1 began to gain strength , 1 bad a bad cough ai d raised large quantities of mailer from my hrr.gs or sto.nach. As mv sin ngtb incieast d, my couch also iiicre: sd. I told my physician that I waiJid to take your Expectorant. He thought it was not best. He made me some syrup fr.niy connh, which 1 took for two or three wieks, but d d me no good. M y couh stiirincreasi d so much that my stom ach and lungs (el t as 1 ft boy were all raw, there w a such a soremss. I raised a very larse ammmt and it appeared .to " me that I was as bad ilTas many people I have seen in the last stages of con sumption, and that. I could not live hut a shot I time. il sent to Caf-sk ill tor half a dozen bottles of your expectorant, and commenced takrig i, and in le-s than twenty-four hours there was quite a chanire in my feelings, and 1 eforc I had laken two bottles i f it, I was rt stort d to my usual health. I sold two or three hollies of if to a lady in this place. She h is toid me w nhiii thieo veks,that she believes that it has bei n the means of saving her life. If you thiek what 1 have stated, be worth publishing, you are rt 'ibtity to do so. Respectfully yours, JOHN VAN VALKENBURGH, P. M. Lexington, Green Co., N. Y. Prepared only Uv Dr. D. Ja vne, Philadelphia, and sold on ager cv by S. J. HINSDALE. SPEECH OF HON. JAS. C. DOBBIN, On the " IVilmol proviso," restricting slav ery in any new territory to be acquired by the United Slates. Mr Chairman-: I di not rise upon this oc casion for the purpose of republishing another edition of the history of ihe Mexican war.; is origin, its rise, utd ils proxies, are fami liar lo Ihe humblest cottager fI ihe 'country a.s well as ihe fiioit aclivo politician -'in the capital. The 'fame rf those gnlhinl soldiers who fought and achieved Ihe biillinut victories of Monterey and Resaca tie hi Palma has crossed the confine-s of our own republic, and ;h is elicited the apj Ijuo and adtnir.tiou cf ihe miohtie.-d jioweis on eiulh. IJut, Mr Chnirinan, iheie is a war of recent origin; upon ihe oiigiu, the rise, and the p o gress f which, I do propose to make some remaik thi-- morning. I mean ihe war re cently waged upon Ihe reputation, the con stitutional rights, and domestic in-ditutions of ihe southern states. An honorable gentle man fmrn New Yoik fMr Strong the olher; day, who had the manly independence and the patriotism to oppose that war,conreruiug which I uow purpose to -speak, announced to this House, that if the manner in which this helligerant poposition originated, and the ciicunr-tarM-cs uuiler vhich it was brought to ligft, could be npide a matter of public his tory, it would al once b' cuiiou--, enteitain 4ti, and amusing ; for, according to ihe in sinuations, or, peihaps, the positive nfii-mn-lious, thai hive been made, gentlemen were so solemnly impressed witn the maguilude of' this muvetucni, thai, al hough many of the forces i four northern fi lends were secretly combined in the alliance; yet, that it oou "became apparent il was a ma ter of too mo mentous importance for the public to suppose for a day .lhat one man alone was its prjiM tor. Il is ?-aid, ihert foie, that while one ditin-gui.-hed geiiileuiati from New Yoik Mr Gro ver a Ui-ed this proposition, another gentle man fiom Ohio Mi Bi inkeihoff wrote, and another distinguished gentleman fiom Penn- Uania Mr W ilmot intioduced it. Bfote I reply, Mr Chairman, lo the un tenable p elexts promulgcd on this "floor, in jusiilication of this unnecessary and inex cusable assault; before ! say anything in re- ' gard lo my defensive operations ; before I begin' to vindicate the reputation and the constitutional right-? of the South, which I think have here been unjustly and cruelly as sailed, I propose lo make a few remarks upon ihe peculiar and curious manner the ery peculiar and curious manner, in which 'this war has thus far been coud'ic ted. At tne last session of Congress, ihis war like manifesto first made, i's appearance; an adjournment took place, and the achieve ments were thus far "bloodless' we indclged the hope 'hat ihe war was over ; but il eems that this was only the ending of ihe first cam paign. On a memorable occasion, a few weeks since, when all was calm and cfoict when no cloud of domestic discord ob.