' '"irts'if (.'ui’iKcrUn'l. llru-ncit aii'l Monre. His office
will be at hi' it-siiifiice. Circi'ii o)>j>osite ihv
His eorresjioiiiltMi:' will jili-ase n.i'lt »ss 'lim heroatler
■It Fnvctit'ville, inste i'i of Siiininervirn*.
NKll,!. McK\Y.
.lan'v‘Jl. l
tlie Dt'ni;h, wi;li
(iVHc'tice o! I lie Law.
win nr’t‘:,J liore.it’tiM ih^ - ‘f ',iTijlierl;in‘l, Hnb
■x"n «n l !i. H' :i'1 tip* r niv'>, uti'l tlie Sui'eriov
r,. SHKl’HKRD.
!5 \K1:R. .Iu..
\ \T I-AW,
• I’ ■ Will. r>. v>',ijiiii'si.iiw
ii'i nii'l I'raetico
('uinherlund.
A. I>. ncIJMV
Al'loriiey a|id ( oiiiiseilor at Law
ll-'ILLut -nl-’ -
\\ St"Tl JlH'l !
'■n;
I h«- of V :»v:li
,kii‘l Sill Other 0''infry
(J. • !'r
John [• \ v, -
M --i-
M , - : - I'M
.‘i I’Mik ;u. 1
M .V 7. ’ ■
»
I .MMKIIVII.LK. N
rr- of ( ;iii ’'crl'inil. Moore. John-
>. ;itteuti.)ii
f ' piitru-te l t i his .’ure.
:-iv •
KOKV ?lc VAIlt.
Ittorney ami f'ouMsellor at M^atr,
; i ji;'tci ni tlit> ('..iinty ariil Superior
Kii. iiiui'ii'l Hil l t ■ini;b‘^-rlMti'l
him wi;l rt^' ^-ive (.r'liiij't al-
J-.JHiis' I'ciuiitfil.
1 1 LL ti'
W- A\r THI RSDAYS
IH!i: K SO\S.
IK I’iMl
JAS. C. MeKAE,
at M^aw^
ottir • West cn l of thf» Inxurince HuiMine
Hay St., Fayetteville, N. C.
March 2ii. I860.
KK r'i Ou if paid in
f «nbscrij
FRENCH STRANGE,
4torii*‘y a Law,
Fayetteville. N. ^
1 iinniiTii. if jiaiJ in
th: vear of subscrip-
‘Xj>iro J
erti'il t'o’ tlO cciii>‘ j>er
i' l 'I t L'cnti for e.'toh
’.V (iilv -nisenients hy sj.t
A(lverti«ors are
rtii'Ti'i 'IpfiiriMl. or
in f I tmriiPj aiioorJ-
_>thoe th.'it reooiitly oo..‘U}iicd by C. (t. Urighi, Esq.,
\er ilio otif' now oceupieJ by him in Dr Kobiuson'p
building. OicvJii Street
Dee r -J. 1;
.IfrJI.f V,
Attorney at Law,
Kayi’ttk\ ii.i.K, N. C
altetiil the t'ounty .'itid SujHjrior Courts of
yy (’uniberbin'l. I!:irin>f. M :'r. nti !
the collection of all
L'h-irffed oO per
tiPs. I’ronipt attent
cl'iiius entriKted to hi
Oct. 17. 1
irivi II to
hui!
1; H.
!' • new xubscribor
111 a Iv iiice, nor will
tor M loneer time
r)S-tf
I.AW iXOTICK.
Mibscri*:;T havinsT removed from .''nmnier'riH" to
uperior
take till" i'ii-
when nuiking
.Irtll'v 1. 1
!0>. > .1 O'
iun
l*!UV'TOR
1! ’lel in Noith
l/nu \otic-
THK '•,■>1 '.r h:iviii'jr t -iircl from
iMiri. !-;■ to cirvui,- hiii;-ell t.. i ii.- iirnc
. I
Huy :inJ
lie centre of the
irroundod by all
lilts and princi-
couvenient
lune I
11 1 ! -pan fr.- n this Hotel.
>1-
losrri’
\ r I'll\
\S fik
1101 Si'.
-iir.MW
THK M VUKKT HOISE.
:iTi; ini-re . e of patruua^
ni» V" ;r. I ha've ex
id; ion of Si niiiu
>, with -"her iiupjri-
J 11.^:- ia’iy to tho
those fi.vori:.^ ine with
Marol'.
