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55! J r, BRANCH'S Letter of Aeefptance,; Raleigh,. Aprjl ttth,l857.i' A QssLana; Yamr communication of (lie fns., infvrning me that the Democratic flff the Fourth Congressional District. Mbled in Convention it Franklinton, hail ajnaaiiuously and by acclamation designated o t their rami id t for Congress, has been duly received. IK reqewed mark of the r.on'ftdence id" my friend fill me with emo tions of pride and gratitude, and I receive the wanner it) which the nomination was made as proof, qot that I am free from fault, but that thej abound in liberality and personal kindness. Tor, whatever sacrifice I may have mtd in engaging ia the service of the District, I have been more than recompensed by the uniform kindness and forebearance of every el, of my constituents, and am now deeply in thi'ir debt for the more than merited acknowledgment my p-or services have met ith I accept the woujinatinu, and will in A e time eater upon the duties it imposes. Most of the qoeotkme of great public im portance on which I hive been called to vote during my service in Congress, have either belnsged to we nacttnied pontics n me enqntcv, or We a sectional character. Qn 'these (have not felt it my duty in any in stance to separate from my party friends or Southern associates. But just before Hie termination nf Congress a question was pre sented partaking of neither character, which haJ not been previously discussed, and in regard to which 1 was compelled to act on my own judgment, unenlightened by the s-iews of my constituents. 1 refer to the bill providing Vor a deposit with the States of the surplus revenue in the Treasury, After careful and deliberate consideration of the circumstances bearing on the question in an haste and under no misconception I felt it my duty to unite with the entire delegation from" the Slate in voting for the bill- As it ia a new question, and has not been discuss ad before the people, I propose to present tq f on the reasons that influenced my vote. tinder the tans' act of 1846 the revenue had increased so rapidly that notwithstanding the great increase in the expenses of the government, the Secretary of the Treasury reported to Congress, at the commencement f its last session, that on the 50th of June nett there would be a surplus in the Trea sury amounting to twenty-Din millions of dollars; that he had paid off a large amount of the public debt in advance of it maturity, sod that no more of it could be reached i and he warned Congress of the disastrous effects on the business of the country, which must flow from withdrawing from the aual chan nels of trade and business and locking up in the Treasury vaults to large a portion ol the rirrulatinr medium. This state of things imposed on Congress adubledutys 1st. lo reduce the revenue. That I chrerfully and zealnu-dy co-operated ia. Cor since my entrance into Congress I had never ceased to clamor for a reduction of the tariff. Lltiraate'v the reduction was made, though neither in the manner nor to the eitent that I desired. Buuuch waa my anxiety toeffeet a reduction of the revenue that w'lth'my friends I voted for a bill which, under different circumstances, cou'd not have obtained my support. Sd. To dispose 4 the surplus a' read v accumulated, and hich would not be needed by ilie govern went. The surplus was there already accumula ted. It had been collected from the people a disregard of the spirit if not tl.e letter of lue lOOSlllUllon, lor vougrcs is euipowerm - to lay and collect taxes, imposts and ex cises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and gea-ral welfare of the Caited States." and fur no other purpose. It ws collected for unconstitutional purposes. and it was sought to apply it to a vast vane ty of unconstitutional objects. lt as too aerate a few of these objects. A bill was Dcndint before Congress, pro aiding for the construction of three Railroad to the Pacific, with various feeders in the WeaLamoanlinr in ail to about ten thousaod miles, and to cot one thousand williuii of dollars, Every nceaa was mrkej and dotted on the map, for steanship lines to tra le for pri vate gain at the public etpens. Aboutonehandred and fifty b'lla were pend ing for opening rivers and making harbors in ttc Notth and "West, and some in the South. Everv species id enterprise against the public 'Treasury found faor in t'ongress. ((peculators aud plunderers swarmed in the lobbies and on the Amr. and the conviction bad rot abroad that no scheme or claim troulj fail if it e-seld afford to pay Tecap therlimas, three member weie convicted or corruption, ana a painiui suspi cioe existed that not half the iniquity of the people's representatives had been brought to light. The argument in favor of every project or claim, however monstrous, wa that