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jt wi.'i'.t.'.t v. 11 -I""1".' 1 ' -r--v t - J ' . T i t f .. NEW SERIES YOL II NO. 21. WADESBOROUGII, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 18G0. MOLE m 73. v"-' fI n( 7 ' f TV t I rani r NORTH CAROLINA ARGUS, r PUBLISHED WEKBXT FE.ITOM DAKLET. . TEBM8 OF tJUBSCBIPTIO.' Single eoplM, Two Douaas pr year, Invariably lo advance. . T. Club of Tn ul upwards, It win bo furnished ttOm DotLAt AB MALT pr Copy. No subscription roeoired for loot than six moothj. BATES OF ADVERTISING. .' . OKI KtVAM, MX H" OS MIS BBSV1SS, . On Insertion .. . 70o. Tbro iDMrtioM ......... Mfw 1 60 Two montbi, or nino insortions ...... S 80 Thro moatki, or talrWon lunrtioM...... 4 00 Mil aonlht ......... 8 00 Um 7r ...... 9 00 Advertisers matt state tbo nmbor of Uaoo thojr wish their kdTtrtiMiaenli inserted etberwioo tbey will bo eootinaod till forbidden, sad eharged saoord iug to tbo above. - ' "-' - AirrenioaU will bo mado witb yrl advertisers la libera) Aid advantageous term. Professional And Basinee Cardi,not exceeding (lv (Inn broTier in lrRib, will bo Intei-ted for $5 A year; if exceeding fir liaea will bo ebArgod Ifa sam Btbcr advertisements. Obituary notion frco wbn not xecding twenty fine; all above tweoty Udm at advertisement rat. tot coxditiox the coixtry, VIEWS OF MOM. JOHJ W. BOTTS. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MEMBERS OP TUB VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE AND MB. BOTTS. . BlCHMONbrJAO.14,1800. Dear Sir: "We bT witueed with concern and apprekeaaion, tbo naniesUtions of a de aign in thit Bute to prepare tbe bearti and ' haodi of onr people for dmoin and ciril war. The lato atrocious Inearaion of Joan Jlrown and bis band of mite ream upon Harper's Ferry, furnishes a natural preteit and eaconragement . ..... . . r - . . j i .1.- j:. lor tnu aesign. u a,, uao, assuuiu uj iuo aw seotiont and diaorganiutiua of Congreoa, and tbe etideneea of unfriendly feeling among the peo . pie and tha unconstitutional acta of the Legiils tares of ibo free States. We are gratified to find from our intercbah; of oninion with too, that, while m oominoo WUU ourselrea tou do not underrate those grate causes of disaffection between the Aortb and tbe South, too are not disposed to exaggerate : them, but hare beld Tour mind in a atate of calm equipoise, so as tu be ablj to do iustio to tbe parties to these sectional aispuies. We tutj also uj that it is due to the party, to wl.irh m hAinnrr- tn demonstrate tnst tne eoun try haa been brought to it preseut lamentable condition, not only without any agonry on its part, but in spite of it warnings, its principle and it policy. " It seems to da, that in times like these, franght with danger to tbo peace and safety of our peo ple, they are entitled to the view and eounsel of those wnow voice tney are accusiomea to near with confidence and respect. '- Among such we gladly recognise yourselfno fear of reproach, no calculation of expediency, no courting of pop ular favor bas ever restrained you from the fear less expression of your opinions ; and it is en couraging to you and your friend to know bow generous opponent have ooma at last to ao kuowledge publicly their approval of your course and opinions, which they had once most loudly condemned. We, therefore, respectfully aak you to commu nicate to us freely snd fully your views upon the various question and event that now agitata and distract the public aiind, ao that they msy be ' published to tha country, and receive that favor able consideration lo which they are entitled from their intrinsio moritaod your character for inde pendence, ability, sagacity, integrity and truth. With assurance of our most frieodly and re spectful consideration, we remain, most truly, yours, Sin., ' J. K. MARSHALL, ILEX. BITES, WM. D. PATE, JNO. CARTER, WMS. C. WICKHAH, OEO. TOWNES, WM. M CARRAWAYJr., WM. N. MeKENSET, ' uj ute amine. JOS. SEOAK. D. FROSTr A. 8. BOREMAS, LEWIS McKKNZIE, j; A. ALDERSON, I). T-15ISME, N. RICHARDSON, WM. i. DICKINSON, II. IV. nOLDWAY, II. B. MACPIN, R. M. BENTLET, A.WATSON, Z. L. MAORPDER, 3. J. THOMPSON, J. M. MoCUEi 0. A. MYERS, A. PATTERSON, J. G.MARTIN, A.J. WATTS. Of tin Itmu o Dtleyata To IIOS. JOUM M. lioTTS. , . j icn mon d, Jan. 17, 1360. -(Imthmm: Your hiahly flattering letter of the 14th, was duly received. Appliestions have been made from a great ntfmber of private sources,' for my general views on the condition of the country, and of the results to which, in its present distempered state, it was likely to lead. Hitherto I have forborne to tako any part in the -various schemes and public meotings that many worthy and conservative men of our own party have felt it lobe their duty to unite in prevent ing, because I did not wish to lend my name or countenance to anything, that in my judgment was calculated cither to increase, or keep alive, a state of excitement in the public mind, the "neceraity for whioh from first to Isst I have not been able to realUe; at tlio same time, I have 4iad no disposition to obtrude my private reflec tions and conclusions on the consideration of flthorswbo looked upon the event of the last ninety, day in a light which I was "not able to bring my mind to beliavo wa one altogether of calm and dispassionate consideration. For these reasons, I have been not only inactive, but silent, as far aa the public