Itin : f;’ Ti'l
ndvr tiiV
ind cn
t sjincev
con
iven to the
Dee r ;
nage o
HEMWEI.I
VSI5KT I g. I.K. >• C.,
J. tl. s'ropriftoi*.
1.- - *!i. ’■ irive- hiHi uri
artii'h s ooiiducive to
:.-e to hiii guests in
F^uislll
enu*.n -i- 1
I let. 0. 1
lilt! U'l- d
rln t aroiijta.
Lu I
Uad M »I
in*. THi:o.
OFFU’K. H.X'i STKKKi
M. ii.-il F-l. ctri. lt
Fayi-ttt .iiie. Ui-t
I'Kily
I il fin 1 iUeiiMVi
coiivi-j. p ir’ie- to -»n\
;:ety 'f tilts region
iiin-i!i' .1 Gup. the
Si’rings. kc .
r'de "I .Ashevill
U
sreo
.!? Ml \M. '1
>' • >’ of I’.,-" (I
I times, when not profession
Jtilv l:i. I'’."
KOA ».
-1 i:uA
KAII.
1) i:\TAL
II %K03J>A
Oct. 1.
1 •_’ >
Mor; i«y«. Wednesday
Retiirr leave
Mclver s
ica.i
ii7,fn.'
the Tarions branch
MALLETT. Tre: t.
Itf
\M> (,>l K KKS'l
r f o Tcii: K.iiLHOAir
& IIOBINSOWS
H!M!sK .^TKiE M\K TO KKNWSVILLE.
M\ WVUSUV.
SA 1.1..
- fiir tr.iveler^ goin^
ev-ry day a
1,N H(»ru
lie. (ii'ivers -ol.ei
in i sure of tive mile
their
'l( I
r »vi:TTi:viiii>!:
\L €E (OMPAsV.
unt - to
rl!7-,7ti5 bl
pi’..!iijitly. and
ir t>renjiiiin iioteM.
O'J
KIL!
V . Vi
5[LL
i-A r>‘H s;
N ’I'iiiiii^iia*!,
Hill- Irile.
i\ iji M 1/ui in,
T. ' i.uitei'loh,
W. Sirel.
.1. O. • :0k,
U >n. J. 0. Sliephertl,
I’lrnwn, (
I j
I riifnii**!!. Traveling Agents,
ic aions
:l-ly
Stork *!
’ATIOM^RY.:
t ill Hupply ol
' anij MIh« pihnroiis Books; School i
•Haiik Kooks: Wrtting Papers;
Kii>j‘hnK*s, Ac
E J. HALE & SON
nl. nt.
al
stort
w ilni gton.
. . , »oI.I V "
I :
for
in II
HAl4i *
MBW
FAVKTTKVILLK, N. C., DECEMBER 6, 1860.
[NO. 976.]
ALFBEI) ALDKH’WA!^,
liiKpector or \av;il stores,
\vil,Mi\f.;To\, X r
\l'^ILL attend I'rouiptly t > ihe iratisaction of all bnsi-
yy ness coiiti^'uo I to hi C'lre.
fjy tiui pd
p. KK.NUALl. J. S. KKNUALL.
W. V. Ki:\l>AI.I. A: SOX,
€ieneral n omniissiitn tlterchantn,
N. I r*i n I'S'i ii '.'I'ttEKT.
v\iL)ii.\(rrox, X. :.
OKltlll’.'' iVoMi !iu' I oniuiy i'''iji-ctrij!ly solicited.
Uu .-i >,f (\iitoii uud oilicv Produce,
tiberal c:i>h a lv;inwill be made whon desired.
Oct. 17, is-in. ti.'^tf
.IOII\ n. C I.AVtK,
(ommissioii and Forwardiuv Xerchaiit,
!>r ■ i.‘ i; i\
Lime, Coriieut, Plaster, H^ir, &c.
LI.TTKUI,(m1> \vn\R!', WILMINGTON, N. C.
Y ) ■ '. : i; v'lr.i! s \i i: mcl.vi iiiN avd sfN,
A^.ril 2t>. I SI',.I. 1 Itf
A. V*. I I LI i:k,
i\rVIoi./; ^.##y I' an4»4 Eii
\ \ I'
NO"TH[ WATER ST.,
w / L MI -V (; r \. X.
VJ-C'Ux
U. \V. IM l>liAKI>,
4'otinti ‘Hi «fMfrrhaaf^
)HOM!’T and ’’I'l'.-' >V \1, • i••■iiiid'i will be given to
Timber.
