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to thk said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, too Ohio, and Wabash riven; a direct lino drawn from the Wabash and Post Vincent' duo north to the territorial line be tvveen the United Siatos and Canada, and by i nr. ?aid territorial lino to the Lake of tbo woods und Mississippi. The middle Stale shall bo bounded by tho said direct line, the tho Wabash from Post Vincent's to the Ohio; by tbo Uhio, by a direct line drawn duo north from the mouth of tho Great Miami to the ai. I territorial line, and by the said territori al lino. The eastern State Ktate shall be bounded by tho last mentioned direct line, tbo Ohio.-Pennsylvana, and tho said territori it! lino : Provided, however, und it is further understood and declared, that tho boundaries ft" theft' lhri'0 State rdiull bo subject so far to bo altered, th it il Congress shall hereafter tinu it expedient, they hall havo authority to form one or two States in that part of the said territory which lies north of an cast aid went lino drawn throuph tho southerly bend i-r cxtrctno of Lake Michigan; and whenover any of tbo said States ahull havo sixty thou sind freo inhabitants therein, such State hall be admitted by its delegates into the Congre of the United States, on an equal looting with the original States in all respects whatever; und shall bo ut liberty to form a permanent constitution and Stato government; Provided tho crnt'tutioti und government solo Reformed shall. he .epubliean, and in confor mity to tin-principles contained in those arti- le; and, mi far as it tan be rnnsitent with the general interest of tho Confederacy, such adniisi,n shall he at an earlier period, and when there may bo a les number? frco in habitants in tho State tliuu six'.y thousand. Arti- li . .!j-th. Tiii.uk piiau. nr. nmtiiik M.AHO V)K IMOl.t..ARy (i.KVI 1 1 tK lt Til K AID IHtHIToHV, f'.TIIUtWMK TH AM IV I'lM'H MfT or t KIM'., wiUKKOK TMK I'AKTV SHALL IIWr.fiMN r,,i. loNMC'Tll: I'Ko IKI Al.- wav, th. r rr.Ro man.no into thk . A M r. r If , whom t. li"K otl MlOtlK IS UM'l l. l.. IMM. ,V DM: Or THK ORHJINAl. rrn,f m i II H t.lTIVK MAY ML l.AWri 1.I.Y KB v'.AiMro t ovrvn ro thk i-riifON claim- IMi IIIHoH HKK I.AI10ROII S KVirr. AS AFoRK.HAln. AV it irlinl ( the authority aforesaid, That tht resolutions of the $d of April, I7S-I, tu latin 1: ro mr. si iun r or thk okiianck, be and tho same are hereby repealed and de clared null and void. Done by tho I'nitrd S'atesin Congress, as sembled, iho 1:5th day c July, in tho year of bur Lord 17", and of the sovereignty and in dependence the 1-th. CAS. TIH)MSON,Soo,y. t:u' ts of Secession. livery day brings to light some phase of . the noccMon evils, l.et in ennmora'.o a fow of tho latest. South Carolina has resolve to make a loan t ) raise means to arm il forces. An agent was Kent to Now York to borrow tho money. Two month ago tho bondj of South Carolina would havo commanded a premium in Wall street ; for she ha hut i small debt and her bom (I lor that are held in Midland and never at tlioir appearand) at the Stock Ex - "make their up ehanire. Tho Aire lit call ! on Augusta Uel mont.'a well know dotiWratic banker oi'l largo jneaiiH mikI Inmtrly Southern feelings . Mr. liL'Imont sfiaivtlv look eI at thr lillni'r i but referred the Ajjcnt U .Messrs. Duncan. : Sherman & Co., another hotlao of Southern tee ini;. They aNn made short work t' tho niatt.'raml rel'.-ried tho Agent to Mr. Bel mont, not knowing that he had just come tr'.'in that gentleman's parlor. .Not seeurrin' the loan in that qu arter it is now generally Mated that it is. to be raised by afe".inent upon the lieh me'n of South t'HrJina, whoaro given to understand that nhotild they fail t- meet, the demands upon themfc thoy will be w.ir.; , placed under the ban. This is an e: . 4 lU r resort than might have bjen looked 'lt,r l(, the system prevalent of late yours ir, M,.xi,0) i,y which any exis ting irvoi:-l,1(.,,t, whether legitimate or rev-olutionar-yj hmheoii in tho habit of raising "oree.( .,vi,i, , ,ay M. likened to oi. i vrt.t.it nr miiuarv service. . .no .litllTetieo between Mexico and Sout'i I .I i f.:. .t). i aniinu is, mat me loriuer urags tne romo tant (hilars from the rollers of foreigners, whilest the latter plunges its hands into tho purkctsol its own ritiens Thy next notiroahlo incident is a TCport that the So.ith Carolinn Convention, sitting with dosed doors, ha passed on Ordinance In Vint; an annual tax f "ixteen doPurs upon every ?lavo n the State. This enormous bunion would bo incredible, but for tho ovi- dfiil lart that fonn- uch stun ns it proposes i.i raiv, say live million of dollars, will bo itfivh'vl cvrn vear r to support an independent I0JK to 15,1100' troona lo i;u ornmfiit and mV ti(tliin" ! a navy. lhe report goes on tay what m t an well imagine to bo true, that the value id negrovs has depreciated fnot wol'ully under this burden. Whatthink the people of .North Carolina of this? If they groau.over a ta tf ?0 cent on one-half of their negroes, what will they say to sixteen dollars M-picco on every one, when North Ca rolina shall havo teen "dragged" out of tho present I'nion into a confederacy with South Carolina ? Airain : lapor from the Western States nay that grain dealers in Chicago havo refused to rill largo ord-rs from the Southwestern Slates, without tln gold in hand to pay for tho grain It is seriously apprehended that there shall bo greut suffering in some of those StaM-s. where gold now any thing but abun dut.t, and w here tho planter have chosen lo d-wte nil their energies to the cultivation of cottiMi to the neglect of bread and meat. As for North Caiolina, wc hope there is enough l'lo;h to iled all her mouths. lint t'M'ii heie, little as wo aro inclind to suffer lor the Miisof South Carolina we heard "en one mrrning this week of two instances of refusal by