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Damaged Text : 3 w o re W ( mmrn m) u ... ess , mm m 1 v Mill - I I ' w l VWjrvy r lv'lll I ? . .J- VJ IU1 I 1 W'fI VOL. IX. SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, FRID STI)e Peopled Press, FLUSHED WKKIIT BY L.V. BLUM. PRICE. Tt Dollars a Tear, PAYABLE IN AIjVANCE Sf" No piper be discontinued outd !1 arrearages are paid, except at tbt iption of tbe Editor. la Cople for 910 Ten j $ia Twenty " $UA All paimenta invariably In advance. Any pert no procuring riVK new tlbferlbn and remitting Ten DuJJtn, will b an tilled to a sixth oopj gratis. ' TERMS OF ApVRRTraiNQ tion, ODe Dollar; Dd tweotj five cents for I'efrry pulihcqueoi iDncrtioo. reiuctioi)8 made in favor of (Handing a ivertisemtnts, for a iuare, ai follnws : For three montbB, 13 50 For fix moDtbs, 85 50 For twelve months. $S 00 I'rofenMonal nr liuxineim Cards, Dot xce d me lines in loiigtli, rive JAillars a year, loDger ones id propoiliuo. FIRE IN WILLIAMSBURG A 6ro broke out in the city of Wiliiaujbburg (Va.) on Si'urday uight, the lOtli December, which consumed the old Raleigh tavern. The Norfolk Day Book suys : 'The old Raleigh tavern is memorable in history and is associated with many of tbe reminiscences of the early days of 1I10 Revolu tion It is also famous as the nlnon where many imnortantcommitte.es of the Colonial legislature m.t, tod where nme of our most distinguished patriots assembled t concert measurea for aiding in the arduous struggle lor libeity. It is also faini.in as ihe place where Richard ll. ury Lee and other of his contem porar.es originated the plan for estal,l.ishiuS corresponding comumtecs throughout many o( the Colonies li w. s aim famous for its lifo- . , , ., , . . . , , size bust of Sir W-tlier Rulaigh, which, from its construction, adorned i. front, and wh.ch, w. are glad to say. was not consumed will, the house. The old Rah Igb was also famous M the plaoe whero Patrick Henry slopped when ho made his dobut in the House of Burgesses, and it was in his chamber in this old tavern that he ooucocted tho-e speeches winch aston- ished and entranoed all who beard bim.' L was under 1 he root ol tins .Id tavern that tbe i great and patriotic of Virginias sons met m 1 ummnu iu u-'iilhtuu' id wjo uarKor perioa 01 i ... - j . 1:1 . :. .. l 1 r the nation's birth; bdJ it was from this bouse i .1 . . l 1 , ,r ginia foremost in opposition to the ,rbilrarj hi a 1. iuubo lusuivon LLL'aiuiicu wuiuu UJUUO V IT- movements of Great Britain ' t lirilain THE WESTERN EXTENSION. We are gratifi.d in being able to state that ! lmn88 lne mner" alps. comemoers, ; too two moruiern tiers oi tne siavenoming this important .State work is now in a fair way 88 tl,cJ are- wlth 118 111 the great republic- Mates had its advances not been unhappily of being rapidly pushed forward. The requi- j an confederacy. Let us consider over retarded by the irritating agitations of the Mtc amount of stock has lieen subscribed for ! what sort of a population it is that some day. Rm has any pumon, whose opinion constructitg the second Section of the road, ' persons among us think that it is not only in entitled to the slightest respect, ever un whicli extends from Morgaoton west about 43 right and commendable, but in the highest tlei taken to sketch out the details of a plan mi!cs, and contracts have been awarded accor 'degiee heroic, saint like, god like to extend ! fot affecting the change at once, by any dingly for the entire section ! the awful calamity which turned St. Do ! legislative ineu.