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NEW SERIES VOL H NO. 52.
WADESBOROITGIL N. C, TIIURSDAY,';SEPTEM BER G, 18G0.
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1 WHOLE NO. 104
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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Agreement will b made witk yearly advertisers
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lloas brevier la length, will bo Inserted tot 96 a year
If exceeding, fir Hoe wlU bo charged a earn ai
other advertisements. - Bv .
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lines; aU above tweotUuo at dtlArl'.'s4iior. A.Ti5iow
COtlRTSEY.TESrii'EJT ot CO.,
water laroariu or
Hardware, ut I cry, Gun, r-
t Ko. 85 Hats Btbbst, -"-'y
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
CIIAMBERLAI, MILER oV CO.,
' IMPORTERS AND J08RER8 OF DAY GOODS,
Ko. 147 Maariieo Stiiit,
Opposite Chsrleetoa Hotel.
, CBARLK8T0N, 8. C.
rjE.i.iiwoii, TiionLi.tso.t at CO-
maorACTvaiai aid wholssals dbalsb i
Saddle, liarne, Coach Trimming, 8c,
i. Ko. 167 Miitiso 8Tarr,
t Otftttlts Ckarie:e Haul,
Co.bict. Jisawoa It Co., 1 CHARLESTON,
C,
Htm Yobb
80-1 1 1
WB. ATTIIiaii. W. C'BABA. . ATTBir.,
CLOTiii.ro uqvse.
91 ATTIIIESSEX, O'HARA k, CO.,
Ko. 148 East-Bat Stiiit,
Craw ef Queea.
CHARLESTONS. C.
rvRxisiuxa goods of ail kixds.
E. B. STODDARD oV CO.,
waoLMAi.BBiAi.aaai
BOOTH, biioes t.m TltV.rKS,
at HAUvrumncu: maea,
- Ko,. 1S ad 17 Maatiao 8raaaT,
Kiarljr oppotlu CUrlwfoo Hotrl, '
mtin a. rroDDA.D. 1 CIIABLESTO.V, 8. C.
ciui raoxaacaata. V '
wacit cbaxb. J 8C-!y
RCFF oV DOWIE,
rceauoaa to siboxba, arrr a cn.,
wholesale onuaaisTs,
KolSS Uttriad Stbbit, . 7
(0)pMlta CWImIm HoteU
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
trap, XUdlemet, tiatf, 0it, Wiodqw 0!H. BrnJief ,
8m, Prfumrin, Kinrj 0clf, Bcpiri,
80 Fine VYinei, aad grand in. . Ill
ELLIS . MITCHELL,
wiintaaAU ab bctaiI
trUALEBS IS COBN, PEAS. OATS, BtE, wnEAT,
DBAS, EASTERN AND KOKT1I BIVEft HAT;
- Auo, "
FBKSIt GROCXD MSAl, ttOKlST, -f
KO. t KORTM WATKB BTHKtT,
WIIMIN8T0N, N. -C.
e. b. urn, 79-ly a. t. Mitcaan.
tiiAf. a. MTKBa, raiD. aooaa.
LITERS oV 71 OO RE,
vaotauta mua I
HATS. CAM. TRUNKS, 8TBAW GOODS. BOS
' NETS, FUM, MILITARY GOODS, CANES
.' A.tD UMBRELLAS ;
SI Market Slifd. .
wLnLrorox, x. c.
r.: Woaaa lbaaWrntioB of wboWaai. hJr th
aboro curd. Wo are prepared to fornirh Goou. 'a
llao at low as ANY HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.
Orders for Hats by tho oaas or doieo. will receive
prompt atteatioa by addroaaiag as aboro. - 79-ly
C. k. B. O. WORTH,
Gtner'ai Cemmtot Tf
-- , AMD DtALIBS 1 "
,,.ra nAin CALCINED PLASTEB, AND CE-
W mes?, band Raster, pure Peruvian
" -Aad Agent for the sal of
. ROBIKSON'S MANIPULATED G0AN0.
TAB KE R A CI A R It ' 8 F E B T I M
. BUI t.li-i uuot " "r "'""i
yo-iy
WIlllIXQTOX; K. C.
f . k. ssiitb. job ai'iAfaw.
9ITII fc McLAURW,
: ' COMMISSlOff AND FORWAROINfl MERCHANTS,
? , ,. WILMINGTON, N. C.
rOfTSIGNMENTS OF COTTON, NAVAL 8TORE8
A?DCOUNTRY PRODUCE GENERALLY, FOR
' L OR SHIPMENT. WILL RECEIVE PROMPT
-ND PERSONAL-ATTENTIOM.
Refer to John Dawson, Esq., Mayor, and B. P.
JIau! Esq., rreJdsnt Bran Bank Stato orNortb
aJarolina. 6'ly
W. II. McRARY k. CO
CammlMton Merchant, and Healer
in tiuno, Sail, iiratn, ., ATe.,
'd rCoaaaa Psviacass abb Wataa STaaara,
, WILMINGTON, K: C.
fARTCULAR ATTENTION OIVENTOTnJ 18 ALE
OV NAVAL STORES, COTTON, TIMBF.R, FLOUR.
