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UNION, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS THE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY.
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May yecr rick .
EiiiUwant. "' J1" Uip ttr
T!c w' 9 KroBOffilM Manure
If a bush! f plaster were added ,
thoroogldy mixed with every 20 loads
of manure, which may be applied to light
sandy ld. w ",,,J h,Te fewer mm
nUiuM thai rl lnT re hongry end
will not ltnld roanore." we should have
fewer complaints d" "r fri ' corn bo1
being fillet! out with grain. As the de.
composition f the manure Uke plaee,
the more nutri'if e part of it tl.e ferld
tin janes from their natic tolvtility,
acc iiil, and if the "il in hich he "
Hum ran have been pljrcd i porous, as
is the rise wi'h die shot descriled
as a nTfiiary roiiscqnence, torh frrlili
linz. fruit r't. escape through
ihe pore of ttie earth into the air, am! are
LHt m the field wherein they, were gmt
rated., But. if before we tprly,
nitre to uch lands, ve were to take the
precaution to incorporate with il the shore
prescribed on nt'uy of plaster, the cm-
tJioma, m U may be f -wied by tle it?
composition or lottine.of ihe mnnre,frrm
ii affinity for the sulphuric ciU which
forms an important part of plotter. wouUl
unite with it, and frm the sulphate ol
ammonia, substance not volatile, nor
liable to be given out, except when acted
upon by certain decrees of heat, air. mois
ture, and the power of absorption posse,
sed by plants, through the toluic action of
their root, llene e it is, if we inrorporate
plaster with manure before ploughing it in.
we f ire Juldity to the enriching ge, ami
thus retain them In the earth, until con
sumed by the plants in the course of their
feeling; we will theieby impart, jo cer
tain extent, to sandy .land, the retentive
powers, owing to their physical consis
tency, peculiar to clayey soils; and wilj
be thus enabh d logive comparative per
manency to our applications of fertilizers
to our lauds. . " ;..,'., , ,,
,".' ! ACOUTj TURNIPS, &c , s
I A correspondent of the i Gcrmantown
Tclepraph, in an intereslinff nrtU le onlh
Turnip Cidinre, estimates tlie cost of hi
crop hi six renis per bushel. H.ia would
appear to be a low estimate . when we con
aider the value ( the article for feeding ;
but if by throwing our individual expe
rience into common etoek.'we can acquire
information enabling u to produce the
e.rop at a lower rale than that above no
ticed, all may be benefitted., , 5
It has been satisfactorily ascertained
thai RtpMim applied to the ground before
hroken up (or turnip, at the rate of two
bushel per acre, will make a very decided
difference in the crop. , Tl.U result has
been noiice.l under dilTerr nt circumstances
and n different soihv After a thorough
preparation of the ground, the manure from
the ptaultry house will be found to be the
best tipplication, except Guano, which aj
near to have some peculiar consttluenl
propcrty adapted to the growth of turnt p1.
and on ihi account i a.more ecommycal
B,anure than hny other.-; I " iwotmeo
that in' Ireland, w here ao murhdependa
on thesuctesa of the crop, the we of a!
oilier manure baa been abandoned, and
guano hlone relied, on. I: t
- On the 2lt of last July, I applied r
totpw guano at the rate of 200 Iba. pr
acre in" mc cbr, which were four feet
apart, covering the guano slightly with
the ylow. ; Ou the rWge Um oimtfd ??d
ton tit rnin seed was drilled i the corn kept
the ertwmd ehatletl, and prevrnjeq .jnu
: . . . . i
fftowlli 01 weeds: consequent! v im !-
lure wa nccdetl. After the corn was
cut '.tip September. . Ihe.- turnips .grew
luxuriantly nnl pr'odiiced the finest-crop
I ercr- raised t whil.ino intermediate
r lai Hint wrre nhmted without any rua-
no, were not. worth Hie trtuiDte'oi Suina
over to pull the turnip. - ' -
- In this experiment, of cultivating Utr-
.---- . . .
iirps amonir corn, tiiero was no. m
crowid nsed, aial ,11 the culture and -phw-
injr saved, tlu only, expence being the
guano; which cot Iw.n.and a half cents
per bushel for the crop-produced I -. . .
