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WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. 20, 1801.
; ' The Scn.
... President Davis was inaugarated with great
" pomp and circumstance " at Montgomery on
Monday. i We shall give his inaugural address
to-morrow.
" Abraham has reached Buffalo. He contin
ues to make speeches. At Dunkirk, while ad
dressing the people, Lincoln grasping the staff
of the American flag, under the folds of which
he stood, announced his intention to stand by
that flag, and asked them to stand by him as
long as he should do so.
The " Peace Congress" has ceased to excite
interest. It will probably adjourn to-day. It
is understood the Virginia delegation rejected
the report of the Committee.
It is rumored that Major Anderson is suffer
ing from sickness.
; Choose Ic Between Tlicm.
The people of North Carolina and of the
border clave States are now called on to choose
between a Northern Confederacy antagonis
tical to slavery, and a Southern Confederacy
favorable to it between Lincoln and Hamlin
and Davis and Stephens, and between a con
dition of independence and equality in a
Southern Confederacy, and insult, indignity
and inequality under Black Republicanism.
The Black Republicans in Congress not only re
fuse to make concessions but urge war to the
knife upon the seven seceded States ; Greely
and Lincoln and all the other leaders of that
fanatical party declare that the South only
having sinned, the South and not the North
should make concession.
Virginia disparing of the Republic will go
out. North Carolina too must go out, and so
must all the bonier slave States if they would
prevent revolution and civil war, results which
must follow an attempt to coerce the South.
This State should not only decide in favor of
a Convention but they should elect men to the
Convention who have the ability and the moral
courage to meet the great crisis.
.
Compromise, Union, Kte.
Those sanguine individuals who think that
compromise can be effected and the Union
saved should ponder well the language of Lin
coln and Davis uttered in their late speeches.
Lincoln says no compromise and Davis says no
compromise; the extreme North and the extreme
South are alike opposed to concession, compro
mise or settlement Lincoln and the Republi
cans are for coercion, while Davis and the pro
visional Government are for resistance. All
that the border or middle Statas can do then,
it seems to us,' is to act as pacificators in bring
ing about a peaceable separation. It is folly to
talk about saving the Uniou nmv, and the
attempt to do it will be the .mi rest means of
hrinirinj: on a revolution. The .Southern
Mates that have gnc out hav e gone to stay
and it is lolly to talk about bringing them
back.
Viae 4oji vemtiosi.
Recollect there is to be a meeting at the
Theatre to-night to nominate suitable persons
to represent Craven in the Convention. e
hope that all will go up in a spirit of concilia
tion and commpromise, determined to agree
upon a single ticket to the end that division
and dissensions among ourselves may be
avoided. Every voter that can do so should
attend and take part in the deliberations of the
meeting. The time is very short and of course
the county cannot be fully represented, but it is
to be hoped that gentlemen will be selected that
will be satisfactory to the entire county.
Salary Increased. We learn that at the
Stockholders meeting of the Newborn Mutual
Insurance Company, on Monday, the salary
of the excellent Secretary and Treasurer, Wm.
G. Singleton, Esq., was increased from $-100 to
$800. We learn that ,$500 was all that was
expected or desired for the service but the Mag
nanimous liberality of some of our corpora
tions is most remarkable. This is an instance.
But if the Company insist on- paying such a
salary for the amount of labor to be performed
we know no one more worthy of it or who
could discharge the duties more faithfully than
our friend Singleton.
Sold at Arc-nox. The press, type and fix
tures used in printing the En ion, Xew Era,
Delta, and Enquirer all of which papers have
died in this town in less than three years,
were sold yesterday under a deed of trust and
purchased by W. II. Pearce, Esq., for $110.00.
We are not apprised as to what use they are to
be put to but suppose that some one will prob
ably be induced to commence another paper
here. There is room enough for a new enter
prize, at least those who have gone before
thought so.
What Oreely Says.
Greely is for coercion and for punishing all
traitors meaning by that all the citizens of
the seceded States. Hear him.
Even if the seceding States had formed their
Confederacy in a strictly peaceful manner,
without seizing the arsenals, forts, or other
property of the United States, their league
would still have been so flagrantly unconstitu
tional that neither the President nor Congress
.could properly take ofBcial notice of it, except
to condemn and suppress it. The Constitution
says: ''No State shall enter into any treaty,
alliance, or confederation ; no State shall with
out the consent of Congress, enter
into any agreement or compact with another
State or with a foreign power." The force of
these Constitutional clauses will soon be tes
ted by the appearance at Washington of Com
missioners from the Southern Confederacy to
treat fox the surrender cf the forts stiU held by
.the United States. The pr?per answer to such
an application w ould be the arrest of .the Com
missioners on a charge of treason.
The London Xews on secession in America
contains the following.:
Even now political good sense finds it hard
to believe in the reality of the astounding re
sult. To say nothing of the glorious historic
page which is thereby toru to atoms, and the
international power and prestige which are at
once surrendered, one cannot help surmising
hat when the heat of passion has had time to
.cool down, the mutual interests of the sundered
parties will operate, like the curative forge of
nature, to close the wound and re-unitc the
dissevered tissue.
.Inteligence from the Brazil squadron reports
he officers and crews of the different vessels
rn good health. Not a single resignation had
taken plaee in the fleet up to Christmas day.
Tlie steam new gunboat Seminole had coalmen-
jced her active duties in the La Plata, having been
ordered there by the Commander-in-Chief.
States anil Union. .. s -. .. v
A CHEAP NEWSPAPER FOR
VOLUME III.
Davis and Stephen.
A sketch of the prominent man who i to
share in North America the honors of the
Presidential chair with Abraham Lincoln for
the next four years, is at the present moment
especially apropos.
- nOX. JEFF. DAVIS, PRESIDENT.
Few men have led a life more tilled with
stirring or eventful incidents than Jefferson
Davis. A native of Kentucky, born about
1800, he went in early youth with his father -j
to Mississippi, then a J erntory, and was ap
nnintod bv Presid nt Monroe in 1822 to be a
cadet at YV'est Point He graduated with the !
first honors in 1828 as Brevet Second Lieut.,
and at his own request was. placed in active !
service, being assigned to the command of I
General (then Colonel,) Zachary Taylor, who j
was stationed in the West. In the frontier j
wars of the time young Davis distinguished!
himself in so marked a manner that when aj
new regiment of dragoons was formed he at J
once obtained a commission as tirst Lieutenant, j
During thi3 time a romantic attachment sprung
up between him and his prisoner, the famous
chief Black Hawk, in which the latter forgot
his animosity to the people of the United States
in his admiration for Lieut Davis, and not un
til his death was the bond of amity severed be
tween the two brave men.