the Trea sury vas overflowing, and the government could afford to be generous. This specious argument misled many honest men, and it was the saturnalia of rogues. There ia scarcely a conceivable violation of the Constitution which some one of these schemes d.d not ioolre ; and to permit Con gress to ppreprivtt the money as it would he appropriated if left there, would lead to wacfltttotionl precedent enough to nullify very provision of tbat instrument Bettei lar would it be tosnk it in lha nceaa than allow it to poison the very fountain nf legis lation and pollute the head stream of the rnotUe government. It ia my duty not alt to support, but alo (a guard, prutect ad delend ' the Constitution of my coua- I tan c oceiv no danger to which it easdd be exposed .- imminent than ia J tareofht upon it by a rp'us of t'.irty millions j ' . mi I .1 la) be rraobled lr; and to guard, protect ad defend it from this danger, I could sec va method s prompt, so serurc.and soeffec i-e a lo remove the sarplusoutof reach. Il ia the duty of a statesman to deal with hi a be find them to mitigate evils he .u .. nr.t.nt and ha i no faithful Dub. let aervant who. from fancied analogic where sV rust, Irom traditional horror of name, a fM-e aov other caave, su'-j-ctshi country a a ioog line of ill rather lb) embrace a Voice of evila. I coelJ not hesitate between two pUns.onc t which carried with it aUoat every con 'citable ei', and resulted in giving a l the s-aev to speculators ia the North and West, -d ia other of which involved a violation of the Constitution, threatened no great pub- lie mischirt, and returned to as a just portion of what had been wrongfully, extorted Irom us. When the government extorts from the people more money loan it has a right to take, jt i robbery ( and it will be difficult to convince me that we ought aot to accept restitution of that of which wa have been rq'ibed. ' In adopting this course I violated no prn vision ol iha Constitution t nor is it to be inferred that I invite the constant or even the often recurring practice of distributing money to the Slates out of the Federal Treasury. Much I1 would t sanction the policy of raising more money than ia needed for an economical administration ol me government, for the purpose of distribution. A poor gov ernment is apt to be virtuous- riph govern ment is sure to be currupt. 1 did not mean to sanction and did not sanction the policy nf distribution. On the contrary, the meas ura for which I voted is a counter measure to distribution, and presents the best possible meana for defeating it. Thousands advocate distribution who would repudiate the idea of raisins, by tax on the people., more money than the government needs in order to give it to the States. They only desire to distribute such excess of revenue as accumulates in the Treasury from time to time, under the un foreseen fluctuations ol trade ami ousiness, "These persons are honest and sincere, but fall into the truss error of adopting a bad general principle to provide for a case (hat can"rrelv, very rarely occur, and which, when it does occur, the gnou sense oi me American people will always provide for as an isolated specific rase outside of party rules. All such would willingly accept the deposit policy and give up distribution. Again tThe principlebeingestablished that the only way in which these surplus can be disposed of through partial, extravagant, corrupting and unconstitutional appropria tions bv Congress, thousands will embrace distribution asa choice of evils. Many even of those who think it unconstitutional, will embrace it on the dangerous hypothesis that one violation of the Constitution is less de plorable than many. All those advocates ol distribution wno tio not wish to t ix the people to raise a fund for distribution will be satisfied, because all their objects are attained; wliil-t those who still ailhere to it will be exposed in all their na ked deformity, a wishing, amler a cloak, to las the people enormously to raise more money than the people's immediate represen tative dare to lew on them, for the use of the States. I apprehended that few in this State would avow the ltter purpose, or if they avowed it could stand before the peo ple ; and I think I am justiried in saving that deposit will completely silence and defeat distribution. My vote is sanctioned not oiny by prudence and sound policy, but by the highest Democratic aulhorit v. lo 1836. a similar state of affairs existed. Then, as now, there waa a surplus in the Treasurv. Up to a then recent period, (1833) the money belonging to the govern ment had been deposited in the United State Bank. Gen. Jackson had ordered the ' Removal ol the Deposits" from tnat iti.ti tution, and caused them to be placed in cer tain State Ranks. The administration and Congress not being at