AC C LIBERAL ADVANCEMENTS MADE ON
ALL PRODUCE. WHEN REQUIRED,
:ii....r-n- a.M Tuliler Bank of Capo
Fear, Wilmington.B.C.; Coi.obb fSYnL
Bwk of Wilmington, Wilmington, N. C.r D. A. Da-
n vsaaai aH. as. w B"i w
,i.,g..hler BraneU Hani u.p. r.. m,.--
a Lash, Cashier Branch Bank Capo Fear, Salem,
f. 0, 1. EU Gregg, President Bsnk of Cberaw, B. U
I
V
64-ly
" CEO. II. KELLY,
BOOKSELLER,
. So. M MAUtat araarr,
WILJU'
f,X, C.
Koet ooasfcwtly a haal tvory variety or" School
, . L: ,. ' v. rtl.ak Booko, Drawing
Books; Mosio Bnoks, Foolsoap and Loiter PPf.
oi. and Billot rW, Aatf.t f U
kinds, Letses Prooeea latAo Copying Books, Inks,
- Poaells, EbvoIop. Uw Book., Bootor Books, Draw
! Papora, tltheg raphs for Orwiaa aad OU Palntlnga,
- wi. mSi A Co7, oelebratod Piano Fortoa, Orevar k
JjT ru." U..1.1.. d reaaer Bewiaa Machines.
AlloTdrsforaayf above arUolea trro""1?
filled and, tor? erdsd by Buuiraurvau.vr
ROBERT II. COW AH, ,
General Comm,lmln Merchant,
' WILMINOTOK, If. 0.
Offio aouth aoraor llarket aad Water streoU
ap sUlrs. bo-ly
II. W. ROBLfSOIV,
BUnOEO.V HEJfTIHT,
TTAVINO PEBMANENTLT LOCATED W THB
XX tooTB of Wadasboro , rospoetfally f m y
tenOert hi ProfessUnal Serrioei to Mfjff. -
who ma need them. HstIoc bad soto- --LLXXf
ral years praetloo, bo feels aafo la warrantlag aatis-
bsUoa la ALL UrtKATlO.NS. AH diseases or IM
noalh sooeessfully treated. ArtiSoial teetb, froia one
to a full sot, sapplied la the best aad aiost approrod
stylo, rorsons in the eoontry TlaitaJ at tboir. rest-
denoo wbea deilrod. ..
Terms oasb wbea the work Is finished.
Wadeaboro', February 8, 1860-94-tf '
IIOFKIil-S, HULL at ATKIKSO!f,
. . - IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE
DE11EBS LY F0REIC1 LTD DOMESTIC JET GOODS,
Ko. 258 Baltihobb Stbbbt,
r.)
basil b. Horauas
BALTIMORE. .
SOBIST bvll,
- ' ;.- -87-tri
A8IIE at HARGRAYE,
UTTOIUTEira it Ltn -
Praelie In aartaerahip ia the eoauly of Anson, ex
eept on tho Criminal Docket lo tho Coanty Court, (J,
ft. Ilargraro Being uoaniy aouoitor.;
- They will attend to the collection of all claim, en
tronte-J to them la Anson and the surroandioceoonties.
T. 8. Ashe stleads the Conrt of Riehmond, iloot-
gomery, Stanly, Cabarras, Uaioa aad Anson.
J. R. Hargrara those of Montgomery, SUnly and
Anaon.
BrjjrOISoo at Wadeaboro', x
THOMAS 8. ASHK. J B. lURORAVE.
U. P. Il.TIJIOIS, -.
ftUch and Clock Hepalrer, .
AXSOXVILLB, . c.
Jewelry, Ac, neatty and subataatially
repaired, and all work warranted
a.
1!7
twelro months. . if
NORTH CAROLINA
White Sulphur Springs,
WILL BE OPENED FOR VISITORS ON THE
I at of June. They are situated near the pres
ent tenninns of tho Weatera North Carolina Railroad,
not an hour's rids by superior omnibnws and stages.
The Proprietor has procured the scrnccs 01
1 THOMPSON TYLER
as Mansgrr, whose experience st ths mot Faiblonable
Watering Places of Virginia, added to his command
ing appearance and gentlemanly bearing, insure good
order and good fare.
The tery best BALL ROOM LEADER and BLACK
BAND OF MCSICIANS that tho city of Richmond,
irmnis, affords, taata been procured.
RIDING VEHICLES aad HORSES, BILLIARD
8ALOONS aad BOWLING ALLEYS an st the com
mand of riaitora. The country Is elevated and healthy.
The scenery is beautiful, and roads moft excellent;
and the oleaeare cronnda extensive. There is no bet
ter water than that afibrded by the Noitb Carolina
While Sulphur springs.
The patronage or the Carolina is cennuenuy re
ed on to reosy lbs Proprietor for the expensive out.
lay he has made to fit op a Watering Place suited to
their wants. And bo promisee that Kb pains shall be
spared by himself or hia-gentlen.an1y assivtant to ren
der all who nay viait niaa aienaani ana comioruoir,
II. 1.. kuiiakus, rropnetor.
May 13, lSGO-88-tf
Boyden House,' Salisbury N. C.