>N' \1,
'tor, I
1. I > V H
HUSKE & ANDERSON,
—UEALEUS IN-
staple anti Fancy Dry €ioo«l«,
dot Mug ^
Aud Geutlemeu’§ Fiiriiii^hiiig troods
of every descrijition.
B.VLLOU’S FUEXriI YOKE SHIRTS,
Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Eic. &c.
Five per cent, otf for all Cash Bills of and
upwards.
•\os. 4» and 4H Hay St., (Hotel Uuildiii^.)
i WI-K;hT HUSKi:, JOHN H. ANDERSON.
Formerly IVk Cape Fear. For'lv with J. A. I’eniberton.
Nov. 2S. 1800. ' 74tf
Call at n. A. RAKi:ir.*S and
your I'ire Ariiiiii!
/ 1UNS, UIFIvES and PISTOLS of allthe best patterns
' Jf now in use, anil at as low jirices as they can be had
in any city or town in the United States or England.
■M A. BAKER.
^ Fayetteville, l)ec’r ■•'>. Totf
The l'n(ler!^i;;i;:ned
Is prejiarediat short notice,) to supply families and
othert, with Jak and I’ine Wood of the best (juality,
and at tlie lowest market prices. B. U(JSE.
Deo. ;i. 7o-3t
CATTI.K WAATIilW.
1W.VNT to purchase I'^O lie;id of Cattle, Heifers,
Steers, and every other dosoription. I will winter
c ittle for Five Dollars eacli, or if tliey die Viefore March
no charge. I’ersons wish'.ng MILK or CKE.\.V1, can be
! fiirni.-iiied on aj'plication to .Mrs. Ida E. Breece, on Dick
I Stieei, at the former McLcran residenci'.
JOSEPH BREECE.
Dec'r 6. 7o-3t
■mil
’ III. 1 uni)>er.
iljirik lit Wilmington.
Fiv-*tieville.
3(;,()00
Nov. O'.l
4'i^ar«! C'i;;arM!!
CIG.VKS, CHOlCFi brands, just received
per Str Flora and for sale low, hv
MRS. M. B.\NKS.
7 1 'Jw
N. C
l:>tf
30
^inokin;; Tobacco.
B.\ LES ol Virginia Powhatan Tobacco, a first-rate
article, fur sale by .MK.S. .M. B.VNKS.
Nov. o'.i 7 )..o^
r.! U . a. UJiHlNSwN .
i'. II. ie0lll\^0\ \ 40.,
JoDuniLSiou 1 .d rorwaniiug Merchants,
\V1 LM i N(. l' »N, N. t’
Cou-'' - ’id .-AU-i'ry >rders will receive
•-'1 f
v'l ni. II. ri iti.i \i; ro\.
Ntar Polimli ol* tlie »^oiilh!
?i A AI r A t r i f> isi
A. J. WOODWARD,
I A VKTTKVII.I.i:, A. i .
\V1 !,>!!'
'iiei.'i tl a"
TO.V.
.lOII A I*. ri I.I.FK,
\ttoruey aud (ouiioellor al Law,
WILI. FKVf'TI t IN rnLl" fKTS OK
Kobe^oit. ( umberliind, uluiiibiiH and Uladen.
otlic; It Lunil *Tlo'.l. RuliO-fiT^ C.. , N.
J Illy •'). 1 ■' '
n A KiTAi:
• i.i' •-iit( th« Post «.)th(
AOTIt’K.
hi- pr..fes~ii.inal
H .J .‘^tr>"‘t, four
■ be found at all
)[|ier Couniry pru.l
Kefeis !•: H K
'Vihiiing' o-. .ti; i
I'.alik ‘-f No-' >. 1 ■ (r ,
ISrH’it'h ''
Nov 1 '-'•I
- ’II.
li >V
r..
r
le or shipuieni
•. I’iuiber. and
. I' C>-i..- Fear.
'.iiigf'(U IJrinch
a'^ii‘ r Raleigh
JOSI3P1/
BLOSSOM
V *» I \
> V.
^ i
,\ S I'
ForwardiH" .^lerchaiit,
|y;i,/oi;, . f
5!aV i’r
lufiit', an
to 'itIn r I
Feb. lU
'■/;i ill
c vi'ii U) all Con^ign-
Pu"Hice t‘^ he shippei
•ITlf
.NOTK’R.
S^'U I r nifiv rt‘?iil'»rly ut hi'^ * office on
I*er?»;ri iw.. ili *rs K;i"t of the M irk=-f. ilur-
(he iiour" of from - A. M. i>j 1 1'. M.: 2 I*. M. t*-
M
JXO. s. 1>\N. . a mjM'.n.. k. .M. HYMAN,
h’ltt T - ' A' HairtntoH.