that time prepared to embrace the independent Treasury system, an act was passed by Congress, in accordance with recommendation contained in Urn. Jackson's first annual meage, and signed by Gen. Jackson on 23d June 1836, entitled "an act to regulate the deposits of the public money." This act established, or rathei legalized, what was known as the Pet Hank System," which exploded with the suspen sion of specie pavment in May of the follow ing year. The first twelve section of the act provided for the deposit of the public money in State Rank, to be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury, on their comply ing with prescribed condition. The thir teenth section directed that the surplus, ex cepting five millions ul dollar, should be deposited with the State, on their engging to return it when called for by Congress. It was a deposit, simply, and Congress had the same power to deposit part witn the States that it had t deposit part in bmk. The iUtes are liable now to be called on to re turn it; and they have n .t been called on, only because the unanimous sentiment of the country is, thst such a call would be opposed to sound policy. The deposit with North Carolina was something less than a million and a hall of ,!..!! rt ami hiiw eunlitute a larve Bait of her school fund. I have n-t preceived that! he Ins been corrupted bv it, nor that she k.. ..nr. Krn n le. watchful than before' oi r.drl eruhmeitia. Her Buhlic and private credit are unimpaired, her people prosperous, and her public auihoritie igilant and incorruptible. I are thi very fund d.f fuainzlizht throughout her border, by edu cating a hundred and fiity thousand of her children it) the principles of religion, honor' aod freedom, teaching them reverence for: law and order, and Submission to legitimate authority. The act of 1836 originated in the senste, and wu introduetibv Mr. Calhoun. Sen ate Journal, page 66.1 A it wa offered and passed that bdy the thirteenth section waa a lid low t Jlnd bt it Jurther tnnr.lt J, That the mo ney which shall be in the Treasury nf the United State on th first day itf'January, I83f, reserving the sum of fic million ol dollars, shall be deposited with the aeveral States, in proportion to their re-pective repre sentation in the Senate ami House of Rire tentative of the Congrea of the Ceiled Slate and the creiary ol the Treasury shall deliver the same to such person a the several state may authnrito receive it, oa receiving certificate of deposit, i; the competent authorities of such Sli f . m a.aaoki akanil aa. akaaastai s1araaat , signed bv State, each for such amount and in such form aa the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, which shall set forth and express the oWira- tiiM of the State to pay the amount thereof to the lotted state or their assign) and m!uek tat J vrliJScalti u thm tompaltnl for tht Sterttaru of tht Tttatutv, in tht name aij, Kiunntr U mu ot necriiary, jot trnaj c atone; ) tht Trtntury It mrt appro priotitn mad by Ctngn$$$ all talc and assignments, however, to b rateable, and ia just aud equal proportion, among all the utt, according to the amount icceived by them, respectively j und all tuth ttrtifiemttt of 4'pot'U ihatt btr avt Intrrtit at fivtptr tent, ftr avwum, payable half Jrl, irom the time of such al and assignment, and shall be redeemable at the pleasure of the States issuing them. ; -,.. , v It was loan on interest, creating, as u were, debt, with confession of judgment, and placed the States at the mercy of the Secretary of the Treasury unlesa, forsooth, they should resort to tne uevice, e many i them no doubt would have done, of discredit ing themselves, that the Secretary might not be able to nnu purchaser oi tneir ceriiu- cates. n this shape t( passed the senate by yeas 40, nays 6. Amongst the yeas I find recorded Buchanan. Calhoun, Way. written den. Rinz of Alabama, Mangum, Preston of S. C Rives of Va.. Tallmadee. Webstar besides many less eminent individuals of both parties. In the House of Represent tives that section was stricken out, and one, which was finally passed, was substituted, orovidine for a deposit of the surplus with th Slatea without interest, and on no other condition than their azreeinir to return it, if at any future time Congress should call for it. In this shape it passed by yeas 133. nays S3, Amongst the yeas 1 find recorded Lynn Boyd, Jesse A. Bvuuniof N. C, Caleb Cush imr. Henry W, Connor of N. C, Kdw. De- berry of N. C, M. T. Hawkins of N. C, Richard M. Johnson, Dixon H. Lewis, W il liain Montgomery of N. C, Kbenexer Petti- a-rew ol Is. U.. r rancis w. ricaena oi o. v., Abram Rencher of N. C, A. H. Shepard of N. Cm Jessa Speight of N. C, Isaac I oucey of Conn., Elislia Whittlesey, Lewis Williams of N. C, embracing every member Irom North Carolina except Mr. McKay, and large