mms VOL I KO. 42. WADESBOROUGII, Jf. C, THURSDAY, JUNE -30, 1850. AEW SERIES.- 1'UBLISHKD WEEKLY FEJfTOI DAULET. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. SlngU copies, Two DoLnas par jtr, Invariably In advance. To Clut of Ten and upwards, It will be furnished it l) Duliau xd a Half per copy. ' Kg subscription received fur let than tii moptbs. KATES OF ADVERTISING. ONI gOAt, TM UN l 0 LIS! IIVII One Inseriloa 70e. , TUree Insertions $1 60 Two months, or nine insertions .... 8 80 Three months, or thirteen Insertions 4 00 Hit ram be . "B 00 - One jer 00 Advertisers mu.it elate the number of tlraee they Vlab tlifir advertisements Inserted ; otherwiee they will bo continued till forbidden, end charged accord ing to the above. Aftroeciente will be made with yearly advertisers ton liberal aad advantageous terms. I'rofeuloual and Business Carde.nol eioeedint; five lines brevier In length, will be Inserted for $6 a year; .if eiceedina; 8 re line will b charged the same as Tit A or advertisements. t)h!tiire nntieea fre when not eiceeding twenty nrt, all above twenty liuea at advertisement lates. IIOPKIK8, HI LL It ATKI.SO., IMPOItTrtlS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS I FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, No. Zo8 Baltimore; Btheit, (orroura auxovss sraerr.) aaiL a. noi-Kws. HALTlMOUt.. noor.T,iii ui. 1 riioa. w. Aimsi'i". 37-tf KCBRIKOt k M.lDIUti, MI-OUTERS r Foreign ami HouunlU I try Hood; Who'eaale" and Retail, - huh STsrtiT, osruoon rnoM kiso, - Charleston, s. c. -- . i. tc 32-ly MaAX i AHIIK fc IIARCKAVK, Tractice in partnerahip In the county of Ansnn, ex eept on the Criminal Ui-cket in the County Court, (J. R. Hargraie beiniGounty Solicitor.) They will attend to the collection of all claims en trutej to them in Anson an I the surroundingcounlies. T. S. Ashe attenda the Cuurts of Itichmoii.l, Mont- .... ii.nlo fhrp I'ninn fln.l An4on. J. R.'llarcrave those of Montgomery, Slanfy and Anaon. JtijrOmce at Wadeslmro'. THOMAS 8. ASIIE. J. R. HARGRAVE. 19-tf ' ELTAXS V THOMPSON, WASIIISGTO.N'. K. C, Dralrn in foarh, Cubinri and tplnlilfry Hardwirr, Bar Iren and Mrrr. I. Bar A Complnt Auorlmtnl r HUBS, SPOKES, FELLOES, SHAFTS, Ac, .Jf. 12-tf it. p. sinnoKs, - ..- n'atth and Clotk ittpalrtr, ASSONVILLS, N. C. Jewelry, &., neally and sutntantij repaired, and all work warranted twelve merit. 110 WAHD ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA. A Iirti'rnttHt Institution, .VrWiifrf h.y Sperial Enduicmrnt,fr the UUf llie Si'k nnd Dittittud. Ajjiit ted i' idi Virulent a::d Epidemic Diffuses. riMiE "nowAit i) Assorm ios, is view of I the awful destruction of human life caused by Heiual diseases," and Ihe deceptions practiced upon the unfortunate victims nf such diseases by Quacks, several yesis ago directed their Consulting Surgeon, as a CH ARITABLE ACT worthy of their nsme, to npen a Dipenrv for Ihe treatment nf this els-a-of ...... 0, .it their forrea. and to live MEDICAL ADVICK GRATIS to all who apply by letter, with a j description of theircondition, (B, occupation, habits , of life, Ac) and in ease of eitreme poverty, to j FUHSI8lf MEDICINES FREE Or t'MAKUR. n is needless to add that the Association commands the highest Medical skill of hJnie, and will liirnish the , 3ot approved modern trea'ment. ,' Tha Directors of the Association, in tneit Annual ; 1t.Wto tTi!Zt of Heiual Diseases, ex- press the highest satisfaction with the success which , has attended the labors of their Surgeons in the cure i of finermntnrrhpe, Seminal Weakness, OoiiorrhcrajTf flleet, Hyphilis, the vice of Onniiisni or Self-Abuse, Diseases of the Kidneys nnd Madder, ke , and order enntinuance of the same plan for the ensuing year. The Directors, on a review of the past, feel assured hat their labors in this sphere nf henevolenl effort I,... h.ra of irreat benefit to thc afflicted, especially to the young, and they have resolved to devote them-1 aclves, with renewed ieal, '.o this very important and j much des!ic,l cause. - I A - .I..'.U,.1.1 fie-- ... An ftnrmatnerlieea. Or Sem- i .i r onnnl.m Mn.i nrhnl ion . or . , Self-Abuse, and other diseases of the Sexual organs, I ,, , pXTBA expense nf sending Aarth, anil y the Consulting Surgeon, dll be aent by mall (in s i f , n ; CEMICAt f BKPARATIOS " eealed envelopet, FREE OF" CHAUOEj on reeeiV of i-Ci'Ui.V U - - ... -- - - TWO STAMPS for postnge. Other Reports and , tp,g the best that can be obtained and war Tracts on the nature and treatment of Sexual diseases, fff yTir f rK0M AIH'I.f ERATIOJJ. The citi jliel are constantly being published for grntui-., . . .... n . ?,' VribuVlon, and will J sent to the afflicted. ! zens of Anson aud the adjoining Counties are Home of the new remedies and methods of treatment I ,nerlfuyv ieittd Id call and ej-amintor them- vjiseovereu aunng . ... '- "5' ,'' -, ' , J. 8KILLIV I HOUGHTON, acting Surgeon, Howard Association, ' 2 fhrnVJl.?i!;de1pW'' - ' ! Tlv ar Ar nf tha Directors. - EZRA E. HEABTWELL, President. Oro. Faikchiid, Secretary. 