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M A 11 15 Ji K V A V T O 11 Y,
BY GEO. LAUDER.
Ne.arlv r.ppoiite to . .W. -.WiUJclaga'. Auction Store.
Faycttevill.;. X. C.
Oet. 1. IP"". " y
NEW FALL AND 1VIXTER GOODS,
Opposite the Cape Fear Rank.
JOXKS & LETT
Have now in Store a large and handsome Stock o!
FALL tfc WIXTEii OooDS,
Selected during the past month, by one of the firm,
in the New York Market, comprising a large Stock o,
Staple and Fancy J) 11 V G O O I) S,
Bouts, Shoes and Umbrellas,
Together with a large assortment of line FAMILY
i HOC LIU I ES, Conli ctionerii s, Ac. all of which the
sir - prepared to osier to their customers, and all those
wishing to purchase select goods, at the lowest market
prices. TKl Produce taken in exchange for uoods.
KEFiiivV JONES. J. W. LETT.
Sept. Ifi, 185-1. yl'd
A. M. Campbi'll,
Al'CTlOSHHU A; COMMISSION MERCHANT,
East sidi? of fSillespie street,
F.YKTrKviLi.v;, N. C.
October 1, l?.il.
R AUG A INS ! R A K GAINS! !
The undersigned has now in Store his Fall and Win
ter stock of GOODS, consisting of a general assort
ment of
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES,
Hats, Caps, Hon nets. Foots and Shoes, Sa'tinets, Cas
Himores. Linseys. Flannels, Mu-lin-de-Lains, Alpaecas.
Shawls. Cravats. Ac. Collee, Sugar, Molasses, Tobac
co, fcc. Ai. Also, a general and well selected stock
of HEADY-MADE CLOTHING, consisting of Coats.
Vests. Paul-, Shirts and Under-shirts.
Adamantine, cpeim and pearl Candles: pepper, spice,
fabiratus, starch, line chewing tooacco. Ac-
Produce taken in exchange for Goods at market
priven.
1 K. D. DAVIS,
North side of Person St., next door to F. D. Brecce
f. B. All persons indebted to me ,y note or ae
count are respectfully requested to call and settle im
mediately. a- longer indulgence will not oe given.
Oct. 1. l6oi y 11. I. D.
Pi: AliCIi &. PEKOl'SOX,
Wholesale dealers in Foreign and Domestic
in: V GOODS.
J fats, Cap, Boots, Slues, Umbrellas, and
it EADY-M ADE CLOTHING.
North side Hay street. Favettevim.e, N. C.
J7V Strict attention paid to orders.
B. F. PEARCE.
Julv 1", 18.-.4 J. B- FERGUSON.
will i a ji n o ir,
Dealer in
PRY GOODS AND GROCERIES,
FAMILY PUOVISIOXS, A.C
Foot of llaymount, Eayetlerille," N. C.
October 7, 1S.V1 tf
I) A V I IJ 31 cDCFF K 15 ,
BRICK MASON AND PLASTERER,
Fayetteville, K. C.
Tersons wanting work done in his line will be
promptly attended to by addressing him at the Fayctle
villc Post Ollice.
Fayetteville, Jan'y 28, 1854 ly-pd
MISS M. BINGHAM.
The next session- of her school will commence on
Monday ihe 9th of Oct. at her own Louse ou Old
Street.
She will teach the various English Branches usually
taught in High Schools. Also, drawing and painting
S-ept. 3t), 1654. l3.6t P
STOVES.
I have a good assortment of
Cooking, Parlor, Box, and a few Coal Stoves.
I will sell very low call and examine at south-east
corner Market Square.
O. W. ANDREWS.
October 21st. 16-8t
Application will be made to the approaching session
of the Legislature for the mauutniftsjon of slaves Han
dy, Polly aud Louisa. Vt-pd
FALL STOCK, 1854.
STARR &
nave xiow in Store
WILLI A MS
a LARGE STOCK OF
mi y
Hats, Ca s, Boots
GOODS,
Slioes, Silk and Straw-
Bonnets, Umbrellas, and Iteady-made
Clothing,
AVh ch will be sold to WHOLESALE BUYERS,
exclusively.
The attention of Merchants is particularly invited to
this Stock. Orders tolicited nd satisfaction guar
antied. J. 15. STARR.
