the table, ho was shocked to find its columns trem
iriT with the most wanton abuse licentious ca
lumnies against the President.
lie tbiew it down with indignation, exclaiming :
44 Why da you not have the fellow hong M ho dares
to write these abominable lies," The President
smiled at the wrath of the Baron, and replied,
What ! hang the guardians of the public morals?
No, sir, rather would I protect the spirit of freedom
which dictates even that dogrqp of abuse. Put
that paper into your pocket, my good friend, carry
it with you to" Europe, and when you hear any
tlaubt the reality of American freedom, show thcrr
that paper, and tell them where you iouud it.
J5ujt is it not shocking that virtuous characters
should bo defamed" replied the Huron. "
their actions refute such lilcls. Ielieve me, con
tinued the President, virtue is not long darkened
by the clouds of calumny, and the temporary pajn
which it causes is infinitely overwcighed by the sale
ty it insures against degeneracy in the principles
nnd conduct of ouhlic functionaries. When a man
"assumes a public trust, he should consider himsel
us public property. inter in asninton.
POLITICAL.
from the Son Yvrk Courier and Enquirer.
ABOLITION.
It i.s no proof of wisdom to make light -of antici
patcd evils, or to find an excuse for neglecting every
measure of defence, by pretending to despise the
danger. Such wilf.il delusion, and such blind secu
rity is equally fatal to individuals and states ; it id
therefore the province of wisdom to provido the
means of resistance hclorc the attacii is actually
made, and to shut the door ere the enemy is within
the threshold. Many believe, and still more, pro
bably, only affect to believe, that the apostles and
advocates of abolition consist only of a few hot
brained fanatics, with slender means, and yet more
slender intellects ; and that nothing more than silent
neglect is necessary to reduce themselves and their
efforts to insignificance. We most earnestly wish
it were so. But far different is the case. The
various powers and elements combined in this cru
sade anninst the Constitution ot the United btates,
the rights, property, and the safety of the southern
members of this confederacy, are such as no rea
sonable man can contemplate without serious alarm
for their suocess, and its consequences. Let us
fulfil tho promise made in a preceding article, and
analyze this dangerous combination.
We will not attempt to deny, that tho ostensible
leaders of the abolitionists m thu country, are in
dividuals sufficiently contemptible to relieve us from
all apprehension of the consequences of their efforts.
The Tappans, the Rankins, the Garrisons, and their
imported associate, I hompson, who constitute the
mere tools and instruments of the combination,
would be indeed beneath contempt, were they not
aided and abetted by the money, the talents, and
influence of some of tho most powerful societies in
the vorld ; and, if wemistake not, by cunning states
men, directing the destinies of empires, or influen
cing states, and communities by the authority of
Jjhcir example, or the exercise of thoir power.
Let it be remembered, that a single spark of fa
jiaticism, has often lighted a dame which in its progress-
has laid whole states in ruins, sprinkled their
hearths and their altars with blood, and perpetra
ed, in the name of a merciful Being, cruelties from
which robbers and assassins would shrink in the
permorauce. The flame which is now threatening
is with a repetition of those horrors, let it be re
collected, WAS FIKST LIGHTED IN ENGLAND. It
was at a meeting of Englishmen in the city of Lon
don, where Lord Brougham, Lord John llusscll,
Fir Robert Peel, and other leading statesmen of
England attended, and wlicre the renegade Garri
sou was listened to as an oracle, while he calumni
ated his country and countrymen it was at that
meeting the Colonization society was denounced as
the great obstacle to the freedom of the blacks, and
that it was resolved to let loose the fires of fanati
cism upon the people of the United States The
apostles of abolition and colonization came red-hot
from England, stimulated by English example,
English influence, and English money. They were
the tools and instruments of English societies, and
English statesmen. At this moment thev arc do
ing their bidding, and forwarding the objects of
this deep laid conspiracy against a confederated
power, whoso growing greatness is an object of
sleepless jealousy, whose splendid example is the
bugbear of all those who have so long slept insecu
rity in the lap of greybeard desjotisin.
The statesmen who preside over the destinies of
Europe, and of England, most especially, are not
ignorant that the question of slavery is one which
out producing feelings at war with the very exist
ence of the union. They know full well that any
attempt to interfere with the rights of the master
over the slave, would inevitably separate this Un
ion into hostile elements, destroy not only its grow
ing greatness, but forever divest its example of qn
parrelleled growth and prosperity, of its dangerous
influence over the people of Europe. Politically',
therefore, they are our enemies, and commercially
they, and England moft especially, are our rivals.