-o.ire that could be adopted ? The mountain portion of this section has ! mingo into a heap of bloody ashes in 17111. Consider, . nly, I pray you, that it would been awarded to Messrs Crocked & Malone, j There are between three and four millions j be to ask the South to give up one thousand w?rk oTtLfcSacteJ 8UCCe'8 exPcnenc0 1,1 j of the colored race scattered through the u.illtons of property, . which she holds by a mi,. ' j f ,i i . i i ihe rcmaiijdtr ot the wik has been bhit. ded to citizen contractors, among whom are Messrs. Avery, McKesson, Patton aud others, whose characicr for energy and perseverance needs no comment. : The contractors will onlcrupon the prosecu tion of the work immediately. NVe congratulate all interests involved in this great work, but more especially do we con gratulate our brelhren of tho "far West " Day is begicning to dawn upon them after a Ions and cheerless night. Much credit is due to Mr. Pearson, President r f the Company, and to Maj. Turner, Chief Engineer, for the energy tbey have exhibited in this ma ter. And we may safely say that the spirit thrown in'o the work by the euterprizo of Ch.is. F. Fisher, Esq , has htiinulatcd the stockholders to engage in tho oi,t rpriz. If we bad more work and less croaking and straining after offi e and political capital, our State wonld bo much the better for it. Salisbury Banner. Incendiary. Publications by Mail. Mr. Holt, tbe Postmaster Genera), bas decided that tbe statute of Virginia in rchi'.ion to tbe dis tribution of incenuiary publiua ions by mail, doeS not conflict wilb the powial laws of tbe United States. Ho says: The question thus presented va fully doci ded by Attorney Genral Cashing in the case of tbe Yas o city pot office. He thero held that a Ftatute of Mississippi, in all respects analogous to that of Virginia as cited, was uot inconsistent with tbe act of Congress, prescri bing tbe duties of postmasters in regard to the delivery of mail matter, and that the latter, as good citizens, were bound to yield obedience to such State laws. You aro referred to tbo luminous diccussiou of the case for the argu ments urgod by that distinguished civilian in support of the eonclusion at which ho arrived. Tho judgment thus pronounced bos been cheer ' fully acquiesced iu by thU Department, and ia now reeogniied as one uf the guides of its ad ministration. Tbe authority of Virginia to enact suob a law rests upon that right of self preservation which belongi to every govern asent and people, and which bas never been surrendered, nor indeed can it be. Mb. Van Bubkn. No Ex-President has ever lived io more studied retirement than Martin Van Burcn. lie it seldom away from his home, and never seems to cjvcI attentions of iiny kiud. On the 6th iust., be pa red bis seventy seventh year. He ia said to bo wri ting a momoir of bis times. It will, if truth ful, reveal a groat many curious ebspteis in the politics! history of tbe country. GREAT UNION DEMONSTRATION IN BOSTON. Speech of Mr. Everett. Mr. Everett, in his msual strain of elo quence, proceeded! to oilJress tbe immaase u.liencer referring to tbe fact that be had withdrawnaltogetber aom Politic ; having found tnore congenial, and, as he thought. a more useful occupation in veiling to ral ly tbe affectioDR of hie countrymen North and South to that great name and precioos memory whieh is left almost alone of all the numerous kindly associations which once bound the different sections of the countrj together, Applause. Tbe value ef tfce Unkm nd, Wdmnger uf it dissolu tion wery dMcanteanpon at length, and the opinion expressed that we arson tha my Vwgri)f--jTiYfliw'n'wn'1tB"i" nsse tbe Union to its foundation : and that a few more atop forward, in the direction in which affairs have moved t'or few years past, will bring us to the cntnsti'olie Mr. Everett next proceeded to point nut tbe enorm ty of Joiin Brown' llnrpcr's Ferry raid, and the terrible i-.u.seciuences that would have ensued had he been sue- cessful. The people of the North who treated the affair with levity, Jul so from a want of reflection as to the terrible con sequenoes. To talk of tbe pikes aud ri fles not being intended for offensive pur poses is simply absurd. Applause. The firs; act almost of the party was to shoot down a free colored man, whom they were attempting to impress, and who fled from them. One might as well say that the rifled ordnance of Louis Napoleon was in tended only for self defence, to be used only in Case the Austrians should undertake to j arrest his march. Loud applause. No, sir, it was an attempt to do 50 a vast , scale, what was done in St. Domingo in I 1791. where the colored population was about t-qual to that of Virginia ; and if any wou)( form a,)i8titlft i,(,R w,at9Uch ,.n ' .