Now York houses to till orders as usual. Tho Stale of liio, whose bonds have always been above ir, sent an agent to Wull street lately, to borrow, but ho too returned home empty. Fay. (Vismrr. Secretary Floyd. There are strung complaints in some quar ters that V is ofllcej was allowed io rwbign, inMead of being dismissed for bis complicity in the robbery of the $M70,00Oof bonds, and lor a long catalogue of alleged corrupt pecu niary transactions during his four years ser vice in the War Icpartment. lie is Baid to have gone into the Department a bankrupt, and yet to hive deposited 100,000 to his in dividual credit in one bunk in Washington during those lour -ears. His borrowing mon ey $10,000 at a timc-r-from contractors with his Department, has long been familiar ly talked ot. So also his purchasing materi als in largr quantities at higher prices than individual bilkers could gel them in small quantifies from tho sumo persons, by one such transaction nt a reported loss of SVA) ,000 to the govcrnmer.t; and his signing contracts only alter a douceur bad been paid to his chief clerk. And then the Fort Snelling and Willard's Point sw indies, and the contracts for suppling the I'tah army. His Chief Clerk und confidential friend, too, is said to have ris.n from a condition of bankruptcy to the possesion of $100,000 worth of real es tate in Washington, besides living like a prince; and all on a salary of two or three thousand dollars. To allow suc h pooplo to resign is an en couragement to faithlessness in office. Fay. Ottener. THE PATRIOT. IDITXD BT s . 8. 811 En WOOD. 1 X 1 JAMES A. LONG. QILEKNSBOEOUan, N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, lbfll. NOTICE. Desiring to dtvoia mMlf exclusively to mjr profeision, I offer for sale, my interett it being one half In the Oreennborough Patriot. Tbe Patjiot it an old snd well eiL&bliabed paper ; has an ex temive circulation, and is established on a ure foun dation. The niaurial of the office conniitof anew Power Press, a g"od Washington Press, a small Job Press, an excellent Proof Press, and a Dry Press; together with a very lrj?t assortment ol newspaper and Job types of the newest styles. 1 be office has long enjoyed a heavy advertising and job custom, and is a paying institution. The other half of the Patriot belongs to M. S. Sher wood, who has been connected with the paper, both as KJitor and Proprietor, for more than twenty years. Mr. Sherwood is a practical printer, and well acquain ted ith every department of the business. For further particula s. apply to the subscriber, or to M. S Sherwood, ureensboro', N. V. 1. 1VJ. JAMES A. LONG tJP Ov.r Exchanges will confer a favor by publish ing or tiMiriiiK this advertisement. Crowded Out. We have on hand a number of communica tions, proceedings of public meetings, SiC, in tended for this week, which have been crow ded out. Late News Items. Tbo t 'ommittce of thirty-tbreo have agreed upon certain resolutions as a basis of compro mise. Tho President retimed tho last communi cation of the South Carolina Commissioners unopened, and declined to receive anything moro from them. The Forts, Pulaski and Jackson, near Sa vannah, have been seized, and are now held by Georgia troops. The order issued by Socretary Floyd for tho removal of cannon from Pittsburg has been countermanded Russell's bail has been reduced to $100, 000, most of which has been raised Tho Lo-gislaturo of Delaware, after giving lion. fl. 'Dickinson, Commissioner from Mis sissippi, a very courteous bearing, passed in both J Louses, a resolution unanimously con demning secession as a romedy for existing evil. ' Iior. .Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, has accepted the appointment of Secretary of the Treasury under Mr. Lincoln. It is said that Mr. Sewarl will receive the appointment of Secretary o State. A tele craphic despatch, by the way of j Chariot le, slates that a U. S.. steam ship full :. - . u.j k... a : of troc.ps, had been sent round and is outside of thj harbor at Charleston. "e don't believe a word of it A letter from Mr. Gilmer, dated .km .tli on i-a lliat t.hn I nmm ittoo Ol ill had 1 . .. , j - a i,i . n fnot. tK 7th ' ' !" j 7 That all things could be very easily arranged j if tho South had tho disposition. THE ALABAMA ELECTION. We hail with much pleasure the result of the election of delegates to the Alabama Con vention, which met on the 7th inst., and is now in session. We havo never believed that tho peope of Alabama, or indeed, of any oth er State, it left to exercise ihcir own judg mcnt nd free will, uncontrolled and untram molod by the artful machinations of deceitlul , and Corrupt demagogues, would be in favor of severme tneir connection wun tins u niun, m the hasty, indecent and inconsiderate man- . i Iner, which South Carolina politicians have seen fit to pursue. Wo confoss, however, that in view of tbo excitement and the panic which has taken possession of the public mind, and in view of the untiring real mani fested in certain quarters, and by certain men, fatally bent on mischief, wo wero fear- ful, and, indeed, oxpected nothing else, than j that a large majority of the delegates chosen itutho(Wnrmnnr tt,n stt r,f AUh.ami,. I, , , ... - . ... , ! wou,J 1,0 o" of immediate and separate State secession, regardless of the wishes and interests of the other Southern States, and without even taking the trouble to consult them. In this wo have been most agreeably disappointed, and it is, we say, with the greatest pleasure, that we record the gratify - ing fact, that in the AlabamaConvention, tho Co ooerationists hare a majority of at least 15 and when the final result is known, wo trust the majority will be found even larger than this Uieat lhaDks are due to the conservative citizens of Alabama, and their action should serve, and will serve to encourage tho patriots and Union-loving men in all