They have every motive of apprehension and inte
rest to stimulate them to every effort, short of open
violence, t destroy the Union of the States, and
thus relieve themselves from all future fears of their
rivalry or thir example. There is no way of ac
complishing this object so speedy and certain, as
that of rai.-'mg a hue and cry against the bondage
of the blacks, and thus producing a feeling of inse
curity on put of the Southern States that shall
make it appear to tliein an imperative measure of
self deface , t j separate from this confederacy, and
become themselves the sole guardians of their
rights and their live;:.
England his taken the lead on this occasion, and
it will be per ceived that she has by far the highest
interests at take in the success of the project. r
England at! J the United States reciprocity act up
on and if;U-?ncc each other, far more than any
other two :j.i?;rns cf the world. Their language is
the same and their intercourse perpetual. Hither
to the examjj'c and opinions of England have exer
cised almost absolute dominjoq over the United
States. Wh -ever she denounced we denounced ;
whatever shn was pleased to pronounce contrary
to !'ie laws of morality or tho precepts of religion,
we soon ca:.e to consider an abomination j and
wnei. she established a society tor any thing, no
rr.iUer what, we were sure to follow the fashion,
w : ' : i.-.qu.rinff whether there existed any neces-
s:
r propriety for its adoption,
"late y'-iy, however, the tables have legun to
Th ? u.i;her is growing up to be an exsm
) rh-j ri-.'hc., ami the old lady begins to trem
. rctytct ci Ltirr svrce day thrown into
the shade by her overgrown cfopring. The spirit
of reform, which is every day acquiring new force
and energy in that country, and producing a silent
yet inevitably revolution, was lighted at our lamp,
and is led by our example. Though too proud to
own it, they aro borrowing their principles and
practice from this country, whose example is not
more dear to all truo lovers of liberty, than it is
hateful and obnoxious to those who havo long ra
velled in the exclusive enjoyment of wealth, honor,
and power. To the latter "it is an object of vital
consequence to divest the United States of their
dangerous influenco over the people of England.
This can bst be dune by goading them on to dis
union, or failing in this, to raise a hew and cry
against them as the oppressors of the blacks ; as
traitors to their own declarations and principles;
as " men stealers and murderers, exhibiting the
odious spectacle of a people with liberty in ihrir
mouths, standing with the chain and lash in their
hands, ready to bind and scourge their unoffending
slaves." To these are added slanders, misrepre
sentations, and exaggerations of every kind and de
gree, calculated to impress on the minds of the peo
ple of England a conviction, that the principles and
institutions of freedom are only calculated to un
dermine the structure of rational religion, vitiate
the public morals, debase the human mind, and
convert mankind into unrelenting oppressors of a
portion of tl'Cir feiiw-cticns.
The whofo force and, influence of British litera
turc has been brought to bear against the charac
tor and institutions of this country, most especially
on the subject of slavery, knowing, as the statesmen
of Lngland do full well, that this misfortune entail
ed upon us by her own tyranny, against the express
remonstrances of irgima, tho oldest of the cojo
nies, can best be turned not only into a crime, but
info an instrument of disunion. No English spy,
under tho cloak of a traveller, can take up his pen
or open his mouth now a-days, without some maw
kish twaddling on tho subject of slavery, sumo ex
aggeratcd picture of its evils, or some bitter denun
ciation of those on whom England herself entailed
the institution, which she now thinks proper to de
nounce so vehemently.
Not content with this, extensive and powerful so
cieties have been instituted, which number among
their members and benefactors, the King himself,
tho leading ministers of State, the bishops and men
of wealth of almost every class and denomination,
whose avowed object it is to interfere with the do
mestic policy of those nations recognizing slavery,
and by means of money and State influence, aided
by the spirit of fanaticism, accomplish the;r object.