number ol Democrats less known to the people of this State. W hen the bill, thus amrnnen, was returned to the Senate that boiiy passed it without a division indicating either that the Senate was unanimous in its lavor, or that the lew individual who had opposed it before were willing to acquiesce in il in H altered form. The bill of last session was a literal trans cript ol the act of 1836, as it passed. Two things are particularly worthy of note in regard to the act of 1836 1st. It was strenuously denied by the opponents of the bill that there wa really any surplus in the rreaatiry. Of that number were tidal Wright and Col. Benton. Gov Wise was then a member of the House of Representa tive, and in a recent published letter, he characterize the act, in his peculiar nervous language, a " dividing a dtficitnty." 2nd. Under the operation of the tariff Act of 1833 the duties were rapidly running down to the minimum which was to be resetted in 184; and it wa clearly foreseen that when they reached that point, if not before, the revenue of the government would be unequal to it expenses, and there was oo great need to make haste in disposing ir a surplus, which would so soon be needed to meet necessary expenses. In point of fart, it was needed be fore the act wa fully executed; and the fourth instalment has never been paid over to the States. It seems almost incredible now that, at o recent a perial, our government has been without money and without credit, and that our bond were actually hawked about in this country and in Kurope without nor bring able to borrow a dollar. Yet such i the fact. If, under circumstances so much Irs ur gent than exist at present, and beforeexperi- ence hd refuted the main objection arzed azainst the art ul .in, lien. Ja. ks.Mi, Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Buchansn, Mr. King. Mr. Toocey, all but one of the Democrat from this State, to say nothing of those equally eminent men who were in favor of distribu tion, could adopt the policy. 1 may feel my self sustained by tho authority ot the mot eminent Democratic statesmen. Nor i the wright sd the authority likely lo be oereti mated when we coii-ider that at a period when toonuscal party bitterness was added intense personal rancor, ihi measure com manded an a'mtiV onauimoua vote and, for perhaps the first ami last time in their litea, Jackson, Clay, Calooun and Webster weie united in its'support. In that day intellec tual giants shaped the policy and contnd'ed the destiny of the Republic, and nch a con junction of the plant-is "f the first magnitude could bode no evil n llie country. Mr. Calhoun aid Gen. Jackson though: the deposit act n violation of the Cim-tiiu-tion; lorihey anct ioned it. AH the regret or diasiti-fai'lion expressed by Geo. Jackson was, that there should exist a necessity for it that there should have been more money collected from the people than the f overn m ent needed. He sikociI the bill the very ' dav it wa Diectiled 10 him and without a word of doubt or qoalifiialion. These two statesmen went further! fliey thought it o nroner a remed v for Ihe maladv ol an onsvoi - ' dabie sun.! us. that the desired to remove by an amendment wnatever constitutional acru- pies other might have, and adopt it not f..r Ihe occasion only, but as sn estabiisiieu policy. The Journal of the Senate for I83J-'G, at page 66, contains the following entry s Mr. Calhoon asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill to regulate the deposits of the public money, and a j dnt resolution propo sing an amendment to the I'onstitution of t' e United State, providing for distribution of the ssi plus revenue amonf st the aeveral 8tate and Territories until the year 1843; which were severally read and passed to a second reading. The "Globe," then edited by Franei P. Blair, wa the recognised organ of Ihe ad ministration, la that paper of t1d July, I find along and tarelully written editorial ar ticle, in which, alter repudiating the idea and denouncing the attempt to create the im preision that deposit and distribution were the s.me, or liable to the same objection, the Editor yl The result of ihi measure the deposit act. then, we trust, will an immediate reduction of the revenue lo the present actual want of the government, and if nterttaty, the adoption of a constitutional provision directing that, in tan tht futurt legislation nf Conrrttt thould aecUltnttulg and Hnawndohin product a turplut, it thatl bt ditltibultd among tht Slaltt accorilmf to mi proper ratio, having reference to th entire population in each, to be applied to lessening the State taxes; and ia the first place to the extinction af the poll tax wherever such odious Ul may exist ia any State. This will have the effect of restoring the Mind tax, levied by lb general g vernnseat, to the people, by