-cured the horizon ; when no man dreamed of the renewal f these hostilities, an honorable sen tletnan fiom New Yoik (Mr King) appeared upou the stage, clad in the habiliment, ihe aiinable and inoffensive habiliment, of a "per sonal explanation," aud with a counieuance that always seems as if 'his thoughts were turned on peace,'' be pioclaimed to us that his "voice'' was '.still for war;" and that the 'armistice which' we tftoughl was in existence, was to end, and the war to be recuted w ith vigor. , Bui, Mr Chairman, without intending any thing unkind to the honorable & distinguish ed gentlemen who seemed to have acted thus far as the generals in this warlike cam paign, J cannot refrain from alluding 'to the manner in which -they have made the dis tribution of the various duties among the ge-ntrals who have commanded their forces. The honorable gentleman from New York, Mr Rathbun, who advocated this propo sition, announced to us, in the most solemn and deliberate .manne r, that slavery was an evil; that it was a blighting curse, and a great calamity ; and, in an eloquent burst of indignation, proclaimed that any northern man who dared here l' countenance the ex tension of slave territory, would be swept away by a tornado fiom the North. Ye sir; his eloquence mounted still higher lie said tha-t such a one w ould be destroyed ' by thunder -manufactured at the North, second tfhly 'id the thunder of the Creator himself!" 'ef! Mr Chairman, after .proceeding thus .-far, it was very surprising to some but not to all that that same honorable gentleman, who denounced slavery as t his blighting curse mildew, calamity, anil misfortune, wound up his speech by telling us, lhat if Ave would ap-ree that our slaves should not be includ ed in ithe apportionment of representatives, we might go, pnd welcome, into any terri tory with them ! Ah, Mr Chairman ! did not tli3t experienced and dexterous debater for a moment forget that thunder which he i previously declared would destroy any man who countenanced the extension of slave j territory? Did he. not forget, that when he put himself in the position of countenancing this extension of slave lenitory, whether it. carried with it political power or not, he ren dered himself liable to the thunders, if any such exist, which he said were prepared for gentlemen who gave their support to such a proposition ? Did he not forget that, by thus agreeing- to consent that this slave ter rilory might be extended, on ihe conditions he mentioned, became withiu the operation of this terrible tornado and .northern thun-i der ? I ag;ree that he said he spoke for him self alone. But the same honorable ge'n lie- man, in the same speech, proceeded to al lude to the proposition of the Governor of Virginia, lo become relieved of their free ne groes by sending the'tn fc "the Noth, where so much seutirrie'nta IJsympathy was professed for them. That proposition the gentleman spurned with scorn and indignation ; and in stead of generously opening northern doors to admit the free negro, and relieve him Horn the cruel atmosphere of slavery, he denounc ed the idea as almost an insult to the North. Then Mr Chairman, I ask the House to attend precisely to the character of the gen tleman's speech. He denounced slavery as a curse and an evil ; proclaimed that north ern thunder would destroy any northern! man who would uuntenance the extension of slave territory ; and concluded by saying if our slaves were not represented, he would not object, to its extension ; and by denoun cing the idea of receiving our.free .negroes at the North. So that the sum and substance of his speech is, Unless you agree that slaves shall not be counted in the apportionment of representatives, your slaves shall not go South, and your free negroes hall not go North. That was the condition in which he would .place the. South. That was one course of argument ; that was one plan of the campaign adopted by the gentleman from New York: which really seemed to dread the political power more than it abhorred the slavery of.ihe South. But the honorable gentleman from Penn-: sylvania, Mr Wilmot, who was the author of this declaration of. war upon the reputa tion and constitutional rights of the South, adop'ed a different course. He, with some-: what vehement declamation, stated that all he wanted, was, that the Government should assume a position of "neutrality;"' and he capped the climax of his doetrme of.reutral ity, by introducing a positive proposition, inviting the Government to interfere ! The gentleman proceeded to speak very kindly