In 1833 he settled quietly down upon a cot
ton plantation, devoting himself to a thorough
and systematic course of political and scientific
education. He was married to a daughter of
den. Taylor.
In 1S4: he took the stump for Polk, and in
1845, having attracted no little attention in his
State by his vigor and ability, he was elected
to Congress. Ten days after, he made his
maiden speech. Soon the Mexican war broke
out, and a regiment of volunteers having been
formed in Mississippi, and himself chosen
Colonel, he resigned his post in Congress, and
instantly repaired with his command to join
the corps d'armee under General Taylor. At
Monterey and Bucna Vista he and his noble
regiment achieved the soldiers highest fume.
Twice by his coolness he saved the day at Bucna
Vista. Wherever tire was the hottest or dan
ger to be encountered, there Colonel Davis and
the Mississippi Rifles were to be found. He
was badly wounded in the early part of the ac
tion, but sat on his horse steadily till the day
was won, and refused to delegate even a por
tion ofihis duties to his subordinate officers.
In 1848 he was appointed to till the vacancy
in the Senate of the United States occasioned by
the death of General Speight, and in 1850 was
elected to that body almost unanimously for
the term of six years.
In 1831 he resigned his seat in the Senate
to become the States-Rights candidate for Gov
ernor, but was defeated by Governor Foote.
In 1853 he was called to a seat in the Cabi
net of President Pierce, and was Secretary of
War during his administration. In 1S37 he
was elected United States Senator from Missis
sippi for the term f six years, which oflice he
held until his resignation on the secession of
Mississippi from the Union.
Personally, he is the last man who would be
selected as a " fire-eater." He is a prim, !
smooth-looking man, with a precise manner, a i
stiff, .oldierly carriage, and an austerity that j
is at first forbidding, lie has naturally, how- i
ever, a genial temper, companionable qualities, i
and a disposition that endears him to all by ;
whom he may be surrounded. As a speak ei j
he is clear, lorcible and argumentative; his j
voice is clear and firm, without tremor, and he ,
is one in every way lifted for the distinguished :
post to whicii he has been called.
ilo.S. AJ.;-.X ANDl.U II. SIK1MIENS, oF UEOitUlA, VICE-
r-Hl.SKiKN T.
bis cent lei iwn is known thmu-rhout the
Union as one ot the most prominent-of South
ern politicians and eloquent oratm
er, Andrew 1J. Stephens, was a ph.
His la 1.-
oter
1UOU-
crate means, and his mother (Margaret Grier)
was a sister to the famous compiler of Grier" s
aln -amies. She died when he was an inlan-,
leaving him with lour brothers and one sister,
of whom only one brother survives.
Mr. Stephens was born in Georgia on the
11th of February, 1812. When in his four
teenth year his father died, and the homestead
beiwg sold, his share of the entire estate was
about five hundred dollars. With a commend
able Anglo-Saxon love of his ancestry, Mr.
Stephens has since re-purchased the original
estate, which comprised about two hundred i
and fifty acres, and has added to it about six j
hundred more. Assisted by friends, he entered j
the University of Georgia in li2S, and in ltv!2 ;
graduated at the head of his class. In 1 8o-f j
he commenced the study of the law, and in less '
than twelve months was engaged in one of the I
most important cases in tli country. His i
eloquence has ever had a powerful ei'ect upon '
juries, enforcing, as it does, arguments of ad- i
mirable simplicity and legal weight. From j
1837 to 1840 he was a member ot the Georgia i
Legislature. In 1842 he was elected to the j
State Senate, and in 1843 was elected to Con- j
gress. He was a member of the Whig party
in its palmiest days, but since its dissolution j
has acted with the men of the South, and such ;
has been the upright, steadfast and patriotic
policy he has pursued, that no one in the present :
era of faction, selfishness or suspicion, has j
whispered an accusation of selfish motives or
degrading intrigues against him. In the House j
he served prominently on the most important
committees, and effected the passage of the
Kansas-Nebraska bill through the House at a
time when its warmest friends despaired of sue- j
cess. He was subsequently appointed chair-
man of the Committee on Territories, and was j
also chairman of the special committee to which
was referred the Lecompton constitution. By
his patriotic course on various measures, he
has, from time to time, excited the ire of many
of the Southern people, but he has always suc
ceeded in coming out of the contest with flying
colors, and his recent elevation is a mark of the
profound respect entertained for his qualities
as a man and a statesman.
Mr. Stephens is most distinguished as an
rator, though he does not look like one who
can command the attention of the House at any
time or upon any topic. His health from child
hood has been very leeble, being afflicted with
four abscesses and a continued derangement of
the liver, which gives him a consumptive ap
pearance, though his lungs are sound, lie has
never weighed over ninety -six pounds, and to
see his attenuated figure bent over his desk,
the shoulder contracted and the shape of his
slender limbs visible through his garments, a
stranger would never select him as the "John
Randolph " of our time, more dreaded as an
adversary and more prized as an ally in a de
bate than any other member of the Ilouse of
Representatives. When speaking he has at
first a shrill sharp voice, but as he warms up
with his subject the clear tones and vigorous
sentences roll out with a sonorousness that
finds its way to every corner of the immense
hall. IJe is witty, rhetorical and solid, and has
a dash of keen satire that puts an edge upon
every speech. He is a careful student, but so
very careful that no trace of study is percepti
ble as he dashes along in a flow of facts, argu
ments and language that to common minds is
almost bewildering. Possessing hosts of warm
friends who are proud of his regard, an ehght
ened Christian virtue and inflexible integrity,
such is Alexander II. Stephens, the Vice Presi
dent elect of the Southern Confederacy.