; Sontlrrt YrgntauU Dirt- We can fiaye
. vi-jroiatiles tlieycur round and witheo lit
tle l .W. lint il i a matter or wonder lo
a provident man ihntrun independeni citi
zen is content with so-small a variety
The cabbage tribe will give us boded
vegetables from the first el 'May to the
lirt lof January, even if we could not
crow the cabbage heads ; we the have
iVmn'.uniif April or May. We can
hW tifveet potatoe fiom Janntiy -1
Jt .ti.fU then there are pumpkin?, pars
iii. ".i-i I winter squashes, lor winter;'
j'i-iu" f.r Biiiomer; turncp tp. sp"-aA-h.-a-iprfiagns
fur spring. What living
for we of the south ! But fmiu iu ibeir
Masoa tie not to be foroitra. Straw,
berries, fmat IJ.hof April to JSihcf.Msy;
then I'liirLassv pluoss linul Crt or asid
dUfJane; fis. then ra phcrfies ; aul
mer peitches; soon ifier srly York, ear
ly Tillotoa. atidmher peacles; Jane an
pics. Early ('ailirrioe. Jargonelle, and oih
erpear. A fantdy can bavt fruit Iron the
tree and the vine front the miJUle of
April to the first of January, without resor
linf to hot-hiHie culture.
.k Notwithstanding ittese rarifd gifts of
God to we still continue to gormandize
meat; and lor this simple rron, we are
arruUMued to it and will not try another
plan. . SmUUm CMtat.
Orchards. If not already done, the
trees in orchard should be treated to a coat
of soft soap, sulphur and salt, mixed in
the proportion of one gallon of sulphur,
and one quart of salt. Where there may
be moss on tress, or the bark mo;h arid
dead in appearance, the trees should be
craped before the. mixture is applied.
And if it is a Lotig lime ago" sinre
your orchard was manured, you will great
ly improve yoni trees, as. well as the
ftuit they bear, by harrowing in a mode
rate quantity of compost of six parts of
mitrh mud, ditch scnipinr, or . wood
mould, one part bone earth, and one part
mIics The maas to be well mixed to
gether, ami spread tinder each tree as far
a the limbs may rxtend, px as (at a you
may suppose the' the roots- reach. 'I he
tree, to bear fruit fine and fir, stands just
as muck in need of f"od, as does the man
who labors fmm gray morn to the setting
sun. And tliiiiL' that have life require
to be fed. to. pro-ere them in rigorous
health and usefulness. - ,
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tlqdJ lannrc for-Crapn The Ohio
Cultivator says, that a grupe vine al a ho
tel in dial State, but three years old, has
climbed to the second storr. and has ex
tended its branches round the corners of
the building in a distance of twenty or I
thirty feet, nearly the w hole being full of,
the clusters of fnnt. The only unusual
treatment il has receired, was a watering
every day with dish water and
1 occasion
ally with soap suds , Working Ferma1.
1 Many persons suppose that the best
way to prevent months from eeltini into
n nnlpn nr Rir. ia ncraainn&l.'p lliroucrh '
the summer lo bang these articles in the)
sun ami rain. This is a great mistake,
as it by surh exposure that the moths are
most likely to get into them, i On lhe(
contrary, in the sprintr. when the season'
is over for fur and woolens, they should
be well shaken and brushed, and then
wrapped up tightly in linen, laying among
them lumps of camphor; handsful of fresh
hops; cedar shaving, and above all fat
pine wood sharingr, all of which are pre
veniives to moth; the camphor is by far,
tlia beat for fur. All woolens, die. should
be kept during the summrr unopened, in
dark thy place, such as drawers or large
ckests.it t'edar presses are preferable to
all others, for keeping cloths or other ar-'
tiiJes. Hair trunks rarely fail lo introduce
ninths. The month of June is the beet fonnd in all ; but efery bit of furnish
time to-put away flannels. . - 1 "j in j has gone now, except what yoa see.,
' ?'a h taken aw one thing after
; "the' rescued timpani),
i. , j A SI'ROEOS'S STORy. f !