DAA4 V, 111 UA\ A: « O.,
GKOtKRS (0)i ilSMOV MFU( IIAXTS,
1*^1 i^earl -Street.
'I^lial PoUnIi! Hoh it Shines. Mmiy of yon recol-
1 lec! nine year- ago that I tr avelled tliiough North
i.anilina and a {loriion of .South (.’arolina for the pur-
po.'ie of introducing this Pidish. .As time elapsed 1 found
that it would mould. 1 have «iiecceded in making it
[H»rfect and will arrant it to give satisiaction. ii can
tie had al rei.»il for ]t» cents per bos or at wholesale for
sixty cents per dozen. Dealers will forwanl their or
ders two weeks previous to the time they wish them filled.
Mav •), ISOm. 15-1 y
IIAKTFOKD, COAA.
lucorporated 1819. Charter Perpetual,
i»i:\TI^TRV.
U. .1. 1» Wis l.nviniz d.
HVnAA, i>AA% V A 4 o.,
Comiiili^^ioii 3iei'chaiits
K. V %
■ The New V.Tk H .1.-.0 w .. I'c conducted by Jno. S.
It'd perma- • D.\sct, aid*_*i.l oy K. . II\m.\n.
!)• f.'iiducic’l by Jno. H.
.Authorized apital,
Paid up l apital.
-4Hsets,
Siv'HMMKM) UO
t,5MK0M> UO
2,o;io,4-2;i w)
1) 111 !' ly 1(1.-riiie in thf'I'own of Fayette- The Norlolk Hon- -
viiie. rr-p'cifully otl>-'- iii- sorvics to the , Hv.m.an an 1 F M. Hi'i
f thS place an I -■!■. t.uii linz I'ouiitry. In all ' PaitiLMil ir a iL'iitii.n Kivi-n 'o the sale of CtjT-
TON, CORN, U Hi; VI, '.AVAL srORES. .VC.
tson.ible Goods
r exchange for
luiitry. In all
includin" the
manufacture of .Mint-ral Tfeth. he i .-latistipd, after an
extensive experienc*. to which is a'Mcd a thorough Den-
'al education, thut he can irive entire a'i'^taction as far
as is in the power of Dent i -: > y. ,\ 11 irrt-gu'arities of the
I'eeth trt >tk‘d ill a f.rojier mid mannor. n« well a?
1 sease- ot the nioitth. .None Vmt the proper metals are
ijiHile use ot in the vari >ii« u;■•.•rntioiH. ''ii.4rg>-s will be
: i.iuueratf. th it the bene*i'; of the Profession may be
I fiiace(i within fh» reach of .11 who may feel an intere=t
■ in the pie>=t-rv!!tii.n of liie Teeth.
1 orticc over H'lus'on s Jewelry Store, where ho
ri'av be fotinil at all tim-s.
May 10. ‘^tf
W . II. C AKVKK,
llcaler in i>ry fiioodM. liJroceriem,
and i*ro%i«ion«,
: \\MLL aUviiy- k.-. |, M good S.ook of s.-
f"f| : *V 'in Land, to tell fbPfin t ('i-'i. o
; I'roduee at Cii !i y - i-c
tl.iy .Street, Fayrtfeville, N. C , .\pril
B. r. im:aui E,
WITH -
A. A. 7lol»0 \ t B n,
(ummission Mtrciiant and Produce Dealer,
AM> I;KA1.KK I.N'
; l ucfl ii- - . Pl OV ir.iolis,
ulery.
Bo'Shov and Le.itiier,
Bag-in^. I’l. ii,., .-ittiMlt I'y. .vc..
Foreign aii'l Dom. rii.j Lit|iiors,
Sheetings and Varii!- iit .M.innfaeiurevs’ pricei*.
jgfc;^rftrict att.-niion j-aid to orders.
SoriH SIDE II\V STREET,
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.
Sept. I’l, i8»io.
n. A. RAKEK,
f^OPM'KH S.UMTH.
'^niTRPENTlNE STILLS manufactured on the most
1 favorable terms. -Vll work warranted.
Call and see for yourselves, at Fayetteville, N. C.
Oct. 22.
T. A: I«. ii. WORTH,
Coniinis«iiou and Forwarding Merchants^
WILMINaXON, N. C.