J. M. WILLIAMS.
Aug. in. 1854. 807-tf
1154.
AND WINTER,
FALL
GOODS.
Our Fall
and Winter Stock of
DRY GOODS,
HARDWARE, BOOTS, SHOES. HATS, CAPS,
Bonnets, and
READ Y-MADE CLO TIILVG,
Is now in Store and ready for inspection, embracing
by far the largest and most extensive assortment we
have ever oil'ercd to the trade, and is well worthy the
examination of every Merchant visiting this place.
Particular attention paid to ordtrs.
HALL & SACKETT.
August 19, 1854
FALL, 1834.
FIRM AXD XEW
rYi?TF
GOODS.
PEARCE & FERGUSON'
Are now receiving their Fall and Winter Stock of
I) R Y GOOD S ,
Hat1;, Caps, Bonnets, Umbrellas, Parasols,
Boots, and Shoes", fcc. Sic.
With an extensive assortment of Rcady-ninde Clothing.
All ff which they otter to purchasers at low prices
and upon accommodating terms.
From long experience, and by strict attention to
business, thev hope to merit a share of public patronage.
J5. F. PEARCE.
J. B. FERGUSON.
Favetteville. Aug. 17, 1S5L
807-tf
SIIEM WELL k AlcDONALD,
(Successors to 1. Shemwell.)
'Dealers i.v Staple and Fancv
DRY GOODS,
-BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS,
Also a general assortment of Straw X: Silk BONNETS.
In addition to our stock now on hand, which is very
good, we will in a few days receive a new supply of
SEASONABLE GOODS,
Which we will sell low for cash or on reasonable 1'tne
to punctual customers.
w. b. siiem well,
a. n. McDonald.
East sVte Green Street.
Fayetteville, Sept 1?,, 1854. y
J A M E S K Y L E
Jui'all Su.ud,j:-
DRY GOODS,
Boots and Slices, Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Syr.
Among which are,
French and Eugl'h Merinos, very cheap.
Muslin dcLains and Alpaceas.
Brocade, plaid and plain Silks.
Muslin and Bobiuet. Sleeves and Collars.
Merino and other Shawls, long and square,
Calico and Ginghams,
Silk and Cotton Handkerchiefs,
Best made Bolting- Cloths.
A large stock of KEADY-MADE CLOTHING,
.Vith manv other Goods, all of which being purchased
iy the package at me iar.e reuueeu prices, win oe
(ilered wholesale or retail at very low prices.
September 15, 1851.
AO TI C B.
Having opened a Store on East side of Gillespie
-treet, opposite P. P. Johnson, and one door South of
vV. Draughon, I would beg leave to announce to the
v'iti.eus of Fayetteville and surrounding country, that
I have just received my stock of
J ALL AND 1VJJVTER GOODS,
Consisting of
Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots ami Shoes,
Clothing;, Sugar and Coffee, &c,
Which I will sell on accommodating terms.
SAM'L CAIN, Jr.
Sept. 30, 1854. 13-2m
MRS. WALTON
Win return trom t lie rsorth tbe nrst ol October wan a j
very large stock of j
MILLINERY FA5CY GOOD?,
And the latest stvle of DRESS TRIMMINGS and!
PATTERNS: Cloth and Velvet Mantillas, Talmas, and j
Cloaks; Collars. Under-Slecves, and inside Capes, i
Also a very handsome assortment of HEAD-DRESSES j
and CAPS. )
She returns thanks for former patronage, and hopes j
her patrons aud friends will call before purchasing
eisewnere.
Fayetteville, Sept. 30, IS54 13-tf
GOLD MINE IN ROBESON" COUNTY.
The subscriber wishes to sell his valuable Plantation
in the county of Robeson, 7 miles south from Lumber
ton on the Georgetown road, containing
Ticelve hundred and fifty Acres of Band,
350 of which are under cultivation. It is well adapted
to the growth of corn, cotton, wheat, A;c. It also oilers
inducements to those who are or wish to engage in the
turpentine or lumber business. There is on the premi
ses a good and comfortable Dwelling House, together
with a cotton gin and screw, and other buildings re
quisite on a plantation. Any person wishing to pur
chase would do well to call soon and see me, as 1 am
determined to sell, and a bargain may be had. Pos
session can be given in a short time.
