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i t 3f The Weeklr Aorth CaFoliuian. 1. J. S.lSCLAIIj. Ijlvixott Puopkiktor. FAYETTBYILLE. N C SATURDAY, January 14, 186Q. t Asu-vstje. From and after the V2th day .inrust ;u,ne. other than cash subscriptions ipill le recrh-ul for he Daily or Weekly North Carolinian, .ami the. vittnrs of all persons who hare not paid, "heir r:r ret r ires irill be stricken from, our mail rl) -ks on the first day of . angary next. We are t"inpcUft( t't this course in consequence of the large, r trunn, vf money iphic.h is now due this establish-iirrt- All monies mailed t us will be (t risk. Our Oftli'e has been removed from the old stand to a building on Green Street next door to Mrs Banks, and opposite thy Shemwell House, where we wcujd b glad ta see ail our friends, and espe cially those who ar in arrears J for subscription. - Till, STATE AND DISTRICT CONVENTIONS We notice some of our exchanges favoring the delay of District Conventions yfnerully, until the i ,ts fiction of the Stata Conyenfjoii ha ascertained. We do Tiot propose, ny, wc eyen object to lock horns wjlh any of ot coteiuporarjes upou this ques tion. Keasons of a peculiar nature demand that i vl(h us in this district, we should defer our district uee! eetm ' until after the 8th oi March, at which time the State Convention assembles, not because we wish to learn what position the State Convention u pursue, out merely neoauase it is expedient. The- fin.ory that the .district Conventions should mould the coinidexk-u of their delegation according to that of the State, will necer meet with a response from ns, we consider tlu? voice of the Stata in Con vention assembled as a. Jir-tmct voico, from that of district. At the one place tha State in its iuT! visual cupacitv will act, whilst at the district assemblies j),,. llt ,,ph speak. If thi were not so why call a Distriet Convention at all ? There is no necessity !. Let the Slate ConveZitioii appoint the delegates from the several districts, if w are to follow implictly, and irh becoming obedience the instructions of a Si atk Con-vkxtios, The district representation, is created for a check upon the State, ami they act in tVii ;r -everal capacities in this wav. It would be a matter of very llttie trouble for any ambitious man t maiueuvi e a little and secure the voice of the State Convention in his favor at Charleston and if this iMjdic.it oh' d i we is to be rendered to their commands, the l'tiH'LK are led to the FWpport of a ii, an who is not their choice and they have no reuie dv. for 4-Ueir cjisc cannot be heard. On the contrary, the matter would be- difficult were anv prominent man to endeavor to act upon the sentiments of the various district conventions when the people in these seaparate assemblies speaks i'e look upon these district conventions as the fi-juard of the- people. igaiitt an nnaorenudde cen- tral power one over which they have no control and wo will guard their rights against all usurped authority, and in so d.ing it is our determin ation to oppose any thing looking to a higher power, by which the freemen of the 3rd Congressional dis trict and that f the fifth where our paper circulates -v,-n iron-mod in the choice of the standard bearer of our party in the coming national uuuU-su We are jMmoeratie in everything; therefore we :;e in favor of the free and unrestrained expression . ..f the sentiments of the maw in the District Conventions assembled. UTEKAKY NOTICES. Tho London Quarterly Review and Blackwood's Maa.ine for December, ISS'J. republished by L. Scott X- Co., New York, arc on our table. We would have notic-d these excellent periodicals before now, only that we were removing our office to an other building, and our time was very limited. The London Qnrterly lleview has nine articles, viz : "The Illustrated Hand, Book of Architecture, New Zealand its progress and resources, Geography a: id Biography af the Old Testiment, Order of Na ture, Tennyson's Poems, Strikes, Farm Weeds, The Orchard House, Parliamentary Reform, or the Three Hills, and Mr Blight's Schedule." Fhe Blackwood Magazine is more than ordinarily interesting. The first article giving an account of the " Fight on the Peilio," we have read with plea sure, and were almost tempted to re-read it over agahi. Motleg's Dutch Republic; The Emperor -and the Empire ; and Fleets and Navies England Port. Ill; we are assured the reader will not only enjoy, but will derive much useful instruction from their perusal. Messrs Scott & Co., the American Republishes have done much for the cause of Literature by these reprints, and they deserve the encouragement of the lovers of English Literature. Another failure to organize has been brought about by the South Americans, ami the reason is pl iin. Mark what we now say will prove true. They would have voted for Hamilton of Texas, only for the fact that the Black Republicans proposed to change their man and concentrate upon some one less objectionable if this man be placed before the House, there. will be a chance to elect him by one or two stray South Americans and anti-Lecomptonites. This would and did suit the Americans, and hence their refusal to vote for Hamilton. A'xc mark a Black. Reithmcan wii.i., be klkctko Speaker, And TllKN rills LAST ACT of the A.MKUICANS WHJ. PKOVE S101I A TIlASSPAKENT UA1UJ.UN AND SAI.K Tn AT Til MEIIKST l ini.n jwil.L SEE ITS TKEACHEIIY AXD iOl l- junKAYAt. ok Tut: South 1 THE PRESS. Wc have upon our table the fiiht and second num bers of the Daily Press, printed in Raleigh, N. C, by R. H. Whi taker. It is neatly gotten up, aud preseiiU, in its infant attire, a very handsome ap pearance. There are sixteen columns, three of which contain reading matter. The Piiessis about two inches shorter North Carolinian, success. The Goldsboro' and five narrower than the Daily We wish brother Whitaker all Tribune comes to hand greatly improved in typographical ap- enlarged and much nearance. Father I. ori.:s has our best wishes in its management. llic.Rutherfordton En purer establishment is for sale. A good opening for an energetic man. ANOTHER VOTE FOR SPEAKER On the ninth instant, shows where the real rc pponMbility of non -organization rests, and the dt- termination of the Opposition to elect