38-.lv It's No Hoax. THE tNDV.RSIGNED WISHING TOCHANOE ntS residence, offers bis PLANTATION for 'fflffl oa terms that will be an object to any on wish ini to pnrehase. fle,-deeans description unne-- cesaary, As eTMffl wtll douhtlesa examine for them aelves; but will only add thnt it ia well furnished with COMFOttTAULK AND CONVENIENT BUILDINGS. n addition te tbe jeiHnral fertility of the soil, there are abvjndaat reasons to beliove it eontains rich nun eral depesfts; it Jotna tho lands of H. V. Simons, on . whleh .rtch specimens of . 7-ime have been discovered, yielding more than seventy-eight percent, nf pure lime on a cktoful analyaia. ! is ailuad within four miles or Warfeshoro', and lees thnn one mile of tbe Wilming ton, Cbarbitle and Rutherford Kailroad, when com pleted. Five hundred to a thousand acres may t Lad, as nnj het suit the purchaser. - Also, hit LOT art(t HOUSE in Wadesboro , knowi as the brut Stora of the late (Irm of Jones ft Aabe. . If tha above pfopertv is not disposed of privately. hr the 15th of November ncxb.it will he offered at "publlo auction. WALTER 0. JONES. Wadesboro March 10, l869-2B-tf milE SUnSOHIBEIl IIAS-BEVEfiAL FINE SEW a iiiiuuieaanu i ilARR'. AGES for sale together with .nmm RRcnsn HAND WORK that he Is anxious to sail. BARGAINS MAY UK HAD I , Thia work is none of that srry kittd which floodl i this coup try. taO-tfJ J. P. SMITH. IlVfiifrf. TWEXTV ABLE BODIED HMM to work o Dio Inrram'a contraot oa tha wit Tl mihftafrrbarlottrl fcthtr4 RaUreid., Th 84-tf DUOJI IS0RAM, tiletvlUt. NEW GOODS fOR Till " f MILLION, S. S. ARNOLD'S CI1E.IP C.ISH MD CREDIT STORE, TTfHERE CAN BE FOUND THE LA110EST i T and BEST SELECTED ASSORTMENT of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, I hare ever offered in' this market, consisting of At.MORT EVERY ARTICLE TO BE FOUND IN A GENERAL STOCK, AND MASYARTId.ES NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OTHER STORE IN THE COUNTY. Purchasers wishing to buy good articles, at LOW PRICES, will please give me a call. 8. 8. ARNOLD. WadeebW, March SI, 1859-2-lf GOODS. i am now nECEiv;a THE LIRGEST STOCK ... - V - STAPLE AD FAXCY DRY TJiat I have ever offered in this market. THEV WILL BE SOLD CHEAP. Call and examine for yourself. A. E. nCWLTT. March. 31, lM!i-20-tf SMITH & LINDSEY, HXAl.tBS 19 drugs AM) mmm, . S. ' . ALSO Paiiils, Oils, Dye-Stiifls, , m ; Perfiinifry and Fancy Articles of Every j i ., .. NEW AND FRESH DRUGS, I A birge lot just reeeired, for Family and Physi i cians' X'.-eu which can be relied upon as being orx- I rix'i and rear- PERFUMERY "Of the most cnotri and'.ra.r:B.NT selections. To this LAKur. and ixrissivt assortment they would more especially call the attention of the Ladies and of the Young Men in our community of course Old Bache lors not excepted: . - ITcn'pmillTIP' "i ' ALS0 POMADES, For imparting a rich, glossy nnd healthy condition lo the Hair from the heat mnnufucturors in this 1 TOILET ARTICLES, Of French and English manufacture-, and of every description suitable for tlie most fastidious; in fact never hnsthere been in this placesuch a lnrgeaiid henu- . . . . . tiful as.or.meS. of the above.na.n.d article, which . now offer to the public on the most noerni terms. . SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, fcc, - .Amputating Instruments' and Dental Forceps of Svery variety. Also new style Electro-Magnetic Ma chines. X. J1.iPhyician in the turroundinj coun- obtain COMPLETE orrFITS vithoiit the ' y irh, ,h, ,rill find the Proprietor ever telrrt, ichen they trill find ,WeBf,,w ready and icillinq to how their assort- ment to all h4 favor them rcith a call. 29-tf REMOVAL SPRING AD sniMER MILUXERY. MRS. I. lH'TC'IIIXSOJW TAKES THIS method Af-informinR her customers. "noj- idies cenernlly of Wadeshnro' nnd vicinity.iiai THAT SHE HAS TAKEN THE HOUSE Ol'-VZL I'OSITE THE ARGV8 OFFICE, where she has opened with AN EXTENSIVE AND FASHIONA BLE ASSORTMENT OF SPRING A.ND-SUMMER GOODS. ' tL?5"tf MISS A. HOnUE, KESPECTFULLY- A!J nounces to the citizens of Wadesboro' and Anon, that she baa tnken the sUnd lately oecu-OH pied by MRS. MABV PAUL, where she will be" happy to attend to all who need her eervices in her liheNrfbusiness. t . She "hayual received an excellent assortment of 'SPKleSO GOODS BILKS FOR DRESSES. . RIBBONS, BONNETS. ARTIFICIAL FLOWESS, .,.. And' ehe will have always on band a pood STOCK OF MATERIAL FOR DRESSES AND BONNETS. 