A. H. FULMORE.
Lumberton, Oct. 2, 1854 14-5t
, . , , ,
BOO K S ! B O O K S ! '
SiiW Ilioy come More New Books &, Stationery.
Just received at the Fayetteville Book Store, one
door below the Fayetteville Mutual Insurance Com
pany's Office, opposite the new College Building, Hay
Street, a uew supply of School Books, all "classes, from
a small primer up. Schools or Merchants would liud
it to their advantage to call or send their orders to
J. R. Whitaker & Co., Fayetteville, N. C.
Just received, The Wide, Wide World: abo Queechy
by the author of the wide, wide world; Redchfl by the
Two Guardians; Henrietta's Wish; Na Mota by Ed. T.
Perkins, M. D.; Sequel to the Neighbor's Children by
Mrs Myers; Legends of the White Mountains; Poems
and Ballads by Massey; History ofCuba; Records of
the Bubbleton Parish by an American Minister; Life
and Aims; Thoughts and Things of home and abroad;
Harrietts Dell; Book and its Story by Rev. T. Philips;
Current Subjects by Wm. Elder; Lady Russett's Let
ters; Mason's Farrier; Eminent Statesmen; Tompler's
Chart; Life's Lessous; Mechanic's Text Book by Kent;
Fashion and Famine; Isabell Carrol Uou; History of
England by Dickins; Baxter's Call; the Witch Doctor;
Peterson's Ladies Magazine; Little's Living Age; the
Broken Promise; Prairie Flower; How to be Happy;
Convert of St. Paul; Ticonderoga; the Mob Cap by
Mrs Lee Hentz; and all of Mrs Lee Hentz's writings.
Also, Guitar, Violin, Accordeoa, Flute and Piano
Instruction Books; writing desks, and many other
articles too numerous to mention.
Call and see Gleason's Pictorial, Daily Herald.
Living Age, and Peterson's Ladies' Magazine.
J. R. WHITAKER & CO.
gepi. 3d, 1854. 13-tf.
S . A R E Y
Dealer
in
PAXCY DRY GOODS,
HATS. CAPS.
Bods. Shoes, and
Sugar
and Coffee.
The public are invited to
srive a call at the Old
Stand occupied by S. J. Hinsdale, touth-west corner
of Market Square.
Oct. 28. 1854.
LAND FOR SALE.
The subscribers will oner their tract of Land for
sale to the highest bidder, on Tuesday the 28tli day of
November next, at their residence in the lower end of
Moore County, on Lower Jittle River, lfn Upfront
Carthage, and 28 miles from FayettevillejPcontatning
300 Acres. 40 of which is cleared, the remainder is
heavily timbered with pine, unsurpassed for turpen
tine, tun-timber, and the lumber business, as none
has been taken off.
The nbovB land is within a half mile of the River,
find t o'"!istilleritss -very convenient; the ranHsT
good to tock. It has also-a good Mill site with
dam already made.
They will also sell on the same day. their stock of
C:ttle. Let any person desirous of purchasing call at
the premises, and we shall be pleased to show the
land, and give further information. Terms made
known on dav of sale.
ARCTTiBALP C. CURRIE.
DUNCAN J. CURRIE.
Oct. 23, 1R51. 17-4t wl
BUTTER.
150 Firkins prime Mountain Butter.
8 bushels Cranberries.
Oct. 2S, Ls54. 17-4t GEO. McNETLL.
1 COO Acres of Land for Sale.
The subscriber oilers 1000 acres of good Turpentine
LAND for tale, situated on Nicholson's creek, 19 miles
West from Fayetteville in Cumberland County, lying
on both sides of the Fayetteville and Centre Plank
Road, a part of which is well ada-rted to cultivation.
Apply to JVMES JENKINS.
Oct. 28. 1854. 17-4 1
iYi-Tir GOODS.
We are receiving large additions to our Stock of
DRY (iOODS.
HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, CLOTHING, Ac.
All of which were selected with care and will be offer
ed at low prices to wholesale purchasers.
H. & E. J. LILLY.
Oct. 28. 1854.
17-4t
PALL AND AV1XTEK GOODS.
WAD DILL,
HAY STREET.
their Fall and Winter GOODS,
ge and well selected stock of
Are now receiving
consisting of a lar
OROCERIES
Hard ware,
Cutlerv.