the other States Let no one after this, say that all hopo of tbe Republic is gone. But let them take fresh courage, and while they admiro the bold, manly nnd independent stand taken by the ronservativo people of Alabama, let ihem go and do likewise. How strikeing tho contrast between Sooth Carolina and Alabama. If South Carolia, has just cause of complaint against tho people of the North, why so haa Alabama. Thttir interests are identified, their insti utions are the same. If tho prin ciples entertained by a largo portion of the people ol lUe North, and the action of the leg islatures, vl somo of the Northern States are prejudici al, and havo proved injurious to the interests of South Carolina, or have endan gered the existence and perpetuity of any of her institutions why all these things are equally injurious to Alabama, to her interests and he r institutions. And again if tbo people ofth eso States have suffered any trespass upon their rights and we admit their rights have boon invaded it is not only their privilege, but their duty as freemon, to seek a redress of their wrongs. Nobody is disposed to com plain of either South Carolina or Alabama, becauso they demand that their rights shall be rospected. It is not tbe demand which is complained of, but tho manner in which it is made, the mode in which, they seek to redress their grievances. South Carolina, liko a spoilt child, has worked herself up into an ungov ernable passion, and without the least time lor reflection, or waiting to consider what in jury she may do her best friends, has rashly, hastily and inoocently acted upon her own re sponsibility, with an avowed determination that it fall sho must, she will di-ag down oth ers with ber, and that all the Southern States hall bo involt ed ia one com mon rain. Thus South Carolina, in her fury and madness, in her real and haste to cut loose from tho Un ion fr alledged wrongs, has been guilty of manifest injustice to ber sister Southern States, and has thus manifested so much self ishness, and shown such an utter disregard of tho wishes and interests of the other State-", whose rights have been equally invaded, that thoy roust forever hereafter look upon her with distrust, if not regard her with antipa thy. But how different is the case with Ala bama? Her citizens, although indignant and smarting under wrongs, lully as great, and of as long standing as tho wrongs of South Car olina, havo gone to work to rodress these wongs like wise men, like mon who know their rights, and having a conscious ability to maintain them, they feci under no neces sity to make themselves ridiculous by any indecent haste, after the manner of South Carolina- And while aAlabama is disposed to take care of her own rights and see that her honor is protected, yet while doing i,o; she is not disposed to show an utter disregard ol the rights of her neighbors; nor do her peo ple think or suppose that it will detract any thing from their dignity to show such a de cent respect lor the opinions of the other Southern States, as to advise and consult with them, and even to ask their co-operation in the great work upon which thoy have enter ed. How great tho contrast between the people of Alabama and South Carolina in this respect? And how greatly does South Car olina suffer in the comparison ? If, after con sultation, Alabama cannot agree with her sis ter States upon the proper lino of policy to bo pursued, and shall therefore, finally separ ate from any ol them, sho will at least, have their respect, and also the satisfaction of knowing that sho bus maintained her digni ty, and established hercharactcr for wisdom P. S. Sinco the above was intypc, we have seen a telegraphic despatch, stating that tho immediate secessionist had a majority of 10 in the Convention. Wo hope it is not so. TAKINO FORT CASWELL. Scveial gentlemen from Wilmigtnn visited RaUegh yesterday, and the reprt on the streets was tha t they came to obtain the advice of the Governor, as to the pro priety of at once seizing the United States Fort below Wilmington. The advice given by tbe Governor is not known. We call on his organ, the State Journal, to let th people know what that advice was. Standard Kj -trtt ro tho above from tho Italeigh Standard, the State Journal replies quite testily. Tho Journal says that it is not true, as the Stand ard says, "that tho advice given by the Gov ernor is not known;" that certain gentlemen from Wilmington having been informed that troops were probably on their way from .Now Vork to garrison fort Caswell, at the mouth ot the Cape Fear, witli the view of command- t K . "'b ,,,,v 'vi, mm prepnraiury to coercing i- , - .. . . . . ; in v-uiujinn iu suuiiui to jjiuroin ana nis partyr tj,at these gentlemen asked tho Gov- ernor's consent to take possession of the fort to prevent such a calamity. Tho Journal further states, that the (jovernor reused his consent, and advised against such a step, telling them that in his opinion, the garrison- ' ing ol fort Caswell was not contemplated by tho Administration at thin time. And to show that the Journal is correct, wo clip from tho Petersburg F.xpress, the following Raleigh despatch : "!nv. Ellis liJ nut a'lvjse the taking possession of ; run reolved upwn taking care of the entire Cape tlie rort, hut the lommittec returned home thi ve- i .