The whole aristocracy of England is a party to
this conspiracy against a people whose progress
and prosperity endangers their exclusive privile
ges, and renders the thrones of Kings but pillowa
of thorns. It is from thi3 sourco proceeds the im
pulse which actuates, inspires, and encourages tho
incendiaries who are every day brawling forth the
language and denunciations of the press of England ;
it is from this source they derive a great portion of
tho funds with which they carry on the war against
our laws, our Constitution, and our union; u is
these who send out the Thompsons and other per
nicious intcriueddlers to stimulate tho weak, and
excite the wicked to acts of disorganization and vi-
and the money received from those sources, which I
render these darin; innovators on the rights and '
ho safety of others, so reckless of the contempt ;
and detestation of the rational people of the United
Statos. What care they f r these, when they are
auded to the skies by statesmen, lords, bishops.
and all the tribe of English aristocracy ; sustained
by the whole force of English literature, and pam-
ered with English Gold,
The apology of England for this sacrct ami dead-
y war against the very existence ot the union, is
lumanity. It is under this cover that she assails
us in our most vital part, and it therefore becomes
necessary to enquire if other motives may not be
ound equally cogent in rousing tins late and lag
ging spirit, which prompts her to go about like Don
Quixotic, righting wrongs, and interfering with the
concerns of her neighbors.
Until the late vote of 20,000,000 sterling by the
Parliament, as a salvo for robbing the planters of
the English colonics of their property, England had
never made any sacrifices of her interests or her
money in behalf of the blacks. She had indeed
railed against the United Statos on. tike subject of
slavery, and she has made treatios with various na
tions, under which she can exercise the right ot
boarding, searching, and capturing their vessels,
whenever it suits her couvcinVncc or interest. Sha
also wormed and wheedled a similar treaty out of
Mr. Rush, but, unfortunately for the cause of En
glish phllanthrophy, Uo luto 1'renidcnt Monroe,
and a late Senate of the United States, rejected it
on the ground of its affording an apology for a
practice under which we had suffered too much in
jury and degradation eycr to consent or submit to
its renewal.
In concluding these treaties for tho suppression
of the slave trade, let it be remembered, England
made no sacrifices whatever, while she established
a character for humility which cost her nothing.
In tact she was pursuing her own commercial poli
cy all the whie, for it must be obvious that while
thus crippling the means of the colonies of other
nations, by cutting off their importations of slaves,
she was indirectly securing 10 herself peculiar
advantages, since her own colonies were amply
supplied with slaves, whose numbers were increas
ing without the aid ot importation, while those of
France, and most esjeciallv Spain and Portugal,
were but ill supplied, and not increasing by natural
means. Under these circumstances, it must be
obvious that the advantages of these conventions
for extinguishing the slave trade were all on the
side of England.
But the world, or at least the people of tho Uni
ted States, saw through the deception and jcnetra
tcd the thin veil of hypocricy. The latter called
upon England, while she was lilting against them
in the cause of humanity and calling upon them,
and upon other nations to make sacrifices in its be
half, to set the example of herself making some
sacrifices at the shrine cf her devotion. They
pointed to the British colonies an I bade England
hold her tongues, until her own 20,000,000 of slaves
were emancipated. Xay, they v.pnt so far as to al
lude to the situation of the millions of manufactu
rers of England, and the millions of paupers in Ire
land, and to remind the great Quixotte of humani
ty, that here was amp!o room for the exercise of
her humanity.
This argumcntun ad hcmine.i wes unanswerable,
and England, true to her character, and game to!
the last, sacrificed tho interests of her colonies to
keep up her character. It was only to borrow 20,.
0Q0..000 to add to the ojd 600,QOO000, and to rob
the planters of 20,000,00.0 more, and the thing was I of his country warned his children with paternal
done. Here, as in other cases, the pious, philan-, earnestness, when in his last farewell, he cautions
thropic Government of England sacrificed nothing. them against ti o wiles of unfriendly or rival nations.
The planters of the West Indies, and the constitu- He knew, as every man conversant with the history
ents of the members who voted the 20,000,000 ' of the world knows, that it has always been the fate
paid the forfeit ; and thus England again stood forth , of free republic's, and confederated States, to fall
arrayed ia all the honors of the chosen champion ! victims to the intrigues of foreign powers, which,
of humanity. c should be moro inclined to give! by exciting their jealousies, stimulating their little
her credit for sincerity on this occasion, harTnot' feelings of local pride or local interest, and array
the same Parliament passed an act placing thoi ing them into conflicts with each other become m
wretchedstarving population of Ireland under worse time the arbiters of their fate and the instruments
than martial law, and signalized its humanity by a
vote of 40,000 sterling to its Indian allies during
the last svar, as a reward we presume for the mas
sacres of the Thames and the Raisin.