a Black Re jjubliean. The first ballot on the flth instant stood, for Sherman 105, Hamilton 88, Gilmer 22, scatter- ing 4, who Loice 110. n umber of votes 210; necessary to a Now take Mr Hamilton's vote 83 add ihuer's vote 22 which would make the -. tiiat Mr. dim ex-ict amount 1 1 .een org'.mzcd. L' eu at this linn t, and thus the House would have How stands the responsibility ? Gilmer threw away bis rote. Delig iTFLL ! Just such an exclamation as the J above, escaped the Hps of a beautiful young lady. s?e were passing her upon the streeU on y ester- day evening. Of course we looked around to see if she was personal and personally complimentary; ; but j"adge our surprise when we were hauled down in our own estimation to half lipast nine''' by leurn- ins that she only ment the weather. .Well, ve coT the exercLse "Qf the' elective franchise, are of so or tneide with her exactly ; we consider her possessed dinary occurrence that their benefits are scarcely of excellent judgment, and do not wonder at her j ,' e , , t r i c -.. n.f. u exclamation of delightful," for it is really cheerr . f i ' jng to have such a pleasant, warm, sun sh! ue y, cm- fortable day, after tho severe cold just experienced; j tn-rW. hr.wpver. is not so fir.e. i i P S. Whilst we were absent from our sanctum, j some meddlesome creature added the following upon j the proof ohefct d wourfer, aye. I inarvrj ! that the Ed. flf tlie olinian" thinks that any body of taste, coulu forget the truth as to look at him aud e;olaii lighttil.'' 'Car ;o fur :- Ocu Stuef.ts. We have: a new board of Com missioners, or " the old Losird" is re-elected. Now we trust that something will be done at the curh'est possible day upon our principal thoroughfare, Hay Street. It is at present in a most scandalous con dition, and unsafe fur travel. Let tho Commission- ee that the thing is attended to. The fallowing from the Raleigh Standard explains what so,rt of material composes the fifth district re presented bv J. A. GHm.cr. We learn that Jesse Wheeler, formerly Conn, ty Surveyor of Guilford, has been arrested aud held to bad for circulating Helper's book. It is un derstood that he has circulated at least fifty or sixty copies of the book in the County. No doubt Wheeler could disclose some important facts in re- j hitiou to incendiary movements in that part of the ! State, We learn that his Honor Judge Dick has issued writs for several persons in Randolph, charged with circulating Helper's I5ook. The Judge has taker, the matter in hand, and is determined to have a thorough investigation in every case, A correspondent has furnished us with the fol lowing enigma: When the first church, was built at Actioch the corner stone was laid bearing date of tho event. After a period of five hundred an.d twenty-two years the church was destroyed hy tire, and on rebuild ing it the tiiiiue corner stone was found to aswer the date of re-ceaistructiou by turning the stone up-side down. Qukry. When was the church first constructed, and when re-coiistructctV. Will some of our-k no v- ing ones answer ? F" By the Congressional Globe, received this morning, we have further items in relation to. the possibility of electing Mr Hamilton, of Texas, had the South Americans voted for him. 89 votes were cast for Mr Hamilton, 1-4 for Mr Gilmer, tho latter casting his. yote away. This would have made Mr Hamilton's vote, had he received them, 104, which with Adrian of N. J., and Horace F. Clark, of New York tle only two out standing anti-Lecompton democrats would have organized th House. Ev ery Democratic vote in the House except two were cast for Mr Hamilton. Such unanimity has not been seen in tlie House this session ; but it was needles, the Opposition are determined to have a Black lie publican jet ABOLITIONISTS IN HARNETT CO. We learn tliat a fellow catling himself Whitehurst, lately visited Haeuctt Co, selling paterns for cutting cuai, ufaU ai.sOr jciviiij, .i.. r. . firng. tr- found a number of times amongst the slaves, and a one time he questioned the servants of a lady in that county, where the largest slave plantations were He is undoubtedly an abolitionist, he has been found with slaves in the woods conversing with them. Keep a good look out for him, and if any of our readers find him upon their plantations, seize him and bring him to a magistrate that he may give an account of himself! He is a short stout man, un shaven for some time past, has long whiskers and moustache, and is about forty-five years of age. At one time he saj-s he is from Pennsylvania, at another from Ya., and also from Maryland. Another fellow called Fogg, has lately been in that neighborhood traveling around without any ostensible business, lurking about the planta tions and conversing freely with the negroes. He was on his way to this town when last seen Let our police look after him, he is said to profess to clean clocks ; is a very intelligent man and every way fit to be a villain. FOR PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN. We invite attention to the noble, patriotic senti ments of the Democracy of Moore county, they u re worthy a perusal. It will be seen that Moore county has declared as her first choice for Presi dent in '60, our present worthy Chief Magistrate. We are sure that these sentiments will meet with the entire approbation of every conservative man. irrespective of party, in the State. An Old Max. Mr Joel Hair, now residing in Sampson county, was one hundred and six years old on the 27th December last, and is now enjoying excellent health. STILL YET We have heard a rumor that the Guilford Jail during last week was literally filled with this same abolition class of individuals. For the truth of this report we are not able to vouch, but from the man ner in which our information lias been derived, we have every reason to believe that some dozen or or more of these abolition scou tdrels have been ar rested in Greensboro' and round-about J A Gilmer's home. We submit that it is a significant fact that so many of these individuals should be arrested in Guilford County. May not that countjr and the Fifth Congressional Distriot. thank their Stars that in them are Democratic lawyers ! Western Sentinel- Honors to Senator Sewarp. Mr. Seward, after having