THE SUBSCRIBER BEGS LEAVE TO INFORM
a His inenos ana me puuuo 101 um
as agent for William 11. and C. M. Hower
ton. taken ebarce of this well-known and
populsr. Hotel, situated on Main atreet, in llil'
nltiuit .nil hmiMeas not t of the citv. na
The Hons and furniture are entirely new, and bo in
tends to sustain the reputation of the bouse as a
First Class Hotel.
An omnibus will always be found at the Station on
tbe errlTal of the trains, ready to carry passengers to
the Hotel free of charge.
Regular Boarders.'Lawyers and Jdtors will find a
comfortable homo at this bouse. It ia conveniently
located. BS-tf THOS. IIQWERTON, Agent.
North Carolina College,
.tfoiotf Pleasant, Cabarru Co., .V. C.
miMS PROS1SIN0 INSTITUTION EXHIBITS
a Course or btuoy inienor so nose m iu oww,
its Board of Trustees feel confident that tho pre,.
1 -.ili.4 "ourso will bo ably, strictly and satisfactorily
SrlU" " of tb. Fsculty, qualified to teach noon
e seiecu. iTstem. Erery member of tho
the most appro..-' 'VborB nl raised on Soati
Fscnjty is a Southern UJ"1 "
inw. . of tny similar
Tt pnns r lsss than tho.. . .
insliiuiioa in sue , ;
. '. I i .1 a! Qnl. triii ai aiTn. a- "11
from IU endowment, and lu pen rro in wcauon . 1
a healthy and productive section of the countijand
In a wealthy ana mow pqnimmmy, .
The annual exercises opeu on or h"h
m.r ttfM.fcr. and eoatinu forty-two woeka with
out i"'rmission, except an Examination end Literary
Contc-t during tho week Including iU 22 of Febru
ary. Tho half year exereis commence on tbo22d
of February, and any student who Is not able to set m
at tho beginning ot tho Collegiate year, can enter at
or about that timo, paying for only the half year.
TERMS.
In the Preparatory Department, which Is intendeil
to furnish yonng men thoroughly for the College
olasees-for Board, Tuition, Room-rent, Wa'king,
r..l for the Tear..- ..JIU7 UU
In th College Department Do., do... 118 00
, Oiu-nalf mvnaaiy m avanci.
For fnrther particulars address, for Circulars,
-CoK VO UN b II IMl'UUii nee toioru, :
vi n it TtlTTLF.. Pres. N.-O. College, or-
Rev'. O. D. BERNHEIM, Fin. See. N. C. College
Mount Pleasant, N..C, Feb. 1. lBW-IQ-iy- ,
niLLSBOROV MILITARY ACADEMY,
-B-TNDER : THE CONDUCT OF COL. C. C.
IJ TEW, late Superintendent of the
Slate Military Academy of Columbia, 8. C.
Tk. a,.fr t inHtrnetion eomorlses Six Om-
sera. For a Circular address th Superintendent.
-m mw IMtfilB All V At. TO..
- -1
W '.AbsXTi FOR AXD'pSALEM f
url 1 PERUVIAN GUANO;
REESE'S MANIPULATED UCANO;
SOMBRERO GUANO;
AMERICAN" GUANO;
t ivn uriaTER. A. . fta.
f
A largo aupply conetantly on hand for sala In lots
10 fflLn'rion. W. C. Jilarch , lSfiO-Tfrtf t
PIIOSPUATIC GUANO
HE ATTENTION OF PLANTERS AND OTHERS
I lla invited to the following report of on analysis by
mm? iTTtNTinN nr PLAmrtiria ajsii
n. J.,l,ri fi. Draner.af th University of New i or,
of an average aample of cargo of PHOSPHATIC
GUANO, recently Imported by the Phoenix Guano
Company from McKean's Island, Pacillo Ocean, vis;.
" Orgsnle matur . -V"
Water omblned
BolbssftJM,8lphate., Chlorido... ......... 8.00
Phoapbat of Lime, of which 6.0 la Ron -
Phoephato aad 1.001a Bl-phoophate 66.00
' 7.50
-J- - : . " . , , iM J
lillei aad Carbonate of Llsao....
Tor sale by
100.00.
vr xr !HATeT A CO.. A cents.
Li
-fttl , WUssltoB, H. (X
NORTH CAROLINA ARGUS.
ADDRESS OF ' TIIE ! WATipAL EXE-
CUTIVE CO.TI.TIITTEE OF Til
CO.'VUTITIJTIO.llALIJMIOll I'AMT V
TO THE I'EOl'LE CF THE UNITED
STAtES.
r Rooms Kat. Fx. CoMMiTTaa, 1
WkthutglM, If. C, Aufut 4, 2S00.