lett ing an equal amount of tht Stata tat, whh woald otherwise be collected from laeia, in their pockets." Let it net U ppoe4 thtt I aol these viewa expressing opinion entertutned by me. Instead of taking steps in advance ,or the removal of the evil when upon us, I would rather take steps, to prevent its occur rence. The paved road that facilitates es cape, invite approach. If you have prepar ed in ad'ance sure means oi reireai, yon win fight feebly to keep the enemy out. It is better to throw up barrier ana ptaiu oosiruc lions all around o to provide against the occurrence of a surplus, aa lar at human foresight can provide against it, oy a timeiy reduction of taxes. Guard azainst a redun dant revenue aa our deadliest political foe, and then if perchance it should come upon us, trust to the good aense ana patriotism oi m American people to exorcise tne manxnani spirit. They will control it without spells, r ... ,,.L !ll l . " a . . . . . 1 1 inrantatmii or saturations, inev win uiace around its limbs the bonds of the Constitution, and apply to it the levers of established pre cedent and successful experience. Amonffst the many autrzestlona msde lor the disposition of lha present surplus, all nf which received my most careiui considera tion before my course was determined, is one which propose to apply the whole of it to the enlargement of the navy. This sug gestion held me for a time in doubt. But the objections to it are so weighty and to vital that it wa decisively rejected. 1st. Such an increase of our navy is en tirelv unnecessary, and haa never been te commended bv any responsible person. No public interest calls for it, and no political axiom is more universally received than that a large standing army ia hostile to our in terest and opposed to the genius oi our insti tution. All the political objection to a large atanding army are equally applicable ltoan unnecessarily laege navy, only increased oy ine MCI "l n jicraonrm n n" imiij w-p- arated through the greater part ol tneir lives, from the great body of the people of the country, but from the country itsell. I re spect and value every man who discharge hi duty in the sphere in which he ia placed. I honor the navy for its gallant deed in war and what American corps fails in duty lo it country ? 1 respect it officer for their courage and honor; but I do not participate in the current cant that makes pet of one class of official, showers upon them all the favors, and attribute to them all the virtue aod patriotism of the countrv. To th extent that the government nerd more navy, more navy should he provided. But not one gun nor 'one spar beyond that point would I go. If the object is l build a monument of na tional grandeur, I would not make the navy that monument, I would add to the enter prise, the skill, the virtue of our people. They, mure than all navies and all armies, have given as our power and our influence with the nations, aud they alone, are worthy tube the everlasting monument of our gran deur. 2. We have not the yards at which to build so many ships, the materials out of which to build them, nor the officers to command them when built- All theae might he pro ided. But it requires time to construct navy yards, it require more time t collect and season tim ber aud make it fit to build ships which will not go dowa in the first storut they encounter on the ocean, and atdl more lime to train officers competent to command the ship and worthy to bear the flag. The current reve nue oi the government is ample to pay for the ships aa a their imli-pcnMbla' re quisites can be provided, without touching Hie surplus. 3. We have recently built and added to the nay, eight first class steam IrigUrs, pro bably the most formidable ships in the world Kach one cost a million of do. lar, and the annual expense of maintaining them in mm misaion, i about 230,0110 dollar to each ahip. The surplm would build thirty au-li ships, which, with the right recently built, will add to the current annual expense .f maintaining he navy, just nine and a half millions ol dollar. Is out that paying too dearly for the privilege of throwing away the surplus? I think it is. Admitting that we can afford to throw away the surplus, 1 am unwilling to add, without the least pretence that tt i ne cessary, nearly ten million to the annual ex penses of the government, tinder the pro d'nt and enlightened administration of Mr. Duhbin, the annual expense of supporting the navy wa more thin foortera millions of dollars, and this addition would carry it op to twenty-Dve minions ji the expense the rnorruuu navy of Great Britain imposes in time of peace oo that overtaxed nation. And as I have mentioned the navy vf Great Britain, allow me to -.y that those who measure what ! our glit lo be ty what thitul Great Britain J t. lall into a great