26-51" """;; -' " : "";"": '-. . " TAKE NOTICE. ' . OX-AND AFTER THE flRST PAY OF APRIL next, our terms for tbe sal of LUMBER will be, For good lumber 80s. cash, or $1 eredlt, ) 100; Refuse lumber 60o. eash, or tiOccredit; Roua-h Edc lumber 8Sle. eh, or 40e. credit. . ' B THOMAS GULLED0E.r- 2g.lf " . CALVIN LILLY. BL.4MHS, F ALL KINDS', GOTTEN-JJf-AKiV JOB SALE NORTH CAHOLINA AIIGUS, Tnux rjsixc. IT JOHN a. SAXE. .. I "Ood Mess the man who first invent!" sleopT' 8o Sanoho I'arill gaid, and so say I; And bless him, ulaothit he didn't' keep His groat discovery to himself; or Iry To make it-ns the lucky, fellow might A close monopoly by "patent rigid I" Yes bleu the man who first inventod sleep, ( I really can't avoid the itctation.) But blast the man with curses loud and deep, . Wlmt'er the rascal's name, nrnge,, or situation,. Who first Invented, and went roun 1 advising, That artificial cut off "Early rising!" "Rise with the lark, nnd with t lie Ink to bed," Observes some solemn sentimental owl, Maxims like these are Tery cheaply unid: But, ere you make yourself a tool or fowl, Pray just inquire about the riff nnd full, And whether larks have any bed at all! The "time for honest folks to be abed," Is in the morning, if I reason right; And he who cannot keep his pic i ms head Upon his pillow till It's fairly lip lit, And so enjoy his forty morning winks, Is up to knavery; or else he drinks! Thompon, who eunjt about the "Sa.us," said It was a glorious thing to rue in seiuoiij Iiut then he enid it lying in his lied At ten o'clock, A. M. the very reason He wrote so charmingly. The im.le nit is, His preaching wasn't sanctioned by his practice. 'Tis doubtless well to be sonn timis nr:ikc Awake to duty, an I aw ike to truth But when, alas! a nice review we t ike Of our bo.it deeds and days, we find, in aontli, The hours that lenve tho slightest cnu-e to weep, Are those we passed in childhood, or Uflei j.! t 'Tis beautiful to leave the wor'd (iwliile ! For the Boft visions of the rnt!e niirlit: ! And free at last from mortal I'l.t or pule, I To live, as only in tbe angers 'tf!u In sleep's sweet realm, so cosily ?lmt in. I W-hcre, at the worjtjte ou'y .ditam of sin. : So let us sleep, an I frve the M-iker praise: I like the lad, who, when lji fitlier ilioncl.t ; To clip his morning nap hy hackneyed p'na-e 1 Of vagrant worm by early son-ter c;iog!it, i Cried, "served him right! it s m.t at all surprising. The worm was punished, sir; for e-irly r.cing." I Probable Destmi ction of St. A num. i Falls. l)urinr the recent flood, at leat nntin lrtil awl fiflu fret ut Ihf. r I; li'in iiirtn !' 3"bus tike pcisition of the pi'inJpil iall is to. that distance Incher up the slr ;aiif than' at l: 1 commencement of the freshet. The stratified ! rock causing the full, lies in a horizontal p-i-i-I tion, and varies in thickness from ten to tilt en feet. This rock Is underlaid by a stratum of sand I of some twenty feet in thickness. The n r cti n oi tne current is rapiuiy wasting mi-oed oi san i, the result is. mauiWd by fr.-.,ncn't fail- ..f When we considcj the tact that this stratum of rock decreases In t)tieknesa vrl'. at eititVtu ilf fitrthtr vn the stream it rtaiht, mid llmt il ni- tirelu disappears sialic tvilic ! id,; ! the present crest of the 'ol1; we can readily n- ' " i;r ccive of the probability of ihe entire utmrt' -l ot tfie-mnfrnificem fall. - Whm v.e sta'T1" tl i one hundred nnd fiftv feet of .th rock Ir s fall ! within the lliuli .f .l, r...l .- . readily form an idea of what the late of the falls ' is likely to be. I The principle cause that ba.coi:pibiited to I the rapid change ia the concentration of the I current fhto a circumscribed limit, by the erec I tion of the Minneapolis Mill Company's dam The whole body of water has ui.w to pass over the fall within a space not exceeding two-thirds of that formerly occupied: The space gro? gt.n ,esg tf)e furiber up thc fa rml,! !inJ of course the probability is that the progress of des (ruction will be accelerated eo the sublimity of Nature must-bow-dgnominiouly to the cnpidi- ; ty of man. Minneajiolis Ji vnad. ; Gen. Shields on Uabhki.s' A short time , since, Gen. Shields, landing ut lla-iine.s on the , Mississippi, compared his freight and bill of lad-! ing, one item calling for seven barrels. Strange , to aay, however, the General could only find on tbe landing six of bis barrels 1 He was beard counting them over several times, with 'tho same j unsatisfactory result each time. .Moving the in-1 dex finger of "his right baud up and down in a ! pointed manner at each barrel, thus be soliloquized j aloud, with deliberate military emphasis :. "One two three four: five six." And shaking lits- head with dignified gravity... saying. 