JVow the same Paper.
ABOLITIOX.
Having shewn, as will be seen by a preced
ing article under this head, that the Government
of England at length signalized its philanthropy by
tidding 20,000,000 to the burthens of the people,
and robbing the West India planters of 20,000,000
more, by paying them less than half the acknowl
edged value of their slaves, we shall now proceed
to show in what manner she is striving to make j
herself amends. Having sacraficcd her own colo
nies, she intends if possible, not only to persuade
other powers to do the same, and thus place herself
comparatively in the situation she was before ; but
her great paramount object is the United States, and
we shall continue the analysis of her motives for
the peculiar interest shs takes in the emancipation
of our slaves. Her political objects have already
been discussed, and we shall now proceed to enu
merate the others, as they present themselves to
our mind, with a force which produces entire con
viction of their truth.
We have already often repeated what every one
versed in the feelings of the people of the South,
knows to be true, that an attempt on the part of ei-
ther Congress or any State or States of the Union
to interfere with the relations ot master and slave, scarcity as wen as quauiy or ms ioou, ami an ms
either by legislation, by public declarations, or by ! domestic comforts, and the Rrllish laborer in the ma
any other means direct or iudirect, would shatter j nufactorie, is an object far more worthy the exploits
this confederation to atoms. But, for the sake of of the philanthropist, than the worst fed, worst
the ensuing argument, we will admit, that ttie in-; clothed, and worst lodged slave in the United States,
fluence of the English Press and English money, j But British philanthropy is at present all of one
aided by the exceeding nonsolatory and conclusive colour. It has little sympathy for white men, and
arguments of the Abolitionists, and their delicate i there are strong grounds of belief, that the cloak of
regard to the feelings of the peoplo of the South, ! humanity to the negroes is p irtly assumed to draw
may speedily operafe on them to dispossess them- i the attentiion of the poor white slaves of England
selves of one half their property, and render the I from the contemplation ot their own abject conui
other half comparatively worthless. The loss of j tion, by inverting the condition of tho black gjaves
slave labor in the Southern States would, at once,
place them on a footing in their great staples with
the British colonies; nay, sink them far lw?Iow them,
in coiinrjuence of the high price of tree labor m
the United Srates, and thus a great commercial ob-
ject would be gained by England, in restoring her
West India pr-ducts to a level of competition with
the rest of the world. It is true, the loss of slave ' of manufactories and their operatives, or white
Ia!r in the South would greatly enhance the price slaves as they should be called ; and between the
of cotton to the British manufacturers, and serious-1 little tyrant of British men-of-war, who can inflict
ly diminish the quantity raised. But this would chains" and stripes at pleasure, and his nautical
equally affrct niauufachi rers of the United States ; slaves, who are first seized, gagged and bound, and
as well as Trance, and other rivals of England, i then placed in a dungeon of a floating prison. Let
and thus again would the latter be placed in a po- us semi missionaries to preach to them the whole
sition to undersell the rest of the world. Thus some doctrine, that their condition "absolves them
agiin would her philanthropy cost her nothing but from all the obligations of mankind that the aris
a little injustice to the planters of the West Indies, toe racy of England are no better than "men stea-
a-i l a trilling increase ot a debt which will never
be paid.
There is, however, another point of view in which
this subject assumes a different aspect. Suppose,
what is the only rational anticipation of the conse-
quences of a perseverance on the part of the Abo-
htionists, and a neglect of the rsorthern States to
,... u w. '.uu..i
repress and punish their offences against the (Jon-
stitution and tho rights of other States suppose
the result of all this should be a separation of the
stales, wouu tney "separate as incuds or enemies f
itiir-., nuuw iijvj -i-j.i iiiu 113 iiri:u5 ur i lit iiiivri
Most assuredly the latter, for the rupture would bo
preceded by a violent discussion and reciprocal re-
proaches that could not fail of producing a lasting
cnrmiy. v nat men would be the result ot .a sepa
ration? Jealousy, rivalry, opposition, and event
ual wars, in which the weaker confederates would
look to fi reign aid and foreign alliances.