Knock ! knock ! knocM It was again
the familiar night warning. A seafon of
disease, especially - fatal to the working
people of the town, fcept me constantly at ol her, ami cares onty t grhiiiy nis crav
work; and, well or ill, willing or not, Ting for drink? Formerly, when he came
must be ready nt their call. I sprung Trout' hflmo from his work, the house wa made
my warm bed, and lifting up the window! comfortable: for him; and oh I how I -re-sash,
called out," Who's theret" Ijoiced at the sound of his coming step!
" You mnst come directly, sir, io No- 6.
Smith's Yard, and see a child that lien
very til : its a neighbor's bairnr sir." -
' Very well; I shall be there present
ly," was myreply, and I shut-down the
window. - ' v ' ' s "
Throw intr on mv clothes has!ily, afid a
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cBak over-all, 1 hastenenout,ana proceeu
P,f to the hotise inuicaieu
It was
cold winter's morning, about five o'clock
The bitter wind, Jaden with sleet, caught
me at the sireet corner, and made me draw
mv cloak closer around me. The factory
bell were already ringing, and here and
j : - .z . ...
, there th huge emoles ol Victories weretii
up, and poured a thousand streams f light
,nl( lhe ,la,knew. The streets were astir
wh the taetory worKers men, women,
anj iX9 Ejri who dinged along in par-
tens through the wet enow wwen sprm
led the erounH. Poorchildrcnthus early
innred to the hard ltd of toil ! what a pit-
teoiis fate was - their ! BhI tinkling
through Ihe air wenl the importunate bells
ofihe factories, and away they must go-
LSVere they warmly clad? Were they leu!
Were they rested thus early attr, ano
exposed' to ihe elementtd But I stifled
my thoughts, and hastened on.
I foond the houe without difficulty. It
whs situated in a yard where I had often
before been in the course of the last three
months, called thhhr by the duties of my
profession, typhus fever in its worst
forms had recently been a constant visitor
there. " It whs in ihe hear! of n ill-drain-i'd,
lilihy neiuhborhotiil, exclusively in
hahitvd by wot king people. Tho gul-
ters lay close by the doors, they did not
rest, bat were star nt t moo h tofeih-
er. In seeh a ptare i)m remedies rmi.
drd by SBediciee have bat little avail. The
pnieoa held in solution by tl.e surrounding
air b files the most skilful treatrsrst, and
death is almost iavartsbty the viri.if in
il contest. Half the children bora ia
this district, I s assured by men of lone
experience, perished under (oar years old;
and the lirrs of those ho survived were
sickly, joyless, and miserable. Life with
them was only a long anil painful dying.
' 1 found my little patient ia the death
throes. It vraa a rase of croup of die worst
kind. The boue wa eemfordets in the
extreme. A few red cinders In the prate
stiuggled for life a cold fire, more cheer
less even than none al all. The furniture
of the room into which I was ushered,
consisted of drawers sadly out of repair,
a deal safe, three or four rieketty chairs,
and the miserable truckle on which the
dying child lay. A wooden flight of stairs
led to a sleeping apartment a bore of the
furniture of w hich one might form an hies
from this, the - best apartment. - The
mother of lie rhild held an infant of a
few weeks old at her bteat; she was cry
in; bitterly, for the sad tiuih was not to
be concealed Item her. She waj dresml
in a poor garment, patched ia many place,
yet she was clean; the few articles in the
apartment, however ruieraMo in other
respects, being sIm as dean a water and
scouring could make thrrn. The floor
too, was rlcaa and fresh sanded. By
whatever mesne, then, mverr had fallen
upon this humble honsehold, it did not, at t be most gUd to learn that you have bwome
first sight, appear lo be ihe woman's fault; I rr8ttred to usefulness as a member of so
the evi'lences of her domestic industry jciety, and to the renewed , iota and re-
were ohtioti. I here was a dismal pov
erty; that was only loo apparent. .