Jan’y 2«, 18ii?t 84tf _
AA ILMAII J. rRI€£,
innpector of Turpentine^
WILMLVGTON, N. C.
S)a^ Will atteuii promptly to all buviu^as aatrustad to hi*
care.
Mnrch 3'J.
Sept. 11, l^'.'i.
i:iiuiA
..itf
H. RAAAi:V
imenera! i'otumtssioti •fierrhant,
H South Wtiiiru's. i»ei\vt»u .M irkrt \ I'licstiiiit Sts.
il Si ;•*•-. Flonr. Rice, vtc.
nijit I 111.1I attention.
T. K. BR.VCE.
S. TL'D>K.
J. rHVRCH.
R. HLELL.
E. FLOWER.
E. A. BULKLLEV.
H. MATHER.
E. G. KIPLEV.
W. F
E. G. Rii'I.ky, Pres't.
T. K. Br.\ce. Jr., Sec y.
Consignmi'iii- Ci Ton. N
will always receive In', j
Advance^ wili o*' i:. ide m
V '1'. (i. I'l !■ 11 li o
W V \i-r '
I J\MKH I'l PI'k.11. K r.
- It C. I'R1C«.-I.I! V. 1- ■■
V i it.i. 11 1. t
W'lLl.l.tM I’K n .. !.► w, M
1 Kev. W . H. ARi N ' 'i
.Miirch U.
: on actual Con^igineuts.
N I ^ :
»I. .Kii. I> AVn i. I o.f.i.irleston ;
111'.. 11'iiKi.i., VViliiiini;toii '
. N ! IT
■ V .U.XK- It. r ,vLoR. Cii iiiirii. !
V .1 1,: >M.-.-HI ( K.!'^iliiiirni I
• \ . I.LVKim 1 I'.-q V
oiN W. SrxToN. K->q . I’hila.
■jy-iY
SllAU TWIAE.
\\ . Jiac lAT VRI^:
HAS.RE*. ElVED
inn SEINE TWINE.
xUV -•> bundliis H«-nip .'-eine Twine.
tayetievillL*, .Nov. i'.t, l.--i.'i. 71 "w
Aoiice to i.'onlractor!^.
1^KOP).'^rri(>NS tor the building of a Wooden ('ouvt
House at !,il!ni;rfon, H.niict' County, will be re
ceived until ;ii' -.'i-onil M 'o lay in Di ..•■.■ nibor ISGO.
Plans and specific itinn> may be seen by ujiplying to
Benjamin F. Sli w, s' Sum m 1 ville, Harnett Joun!y.
For information 'I'id.en.s iliC un iei.-^ignc ! at Johtiion-
1;. C. r.LLDEN,
Fi r I'uilding ('omniittee.
r.;{-tlOD
DlUECTiiKs.
S. S. ward.
II. Z. PRATT.
A. DUNHAM.
G. F. D.WIS.
D. HILLVER.
T. A. ALEXANDER.
W. KENEV.
C. H. BRAINARD.
TUTTLE.
T. .\i.KX.\Ni>KK, V. Pres’t.
A. A. Will-.a.ms, Adjuster.
Rates as low a.s i’KRFECT solvkxoy and fair profit
will allow.
ASSETS.—.lul) 1S.W.
Market value-
lUnk Stocks in New York. Hartford. Bos
ton, St. Louis. \c., ji01.'),.Sl} 00
United States Stock and Treasury Notes, 21-'>.12tJ oil
State Stocks; New York, Ohio, Kentucky,
Tenncs.-ec, Missouri. DjS.OOo 00
City Stocks, II irtford. Rochester. Brook
lyn, Jersey City. Ilf),(>00 00
Railro‘\d Stock.Hartford and N'ew Haven.
Boston and Worcester, Conn. River. ®7,0-'i8 00
Mortgage Bonds, 83,08'J 60
Heal Estate, unincuinbpred, 70.1»)H 78
Miscellaneous Items, 25,318 77
Cash, on hand ami deposited on call, and
in ge ds’ hands, 3.')(S 30.“? 1.5
J2,03(».42: SO
588,242 08
ville, N.
Sept 11, IHiio.
xAegroco*!
GENTLEMEN, y
At‘s:roc»!! %Vantel.
iiir old customers are yet in market.
VJ All who have negroes for tiale, would do well to give
us a call oi' addrc.'^s u-.
J. .V .\ic.\Kxm H
L. A. I’OWELL. j
POWELL A McARTHUR.
Clinton, N. C., July I8WO. 33-Gmpd
lAOW lA TIARKET.