been warmly greeted and highly honored by the Common Council of New York City, proceeded on his way home on the 29th December. At Albany, Ctica, Syracuse? Rome, and at Auborn, where he re sides, he was received by large crowds with bonfires, illuminations, and the roar ot cannon. The author of the ilrrrj ressi'de conflict" and the Instigator of old John Brown in his hellish work, appears to be the first ci'izen -am! patriot iii New York ! Shall we await the overt act Iial. Standard. A arsTA CoNSTiTi TioNALisr. JamesT. Nesbit, Esqr., retired from the position of Eiitor-in-chief of this sterling prient last .Saturday, and takes a partnership with his. father and Uncle" in the practice of law in iu Agusta. Mr. Nesbit has displayed signal ability in the management of the Constitutionalist. He is succeeded by Henry Cleaveland, Esq., a clever writer for whom we can do no more than with an equal suc cess. CRIME AMONG FREE NEGROES IN THE NORTH. The Uniontown Pa. Geyiius says: "The dis trict composed of the counties of Fayette, Washing ton and Greene might be called the 'black circuit. There are no less than eight negroes under indict- ment for murder in the first uetLTee ; one tor man- siaugnter ; one ior an attempt to murder bv poison one tor arson ; ocsiues a number nicanor. There are out of one of cases of misde- hundred and ten thousand inhabitnnce in the district, eleven thousand negroes, as appears by the census of 1850. Negroes occupy more than one third of the time of our crim inal courts. These facts suggest the question as to what shall be d lie with the negroes." For the North Carolinian. R EFFECT IONS FOB TUB SOUTH, Not to advance is to recede. Reform and radical ism seem alternately to shape our dostiuies. Au4 as we are hurried swiftly towards the goal of na tions, it would seem that our iuterest was endan gered, were it not for the safeguards which are 1 thrown around us. In a country like ours, the 1 frntoio rf con..r-Vi tTift tilwrlv of the. PfPj!S And appreciated. The extraordinary privileges which we enjoy, were unknown to the ancients, and to be c , , , superstitious is to be ignorant, h ulton has robbed Xeptune of his domains, Franklin has disarmed Jupiter of his power, and Morse now excells Mer- "T 111 expedition, iy.iucaiioii, msieaa oi uweiung exclusively in palaces, now illumines the mind of the Cottager, andiends significance to th peasant's smile, labor is the adorning attribute of our heroic and chivalrous men,' and chastity is enthroned ia the hearts of our women. A'd these an 1 many others, grace our political galaxy ; but if there is one jewel which shines brighter, or is more refulgent than the rest, it is that true and abiding love, which we have for In the fruition of ail these advantages, that which is termed a curse a. bli-hting our.se has been en- tailed upon us, and not of our own seeking, slavery, considered as property by the framers of the Coiv stitution, and bv every suosequent statesman, true J ..Vw.. . mBBujuuHwpj- to his country, and his country's cause, now threat- Jbe toxes ot all the peop.e and by repeated accu ens to subvert our institutions. The knell of di rmulations, tvould soon checker the whole state with union has been sounded in our midst, and we but .Railroads, I lank lloads and Canals. Secondly, as to await the cry of havoc, to let slip the dogs of wani met; lbese Academies should be of a hi0h The enthusiasm of the northern fanatic has leaF dei-' and tneir discipline fashioned after that at him to disrespect our rights, (otherwise where thC necessity of so much coinprom scribe tlie erea of slavery, C stances, though our love for our country be true, yet our devotion for the union is peculiar, So long as the federal compact answers the end for which it was established, just so long is our devotion unre served, but when its designs are perverted, and it becomes a local, self-agrandizing machine, then de votion ceases to be a virtue and reiisteuce a wrong. But in despite of ourselves, a devotion fortue Union, as a Union, still lingers in our bosoms ; but it is a devotion of a higher, and more ennobling character than that which is excited by the maduess of party or sectional rage. It is that kind of retrospective devotion, which looks iqore to what we have been, than to what we are, which savors more of pride than of policy. Our Government is a problem in the politics of the world. The edict has gone forth that man is incapable of self-government, and consequently ours must share the fate of all republics, that have gone before us. Knowing the difficulties attending a free govern ment, and the hardships to be endured in establish ing it, our forefathers " rose, they breasted the storm ; they achievedour freedom." After founding our institutions iu wisdom, and nurtur ing them in in infancy, to an unexampled growth, they. be queathed them to us, saying, Sons prove worthy of your aires. And can we be so base, so vile, so de generate, as to desire the fratricidal hand to tear in pieces that which was consecrated by the blood of our forefathers, can we be so lost to all sense of gratitude, as to nip the bud in its germ, ere it un folds its leaves to the breeze, or dedicates its beau tuthe sun ? No, never, never ; civilization, religion, and virtue, call aloud for devotion to the Union, There is a something in the breast of every Amer ican which emphatically says that a virtuous, intelli gent, and enterprising people are c lpable of self government, and it is the Ameirican's proudest boast, to proclaim to the down trodden and oppress ed of overy land, that instead of living wliere monarchs rule, we live where th ruled are laon arehs. Now in order to transmit our institutions and government unimpaired to posterity,, in order to solve the great problem of man's capacity for self government, and in order to bind in holier imity the discorunat and almost dismembered part -f our country, changes must be wraught in ourS'.aws. llit u-iciit ii"-t-tj .of. rMublicaii reform is reani anu uchoit, whenever tlie reason tor wnrcrrau tion was established fails, the institution itself must fail If from the theory of government, it was rea sonably deduced that the legislative, executive, and judicial branches were necessary to its existence, and