1 My interest in the poor woman's for
tunes an excited by what saw, and,
after administering some medicine from a
packet which 1 carried with me for im-
t- i ;
ntetiiaie use on sjicii occasions, i intjuirru
how she lived. ' ' ' ' '
'. We live but poorly, sir,' she said;
no wages have come into the house this
week: and you see," glancing at the in-
rant in her arm," mat we nave just Iiad
another little mouth to fill. .
" Tlien your husband'
- 1 hcsitatetl;
nd sreinz my doubt
M Alas 1' she said, H I Afire a husband;
and yet he is not a husband," and she
lutn thn tiv lifttw! ami intJ ' (
liunff down her head and WCnt
v Is he in Work?" I inquired.
Work enough, and well paid," for that
part of it; but. sir, you see, he haa sadly
fallen off in his ways since we were mar.
ricd. He has become unsteady care-
less of his home and family--in short sir.
a drunkard I
The confession cost her a painful cf.
fort; and I was almost sorry for having
extracted it; but she proceeded with her
story: . - ' ' ' ' L ! ' '
MVIien we were first married, I thought
mysell the happiest of women. II was
kind, affectionate, and steady. I did my
best to make things comfortable, and think
I succeeded. We were not always in the
poor-house you see now, sir; we had as
mng and tidy .a little home aj is to be
another, and sold them for drink; and I,
for I could not helpii, had to pawn my
clotlie for bread for my children ! Mine
has become hard and bitter lot; arid what
can a poor woman do, when tied to a man
who has ceased tolove her, ceased to think
Thera was very music tn if! uui now
the sound of his tread makes me shudder;
I listen for it a before, but it is in dread.
1 liear the nnteadvte. and my soitl
srnka wittUn me. That dear little boy.
h w he loved hi fatlier ! He clamberedl
about him, and romped and played with
liim. and the father felt a proud joy in his
young son. ! But that joy, too, waa pot-1
soned by "the growth of.tlw new cfaving
for tlrink which set in upon him and 1
even feared that ihe father began to grudge
ihe food that was necessary 4o nourish the
little thingcas it limited the means of keif
imkilgence. All is' a dreary blank now!"
I- found that tlie por child had been
called up one cold, raw night, -to. let the
father in, while the mother, unable to rise,
was confined to bed by her new-born in
fant. A severe cold waa caught, which
soon assumed tlte form of croups and death
fixed hi Teleniles talons, mf thedoomed
chihL That father how much had he
to answer for I and, did a spark of fatherly
ferlimr yet remain m him, how horror-
stritVen must he be, when finding the
shocking result of Ids own sinluv con
duct !
I left the house, giving the poor wo
man sueh comfort a the circumstances
would pet mit; and truth to say. they were
extremely slender. But I resolved in my
own mind 'to have an interview ; with the
man himself, and lo point out to him the
eonseauences of hts conduct. -'ta
K few hours after, when the moinine
light had diwncd, I returned lo the house.
The child bad breathed its last a lew mm
late before I entered. Tie mother, al
mot Leart-broken, was stunned with
jrief, arid tears were all Iter iterance. A
wan, bowed dawn and bafge red, sat by
the fire, the picture of wreichedoess. He
started ap when I entered, and made to
the tLior, but I stod before him aud &it.
" I should lke to have a word wiih yoa
before yon go. You are, I presume, the
faher of that rhild?"
I am, sir," be replied.
And you are aware of lite cause of its
death?' Us bbng down his bead and
sobbed.
.ldo nl wi.h to speak severely to
yon, my friend, at surU a tune; but yoa
must take this a a pcrial and eolerua
warnttig to yousrlf one sent, I hope, by
Providence, to withdraw yoa from the
guilty eouEseyos are now pursuing, which
must iieviably end in utter ruin and mis
ery to TourelC your wife, tad your cUil-dnn.""-
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. i 1 kno w it, sir, he gasped. I know
it ! , But I have been infctuated -road
and cruel to my family ia the extreme.