in concerned : but when I find myself called upon by so large and respecta ble a body of gentiemon, wno themselves repre sent a large portion of the intelligence 'and con servatism of the State, no alternative ia loft me, and I am constrained to comply with the request . . . . , . M .1 preierrea, inougu u.yo ibwiu hi teur, nuw general tone of the public press, aa well aa from the proceedings of publio meetings, that my opinions will be found in striking contrast with those of my fellow citiaena generally. Whether they or I have eome to the moat correct conclu sions, it will not require much t iW to detennUe, and to that great arbiter of truth, I am willing to defer fur the ultimate remit; but for the pass ing moment, I fear my opinions aroof rather too conservative an order; but for all that I cannot, aud I will not, play the hypoorit, and pretend to ee what I do not see, our affect to feel what I do not feel. " - . - . . Without regard, thaw, to the order is) whioh your subjects for eonsideratioB are presented, I will proceed to lay before you the reflections thst Live passed throagh my mind, and the impressions! they oavs left. , . ' , ' I do not wish to iudira harshly or do any man I do not wish to judge harshly or do any man injustice; I am willing to bear before i strike; but it I undoubtedly true, that a condition of things baa been brought about in this Btata, ana whioh haa been extended greatly beyond its limit, for which, if any sufficient reason baa existed, I have net been able to diaoover or comprehend it i That a bold, daring, reckless outlaw, mono m.ini.it on the suhleot of slaverv. but none the less dangerous and culpable on that account, who bad been taught to believe by the dominant party of this State, that be had sympathisers, aider and abettors throughout the Common wealth, among whom, you and I, and all in op position to their general policy, and especially every man of mark in our party, were numbered, did undertake with tbe aid of some fifteen or twenty others, white and colored, to Incite sor . .. ... vile insurrection at and about Harper s ferry, in (ha attempted execution of which, , they were guilty of the highest offences known to our laws, ha now become a matter of history, as well aa of fact; that this lawless band of desperate and misguided men deserved the punishment they have met witb, and that they courted and pro voked; it, no right-minded man can doubt; but that any respectable portion or my fellow-countrymen had any knowledge of, or had participated, directly or indirectly, in this bell-born scheme of 1 - . a violence, J Hawt wet, J cannot, ana I will not be- lime, and espeoially upon the simple conjecture of others, of anonymous communication, which would be insufficient to convict a free negro or slave of robbing a ben roost, before any magis trate in the State, who knew hi duty, and was disposed to pursue it; for not one man, of good or bod character, bas yet testified, or msde s declaration of a single fact, coming within bis own knowledge, which we bsvs been permitted to scs or know, implicating any other than those who were sctually engaged in the enterprise. And yet the effort bas been made, and my blood runs cold, and I ahudder when I say, c eeualiy made, to a great extent, to create the belief, that a great and powerful party, number in its ranks, more by hundreds of thousands, perhaps, thsn any other one party in the country, knew and approved of, and participated indirectly in the crimes and outrages perpetiatcd, and that tbey sympathised with the convicted felons by whom they were committed, when they paid the penalty of their guilt, Great God 1 what an idea to .take possession of the minds of men, heretofore considerate, reflecting, and conserva tive. If I believed this to" be true, I would no sooner consent to livo in connection with, snd as a part of tbe same political community with them, if I could find the means of avoiding it, than I would continue tj inhabit a bouse that waa in flames from the basement to the top. If it shall b shown that Mr. Seward, the ebief leader of that party, bad a fore-knowledge of John Brown'a purpose as attempted at Harper's Ferry, snd locked the secret in his heart, when be went abroad, aa many profess to believe, I do not heaitato to say, that there is no punishment known to our laws that would surpass, if it could be commensurate with bis guilt; but as 1 am opposed to all mob and lynch law, which pun ishes without triaj, and often without cause, so will-.! "hot condemn to such infamy, without affording him an opportunity for s fair hearing,' any, though he were tbe humblest snd most lowly in tbe land. That there is s body of desperate and despica ble Abolitionists at the North, who bave ex pressed their sympathy for these violators of all law, human and divine, is at once admitted, and for thirty years past they have preached the same nefarious doctrines that they hold now. But docs that any more involve the general popula tion of the North, that should render it necessary for them to purge themselves of sll complicity in this affair, than that the open, bold snd trea sonable declarations of another set of fanatics in the South, who are eternally sounding their obnoxious sud silly threats of disunion in our ears, in the event of this contingency to-day, and that to-morrow, and for something else the day after, should create