of the spirit of compromise spirit by ndvocat ing a proposition which, violates all the compromises of the Consiiiulion, ami the Missouri compromise also. He denounced the idea of allowing slavelyto make further aggressions upon the South, and as he con-! sidered this" a matter of naked and abstract, right,' he would have his shoulder drawn from its socket, before "fie would yield an inch ' Yet he stated as for himself, he had no squeamish sensibility, " " no morbid sym pathy" f'r the slaves, and admitted that he had advocated the annexation of Texas with sla very in .it ! Political pjwer, therefore, was the first wea pon u-it d iu Ihe figh'. Piofcssed govei umental " neutrallity,',' explained to mean government al iutet leif n.-e, was ihe second; but thu thud was brought out ) e-tei day- and then he ihe honorable gentlemen fiom OhiMr liiinker hoff and New Votk Mr Wood invoked the aid of our Saviour, as one who spake as never man spake," contended' that we could not dare to thtovv " the mantle of Chri-tianHy j. arotiud this curse," aud -proceeded, at le-il one of them, iu the mt piou and ahvctuig manner, by a well digested course of reason ing, to consign ihe hapless ljeholder to moral degradation in this woild, and to eter nal perdition in the wbild to come!. Before I proceed then, Mr Chaiimau, i'o re ply lo the a'guments u-ed by these gentlemen, f take the liberty of doing wh it I regret these irentlemeii did uo do, m-ikfog at least a re spectful allusion lo'lhe Constitution. I have r always thought, gic, it was" ihe pride aud boast of Atneiienus that we not otrly lived in the enjoyment of ihe blessings of a free Govern ment, but that oik rights, our pioperty, uud happiness, are protected by n wt iiteuConiim tioti, which we are all taught to regard as sacred and inviolable; a Constitution wiiiteu by the sanie hands thii had j-ist wielded the woid in the cause of human freedom; a Constitution dictated by hearts burning wifh an ardent love of liberty, aud just released fiom the thraldom of tyranny. And when h wise legislator one who appreciates hi- res ponsibility as a representative, aud his rights as a citizen is invited into a new field of-i legislation, he turns to the pages of the Con-1 sfitutioulo iearu whether he has the eoiititu lioua! light to act, before he proceeds to the suhoidiuate consideraiioris policy and ex pediency. Ami, -sir, jf ihere ever was a ques tion which should call iu'o exercise all our wisdom,, all our patriot i-m, and a shict ad hereuce to the Constitution, it i- this question of slavery; this dangerous lock upon which wise and good men ha e-gloomily foreboded lhat our ship of Slate would oic day be wreck ed, and the world be called sadiy to gar.e up on ihe sundered aud bleeding fragments ot out once glorious aud happy Union But if we a:e true upon ihu occasion to ourselves, true to that Constitution, the sheet anchor of our safety, this storm-cloud that now darkens our political horizon, and threatens to break iu ils fury aud scatter desolation and dismay through our wide-spread republic, will pass off in harmless silence aud leave be hind it a clearer skv and a moro genial s:m-.-hine. Sir, however exalted may be the patriotism, however honest tho motives, how ever diiute e-ted the philanthropy, of the "entlemeu who have oi initiated this scheme, I do not hesitate, here in my place, upon the solemn responsibilities of a man and a lie preventative, to couteud lh.it, iu my .opinion, it viola'es that written Constitution which wo have sworn to suppoii; that it is preguant wiih mischiefito the peace aud harmony, and, in the estimation of many wise men, w ith the ultimate destruction of this Union. , Mr Chiimau, I do not propose to declaim about this but to discuss it. I scorn to in dulge in crimination and recrimination; and excitingas this topic is, I s-tiil indulge the belief ihal theic is good sense enough left, lhat there is patriotism euough left iu this House, to enable u -'to reason togitner" about it, and to remember that this is not a noisy debating o icty, g"lten up for amuse- . . . ,u i i i " . c metil, but the House ot RrprenenlaUves ol a great and p.oud republic Sir, distinctly ri. .k .w... .i.... as propei ly under our Constitution; that in lhat Constitu'ion safeguaids to protect I hi peculiar properly are expressly Contained; and hat without the iucoiporation of these sale guards, this olorious Union cculd not have been consummated. This Federal Govern ment exists under the Constitution; il derives all its power from the Consiiiulion; it must be administered by rules prescribed solely by that Constitution, and possesses no powers but ihoso "expressly delegated to i1." And I contend, tothat any -ad of-Coug-ess which prohibits the citizens of ihe Mouther n Slates from carrying their fdave propei ly with them i;.to leiritory the common properly ol ihe.U. S. violates most palpably. Ihe faith and compro mises of the Constitution; i.s unwarranted by any clause contained iu lh:o iu.