I fee) it all now ; I see the horrid gnUtiness
of my course, and 1 have rowed never to
drink again. ., I bars sworn il over the
body of my poor child, whose love I had
beran to forget, whose comfort 1 had late
ly altogether neglected ; and you will
tee, sir, I shall persevere in ray deter ruina
tion." ,,-,. .. ., ,. . .;
I am glad to hear it, I said t " aban
don wholly this prarlice you ha given
yourself up to. Do not even lasie. for the
first drop does the mischief ; and I shall
sped of your wife and children.'
r MJ faithfully promise, he said, and
seized my hand and pics-ed it ; I shall
swear lo you, jf that be necessary. .-,
" Quite unncr cssary,' 1 ' replied, Mthe
revolution that cannot be kept without an
oath, will not be kept with one ;" and then
Heft. t-. '-, ir-
Several months passed, and, being much
occupied, the circumstances had almost
passed from my mind, until one morning
a visitor called to inquire for his account.
and gave his name, which 1 at once re
membered as the oreupant of the cottage
of Smith's Ysrd. I had some difficulty
in' recognizing him again ; he was clean.
healthy-looking, and well dressed ; I
change seemed to hate come orcr the en
lire man: '' -.'-' . ;.: ,
' " I hae kept my promise, sir,' were
his first words. " 1 have nol lasted one-drop
of intoxicating drink since that sad morn
ing, and with Cod's help shall never taste
another drop while 1 live. I have found
the good consequence in my restored
self-respect, in restored hcdtlvand strength,
in the restored eniovment ol my Dome
and family; I hare taken a cottage in
clean and healthy part of the town ; for,
do you know, sir, my crating tor stimu
lants stuck by me so long as I breathed
the air of that filthy court. Who knows
how many drunkards these unwolesome
courts and yards of onr lowu annually
make f I am now a teetotaller, ami alrea
dy a member of an association just formed
for improving the health of the town.
None can join so zealously in such good
causes as those who have stiflcred from
the evils they are intended to cure ; and I
trust I am nrtt ibe'least realpus among the
members of these movement,"
I expressed my cordial delight at learn
ing the radical cure that had been made in
his case, encouraged him lo proceed,
and settled the business about which he
had called. '
I aftcrwad waleherd. his progress, and
had frequent occasion to meet him ass
fellow laborer in ihe excellent movements
in which he had so hearldy joined ; and to
this day, I believe, he is at work a use
ful, industrious, and generally respected
member of the society amidst which lie
live. -i 'i . . -.' p. :
Thus Providence sent its warniug in
time. Would tnalJiIl tho dispensations
of Cod were, thus turned to profit, and
made as frutful in good consequences
1 Most-Extraordinary Iran or rather
extraordinary leaps wereanade on Friday
evening last, by a sorrel ranre, the proper
ty of Mr. Wm. Zimmerman. AlaU.or
about twelve years of age, -a snn ol Mr,
Edward Hughes; was riding the animal
to wster,.when being bitten by a dog, she
shyed and ran ; her first noble perform-
... . - , j-.i
ance was leapinir over a waenn ramicu
ith manure,; which she cleared at i
bound ; then taking up the toad lo Berry
man s mines, she ' turned, ran down the
railroad to where a bridge crosses the
Wolf creek; here she paused, gathered
her energies, tumped and passed entirely
over ihe bridge, which was not planked,
making a clear lean of 27 feet by actual
measurement. 4his feat was performed
in the presence of several witnesses, and
there cannot possibly be sny mistake
about it, She must have either cleared
tho bridge, gone ihrongh it, or have ligh
ted on a single plank less than a foot w'ure ;
and if she had lighted on this plank the
leap would have been 22 ' feet. She
touched nowhere, however, "covering the
whole distance of 27 feet.
- VidUvilU Miners Journal.
. Speech of Mr. Badger,
0a Er. Foote'i proposition to dltlde
f California. -
Is Fits, Friday, Aspit X.
Mr. Hadokb. I da not propoee, XI r.
President, to add an obituary notice to
these that have been already delivered in
the chamber utcn the hit bill for the ad.