-. , . wuiiuiiicc uiuc'i iii i lie naiit- jiuur. j And ho it seems that certaia Wilmington gentlemen, being informed that North Caro- na was about to he subjugated, started post hasto for Raleigh lo entreat Gov. Ellis, that, ho would suffer ther.i 10 prevent so great a Calamity to the country. It is truly refrosb- ng in theso troublous and warlike times, to see that North Carolina has not altogether lost the breed ot noble bloods. When tho his tory of the bloody rcvo'-ilion upon which wo seem about to enter, shall havo been written, this lightning trip of tho Wilmington gentle men will fill a bright page in that volume, anJ especially, will it n;t fail to be recorded tnat lnt'' "dined at tho Kane House." Oh ! most fortunato Houst : who can number the ! countless millions that will in future years, ' visit the metropolis ot the Old North Suite j not to behold tho mas-tive granite structure 1 which is bo great an ornament to tho City, 1 reflects so much honor upon tho Stale, and which has been consecra.ed by the windom of her sons; not to gazo ipon the many asy lums which have been reared up by the lib eralil' of tho noble sons of a noble State, but to wonder and admire, at they stand and look upon tho "Kane House," destined as it is, to be handed down to posterity, side by side with Hjar's Head Inn, of Eastcheap, wheroin tho valiant 1'istoT did, by his valorous words, so often cause mine hostess Uuickly, and her companion Doll Tearshect to quake and fear. And tho rumor was, thit Fort Caswell, just below Wilmington, was about to bo garrison ed and tho committee, among whom was the Hon. W. S. Ashe, left the scene of dan ger, running into the backwoods about two hundred miles, to ask the Governor it they might fight. "Hold me daJdy, you know my temper." If these gentlemen intended to commit treason, did thoy, especial y the Hon. W. S. Ahe, sappose that fJov. Kllis had any au thority to give them permission? Hid it en ter thoir heads, ihat (.Jot. Ellis, who had sworn to majntain the Constitution, would in direct violation of his otth, bo concerned wiih them in treasonable acts? If they did, they must havo a most contemptible opinion of Gov. Ellis' integrity nt a man. But tho (rovernor would not consent that these gen tlemen should be guilty o' treason. Now, was not this very cruel in Gov. Ellis, and is it not reasonable to supj ise that tho Com mittee were wonderfully chignned and mor tified? We really feel horryfor these gentle men, who, for the purpose cf taking a war like Fort, first go two htindrd miies from t, to accomplish nothing that vo can perceive, except to get a good dinner at the "Kane House." Now, the Cowmilee certainly did not, as no sano man could, expect Ellis, es pecially wbilo the Legislature was in ses sion, to counsel, aid, or aet treason. If then they did not go to Kahigh to suck in inspiration at the "Kane louse,, we really can't conceivo the object of the trip of tbe Committee to that City going two hundred I miles from tho scene of danger except it endeavored to show, that although a State was after the manner of a jumping sheep, to under certain circumstances, would have the get a good start. It is well known to those right and be justifiable in restoring to revolu wbo live in the rural districts of the State, tion, to redress her wrongs, and to provide that whenever a sheep meditates jumping a security for the future, yet that Secesssion is high fence, he first goes up to it, surveys its no remedy for an evil which cannot be re flroportions, and then advances backwards to dressed in tho Union; and even if it was, that the distance of a few yards, so that when he no State had any right then o secede, and does come, he comes it with a jerk and a tho more especially, if by such act of Secession bound. And here, just by way of digression, any of her sister States would suffer injury. and for the good of the community, we will remark, that the best yoke for a jumping sheep, is to tie a string around its neck, and to this fasten a straight slick about throe feet long, sharpened at the end this stick in this, ard suppose further, tlfcft it -was be drags between the sheeps fore-legs, and when yond all question, the duty and3o the inter- he commences the backing process, it sticks in the ground, and acts as a pivot by which tho sheep is turned round, so tha, when he is ready to jump ho leaps in the air in a con- trary direction front the fence. So, unless it was in humble imitation ot the sheep, to get a fair start to leap over the embattlements of Fort Caswell, we can't conceive why it a was that the gentlemen Committee retired two hundred milei into the interior. We have but little knowledge as to the structure of these Forts, but we seo that the Charlestonians in taking Castle Pjnkney, had to "scale the alls;" we therefore, take it lor granted, that there is something which has either to be clircbed, or leaped ovor. Now, if the Committee designed, by getting a run- ning start, to leap-over, we think their plan much moro in accordance with ancient prece- dents, and much more dignified than tho climbing process of ;he valorous Charleston- ians. To leap is to bound up, to rise in the air. There is something noble connected with people with employment, and give them ara the idea of leaping. To climb, however, is pie time to set their houses in order, so as to vulgar, it brings up the idea of a cat. Roraus did not climb ovor, h? leaped over the walls which his brother Kjmulus had erected. So if the Committee shoufi at any time hereafter, prrv mw t.hiir nlan hf t.akintf Fort. Caswell, ..j - - - , r- j, we hope that thoy vdll leap into it, and not bo guilty of the vukar act of climbing. But that dinner at the "Kane IIouso," mnat h lmd ft vonderfnl effect unon the Committee. It seens to have given them mnfh mnr. onlflTcritl viowaof thincs than they had when theystarted from Wilming ton. Their first idta seems to have been simply to seize upot. Fort Caswell, and for this purpose, they wnt two hundred miles to consult our Oovenor. The Governor ro fused their request. whereupon,'no doubt wonderfully cst doyn, thoy retired to the "Kane House," very crudently resolving to eat something. Wha they dined upon we have no account, whher their food was of a nature to make thtm choleric or not,wo have no account, norhas it been published to the world, whether r not they drank any thing. Tho accounlis quite brief, although it is to tho point. ""Mie