'Some thing wrong here," he re commenced his count : ( iQuetwo three four live fix; whciethe : -is the other barrel ?" TV ol wrath, he . proceeding to demand the pniuu. tion of the nii; ing cask from thc officers of the boat, when In! Sn his getting up for this purpose, from where' he was surveying, with -charaeteristii: dignity . and gravity, his goods and sundries, dt was dm-, coverea, to nts tnunitc uinuseoieoi ...o. ... the bystanders, that he had been sitting on the missing seventh barrel. TT " 7, i ii . . , THE NEWSPAPER ,--,'-y,a,?d ,,-a newspaper circulated of 224.0uu-.the largest of any of the slave States. Maaehuse.ts, with a ; population freely douo o ...at o. -naryiauu,; has a circulation of 715,9t,0,or about s.x to one. J 'to tliat ot all Poutn- ; aw s"'""""" , .. .1 cm States. New. YorK, Has a circulation, con- i States. . , . . At the South, more than one haJf of ,tni papers are political; at thc North, less one thud: The number of copies of neutral and indepen dent papers, printed .in a year, in the slave States, is 8,000,000; and in the free Nans, 0 000.000 : of the rclicious. in .lie siaye r-i.o i.000,000, '.nd i the free SiMCs, .OOOjUH, The. number of comes of-soiomifie papers tiriuicJ in the. Southern States, is .372.000 ; the numbei In Massachusetts alone, is 2,00.0,000. ' - The ro- in the. Southern States, is b. uu -r ue m .uu,. in -Massachusetts alone, is 2,000,000 The re- m. ,,w -- , . . - ligious papers in ihe slave istatcs. iiuuibcr 4,innl.. 000 conies annuallv. in New York alonc,'12,(Hll), 000. Tbe neutral and independent papers oi the South is 8,000,000, in lVunsylvadia, alone, 21,000,000! Xorther n paper. '.-" Tub Man for the Times.TIic Xew Y"o':l; - f sr - r w. r XW in an article on the I'resi.teney, rcccu".V .id: "Let us put at tho head of our vangnar. - rniclK, wbo'aball combat with the Alafie of i.l.r;. and win for the Republic a. second iti,;. JM- tha f.,llowiiiii.rusnoiise.lar ckction, -not one sli " .SiV I have' lone road your papr, and like your prinoiploa M flVsl ioK.. Hut I widi ofohngatum and gratitude tor '"- nVa mJngst us as a porter. Bf a redundant pop-, andatient.s cured. . erum per you to know that I am a shcllblrk biekorynut t.nction that they -bold by the jiiftrages and , . t H Y j employment, sous have, tried it, as they t-ssure uj, Witk -ttW yZM I read your article about the ri.ht support of the ffi&Vtoi to rid thrives same effect. The remedy is certa.ly s.n.ple enough kind of man forTresideut I know no. long I do not r;gre t tl er to tha through Ae kind- ..J woolJ u nQt , .rona proposition, that ; and cheap. ' , - . . . I i...;.. ... '.Jt. about Tour ouucaoa, vuu. .v ........... antiaa ; them may bo good for a scrub race ; but Juare tip, iM-n: W .od paver croMOTer ror jvsu p- - .V,LfJ . ll'rom ' ' Vork Herald, (ll lj X iTl'il A LIZED CITIZENS. I. U r from Hon. Joins nitaesr Bolt , " New-Voi'ik, June 11, 1859. IIov. John Minor Uotts: ' Sir: Our attention litis been called to the loliowiiifj nstoundins letter froiii Gen Cus, .Secretary of Stato, in reference to mi inquiry on the subject of naturalization f.oin hn adopted Ameuuau citizen ol Jcnncssee: I'EI'AUTJIFXT oa Ptatp, 1 Wasiiisto, May 17, 18.'.!). Vour letter of the liith iiistunt has been roceived. Iti reply I have to .talc that it is undri stood thot tho French (ioverninrtit claims military service from nil native of France who inny be loitnd within its juris-tlictiNii-our iiiitiiriiliiation in this country will not (imr.tyuu from Unit cluim should you tuliintarily rep'jir thithes. LEWIS CASS. ''" This f'-tjilieit abjuration on the part of the present Democratic Adiiunist ration at ashington of its duty of protection in the premises has fallen upon the adopted citizens of this country "like a thunderbolt Irom a ch ar sky. ! It is thus manifest that for that equal protcc 1 lion under the laws at home and abroad to which ; the adopted citizens of the United States hold -themselves entitled, the nearest hope of redress in'i-t be in t!iu liiliniiiistration which will inline diato'y succeed the present orm. I llelicvinpr, t'', that the political forces ol the country opposed 1o the existin Administrali ;ii and the J )cMii.K-ri!t ic jiarty will in all probability cany the appioaehinsr election for the I 'residency, arid tiiat you. sir, are a representative of those conservative national principles upon which these opposition elements tnav he most readily com- hiiied, we avail ourselves ol your presence in tins . . i- tV t,i n,l, rPts ,,, r,on t n inir.oilaol svnes n. volved in this aiorcs aid letter from the Secretary ' of Slate; wo have, acconlit-lv, to ask the favor . 