error, tier naval power ,is not mamtiined on its present Kale . wdely, nor even mainly, to protect her com imerte. it irirw Hrniwwe u. minimis , Irom the great mdiUry powers, especially fiance, on Ihe continent, and chiefly of all, to defend her immense colonial possession. which eiriiie tne earth. dtlin every ocean and sea and gulf, spreading out on every continent, and commanding almost every narrow pt on the great highway or nation. She must hold her colonies to maintain her power, and she mo-t riI tht ocean lo hold her colonies. When we adopt her p-diey it will be timt euouiiii to Contest her supremacy I nope my constituents will find in these reason aulticient indication of mv vole. The act of 1836 gave the first stimulus to great and expensive works or improvement by the States. The works undertaken in consequence of the fund placed by it at the disposal of the Stale, have involved them in debt and the people in taxation. I am the last person who would direct their eves to the Federal Treasury for relief or aid. hut when I found a fund that had been wrongfully and nneccssa'rily extorted from" Hi people, I chose rather to apply it t- the relief of the State and people, than to feed hungry cor morants or strengthen the hunl of power If, perchance, the icy barrier ol . Danish prole should dissolve andrr Ihe meltuig rata oi i voocn goiu, i may yci nave II 10 my power to announce that it ha been invested in the t'anb'-ean tea I and lhat te " Gem of Ihe Aiitdl-a" shine in the rich raskel of American jewel. In it nnwaid march ihe great race ha already reached if, and beat upon it shores. The rihmg water should not cover it unbidden. But gold may throw down the barrier. Gold move armies and it play thing for children. It steel the Ike robber to crime and i charity' choicest g'ft, It nnlorkt lb prison gates aad Open wida the doors 4 prtactt. neithtr prinre tor "ttJet are proof against itt temptation, and il lead U tapir at it betrartd our 5- ViOUr. liolll all piweiltil gum huy.juhc fur us the key to the Gulf. Such a solution ot the prooiem oi me sur plus would fill me with joy and tbt abule nation with gladness. ' ' n T a swi I a . J,. U l. DIVA.'VSI. Mtssr. M. A. Bledao., A. J.Tylor, W. K. Btrowd, N. B. Cannady, 8. A. Bmilh, J. It. HUyuow, ano Capt. 0. 0. BuvU, Uomuiilt. Tot the Raleigh Btandsnl. MEETING OF TUB STATE EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. To all tht Friendt of Education iit North C Wofl At the Educational Convention held in Salisbury in October last, consisting of about one hundred and tnirty aeiegies. ami rep resentine some thirty Counties, the follow ing Resolutions were unanimously passed, to wit l Jtetohed, That this Convention form itself into a permanent Society for the advancement of iciieral Education, and that it be called the Educational Association ol North Caro lina. . Jie$olved, That the office rs of this Associ tion. for the present, consist nf an Executive Committee of five, who shall hold their office until the adoption of a Constitution and By Lawa. ' aYeaoW.That thin Association shall meet annually at such time, and place a shall be designated by the Executive Committee. Bctolvtd, That a Committee of seven be appointed by the Chairman of thia Convention to dralt a Constitution and By-La for th government of thi Association, and report the same at the next annual meeting of this body. i Jieiolvtd, That all officer and teacher in Schools, and all person interested in the cause of general Education, be invited to at tend as delegate at the next annual meeting of thi Association. . The undersigned were appointed, anderthe second Resolution, an Executive Committee, with power to determine the time and place of the next meeting of the Association; and they have denned the time Tor 1 uesday even ing Ihe 30th day of June next, and selected Warrenton a the place. The time, it i hoped, will be generally convenient to Pro fessor in Colleges and to teacher; and the are is one of the most pleasant and healthy towns in the State and accessible to all sections, The citizen of Warrenton, through the undersigned, tender the free hospitality of the place to all who attend this meeiing; and Ihe variou Kail roads of Ihe Mate win pass all delegates at half their usually ratee ol la re. All officers nf schools, of al! descriptions, sll teachers and all friends of the cause of euo catiii, will be considered a delegates, nd to all each an earneit invitation i Hereby riven to attend. Ilia I onventiun ol last Fall was a treat success, inaugurating; a new era in Ihe educational history of N'orili-Caro- tin, and if the movement then so happily begun be properly followed up, it cannot but redound lo the interest at the alate, and to Ihe profit ol teacher. The net meeting waa not only prnnub'e, but pleasant to all who participated