the necessity for us to acquit ourselves before the public of all participation in their cuilty and -treasonable schemes? I adopt and act upon the principle thai" is everywhere"! recognized by law, that all men are innocent ot great crimes until guilt is proved, and as I am not willing to be beld responsible for the crimes of those who clamor for disunion upon every idle pretext, because I do not feel it necessary to get up jn publio meetings and purge myself of thoir guilt, so I do-iotropMeto-holduh6sethe North responsible for any high crimes of which no evidence has been furnished against them specifically liut John ill-own ana uiseooieaeratos nave an been punished. Would to God it had stopped there ! And why should it not T Suppose these men had been all from the body of our own State, or adjoining Southern States, what then would have been tbe result 7 W hy, they would have been bung exactly u Nat Turner and his con federates were hung and there it would, have ended. But because these men were from the free States, in the absence of all requisite proof that their scheme was known to a dozen men be yond those engaged in the outrage, all nature has been convulsed, and the Union itself, in the opin ion of many heretofore conservative men, ia no longer to be tolerated or borne with: lam no defeftder of any sectional organization, sectional man or sectional sentiment. .1 ask," and claim what tbe Constitution -grants to each and all seo- tions; nothing more and nothing less. But if Brown was a Republican, Cook snd -four others of 'the offieen,- ouof--ine,"were Democrats, as shown by their own records; why, then, was not the Northern Democracy as responsible for their misconduct's tbe Republicans J And yet I would as soon hold my band in the flames until it waa burned to a cinder, as I would be guilty of the baseness of charging on the North ern Domooracy complioity in the designs of these w ckfd raeirr of 1000, 100 or lO.mon formed, or proposed to b formed, for m, such purpose. Tne iensiU.o But to make it appear that there was Republi- by telegraph before the troops uad gotten thirty tlio patronage and intiuence oi tne uovernmeni two ycirs ago, iv pu.j.oi.u r- - ... . - - - - r-', " . :nau,r.,teU can complicity, the people of this State were led miles from Richmond, and a dispatch here and with its 880,WU,WU ot annual expenditure, or pendium oi t.i.s work. u .-o,u u- VV' . j-, U, the U-Ut. to believe that l.rgedies of men in Pennsylva-1 there, or a fow nmissarios or detectives sml to thr-whatcvef other mm til which it may be reduced, ; tended for pnbl.ca ton, , and what tn-ber left our, - M. 1 ' c? ' 1 , f t;Sat . nis, Ohio-even in New York, Boston, and else- j suspected places at the cost of ,100. would have will be quite sufficient in a few years to cure.the ; in this now form, I do not know ; tnt afuupfirjerorb. TJ where-were armed and banded together for the dissipated U apprehensions; but if report ha. evil, which will become small byrjegrees and commending a.subscnpt.on to this abridged co-n .vcr,l ? pnrWof making a hosUle invion into Vir- been true, the, were, not within fifteen days' beautifully less, year after year, until it will dis- of the book was ; signed by soinc sixty-seven to . Sor the purple of resirting thi Execution! march of Ch.'rlestown,. and had to, travel flppear altogether. Ul all .patronage bnd ' members of the last X'bngs. Who her hcv hcM to b V igh- ff our lawa and oVrescuing Brown and his fol--I through n well-settled portion of the. country, ijiarn,-e,he withheld from them, and disunionist. expected it to contain the objectionable jnjLfitjiul the only tests o jfi tni . f kwe from' bhnZ f will not re, this was occupied b, trno, patriotic and loyal men. oabolitionisU would soon become i useless, ; fen'sive matter that is to be found u. that vofon.o, est to trX not so, InmJn I will not , what I do not knj through which they could never bave passed worthless and- contemptible n their influenccat; or whether it was only tbe extracts and the st.v the Mtn w tminretta i j w J j rbTtruTbut I will is,, a'nd I do re,, thst no' alivefbut about seven o'clock alnight, thealarm the poll-. the, would no longer be eourtcd tistics referred to, 1 h.ve had no means of for,,. ; ronent .iCLT Ao I asiKa and llack- eviwsnM worth, of oonidoration bas yet been bells were sounded, a midnight march was of- and Harassed; and, if they secretly cherished such ing an opinion, except so tar as they have I ken , cvtrt anii wtah; lt ,hfl laid before tbe pablio to instif, the belief tbst dered, the cit, was drained of its yolnuteers, damaging doctrines as are now publicly boasted expressed by several wembore .on tee fl. or ot cned who did I not cow i l7ln..hiT.t ao'Vtiniaeombin.tion men. torn from their wive daughters, mothers of in their respective localities, rthey would no Tongres, arid from a few private letters 1 have shrine of .lclm wh. en w?s I and exoited imaginationa were operated upon, either by anonymous Snd mischievous corrcspon - dents, wholly insufficient for the importance at - dents, wholly insufficient for tbe importance at tacbed to them, or by secret disclosures not yet made public, or that there was some ulterior ob- ject in view, there can be no question. - Thai old Drown ana fits party were xept as a miny aays- wonder, and at last linized,htroixtd, martyrized and canonized, with a display of "all the pomp, pride snd circumstance of war," that we have no warrant for believing attended tbe orucinxion of the Saviour of tlie World, is not to be denied. Thst there baa been an enormous publio debt iu eurred, estimated, aa I learn, from n quarter to half a million of dollars; that there havo boon marchings and counter-marobings ; that dictato rial and despotic powers have been exercised; that large bodies of troops have been quartered on peaceable and unoffending citizens ; that in a time of peace a standing army Has been collected, with out the concent of our Legislature ; that inartia law baa been proclaimed and rigidly enforced ; that th general channel of eomniumcation through telegraphic agency has been controlled j that trade snd travel, by certain railroads, have been sus-1 repel, as far as we know why shall I not stand pended and prohibited ; and that quiet, peaceable f xeuscd in the publio' judgment for not having and nnnfTunrliner citizens have been interruDtedjlt alarmed, excited or disturbed. and put under guard, and, in some cases, iuipris oned, are matters of fact with which all are fa- familiar; and that the publio mind should have jumped to the conclusion that such things could not e, unless soms areaaiui calamity threatened the quite natural ; and that suffi for tbe exercise of these exi cerous powers is neither asserted nordemod. 1 only say that w have not, as yet, been favored witb any data that bas satisfied my mind that the occasion (lid exist. And, ss a citizen ot this ( om monmwealtb, mindful of my ' own rights," and the rights of others, be tore I justify or approve what has been done I claim to be further enlightened. It surely will not be disputed that very urgent muvtiaitv should ba shown to have existed, to justify the exercise of these high prerogatives of imperial power, which were, I believe, never re- j sorted to by the Father of his Country throughout : toe progress oi me xvevoiuuon, noiwiiiisianuuig the country was then filled with those unfriendly to our arms, who sympathized profoundly will) other country. he -thing I t'o knoic: whether designed or not, it has exasperated snd phrenzied the public mind it haa begotten an ill-lccling, antipathy, snd hostility between members of tbo same pont ical ebmmuuity, that every good man and patriot must deprecate, snd that it becomes tbe admin-1 istrators of tbe law and the representativesof the i peoplo to do all in (heir power to soothe down and I rectify. It has had the effect, whether contem- i present, at leasts between the North and South, ; . . . . . without which it has been hoped an easy patlv to victory would be left open to that party in whose ...i..- -i.. u..;j..;.,n a n,mt plated or not, of occasioning infinite contusion in been paraded before the people ot the orth, j the result ot tneir miserauio, .laiiure uuu w ueii , ways a. ii,iu, mm n nut m.or...j .u . the ranks of one of the political parties of this ! with a view of extorting, in retaliation, every they have seen what an immenso foree could be i State nguint .Mr. Helper, Mr. Helpers book, State, snd of temporarily at least raising the species of menace aud denunciation, and of keep--4 collected together ony day or night, fur tbe pro- j or any sixty ci-ht endorsors of that or any other drooping hopes of snother; It has had the effect : ingthe North united, until the general butcaro- j tection or our people, and defence of cur teriito- j book in print. The boo.t wilt never hurt us rxi kMalrinrw nff sill fitVk.ifllilA srt A.iorat inn . f'frr Ka t tcu rnndof trnillil hlCA flOfnniP llfinrftSSPfi with rv. when no occasion existed for it? JkvvT a bit j half as much ss it will Mr. Hell er; for God the present unhappy condition of things has been ! both jf which' I take and read every day, hove i ore tohT that a certain set of religious c.rthusiasts , say nothing of four faiths of the entire popula effeotcd. i for the- last ninety days been loaded down with '. and fanatical abolitionists continue in the voca-1 tion of the Noith, who aie a htrd working indus- UIIU. .UU HUUCI m U3 .ICTIM.IWU HU U That all this has been providentiaboraccidental, it would, perhaps, be uncharitable to doubt, if it I to operate onthe Southern mind, for what useful : and presist in preaching against Ma very, and that were not that the time had arrived when it was purpose I have-not seen, and the other upon the those who ical them preach don't rise nnd dis indispensable to their success (that something North, fur a purpose that is manifest but bo- countenance, blame, ond denounce it ; so far from should turn up tbst would throw the whole South into a fever on -the-qucstion of slavery. ! Periodically every four years, for the lasttwenty, and always Ivtpptning to be in that year in ! whioh a Presidential election is to take place, somethin- has occurred, either providentially or ' . - ' . by accident, or by management, to impress tbo publio mind with the conviction that the insfitu-! tion of alavery was in danger, and that the great i National Democratic party was theonly one to bo j ... ... - , .1 relied on tor bis security, under tliesa eireum- that a lew sucn men can eiiect similar miscniei j uo, as a wuu, viaiuimij,- ... stances, whatever may be the general readiness j on a larger scale, every one must know and ; outlaw, who came where ho had no business to of our people to rely witb confidence