Blacksmith & Tur
pentine Tools.
II ATS and CAPS,
Boots and Slioes,
Saddlery and Leather,
Heavy articles ia the
Drug line, -Ready-made
Clothing1,
and sti'ple Dry Goods.
Agricultural
merits,
Imple
This Stock we are prepared to job or retail
Fayetteville, Oct. 24, 1854.
We ask the
Planters and Turpentine
Hats and Shoes.
FALL AND WINTER STOCK.
COOK &, JOHSSO
Invite attention to their NEW STOCK now arriving,
embracing
JllRDWARE AND CUTLERY,
Crockery, G lassware, G HOC ER I ES,
And all the Goods usually offered in this market by
them.
October 20. 1854 17-:;t
UASGEK'S XOTICE.
Taken up by Hugh McPherson. on the 15th instant,
and entered as a stray on the 2,'5d. a Grey Horse of
common size, supposed to be eleven or twelve years
old, shod on the fore feet, and has gear marks. Said
Horse was viewed and appraised to the value of eighty
dollars. The taker up resides J 3 miles wes-4 of Fay
etteville on the Favetteville and Centre Plank Road.
DANIEL S. MeCOLEMAN. Ranger.
Oct 23d. 2t-pd
NOTICE.
On the 12th of June last I mailed a letter at Prospect
Hall P. O., Bladen county, directed to Mr Joshua
Cai man. Fayetteville, N. C., containing two one hun
dred dollar notes on the Commercial Bank of Wilming
ton, one numbered 1262 the other 1M)5. The letter
also contained a blank note signed by John S. Willis
and Bart ram Robeson, and endorsed by Thos. J. Robe
son, for the purpose of reuewing a note held hy the
Bank of Cape Fear at Fayetteville. The letter has not
reached its destination. All persons are hereby cau
tioned against using the note, and if the letter audits
contents are returned to me a liberal reward will be
paid. JOHN S. WILLIS.
Oct. 2S, 1854. 2m
COMMON SCHOOLS. j
The Committee will meet at the office of the Chair- !
man. on the 27th. 28th and 2!tli of November for the
purpose of exaininin; tliofe who wish to teach in the
Common Schools of Cumberland Count v.
ED W I L KE ' WINSLOW,
J. T. WARDEN,
W. A. IIITSKE.
Fayetteville, Oct. 23,1854. 17-4t
FOR SALE.
That valuable Plantation, on Ea.st side of Cape Fear
River, kuowu as the McKay and Toomer Lands, (pur
chased at the recent sale of my deceased father's
estate,) containing 5:50 acres of as pood farming land
as i to be found iii tbe Conuty of Cumberland. Any
one in want of a good farm, convenient to the best
market in the .Southern country, could not do better
than to purchase this, as a bargain ?nay be had. I will
be pleased to .show it to any one uho mav give me a
call. J. W. STRANGE.
Sept. 30, 18.54, 13-tf
If not sold at private sale before Tuesday of
November Court, it will be offered for sale at
the Town House, at 12 o'clock, M.
XEW FIRM
A N D N E W GOO I) S.
The subscribers have just received and opened a
large and splendid stock of
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
Consisting in part of
Dress and frock Coats, sack and business Coats,
Cloaks and Overcoats of all descriptions and
. nA . - i 1 .u- i 1
prices, boys and youths' clothing in abundance,
i ' - o
In addition to the above, we constantly "keep the
largest and best selected stock of PANTS and VESTS
ever seen in this market or any other.
Shirts, Collars, D ravers, Suspenders,
Neck Ties, silk pocket and neck Handkerchiefs, and a
great many other
FURNISHING GOODS for Gentlemen.
Which we offer for sale at wholesale or retail on reason
able temis. Gentlemen are respectfully invited to
call &. examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Person street, next door to the Cape Fear Bank.
GREENTREE, 11EXTER & CO.
October 28. 1854 2m
W. P. ELLIOTT,
General Commission and Forwarding Merchant,
WILMINGTON, N - C.
Joae 17, 1894 tf
iNORTH CAROLINIAN.
FAYETTEVILLE. .V. C.
f Ve understand that upon a recent visit of
Thptnas Brajrtr, Esq., Governor elect, to Eden
toj, the event was signalized by the firing: of
thjfrty puns and other demortstrations of admira
tion and respect. Mr B. is herd, and deserved
lylhcld, in the very highest esteem, wherever
he is known. Elizabeth City Pioneer, Oct. 24.