-1.1 operation is, let nimseeit not as a matter if , j Lf Vi'gue, ncep.,on-a cruel pn.ject-in the mind of a heated fanatic, but a it should in the sober pages of history, that record j tne revolt in that Island ; the midnight I burnings, and wholesale massacres, Ihe merciless tortures, the abominations not to j be named by Christian lips in the hearing I of Christian ears sonio of which, too nn- utterably atrocious for the English language arc 0r nece8sitv vci,i in ,he obscurity of i .l. t frt 17 1 e l . Mr. Everett here read from history i i snort account ot tne norrors auenoing ine aeivne iubui icctiuu in ot. jouiingu, aim i then proceeded to addrees the assemblage , as follows: j Now let us take a glance at the state ol .1 l . .... l oouviiern auu oouuiwesiern oiaies, in small . . rs10UPa in cities, towns, villages, ami in large bou!es on isolated plantations ; in tho house, the factory and tho field; mingled togetner witn tne uominant race in tne va- rious pursuits of life ; tho latter amounting in the aggregate, to eight or nine millions, if I rightly recollect the. numbers. Upon this community, thus composed, it wag the design of Brown to let loose the holl-hounds of a servile insurrection, and to bring on a struggle which, for magnitude, atrocity and horror, would have stood alone in the his tory of the world. And these eight or nine millions, igainst whom this frightful war was levied, are our fellow-citizens, entitled with u to the pro tection of that compact government, which recognizes their relation to the colored race a compact which every sworn officer of the Unipu of the States is bound by his oath to support ! Among, thenwair, is a fair proportion of men an 1 women of ed ucation and culture of moral and religious lives-and characters virtuous fathers, mo thers, 80ns and daughters, persons who would adorn any station of society in any country men who read the same Bible that we do, and in tho name of the same Master kneel at the throne of the same God forming a class of men from which have gone forth some of the greatest and purest characters which adorn our'history Wash ington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Mar shall. These are the men, the women, for whose bosoms pikes and rifles ore maufac tured in NeW England, to be placed it, the hands of an ignorant subject race, supposed most wrongfully, as recent events have shown, to be waiting only for an opportu nity to use them. Sir, I have on three or four different oc casions in early life and more recently, visited all the Southern and Southwestern States, with the exception of Arkansas and Alabama. I have enjoyed the hospitality of tho city and the country ; I have had the privilege before crowded and favoring audiences, to hold up the character of the father cf his country, and to inculcate the blessings of the Union in the same precise terms in which I have done it here at borne and in the other portions of the land. I have been admitted to the confidence of tho domestic circle, and I havo seen there touching manifestations of the kindest feelings by which that cirole in all its mem- ber. high and low, master arUaerTMt, Ml be bound together ; and when I contemplite ,llc ouiium mai wouia nae eMaed ud the tragedy on which the enrtiii tn ii Harer'8 Ferry, been acted oat, through h Bienes oi nre ana sword, of Inst nd murder, of rapine and desolation, to th. final catastrophe, I am filWd with emotions to whiab no words can do iuatie- i oere couii ot Ofrtrse be trot one resolt,TfiV and that well deserving the tbouirhtful mit. .-..uU v, .uoe, ii nj incn mere D, jtoUt tbink that tbe welire of th r... I .a t at the webrre of the rjilnrHTi.. could by any possibility be promoUj by the success of such a movement, and 'ho are willing to purchase ihs resuU b o- "7 " vriuoe. me OoloreJ popalsmon of St. Domingo amounted to but ftttle short of half million, while the white amomy tad tn ia rn n . , a)Mp !! m n'if.ni ot Trie Boothern btates alone, in tbe aggre gate, outnumber the colored in the rat;o of two to one; in the Union at large in the 'ratio of seven to one, and if which Heaven J avert thev should be brought into conflict, , " c uM end only in the extermination of 1 the bitter after scenes of woe for which hmgunge is tm faint, and for which the j liveliest fancy has no adequate images of horror, Such being the case, some one may ask, why does not the South fortify herself I..