upon the when a iafOT'- body of misguided ond designing ( come, to execute what he had no right to intcr neceesity for all the revulsion and convulsion of politicians at cither end" of tha Union have fere with, I could have been led d belicvo lie publio sentiment, which, it has becu painful to j brought their minds to the conclusion that their I was a " hero" and " an honest, sincere and truth witness, those of us who have become habituated ; only hope for whatever designs tbey might have 1 ful man," I would have sympathized with him to such occurrences, and have passed the hey-day ' in view rested upon the amount of inflammatory 1 also, and I would have proclaimed it aloud to all of youth, and arc, therefore, of less excitable excitement that could be raised among their res- j tbe world. temperaments, may be excused for looking, if j pective friends, sympathizers and follower and ; Now, it seems to me,- that "sympithy" for nnt HUtniutfullv. at least with some decree of ! nmitinn hnfnrn wn lean blind fi'Jd into tbo nitfall. I r Tl- l..l J - .1.. . -.r..ll that that in every "fc() wear" is dug for unwary and ! unsuspecting youth, as well as. for timid .aud wa- voring gray beards who happen not to deify- that party to whose advantage it always results The first occasion lor ordering out too troops , from founded in papers ryvillo ca Charlestown around Charlestown an4Jttve gotten in the roar, j but more into the heart of the State which was so improbable as that the wonder was that pno -..t k-. imrwvnl niu-n Kw it nt n nvpiitu uposedupon by it; at all events an hour's ride of a messenger would have deter-1 mined the fact vet trooas were telegraphed for.-! and some 600 immediately despatched in hot hasto for the bloody field. VY hen the . troops or-; rived, it had been ascertained that tncrc-shad been a broomstick fight between some old Women .ml man wlm mant tn Kanrnh I IA hiiiiQi.' fiir. ' I :.J k ITnJ...Anrl -1. ..b .1 ri from the State in 185G; so, tho several couipa- nic of volunteers wheeled to tho right about and : Mm. hnm.'. ." I -think- there was nntliim. ;r.il,,.t nlt b, Ul. PTnit..,niPnt ot ohi'ri.i'". yet it did so to a very large extent. By the time the companies reached ltiehmond.another alarm inc telegraph was recoived lhat somebody's barn or straw stack had been sot on tire-'the troops- were ordered back and the howitzers', I think it was, that arrived here on one day returned the day after. Then came a third report tbnta large bodv of men wore crossing tbe river at "Wheel- ! inn nn thfiir march to Charlestown tif'resciib Brown : a simple enquiry by telegraph to tho su- rhnriiiM' nt Wheolino wnnlil have shnwn Hint it was an unfounded rumor,- whteh was -aseOtained snd sisters, withooC " preparation of any -ort, i r.:i: Jj .i.-u !....:.- :.. t distance- from Charlestown, I think wasri or later, a ""spirit jif misunderstanding, disaffec- j no more affects our rights of property than the j disunion portion of tbo Bemocratio party have on a telegraphic dispatch from the officer1 tion, hostility and mermee should spring up j comkmnation of that rympatny, on mo part ot ; inHcritcd tneir irtfawimoio command at Charlestown (as report!- in- the-, smbng tbe idle lfjokein,-whtehy-linaHy esi othersy proteets-tt. It the tenure ot slavery ! dijiiiiguihea pit-sennor v,Siil au.. . . . a. .. . , . ..' i i .-... rf!i .... u. j :j.t-i. !- t -tWMt-ftrn :ri.y i, .l.tnnnm.i fur l.imself. I he asiiin''- i that 30W men were encamped near ucr-1 tend jteirtp .taewuoie..CQmmuiiy i..-- xueso- jtew-B-iw-uwiucj u i i -- " i ' ' -, ,. , V;" i n ford In Clarke "eountyr whiclirgeographi-1 two parties, thodisuniouistsof the South, and the of sympathy would preponderate, and me prop- tumaii party wercca.icu a .'. ... ' , . . - . . ,iV r .i ..- .,...r. .... . -i i t -. ..t .i,., St.itn i,,;i,i I,., enrc.i ,i, nilniiiieii ut too Constitu- lly, is nearly in auirect line irom tins city to ; abolmonists or tne, ortu, eonstiiuie tno tapu-, cny wouiu vis mic, uu - u..Siu..j , -' -IP , so thnttheymus.t havo passed by or ! lets" ond tho ".Montagues" of our nation, by Iieved ot its tax ot being, ptuceu in a eoimi.inn mm unoerwvim-.i u.e --,., ,v.u- unprotected state; and when they arrived at the .' Relay House, on tbe Baltimore and Ohio Rail - 1 road, whero they were detained fur awhile, it - 1 road, whero they were detained fur awhile, it j was reported by the letter writers of the press that on being a lied if be thought there was ; really any purpose of an attempted rescuo, the j oaiinonuer in-wniet repuca "noi ne am not, but be thought it a good opportunity to drill i bis boys, and khow the North with what readi . nees troops could be raised in Virginia for the defence of the State." In a letter now before me, dated Harper's Furry, November 23, the writer says: "In reply to a gentleman who asked nun this morning it lie had any tears ot a resoue, he (the Governor) answered, ' he never bad the least, but considered it the finest oppor tunity that had ever offered to put the State in military training." "lie added, ' I can now teach my boys how to entry biscuit lb their knap- sacks, and to arrange bullets in their cartridge boxes.' " AVcll, then, if this was all " boi$" were culled into service for snd it has been cou j Grmcd by the fact that no mortal eye bus ever yet rusted ou tbe enemy they wero called out to W The poet sings of "'OM ocean In wild tempest tossed, To waft a fiatlier or to drown a fly," and I have' often heard of "a dmpr.it in a tea bes lo be excused for not participatm 'excitement. 