ALL persons having NEGROES (or sale, will do well
to adilresss the subscriber at Clinton, Smupson
county, as he is determined tc buy and p.iy as liberal
prices for tliem as the state of the market will permit.
By addressing him he will call immediately, and
make liberal offers, as all will find who will try him.
CHARLES T. STEVENS.
Clinton, Sampson Co., Sept. 10, 18GU. 52-lypd
ALnAAACS I'OR 1861.
Farmer s AND planter s. ,
TUKNEll’S NOllTil C VRULIN.I.
October IB, t». J- HALK t SOPS*
j i.1 ABILITIES.
I riaims: unadjusted and not due,
.\gent of the above Conipanv in Fayetteville,
■ E. J. HALE.
M.arch 21. 18H0. 3tf
THF AORTH C’AROI.IAA
(ilTlIAL UFE IXSPRAIVI'E (0*IP.lSiV,
N’OW in the tenth year of successful oj>eration, with
growing capital anl firmer hold upon public con
fidence. continues to insure the lives of all healthy per
sons from I I to I'.O years of age, for one year, for seven
years, and for life—all life niem>>ers sharing in the jirotits.
All slaves from 10 to ttO years of age are insured for
one year or for five years for two-thirds their value.
All lo.Hsea are jiunctually paid within 90 days after
satisfactory proof is presented.
For further informat ion the public is refeiTed to Agents
of the Company in all pars of the State, aiul to
R. H. BATTLE. Secretary, Raleigh.
E. J. IIALK, Ageut at
Jan’y 1859 Fayettev'lle, N. C.
f^tarkie on Evidence, A'ol. I Afeiv
Edition, with Notes and References, by Sharswood.
July 10. E. J. HALE & SONS.
llarnedtii Horse lor !§ale.
{WISH to sell a first-rate medium size HARNESS
HORSE. GEORGE B. BAKER.
Oct. 15.
Aol. 8th Raiicrolt’s United i^tatea
July 10.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
This morning’s niiiil brought this anxiously ex-
].iected document. Without stopping to read it
we ha.steii to lay it before our readers.
FtUoir-ritizens of ' the Senate
and Huust uf Rej)reseyitatIves:
Throughout tlie year sinceour last meeting, the
country ha.s been eminently prosperous in all ita
material interests. The general health has been
excellent, our harvests have been abundant, aud
jileiity smiles throughout the land. Uur commerce
and maiiulactures have been prosecuted with en
ergy and industry, aud have yielded fair aud am
ple returns. In short, no nation iu the tide of time
has ever presented a spectacle of greater material
prosperity than we have done until withiu a very
recent period.
Why is it, then, that discontent novr so exten
sively prevail.«, and the Union ol the States, which
is the source of all these blessings, is threatened
with destruction':;' The long-continuedand intem
perate interference ot the Northern people w’ith
the (question of slavery in the Southern States has
at length produced its natural etFocts. The difi'er-
ent sections of the I'niou are now arrayed against
each other, and the time has arrived, so much
dreaded by the Father of his Country, when hos
tile geograi>hical parties have been tormed. 1 have
long loreseen and olten forewarned my country-
uien ol' the now impending danger. This does nut
proceed solely Irom the claim on the part ol' Con
gress or the territorial legislatures to exclude sla
very from the Territories, nor from the efforts of
different States to defeat the execution of the fu
gitive slave law. All or any of these evils might
have been endured by the South without danger
to the I'nioii, (;ls others have been,j in the hope
that tiu^e and retieetion might apply the remedy.
The immediate peril ari.ses not so much Irom these
causes as from the tact that the incessant and vio
lent agitation ot the slaveiy question throughuut
the Morth for the last quarter of a century, has at
length produced its malign influence on the slaves,
and inspired them with vague noti ons of freedom.
Hence a sense of security no longer exists around
the family altar. This feeling ol peace at home
has given place to apprehensinus of servile insur
rection. .'lany a matron tiiioughout the South
retir> at night in tireadof vhat may befall berselt
and her children before the morning. Should this
apprehension of domestic danger, whether real or
imaginary, extend aud iuteiiisily itself until it shall
pervade the masses of the Southern people, then
disunion will become inevitable. Sell-preservation
IS the first law of nature, and has been implanted
in the heart of man by hi.» Creator for the wisest
purpiise; aud no poliliual union, however fraught
with bkssings and benefits in all other respects,
can lung coniiiiuc, if the nece,ssary eousetjucuce be
' 10 render the homes and the firesides of nearly half
the [ arties to it habitually ami hopelessly insecure.