What would be the price of this foreign aid ? A
conceded monopolv of the trade of the States thus
calling in an auxiliary, or advantages which would
1 .i .
tending rivals who were once countrymen and bro- I
thers. In short, it is useless to onctrato farther
v.-au.,.. uiil- wii uuuui inai ,
commerce oi me outn, or ot that por-
w . .o u.,i ipiuit-u u-iJiou, "men caueu in ner (
aid. would raduallv hn mniir.nnlimd hv rnnlnml i
. , " J ' j o
who nouiu inus reap lar greater advantages from .
mo ciaius, man sue gained irom ,
their actual dependence as colonies.
Let no one, therefore, bf blind to the deep into?
rest which England has in alienating and separating
the different members of this great and growing
confederation. Such a catastrophe would at once
relieve her rulers from all apprehension of danger
from the contagion of our example, for the signal
of separation would be the knell of our freedom,
our hnppincs, and our glory. The different dis
cordant portions would become objects of pity and
contempt, not admiration or fear. It would also
most assuredly remove all dauger of naval or com
mercial rivalry, for it is only by uniting in one com
mon bond of union, and one common system of trade
that we can ever Iiojkj to compete with England
either in one or the other object. The United States
once separated into discordant rivals, or inveterate
enemies, and England would reign without a com
petitor in trade, a rival on the ocean, and a pros
tectivo rival in arts and manufactures. Nay, we
go still further, and say, that on the permanence of
the union of these Statos depends the great question
whether the new world shall continue forever in a
state of base inferiority to the old ; its dependent,
its toad cater, and its slave.
We ask, then, if sufficient has not bGen adduced
in this, and the precoding article, to prove pretty
distinctly that the abolitionists of this country are
the tools and instruments of English Societies, En
glish politicians, and English aristocracy? That
they are supplied with English gold ; that they op
erate with English agents, are aided designedly.
and for the accomplishment of the purpose here
indicated, by the whole force of the English press,
and by the whole weight of English influence ? It
was against this foreign influence the great Father
secure mat monopoly ; a leenng of, and an actual the oppressions of landlords and parsons, shot down,
dependence on foreign aid, and a necessity of pay- cut down, and ridden over bv hireling soldiers ; or
ing that price which is always paid by the weak condemned without jugde, jury, or trial, by irrita
when they purchase the assistance of the strong ted or drunken soldiers, executing the ' behests of
wo moan the price of Indojndence. , Lynch's, or in other words, martiaf law at pleasure.
ho would bo the most elhcientally in this state Finally, let them in the names of the Creator of
of things? Certainly England, who would then re- the universe, and the Saviour of mankind, call up
sume the sceptre of the ocean, and whoso floou j 0 that portion of the people of Great Britain
would efloctually turn the scale between the con- ! which is without nrnrortv. and ,-.thr.,,t n : '
oi their ruin.
Will the States, or tho peoplo ot the United
States, sutler themselves to be duped into a similar
fate, by the arts of selfish politicians, and rival tra
ders, operating with such paltry, such pitiful instru
ments as the leaders of the abolitionists? Will
they plunge headlong into the gulf which they
themselves cannot but see yawning right before
: them as plain as the light of day, and sacrafice
themselves not to save, but to ruin their country.
Will they suffer themselves to be cheated, bam
boozled, and misled into the evident excesses of a
fatal philanthropy, chasing abstract dogmas to the
very verge of absurdity, and seeking impracticable
good at the certain risk of wide incalculable evils?
Will they, in short, forfeit their birthright which
has decreed to them the possession of a country
withiout a parallel in its natural advantages, w ith
out a rival in its political institutions,, and whose
future destinies cannot but inspire them with the
most glowing anticipations ? And for what ? To
create a nation of ignorant blacks, who neither
know how to enjoy their freedom, or to gain a sub
sistence, and make England once again the arbiter
of our prosperity, the monopolist of trade, the mis
tress of the seas, the plunderer of our ships, and
the kidnapper of our seamen. She prate of free
dom! Why, the impressed sailor on board an En-
ghsh man-of-war, is ten times more a slave than
j the blacks of the South; and not only in the extent
j of his labors, but most especially in the miserable
; with fictitious horrors.