1 tb obliitions and saciiliees are entirely r.ti of an cirlv reply to the following in.juiries :' , "i0 Purt. of the foreigner, uud that the MoV(.rn First In this aforesaid ofheial letter has dot lllunt. Wlil "Ifjrd him protection oTily" whilst he ! the Secretary of State inisiuterprcted tho bond ' remains upon Ameiiean soil, where be stands in ' of naturalization and the duty of tbe Govern- ' no "f lt protection, and where the laws ' oicrit under it? j would have furnished ample protection to bis Second I)J not the Constitution, the laws and ' l)trao" W'''"Ut the necessity for the renunciation the spirit r.f naturalization involve in the same ' tf the land of lus riiiUvuy. , Hut when be one, als .lute de-ree the reeiprocal engagements 0f jbroad, even at tho call of hii povcrnuicnt in n.l Kriiii, i1 j defence of its holier, or its li'dits, hois liable. llntertaiiMiw the opinion thaV fiireh-n'Tmrn citizens of this country, of all ti Vtivities, will - hon.-eforth be a unit upon this issue between al lei-lance and' protection, wo have tl honor in subscribe ourselves your obediant servants. Win. li B erber, native of Kngland. t.eo. Milne, native of Scotland. .To-. 11. Ashe, native of Knghind. I'.dw. Owen, native nf Ireland. Sai.cuel Ibitaling, native of 1'nited States. Fred Itauchfuss, publisher of the New York Abend Zcitunj. Charles Orobe, ntdive of Germany. v(lenruc lluencr, native of-t'jierinany. HiMiicnb Fost, native of (lermany. Francis 1 Finch, native of (.erinany. . Martin V',.Scabert, printer, nptive of Ger many. - . Fi.XTalif;rnKin7 native "of Germany T H'jchnoiy, native of (iennany. " i-.. ,,f rjprniany John I. Gcrner, M. P., Mirrl-yct u. Wisconsin. A. Wellington Hart, O Loci, Wiscoiuin. V. W. Koth, Wiscon-in, ('. 1. Mecenev, Wisconsin.. I 1 I " ' i C. 1 Fi::ch, Colonel Governor s Staff, is.. 'consul Fred A. Tallmadge, Xew York. Panlcl C. tiailagher New Vork. Sanfuel C, Thompson, Xew York. Iv. I.. Siuiw, New York. Charles Karle, Germany. Valentine Henncr, Germany. Peter Cook, Germany. Joseph" Ulanck, Germany. -John S. Sclvowfiohl, Germany. John C. Tieiiian, tierniany. rrancis ITcul, M. D , Germany. M. Carroll, Irehind. Lewis Kayewski, l'olnnd.. S jEwstaohi, (letmany. Charh s Warrel, Germany. LouisTresbcrg, Gerinauy. Jonathan Jones, England. Kmil l'loeftner, Kngland. Frank Wertte, Kngland. Chester I riggs, New-York. MR. Ttnf TS H REn.v. ., . . .AsTim Hoi'se, N'kw York, ) .lono I.1? 1 Si.-.f, f (.FNTIFMFV: I have the honor to acVnowb been enrolled Upon our statue hooks ed ... the '-receipt of vour letter of the- 11th. in j ' When a foreigner has complied with the pro-v,!n.-l, von arc please j Mask my views on one of i visions of outlaws, and taken out his niatiral.zat.on tWllm4BipHHa,ltquoftionAhat--MB-4.pre-.:-PP s, ted to the consideration of an American-; in ol the I lilted fctatesot Aiuenca, he isas mueo f!:,tCsmau but in regarding me as the represcu - ,.jvo ,,f ic great conservative elements of the (tp.msition party in this country, in connection witii the next Presidency, you attach to my posi- .jo,, a degree of importince which, perhaps, it cnriiled.to'-owtir.T - f,om n'unJed to n,o, involve the i, ip ,at consideration of the .( chhcn . '. - . , . , ... . li mivernment. ana oi mo uovernmeni lo uie, . , ,,i ,,.; more interesting or iinpot'tant oues.ion couu a o oeeiKsug mcu . lit .!'... ' respo sibil tv you have imposed upon me, but rcsjioii?.oio,i j ... . 1 Frocee,t trankly ana. w.itmiut reserve, to answe, ; your mtrogatoncs to me ucst ot my juut,e- :j.sjno, privilec8 to which thev are not "entitled, ' ,ent. ancacity. . , ; c,.' anA ihiA the IVmocracy ha,-, bech. under h iit.ii " i ,'1 M. Zt. ravy now -determine wd.ich horn of the dilcmnia 1 . --s Lt:-t I .,' f,- .l.Athef -will select.