1 da not say, that to make political capital was the object, or dole object, of what a very 1 irge t number believe to have been the unfounded up prehension that was created, notwithing the , dilcuAua to which the Heiuocracy wero reduced for k imc new issue on slavery, while many of 1 then admitted that this whole affair was a "iol- tend'' to their party; but what I do say is, that if that had been the sole object, the most efficient means wero adopted to accomplish the end in view, temporarily at icaiu, wueiiier n win nisi I Ion;; enough to result in forwarding the views of any great political party in the country will depend very much, I presume, on the facts that may be disclosed by tbciuvestigatiirg committees if our Legislature and of the Senate of the Tnlicr! Ki!tn Hnt prnrv fhin.r :iid op dnne. .nr.wl.nt !ift nntmid -or nnduney at the North. has been exaggerated, niigniGcd and distorted, j by a portion of the public press, and by designing men at the South; whilst every indiscreet, in-' temperate and foolish thing, said or done by a highly excited people at the South, has in turn'; the belief, lhat a'stateof things had arisen that .. .. .... .,. : could only be terminated vy the most disastrous , I civil strile. j i. rri. itm v.tri. iTur.ii.1 nrwi Vau Vf.rV Trillium ' 1UC.HW I Ul. Illl.lll .II. the most inflammatory matter; one is intendoa ; twecn the two, they furnished an abundant sup-: ply of fuel to keep tho most extensive political ; furnace at its utmost capacity of heat. j That there are good and bad men in all coun-1 tries, in all scctious, in all communities, in nil I parties, in all churches even, every one must ad- 1 . . . ,.i . nu o ei OUr) CI IIJ1C . ;m. UUI WIIUIi It UIIU Ml tUlUA Ul a HUKC If mow m V ia iu. ..iw ...... -i--v ., u . uui 1, llj ,l .1 1 1 t MO ... u. .. safety of the State; was i teu tpoon, that has stirred up tbo deep foundu- 1 hero cannot, therelore, tc very mu'jii ot impur-; by, it the I. mon is no longer uesirabio ciet.t csuse rfi'cf exist i lions' ot' societv and lured men on to their own tance afloat that I do not have a fair tippoTtunitrT-if '"we don t desire any lonjjcr to avail iraordinarv and dan-! destruction and the ruin of their country? I i to see. or hear of, and yet lain wholly unin- selves of its advantages if wo prefer to in the i uat and that one depraved and wicked person man wno nau ueeu repii.si.-i.ii.vi UJ can set a whole neighborhood in an uproar, and j high authority too, as a " hero" and a bundle disturb the general peace of society, the occur- j of nerves," as " honest, sincere and truthful rcuces -of every day life have taught m all H man;" and if, instead of looking upon him, as I . . . ' J ,y -i . i.rl. -1.1 . Jnnrt.nrn.,a i..iirliriii n A nnd thev set their heads to work to find fault ! .1 ' J " I" 1 .1.- f wiili nt'ervtliiiic and criminate evcrvbodv in tho opposite section, and they in turn fend back I their indiscriminate denunciations and rccrimina- j ions, and the ball is thus kept bandied back-1 wards and forwards, with increased impetus at j every blow, is it to Lo wondered at, that sooner ' keeping all the rest io a constantstateof eouimo- tion ; and a plitjuc on both their nouses, ay l. If;.i!io..gooil.. m'en of the country, those Who are "satisfied to livo.in tno union as it wasionued oy J..,.l0fin,l tn r n t in I n nu iis it was formed hv I our fathers, and upon the same terms and condi- j turn's that thev lived, would only step forword, 1 and take the control m their' own hands, just for one year only, it they did not like if longer- nnd ciush both tnese miseraoie laeuons uu as they have the power to do, and then lluim h.iibIiiii :ia thrrn wnilln hn nn SeriOtlS ... I .1 . .I .. . li ii u tn, 1 1,1 onnimi licit h n nhi nof that 'would be secondary in importanee only to the work of their ancestors in establishing the ; ,mW rmtin.r nlaee for' the genius of liberty on 1 Ml, wIiIm nSn'tld.lobe. r?-JZL. , I d globe. ' . I son, Mr. Jludison, .Mr. Jlonrpe, l atrick . itenry ue"very touch a nation of hunt- 1 and George- 'Jlasonand, coming down to a latvs 1 of spoils. This is the case, at '' period,-to Ir, Clay, Gov. Hammond, Gov. Mc irho make all the mischief for Ddwcll'.Mr. Bives.Mr. KitJiie, Ir. Wise, Mr C. We have becoiu ers aftef office and least, with those w the rest. Let those who ore 'satisfied, with the Union as it is elect a President and a Congress who will hold every abolitionist and disunionist in the land, or who is tainted with the spirit of cither, and all who manifest a disposition to agi- n t.-iln 'tbo on'lv rmestion that rtroduccs discord -in our othorwiso happily cemented family, be. re- .run!... nnd trpnted as enemies ta their countrv 1 'ana; their birthright,-and 4t will be-found 4hafr - sooner proclaim them aloud, than the, would i- . V...M;. .i,.. f bpir infi.llit. i h. and mit I thirffor ; deprive thcro of these by a corrected public spirit, and a combined publio effort, and religion of their Saviour. Money, Puce 1 ltmr, ia what the mischief-makers make I thief far ; deprive tbcro of theso by a corre the Government, which is now a disgrace' to the , look that lave lei o to treely spread broadcast over age in which we live, will bo restored to harmony, ! the entire country. If thry do not, I shall be mis dignity and efficiency. . In a personal nnd privato , la!;en in my crtiu at.' of the qualiticf, both of head : sense, thcio are good inon of all parties in Con- grew Democrats, Whigs, Americans and Re publicans but how many of them are there who would utter a threat of dissolution (fur which they have been clothed with no more power than j you or I) and how many would uiako a spccdiS on slavery, if they felt assured tbut it would be attended with their dixini.