We earnestly recommend, that in order not to be
' behindhand with the English philanthropists in their
disinterested exertions in behalf of the black Staves
i of tho United States, that we should reciprocate
( their kindness. Let us forthwith establish societies
; for the purpose of interfering between tho owners
lers and murderers that the impressed seamen
have a right to mutiny at any time, murder their
o.Iicers, and burn, sink, and destroys or run away
with the ship at pleasure ; that punishments for the
conflagration of bams, haystacks and other proner
-
tv of the farmers, which occasionally occur in
En
ijiij-muu, am uwiiiiwi ucis ui i raunv aiui miusiice.
i :i-. i
! since the possession of such property is contrary
! to the law of God and nature. Let ur missionaries
then intrude into the recesses of private life, and
I instil n tho minds of the servants and dependents
l lUSlll 1,11 lUO mltKk
of the aristocracy,
' law of God prohil
comin" tho slave
the wholesome doctrine that the
bits one human being from be-
to tho will of another, nm! thnt
any institutions of society which uphold such a state
of things, any laws which recognize these distinc
tions, are an outrage on the rights of nature and
the precepts of holy writ. Let them reinforce
these exhortations by pictures representing the
peasantry of Ireland, while throwing themselves
on the inalienable rights nf n:ifnrf and rr;t;nrr
. "
tho making or administering of the laws, to rise in
a mass, and cut the throats of all those who iossess
cither one or the other, tor that their condition
" absolves them from all the obligations of man-
kind." The law of England, as well asours.au
l,: ic r i: ? . i ,
niuiiici utu uiscussiou, anu we snouui tpen see
a pratical illustration of the ditlerence between
our Hull "-onii"- mv Ov. or mv Rul!
your Ox.
u -r -
my
goring
Prom the RichmojiJ Whig.
SOUTHERN TRADE RICIIMONt.
The Boston Courier has the good sense to ex
press itself as follows, on tho proposition now in
agitation, that the South import for herself. We
commend it to the perusal of certain gentlemen in
this quarter, who in their zeal for a Northern can-r
didate, have found a mare's nest in the preamble
and resolutions before the Committee of Vigilance.
The Boston Courier, Northern from top to toe,
thinks the proposition that the South should import
for herself, without paying millions to New York,
every year to import for her, extremely reasona
ble and right " certainly (it says) every man and
every State, will consider its own interest in this
respect and act accordingly." So wo had really
supposed was the dictate of common sense, which
a man or a community might follow, without en
dangering or being suspected of a wish to endan
ger, our " blessed Union." Not so, however : A
proposition to encourage Southern trade, Southern
interest, Southern prosperity, is met by one ass in
the public prints, with the denunciation of being a
direct recommendation to dissolve the Union, and
is formally assailed by a certain coterie as if it were
neither more nor less than the wooden horse itself,
which was to be insinuated by Sinon arts, into the
heart of the city. What does this mean, but that
we have those among us who are New York in
their politics, New York in their affections, New
York in all their thoughts, and are resolved to har
ness us to the car of the Empire State. Dismiise
it as they may, the master feeling peeps out of
every loop hole But to the good sense of tho
Boston Courier-!
" Southern ingenuity seems at length to have hit
nihilate the Abolitionists and their principles. A
suspension of commercial intercourse is the lever
which is to overturn them, acting on the supposed
avarice of the merchants, traders, and manutactUi
rers of the North. There an certainly be no ob-,
jection to any combinations which may be formed
at the fcouth for the purpose of rendering the peo.
pie of that region independent of Northern trado
and manufactures. If such a disposition had pre
vailed there ten years ago, we should never have,
heard of Southern opposition to a protecting tariff
out of which grew the whole affair of Nullification,
Let the Southern merchants send their cotton and,
tobacco direct to France and England, and import,
in return their own supplies of silks, muslins, wool,
lens, wines, and hard-ware ; they might have pur,
sued such a course 3-ears ago. Why did they not
doit? Doubtless they found it more advantageous
to carry on this trade by the help of Northern;
ships, and through the agency of Northern mer
chants. If they find it now more advantageous ta
have a non-intercourse with u, we do not know
that the North has any riit to complain, or tha?.
it will have any- emise cf complaint. Certainly fc
every man, and every State, will consider its ovV
self interest in this respect, and act accordingly."
A Northern paper says :
Southern Convention, Dissolution of the Union,
Non-Iutercourse are the topics most prominent in
a number of the Southern papers. All this is worse
than foolish.'