-lrum-nt; is sectioual, unequal, oppressive; because while it announces to iho citizens of one section of the Union ihat they may go and eiy y this territory w ith all their property, in the same breath it notifies the citizens of another sec tion if they go and settle ihere they must leave their .xlave properly behind them, iu which property they h.rve invested millions of ini-n-uey under ihe sacred guarantees of ihe Con stitution. ' - And here I am met at the very thre-hold by gentlemen, who -Dot only deny lhat slaves a -a lecogni-ed as property, but repol the charge with eloquent indignation, as a laudet upon lhat fiee Consiiiulion, and a lib I upon the wise aud good men who framed it. Heie i lake issue wiih ihern. And they mrfko this charge, some of them, n-t iihMaiiding the debates of the C onvention in which the Con stitution was fiamed, thovs that,' ol all ques tions that wcie agil.iled, slave y, slavery was the oue lhat excited most their alarm and their hopes. We find, as was read here yesterday, lhat there weie fauaties iu thai convent!"!!, who denounced .-lavery as a-curse and a sin. Ihey were from i he North. W .rind, also, thai oihcr gHitllemen, grave and wise men, vindicated slaveiy as an indispensable re quisite in ihis country, we find that re.peseu intives from the South, particul-uly from (Jeoigia aud South Carolina, solemnly de clared that if the attempt were made t- iu fi inge upon their slam properly, they would uot come fnto this Uuioii and that tioitherii men, equally wide aud padiotie, expressed their opinion, that it slavery were recognised iu the Constitution, ino Ninth would he-nute lo come into this Union. But, sir, we rind firther th it these good aud wi-e men, burning viitha di-.-iie to t o n sum i ate this Union, roi;)pr.iuied their personal opinions oil the allar f p id lot ism. Ae rcadiiu thi very Consiiiulion a clause whn h pioicctalbe slave holder, aud enables him' to rec.ivvr the slave' which escapes into atiother State; another clause establishes the basis of lepre-eutation bv which negroes are not to be counted mere ly as persons, but to assume the mixed ch.nei ler of person and properly five slaves being considered" a three person's ;" another clause by which a tax was authorized to be laid upon the import.ili.n of .-1'ives showiug a recog nition of ihetn'as pri.pr-rty. And, Mr Chair man, what else do we fiudl We find that these good a'ud wUe uien not'ouly did this, Voliune Number 41f but they permitted the Cuotiiutiinto tolerate and countenance the -idee o'f our people em ploy ing ihcir ves,e!s, manning iheir ship, and einbrtking in what is denounced as uihe nel.n ions traffic iu human aflesh.' Ve firifi these good and wise nen tolerate the ide'h t extending and iiVcreasiug slavery, by ei fnessly povidiug for ihe importation of slave-i lot twenty leurs. And yet gentlemen, feafru ed iu eou.-tiiutioual law, acquainted with the history ot the ConVeu'lon, solum it! y anncuiic'i ed their opinion t"hai ?lavfs flre not recognised as propeity i.t ih'u Constitution J . Ariel who were, the men who framed this instru ment? Who were the men who incorporat ed into It this doctiiu'e, and recognised the institution of slavery, so far as eveu to per mit the impo'talion of sl ives for twenty year? Sir, ihey ere just "freh from the b.t!e-rlefdi of liberty;" :heir ministrations 4er'e upon 'tfce holiest altars of the innermost sanctuary cf freedom; while the degenerate patriots of mo dern lime are scarcely entitled "to enter me porch of the temple." - , Sir, we tlon't ask the privileges which our fathers granted, of importing slaves from abroad ; we do not even asfi you to receive -into the Union territory with slavery now ir t ; but we ask you not lo interfere rrlih the slave property we already hive, and which', in the Constitution, you have agreed to