Recruits ad Supplies. The N. Y. World
of Saturday s'ays :
The steamer I )aniel Webster sailed yester
day noon, having taken out a clearance for
Brazos, Texas. She -will touch alveyAest
and Tortugas, to land supplies, with ninety .three
recruits, under Captain Dawson, first artillery,
for the artillery service in - that military de
partment. Major Porter, assistant adjutant
general commanding, goes out in the Daniel
Webster, with dispaches and orders.
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NEWBERN, N. C,
ROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
,
Goldsboro, Feb. 2f'th, 1801.
Dear Progress: Yesterday being Tuesday
of Court week in Wayne county, and a very
pleasant day too, the usual concomitants of our
Courts, viz : persons, horses, mules, wagons
and lawyers, were not lacking. In the after
noon Messrs. G. V. Strong and E. A. Thorn p-
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son, Jjoutnem j.ugms eunuiaaies 10 represent
this county in the State Convention, addressed ;
thp neonle. or as many as could obtain an en- ;
trance in the Court House. These gentlemen
I 1 . -rf . !
arc winning laurels for themselves as public
speakers, and I have no doubt will occupy dis
tinguished positions m the Convention, to
which positions their intelligence, patriotism
and eminent legal acquirements richly entitles
them. I am sorry to inform you that some
one has endeavored to start a "Union ticket"
in this county. It will be a most signal failure.
Intelligent people know that the "glorious
Union," as we loved to call it in better days,
does no longer exist. The term Union is but
a " catch word" used to play upon an affection,
the object of which has ceased to exist. I can
not account for the failure of some persons to
comprehend and appreciate the preseut condi
tion of - the country, except upon the srrppo
sition that such persons possess that species
of obstinacy implied in the familiar adage,
" There are none so blind as those who will
not see."
1 understand that T. A. Granger's "White
Stockings" took a handsome purse at the Fair
Grounds yesterday from S. W. Lynch &
Son's " Buck Shot," from Tennessee. "
Yours, &c, LENOX.
Swanshouo,' N. C. Feb. ltj, IRoT.
Editor Seiche ru Droj rasx : number of
the citizens of this county held a meeting at
Jacksonville on the 12th inst. to consider the
condition of the country and to nominate a
candidate for the Convention, but being unable
to get a majority for any one name. Dr. E. W.
Ward and Jasper Etheridge, Esq., declared
themselves candidates ; the former for seces
sion or Mr. Crittenden's plan of settlement ;
the latter for the Union. Great excitement
prevailed and many speeches were made.
1 think the secession sentiment is greatly in
the ascendant. Yours, very respectfully, 11.
REPORT OF THK PEACE CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE.
On Friday last, tho Committee on a Plan of
Settlement presented to the Peace Conference
Mr. Guthrie's proposition, with amendments.
The reception of tUe report caused much dissen
sion among the advocates of the different modes
of adjustment. The following is tins report :
Akt. 1. In all the Territory of the United
States not embraced within the limits of the
Cherokee treaty ri ant, north of a line from east to
west on the parallel of thirty -six degrees thirty
minutes north latitude, involuntary se'vitudc-,
except in puiiishu ent of crime, is prohibited
whilst it shall ho under a Territorial Government;
and in ah the Territory soutli of sai i line the
status of persons owing service or labor as it now
exints shall not be changed by law while such
Territory shall be under a Territorial Govern
ment ; and neit her Congress nor the Territorial
Government, shall have power to hinder or pre
vent the taking to said Territory of persons held
to labor or involuntary service within the Uni
ted States, according to the la ws or usage of any
State from which such persons may be taken,
nor to impair the rights ari.ing out t" s id rela
t'mns, which .-diall be sulj-ct to judicial cogni
zance in the Federal Coin is according to the com
mon law : am! when any Territory north or south
of said line, within such tiouudaiy as Congress
may prescribe, shall contain a population requir
ed tor a mi tuber of Congress, aceoiding to the
then federal talio of representation, it ,-slia'il if its
form of Government he !' publican, be admitted
into 1 lie Union on ai: equal tooting i t l-t I li.- 01 i g
inal Stales, w ltd or without involuntary service
for labor, as the Const it u ion ot such new State
may prov.de.
Alii "J. Territory shall not be acquired by tin
United States unless by triaty. nor, i xcept h r na
val ami commercial stations and depois. un!es
such treaty shall be ratified by four fifths ot all
the members of the Senate.
. AiiT o Neither the Constitution, nor any
amendment thereof, shall be construed to give
Congress power to abolish or control, within any
State or Territory, the. relation established or re
cognized by the laws thereof, touching persons
bound to labor or involuntary service therein, or
to interfere with or abolish involuntary service
in the District of Columbia without tho consent
of Maryland, and without the consent of the own
ers, or making the owners who do not consent
just compensation ; nor the power to interfere
with or prohibit representatives and others from
bringing with them to the city of Washington,
retaining and taking away, persons so bound to
labor: nor the power to interfere with or abolish
involuntary service in places under the exclu.-ive
jurisdiction of the United States within those
States and Territories where the same is establish
ed or recognized ; nor the power to prohibit, the
removal or transportation, by land, sea or river,
of persons held to labor or involuntary service in
any State or Territory of the United States, lo any
other State or Territory thereof where it is estab
lished or recognized by law or usage, and the
rio-ht duriii2 transportation of touching at shores.
ports and landings, and of landing- in case of dis- j
tress, shall exist : nor shall Congress have power j
to authorize any higher rate of taxes on persons j
bound to labor than on laud.
AltT. 4. '! he third pai.tgraph of the second sec- ;
tion of the fourth article of the Constitution shall
not be construed to prevent any ot the Slates, by
appropriate legislation, and through the action of;
their judicial and ministerial officers, from enforc
ing the delivery of fugitives from labor to the j
person to whom such service or labor is due. ;
AKT f. The foreign slave trade, and the im- ;
portation of slaves iuto the United States and !
theirTeriitories, from places beyond the preseut
limits thereof, are forever prohibited. j
ART G. The first, second, third and fifth arti j
cles, together with this article of these amend
ments, and the third paragrapn of the second sec
tion of the tirst article of the Constitution, and the
third paragraph of the second section of the fourth
article thereof, shall not be amended or abolished
without the consent of all the States.