The Fairs. The "Petersburg and Norfolk
papers give glowing accounts ef the Agricultural
Fafs held last week in those cities. The Hon.
Venahle delivered the address before
thy 'cue held irv Petersburg, and the Hon. Ken
ibRayiier before the one held in Norfolk.
MmtN;r-C'r4ies.njin.. branches on ey4I
bition at both fairs, was very large, and sorSe
of them are represented to be of a very fine kind.
The Result. The special election held here
last weeK lor senator, Jvowhii and lavie, re
sulted in the return of Chas. F. Fisher, Esq.,
by a majority of 158. Rowan 141; Davie, IT.
This was not a political contest, and although
a regular Whig candidate was nominated in
opposition by a few persons duly "convened
and organized," the election of Mr Fisher is
not to be set down as a palitical victory.
It was certainly marie in spite of the strongest
opposition of some violent partisans, tho' not
many, and also notwithstanding the solemn
appeals and warnings of our neighbor, who
called most lustily for a "Whig rally;" but the
people are sometimes obstinate about these
things, and self-willed.
Mr Fisher has been elected without pledges
of any kind asked or offered, and we hope the
people of the District will have no cause to re
gret it.- Salisbury Banner.
The Canadian True Witness says that it
thanked God "in reading Captain Luce's nar
rative thanked God The Arctic was not a
British vessel nor her lubberly crew British
seamen?" Not .so fast; since it is put upon the
footing of nationality, we hesitate not to affirm
our belief that if the crew and servants of the
Arctic had been American they would have be
haved better; but in looking over the list we
find them chiefly born subjects of the English
Queen. The people who remained with the
women were chiefly Americans. 2ew York
Tribune.
Mei.axchoi.y Death. We regret to learn
that Col. Richard Eowry, of this vicinity, was
killed on yesterday, on his way to Concord to
attend the meeting of the Presbyterian Synod.
We are not in possession of the particulars, fur
ther than that his horse became frightened at
the train on the Railroad, and in attempting to
hold him, was thrown and struck in the temple
hXhr wliff uLof his bnggv. He died in a few
ivwhP!-! tt jus uusrjrv. Jle aied in a tew
bjnr after. Col. JLi. -nfr&i,mw.yfftfrttTTri r t s n. b, ..a,
zen, a kind and obliging neighbor, and n useful js theirs." To illustrate the-gross injustice, the
member of the Presbyterian Church. He has j atrocity of this attempt, let us suppose Massa
left a wife and numerous friends to mourn his ' thusetts, or any other Northern State, should
death. Salisbury Watchman, Oct. 2$th. j senii au armed force to the Territory of Kansas,
- " 1 with .instructions that it should not permit
The scientific men of France nre'at present J slaveholders to enter and occupy any portion
speculating on a recent instance of a young j of that country. Would not this be rebellion
man being brought to life after being frozen against the Constitutional authority of the con-
eleven mouths on the Alps,
living man was infused into
frozen youth, and he moved
experiment was afterwards
frozen for the purpose, with
The blood of a
the veins of the
and spoke. The
tried ou a hare
complete success.
Large Yield of Cokn. We learn that
Williamson 1 age, Ksq., ot tips County, raised
the last season on one acre of laud one hun-;
dred and one-half bushels of corn, and on
another acre eighty-one and one-half bushels of j
corn. Hie corn was
no manure was applied
ploughed but once, and
to tue ground. Under
thj circumstances
yield. Sta ndard
this was an extraordinarv
Is it Painful to Die? According to my
observation, the mere act of dying is seldom, in
any sense of the word a very painful process.
It is true that some persons die in a state of
bodily torture, as in cases of tetanus; that the
drunkard dying of deliriiTtn tremens, is exhaust
ed by terrific vision, and that the victim of that
'most horrible of alt diseases, hydrophobia, in
addition to those peculiar bodily sufferings from
which the disease has derived its name, mav be
in a state of terror from the supposed presence j
of frightful objects which are presented to him!
as realities, even to the last. Rut these and j
some other instances which I might adduce, are :
exceptions to the geueral rule which is, that
both mental and bodily suffering terminate long !
before the scene is finally closed. Then, as to
the actual fear of death, it seems to me that
the Author of our existence, for the most part,
gives it to us when it is iutended that we should
live, and takes it away from us when it is inten
ded that we should die. Those who have been
long tormented by a bodily pain are generally
as anxious to die as they ever were to live.-
So it often is with those whose life has been pro
tracted to an extreme old age, beyond the
usual period of mortality, even when they labor
under no actual disease. Psychological Inquiries.