in its peocedings ; and from ihe c'ireriiig indication all over the Slate, we hope to see a atd. larger gathering in War rrnton, feeling sure also thai all will leave it a the delegates-IrltXjIi-l.ory, with inaniiou desire to bo present on the nest occasion oi the kind. A Constitution anil Br Law fur the gov. ernment of the Association will have to be adoted at the meeting io June; a good deal of other important busi-ie. i to be Iran, acted, while lectures, addresses and disco ims on various topic w ill add to the interest of the occasion. We hope thai oo one will wait for a pcal invitation, and that all ihe friend of the great cause at slake will endea vor to attend ami aid in the good work by their breve lice and counsel. C. II. WILEY, W.N II SMITH. J. H. FOO I K, VEx. Com K. W. IH.Hl.KN, J.T. Will I E, "MA.NirE.iT UESn.W.'-wilALL VIE BUT 00. ore.'.! That appears to be the only question with the " progressives" among our people. From a long article on Mam lest Den tiny, in the National Intelligencer, wt make the following extract I " So dominant ha thi predatory apirit become in the estimation ol a few political writer, thst they think the G ernmot af the tmted states should bo in nssta to bar- f;ain for the purchase of certain valuable and in Mexico before a portion of our citi zen tally forth and sei.e opoa them for their owa behoof and aggrandisement, at though, lorsouth, Ihe Federal power of the United Stale had become an derelict in daty or palsied io efficiency a to find itself re duced to the ienolde necessity of actine under dure. from the menace of a few ban ditti. Let not the reader auppose that we . - i - . e . . inisrriirecni me logic in mis " progressive school. In a recent letter from the astute Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun we find the following pararraphat " ' Had Mr. Forsth'a treaty provided for " the cession to the' United State of Honor "for a reasonable aumof money, and Lower i.aiiiornia. I have every reason to believe " that it would have been ratified by the " Senate. "What instructions the Administration " now propose to give to Mr. Forsyth or hit successor cannot be known, and probably "are not even determined upon. MronwMt Soitora u to bt giacrt tin H Amttitan fUibutltritm, without tht rati -pr -tptrt of ttr tjfuunt obitrurlion from uthit Goorrnmtnl. It i a country rich in "mineral resource, ami the Californians " look upon it, and also anon Iiwer Cali " fornia, aa a tort of appendage to their o n " Stale. Santa Anna frequently dated to " American who viaited him, that Sonora wa much richer in gold than California. Whrth't it would mot bt mart trtdilablt to "buy it than to tttatit it ttorthu tf pubit wraii wTff MTBo " The reader will mark the only alterna tive! proposed at witliia the range of possi bility to buy Sonera or to tttiu It I That wt thould allow Mtxico ttilt la hold a proa but of her aw seems never to hart entered the writert comprehension. Thai, wa tap pose, would ba too great an exaction an oar forbearance and aelf-deniai, especially at it ia ' a country rich ia mineral resource,' and II th Californians tlretd look epos it. and also upon Lower California, as a sort of ppptnaaae to weir own rutte . tie was a sturdy begzaiv who, to the query why he did not work, replied, with a sigh, ' Ah, sir, . you do not know how lazy I am !' But tho r j - r .i :. .. - - J-J . iropuuencc oi inc nppiiw in mr ccccucu I.h it.. haaI .oanMlliu r I K nun .Iia WAnlit extenuate the filibustering propensities "of their countrymen by tn argument which. translated into plain Lnglian, simply de- Clares t 'An, lira, you uo not anow now thievish we are! You must tell us your land to keep our people from stealing it " YOUNG AMERICA. '"r Prominent among the evili of our day is the disposition to put away old things, even things that are stamped with the wisdom of " age., and to see only by the new lights of progress. With many, it teems, the chief thing we have learned in forty eentunei, is that we have learned nothing worthy of re spect. Young America is rampant in the Hush and vigor of youth, and arrogant in self-tufficiency. It attempts with a bound things that are accustomed to be achieved only by yean of toil, and boasts of a capa bility tor everyinine;, excepi a wnoiesomo restraint. Gray wisdom and reverend virtue are jostled in the highway, to make room for the rush of progress, at if the race were alwayt to the twitt, and the battle 'to the strong. And Young America, ladies, is a noun of the common gender. It is feminine, a well at masculine, and may be teen in bonnet and curls, as well at in Kossuth hat and moustache. It goes to all the balls and routs, and think it " fast peent in the library door at home, and votes it decidedly " alow." It lounges lazily in the parlor, and modestly askt its mother to hand the