Fellow Citizens : W beg leave to present
to you, lor your consideration, a few of the reason
wliiob, Id our judgment, make it tbe imperative
duty of tbe reflecting ana patriotic voters cf the
United btate to east tboir auHragoa at tbe com
ins Prctidcnlial election for John Dell and Kd
ward Everett, the candidate of the Constitution
al Union Fart. All nion, whatever may bo
their political conviction and in whatever part
of the country the ma live, must admit that
eur political condition at inn lime n at ones un
natural and alarruin. Ia all free countries, gov
erned by respective, bodies, there are, and must
be, political parties. The natural divu-ion of
these parties is in conformity with, certuia origi
nal principle ja humanity itself. One party
represents permancney, and one progression : one
fnr timcimm tm onettw ruidiatt- pouts
The prosperity and healthy growth of free coun
trie depend upon the adjustment and proportion
of the force represented by these two parties,
moving within tho sphere of tho Constitution,'
and alike inspired by patriotio impulse. The
parties which, under vsrious names, have, until a
few years past,' divided tho country, bare rep
resented, or professed to represent, these princi
ples, though it has often happened that the par
ticular issues on which they were opposed were
accidental and not essential.
THE SLAVERY QCESTIOX
But recently a change has come over the spi it
of our politics, and the natural sntegooisra of
psrties has been disturbed. In fifteen of the
thirty-three States which now compose our Con
federacy, fhe institution of African slavery ex
ists; and all admit that, within these States, it
is entirely. beyond the sphere and jurisdiction of
the National Government. At tho time of the
formation" of the Constitution, it Lad a lcj a'
existence, at least, in nearly sll the States.
From that timo to this, it has been a subject pow
erfully moving the sympathies and passions of a
portion of the community, and it cannot be de
nied, that it has considerably enhanced tho
difficulty of governing .and administering tlio
country. But the craro (lucslions which crew
out of tho existence of slavery were always met
witu that wisdom and patriotism, which were re
quisite for their sdjustment and solution. The
Constitution itself was the birth of, a spirit of
generous concession and magnanimous compro
mise : and in a like spirit tho country was long
governed. -One crisis of mere -than common
magnitude and peril occurred 10 IsM, upon the
admission of Missouri: slid another in 15i0,
upon the admission , of California : " but both
happily paesed, and in both cases, after some mo
ments of anxious suspense, the coals of strife
were quenched, and harmony was restored.
At the adjournment of Congress, in 1850, the
country was at peace. There was no portion of
the territory of the United States which had not
its condition fixed by positive, and as was sup
posed, irrepealable law. The anti slavery agita
tion had been mainly confined lo a few ever-zealous
persons in certain localities. It had excited
a disturbing force in the politics of some of the
States ; it had sent some ardent partisans to the
National Legislature ; but it bad no marked infiV
enee upon the politics of the nation. No better
proof can be adduced iu support of this position
than tho fact, that at the i'residcntiol election in
the autumn of 1852, Mr. Hale, the candidate of
the Freesoil party, received but 158,123 rotes,
to Mr. Pierce's 1,590,395, and General Scott's
1,393,089.
REPEAL OF THE MISS0CRIjC0Mrr.0MIE. .
But this auspicious calm was disturbed, and
all the winds of sectional strife were let loose by
events occurring between the Presidential elec
tion of 1852f and that of 1856. Prominent
among these were the untoward abrogation of the
Missouri Compromise, in 1854, the acts of vio
lence which occurred in Kansas, and tho persis
tent efforts of the Federal 'Administration lo
force that Territory in the Union. So great was
tbe effect produced by these causes, that instead
of Mr Hale's meagre vote of 158,128, Col.
Fremont, the Republican candidate, bad 1,341,-
515, to Mr. Jiuchanan's 1,838,232, and Mr. I'll
more' 874,707. Since that time the Kcpubli
, . :,;,,, :,. : 1. .-.,.
and prfcuts as formidable a front before tbe
can ;7 .upuJ.iie ,.,.. viCI
country as 1, v. --- . ...
TilE REPEAL "OF Tills X8SOC2T COMPROMISE
4 DEM0CIIAT10 MSURE.
States
d
Southern measure, and one Ot tlio acts of what
tbcT are wont to call the slave power; but such
speakers show more party seal than love of truth.
The feeling in regard to that Compromise was
substantially the same in both sections of tbe
country; each conceived that it had yielded
some thine of constitutional riiht, but both acqui
esced in the result as a measure of healing and
band that act tbe disastrous ball in motion was tbe
band of a Northern Senator. Thirty seven Sena
tor voted with him, and thirteen against him,
and of these fourteen were from the Noithern
State j had these.fourteen voted fhe other way.-i
the Compromise would not have been disturbed.
The measure was a Democratic measure, and the
leader of the Democratic party are alone respon
sible for it, and for iu consequences. They having
sown tbe wind, ere now,, reaping the whirlwind
The retribution whjch baa fallen inpon their once
powerful organization can
awaken no sympathy, j
for it i ho more than the righteous penalty ex
acted from those who break the' law of right;
Their party i now cleft in twain, and tbe two
divided portions turn towards each other a, coun
tenance of 'i Irrepressible conflict" and inextin-
.... ' . - .. . '"n-i i i:i.
guishable animosity. There are no quarrels like j
family quarrels, and tnera is no nairea use tue .
hatred that onoe waa love. .