"mwsioo of California, and for Mher pur-
pi acs, oor to enter at all into the inresU
gatioo as to the mode of treatment pur
sued with it, or to inquire whether its
untimely death is relly to be attributed
to the mistaken administration of reme
dies by its friends, or to the infusion ofpoi
scnoua matter into it by its enemies; but.
as the yeas and nays have been called
for upon the amendmcnt.ani bare been
ordered by the Senate, and as I shall
give a vote upon the amendment con
trary to my individual wishes and opin
ion, often expressed in conversation with
my friends, I desire to bring to the con
sideration of the Senate, as briefly as lean,
and yet so that they rosy be distinctly uu
dcrstood, the reasons which will govcr
roe in giving that vcte.
;The present amendment, Mr. Presi
dent, if I understand it aright, proposes
to take from California, which this bill
will admit as a State, a certain portion of
the territory included within the bounda
ries established for that State by herself.
Now, sir, I wish, in the first place, to say
that, for myself, I much prefer California,
if admitted at all. admitted with the whole
extent of boundary which the claims. , 1
prefer it because, if we are to hare a
free State upon the Pacific, without any
arrangement of compromise or coin pen
tation, it is far better to have one than
two free States there; and, although I
know that if California be admitted as a
State, with unmulilated dimensions.
it is competent for Congress, with the
consent ol that State, at any time to es
tablish another within her limits, and
though I think . it very probable, rt no
distant day, that that result will be pro
duced, ret, sir, it is obvious, at least it
seems obvicus to my mind, that, by ad
mining , California . with a portion of
territory cut o3 as proposed by this bill,
wo shall invite, encourage, and at once
precipitate upon ourselves the establish'
meat of a northern free Slate upon the Pa
cific. : .- ...
But further, Mr. President, I am not
desirous of adding to the number of these
States, whether the addition be of free
or of slayeholding States., I. look upon
it as a great calnmity, that the country
should bt) placed in a situation which
makes it necessary thnt other States
shall be admitted into tho Union. I
think the value of a place in this Union
is in the inverse ratio of the number of
States that com pore it; the smaller the
number tho greater the honor, the power,
the influence, the relative strength in the
Union of tho different members that
compose it; and, if my own wishes could
preruil, there should never bu another
State added to il from this day forth lo
tho end of tune. , ,
But, sir, upon this, as upon every
other subject, I desire to act liken prac
tical niatx looking at the condition of
things in which tho country is placed
considering not what is the desirable
merely, but what is the practicable; not
what would be the best jn itself, but what
is best relatively, by being a less evil than
something else. Hopeless, therefore, en
tirely hopeless, tn the possible accom.
plishmcnt ot what I desire, or having the
number of these States fixed fixed at
present and forever the question which
is presented for consideration in this a
mendmenl, as affecting this bill, oflers, I
think, these alternatives : to admit one
Suite upon the Pacific, with-a possibility
or probability that another will soon
be there, or to admit one State upon the
Pacific, will a provision in lbe very bill
for her admission which almost necessari
ly and certainly draws after il Ihe admis
sion ofanother. This, Mr. President, is the
view which I hare taken, both as n south
ern man as nn American considering
b'th.what I would desire for that portion of: people of North Carolina of all parties are
ihecoiintry in which lltve and from which, devotedly attached to ihe Union of the
Icotne.and whatlwoulddesirein tbatfari States; that they regard it ns n main
highcrand nobler sense considering my- pillar in the edifice of real independence;
self a ckixen of this great American re-! the support of tranquility at home, of -public.
In either view, I myself prefer, if, peace abroad, of safety, of prosperity, and '
California is to bo admitted, that she J of that very liberty they so highly prize;
should bo admitted with the whole of her j that they cherish a cordial, habitual, and
boundaries the larger the better forme.! immovable attachment to it, and. that i
But, looking at this matter as a practical they watch for its preservation with jeat- .
man, and in reference to other consider-1 ous anxiety ; that they believe it is the -tions,
I am not disposed to persist in the; duty of their public servants to dtscoun
view of the subject which strikes me as tenance whatever may auggest even a
being in itself the best. Southern gen-' suspicion that it can in arty event be a
tlemaa here think that if California is ad-! bandoned, and to repel indignantly every '
milted if California comes into the Un -
ion by a separate and independent mea
sure, that admission will be more accep -
table to the people of the South, to the various parts.