- So far as their trusted chie.s qavs siium, i f niiiimi-ijr em-, f;lfG ( U3 Ulil iilU IMF ,IU 111'! NHHil 1 i.utt , -,., ajTU.d le put forth by - . ,.f ,,at party which has find that a doctrine so full of novelty and .error should notlmvc been more generally rcf udafed by tho public'r'ress; and I have been even still n ore ' ul. , 1, ', , . . , , ,. astoti shed that of thc great number of pojtuims. . . . i ! i .. i " e- - and received the aid ofns foreign c ement courted and carcs.ed about the time ol a-Popu- lar chctlon, -not one ahouui Ijave steppcu wr-. ward to defend and protect thc rights of the.r fob -, low citizens, to whoa, they owe so hvy a we.ght noss and conlu ence impncu iy vour tetter lire - . - - .-... .... opportunity nas oeen so uuoro 1 . v of the AmeriS.i. organii.tion, I ha, been ' bcld up M an inveterate enemy to till foreigners of becoming an early nnd earnest advocate, de i :, T i- :.V , "h" u J i iiiiwis.r nni ntnf ivifrte of ..nt ...1 l cipleot JUHlice and of truth. ! ; Jly the constitution of the f 'nitid States it declared that " Congress i-liall have power ehtablinh a uniform rulo of naturalization" j is ll) ""yit'onpreMalinll haye p .wer to pan ! sucl' luwfl,,! under the conditions pieseiiheil, -v... . . . itinuun uoin ut-y i me iiiiiiih oi the United Mates nil the rights nnd privileges, of natural-born citizens, or theborn within the limits of tho United Slates, rxoept tuch i:s by the constitution they nre expressly excluded Irnui. In pursuance of this authority, Con;re.s has passed laws of naturalization, without regard -to the usages, ret;ulutioi'S or requirements of other giivernmciits front which thofc cluiiiiipji the ben- clits of naturalization, have cxpitiiatcd them. - selves, and without referenr-clo any international law on the subject ; and under thse laws there r.v j fcvcrM' bundled thousand petsms of foreign biith nnoiiatc, upon nie invitation ut our (loveriunctit, renounced allo'iancc to their nativer:untrics and to all other foreign princes, potentates, stares or Buvcreiniies wnaiever, nuu Having tai;cn llic oath ot fidelity and ullei im c t ) the l.'ni:el States, they have bi eirTidiiTTncd into the Amer ican family as adopted citizens; have subjected themselves to the pi formancc of militarv ser vice in timcof war; are liable t i hc called "upon to sacrcritico their lim, cnnvctiieiic, com fort",, health and estate, to neglect their families, and business, to hazard limb and life in j rotei t'.n the constitution and do"; of the country at home and abroad; on the hiuli seas or in the enemy's country; and now for the lirst time, the monstrous I I.n l l i 1 . I : I. . . """ ' "on uuuuunnu immh me io-ne-i ! fwiown lo our coll-IMUtl. our coii-muti'iii anil laws . tni,t ""',0 ls " reciprocify in. tins compact ; iS- f P(0'Vd. be held and punishcd.as-a f i'-n and a traitor, and iiol as a prisoner of war, on i the around that he owes a higher obli'.ntioii ' allegiance and service to his native country than to that ol '.Ins ajjption, and that the lrauiers ol I our constitution: and the makers of ouf laws have I been guilty of the gros3 and stupid absurdity of j maintaining that we can legitimately, conistemly i and intelligibly recognise the renunciation nf i allegiance, and the obligation to observe it at the sanio moment of .time. VJ j How is it possible for any tnaji to bring bis I mind to the conclusion tha.! it is the policy of this I government to requite, u foreigner, upon oath. to renounce an allegiance, that it knows and ae knowledges to continue in existence, and that it i has no w.ill or r.owcr to resist, and when by the. '. i. ... .1 i . i i . i. ... 1 1 oath adiuinistereil. thev not. onlv renounce alio. fiance to-U uthcr-d'owcis;- but-afft-partie-ulurly requireu to reeounce allegiance lo lliose.goveni- mollis Ot whiol" !'-" f;-',e viilu.. . is if -"e truiJ construction ol our law.?- of naturalization, then the sooner these laws are repealed the better for all parties, and 'especially for thc foreigner; and those who have become entangled in their intricacies by renouncing all claims to the protecti n of o:ic government, with- out' acquiring &' right to ;he another, ar:, upon t tic protection of ground of fraud, entitled to a gen eral release from thc obligations they ha.ve as sumed, a? the. laws themselves would prove to be precisely what Democracy is, and has of late yens shown itself to be a sham and imposition, a de lusion and a cheat. We nil know that the European government. generally deny thc right of .expatriation, but we know at the same time thnf this government has never recognized thc ' tyrannical and des potic assumption, and has thereture, thrown wide open its ports, and freely .extended its arms in. generous invitation to the people, of all countries to leave their native homes and come among us, and avail themselves of the blessigus of free 'government; and if we .had ever ac knowledged the claims' nnd pretensions of des potic rulers to bind and, chain down the will of their subjects after they bad pa.