one wsukl prove a useless appendage action would soon follow the absurdity of reason, and ex punge it from the Constitution. Now we have a regulation in our government, which is not only imperfect in its character, and useless in its operations, but is actually a stigma and ridicule upon our generation; and that is the Militia System. It is a conceded point, by all con siderate men that this system falls far short of ac complishing the purposes for which it was designed. It was doubtless intended either to accustom our citizens to the use of arms to qualify them, by a rigid discipline in the nianuel exercise, for activity and dexterity in war; or for the purpose ot obtain ing the requisite number of arms in the several States. It may propose to accomplish all these ends, but let us bring it to the anvil of truth and test its solidity. In the first place, does it accustom our citizens to the use of arms ? It would be presuming too much upon the ignorance of an intelligent people to give a detailed account of a militia drill, every person, who has arrived at the age of maturity, has witness, ed this sight, those wising it more in detail, we would refer to the Georgia Scenes. Suffice it to say that instead of accustoming them to the use of arms, a very large number attend parade without arms. In the second place does the system acquit us for activity and dexterity in war? This is an age of in telligence and general information, in which all of our transactions are carried on as scientifically and methodically as possible. Since the adoption of the Constitution, political economy has wrought vast changes, not only in our public, but also m our private relations. These changes have been effected more particularly in the division of labor ; that is apportioning that to each individual, which he is most capable of doing. In some sections of eountry scarcely any cogni zance is take of the fact, iu others they are wholly ignorant of the matter, or their actions belie Ihein tireatlv ; and on the whole we imagine that no one mi 7 O will vouch for its accuracy anywhere- In answer to this, then, we can only say that the distribution might be effected in some other manner, according to the eensus or population, as would seem best, bo this as it may. Congress is usually more lavish, in this respect than we can ask, and the consequence is that we can procure as many ar.ms as are necessa. ry, we think it therefore, a fair, forcible, and irre sistable deduction from the foregoing premises, that the JMilitia system is ineffective and inoperative, and should be abandoned. Now it is a fact too plain to be denied, that our militia officers, not all, but a great majority of them, are wholly ignorant of the manual exercise, and the general duties incumbent upon them. How, therefore can we learn without a teacher ? and how can the officers teach without first having been taught. Judge Story in his Commentary upon the Constitution, speaks thus in reference to the second art. of the amendments : " The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic, since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpations and arbitrary power of rulers ; and it will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them, and j-et, though this truth would seem so clear, and the importance of a well regulated militia would seem so undeniable, it cannot be disguised that among the American people there is a growing in difference to any system of militia discipline, and a strong disposition, from a sense of its burdens, to be rid of all its obligations. Hoir it is practicable to keep the people duly armed without some organ ization, it is difficult to sec. There is certainly no small danger, that indifference may lead to disgust, and disgust to contempt, and thus gradually under mine all the protection intended by this clause of our national Bill of rights." In the third place, it is the means of obtaining the requisite number of arms, in the several States, or we might saj- is it the only method of obtaining arms ia the several States. It is a regulation of I Congress to oistriouie arms to me respective states i in proportion to the number ot men they have en rolled as militia. It win at urst sigt ce seen that this is a very unequal manner of distributions ; because there is such a gross neglect, in the present deformed state of the system, in respect to the enrollment, J Xov, if this system he abandoned, something of , a better character should be substituted for it: wo propose Military acadewies. The propriety of this substitution will at once be seen. We all know the necessity of having .skill and experience in the military art, in order to suppress insurrec tion, and repfcl invasions. Political economy has taught us that this skill should be acquired at the least expense and by the shortest method. Let us now see if Military academies will not do this. We propose to enquire now whether the military academies will not enable us to acquire military skill at a lesser cost than by the old militia systera-First- the expense', if we mistake not, four days atleast, in our state, during the year, are consum ed! .mustering. The average price which a eom mon laborer, receives per day is one dollar, there fore, the time lost is worth $4 If the laborer had worked these tour days instead of mustering at the end of the year lie would be $4 gainer. Itfollows from this calculation, that if one rum be $ gain er" at the end of the year, every other man would be benefitted in like manner. Now the Population of North Carolina is about 900,000 say one tenth of these master that is 90,000, If each of these be gainer $4 at the end of the year, the whole state will be gainer -$360,000 at the end of the first.year T , ... .1. " a , "a '"W11 i " e "uerew. oi jou,uuu F"" w -,T . V , a , a,,u-uw logetner ),tuctfhe H-'' ,0l,tnllld.C the second year, would leave tlie Stat '4lb at the end of the second therwise where thC cst us a"( it should be the duty ot those edu ise) and to cirstgtwted at these accademies to take charge of and dis rnder these circuin-I opinio the Militia in cases of emergency. Now if theae academies be of a hich order, that is. have competent instructors, it requires no great foresight to see, that