ART. 7 Congress shall provide by law that the
United States shall pay to the owner the full val
ue of his fugitive from labor in all cases where the
Marshal or other officer, whose duty it was to ar
rest such fugitive, was prevented from so doing
by violence or intimidation, or when, after arrest,
such fugitive was rescued by force, and the own
er thereby prevented and obstructed in the pur
suit of his remedy tor the recovery of such tugi
tive.
Phof. Y'ork. This gentleman, the principal
of Cedar Fork Academy, made his first politi
cal speech here on Saturdays, but we will wa
ger it is not his last one. His style is clear
and chaste, and his language plain and forci
ble. All who heard him were well pleased.-
He is a hard student, and but few men of his
age excel him in learning.
Cedar Fork neighborhood was well repre
sented here on Saturday last, and was honor
ed, as it deserved, with the presiding officer,
Major Wcatherspoon, who presided with digni
ty and ability. The people of that section are
.almost unanimous for Union. Ad Valorem
Ba n n er.
T I IE EPISCOPAL CURCH DIVIDED.
In Louisiana, the Potestant Episcopal Church
secede with the State. A pastoral letter from
Bishop Polk, of that diocese, contains this extia
ordinary passage: .
" Our separation from our brethren of 'The 1 ro
testant Episcopal Church in tbe United Statts
has been effected, because we must folloto our na
tionality. Not because there has been any differ
ence of opinion as to Christian doctrine bf catho
lic usajre. Upon these points we are still one.
With us it is a separation, not division certain
ly not alienation. And there is no reason why,
if we should find the union of our dioceses
under our national Church impracticable, we
should cease to feel for each other the respect
and regard with which purity of manners, high
principle and a manly devotion to truth never
fail to irtsptire generou3 minds. Our relations to
cqck otke-ir hereafter tctll be the relations we both. new
hold to the men of our Mother Church of England."
The exiled Archbishop and Bishops, of Mexi-
ico arrived at New Orleans on the lata mst. on
board the steamship Tennessee. V
TUESDAY MORNING,
INAUGURATION OF THE
11 ST PRESIDE N'
OF THE
Southern Itcpublic !
F I
SPEECH OF PRESID EXT DAVIS.
Moxtomf.I!Y, Al.A., Feb. 13. The Inaugural
ceremonies here to-day formed the grandest p.i
treant that was ever witnessed in tin; South. An
immense crowd covered Chapel Hill, compris-
in"r the beauty ot tno city sinu surrounding coun
. iiy, ana ine imiuarj aim tin.ciis oi mo uiiieiem ;
' States. President Davis commenced the delivery j
! of his Inaugural Address at 1 o'clock. He spoke j
as follows : m j
' Gentlemen of the Congress of the Confeileruted ;
i States of America : Called to the difficult ami re- i
. -. I . ? . I . .
sponsible station of Executive Chief of the Pro
visional Government which you have instituted.
I approach the discharge of the duties assigned
me with an humble distrust of my abilities, but
with a sustaining confidence in the wisdom of
those who are to aid and guide me in the admin
istration of public affairs, and an abiding faith in
the virtue and patriotism of the people. Looking
forward to tbe speedy establishment of a provi
sional government to take the place of the Pres
ent one. and which by its greater moral and phys
ical powers will be better able to contend with
the difficulties' diich arise from the conflicting
interests of separate nations, I enter upon the du
ties of the office for which I have been chosen
with the hope that the beginning of our career
as a Confederacy may not be obstructed by hos
tile opposition to the enjoyment of that separate
and independent existence which we have asser
ted, and which with the blessing of Providence
we intend to maintain.
Our present position has been achieved in a
manner unprecedented in the history of nations.
It illustrates the American idea that government
rests upon the consent tt'the governed, and that
it is the right of the people to alter or abolish a
government whenever it becomes destructive of
the ends for which it was established. The de
clared purposes of the compact of Union from
which we have withdrawn were to establish jus
tice, ensure domestic tranquility, to provide for
the common defence, to promote the general wel
fare, and to secure the blessings of liberty for
ourselves and our posterity ; and when in the
judgment of the sovereign States now composing
this Confederacy it had been perverted from the
purposes for which it was ordained, and had
eeased to answer the ends for which it was es
tablished, an appeal to the bailot-box declared
that so far as they were concerned the govern j
merit created by .the compact should cease to ex
ist. In this they merely asserted aright which
j the Declaration of Independence in J77( defined j
! to be imlienable. Of the time and occasion for
; iis exercise they, as sovereigns, were the final
judges, each for itself. The impartial and en
1 lightened verdict of mankind will vindicate the
' rectitude of our conduct, and He knows the
' hearts of men will judge the sincerity with which
j we have labored to preserve the government of
our fathers, in its spirit aud with those rights in
. herent in it which were solemnly proclaimed at
I the birth of the Slate, and which have been af
! firmed and re-affirmed in the Bills of Rights of
the several States. When they entered into the
Union of J7S9, it was the undeniable recognition
of the power in the people to resume the authori
ty delegated for the purposes of that government
whenever, in their opinion, its functions were
perverted and its ends defeated By virtue of
this authority, the time and occasion requiring
them to exeicise it having arrived, t he sovereign
States here represented have seceded trom that
Union, aud it is a gross abuse of language to de
nominate the. act rebellion or revolution. They
have formed a new alliance, but in each State
its government has remained as betoie. The
l iglifs of person and of property have not been
disturbed. The agency through-which they have
communicated w it ii foreign powers has been
changed but. ' his does not necessarily interrupt
their international relations.
Sutaiued by a consciousness that our transi
tion fiom the former Union to tho present Con
fed, racy has not. proceeded from any disregard
on our part ot our just obligations, or any failure
to pei foi m every constitutional duty moved by
no intention or desire to invade the rights of oth
ers anxious to cultivate peace and commeice
v all ali nations if we may not lupe to avoid
w ar. w e may at b ast expect that posterity w ill
acjuit us of having neediessiy engaged in it.
We are doubly justified by the absence of wrong
on our part, and by wanton aggression on the
part of others. There can be no cause to doubt
that the courage and patriotism of the people of the
confederate States, will be found equal to any mea
sures if defence which may be required for their
security. Devoted to agricultural pursuits, their
chief interest is the export of a commodity re
quire d in every manufacturing country. Our
true policy is peace, and the freest trade our ne
cessities will permit. It is alike our interests
and that of all those to whom we would sell and
from whom we would buy, that there should be
the fewest practicable restrictions upon inter
changes of commodities. There can be but lit
tle rivalry between us, and any manufacturing or
navigating community, such as the northwestern
States of the American Union.