Iet thk Printer Livf. if the World is Coming
to an End. A Secoud Adventist in Middlesex
county, who has his ascension robes all ready,
and sleeps on the roof of the house every night,
has addressed the following letter to a paper in
Lowell, called the "World's Crisis." We think
j he is in averv fair way of e-ointr nn heavenward
some time or other, from the fact that bis
last thoughts are directed towards paying the
printer:
. "Westford Oct. 4 1854.
"Yaar t?,u ir - ni. : i
1'ear JJrotner Mernatn : 1 ou wi 1 here hnd
thp tnrv u j- . , , .
, lllft SlOrv I) nVfifl 1 rtl nw mHtcnntuh n tostnrinnr
that we must look with out. rlrtnht. fnr rnr rnminfr
King an the tenth day after the first appearance
of the next moon. You may all raise the loudest
shout, 'Behold the Bridegroom cometh for it
will prove a reality.- God has given us the
light, bless his name I I have proved that the
crucifixion was A. D. 41, and every period
is perfectly fulfilled but the last, and that is
here. Oh, what manner of persons ought
we to be, ia ajl manner of conversation and
godliness!" Praise God that we live iu tbis
day. 1 send yoo'two dollars, that tbe paper
may be sustained" two or three weeks longer,
till we arrive- where there' will be no more
ueeded. . "Yours, with the sincerest esteem,
"B. P. HILDRBTH,"
LETTER FROJI BOX. W. 8. ASHE.
The following letter from our worthy Repre
sentative in Congress, Hon Wm. S. Ashe, was
addressed in reply to an invitation to attend the
dinner given to Hon. John Kerr at Yancevville.
Teachey's Depot, Duplin Co., Sept. 25.
Ge.ntlemex : Your letter of the 4th instant,
honoring me with an invitation to e pnblic din
ner to be given to your representative in Con
gress, the lion. John Kerr, on the 2th itst.f
at Yancevville, is before me. I-regret exceed
ingly my inability to comply with your request.
My long absence from home will require that
all my time time and attention should be given
to my private business.
I am truly pleased at this manifestation of
approval given to your distinguished representa
tive iot lii!rHHH on tk bill tu. oriratiize"the
Territories of Nebraska and Kansas." You,
in my opinion, do no more than justice in add-
ing to the confidence
alreauv reposed, by this
renewed acknowledgment
of gratitude for his
faithful public service.
I agree with yon in the importance that -our
people attach to the momentous issues I.kelv o
irrow out of the present airitution at the North (
on the "question of slavery, and I trust 3011
will indulge me with a few reflections which the
time suggests. The first question is: Why
this agitation at the North, and what has been
done so to excite the public mini! in that section,
as to make them threaten hostile legislation
against an interest which we claim is protected
by the Federal compact. A retrospect of our
conduct as members of a common confederacy,
is suggestive of the following inquiries: Have
we ever invaded any of the Constitutional rights
of the North? II ave we ever withheld the
protection of any interest pertaining to their
persons or property? Have we ever manifested
the least disposition to resist them in their liber
ties, or to frustrate their prosperity? Have we
ever indicated any intention to disturb their
domestic tranquility? Or have we ever refused
to provide for the common defence, or to pro
mote the general welfare? Or finally, I might
ask, what object had our fathers in view, iu the
formation of the Federal Government, that we
have shown an unwillingness to obtain? Can
we be upbraided by the North for the derelic
tion of any Constitutional duty? No, gentle
men, our escutcheon is clear of any offence
arising from a commission of wrong or omission
vf duty towards our Northern friends, and this
storm is now raised over our heads in all its fury,
for no other reason under Heaven, than that
we will not allow the North to use the common
agent, the General Government, to exclude us
from the occupancy of common property. You
may turn and twist this question as you will, it
revolves itself into the simple fact, that the
North desires to restrict us in the nse of a pro
perty the Territories which belong as much
l" unumer; aim tnev seeK to tio
fedcracy? Where is the difference if she should
do the same thing through her representatives
iu Congress? The mode of doing it, whether
by force or law, may cause more or less irrita
tion, but does not effect the question of authori
ty. If she claims the right as a member of the
confederacy to say what species of property
you may or may not carry into the Territory,
she might just as well contend for the power to
exclude yon altogether, your exclusion by the
one mode or by the other, would be a practical
establishment ot two "castes" in American
sovereignty, States of superior and inferior rank.