, .Sooin r or later the bonds of such a L nion must be
I severed, it is my (juiiviction that this fatal period
! has not yet arrived; and my prayer to .God is that
i tie w’ould preserve the Constitution and the Union
; throughout all generations.
But let us take warning iu time, and remove
the cause of danger. It cannot be denied that,
tor tive and and twenty years, the agitation at the
Xorth, against slavery iu the South, has been
ince.ssant. In pictorial hand-bills, aud in-
ilammatory appeals, were circulated extensively
throughout the South, of a character to excite the
passions of the slaves; and, in the language of
(.ieneral Jackson, "to stimulate them to insurrec
tioti, aiid^produee allthe horrors ot a servile war.”
This agitation has ever since been continued by
the public press, by the proceedings of State and
eount\' conventions, and by abolition sermons and
and lectures. The time of Congress ha* been oc
cupied in violent speeches on this never-ending
'ubject; and appeals in pamphlet and other forms,
endorsed by distinguished names have been sent
forth from this central point and spread broadcast
over the Union.
How easy would it be for the American people
to settle the slavery (juestiou forever, and to re
store peace aud harmony to this distracted country.
They, and they alone, can do it. All that is
necessary to accomplish the object, and all for
which the slave States have ever contended, is to
be lot alone, and permitted to manage their do-
mcotic institutions in their own way. As sov
ereign States, they, and the} alone, are respon-
^ible before God and the world for the slavery ex
isting among them. For this, the people of the
North are not more responsible, and have no more
right so interfere, than with similar institutions
in Russia oi in Brazil. Upou their good .sense
and patriotic loiebearance i confess 1 utill greatly
lely. Without their aid, it is beyond the power
of any President, no matter what may be his own
political proclivities, to restore peace aud har
mony among the States. Wisely limited and re
strained as is his power, under our Constitution
and laws, he alone can accomplish but little, for
good or for evil, on such a momentous question.
And this brings me to observe that the election
of any one of our lellow-citizens to the office of
I’resiJent does not of itself afford just cause tor
dissolving the Union. This is more especially
true if his election has been effected by a mere
plurality, and not a majority, of the people, and
lias resulted from transient and temporary causes,
which may probably never again occur, in order
to justily a resort to revolutionary resistance, the
Federal Government must be guilty of “a deliber
ate, palpable, and dangerous exercise" of powers
not granted by the Constitution. The late presi
dential election, however, has been held in strict
conformity with its express provisions. How,
then, can the result justify a revolution to destroy
this Very Constitution'' Reason, justice, a regard
for the Constitution, all require that we shall
wait tor some overt and dangerous act on the part
of the President elect before resorting to such a
remedy.
It is said, however, that the antecedents of the
President elect have been sufficient to justify the
fears of the South that he will attempt to invade
their Constitutional rights. But are such appre
hensions of contingent danger in the future suf
ficient to justify the immediate destruction of the
noblest system of governuient ever devised by
mortals? From the very nature of his office, and
its high responsibilities, he must necessarily be
conservative. The stern duty of administering
the vast and complicated concerns of this Govern
ment affords in itself a guarantee that he will not
attempt any violation of a clear constitutional
right. After all, he is no more than the chief
executive officer of the Government. His pro
vince is not to make, but to execute, the laws;
and it 13 a remarkable faet in our history, that
slavery party, no single act has ever passed Con
gress, unless we may possibly except the MissouTi
Compromise, impairing, in the slightest degree,
tlie rights of the South to their property in slaves.
And it may also be observed, judging from pres
ent indications, that no probability exists of the
passage of such an act, by a majority ot both
Houses, either in the present or the next Con
gress. SureJy, under these circumstances, we
ought to be restrained from present action by the
preeept of Him who spake as never man spoke,
that “sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”
The day ot evil may never come, unless we sball
lashly bring it upon ourselves.
it is alleged as one cause for immediate secession
that the Southern States are denied equal rights
with the other States in the common Territories.
But by what authority are these denied? Not by
Congress, which has never passed, and I believe
never will pass, any act to exclude slavery from
these Territories; and certainly not by the Su
preme Court, which has solemnly decided that
slaves are property, and, like all other property,
their owners have a right to take them into the
Common Territories, and hold them there under
the protection of the Constitution.