It must follow, therefore, that mutual interest
would invite good will and kindness between
them and us. If, however, passion or lust of do
minion should cloud the judgement and inflame
the ambition of these Stales, we must prepare to
meet the emergency, and maintain by the final
arbitrament of the sword, the position we have
assumed among the nations of the earth. We
have entered upon our career of independence
and it must bs inflexibly pursued.
Through many years of controversy with our
late associates, the Northern States, we have vain
ly endeavored to secure tranquility aud obtain
respect for the lights to which we were entitled.
As a necessity, not a choice, we have resorted to
separation, and henceforth our energies must be
devoted to the conducting of our own affairs, and
perpetuating the Confederacy which we have
formed. If a just perception of mutual interest
shall permit us peaceably to pursue our separate
political career, my most earnest desire will have
been fulfilled. But if this be denied us, and the
integrity and jurisdiction of our territory be as
sailed, it will but remain for us with a firm resolve
to appeal to arms and invoke the blessing of
Providence upon a just cause.
As a consequence of our new Constitution, and
wi'th a view to meet our anticipated wants.it will
be necessary to provide a speedy and efficient or- I
ganization of the several brancnes oi tne execu
tive departments having special charge of our for
eign intercourse, financial and military atiairs
and postal service. For purposes of defence, the
Confederate States may, under ordinary circum
stances, rely mainly upon their militia: but it is
deemed advisable, in the present condition of af
fairs, that there should be a well-instructed, dis
ciplined army, more numerous thau would be
usually required for a peace establishment.
I also suggest that for the protection of our har
bors and commerce on the high seas, a navy adap
ted to those objects be built up. These necessi
ties have doubtless engaged the attention of Con
gress. With a constitution differing only in form from
that of our forefathers, in so far as it is explana
tory of their well-known intents, freed from sec
tional conflicts which have so much interfered
with the pursuit of the general welfare, it is not
unreasonable to expect that the States from
which we have parted may seek to unite their
fortunes with ours under the government we
have instituted. Fortius your Constitution has
made adequate provision, but beyond tms, n a
mistake not the iudcement and will ot the people,
our re-union with the tetates from wnicn we uaie
separata is nen uei , " . nll(1
promote the happiness ot this Confederacy, it is
necessary that there should be so much homoge
niety as that the welfare of every portion be the
aim of the whole. When this homogeneity does
not exist, antagonisms are engendered which
must and should result in separation.
Actuated solely by a desire to protect and pre
serve our own lights and promote our own wel
fare, the secession of the Confederate States has
been marked by no aggression upon otbeis, and
followed by no domestic convulsion. Our indus
trial pursuits have received no check; the culti
vation of our fields has progressed as heretofore ;
and even shonld we be involved in war, there
would be no considerable diminution in the pro
duction of the great staple which constitutes our
exports, and in which the commercial world has
an interest scarcely less than our own. Tip
common interest of producer and consumer
can onlv he interrupted by external form, which
would Obstruct shipments to foreign markets a
cpurse of conduct which would be as unjust to
wards us as it would be detrimental to roanufacturr
in" and commercial interests abroad. Should reas-
ill iirrp in 1 1 1 1 vt t i uliliuu n -
OR MORE ONLY S1.50..A YEAR -
FEBRUARY 26, 1861.
on guide the action of the government from which
we hare separated a policy go injurious to the
civilized world, the Northern States included,
cuiild not be dictated even by the strongest de
sire to inflict injury upon us. But if otherwise,
a tprrible lesponsibility will rest upon it. and the
sufferings of millions will bear testimony to the
toiiy aim wickedness ot our airirressors. in tne
mean time there will remain to us, besides the
; ordinary remedies before suggested.
tin
well
known resources for retaliation upon
the
com-
j merce of .ur enemy.
! Experience in public stations of subordinate)
grade, to this which your kindness ha conicrred
on me, has taught me that care and tod and dis
appointments, are the juice of oti'-cial elevation.
You w ill have many errors to forgive, many defi
ciencies to tolerate ; but you shall not tkrl in
me either a want of z al or fidelity to a caus.e
that has my highest hopes and most enduring af
fections. Your generosity has bestowed upon ine
an undeserved distinction one whish I neither
sought nor desired. Upou the continuance of that
sentiment and upou your wisdom nd patriotism
I rely, to direct and support me in the performance
of the duties required at my hands- Wo have
changed the constituent parrs not t lie system of
our government. The Constitution f.rmed hy
our fathers is the Constitution of "the Confederate
States," in their exposition of it : aud in the judi
cial constructions it has reeeived. wehavea light
that reveals its true meaning. Thus instructed
as to the just interpretations of that instrument,
ami ever remembering that all public offices are
but trusts, held for the benefit of tin; people, and
that delegated powers are to be strictly construed
I will hope that by due diligence in the dis
charge of my duties, though I may disappoint
your expectutions, yet to retain when retiring,
something of the good will and confidence which
welcome my entrance into office. It is' joyous in
peiilons times to look around upon a people uni
ted in heart, who are animated and actuated hy
one and the same purpose and high resolve;
with whom the sacrifices to be made are not
weighed in the balance against honor, right, lib
erty and equality. Obstacles may retard hut
cannot long prevent their progressive move
ments. Sanctified by justice and sustained by a
virtuous people, let me reverently invoke the
God of our fathers to guide and protect us in our
effort to perpetuate the principles which, by HIS
blessing they were able to vindicate, e.'tablish
and transmit to their posterity, and with the con
tinuance of HIS favor, ever to be gratefully ac
knowledged, let us look hopefully forward to
success, to peace, and to prosperity.
Aorlli Cttroliiiu.
John L. Bridgers and Kenneth Thigpen,
have
been nominated to represent Edgecombe coun
ty in the State Convention. They will certain
ly be elected.
Dead. Jos. K. Marriott a young lawyer
died at Raleigh on Wednesday.