-sed beyond j their jurisdiction, then wo . should have been I without excuse or "justlBcation in offering the -4 benefits- of naturalization to any, nnd if is pre 'eisely because we refused to recognize such ab surd demands that our naturalization lat&t have nnoca io toe proiec.mn oi p.Uu,u,( , l lit: IIUU ULUIl UJIU MJ'i'U j within the territory and jurisdiction oi'tho 1'nited States; there is no such thing known to or con templated either by the .qotistitutfcii or law as a half way made citizen a mere political machine for helping certain' parties into power, and then being cast ott as so niue r arm woou shore, auch as the letter of the Secretary of. tcmiM make fcnem. hi'ine cast off as so ...much drift wood on tl. ... -iXv are cither citizens or tncy arc no c u- vfvne Tf thev are citizens, thcrl tlie arni-ot tlos ' . . J , - d strontr cf,mtL,b , reach and protect them in nil their lawfu travels ,l ,.rioL- n,. wl.erevor thev fnav choose to ,"' ii.ev arc c ' 1 At i hut como' 1 lonwi .-,- . .- j 3 .1. . d responsible agents are concerneu, uie tion is alrcady.;scttlcd . . kp"" and serv.ee to the 1 ov Fchvc. nativities, how c n pj . allegiance and scrv.ee to our potcrt uu I ..van can serve God and Mammon at tho " can serve uou a u - tnno. nnd how can any serve two masters at s, owintr . Xp. same ... . - MI1 anv tw0 masters' at on once: "not only passports ,0, .their owl. . . . A in.tonwyof lhir own i -y v-, ; - ' , ... povernuicn v v- . . uim -- - - . -, . .. i .fifir thev Have Dceome Americau cium.n.-, ; - - - condition, and their business .r Oicy .b should desjire to wake a laat visit to their father- land, they should bo liable to bo siezed upon and - forced into tbe ranks of the Knglish, I'rcnch, .. a. : it : . . i ! -vusmnn or . nmnmwmm ir live yearn mm- ; tary service? And if this fcrvioo is dmt. ami is isoenguized by our own government as due, to why have tin y not a right to seize upon them v wherever thev mnv he found fur. if ifio il.d,t in ntill biiiiiins;, there is neither justice nor morulify in nu ntteinpt on our iir't to deprivo thene fiov- triinieuis oi wnat incy are justly entitled to. It there is nnother govet iiinent on eartli that dis claims the riir Ii t to protect its own citizens in a f,.rciii l.ind.'l have yet to hear of the dithon. ohiil' uud di-jrraeefnl nckliowledpneut. This may be is it seems it is, the doctrino of tho Jead-rs (if tho IVinocratic pnrty, but it is not the sentiment ol the American people, and it is not the sctitiim.-iit of that much abu.-ed Auieiieau pafly which has Icon "(specially held up by the Democracy as the enemy of foreigners in every aspect, 'j'hev mnv think it iudieious nnd wise to restrain to some extent the too free extension ol citizenship to all wl.o im.y licreafter feck cur shores, but thev hare nowhere nor at unv timo ' proposed, rior wiil they now countenance, the ida that anvof o'ir ndor ted citizens shall be de prived of any .one of the ri.:hts they may already have !.i'iin d. "They have a perfect riht, as all othcis have, in casting their individual votes in lb s- l'ctiouof theirreprcM'ntativrs, to express a prefii.' ne';- f ,r whom or, whatsoever p'my they j'lease; bu! Ihey have never pn t"ndcd to claim f..r them-' i .'iMiy dpri-riTjf piMuctiun froiii their government that' they do not fully nieord to the a lopted citizens. . I low man y id' this class 6T our citizens tuny at this moment be traveling or sojourning in Ku rupe, having left their families, their .business and f .tunes at Louie, cither on a visit to their fiic uds or on u tur of p'oasnn , or f. r the ttnii'ac-. tioii of their ordinary j uiMiit.-, who may, under this ino-t cxtraordiiiart dei iaratioti of our cov 'riimciit, Hint it may f.e dotie with impunity, be draped into the war now raging in Kuropc, is a iptestion that mu.