MB. DOUGLAS AND MR. BRECKINRIDGE
Mr. Douglas, representing the principle or,
rather the policy (for wa deny it in tho name of j
principle) of popular sovereignty, is atrong at the ,
North, Mr. Breckinridge, representing the d-
trine of national intervention in behalf of slave-
ry, and identified with the present Ac
tinn. is stronor at the South.
Mr. Dougla. will probably command larger 1
Great pain bare been taken ia the .Northern , :."o wiioie country into tncir lianas, andio admin-
by fiopuHicao speakers tq. rcpiocn.t,, the iste.",1'.' lu ciusneiy.miern
thA .AI .snnr 'mnnnuu in ai n nnl ntf . Ann JH HKO JT'auuci, vno ouuuyncio 01
1
. Ihi-riMl-lftot the- North-and- K.iuth i hail otthLik)Mederac7 would resraru as a usur-
alik by surprise; not a petition to that effect j potion, and to which it would refuse to submit,
waa nresented from anv Southern State, and the i The fact that our Union is ootuposed in part of
- t:,h,n ; i,,,. W hecr.blood andinflam. tha pio- The North u
Bioided bj o'ber pariroi bia tuece id ny
Northern Klala is queuionnblo. It ia dtubtful
whethor Mr. lireokiuridgo can obtain, the vote of
0llt Souihorn State, and he cannot bopa to carry
i, on(l 1. .1.- Vnt,h v '
i ,iPR16l0Df.in tya.J?0,,V; ,. .,
1 uo eivciiun ui euiiur iiir. irci.'Kiiiiiue or iur.
Dougla we should regard as a serious misfortune
to th country. Except upon the particular
point on which they are at issue, we may pre
sume that the course and policy of their admin
istrations would be substantially the same. The
electron of cither would continuu those abuses
and coirtiptions-uhich have done so much to de
moralise our people, which have brought our in
stitutions into such undeserved distrust abroad,
and against which the unporverted conscience
of the whole country so cnergcrticully protests.
KO CHANCE FOR DOUGLAS OR LUIEBKIN.
1UIXJE.
"Hut wo deem it unnecessary to speculate upon
the consequences of sn event which can never t ike
piece, llie eleetiou of either Mr. Houdas or
Mr. Breckinridge is simply an impossibility, siid
the Democratic; party North and South may as
well look tins lact steadily in the lace (0 day ar
bereafler, for to this conclusion they mut coiue
'mttiuiCiM bouse divided azmnst itaolt
cannot stand. Kvcry man in the country of
sound mind, Whoso wish is not father to Ins
thought, uiujt bo convinced thnt neither of the
Democratic candidates cau be choeeu by a popu
lar vote.
THE REPUBLICAN TARTY A ECCTIONAL
PARTY.
Before the peoplo of the United State the
contest i between Mr. Bell and Mr. Lincoln ;
and assuming this as a fixed' fact, we proceed to
state some of the reasons which should induce
all. well wishers to their country 'to voto for the
former rather than the latter. These reasons ap
ply rt ith equal force to the North and South.
f he great, the obvious, the insuperable objec
tion t ) JTf. Lincoln is founded upon the fact that
he is a sectional candidate, and that the Hopub
lican party is a eectjoni.1 party. In fifteen out of
the thirty-three States which compose our Uuion,
the Republican party lias no substantial existence ;
and,rfihould Mr. Lincoln be chosen, his adminis
tration could bavo no Southern support, but only
Sociherti opposition. . We are well awaro how
energetically the Republican paity discluims ail
designs hostile to the constitutional rights of the
.South; we believe that many of its members are
sincere in these disclaimers; tho distrust awak
ened throughout the South by the existence tnd
attitude of tho Republican party may be ground
less distrust. That the Republican party js hon
estly believed throughout the South to be a sec
tional party, and as such is viewed with uncompro
mising hostility," is enough for the' purposes of
our argument. If they have earned such a rep
utation without deserving it, it is a misfortune,
to the consequences cf which they mustsubmit.
Btt surely they bavo uot earned it without cause.
To say nothing of the atrocious and unwarrant-
u iauguage which their most popular speakers
are 10 the habit ot tiding to eay nothing ot the
lact that maoy ol their campaign documents are
mere abolition harangues, made up of the foulest
and fierceVabuse of tho entire South, the" uncon
stitutional statutes which some of the Northern
State have poked, against tho execution of the
Fugitive Slave Law are in direct opposition to
the professions of tho party, and justify the dis
trust which the Soutnente;taiua of thein. AVe
do not say that the election of Mr. Lincoln
would bo fatal to the Uirion. We are no dis
unionsts; and no disunibniskbas a right to be a
member of the- Constitutional Union party.