this is the very place to ground a man in all the minitia of tactics, and the fundamental principles of Military science. If these instructors are the most competent to teach, this is the shortest, easiest, and cheapest method of acquiring the nec essary skill. Bv the same reasoning, and from the same premises, we draw the conclusion, that those educated at these academies, can take charge of the militia in case of Insurrection or Invasions, and teach them more in three days than have been taught by militia officers from the revolution down to the present time. This conclusion is irresistible, it must be received by every intelligent man. We see the necessity, of the black smith, tailor, or shoe maker, having the mastery of his trade, and in pro portion to his skill, is he" remunerated. The same reasoning must apply to militia officers, and in pro portion to their ability to instruct or drill the mili tia, just in that proportion will they be well disci plined. Now as to the expense of those academies. We think it a fair conclusion that one fourth of the po pulation, are either f directly or indirectly taxable. One fourth of iJ0, 000 is 224,000 at a tax of 10 cents each, they wool I pay into the treasury $2,410 which being applied to the use of the academy, would ed ucate annually at $'250 each 80 or 90 young men, that is, it would bo equivalent to doing it. The necessary buildings, the salaries of the professors, nor the general outfit of the institution are here considered; because the general princi ple is all we design sitting forth at this time. Wc have, we hope, clearly shown the defects of the militia system, together with the expenses attend ing it, also the advantages of military academies with the expenses attending them. Now we have only to leave it to the sound sense and good judg ment of the people which they will prefer; whether they will give $4 for the militia system and under go its fatigue, or 10 cents for military academies without any hardships whatever. Now comes the gist of the whole matter, its great importance as a southern and union movement. The occasion which gave birth to this whole af fair was for the purpose of taking into considera tion the Rights of the South, and its relative condi tion with those of the North. We frequently hear of meetings held for this purpose, which spent their with words) between the North and South, and nothing done to ameliorate the condition of either, or of the union; we deemed it wholly unnecessary for us to promulgate anything but that which sa voured of action. If anything short of action could have intimidated the north, they would long since have quailed before us. Curses and execrations have been sufficiently invoked to have driven back, Attala and his hordes, but still they come. Now after all the storms of secession and disunion have blown over let us take advantage of tho calm, and repair our tempest tossed bark. Fi'-st let us sec in what relation the South stands to the North, in respect to the militia system. The Constitution of the United States saj's, Congress shall have power to provide for "organizing, arming and discipling the militia and governing such parts of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of traning the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Con-green.' It is a matter of history in our government, that it has never prescribed any descipline by which the States should train the militia, and the consequence is they have pre scribed their own descipiine, and trained the militia accordingly. It must be understood that the States-have no right to prescribe their own discipline, but as Con gress has neglected it, they have assumed the right. Now just as soon as Congress exercises her right, enacts laws by which the militia shall be trained, just that soon, all the enactments of the States proc-e nul-and void. We see plainly thc.prcdicamcnt, we are in, incase dissolution or secession was contemplated. The southern States would deem it necessary to prepare themselves for the crisis, and would enact a beauti ful code of laws to drill the malitia. The North hav ing a majority in Congress, and seeing this prepa tion for war in the South, would use means to sup press it, that is they would immediately prescribe laws for the discipline ot" the militia. Tho South of course would take umbridge at this, and in order te secede or prepare for secession they must nullify this preceedins;, aud in nullifying this they would nullity tlie laws of the Union, and consequently be involved in war before they would be prepared. In the case to secede, the South must prepare for it, in doing so. they must nullify the laws : the nullifica tion of tlie laws must lead to civil war ; and a civil war in the unprepared condition of the South, must effect its destruction ; and the consequece is, ttie South is overthrown not by secession, but in the preparitory step to secession. In the name of all that is wise, let us render to Ceasar the things that are Ceasr's ; let us render to the General Government its exclusive rights, but above all let us no longer act upon a borrowed capital, let us have our strength in our midst, and let us bestir ourselves to do it now. Let each southern State abandon the militia system, and establish her military schools : and instead of having Scotts and Taylors at the head of our armies, let us send forth arm tet of Scott and Taylors against our enemies, To secede without having scientific military men among us is to chain the winds, or direct the Light ning ; tis folly, tis madness in the extreme. But it may be asked, why not the North establish her military schools ? We answer let it be so ; this is what we desire, and the reason we desire it is because we don't want the Union dissolved.