So far, then, as Congre.ss is concerned, the ob
jection is not U) any thingthey have already done,
but to what they may do hereafter. It will surely
be admitted that this apprehension of future
danger is no good reason for an immediate disso
lution of the Union. It is true that the territo
rial legislature of Kansas, on the 23d of Febru
ary, ISOO, passed in great haste an act, over the
veto of the governor, declaring that slavery “is
and shall be, forever prohibited in this Territory.”
Such an act, however, plainly violating the riglUs
of property secured by the Constitution, will surely
be declared void by the judiciary whenever it shall
be presented in a legal form.
Only three days after my inauguration the Su
preme Court ot the ij. S. solemnly adjudged that
this power did 'lOt exist in a territorial legisla
ture. Vet such has been the factious temper of
ths times that the correctness of this decision has
been extensively impugned before the people, and
the question has given rise to angry political con-
tilcis throughout the country. Those who have
appealed from this judgment of our highest con
stitutional tribunal to popular assemblies would,
if they could, invest a territorial legislature with
power to annul the sacred rights of property. This
power Congress is expressly forbidden by the
Federal Constitution to exercise. Every State
islature in the Union is forbidden by its own
constitution to exercise it. It cannot be exer
cised in any State except by the people in their
highest sovereign capacity w]jen framing or
amending their Sf.ate constitution. In like man
ner, it can only be exercised by the people of a
J erritury represented in a conveniion of delegates
tor the purpose of framing a constitution prepara
tory to admission as a State into the U nioa '1 hen,
and not until then, are they invested with power
to decide the question whether slavery shall or
shall not exist within their limits. This is an act
ut sovereign authority, and not of subordinate
territorial legislation. Were it otherwise, then
indeed would the equality of the States in the
Teriitories be destroyed, and the rigiits of prop
erty in slaves woula depend, not upon the guaran
tees ot the Constitution, but upon the shifting
majorities of an irresponsible territorial legisla
ture. Such a doctrine, from its intrinsic un
soundness, cannot long influence any considerable
portion of our people, much less can it afford a
good reason for a dissolution of the Union.
The most palpable violations of constitutional du
ty which have yet been committed consist in the
acts of different State legislatures to defeat the ex
ecution of the fugitive slave law. It ought to be
remembered, however, that for these acts, neither
Congress nor any President can justly be held re
sponsible. Having been passed in violation of the
Federal Constitution, they are therefore null and
void. All the courts, both State and national, be
fore whom the question has arisen, have from the
beginning declared the fugitive slave law to be
constitutional. The single exception is that of a
State court in Wisconsin; and this has not only
been reversed by the proper appellate tribunal,
but has met with such universal reprobation that
there can be no danger from it as a precedent.
The validity of this law has been established over
and over again by the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States with perfect unanimity. It is founded
upon an express provision of the Constitution, re-
(juiring that fugitive slaves who escape from ser
vice in one State to another shall be “delivered
up” to their masters. Without this provision, it
is a well-known historical fact that the Constitution
itself could never have been adopted by the Con
vention. In one form or other the acts of 1793
and 18o0, both being substantially the same, the
the tugitive-slave law ha» been the law ot the land
from the days of Washington until the present
moment. Here, then, a clear case is presented,
111 which it will be the duty of the next President,
as it has been my own, to act with vigor in exe
cuting this supreme law against the conflicting
enactments of State legislatures. Should he fail
in the performance of this high duty, he will then
have manifested a disregard ot the Constitution
and law.'^, to the great injury of the people of
nearly one-half of the States ot the Union. But
are we to presume in advance that he will thus
violate his duty? This would bp at war with ev
ery principle of justice and of Christian charity.
Let us wait for the overt act. The fugitive-slave
law has been carried into execution in every con
tested case since the commencement of th« present
administration; though often, it is to be regretted,
with great loss and inconvenience to the master,
and with considerable expense to the government.
J^et us trust that the State legislatures will repeal
their unconstitutional and obnoxious enactments.
Unless this shall be done without unnecessary de
lay, it is impossible for any human power to save
the Union.
The Southern States, standing on the basis of
the Constitution, have a right to demand this act
of justice tVom the States of the North. Should
it be refused, then the Constitution, to which all
the States are parties, will have been wilfully
violated by one portion of them in a provision
es.sential to the domestic security and happiness
ot the remainder. In that event, the injured
States, otter having first used all peaceful and
constitutional means to obtain redress, would be
justified in revolutionary resistance to the gov’t
of the Union.
I have purposely confined my remarks to revo
lutionary resistance, because it has been claimed
within the last few years that any State, whenever
S United i^tatea it is a remaritaoie raei in our uisiury, sovereign will and pleasure, may
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