Committee dined at tho Kane House, ant went home resolved to take care of the entin Capo Fear section." Now, it will be obserpd, that at first they only 'thought of seiog upon Fort Caswell, but when they left th) "Kane House," they felt sufficiently able t take caro of the "en tiro Cape Fear section." This might be con sidered quite a remtrkable case of a sudden ly enlarged patriotism but a Triend at our elbow, says that hehas often seen men, quite i I chop-fallen, and as nuto as a mice, go into tho "Kane House,"and after they had din ed, they would bo&ito belligerent, and from their talk you wuia mm mat tney wro , ablo to take car of, not only the -"entire Cape Fear section,' but also, a considerable slipo taken off of ancighboring region. Now, there are bveral things connected with the acts of tha Committee, that we ad- mire. In tho nri place, wo admire their prudence in retirinr, not only to a prudent, but certainly a safidistanco, from tb scene of danger, so that tey could consult in safe ty, and without anr danger of interruption. In the second plac wo admiro the wisdom of these gentlemen in that, when thoy wero about to commit Uason, thoy thought it ad visable to delay unil thoy could consult with a man who hud solmnly sworn to maintain the Government gainst which they wero meditating treason And in tho third place, we admire tho euanimity of these gentle men, who so far frn taking it in dudgeon that their very noderato request was not granted, very quioly retired to the Kano House," thinking i well to eat something. And tho only thingwe fiud to object to these gentlemen, ia that hey only resolved to take care ot the "entii Capo Fear section." What's to becomo ' Fort Macon, and what's to becomo of tho ''ntiro Albemarle section?" Come, gentlemen, won't you dine at the "Kane House" ono more, and seo if your patriotism will uotuo enlarged to a still grea ter degree. And now in contusion, for our article is growing too long, we would advise all tho Hubmissionists in tc Legislature, those who are disposed to Submit to Lincoln and bis party," to dine ocasionally at tho "Kane House." For a getleman at our elbow, says he shrewdly suspotsthat a large amount of the blood and thuner which is let off in tho Legislative halls, ttght be fery easily traced to the "Kane Hour." Meetings h Cumberland. The democracy f Cumberland have held several large meetigs, passing strong Union resolutions, denouncing the formation of "Southern Rights flubs" as the "device of reuegade Whigs ad Democrats," to "catch the unsuspecting ad commit tbem to seces sion." They wouldbe glad to see Hon. Hod ford Brown electeijUnited States Senator: and they compliant their representative, J. S. Harrington, foj his manly and patriotic position in eudeavficg to allay sectional strife. We commenihese things to our friend, Mr. Wright what as he to say to tbem 7 Mr. Wright spentjhe two weeks recess in Greensboro'. We jre always" glad to have Mr. Wr ghtwith although we detest his se cession sentiments.! Had Mr. Wright spent a portion of the recs among his constituents, we have no doubt, would have made the discovery that he wa greatly misrepresent T ing them. IMMEDIATE SECESSION- We have heretofore taken the ground, and We still hold to the same opinion, and indeed tho events of the last few weeks have only served the more fully to satisfy us that we aro correct. But suppose that we are wrong terests of .North Carolina to secede from the Union, and that every man within her bor- ders was fully impressed with this opinion, and fully determined to cut loose from the government, oven then we should say, that to secede before the end of two years frgm this date would be unwise, impolitic, would show great want of prudence, and would bn un- necessary burdening the people with a heavy debt And why do we say so ? In tho first p ace, we are now totally unprepared to ee- cede ; we have neither arms, nor money with which to buy tbem. In the second place, we bavo all the materials at home out of which to make thenecossary implement of war; we can very easily command the requisite skill and labor, and within the next two years without expending one dollar at the North to enrich our enemies, we can arm and equip every man in the State who is capable of bear ing arms, while at the samo time we develop the resources of the State ; lurnish Our own be prepared to meet firmly and bravely what ever they might be called upon to encounter A writer in tbo Standard Jan. 5th, looking at this matter in a financial point of view, es timates tho cost of arminjr 10,000 men. He divides them into 10, regiments of 12 compa nieH eacb, a company to contain 80, men rank and file. Jle. then divides them into GO, com panies of 1 n fan tr v ; 'M companies. of Rifle men ; 12 companies of Cavalry; and 12 bat tones ot artillerv the tollowinir is his esti mate of the cost them : ot arming and equipping Sixty companies of Infantry untied with Minie muskets, A. P00 muskets a: 1 o .ro, Thirty-MX coiiit;inis Riflemen armed with Minie r fllen, .ei riflles at flli.VJ each, Twelve conipauies.nl ("v:ilry siriued with re volver pisioiRjtfiliat ."'l, J0.1G0 AnU U sabres at f.'ie.-icli. -l,S'a Twelve I!att eriesj of Artillery. K field pices - with r,uipiuciils -it Sl'H'e;! -h 1 9,200 'Forty-ei!iit Navy Howitzers ;it S-Vi(l. l.lKd '..', K i cartridg' buses, ;ju'-!i"s and belts at liU'CO ftr.O pistd belts a:: l.oo '.lO Artillery :bres nt J.",, i SMI Revolver pistols for Artillery. UGO at 21, 2o,li; 9ti(l Dragon saddles, c , at $:'), :'3,00- r(H) improved Sibly tents at $4, WM'M It is seen, therefore, that the total cost of arming and equipping 10,000 men leaving out ammunition is ft-o hundred and txjh'y tktumnl lour hundred ami fort dollars overcrty ihnutand dollar more than the sum at which it is possible to sell w'0,oO0 worth of bond. Put in a moderate supply of ammunition and we have !?")