-. .L. . 'Ll. . . r against iub jiossioie occurrence 01 sucn a catastrophe, by doing away with the one great source from which it alone can spring ? This is a question easily apked, and I am not aware that it is our duty at the North to answer it; but it may be observed that gre.it and radical changes in the frame work uf society, involving the relations of twenty millions of men, will not wait on tbe bidding of m impatient philanthropy. Thev can only be brought about in the I, f i ., ' , lapso of time, by the steady operation of I physical, econ-imic il and moral causes. Have those who rebuke tbe South for the continuance of slavery considered that nei ther the present generation nor the prece ding one is tespni-.ible for its existence ? The Aliiciiii slave trade was prohibitea by act of Congress fifty one years ago, and many years earlier by tne separate South ern States. The entire colored population, with the exception, perhaps, of a few hun dred surreptitiously introduced, is native to the soil. Their ancestors wero convey ed from Africa in the shins of Old England and New England, '"hey now number Has any between three and four millions person, ot any party or opinion, proposed, in sober earnest, a practical method of U 1 I 0 "."a.B emancipuMon : wtueve muni ii-isous, m mi tn ui the country, are of opinion that freo labor is steadily gaining ground. It would, in mj judgment, have already prevailed in 1. ...... . T . L . r.i.i 1 11- tuio sunsiiioiory io nerseii, as inc nrst step, .. ' t Then estimate the cost of an adequate out, fit for the self support of the emancipated millions ; then reflect on the derangoment of the entire industrial system of the South, and all the branches of commerce and man ufactures that depend on its great staples ; then the necessity of conferring equal poli tical privileges on the emancipated race, who,, being-free, would be content with no thing less, if anything less were consistent with our political system ; then the conse quent organization of two great political parties on the basis of color, and the eter nal feud which would rage between them ; and finally, the overflow into the free States of a vast muhitudo ofneedy and helpless emigrants, who bejhg excluded from many of thorn (aud among others from Kansas) would ..prove doubly burdensome where they are admitted. Should we, sir, with all our sympathy for the colored race, give a very cordial reception to two or three hundred thousand destitute' emancipated siavesr. Uoes not every candid man see that every one of tl ese steps present diffi culties ol tile most formidable character difficulties for which, as fur as I know, no man and no partj has proposed a solution. And is it, sir, forJHie attainment of objects so manifestly impracticable, pursued too by the bloody pathways of treason and mur der, that wo will allow the stupendous evil which now threatens us to liome opon tbe country? Shall we permit this furiously compacted body politic, tho nicebt. adjust ment of humuri wisdom to go to pieces? will We blast this beautiful aymmetricform ; paralyze this arm of public strength ; srifye with imbecility this great national intelltct? Where sir, 0 where, will be the flag of the United States ? Where our rapidly increa sing iufluence in the family of nations ? Already they are rejoicing in our divisions. The last foreign journal which I have read, in commenting upon the event at Harper's Ferry, dwells upon it as something that "will compel us to keep the peace with the powers of Europe," and that means to take the law from them in our own international relations. I meant to have spoken of the wreck of that magnificent and mutually bcnenciul commercial intercourse which now exists between the producing and manufacturing States, on the hostile tarifla time ot i peace ana tne naoituaiiy recurring ooraer'Amerioan pat (Ten ia French tircles. -T- . .tbsettS, orNww j .'ftAl-.