Food for South Carolina. The Wilming
ton (N. C. Herald, states that there arrived
at that port, one day last week, a dozen vessels
from the North-western counties of the State,
loaded with corn to the amount of 20,150 bush
els. Between 70,000 and 100,000 bushels have
been shipped, the Herald adds, from the same
counties to the city of Charleston.
Returned. The commissioners from this
State to Montgomery, Messrs. Swain, Bridget's
and Kansom have returned. Report says they
were treated rather cool down there.
Countkhfeit. The Charlotte Bulletin says :
A fifty dollar counterfeit bill, Bank of Com
merce, Xewbern, signed J. A. Cuion, Cashier,
and A. T. Jenkins, President, was presented
to a merchant in this place last night, but was
luckily detected as a counterfeit.
Hon. It. C. Puryear is spoken of as the Union
candidate for the Convention from Yadkin
count'.
Dr. Speed is the Union candidate for the
Convention in Pasquotank. He is represented
as taking sides with the North and against the
South ; would stay with the North and let the
South go. Save us from .such Union men.
North Carolina Wine. G. W. Bennett,
Esq. of Richmond county, .')7 miles from Fay
etteville, on the Albemarle Plank Road, made
yno gallons of wine the pa-s-t season, from two
acres of land. The wine is of three kinds,
White Malaga, Maderia, aud Forrest.
Col. Thos. 1). Meares was on Saturday last,
unanimously nominated by a Convention of
the secession party of Brunswick county, as
candidate for a seat in the Convention.
John C. Badham, Esq., is the Southern
Rights candidate in Chowan. Hon. A. II.
Arl ington is the candidate in Nash.
N. G. Rand, G. 11. Wilder and A. M. Lewis
have been nominated as the secession candidates
in Wake county.
The Bailey Troupe are playing to good houses
at Goldsboro.
Wakk County. On Monday last R. C. Bad
ger, Esq., was elected by the Magistrates Coun
tv Attorney, in place of J. K. Marriott, Esq., de
ceased The vote was Badger Id, W. J. Saun
ders, Esq., 4 t.
J. F. Hutchins, Esq., was unanimously re
elected County Trustee; L. B. Seagraves, Esq.,
was unanimously appointed County Surveyor in
place of Mr. Atkinson, resigned ; and the former
Board of Superintendents of Common Schools
were unanimously re-appointed, with the excep
tion of W. W. Whitaker, Esq., who declined on
account of ill health. Col Hiram Weatherspoon
was appointed in his place. The former Spe
cial Court was also unanimously re-appointed.
J. 11. Wilson and Win. F. Davidson have been
nominated as Union candidates tor the Conven
tion in Mecklenburg.
The Standard learns that the Judges of the Su
preme Court of this State are clearly ot opinion
that State and county officers are eligible to seats
in the State convention. Of course this settles
the question.
Gui.kn. Mr. Rnffin a farmer has been nomi
nated for t he convention in Greeu. lie is the se
cession candidate.
Miscellaneous.
Affairs of Honor. A duel was fought in
Georgia, on the 8th inst., between Edwin Hart,
editor of the Tallahassee ( b'la.) Sentinel, and a
rentleinan named Coleman, in which both par
ties were killed. Rev. Wm. W. Walker and
J. E. R. Crabb, were arrested in Westmore
land county, Ya., last week, and bound over
not to light a duel, which had been arranged
to come oil with rifles. The diiliculty origina
ted in politics.
The Military in Washington. There are
!84 United States troops in Washington city,
at this time including seven companies of ar
tillery, and one of sappers and miners. Of the
officers in command, only two are frorn the
South, and they hail from Virginia and North
Carolina. The "Conspiracy" Committee of
the Ilouse, in their report Friday, show that
there has not been the slightest real cause for
the alarm about the seizure of Washington.
Bonus News. The police of New- York the
other evening ai rested some parties for getting
out an extra with bogus news. AYhy do they
not nab Greeley and Raymond for the same
reason? Not long since the Times published
.. orwitinn :iUihnnii tint fort mimier nau
f-.lsnlir.rwl tll.lt. Fort eVllUlter
, .f. i ,l : sc.ircelv a day
arc nQt hled wUh b(J
eus news from the South.
'
Lincoln says "there is nothing going wrong,
and "nobody is hurt." This is a strong proof
that he told the truth when he said hio abili
ties were over estimated.
The National Intelligencer doubts the accu
racy of the report of Mr. Lincoln's speech, pro
posing the recapture of the forts and other
public property of the United States in the
seceding States ; and that paper speaks in the
most decided terms against the attempt being
made.
The immaculate white-hat-drab-coat philoso
pher Greeley of the Tribune, still insists that
Mr. Lincoln means to carry out the Chicago
platform in spirit and in letter. In Monday's
paper, Horace says ;
'A friend whp has just bad a prolonged and
confidential interview with Mr. Lincoln at
Springfield, writes us that Mr. Liqcolu 4s in
tariablg oppoted to all compromise, no matter
in what sense.'' " " .
- IXVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
NUMBER 20.
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 21, 1SG1.
Tlie Heeling JLast Xigln.
The meeting at the Theatre last night was
largely attended by gentlemen from the coun-
try as well as from town, and its deliberations
wcrc harmonious. ear.y all seemed to realize
that the common destiny of the South must be
the destiny of North Carolina and the uomina- !
tions made for the Convention were hailed with
shouts of applause from the assemblage.
Messrs. Greet! and Whitford are gentlemen !
of ummestionable i.rdriotism and intcirritv and i
we linnly believe that the honor of Craven
county will !o sufe in their keeping if honored
with seats in the Convention. The' are con
servative in their views yet decided in their de
mands for the rights ot fhc South and the hon
or of North Carolina. Wc shall vote for thcrn
and trust that no opposition will be brought j
forward to produce division in the country. !
A i&iiificl l2'csiIciil !
The telegraph now so busy in keeping the !
world posted concerning the movements of '
Abraham Lincoln brings us the following:
At North East station a flag inscribed "Fort j
Sumter," was carried right up to wht-re Lin- ,
coin stood, but he did not seem to take the 1
hint, and made no allusion to it in his few re- ;
marks. At the same station Lincoln took oc
casion to state that during the campaign he
had received a letter from a young girl of this
place, in which lie was kindly admonished to
do certain things ; and among others to let bis
whiskers grow, and that, as lit- bad acted upon
that piece of advice, he w ould now be glad to
welcome the fair correspondent, if she was in
the crowd. In response to the call a lassie made
her way through the crow d, was helped on the
platform and kissed by the President.