-t interest and startle the nation, and cabs !or a prompt and unequivocal repudia tion ol a sentiment that, with all peisonal.res.ect for the venerable Secretary, 1 must say would jjo far to establish a pusillanimous and detestable 1 oetrino. unworihvof the American chafar,ter,.and -ey eeiaiiv unwoniiv (! tins yrca? ana rowenul oAi" rnmet.t a doctrine wlnon. in principle, in- ff;.volvi?s :ttal -surrender ot all that K.is coutendud for in die war of . ' Who, that recollects how a 1'cinocr.atic Admin istration displayed its valor at (irOjtown ''o that is familiar with the late deilionsKfl'on against l'arngtiay who, that has not prjrotlon with what indoinitalde energy Mcxiowas pur sind and who, that iiiiderst'ands fU1' caRfr and impatient -anxiety with which thjAdministra tion now awaits'a pretext Jr pitcbing Jnto' .Cuba will believe for ti mouit that such u surrender of a great priticii-b'.fiat has- been held sacred from the formation our Constitulion, would have been made to tc of these wcat ana feeble rowers, that have no means of redressing . ' o . i i , k i : - l.. 1.. 1'riiici or ar;y other powcT on rhti-j-lv'jc; or to-H cotu- a itr.ii:; AllfJ Wtiy SO"OOi li ee iimuv iu biir.d r ..-- ,ia man peace, r.s long tis peace maintain., .' ! , . ,.. f, can Ce when tl I. Oil IJOIIOI, .JUl. I uut .... necessity a, . .,,..., , ln .p.-., .1, r.f .Mn-.cM.-n tl.S t!?.-. r, .o -c . t'.c adversary : and tlie nuire powcrtul that a. .1.1. 1) I 1. .)! .. I.. . . rfJirV may b1 Mv !,-ine less wouiu i uk uisposeu to yieid views on this nucstiuti day be thus sum- moned up. AVhen (ie r latit? himself under tho protection 'of the-Ameiienfi eagle, which he is pledged aim sworn to support and defend wheo : lie inrols his name uj.oii the ample folds of the -''stars and strips of this treat American Union; he , is tree to co wherever .he -.vinds and waies may cany him ; the eye of that eagle watches ovr his every step that flag waves proudly over his . head, whether he is upon water, in a palaee or a dungeon ; ami the Power that dares to in terfere with his personal liberty, whilst ho is cn r;ifl in law ful chtorpri.se, and tnt offending against the wti.ini.1 or p. nal couo of that Tower, : dishonors' that vaglc, and disgraces that flag to which ho appeals for bis deliverance, if it docs not. all'ord him prompt lelief and lodress. 1 have thus. g(u'flvuicri. without confining my self to the particular foiiu in- which your (jucs tious aie put, grouped then all in one, and have shown tl.ut. 1 am utterly and irreconcilably . op p iseil to the dnttriue laid duwnby this IVdmiuis-. iration t.'s the vide by which it is to be governed towards our adopted citizens a doctrine that, ' until I read the letter of the Secretary, 1 did not sut'oose there could bo found one man in this en tire nation to assert. J MIX M. liOTTS. '.'To AViiiiani '15. iJ'arber, iiv-rge Milne, Joseph'. '; II, A'f,' KdwaftLWei'tdthcrS.-.: .. " ' TitKAi iiiNn to TtrEV P 1 ix t. l'asilng aTong '' one nigh! lor eveningnt the South is our after-.. ,i,,r, in Montgomery, Ahbatua, I stepjicd into the 1'rcsbj turian lecture. room where a slave was preaching" " My' lircdrcn," says he, "God bress your souls, "'ligion is like the.Alabam riber; . in springs come fiavh, an' bring in all deolo logs, slabs, an' sticks dat hah beet) I;, in' on de bank, an' carry them down in the current. Bymcby . do water down, don alog cotch heroon dis island, ilen n slab "it's eotchcJ ..it de shore, sir' dc Sticks - - r. . on cie hushes; an aarc uey lie a no o. u s lon, a' Jrvin till tiotlier licsti. .ius so uare onm0 .v;val'f Mon t dis oV sinner bro't in, dat o!c ,a,ksl,Jcr Iro't, baelc. a .-,, n' on' mlnhtv food tl . a ti ail ac lousa sci-m li 1 I'll.. mcs. . lut. bredren; ' vour souls, bvnieby 'vivel gone; ' de jls 0;0 sinner is stuck on bts,wle sin, den dat'ole ,,.i,.k-;,3,.r y ootehed where ho nag afore, on jus' such a rock:- ilen one-alter notlicr oat naa got "liu-ion lies all along do shore an' dare dcy lie till not her ' vi v .4.- 1 ieloved brcdrcn, God.bi ess "oUr souls, keep in de currant." X'krittian JI raid. ,Yotin(! jn Chicago. Inspector "AYho do you vote for?"' . Van lloublcschmidtcrvitzen "I votcsvordcr Covcrnor." ,. , ' ' I nspectof " But which candidate. Yan, cet., (cxeiteJ) "lhinder and blitzen, I. doll you l vote .vor dor Covcrnor.:" . ' f Inspector bmis lie can ao iiouiiug o.u a, L i. m ... vote tor nis own luriv. i y- ' -, T4iicans cla.m that they have cer- , r fr ,.,. and lever. 'Ihey take sstnali ... . . ,f ,to h Th, -" , or two, t?rn. perfectly .jeHow,. . . . , . . , , , fciT l'rof. Agass.z naa rec.veu .r.u,.. . butterfly thasurc, ton feet fro tkUp of enc wing to the other. 1 0 at tha Arjns Office. .

Page Text

This is the computer-generated OCR text representation of this newspaper page. It may be empty, if no text could be automatically recognized. This data is also available in Plain Text and XML formats.

Return to page view