-i t.i',. n u ?oiijet niM t r foif myr1hi ,Wt 'drtVrouUloali- diTWord4o cjf ixtms, no. Thti fx" erations nnborn shall enjoy its privileges as we have dorh, and if c leave them poor in all besides, c will transmit to them the 'oundless weuka of its blessings. Immediately after the cunelti-ion of tle Hon. Edward Everett's emphatic mid elo quent denunciation of tverv tendency t iisunion, the immense asemblv broke forth into the most rapturous and vehement ap plause. Nine vociferous cheers were given for tbo honorable gentleman, followed I r the clapping of hands, waving of hats and handkerchiefs, and every demonstration a sincere people could give of satisfaction and delight. FLIGHT OF JEWS FROM MOROCCO We have heretofore stated ibat, owing to the threatened war betwci u Spam and Moroc co, (he Jewi resident in the luiti r country are 11 Ing to Gibraltar aud seeking tbo rol. clinn ol . L T: . . L a . . - l .. . ice iiriHun nag to avoid a ri uuii ii m n, rllt . , ,, .. , , . , ., . ' , 1S14, when the wild Kali) le tribe came d n to the coast and committed the most barbarous aits of mnrder and plunder At last accounts nearly three thou-aud J. ws bad arrived at Gibraltar from Tangier, and it was probable that they would bo followed by mauv tbnus aud olhera from other farts of Morocco. Mint of the fugitives arc in destitute eircuiustauots, being obliged in their sudden flight to leave behind them whatever little property tiny possessed. Very nianv of the MinVrcis, jni.ln ding youog women and ctnllicn, could hi d no resting place upon re.ai hing Gibraltar but the bare ground An appeal has therefore .been made in thuir behalf lo their oo relitiouis's in England and the Unilid States, and ti the benevolent of all persuasions. Iu New York i-ity the Rev. 8. M Isaacs, of 694 Houston stroet,bas undertaken to receive donations. DISCOVERY OF SILVER CALIFORNIA. MINKS IN The New Y'ork Courier says that late letters! from San Francico state ibat larjjf! quantities j of very rich silver oro havu begun to conic in; from the eastern slope of the Sierra, The oie : is described as ol fur up rior richness to auv cverobtaincd from Mexico nr Peru, and no ! proving in quality as ii is due from a greater I depth. A specimou of the ore receive 1 in New Y'ork shows that the minis are very finely granulated and intermingle 1 wirh iron pyrites. The silver is not visible io (he eye; but yet, hr is well known, that ia no argument against i't abundance Tho ore is said lo abound on the surfau, dropping out io rooks over a cous der able extent of country. The place 'i only three or four days' journey eastward from Sun Frinolsco, at Washoe, and aj'groat, excitement is expected to bo the. resttft of the discovery. Dixitwy Accident. Mrs. Haselwood, of Franknii county, (N. U.) was iustantly killed on Friday morning by the accidental disohargo of a shot gun io tho hands of ber husband. He rose Ironi bed about 5 o'clock in tbe morning for the purpose of going luikey burning, and, after dressing hiui-elf, on at tempting to take his gnu fioiu behind a bureau which stood near the bed, it was discharged, the whole load entering bis wife's bead, near (he crown, causing iustant death. Mr. II. is aloios iusue from mental dUtress. He is one of tbe best citijons of tho county, aud niuoh sympathy ia felt lor him. Raleigh Register. 4jolitionil Hung in Kentucky The New I York Djy Book has received information from j a private source, that a few days ago an Ohio abolitionist named Day was anested by the Vigilanco Committee in a certain county in Kentucky. He had incendiary papers on bis person. As he had been caught in the at tempt to circulate tho?o documents previously, and warned that he should be baug d if caught at it again, he was this time swung op without further ado Settled. It is said that the noted Formi divorce case, which has been in tho New Y'ork Superior Court for tbe last nine years, is about to bo settled. Tbe Reference on the question uf alimony reported that Edwin Forrest pay Mrs. Potrest $4,000 per annum from the com mencement of the suit and all costs, amounting, up to date, to about 1100,000. A Northern editor says: "We don't mind recording the deaths of people without being paid for our trouble, though that is not fair; but panegyriej on tbe dead mast be paid for. We positively cannot send pcoplo to heaven for noiuing. Scwakd Basking in Royal Sdnsbine. Mf 8oward U takieg a rapid tour through Bel giom and Holland.' 