Under any possible combination of circumstances,
wo cannot conceive of a dissolution uf the Union
as anything but the greatest of calamities. Come
what will, we shall stand by tho.UnioXaa the
most precious jewel of our souls. . But knowing
the. pro'ul and sensitive spirit of the Southern
people, we do say that the election of Mr. Lm
coin would expose the Union to a perif to whiehnr th(y "dude it from regions where it
tin line nntrint slioilbl. wkll tr sefl it nvnnn,l ptpDtable. At tlllS IllOUiei.t BOOpe Will question
And, further, we do say that the attempt to gov.
cm tbe country upon the distinctive and peculiar
principles of the Republican party would be fa
tal to tbe Union. 1 In other words, the attempt
on the part of the National Government, by pos-
itivalawoexcludeflayery fromsuch portion '
ot the National pomain as would become slave
territory but for such exclusion, would, in our
opinion, break up the Union. And the converso
of tire proposition is equally true; any attempt
on tho part of the National Government to force
slavery, by positive law, into such portion of the
national domain as would become tree territory
but for such intervention, would also break up the
Union.
The calm and dispassionate observer can secn
ibe Republican movement only a combination of
the Northern Slates to tako the government of
Mr.. Breckinridge propose to take toe govern
., . . .
ment of the whole country iu;? weir nanus,
with a view , of administering it with reference
to an exclusive Southern policy. In either oaso
the result would be a diversion of the General
Government from its legtimale sphere; or rather
an assumption of powcts on the part ot the Uen
eral Government, not delegated to it, which one
slaveholding States, and in part of non slave
holding States imposes grave duties upon both
sections duties of concession, foib&arancc, and
conciliation; respect for each other's convictions;
tenderness of handling each other's sensitive
points iu short, sueb rul'is of self control and
self government as regulate in social life, and the
relations of business, tho intercourse of gentle
men who. may jchanco to differ widely on the
gravest questions. To these duties wo would
fain recall-both the North and, tfia-eWuth.- ibe
Union is a blessing, the continuance ot wtiicti im
poses tome saennees on uoin portions-01 1110
country. . ." "
Neither pro-slavery zealots nor anti slavery
zealots can use the powers of the General Gov-,
crnmentfor the advancement of their own pe-
culiar views, however honestly entertained.
SLAyERv xSD ANTI SLAVERY AGITATION.
Tt ia a necessarv consenuencc of tho- unhappy
fact that our political contests have become -mere j
' struggles for the "p'ossession of power between j
struggh
the North and the South ; that our political dis-
cussions have become little elsct.ian mutual enm-
inatisnBTi recriminations. ino peopio no
loneer listen td areumonts, addressed to their
to their tectiooal prejudice, wmcu ouiy ne .r-ss
te hate (he North. On both aide, language is likely to aiiie in the conduct tf the Govjrnnicnt
studiously selcctod for its galling and exasperating ! nothings to his knowledgo of the great in
qualities.' Thcro is no recognitioi of tbe law of (crests and relations of the country. IIo served
charity, which suffer long and i kind; there ia j but 1 single tjrm in the House of IteprCsenta
no aduiiwinn of the tremendous difficulties which , tiro, and there earned no conspicuous d.stinc
environ the who'e nhject of slavery; Northern ' lion. Ilia rrmimtion was extorted from tho
speakers denounce the South for maintaining Chicago Convention by tho force of local pressure,
the system, and yet they are unable to suggest i nd prefents the most glaring example of the
any scheme for getting rid of, it;- Southern ! pitiful doctrine of avaihibiliiy that tho political,
speakers make no disiinetioo between the rankest j annals of this country have ever shown. - Hm
abolitionism and the abstract opposition lo slave- claims for tho vffico of President of tiie United
ry in itself, which is an-alinost universal senti- States rest upon the (act that, in a popular con-
moot at tliu North. And out of (he immense ' lest before the peoplo of Illinois, with Mr. Doug,
mass of speeches on the subject of slavery which 1 1. he sustained himself with energy and fair
hsvo been inflicted upon the oonntry, in Congress ' ability. ' Nor need we do more than advert to
and out of it, not one bint or lusrsestion can be ! the fact, which is another illustration of the seo-
gathered of the least practical value towards the
solution of" the problem of alavery, or evon a
mitigation of i's assumed evils. ,
Tho consequences of this miserable gitaj!on
bavo been of the most mclancholly kind." Tho
attachment which formerl united the North and
the South is fast disappearing, end estrangement,
alienation, and ill will are taking its place. -The
two sections of tho country are learning to look
upon eauh other as natural cnomie. This state
of feeling renders it impossible for th National
Legislature to legislate calmly, judiciously, dis
passionately, for the common good 01 the whole
country. Congressional debates have degenerated
into mutual vituperations and denunciations, and
are disgraced by the most offensive personalities.
All
nnmiimtinni bm iilrAil rtf nnt her flint Mat.
sent.al cxpedienr-y, but by the quarter from which
(Iiau anniA fir what ... en Ihin In Ka W a
1. " - . J-"n- y
tbey come. Of what use is it, then, for the Re
publican party to spread foith in tboir platform
an claborato array of measures and principles,
so long as a sectional division exists iu our poli
tics which makes one half "of tho country look
with suspicion end distrust upon every movement
of the other ? i : ,
Nor is this all. The tendency of this section
al excitement is to repel wise and good men from
the spere of politics, and thus to lower the tone
of government. Men endowed with statesman
like powers will not take part in an agitation
which dwarfs tho understanding while it inflames
the passions. The consequence is, that while
wo ate rapidly increasing 111 wealth and all the
indications of material civilization, and surely
not declining in virtue and intelligence, the series
of our public men marks a descending scale, and
the standard of Congressional debate is constant
ly lowering. - Intelligent foreigners who come
among us arc puzzled to account for the singular
fact, thnt so few men of superior ability ure taking
part in the government of the country. Indeed,
the virtue and intelligence of the country are
fast ebbing away from the sphere of politics, and
its vices and passions arc Ltt usurping their
plaeesv-
THIS AGITATION UNNECESSARY.