pro tect. Here t would remark that the name of the venerated Madison is -invoked- He has been called to the Iar.d, as a witness", by the gentleman From New York, Mj V oml.1 And allow me to sav. -that friend was a lit! le ingenious ir. this fhartterj and acted the caulious tactioiau. for lie prer faced it with quite an air of great candor, ami lairness, by saying that he would not read from M r Sherman, a noUberr utrthori lv, hut he would read from Mr Madison, Mr Chairman, why did not the yentleman .read, from Mr Sherman ? As he toot: ItTierty ot reading from Mr Madison, will he permit tne to renl from Mr Sherman? Vhen the fjueston was discussed in the Convention as to the propriety of allowiu a ;taxlo be levi ed upon imported slaves, Mr Sherman .con tended that if you incorporated the doclrtrie of taxing slaves imported, jou admitted ir. the Consiiiulion that they were property. Hear Mr Shermrn. I take the extract from the Madison Papers : 'Mr Sherman aid il was better to let the southern States import slaves than to .part i w in litem, il i cr inuue umi u iiucouu wm, 1 ' .. "e was PP a on staves impor.et: because it implied tbey were property." plied tbey were property. Does not this extract explain the true reas on wiry tHe honorable gentleman' declinec reading from tie speeches of Mr Sherman, member of the Federal Con vedttou from Connecticut 7 For if ihe gentleman hut! read Mr Sherman, he would have secn'th-j i he il i-tmo 1 1 v admitted in the debates thai the article of' ihe Constitution, authorizing a ta on imported slaves, lo which I have alluded, recognised, by implication, that these slave-: were, and .should be, considered as prorertvL Sir, the proceedings ol the convention Li re gard to ihat matter are curious, en'ei f aining, and instructive. They Show that there -ras a compromise even as to the word used The matter was referred to a committee, of eleven ; the word ".-laves" was i'triken out," but there was inserted a tax upon there! which was the compromise ; thereby show ing on the face ofthe constitution that they are recognised cs property. I he gentleman from New York read an extract fiom what Mr Madison said, ccr. vevino; the idea lhat theie could tiot be such a thing as properly in human beings. I 're member an expression MrMaihson usednaricl in the very speech of Mr Madison he allud ed lo the distinction between slaves and other property. Slave3 not being like mer chandise, consuiTied." Mr ieki-nson wish ed the clause about "the migration and Im portation of persons" to have the wore "i-Uves" in it, instead of " persous.'' Mr Govtrneur Morris also desired it. "3Ir Sherman liked a description belter that: tf.ij term proposed, which had been deca'aed by the old Congress, and were. not (deasin't tc some people." This word "persons,1' there fore, was used, arid when the vote in the Convention was about to be taken on tt- second part ofthe ciau.se about the tax or dut v irii posed, "Mr Sheeman was sga'Tist this second part as aclcnowfcdging. meri t ;. be property, by taxing them as sticii i;;..; r ihe character ol slaves." J hen following. "Mr King, and Mr Langdon considered thi.-j as the price of the first jjart.'- Genera. Pincknev admitted that il tvai so,' 1 hu , ..... showing that while one party perlerred tne word ""persons," the other did not bjoc when it was accompanied with h tax., r clause I-sO. But, Mr Chairman, although ltonor.ioK gentlemen w!io have late participated in thii debate, have not shown sufrtcieht respect tc the Constitution to read uV anything Irotn ii which tolerates this proposition vvhicji they make, one. honorable gentleman who parti cipate' in this debate at an earlv period f-'- the session, Mr Petlit, contented h-t J' that clause of the Cons'Ualion, wisiuh, ?c it:. thorizes Congress t make all 'needful rules, and regulations" respecting the territory ti the United States, theie is contained tha, power to "regulate"' slavery, and to prohibit :he importation of olaves into this territory.. Now, Mr Chairman, f know ihe impatience, 'with which the committee .a-' ways listen tc ar guments in regard to const itutiou l queS limis J -shall not therefore, proceed elab& rately to discuss tbem. But, sir, can it be supposed for one moment that it ever enter ed into the conceptions ofthe wise men whv Ml If
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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