7 Ho will return to Paris about the 10th of December, and sail io the Arag from Havre on the 13th. He was tbe guest of thd Emperor and Empress, at Com- ipi gr , wcek , eompiinienl wn0h Ter, nturally bas made a sensation, not" only in 'Hi 1 i- ri mjX ji 1 ' 11 411 1 iT il AVilpiA ST Sl. ttt: '1. . . T , . . . . .1 . . , 1 ihupvqow Mms am itvs caatejsHJseapa mt eeo nsQaiii. tevtai, r crwiwrST r:, jl L. t. V' ' illjtn4l .ewriensrtti we . sink r.4wi0 tqJiie sreAMts past mi irW ilftort thate bara'SBjeyed tb lei-J Jo. t-clion-or Dirioo i'midsuee tst sisee- eor kWt ba'4Jtposear to i im . vi - t- - . 1. I J iftffl nax uufe ini aawu . buudbbwi mm (fBwaw-WBiw .KtiSiS "tieWf abf l(ie'3asg'1r 'W rtT"SUlIl4llWB, pasd away. May we ever be under tbe vine guidance and protection! W'hilni it is tbo duly of tbe l'resideot "from liiiie to time 10 pive to Congress information of tbosute of ihe I nion," I shall not refer id detail to !he recent fad ud bloody ixoarreDoee I at llarrr s Ferrv Slid, It is i roper to ob j -irve that tlieae events, however tad aud cruel in themselves, derive their chief importance from the apprehension lhat tbey are but eycip toms ot an tDCurabl disease iu the pubiio miud, which may break out iu still more dan gerous outrages and terminate ai last in an open war by the North to abolnh slavery in the South Whilst, for myself, I entertain no such apprehension, they ought to afford a sol emu warning to us all to beware of tbe ap proucli . f danpor. Our I'liion is a stake of such inestimable value as to demand our constant and watchful vigilance for in preser dang,.red or retaided by violent political strug vation. In this view, let uic implore my ei) countrymen, North and South, t.. cultivate the i ancient feelings of iiuiIuhI forbeaianoe ing of mutual forbeaianofl aud good will towards each other, and stiive to allnv the demon spirit of sectional bitreil aud strife now alive iu the land. Tin advice pro ceeds from the he art ot an old public lunctiou ary wlio.se sorvioe commenced in tbe last gene rauon, among the wise aud conservative states men of that day, now neatly all passed away, and whofce lirst and deaiest earthly wish is to leave hia country tranquil, prosperous, united, and powerful. We ought to ri fle:t that in this age. and es pecially in this country, thero is an incessant flux and reflux of public opinion. (Questions which in their day assumed a most threatening aspect, have now nearly gone from the memo ry of men. 1'hey arc "volcanoes burnt out, and on tbe lava and ashes and squalid sooriie of old eruptions grow the peaceful olive, the cheering vine aod the sustainhn; corn Such, io my opinion, will prove to be tho fate of tho presont sectional excitement, thoold those who wisely seek lo apply the remedy, continue always to coohno their efforU within the pale of the constitution If this course be pursued, the existing agitation on tho subject il domestic slavery, like everything human. will havo its dsy and give place to other aud less threatening controversies. Public opiuion in this country is all powerful, and when it n aches a dangerous excess upon any question, the good seuse of tho pcoplo will furnish the coricctive and bring it back within i"afo limits, Still, to hasten this auspicious result, at the present crisis, wa ought to remember that every rational creature must bo presumed to intend the natural consequences of his own teachings Thoso who announce abstract doctrines subver sive of the Constitution and the Union, must not bo surprised should their heated partisans advance one step further, and att"mpt by vio lence io carry these doctrines into practical ( ffrct. Iu this view of the subject it ought never to bo forgotten that, however great may have been the political advantages resulting from the Un on to every portion of