().( NH) more. This estimate is correct, for 1 have it from a perfectly reliable source. Suppose the Riflemen to bvs furnished with Coifs revolving or some biee-h-luadins:gun, and we have (at $t per rifle) r. ttot ot STl'.OOO instead of $47,oL'0. Thus we see. 'that to arm and equip 10.000 men with a reasonable amount of ammunition would cost, at the present depreciation of our bonds 8305,000. But suppose 10,00 men wcre armed and supplied with ammunition, a a tQ tho amount nf S5O.O00, that is 85 to each h , ,d h 8unniv ia9. and when it was exhausted where are we to get more powder? Suppose we ihould sustain a defeat for even the bravest sometimes get worsted, it was tbe case with Bonaparte and lose a large port ion of our arms, wLeie are we lo get othoi s ? I. is conceded bv all, that Lincoln, what - ever his disposition, can do us no harm in the next two years, there being a majority in both houses of Congress against him. During that time, while enjoying tho protection of tho General Govern aicnt as we do now, wo can rs before stated, within jpurselvcs com pletely arm the State, and in that timo build up our own manufactories for all munintions of war, so that the supply can always be equal to tho demand; then should we have war wo aro prepared for it, and should we havo pcaoe we havo enriched our people,, developed tbe resources of the State; and then, though we may not be able to acquire and re tain the love of our enemies, we can at least cammend their respect. Hut is it said that within tho next two years our enemies will also grow stronger ? In answer to this wo say that every thing goes to show tho contray. .Money is power ; monoy is tho sinews of war. I3y Southern States appropriating millions of dollars, to bo paid to our enemies for arms, we thereby in crease their power bj- enriching them, and weaken the Mith by impoverishing her. The North can now supply herself with any amount of arras and amunition, sho wants not two years to do this in. Tho North don't want arms she wants money; without money discord and dissentions will spring up among themselves, and 6he will be rent asunder byT factions Thus while the South within tho next two yoars'is growing moro independentt and becoming richer by husbanding her re sources, tho North, cut oif from these large supplies of monoy which they now annually dnin from tho South, will become weaker, instead of stronger. But is it said that it is dishonorable to remain any longer in the Union .' Weroply that when a man is una ble fron surrounding circumstances, to cope with his enemy it is'not dishonorable to exer cise a prudent delay until ho can prepare himself to meet his adversary on an equal footing. Secretaries Thompson and Thomas. It has been telegraphed all over tho coun try that Secretaries Thompson and Thomas bad resigned their places in tho Cabinet, which turns out lo be incorrect. The Na tional Intelligencer, in announcing the resig nation of Mr. Floyd, says "We aro able to stale that th reported intention of two other members of the Cabinet to retire is unloun-founded." Shall we have a Convention. M e uoc uciciiio guru vui icsMiiij wr u jf OOme w66Kn aO, in Oen.DlOg uui fjyv v we are ipposed to a Convention of the people we took tho groan i, that in the event of, a "V ot North Carolina to take into consideration Southern Confederacy, we were opposed to our .National affairs and also, our reasons Ndrth Carolina being tacked oik to the Cotton , for opposing a Convention - called for that States, because the interests of those States, purpose by the Legislature, whether by a and the interests of North Carolina, were by, majority or a twothird voto, becauso wo con- no means identified, but that on the 'contra- sider a Convention called by the Legislature ry, were altogether different. In support of except for tho purpose of amending the Con- .this view of the case, we quote the following slitution,no matter by what vote, even a from the Richmond Whig pj Jan. 4th: -unanimous vote, as unconstitutional; and that rt. Border Slave StatTh,. .-. in r- ' i tho only constitutional method of calling a Convention to consider of our Federal Lela- tions. ia a Convntion called by the people themselvcs. And how is this Convention to ' I bo called ? Why simply by tho Legislature which can bo done by a majority, passing asiue a bill submitting it to the people to vote, Con I ventien or no Convention, as they did in 1835. This bill can provide what kind of a Conven- creased hereafter by subdividing Texas, of coarse it, -tion it shall bo, and when the people vote for c such a Cohvontion as is provided for in thcl bill, tho Convention is then called, with such restraints upon it as the bill provides. And J this is the only way a Convention can be re- stricted that is restricted by the people themselves, and not by the Legislature. We 1 ' " 6 . . ... can see no reason for a Convention in this State at this time, WO Should however like to , . , t v see a -National Convention such as has boon proposed by certain citizens of New Jersey, Jt i , . j .