- We hold it to be self-evident, from what has been before stated, that if every State were to adopt this system tho whole united would be infinitely more capable of defending themselves against insurrections or invasions, thus far the system would benefit the union. But it would do more than repel invasions &c, it would be the means of binding together and perpetuating the Union, by inspiring a knowledge of mutual ability. We hold it to be true that Tn proportion to the ability to fight, will the time of fighting be deferred. But say the Union is dissolv ed and North and South have arrayed themselves for battle, then if nothing else, humanity demands that the battle be conducted on scientific principles, for the paucity of deaths in war is in proportion to the skill of the warriors in proportion to the de structiveness of the engines of war, in that prop or tion is the number of deaths diminished. To prove this assertion, we have only to rferto the invention of gun powder., .This, strange to say. has been the means of saving more lives tlian any other from the i cieauon to tne present time, and yet it is the most destructive. Hi&tn ;..r. u i .v History .uforms us that the ancients always waged exterminating wars, that is, until the one or other, party were wholly exterminated, hence it was no thin" unuual to record from twenty to thirty thou sanddeaths in a single engagement ; but since the invention of powder, and nations have grown more experienced in the art of war, from one to Are hun dred deaths, is considered shocking mortality. Hence we see this system will benefit us m three different ways, as a united people, as a southern people, and in diminishing the mortality of war, hence the appellation, " In the Union and for the Union, in the South, and for the South." But it will benefit us in many other ways. Tho southern States have just began to advance in internal im provements. Geology and minerolagy are beginning to excite some interest, and our mines of gold, sil ver, coal, &c, will doubtless prove to be vast sources of wealth. Instead of getting the engineers for our roads, rivers, &c, from the North, wc want to edu cate and rear them in our midst; instead of giving northern engineers high salaries to bear our capital to the north, we want to give our southern engineers employment, aud keep our capital in the south. -These military academies then, as is shown by a similar institution in Kentucky and other States will not only ground their pupils in the arts and science of war, but will qualiy them for all kinds of j engineering, and for mineralogical and geological explorations. Not onl3r this, but' hundreds of our worthy young men, who otherwise must grope their way t rough a life of ignorance and superstition. would here receive an accomplished education. And creditable to our.laws and our law-givers, instead of compelling our citizens, alhired by temptations and baffled by the wiles of the crafty, to. inhale the con tents of a rum barrel, at a militia drill, they would send out intellectual giants, armed with knowledge and discipline, to batt-lo down the strong holds of ign jranc-e. It is not our intention, by any means to maintain a standing army, or to compensated those students with a fixed salary, but educate them a.s at other j institutions, and. send them forth into the world ; but this much we do intend that they be ready at the bidding of the States to do duty, in their behalf, to take charge of and discipline th,e militia, in case of dissolution, foreign, invasion or any other emer gency. - The question may here arise, if a man is educated by North or South Carolina, or any other State, must he remain in that State, shall he be prevented from migrating wherever he wishes? lhis is by no means our intention. The United States, does not prohibit the graduates of West Point, from going to England, France, or any other country ; and on the same principle the States will not prohibit the graduates ot their institutions, Irom, going to any other State or country. But this is foreign to our object, the end which we propose, is to get this sen timent prevalent throughout the country, and more particularly the southern States, leaving it to their legislatures to enjoin whatever duties they may see proper. If there is a jewel in the mine, we wish to submit it to the consideration of wiser and more ex perienced heads than ours, and let more fruitful minds excavate and polish it. There is yet another question of permanent im portance to the South ; but entirely unconnected with the militia system, and that is, nanintcreourse with the north. Nonintercourse would not be an excuse for heterogenity, were it not that it savors so Strongly of action and action is the one thing needful to tha South. Importation from the north has been impoverishing us, lo these many years, and we have never taken it upon ourselves to leave it off. Now it is not from any feelings of hostility, that we have towards the north, either for their past misgivings or present obstinacy, that we would re commend nonintercourse, but from pure principles of expediency and economy. It is expedient in our present condition, to show the north their depend ence upon the south, and the economy consists in this, that we will be enabled to procure our mer chandize cheaper. A merchant now a days, for what reason we know not, unless his forefathers did it and he has habituated himself to walking in their footsteps, goes to the north to purchase goods Well, our forefathers had reasons for purchasing their goods there, for their capital was not sufficient to do it elsewhere. It will be seen from the history of our government that the northern States were settled at a very early penoa, aTnnmm r s capital. This enabled them to import directly from Europe. When the southern and south-western States were settled, it was done gradually. As they would from time to time, need articles of merchan dize for their consumption, and not having suffi cient capital to import them from Europe, they were necssarily compelled to forego the difference in price, and get them from the North. Since that time the north has been draining the south of its wealth. And we think it no difficult task to show that it has been enriched at tit o expense of the South. AVe have only to say that the south produces eve rv thing which is in demand from our country abroad, and the North produces nothiuy. Yet the capital is at the north. Let us now see how the north speculates upon the south. In the first place the northern merchant goes to iiverpool, there he buys his goods, and puts them on a vessel, the ves se larrives at New York, is unloaded at an expense. he stores the goods, which is also an expense, and besides