onr com tnuTi oountry, those would all prove, to be as nothing should ihe time ever ajrivo when they cannot be enjoyed without sorinus danger to tho personal safety of tbe people of fifteen members of the confederacy. If the peace ol the domestic fireside throughout these States should ever be invaded if tbe mothers of fam ilies within this extensive region should not be able to retire to rejt at night without suffering dreadful apprehensions of what may be their ovn fate and that of their children before the morning it would be vain to recount to suoh a people the politioal benefits which result to them from the Uutoov' Self preservation is tbe first instinct of nature; and therefore any state of society in which the sword is all tbe time suspended over tbe beads of tbe peop'e, must at last become intolerable JJut 1 indulge in no such gloomy forebodings Oo the contrary, I firmly oelieve that tbe events at Harper's Ferrv, by causing the people to pause and re fleet upon tbe possible pril to their cherished institutions, will be tbe meanj, under rroyi dence, of allaying tbe existing excitement and preventing future outbreaks of a similar char acter. Ibey will resolve tbat the Constitution and the Union shall not he eudaDgcrcd by rash counsels, knowing that, should ''ihe silver cord be loo;ed or tbe golden bowl be broken at the fountaiu," human power could never re uuitc tbo scattered and bostilo fragments. I cordially congratulate yon upon the final settlement by the Supreme Court of the United States of the question of slavery in the Territo ries, which bad presented an aspeot so truly formidable at the eommenooment of my admin istration. The right has been established ol every citizen to take his property of any kind, including slavos, into the oommon Territories belonging equally to all tbe States of tbe Con federacy, and to have it pioteoled there under the federal Constitution Neither Congress uor a territorial legislature, nor any human pow cr, has any authority to annul or impair this vested right. The Buprcme judicial tribunal ot he country, whioh is a oo-ordinate branch of the Government, has sanctioned and atbrmed these, principles of constitutional law, so mani festly just in themselves, and so well calculated to promote peace and harmony among the 8tatet. It is a striking proof of the sense of instioe wbiob U inherent in onr people, that tho property in slaves bas never been disturbed to tn knowledge, in any of tbe Territories.' Even throughout the lite trouble lu KtOSM 1 H1HB TJSB UlatSB SHJOBF tl VAITUE.IIL i t u VH m . -. . - ww w. . - " . i . ' Uk;, it iuu uaw uoseuHOi .iaa. vOTiimm kiw ft ibe Utts'lWt iwrolf tb -wouia aetxm kUi'rnaIt;Tb sr !':;.': Vi t nm.wimi kt-. 1 r .resavTM nNmnr wu. 1 H" I wimwiai 8ltfe4slnsilntL a a i bwMM JefiBfloe. Vmild kee"llTS 1: I Thos has tbe trarns of S Territory, rJonBj the intei mediate period from its first settlement until it sball become a State, been irrevocably fixed by tho final decision of tbe Supreme C iurt. Fortunate has this been for tbe pros perity ol the Territories, as well as the tran quility of the States. Now, emigrants from the North and the South, tho East and tho West, will meet in the Territories on a com mon platform, having brought with them that -pecies of property lest adaptid, in their twn opinion, to promote their welfare From nat ural causes tbe slavery question will in each case soon virtually eottle itself; aud before the Territory is prepned fot admission as a State into the Union this deoision one way or the other, will have been a foregone conclusion. Meanwhile the .ctlement of tbe new Territo ry will proceed without serious interniption. and its on press and nrosneritv will not be en- When in the nroirresT of events tbe inhabit ,nfl f a Territory shall have reached the 1 number required to form a Sta'e, they will I then proceed, io a regular manner, and in the xerci-e of the rights of popular sovereignty, to form a consti'u ion preparatory lo admis sion into the Union. After this has been done, to employ tbe language of the Kansas and Ne braska act, thev "shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, ae