foot stool, or its father to past the new book he it just reading ; ind only really wakea up to life when mutculine Young America step in with a strut, to tell how it " had done the Governor brown" yesterday, and "what a jolly sell it wu" "such capital fun, yosi know." If there be one among you who bat any such ambition as this before her, may Provi dence be good to her! For she will never, I fear, be good to herself, or to others. She may make a showy and expensive article of furniture for a fashionable establishment; but nothing more. Pardon me if I wrong yon by such an intimation. But it it only by holding op to your gaze in proper colors what is false and unlovely, that yon can learn rightly to appreciate the beautiful and true. V Rather be yours the generous ambition ta shine only in the pure excellence of virtue and refinement. Be prouder to make the happiness of one true heart, than to fill the shallow admiration of a thousand false onet. Go forth, then, into the world, and meet ita triala and dangers, it duties and pleasures, with a firm integrity of heart and mind, looking ever onward and upward, and walk ing erect before the gaze of men, fearless, because without reproach. W hen the glad sunshine ia upon you, rejoice and be happy. When the dark hoars come, light them with a gentle patience, and a Christian faith. If yon have work to do, do it bravely. If plea sure calls, enjoy it wisely. If your lot is humble, dignity it by a noble lorutode, ana a pure and loving heart. So may even and laomJity bo blessed onto yoo. If rank and station 'are yours, so fill them, that, while imparting nothing, they may de rive additional honor and grace Irom you. DuoW t Additm A THEOLOGIAN OX HI.AVEBV. A new work, enliilrd "The American Citizen," by John II. Hopkins, IU. I.I..D., Ilishop ol ihe Protestant Kpiaconal Cnarcb in the Diocese of Vermont, contain (aya the Matchei Courier) languaee quite unusual for to high a latitude on the subject of slavery. which be maintains to be scriptoraliy lawlul. and he asserts tbat the most violent op ponent of slavery in th United Slate ara always ready to wrest the Bible and denounce Ihe Church because t he v cannot derive from either the slightest real support in their as sault gaint the lawfulness of ihe institu tion." Concerning il expediency and de sir.iblenes. he argues that "ihe alavesat the Sow th a re, on the whole, the happitit class of laborers in the world, and the most eon lenied with their owa condition;" and ba declare that "all true philanthropy rejoices, and will rejoice, in the fact that Southern slavery ha raised the African far above his original condition, and enabled him to plant Ihe noble colony of Libeiia." He add a I What sort of benevolence is thst w hit la would prefer thst the mdjle colony of Liberia had never tsisird,ad that the negto race ahoald have lived and died in ail I lie cruel and bloody despotism of Dahomey rather llian become titled, in Ihe hand of their Southern masiei. to dispense the kno ledge ot God, of liberty, and of civitititton thioaghnat the darkest rrgiona of barbarism t " For myself, can trolt v !' I have no ympiihy with those who'deprer ate the ne- f rotate below the tre!mUnl ol human i' repudiate with all my heart the ii.hurl hv. potbesi which dean? that Gml liaill n.s.'le of one blond all the nalioo of Ihe earth. I believe lhat Ihe negro is cpable ol all ihe im provement of mind and moral principle ohi.h education can bestow, and am icady ta wel come every pro- f which individual rates have afforded of hi genius and hi power but I do not admit that slavery it the ctuse, in itself, of either moral or intellectual de gradation, if ihe master be not morally and intellectually degraded. The grrater part of the instructor of yoath, in lha paimy days of Greece and Home, where Have. Ksop was a slave the philosopher Epiciela wa a alave. A large portion of lha primitive rhrisiisns were sieves ; and assuredly there is nothing in the mere bnd compelling tn to labor for another which opposes the love of virtue and of traih. Go tha contrary, if h master ba of a good man, lha effect of soh a bond must b io elevate the character of lis subject snd the hardship on the on aide, in Ihe oblation to serve, it snort thai equalled on the olher in being obliged ta maintain lue servant throuah every change of Circamtttncri." ; It it tstimsted that there arc twenty-Ira Ihoosins) secret or open spiritualists in Bo. Ion alone. They hav three place of teach, ing. which tr open aa Sundays, and in which lector art delivered. The atelasdaivo la sac of fhese, and it it generally ittradf d by laxaa-aTe ft mA ! an at W . - '
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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May 13, 1857, edition 1
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