Here is dignity for you. ' A lassie," don't
say whether white or black but we suppose
she was white, is hugged and kissed by the
President elect of this great nation before a mul
titude of vulgar spectators at a wood station on
a railroad. Hugged and kissed, aud they had
never met before. Such indecent exhibitions
are not tolerated even on the stage in Paris or
Madrid before the public gaze. And the thou
sands who saw the rougli, uncouth rail splitter
hug and kiss the infatuated "lassie" looked on,
admired and applauded. And these are the
puritanical devils whose pious souls and pure
hearts revolt at the enormities of shivery. Had
lleenan or Savers, Tom I Iyer or Yankee Suli
vati made such an exhibition of themselves
with a "gal " by the way-side when making a
triumphal inarch to or from a prize fight the
public might have tolerated it for the world
knows what to expect front men of known
beastly morals and social depravity, but such
an exhibition by the President elect clearly
proves that he is morally and socially as well
as intellectually unfit for the position to which
he has been elected.
Items Tor t'nioti Men.
The New York Tribune the great head of the
Black Republican Church, thus ridicules the
lk Peace Congress." Listen :
" Mr. Guthrie clamors in the Old Gentlemen's
Conference at Washington for a compromise
' that will save the Border States. He means a
j compromise that will destroy the Republican
party and give him a chance to be President in
lst'.L But this, we think, lie can't have. The
day for compromises is over, both as a general
j thing and as a special remedy for present Dis
! unionism. The Border States have determined
i that it is better to stay in the Union; and in
fact, we have no doubt that had the question
been fairly left to a popular vote, no State but
South Carolina and Florida would ever have
seceded. Mr. Guthrie's own State of Kentucky
has wisely made up her mind to wait and see
whether the new Administration is really go
ing to proclaim the liberation of the slaves, be
fore she opens war on the United States. And
when she sees that nothing of the sort is con
templated, and that Mr. Lincoln will treat the
South not onlj justly but generousl-, she too
will conclude that no new compromises are re
quired, and that the best thing to do is to stand
by the Constitution as it is."
See! He claims that the border slave States
are with the North! Is this so 't Let the
border States answer.
And see too what this high Priest says ol
compromise ; how he scouts the idea of com
promising with the " slave power." No one
we think can read these extracts without hav
ing their hope for the Union largely increased.
Of course. See what Horace says in another
place :
" Wc hardly need ask attention to the copi
ous extracts from our correspondence and from
the Republican press of the country, bearing
on the question of a new compromise with
Slavery, which we have for some da ?; been
publishing, and of w hich we this morning give
a large installment. Never was there a more
emphatic or a more unanimous manifestation
of public sentiment. If there are still any Rc
puhlicans in Congress who are willing to re
nounce their principles and destroy the party,
and to expose the country to dangers far more
serious than those which now threaten it, let
them learn what is the Will of the People and
govern themselves accordingly. Let there be
No new Compromise I"
ISclioItlflic Action ol" Your Servant.
The Journal of the present Legislature will
form an -important document and we advise
every voter who can do so to secure a copy.
Wc shall get one and take good care to pre
serve it till the summer of 'o2, when aspirants
for Legislative honors begin to cfme before the
dear people." With a depleted treasury and
State bonds 78 cents on the dollar the present
General Assembly have increased the indebted
ness of the State about Jour million dollars
making a grand aggregate of about twenty ?nil
Uons. We shall have more to say about these
matters after the adjournment and may take
occasion to examine some of these extravagant
appropriations and show by whose votes they
w ere passed.
.
Contract Atvardcd.
We learn that a contract has bcn awarded
to the Atlantic & N. C. Railroad Company by
the State for the manufacture of shell and shot
and the remodeling of old Hint guns belonging
to the Government and that the work is to be
done at the Company's shops in Newborn, and
to be superintended by J. D. Whitford, Esq.,
President of tho Company, and Mr. Hudson,
Master Machinist. We are truly glad that the
Company have secured the contract and doubt
not but they will be able to execute it in a
satisfactory manner.
Sosib of the Effects. Tho N. 1. Express
m aa article on the subject of annual moving
time, which ia that city is the 1st of May, says
that rent must conic down at least 23 per cent,
on account of the panic caused by our nation
al troubles.
Ocr Cosxespoxdexts will please use pens,
not pencils, and write on only one side of the
paper. ; !
.iLvrS.()F..Anyi:fnxsiNv .
T II E WEEK L Y" rrOGI:;: j-:
Tbe foirowin are the only Holes of Ad. t rii,
in the Weekly Progress, to- dl Save tl wL-j ct
tract by th.j year and advertise ia both wejl -daily
papers: ." .
One square (12 line minian) one insertion, '. . .. 5
Subsequent insertions, each , SO cents. .
Any number of squares wdT ne charged ,
portion. All advertisements marked f i f til:
will be continued till ordered out find char, a
above.
i'ublic Meeting.
In accordance with previous i.etice a
respectable portion of the citizens of Ct v
irrosnective of iiurtr. met in thi
Thsatre i
r - i
evening, Feb. 20th, to nominate ;.itable c..
didates to represent this county: in tho Sir'.
Convention. -
On motion of J. E. Morris, F. P
En (It-:
notion '
wcrj- i :
Esq. was, called to the chair, and -vi
S Primrose and J. L. Pennington
pointed Secretaries. .-'
The Chair having explained the o!ject
which the meeting was called, on motion
E. Morris a committee of 1" was anpemted
select from the names proposed by gcntl?!.'
of the meeting two suitable gentlemen
didates. This committee was ihcrensi?il ..v. .
tiMi to 21, and consisted of the foil owing g
men :
J E Morris, II Wc thereby, II O We'.!,
Roherson, II T Guion. S G Harrington, W
J M F Harrison. S S Bi-ldle, N Jack
Roberts, W 11 Pearce, C B Wood, E l) ;.. .. :
Nathan Whitford, Thus Gaskins, Geo V, v
ters, Alexander Latham, G W Chjirltc:i. :
Bryan, Fred Lane, Col II .1 R Cl.uk, A:..-,
der Carman. lr Cobb.