pays an agent to attend to all this. Now he is ready to sell them to a southern merchant. The merchant, say from Charleston, goes accordingly to buy his goods, and in doing so, ho pays not only from 10 to 'Zo per cent, prolit to the northern mer chant, but also for unloading the vessel, for storing the goods, and the salary of the pgent. But this is not all, after buying the goods he undergoes an other expense in loading a vessel to carry them to Charleston. Taking all those terns together, we think it safe to say, that they amount at least to 25 cents on the dollar. Now if the Charleston merchant would im port his goods direet from Liverpool, instead of getting them from New York, he could avoid all these items of expense ; that is he could sell his goods 25 per cent, cheaper. But even giant this not to be so ; yet it must be acknowledged, that they can be imported as cheap to Charleston direct, os to New York and from thence to Charleston. Now take one of our inland towns, say Fayetteville, or Raleigh, and what does it cost a merchant of either of these places to travel to New York, and what to Charleston? say it costs him $30 to the former and $12 to the latter, 21 from 30 leaves 18 that is, his stock of goods will cost him $18 less by getting them from Charleston, and the freight from the latter is only half that from the former. - We can now see clearly how capital i-i car- j ried from south to north, and by what means the latter has amassed so much wealth. Now we don't think it charitable to impoverish our neighbors, but wre think that charity should always commence at home, and it is both charity' and economy to buy where we can buy the cheapest. What, it may be asked, are the northerners to do if we withhold our patronage? if we don't pay them the usual 25 per cent they must starve. Well, we will tell them what to do; they must pour out from their abolition hires into our western territories, and earn their bread by the sweat of their brow, like honest southerners, they will then see to what use slavery is applied, then, and not till then, will the hue and cry against slavery cease. So long as we feed them up like fatted calves, in their northern repose, just that long will they be deaf to the overtures of the south ; but when we bring them to a sense of their dependence, by non intercourse, our barren territories will flourish like the valley of the Mississippi, and the institution of slavery no longer be vilified. But there is another bearinsr noninterennrsfi will hav. It has always been a paradox among us, that we were unable to establish manufactories in the South. Y e have productive land, bold streams, anv quantity of raw material in fact every advantage we would desire ; yet we send our raw material north, have it manafactured, bring it back: all this expense is incurred, and still the article is cheaper, than we can afford to manufacture it Some have attributed this to a want of skill and experience in such business; others in their igno rant madness, have foolishly attributed it to tho ab sence ot a high protective tariff; but the fact is, it is the want of capital. How did the north, build her manufactories? It was by southern capital, she imported from Europe, and speculated on the south, that is, sold to the south for a profit and in this way amassed a sufficient capital to build her manufactories. Now if the South wishes to build : up manufactories, she must keep her capital at home, j and not pay government a high tariff to protect the norm, at w e pay government m per cent, to pro- tcct the North, nd the North, 25 per cent, for being north. Tf , r . protected, amounting to 50 cents on every dollar's worth of merchandize we consume, we will amass capital with which to build up manufactories with a vengeance. The way, and the only way, for the south to acquire capital, is to buy wliere she can buy- cheapest, and sell where she con get the most, above all, she must wage an exterminating war Against high protective tariff. It may be said that it is better to send capital to the north than t6 Eng land. We say no ; it is much better to build up other governments than tear in pieces oar own. Tho north has grown haughty and arrogant, because of her power, insomuch that she disrespects our inter ests, and the only safe method of perpetuating the Union, and. binding its parts iu concord together, is to create as much of an equilibrium as possible and the south has it in her power to do this, by iru porting direct from Europe. Now our intcntentions can clearly be seen. Er terprize without nonintercourse will prove fruitless. A high protective tariff will only force us to buy from the north and as she could then manufacture cheaper than we, she would forever monopolize the manu facturing business j therefore, instead of augment ing our capital we would continue to diminish it. Our object is to keep our capital m our milst, and. so soon as it becomes sufficiently large, just that, soon will manuKictories ie esumn.seiL e want the south to arouse from her lethergy, and awake up to her iuterest, rejoice in her strength; and be mighty- in lier greatness and when her manufacto. rits are established, and her rail roads completed,, when she abandons the militia system, and founds her military schools; theu " ill her valeys smile with happiness, und her sunny plains be iit up with joy. Then will she worship God, under her own vine and fig tree, and no one will dare molest. It is probable the time is' not far distant, when tlie . . n . 