-Kiil from the public servicef I do not say there is no district in the United States from which ouo or the other cr hi-.tti nitnrli. lint fit firs. .n rut iirn.nl t.k 4 .n .11 ..: but such inlluence on the part of .the Govern j ment as I have mentioned, added to the excr- lions of tlio contervative men 'of each district mut remember tlut all im-u's Uiinds are not eon boo intaroaU are suflerinc;, and who patience j .tituitd alike, or we should never disagree about Is well oih exhausted, would soon root tliciu out, and force them into a different course of action ; for then their influence would not be felt nnd quoted ut tho polh for this it is that gives tliciu all tbo consequence they possess. But, what has occurred to justify this clamor for disi'tution qnd general preparation for civil war? I subscribe for, receive and r'ead,rf.fty-.' two papers s week, besides a larpc bt of fjldeis mm formed of any necessity or reason for the one or the other. Indeed, I have seen no reason for alarm or uneasiness at nny thing that has oc - curred. I pray that it may all be examined, with a clos! and scrutinizing eye, 'with a calm nes and deliberation worthy of the great interest involved, that we may see whut if amounts' to before wo light up this torch. of civil war; foe any fool may 'ct fir to a temple, whilst tbe en tire population tiiuy be unable to extinguish the flames. Is it then, because old Brown, with his hand ful of free negroes snd deluded 'follower, mad on unsuccessful attempt tos get up a servile in surrection, for which heand they havo alf suffered death iu some form or other, except the two now iu custody ? I suppose not, for that matter is at an end, and they have passeil lrom the scene ot -their mischief and their wickedness; and I nre- I sume nobodv is afraid of them nowwhatever may have been the consternation they occasioned among the women and children when alive. Is any one opprchensive that such an attempt, or one on a larger scale, is likely to be made here- after, bv any now living, and who have witnessed will they encounter such odds ag,un. ... - - t.. it sureiy is noi io pieveni. a im-m nun, iui , there are none left to bo rescued but two, and i tbov atimct no nHpiifioii. What t hen is it ? Wet " -' - I ' ' " " tion tney nave xoiioweu lor me imi imny i-Mr3, it, they nctually, m many instances, pruioss io teel a sympatny ior Drawn, n en, inen, are we going to "tmathvp" this great Kmpirc, and arm tho State against sympathy arc we ? Why, I ' see nothing remarkable m the fact that sympathy should have been expressed for a I 1.1 1 ,.,1 ... . 1, ..... V, .. Brown, or want of "sympathy for , might n a,.ll.Mnrit niAC'lll fur limnl.-1 1! n constitute a oil PO- oial -intercourse between the sympathizers and the CUII.'lUHkV I DUUII.IVII. I.VUJi... ... .......... sufferers, if they were neighbors, but rather an inadequate cause lor a uissoiuuon oi. me -'inon, or Jor arming the. State. But the mero,e.tpree- sion of sympathy, on the part or Jirown s menus, of defence. Thnro la nno nt mr cnuc ol comnlaint Ire- 1 ""qhently alluded to, wh'icli' f propose to examine-.! nni shite fairly, according to niv unuersraiiuuig. Nearly three yvtw ago, a man by the name ot , Helper, a native of NoitU Caroliiia,. published ;a book entitled imi t ti I n u pttraetS alld OUOiai IOI1S I10IU lliC 'wVitings and speecluf of many very eminent men . in the South, on the subject of slavery wiibra- cing such men as Gen, Wasliiugbin, Mr. JelTor- , son. Mr. Madison, Mr. Monrpe, Patrick . Henry J. Faulkner, W, B. Preston aud others, which, from the time of its' publication to. within the .1..... f.. vn..l.a li: h.-iil n vprv liTTiitiid frirpula- lill lew n vv n.., --- .: . ,1' ;.rm.lv 'nnv- Amnnr the rronle: -he 1 iii.ni, am. -j .-. i . -i i v. , non-slaveholdors of the South,) to whom it was- 1 addressed j ; t of sta-': The book also contains a large amount ot sin- risties. taken from the census ot luO, and is a. Wur8 - ef -420-fajtos.-'. Some 'yoar-and-a-jialf or ; received ; but frere these I have fonnc ., ,.- . - ...n.. .nd thov are. that, vf tho Douse shall Tlie Lniiemhii'l duett 't tin . ssouitt. wnicn ccnaiuiy .euin.iiii ui-.u u m-m ihiui.-.,uuu .-iu i ". ; - r i ! ...r.t. ,.r : I'll ....I cn-v .nut n n-iisf iinrrfimimprr . . i - .ri.i ,.;ii;,,.iiii! .1 ntt..r tr..i ...Virth. il, ttnii-s nt the coantix. with to keep I addressed to the .nqn-fluveholding i-oiliiiti of the single interruption of four years, from difli.i tho .-Southern. Donulation ; but that book a d , to jsra during-wmcii time u was- iu iuc mmu .. ever be organized, there is not a man on that - floor, wlio signed tliat reeoiimieinlniion. that will , not pure and acquit himself of all purpose to en dorxeor recommend tlioiooffonsivo portions of tbe arid l.eart, of I late men, and I shall be ss ready to - j condemn them as those who have preceded mo. in their dtnum-iution. It uiny be asked, why have they nut dui.e it already? So far as my Lnowl.d-c, or iiiy oiiiign goes, it isbecauso they l.apf rii to iLiuk it is nut rilit to interrupt tlio ! W'-auizati".. I tie limine by such explanations. You ami I may think otherwise ; and if I were pi iced in Mich a petition, and felt it to be a , Ll.