- and which we commend to tho consideration Of our members ( f the Legislature. We take uTvii r 1 r 1 the following from the New 01k Lxpress, Jan. 4th. It isa move in the right direction, Will not ,ho ' Conserrauve m of North Carolina come to tho rescuo and Stand siie by Side with tho Patriots Of New Jersey- , new 100 tbe Mate that SO gallanty stood by the South, in tho late election ? Sho stretches out her ,r .. ""',VA ,ul , ifi, ua 110L ue so oaso as M) aeser- her. VAsnix;rvs, Jan. ',. The following memorial recei- I veairom leading ruizens of Newark, iMr. Penning- ton s District.) has l een recievel by speaker Penning- ton, to bo pre.onted to the House. The Speaker has telegraphed thai he heurtily appreciates this Union movement, and will do all ia lis power to give it force and enc ouragement. - AVic Jersfji Manorial to Congress for a National Con- lion- Whereas. The RepnMic is in danger, and the very existence o! the Federal Government imperiled; and whereas. -The People " did otdaiu and establish "The Constitution for the Uni.ed States of America," and are butitid to preserve, protect, and defend the saine- s Therefore, "We, the People" of the State of New Jersey.w itlioi;! regard to past political of party attai li- went, appealing io the patriotism or the country, and railing upon our fellow-citizens throughout the land'to aid and support us by prompt action, aiid with similar memorial-, d. 1 hereby reijaost (Congress to pass a Joint Resolution, ai onr, recommending the people of the several States, artingthrough their Governors or Legis- laMire. or in nueii manneja they may thing- proper, to hold Conveiii inns 0t tiie patriotic citizens ol the Vni n on the l!M ot Fchuary, next, and lo appoint delec(ite equal in number to their leniesentation in Congress, 10 I a' Nntional Ciinenti..n," to be hell at "Indenendance Hall," Phiia on the Ith of March tallowing, to ' promote the general wth'are," and Udevifc and adopt such measuiesa-may tend. n restore peace and har mony, and Veei.r. io each State and section of the l"n- ion those rights, privileges and immunities to whji-h they are justly intitled. 1'tttt mr cnizKxs or other states. We, the citizen? of the State of , do hereby endorse the foregoing Memorial, and ask CongTets to take immediate action thereon, pledging ourselves to co-operate with New Jersey and our Sister States, in n National Convention, to be held in accordance there with Presidential Canvass of 1358. In lhe Presidential Canvass of 185G there were three candidates presented for the votes ! of the American people, viz: James Huchan- an' Millar1 Fillmore, and John C. Fremont, I Fremont being tho candidate ot a Northern ' "actional party, was odious to the South ; and j who!"e election, it. was contended by some, would endanger the pepetuity of the Union, and therefore to be prevented, if possible. A portion of the Democratic leaders, per ceiving the great anxiety to defeat the elec tion of Fremont, induced thousands of Whigs to desert Fillmore, (who, all admitted, had made a good President,) and voto lor Buchan an, to sure th I'nion But there were anoth er set of politicians who urged the election j of Buchanan, because, u they arguod, hi election would hasten the lime for the consum mation of their darling projec t, a dissolution oft he Union. Thus there were two sets ol advocates of Buchanan's election, on precisely opposite grounds. Which was right ? They both could not be. From present appearan ce?, the disunionists knew best what they were doincf ; as the Union is likely to bo dis. severed, with all of its Departments, except the House of Representative, in tho hands of thtf Democracy under Buchanan's Adminis tration. Tho Firo in Louisburg. Tho fire in Louisburg, N. C, which wo noticed last week, liit broke out in a drink ing Saloon kept by Mr. J. C.Aycock, fronting the Courthouse, spreading rapidly east and west; on tho cast, burning J. J. Minetreis carriage-house, and a large two-story work shop, occupied by W. II. Ferguson, coach maker, &c, damaging Varborough k Bar row's store; on the west from the saloon, de- stroyine.R. Noble's Mote, occuped by Joel Thomas, P.. T. Drown & Son's; Dr. Edward Laurence's office, Wm.J. Collins, T. N. Car- lyle, Dr. W. 11. King, Shaw and White, Ballard & Mass en burg, N. B. Walker's store, and the Temperance Hall. Dents Hotel, with all the out houses connected to it. It is be. lieved that all tho merchants, except Mr. Collins and Mr. Walker, are in whole or in part, secured by insurance. Mr. Walker's insurance expired Dec. 21. and had not boen renowed ; Mr. Collins' loss is supposed to be $4,000 or ",(KM.. The property destroyed is estimated at ?0,OMU. Many thefts were committed during tho confusion, ia removing goods xc. Major Anderson Tho Washington "Stales' newspaper says tbo "act of Major Andcron, (in abandoning Fort Moultrie and e'jinsr t Fort Sumter,) is generally commended, for, amonj other rea sons, that while Fort Moultrie was compar atively weak and might provoke the assault of a mob, tho impregnable defence of Fort Sumter placed it beyond s 11 oh a contingency, as it could be reduced only by a regular and protracted seige thus avoiding an irnmediato collision ." Seo advertisementof lhe Banyan Tableaux to be exhibited, in ill's place on the 1 1 ih. All ot our exchanges have tspokou of them in tbe highest terms of praise. The Borda Slave State. s. - im vuv t ' ferenfce to the proposed establishment of a Confederacy, whi M not yet 90 far we have obe8erTed uea al- a V.- 4.. i i : i r . L . . , c . . ludedro in the discussions which have recently taken nl iM An this o..V.Zn. 4 .1 .1 . : . . . wU v-.o t-uiyrwi ami luutviewwe desire 10 cow- mend to the attention of the intelligent and J f triotic people of Virginia, with out cisUnction of party' or section Tht view is tte conflict ,.f inirect be- tween the Border Slave States snd the Cotton. Stf. .The Border SlaveSrates, counting lMeware. are five r in niimKa 'ami tl..( . 