This distinction would necessarily entail upon
us civ il, moral, and social degradation. Does
the part we have ever been called upon to per
for m in our political drama justify any such
degradation? Whether iu peace or in war
have we not been as peers with our. Northern
friends? What battles have ever been fought
for the protection of our honor or defence of
our country, but that our blood has flowed
equally with theirs? What of the civil or poli
tical renown our country has obtained but that
the South contributed her full proportion? Our
I country has risen in an incredible short time
from a state of insignificant imbecility to a
rank among the first nations on earth. What
has caused such an astonishing development of
her resources but Southern capital?
From a compilation of facts furnished me by
a friend in the Treasury Department. I find
I that the exports of the domestic produets from
the United States from 1821 to 1 853. amounted
in round numbers to $3,000,000,000. This has
been our trading capital. What we have con
sumed, whether produced in this or that section
of the country, ha added nothiug to the na
tional wealth. It has only received any sub
stantial addition from our exports, and out of
the large amount given above, two-thirds were
composed of three articles, cotton, tobacco, and
rice, exclusively the products of slave labor.
The other thirdr composod of breadstuffs, spirits,
manufactured articles, &.C., were produced at
the North as well as at the South, but I have
no means ofascertaining the proportion. It is
not extravagant to claim at least one-third of
the latter for the South, which would give
seven-ninths of the exports of the country to
the slaveholding section. A contemplation of
these facts should inspire us with the conviction
that we have fully done our duty under the
Federal compact in promoting the general wel
fare, and also with a manly resolution to resist
any unjust oppression. Before finishing with
these exports, let us pee who has reaped the
most, if not all the advantages of exportation
The shipping interest of the country is owned
mostly at the iSorth, and while we have no
right to charge the general government with
their superiority in this branch of industry, we
do claim that the mouooolv which our laws
give them in the coasting trade, and which is a
burden ou our section, is owing to Southern
liberality. Yet how deaf are thej to any call
of gratitude. The Stat of Maine has lately
indicated by her election, that 6he is ready and
ripe for a crusade against Southern interests.
She has abolitionized her whole Congressional
delegation. Yet she still enjoys this monopoly,
of which, if she were deprived, it would beggar
thousands of her citizens. ' With what grace
then can Bhe molest us? Ie it because we allow
her to live a it wefe Upon the fruits of our
labor? Yes, gentlemen, uJt only do we furnish
the exports and give the North the exclusive
right to transport them, bat when these exports
return to this country in the shape of gooda, m
wares, and merchandise, We adjust out tariff of
duties in such a manner as to protect those
branches of industry which are" iu a measure
peculiar to the North. The South has, indeed,
clamored against the injustice of these tariff
duties, but she has never asked from the gov
ernment any legislative protection to any inter
est peculiar to her own section. 1 mention
these facts, which arc familiar to all, to show
that in the first place, it has never been our
policy to sectionalize the legislation of Congress
and in the second place, to show with what
fidelity the Southern 4tple have always acted
iu maiWamiugUe 7l?f sentiment which per
vades the Ien4XIotttitutiou, If the North
possesses no Constitutional authority to exclude
us from the Territories with our slave property,
and we hare acted in such a manner as to give
them no excuse for their present hostile attitude,
I agree with you, that if we intend to defend
ourselves against agressions which they threaten,
and for which they seem to be uniting, the South
should also be a unit.
You have been pleased to speak in terms of
commendation of my course "as steadfast and
consistent in support of Southern rights.-" Next
to the approval of my own conscience, J desire
no higher gratification than the approbation of
my fellow citizens. Upon the passage of the
particular bill organizing the two new territories
the South was almost a unit, and in repelling
agressions when ever attempted, I trust there
will not be a dissenting voice. I have no
sympathy for that dastardly sentiment which
apologizes for Northern action under the hypo
critical guise of having disturbed "a compromise
of long standing." It was no compromise, and
never so considered by the North, and violated,
by them when ever an opportunity presented
itself. A compromise a sacred compromise!