The pro-slavery and anti slavery agitation which
has been to long convulsing the country, is as un-
necessary as it is mischievous. The more con-
sorvative portion of tho Republican parly have
tacitly acquiesced in tho fugitive slave law, in the
existence of slavery in the District of Columbia,
and in tbe right to carry slaves from one State to
another; and they have always disclaimed any
right, or any intention" to interfere with slavery
iu the States themselves. The subject of slavery
in the Territories, and th power of Congress over
it there, ore the only points they leave for discus
sion and difference. If government bo d practi
cal art, as surely it is-if the object of govern
ment be, not to enunciate principles, but to pro
vide for each emergency as it arises all the ex
cittnent, and all thin conflict, arc utterly purposeless
and idle. We have been familiar with slavery
long enough to know by what laws it is regulated
and controlled. Kxpcricoceand observation have
jhown that slavery is dependent upon conditions
of sou in the climate, and lies beyond the reach
of political combinations.. These will not force
slavery into regions where it is not profitable ;
tboforrectness of the statement that there is not
a footS)f the territory of the United States, the
condition of which in reference lo slavery is not
already fixed by law, and, there is no place with
in the federal domain, upon which tho abstract
theories of tho extremists of cither section, in re
gard 10, the isclusrotrof slavery from-the TerYiio-4
rics or its introduction into them, can be practi
cally applied. The whole question of slavery in
the Territories, as now presented, is an abstrac
tion pure and simple, incapable of practical ap
plication, and prolific of serious mischief. It has
already produced sectional alienation, and now
menaces the integrity of the-Union.
REPUBLICANS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACI
. TATIO.V
To create and maintain this unhappy agitation,
North and South, Democrats and Republicans
we need not stop to enquire in what proportions
have both contributed in times past; but at this
moment, the Republican party are mainly re
sponsible for its continuance. . The great object
which they proposed to accomplish was the ad
missido of Kansas as a free t'.f '.e.. This was the
excuse and justification lor ibo formation of a
purely sectional-organization. This element gav'6
theta their great strength 185C. - It was for this
that many moderate and conservative -mf n in the
northern and middle States gave them their votes
st that time. But that object u now accomplish
el
No one doranhat.Kansajirtoetidrnittcd j
as a free State. The Democrats have lost the
stake for which they played so desperate a game.
What need then is there for tho further continu
ance of sectional agitation, and for keeping it up
by aruischievous sectional organization ? What
'immediate end do they propose to accomplish?
What tangible object have tliey in view They
have not now that moral element which gave them
strength in 1850. They can now take no higher
attitude than that of "a combination of ambitious
aspirants and greedy office-seekers, who, having
I .the sweets of power, and its substantial re-1
I, in many of the States, are panting or the !
SDlendid prizes-of a national victory, and j
Ltasted
wards!
more s
for that purpose ..'are diligently fanning tho fires
of sectional hate, wnicn every if ue pau iuv auouiu
wish to have extinguished.
QUALIFICATIONS OF MR. LINCOLN
So far a the claims and qualifications of can
didates are concerned, we surely need hot shrink
ffrom comparison with the Republican party. For
the first time in the history of the country, a
great party has nominated for the Presidency a
man nnkuown, even by name, 10 a majority 01 .
tbe people. Mr. .Lincoln, w aumit, is a re-
spectaoie man, a reiiu j", -
popular speaker, ot prooaoiy more toaii avenigr
1 of hi executive or administrative ca- I
anown
pact, -nothing ot , bis ew. a. w
lional character of I lie Keputlican organization,
: that their candidate for the Presidency is taken
I from the extretno Northwest. What means can
they have for knowing or ascertaining tho qu.ili-
I fications of persurs to fill tho Federal offices in
the Southern States r
MR. BFLL AND MR. EVERETT.
The candidates presented by the Constitutional
Union party have every poMi'blo daim rJjxm thtr
confidence and support of tho American people. "
There is little nocd of setting forth theso claims
in detail and by particulars, lor (0 suppose enr
one ignorant of the merit nd serviee of John?
. Bei nd Edwnrd Kvcretr. is to aunno him (.
1 nnr,nt r .1.,, t.iMn e tha nnn7.J j,.,:n
I Ul ,lirrv . 'loth h been distinuishr-rl
I 1 n ; .... . .
ana lunuciilml meuiiirr 01 both branches of Con-
r,H. jIr. Ml hai hpcn. 5 k of ,he Uomt
I . ... 1 .
01 ncpreseniauves, anu secretary ot Her. Mr.
Kvcrett has been. Governor of Massachusetts,
Minister to Great Britain, and Secretary of State.