1 4 .. t I I 1 It" people of America will either be the happiest, or most miserable people on earth. Our government has not yet been" sufficiently triedj and when angry clouds ot fanaticism roll across our political norizon. we are perplexed, we are dismayed, we almost doubt its stability. Our old seers as they stand upon the watch towers, and gaze upon the dim vista of the shad owy future, are overwhelmed' with evil forebodings, and unseen calamities. Our destiuies seem at one time as a mote in the storm, at a nother as a rock in. the calm. Heaven seems at one time to still the polit ical atmosphere, while she is guthering materials, for our destruction, afa another to chasten with storms of fanaticism, because she loves us. And irr. the event the whirlwind of disunion does sweep across "our beloved country; which we pray God to stay what historian can record, what poet can sing, the awtulness of that wonderful ca tastrophe : "Thebes, my sons, is now no more, She is fallen ne'er again to rie,. Naught can her health, or strength restore. The mighty city sinks, she droops, she dies." DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN MOORE. In obediecne to public notice a portion of tho citizens ot Moore county assembled in the Court House in Carthage on the 9th hist., when on motion Dr" John Shaw was called to the Chair, and M. D. McNeill aud Alex. Barrett were requested to act as Secretaries- The President explained the object of the meet ing to be; to send delegates to the State and dis rict Conventions. It was then moved, by Col. Joint Morrison, that a committee be appointed by the Chair to report resolutions for the consideration of the meeting. The following persons were appoint ed viz: Col. John Morrison, J J Mcintosh Esq., N Ii Currie, J McNeill JEsq., W T Jenkins and S Barrett who; retiring tor a short time, returned and, reported through their Chairman, Col. Morrison, the following preamble and resolutions. W hekeas, Tho times for the Stato and District Convention of tho Democratic party are approach ing ; the Democracy of Moore, feeling a deep iu terest in tho success of their principles, have de termined to express their opinions and represent their interest on those occasions by appointing a. number of delegates to attend each, therefore. Jitsolved, That the President appoint tilty dele- gates to the State Convention, anil that the saute be requested to attend the District Convention, 10 be held either iu. Kclcigu. or some point in he District hereafter to oe agreed on. liesaleed, That'we have unabated confidence in the wisdom, ability, and integrity ot James liuehtuiaii ; hat his eminently couserva-l iv cause in upholding the Constitution entitles him to tiic contideiiee of all lovers of the Union, and that he is our first choice tor the Charleston nomination. Mesolvcd, That the course of Gov- Ellis is. such as commands the respect and continence of the people, and that we urge his re-electiou to the olliee of Ghief Mag istrate of the Slate. Resolved, That we view with the deepest abhorrence the outbreak at ll.rper7s Ferry, aud while we would. iu common with our sister states, join in defence of our. wives, our Children, aiui our. ' properly against such aa invasion as was i ooently has be: n made upou tha acredsoil of V irgint'.iyet we regaru that demonstration as buta manifestation ot a party purely sectional and limited in exteut, and whose principles are not yet en grafted into the minds of the masses of the North. liesolved, That our attachment to the Union is an stable and unswerving a ever; that each futile at tempt to shake the foundations of out Government leaves it in a more solid and permanent form, and that all that is necessary to support the fair fabric of the Constitution is for t'rie conservative men, every where te rally around her arches, to uphold lln-iu against tbe storms of fanaticism and pactional hostility from whatever quarter the may come. ilefoved, That we are not for compromising I he rights of either the South or tbe North, but thai we are for a faithful adherauce to, and a strict constitu tion of, the constitution of the Unite States. Resolved. That the nationality ot the Democratic party is co-extensive with the Union ; that the Fed eral Constitution has iu that party a faithful exponent in every confederate State, and that it is the duty of all who desire security and Cherish harmony and good feeling throughout the land, to rally to tbe sup port of the nominee of the Charleston Convention. In presenting the resolutions, Col, Morrison, in his usual able and earnest manner, addressed the meeting at some length. He bad mingled iu poli tics for the last thirty years. He dwelt with par ticular interest on the history of parties alluded to the fierceness with which Jackson was assailed, aud now the unanimity of praise bestowed upon him eulogized the firmneits with which those Constitutional heroes of the North had repelled the fanatical darts in their very midst, and closed by exhorting all to stand firmly by the Constitution and the Union. At the conclusion of the Col's speech the resolu tions were adopted with vociferous unanimity. In conlormity with the first resolution the Pres ident appointed the following delegates, viz : R W Coldston l,sq.. M ii Campbell, N R Brady, Wyat Williamson, 11 Melton, Wm. Brewer Eso.. L H Munroe, K Matheson Esq., J M Foy.J Munroe Lso.. a aiorrisou, v jsx iiiacK, a Jessup. J W Warner. Col. J Morrison, J J Mcintosh Esu.. S Barrett. Dr. H Turner, W P Martin, A II McNeill, S C Bar rett, W T Jenkins, C Dowd, J D Patterson, A Ray, D U Clark, J McNeill Esq., Dr. Wm Arnold, ieiil Mcivethan, N K. McNeill, J McF Baker, A C Currie, A McCallum, Wm M Person, Geo. Fooshee, W D Harrington, A R Wadsworth, T D Williams, Dr. J Mcintosh. Col. A A F Seawell, A II Bryan. A A Harrington, Dr. J Shepherd, A Wadsworth, Dr. J M Campbell, J R Sloan, Esq., Maj A Oliver, J J Gilmore, J Riddle Esq., A M Branson, Col. J C Davis, T Shaw, and D M Kenedy. It was moved by Col. Morrison, that the Presi dent and Secretaries be added to the list of dele gates. On motion of William T. Jenkins, the proceed ings were ordered to be published in the N. C. Stan dard and North Carolinian. To which S. C. Bar rett added the Western Sentinel. Samuel Barrett then moved an adjournment. JOHN SHAW, Pre. M. D. McNeill, ) . Alex. Bakuett, l For tlie North Carolinian. Who wants Guano? Who wants Guano? Under the above caption, a notice appeared in Monday's issue of the Fayetteville Observer, bear ing my signature. The design of said notice, though bearing rny signature, is net a movement of my origin, but a number of, others. Hence, I am pleased to give notice, that our Merchants of tho Town, heretofore supplying the country with Guano, will furnish it at Sixty-live dollars cash, per ton,; of 2000 lbs. to the ton, which is satisfactory to mysel ai d I hesitate not to.believe, will be to. till others, K, M, D Jan'y 12, 186a
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