southern country generally, if she comes j Now, I say that though the legislature
in shorn of her vast size and present di. of North Carolina have spoken, as they
mensions. ; UTell, if soif any conaid- had a right to speak, the feelings and
erable body of people wilj be pleased by opinions which they entertained and cher
liiut arrangement if it wiM tend to make ished upon these vexed nnd debated sub
tho southern portion of thisTUnion either jects have spoken them in manly, dis
bettor satisfied or less discontented with tiuct, and fearless terms that lcgtsla-
whatever may be the issue of the pro
ceedings of thia session of Congress I
set bo such value opt n my own opiotna
upon that subject, and by so mean es
teem to highly what seems lo me to be
on the wh&le the best, as to irfu" to
concur in such amendment. Gt-nt'emea
hare expressed the opinion that the ad
mission of California the simple ad.
mission of California by itself, or the pas
sage cf the Wilmot Proviso ia a territo
rial bill the abolition of slavery or the
lave trade in the District of Columbia
one or all will produce a spirit which
will or may lead to forcible resistance in
some pne or more of the southern States.
If they bavn such an opinion with re
gard to tho effect of the admission ofCaU
ifornia without diminution of her size,
it affords to them, of course, still higher
motive for pressing the reduction now
before the Senate. I do not undertake
to refer at all to what may be the state
of op:nion upon that subject in any otb .
er portion of this Union than that State
one of whose representatives on this floor
I am. One or two senators yesterday I
think the senator from Virginia, f Mr.
Mason without naming North Cam.
linia particularly, by a general descrip
tion, seemed to include her among those
Slates which have, by some public
act, or in some other authentic man
ner, determined upon resistance to soma
or all of these measures. Now, repeat
ing what I have had occasion to say
heretofore, and what has been several
times said by other gentlemen, that I
claim no right as a senator here to con
aider or decide in that character, or
as an individual of my State, when or
bow, or for what reasons, or under what
circumstances, or with what measure of
resistance, any of the proceedings of this
government will be met, I atitl must say
toat no genuenian is authorized, by any
iuuiic action wuiuu uas laucn place in
ISortn Carolina, to pronounce thatshe,in
her capacity as a State, or her people as
a collective mass of individuals, have at
any lime resolved or intimated that upon
the adoption ol any or all ol these mea
sures they would resort to anyopposi.
lion, either directly or indirectly, threat
ningthe dissolution of this' Union. I
resented last session to the Senate' reso
utions adopted by the - legislature! of my
State, concerning these slavery questions,
and i hey were printed. I beg the in
dulgencebf the Senate while, in order
to make myself understood, I read cer
tain of these resolutions.
3. HctolveJ, That we view with deep
concern and alarm the constant aggres
sions on the rights of the slaveholder by
certain reckless politicians of the North;
and that the recent proceedings of Con-
?;russ on the subject of Slavery ara
raught with mischief, well calculated to
disturb the peace of our country, and
should call forth the earnest and prompt
disapprobation of every friend in the
Union.
4. Resolved, That the enactment of
any law by Congress, which shall abol
ish slavery or the slave trade in the Dis
trict of Columbia, or shall directly or in
directly deprive tho citizens of any of the
.states oi tne right ol emigrating with
their slave property into any of the Ter
ritories of the United States, and of exer
cising ownership over the same while in
said Territories, - will be an act not only
of gross injustice and wrong, but the ex
ercise of power contrary to the true mean
ing and spirit of the constitution, and
never contemplated by the fr&mers there
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5. Resolved, That while we do not in
tend hereby to be understood as conced
ing thnt Congress has the power under
the constitution to enact a law prohibit
ing aiuTcrjr in auj poruuii Ol tor I em
lories of the United Slates, vet for the
sake of preserving the peace and promo
ting uir perpetuity oi uie union, we are
willing that the basis of the Missouri
Compromise should be adoptod.in refer- -ence
to the recently acquired Territories '
of New Mexico and California, by ex
tending the line then agreed upon to the
Pacific ocean.
6. Resolved, That we believe the
attempt to alienate any portion of our 1
country from the rest, or to enfeeble the
! sacred ties which now link together the