' '"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 fi. J. HALB & BOJ«, I notwithstanding the repeated eflForts of the Uniou, in accordance with the

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