It em akk.-s No doubt the writer of the above, and
other aiders and abettors, virtually, of the Aboli
tionists, would much prefer our being "foolish," to
our proposing measures for the effectual suppression
of the nusiancc. We trust that the Tappanites,
and all who gie them aid and comfort, will find the
South much " icorse than foolish." We would cer
tainly give credit for the paragraph above quoted,
but we tlnd it without any credit among the selec-v,
tions of the New York Gazette.
When the North refuses, as it seems it does, to o-o
farther than the " expression of opinion " against the
abohtiunists, does it expect the South to be so " fool,
ish" as to rely upon 'thc force of opinion'" to ex
tinguish the fires which the Incendiariesare kindlino-.
Shall we not try deeds, if the North continues to
answer, Hamlet like, nothing but " words words
words ?" Charleston Mercury.
The French Indemnity. A correspondent at
Washington predicts that the message of the Pre
sident of the United States at the assembling of
Congress, will be any thing but Jlattcring to the?
insulted dignity of France, and in no wise of a pa
cijic natuie. Although we have unbounded confi
dence m our correspondent v we doubted th correct
ness of his information on this head, and still hope
he may be in error; the following from the Globe
of Tuesday, very plainly indicates that in the esti
mation of the official our difficulties with France
are not yet arranged. We look upon this intima
tion as being made "by authority,''' and under the
circumstances, feel authorized in calling upon the
editor to be more specific in relation to the position
of our affairs with France. It is a question iu
which the mercantile interests of the country are
deeply concerned, and the people have a right to
know, whether by the Administration, it is conside
red arranged, or whe-her there are still difficulties
in tho way of an adjustment which may produce a
rupture between the two countries.
In reply to the JYashciUe Banner, calling upon
Mr. Grundy to sustain the claims of Judge White
for the Presidency, the Globe holds the following.
language :
"The Nashville print, therefore, means to say4
that Mr. Grundy is expected to take a course in
the Senate calculated to advance Jud"-e White's in
terest that is to say, on the Expunging Resolu
tion, he must vote with Judge White to slnke out
the word "expunge," and all the reasons condemn
ing Clay's denunciation of tiie President he must
vote for Mr. Calhoun's Bill, making the tenure of
the subordinate agents of the Executive as "stable
as freehold," by way of supporting the charges le
velled by the Nullifiers lleport against the Presi
dent, of proscription and corruption in the disposi
tion of Executive patronage he must act icith Mr.
Webster and the opposition in any course they
may decise, to embarrass him in his controrersy
icith France, and he must go with Jude White
against all Executive nominations, if that be neces
sary to secure the opposition to the support of the
Judge ! ! !"
Surely the words which we have placed in italic
are of great import, and in behalf of the commer
cial interests of the country we call upon the Globe,
for an explanation.
What docs this mean ? The Louisville Journal
says : " We suspect that Bucker, after all, was a
saint in comparison with some of his associates in
the Baltimore Convention. Wo have a letter be
fore us from a respectable gentleman, who states,
that one of the chief officers of that bod-, whose
name we think proper for the present to suppress,
brought an action at law, a few years ago, against
a distinguished fellow-citizen, for charging him with
being a free negro or mulatto and with having poi-.
soned his own wife. The verdict teas for the de
fendant. The charges were proved to the Jury's
! entire satisfaction."
Trie Passions pulling the string. A late au
thor, not inaptly, compares the human being to "one
of those figures that children buy at fairs, with hia
arms and legs, and even his head, hung on wires-i
and with the passions to pull the string at the back
not only without his volition, but often against hia
will. Wrath pulls, and he kicks ; revenge pulls,
and he strikes ; jealousy pulls, and he writhes ; fear
pulls, and he runs; love pulls, and he dances," and
so on. Thus the poor man, by allowing his passion
the mastery, is made a mere puppet of, for tho
sport of others. Ho that would avoid this result,
must beware how he permits the passions to get
possession of the string ; for once they get hold of
it, and they compel him to cut a thousand fantastic
capers, which in his cooler moments, he looks back
upon with chagrin and shame.
A FACT.
A couple of friends, in a late duel in England, not
possessing, in any very high degree, a knowledge of
gunnery, came near shooting their seconds. I he
latter, on reloading the pistols and handing them to
the principals, said " Perhaps it will be as wei fof
you, gcntlemcD, the next time, to fire at each other.5'