-e one, no consiJc-ration U parliamentary usage : -I. ....I. I r.wlrn 1. a from mcl'i 1 1 iv I lm P.rui. innfnmit: - : to extricate inystlf irom r.ll eiubarranmcnt and ; nsponuibility on the iuljtct' Hut, then, we anything. J be couno tiny bavu pursued seems - to have bee a laid down as a rule of party policy, and we know tie effect such iuIcs have upon us' I all. - . . - l!ut is. the publication of a book, 110 ma Her . irhnt i 's irnelr, or its endorsement by or UmiO. or liS.OOO .men, a sufficient reason for break in? up this Union? It n.ay furnith area- , son, if we bad tlio power, for driving rtcwwjut I.... ..-ill i nit.it,. no in tnrtiim. rtit rani VB ftl'f - to US our- auopi ( the r-uggusttoti of a prominent publio writer id' 1 the Lxumiuer, a fhort time since, to secede from 1 the Union and call on Louis Napoleon to protect us vjiy then let us go, and make no more ado about it provided gnu trill be. alloKe.iL to go. If a man were a partner in a very extensive nnd wealthy concern to which his whole life bad been devoted, and in which the happiness, com fori, nnd security of his family were involved, wuu'.d le ever think of runuing away from his house ai:d home, of debcrting bis family, and abandoning the richest and choicest comforts of life, beciuise souic refractory nicnAer of the firm, complained of tlio way tu which his privato af fairs were conducted under his own roof? 1 cer tainly would not, and, therefore, don't choose to surrender all the blchdiips nnd advantages that I derive from this Union, in a civil, social, reli gious, and political aspect, because 3Ir. Helper - 0r any other sixtv-ofcbt men alive are dissatis , bed with the way I manage my douicslie amirs j in Virginia.'. When they como hereto take control of my domestic concerns, or attempt a practical interference with tlicra, it will be quite time enough for me to find a 'remedy it is al- help us, when we can t help ourselves, against n .1... I ..1 , r.t ..l.t nn.1 ..riot 1 1 1. in hrtnl-u . uli Wc neiio w a ,u....v" ..-...w- , so long, itt least, as wo have the Constitution and bins of the Ci,ui:trv to'cill to our aid, to j - . - - inous ciass.oi .hp..', vate concerns, as the great body of the pcofdo of the Sourli are doing, whilst the infatuated ab olitionists there and tlio infuriated disunionists here are tne ouiy parties wnosu ion.es uru uejiu - i auove me acuve mnu ui uu.v iuuukuj. f It may not be eitker uninteresting or unin- structive to review the history of the past, as far as the. slavery question is connected with tho politics of tho country; and here, once for all, I i I. . . 1 ... . n.linn11-cr f liua 1 1 1 H I iirill " He. wim m i-. .- ..v..v.c. .w.... mocmcy" I mean to apply it only to tho leading politicians or bowmen of that party, who cut out tho work for tlio masscss to execute; occasionally l...nnnna l,..t n lin-iil l nil r Hf-Vnifl n IS nnrmiftnil it happens that a head journeyman is permitted to come into their . councils, but tho apprentices are never consulted, and they, at last, have more at stake, have more honesty, patriotism and good comnipn sense than the men by whom they suffer themselves to ho misled. For the first twelve years after the formation of riur Government, itsadiuini-ftration wasia the : hands of the Father of his Country and John Adams, the tlicr. In tho year 15-00 a revolu tion in tliis politics of the country occurred, chiefly through the activity and energy of Aaron Burr, who was the legitimate' father of Betuoe-. rncy,.-nnd not Mr. Jefferson, who . was only tho beneficiary of .Burr's work, as all will ad ai it who will rend barton's Life of Burr: and whether tho ment was formed, and inose unirienuiy io ino ( onstitution and to its .adoption wero u.en caucu Republicans- and ' are. now" culled Democrats iHU; irom me uiue oi in-i .v ..... which was lmiugun.rca on me -lin-ui .uaiui, ici down to tho .4th of. March, 1S41, a. period of . . ... .1.. r iv forty viari the Ri-publicati or Democratic party Ot .JOIllI VUlllCV .vuuill? I'nosc who. reeolcct ..the vio.cnt and stormy -p?ssu.n exhibited at that day, at t.ic lossot their long enjoyed rower, with tbo hefco nnd-bi.tcrue nuiieia!ioii and invective that aara'ttfrize,d,tbe opposition to the aduui.Mratfon ol M r. Adams, i i .... . f ,1 ..l.l.i : ni.ntf..M-iirr.-i. i which was one .ui iue uiu;i iiw, vv.i.... prosperous , and ecotioinieal that the country has ed; from its earliest - foundation,), ami irvcr eiiioved. if i'i,-,h fl:,..ifous charges of " ?-'J.v"-'' iicor- ' ' . ..- s,.lli.!i-.i:ili-i.it.s fas ml uf every 1-ar.V IWW admitl rviito H SUitwnc 01 UiC I'uriMJi'u uiuni un- . ...... . - -. .1 : . e that the nation has beastcJ eiuce tfle days ot ... ... . .1 ... !.l..-.l.A il.icn.mijnn. our aslHngton, logemcr win. .m -v!"1' ", -unscrupulous, means resorted .to fotllie recovery -unscrupu of power thai marked I he period- referred . to, will admit iuglias Bi.oce,jiCvirxca..-lla.gt or 8 long after hw-rttin mmi in n, j
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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