What reckless effrontery in this pretension.
Who made it sacred? The ink with which thv
Missouri restriction was written was not dry
before we find a majority of Northern members
in Congress voting against its observance, and
no subsequent occasion has ever been allowed
to pass, but with a vandal like spirit they have
striven for its destruction.
The States of Arkansas and Michigan ap
plied for admission into, the Union about the
same time; the latter lying north of this pre
tended compromise line, the former south of it;
they each possessed the usual requisites for ad
mission, but how differently were their applica
tions treated. Michigau was admitted without
. the least struggle. Not SO Arkansas. Tlcavv
and grievous were the throes she had to pass
through before the portals of the confederacy
were thrown open to her. Then was heard the
first growl of this fiend, Abolitionism, and from
that day it has been gathering strength, uutil
i .rr w -i --i T , 1 1 1 M - T i f wk m tm Tim
States. Tins discrimination in favor of Michi-
gan and against Arkansas, certainly proves
that then, little of that "high reverence" was
felt for the Missouri compromise, the assumed
violation of which is now made to lash tho
public mind into fury. The compromise ia
nothing more nor less than a compact, and
when the compact is disregarded, is broken by
one party, it fails to have an obligatory force
upon the other, and for that reason, (if a rea
son was wanted) the South would be released
from its observance. But in truth, the North
has so often, so scandalously broken, trampled
upon, or in their chaste phraseology, spit upon,
this "their now sac red compromise," that when
during the contest of 1850 a proposition was
made in Congress to re-enact, to revivify this
compact by extending the line of 36 deg. 30
min. in the ssa-al form to the Pacific ocean, the
North was a unit, if I mistake not, in voting
against it. This- recent apotheosis of the Mis
souri compromise, is used by the Abolitionists
of the North as a humbug to impose upon those
among them w ho may yet retain some love for
the Union; while it is now used by their coad
jutors of the South to frighten "the timid from
their propriety." It is all gammon. The com
promise measures of 1 850 were intended hy its
friends, in the language of Mr Fillmore, "to fe
a final adjustment of the slavery question." In
what let me ask, did this adjustment consist, if
it was not in the recognition of the principle
that a people inhabiting a territory when form
ing a Stale government, should be invested with
full control of their domestic institutions, without
any responsibility to the Federal government.
It was this principle that popularized both
of the territorial hills of that session. The
vote in favor of the Utah bill was almost unani
mous. The bill for New Mexico would have
been equally favored if it had been free from
other serious objections which it would be out
of place for me to enumerate here. Will it be .
pretended that this great principle of popular
sovereignty, that this truly American principle,
was recognized only for the convenience of tho
moment? Certainly not. Common sense re
pudiates the idea of a "final adjustment of a
momentous question on any ench restricted
basis. This principle is an existing, a liviug
principle, and acknowledges no permanent au
thority but the Constitution of the Luited
States; and the real question is, should not the
bill organizing the territories of Kansas and
Nebraska have been made to conform to tjiis
principle, or in the language of the bill itself,
"should not the law of the Missouri compro
mise be so far repealed as it was found to be in
consistent with the compromise measnres of 1850.
This is tbe gist of the agitation at the North r
and let the design of the agitation be covered
or veiled as their wit or ingenuity may suggest,
yet it must be apparent to all who give the
subject the least examination, that it is against
the compromise of 1850. It is against that
"final adjustment" that they are now warriug.
My mind is now definitely fixed upon this point,
and it only remains in doubt upon another and
ulterior question, wfrien overrides in importance
all other matters. It is this, when the strug
gle shall come to an issue, will we of the South
be nnited T As far as North Carolina is con
cerned, I feel proud iu believing that she, froni"
the mountains to the seacoast, will faithfully,
proudly, energetically, re-echo tha patriotic
sentiment of your letter, "that on this occasion
the South should be a unit." And with your
permission I propose tbe following sentiments
"The union of the South for the sake of tho
South." Yours, very respectfully,
WM. S. -ASHE.
Mestrs A Gono, E Graves, 4; others, committee.