their consti tution may prescribe at the time of their ad mission." This sound prino pie has happily been recognized, in some form or other, by an almost unanimous vote of both bouses of tho last Congress. Ml lawful means at my oommand have boen employed, and shall continue to be employed, to execute the laws against tbe African slave irade. After a most careful and rigorous ex amination of oar ooasts and a th-rongh investi gation of tbe subject, we havo not been able to discover that any slaves have been imported into the United States except the cargo by the Wanderer, numbering between throe aad fonr huudred. Those engaged in this unlawful en terprise have been rigorously prosecuted ; but not with as much success as their crimes have descrTcd. A number of them are still under prosecution. Our history proves that the Fathers of tho Republic, iu advance of ill other nations, con demned tbe African slave-trade It was, not withstanding, deemed oxpedient by tbe framer3 of the Constitution to deprive Congress of tho power Jo prohibit "the migration or importa tion of such persons as any of the Slates now existing sball thii k proper to admit" "prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight." It. will be seed that this restriction on the power of 'ongresa was confined to sucb States ouly as might think proper to admit the impor tation of slaves. It did not extend to other Stales or to tho trade carried on abroad. Ao coTaUigly, wo find ibat ao early as the 22nd March, 1794, Congress passed an not imposing severe penalties and punishments upon citizcnB aud residents of tbe U. S who should engage in Ibis trade between foreign nations. The provisions of thisaot were extended and enfor ced by the act of 10th May, 1800. Again : The States themselves had a clear right to waive the constitutional privilege in tended for their benefit, and to prohibit, by their own laws, this trade at any time they thought proper, previeus to 1308 -Several of them exercised this right before that period, and among them some containing tbe greatest number of slaves. This gave to Congress tbe immediate power to act in regard to all snob States, because tbey themselves had removed the constitutional barrier. ' Congrats accord ingly passed an act on 28th February, 1808, "to -preveet tbe importation of certain persons iato Slates Where, by the laws th roof, (heir admission is prohibited." In this tnaober tbe importation of African tlavsS into the United States was, to agreat extent, prohibited some years in advance oi lSUa. As tbe year 1808 approached. Congress de termined net to suffer this trade to exist even for a single day after tbey had the .power to abolish it. On the 2d of March, 1807. thev passed an act to take effect ''from and after the 1st day of January, 1808," prohibiting the im portation of African slaves into the Un. States. This was followed by subsequent acts of a sim ilar character, to wbioh I need not special Ij refer. Suoh were the principles and eueh tbe practice of onr ancestors more (ban fifty yesrs ago in regard to the African slave-trade. It did not occur to the revered patriots who had been delegates to the convention,' and af terwards became members of Congress, that in passing these laws they had violated the Con stitution which they bad framed with so mndh care and deliberation. They supposed that to prohibit Congress, in express terms, from exer cising a specified power before an appointed day necessarily involved tbe right to exercise this power after that day bad arrived. r - t- V- If this were not tbe ease, the frameta jd .Ihe Constitution had expended much labor iftfraia( . . Had tbey imagined tbat Congress Would poetess'. s no nowar to nrohihit the trade HfUher. hftforw or after 1808, they would not p are taken to muob.' t. cart .to t:Vi rfS of this powef befcw that period,., KI jnorenn, they wtmld nbt hat atteohed woh yMtftnpoiJt.,;4 J imoeito ybvialbnti ter late' excluded . -i At, . s
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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Jan. 6, 1860, edition 1
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