1 . ... ii"""-; 'ua.i uumwr can never be increased. The Cottor. State ate ten in number, ami , i- The avowed policy of the Cotton States js to make l CZl. establishment of the free trade principle in Virginia, -S Sta'es.n ' M . ltis undeniably to the interest of Vireinia, that s.lave ha, .1. PiT?fl - ,he in,erest ott Sutesthat they shall bring the lowest prices J The most effectual mode of brininir u r 1 mi v . .v , - . " 0 " v ice 01 lf7willbe to reopen thi African slave trade a subject which it appears from the Charleston papers is not th " digcussedudtii after secession takes tiJ .... , , tne influence it mujhthaveonthe bordarSiates 1? appose the proposed Southern Confederacy to have Uen fin in. and a prop()fition brought forward for Teopenin "hat rade, and that therepresemativesfrom Virginia should op joso it, should we hot be told that Virginia w. i.J CmuSuxtnttuZi, slaves at from a thousand to fifteen hun.lred dollars a &lZt5Si?EZIZ' Butit may be Baid thereis nodangerof the African ?lve trie being rned. Vell even suppose thaf there is not, let us see how free trade and direct taxation will operate on Virginia. The expenses of the preBent Government we from filty.five to sixty-fiva millions a year, those, of tne proposed .Southern Conlcd- eracy can scarcely be less, especially if it shall be ne- cesaary to maintain a standing army of from 20. to 80 000 men. as we presume it will be. But. even vitKm.t an arniv. the expenses will be not less thnn filtv million a year. What proportion will Virginia have to pay of that ? We presume Virginia contains at leapt one-eight of the population and. property of the slave States. She then, will have lo pay nt least six or seven millions a year, in addition 10 what she now pays, for the support of the State Government say in all, at least ten or ele- ven millions a yea. Can our people pay it? Again. then direct taxes t.iust be collected by a swannol Feder- al Officers, who jnirst be paid liberally, for their services, It would not do for the Government of the Confedera- cy, to have lo look to officers not responsible to it, for' the collection of its revenue. And yet again, revenue collected by duties on foreign imports, is chiefly levied on silkes, wines, and other luxuries consumed exclu- sively by the rich ; direct taxes fall on all the people. The effect of the change then will be to relieve the rich from the payi.ient of what they alone ought to pay and throw a portioa of it on the poor, ' who ought, not to be required to pay it. And. still lurther The effect of even lhe present Tariff, is to afford in some degree a protection to the manufactured and mechanics in the Stale : take off the duties, and our manufacturers and mechaninics come at once into competition with (he manufacturer and mechanic of foreirn countrina. who laoor for ten eouts or a shillinz a dav : Can thev stand it ? No. they would at once propose to leave the' Suite, and mostut all our laboring white population will be at once driven from the Commonwealth. And Vit - ginia, which never can flourish, but as an agricultural ' manufacturing Mate, will bo doomed to perpetual pro- Trty. We commend the above Article from the Whig to the careful perusal of our North Car olina readers, for the facts contained thoicin are as applicable to North Carolina as they are to Virginia. Let a Southern Confcdcra--cy be formed ,and lot North Carolina becomo a member of such' Confederacy, nnd the-immediate and unavoidable result will be, that idavo property in this State will become worthless, and our taxes will be increase about ten-fold. Are the people of North Car-- olina prepared for this? Are they able to ftand it ? Is there any good reason why Fuch misery and ruin should be brought upon us We say then, 10 tho people of North Carolina t0 insider well before they act. Let them count Iho cost, arid after having reviowod tho matter on every side then let thorn act. Taken off at the Knees. The South Carolina disunion Convention appointed ono of its most distinguished mern bers, Mr. Memrninger, to draw up a Declar ation of the causes of Secession. When tho Declaration" was presented, for the consid eration of the Convention, it contained no re ference to any act of oppression or insult ex cept what has grown out of tho negro question wheroupoa Mr. Gregg made a violent attack upon tho Report, going off in a philippic against the Tariff, &c, complaining that "the main stress, (in tho Declaration of causes,) is laid upon an incomparably unimportant matter relative to fugitive slaves," cc. When Mr. Gregg took his seat, Mr. Keiit member of Congress from South Carolina, arose and stated that both Senators and ever member of the House of Representative's from South Carolina, voted for the present Tar iff, and that lhe gentleman who had just ta ken his seat would have done so, had ho been there. Thiscroatod a roar of laughter, at the expense of Mr. Gregg. . Any unprejudiced mirfc, on reading the Debates in this Convention, cannot fail to ar rive at tho conclusion that the South Caroli na politicians are, and havo long been disun . ionists,xTc. and that they are availing thcra - selves of the slavery question only as an ex. cufte hoping through il to drag the olhcr Sonthern Stateswith them. Tho publication of their debates in Convon- tion has tended greatly to open trl0 eyes of people 01 otner siaicB, in rjrard to tho bad eliects 01 their mad causo. Seeing this, they now hold their sessions principally In se cret, suppressing the proceedings and debates: Heavy Taxes. According to calculations which wo have seen, and which appear to-be substantially correct, if the people of South Carolina suc ceed in their disunion. scheme, and shall here after enjoy tho 3amo mail facilities and other accommodations from their new "Republic" that they now enjoy at tho hands of the Fed eral Union, they will have to pay indirect ta., about 833.00 to every white man, womaif and child in the State; that is, a man with a wife, and eight children will have to pay an annu al tax, of three hundred ond thirty dollors to the government, besides hie county and corpora tion tax; and this is the feast to which the disunion leaders of our Stale are inviting th people of North Carolina. No wonder that ' there is a stampede from South Carolina, in anticipation of such taxation. If the people of North-Carolina do not ch'ck thedisunion loaders in the Legislature, ijJhcyT may soon be tickeavii to the tail of South Car ahua, and doomed to a certain rain. 1 y
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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