Both are men of great political 'experience, and
both hovo proved their fitness for the highest
trusts. . Both are animated by the spirit of a gen
erous and comprehensive patriotism. Of nlf
Southern statesmen, none is more popular at the
North than Mr. Bell ; of all Northern statesmen,
none is. more endeared to the peoplo of the South
than Mr. Kvcrett. So commanding, indeed, is
the merit of both our candidate, that it is fully
ami freely conceded by all our opponents. Re
publicans, supporters of Mr. Douglas, and sup
porters of Mr. Breckinridge, all admit that, while
they prefer others, the interests of tho country'
would bo entirely safo in the hands of Mr. Bell
ond Mr. Kvcrett All would rcquicsco in tho
election of ourcandidates. Indeed the argument
most generally and most pcrsUtirigly pressed ngainst
them is, that they con not bo elected. We nocd '
not say how grave a clmrgo against the intelli
gence and integrity of our people is involved in
this declaration, and that every man who resolve
to vote for them, be tho result what it may, does'
something to lessen the weight of this objection.
Let m have the vote of every man in the coun
try who sincerely believes that ours is the best
ticket, and we ask no more.
DUTIES OF THE TEOrLE.
. Sllct) fclow citizeilg) are a fcw of tie niost ob
j vious arguments in behiilf of the candidates of the
j Constitutional Union party. We cannot disguise
! it fronl ,ou lhsii .e )onk forwarJ ,a til0 fu(uro
. ith grave anxiety. This is natural when wa
consider the excitability of the American people,
and the inflammatory character of the political .
issues whiJi now divide them. Surely, great .
dangers lie in the path on which we are moving.
Our appeal is to the patriotism, the reason, and
the conscience of the country to" leave these peril
ous edges of sectional strife, and thus avoid these
dangers. We wouM fain recall tlio American
people to a fresh setise of tho affectionate and fra
ternal wisdom which breathes through the Fare- .
well Address of the Father of his country. - There
are men nowlivicg who, when this address first
appeared, were of nn age to comprehend its spirit,
and to bo touched by its counsels; what a change
have they lived to witness in. the sentiments en
tertained towards each other by the alienated sec
tions of our once united country.. And bow do
our altered hearts and averted countenances vin
dicate the prophetic; sagacity of Washington ?
We readily admit that there have been grave
faults em both sides; let us not employ ourselves
in the ungracious office of comparing offencesind
weighing provocations, but let us open wide tho
arms of reconciliation, and cease to use the Janj,
guage of reproach. The blessing promised to the
peace makers "shall rest upon- all who address k
themselves ta this beneficent work. We wish' to
preserve the Union, and transmit it to our chil- '
dren; and a Union animated by the life-blood of
a paternal spirit, without which it is a shadow,
and not a substance.
Let us revive in the hcaits of our countrymen
the prophetic declaration of the patriot Clay, in
his memorable speech before the Kentucky Leg
islature, when he was called, in 1850, to breathe
out bis-life in the last grand effort to give peace
to a distracted country.
" I may be asked, as I have been asked, when I
would consent to a dissolution of the Union. I
answer, Never ! Keecr! " Nkvf.r!
If the agitation in regard to the fugitive slave
law should continue and increase, and become
alarming, it will lead to the formation of two new
parties, one forthe Union and the other against ,
theUnion; ' and the platform of that
Union party t. ill be tue Union,' tub Consti
tution, and the Enforcement or the Laws. '
And if it should be neccspry to form such a party,
and it should be accordingly formed, 1 announce
myodf in th!i ptnrr ,1 tnnnler of iliaf jmrfi
whttcver mail be ill component thmentt."
The lime so eloquently nnd graphically pre
dicted has arrived. That Union party is now
organized. It appeals to the countrymen pf
Washington and Clay -for their support. . It en-; '
treats them to gather in serried phslonx fcround
the Union and the Constitution, and dcfendlliem
from the fierce assaults of sectionalism whenceso-.
ever they may come ;"and by the election of Tour .
national and natriotio candidates, to preserve "for'
our sons1 theglorious heritage bequeathed us by
bur sires, so that it shall jcmaiii tlio boast ot ...
American citizens th;.t they have" ono couptry
one Constitution and one destiny.''
-'ALEX. R. BOTKLKR,-Cti
an man. 1
1
L. A. WlUTEtKY, Secretary. . . , "
lute A mountain of pure talc exists in Cherokee
i county. -in this State, west of Murphy. It is termed
I the "Ftcth chalk" ry tuilo -s, who nse it as a eubsti--'
tute fr ehnlk. It is now -extensively, used in the
: manufacture uf the fine soaps, and as aa anti-friction-!
ist on heay roachiiscrynd wagons and carriages
moistened with iU In tno viemtty or navigxtion Uiu
is expe(lse ,r transpomtion would'
mn no projta -tb n,ur( tta it n,, thSote
remain nnuaea until a dense population, wiw
j, J BS ractorios, encompass u
Sen. Lane's advocates allege lbt-hia ignorance
...1 1.:. n.,.tt That mi 7 be. bnt, if
p, ,i( of g,, ijnitej state were to elect an Ignor,
- t m rw5 -