Before the committee, retired the fo'dow,:
names were proposed for its considerate ir
Mr. T. 11. Gaskins proposed the n:u-.- ,.
D. Wlntf.rd and F. P. Latl.ar.i.
J. I.. Ehc in proposed Jos. Whiffy '. .'
S. S. Middle.
Mr. R. Wilson proposed J. W. Ery.o
E. K. Bryan proposed J. II. Bry;.u j J
T. Guion.
II. B. brine proposed Dr. R. S. F'; '
Mr. Alex. Curtis proposed i "
Mr. Barrinsiton propose ,1 Y. Hav
Mr. Pennington proposed W, B. V. ;ol-.'. ;a
AV. G. Brian proposed D. K. Mcie.
B. F. Bid-ile proposed Cut. L
J. B
C. S. Primrose proposed Hon. J. R D.
During the absence of tiie comnut.ee
meethur -was addressed, in icsimiisj to ,
th
:.iii
made on them, briefly by Messrs. C!j i
Hughes.
On the return of the committee J. E. Mo:- t
chairman, reported the names of J. D. hit
ford and George Green as the choice ol ih
committee for the nominations.
Mr. J. M. F. Harrison made a minority ;
port and added the name of W. B. Wadswo-J.
After some little discussion at this point oi
motion of H. R. Bryan the minority report .
put and carried by a huge majority, atitt
which, on motion of J. L. Pennington, tb
iiotnination of Messrs. Whitford and (it
was made unanimous, his motion to that elie.i l
being carried without a dissenting voice.
During the meeting the assemblage was a.
dressed briefly by ll R Bryan, Col S S Bid.:;
J E Morris, A C Latham, 1 Disosway, .1 it
Bryan, Dr Hinos, II T Guion, J M V Harris .-,
and others.
On motion ordered that the proceedings L
published in the Progress and State Journal.
On motion of J L Pennington a committee wai
appointed to inform Messrs Green and Whit
ford of their nomination aud request their ac
ceptance. The Chair appointed J II Bryan, J M F 1U:
rison and J L Pennington that Committee
The Committee proceeded at once to the re-.:
dence of Mr Green but that gentleman havn.K
retired and being unwell he did not appear b
fore the meeting and accept the nomination a .
it was requested he should do.
Mr. Whitford being absent at Raleigh tin
committee were requested to inform him of hi.-,
nomination and request his acceptance.
After the usual vote of thanks to the. cflicers,
on motion the meeting adjourned.
F. P. LATHAM, Chairman.
C. S. Pkimkosk,
J. L. PKXNINGTON', )
.SV cretu rics.
The National 'rli.
An esteemed friend who still clings to tl...
Union and hopes for a restoration to peace an-i
former greatness and grandeur, calls ourattci.
tion to the following items :
IiEcoNsriii xtio.n. We li.ive already calh-i
attention (says the Vieksburg Whig) to a le .'
vote, taken some days since, on a proposition
looking to the future reconstruction of the Fed
eral Union, on a more perfect and equitable-basis.
A still more decisive vote was given isi
Saturday, which would seem to indicate that
Mississippi does not despair of a reformation
of the Republic. Mr. Elktt, of Claiborne,
who has recently jumped from conservatism t"
t lie furthest extreme of radicalism, oU'cred tl---following
resolution:
Hexidrid, by the people of the State of Mi--;
sissippi in Convention assembled. That the :v-
! construction of the Union id' tho United State-;
J of America is impractical and unadv isublc, and
that hereafter Missisisppi ought to coufederat...:
! only with States having similar domestic in
I stitutions to her own.
A motion to lay it on the tabic was carried
yeas 4o, nays 2".
"Rkcunsti-.i ction." For the present at b a .t
we repudiate this term. We strike it from our
vocabulary'. We w ill have nunc of it. Ee
construction ! What docs it .signify but l:.e
Union is dissolved, the Republic destroyed, tho
nation extinct 'i What does itassume but toil
wehavea country no longer? Wu are ni
yet prepared to grant thi. assumption. ' Wet
hope that no other patriot is. l'rescrr,'itioi"
not ''reei instruct ion,'" is or should be still ih-:
watchword oft-very genuine lover of his conn
try. Words are sometimes things ; and th: ,
word ''reconstruction," now flowing s- glibly
from the bps and pens of precipitators here, i .
that hideous thing dijlmo.n ; nothing les-.
Let patriots shun it as they would shun- th
abyss to which it points. While we are i-:
boring generously and manfully f-r the sal...
tion of our country, let us not thwart and sat!
tify ourselves by saying or implying that
have no country to save. 's uinc'illc Juurm-'
The object of the people of Virginia, as c.
pressed by their Legislature, and by their v.,i
at the recent election, is, if it can be done ho;.
orably, to restore tne Union of the States, art':
preserve that Union for all time to come. T!:
object cf South Carolina, as expressed by I . r
Legislature, her Convention, and as far as
know, by her people, is to effectually and
ly dissolve the Union, and render its rccon v.:
tion impossible. Certainly the two Static ha.
nothing in common ou that score. Th. y u:
w ide and far asunder. The example, pu; ; - -
! designs, and objects cf South Carolina r re sti!
! opposed for the present, to our rights, fceli.ivr. -.,
1 ij . d 7 s mi-
and interests. uex. uazciic.
A letter received in Washington from N-rth
Alabama and parts of Georgia represent a ;ri cat,
reaction in progress against the secession m jve
ment. So strong is this feeling in some sect ;
that they are said to refuse to acknowledge th
secession ordinance, and keen the stars ari !
'. stripes Hying. The same feeling prevails iu
portions of Mississippi and Louisiana, and th".
j question naturally arise?, will the Southern
j Confederacy use coercion against iu refractory
i subjects "i
A letter lrom a ueorgi a member of Congrc
w as shown around the Ilouse of Representee :
to-day, in which he deplores the reaction ia
the popular mind in the Gulf States, and lea ,
its increase if a compromise Li effected satisktc
tory to the Rorder States.
In Mr. Stokes's district, Tennessee, one com;
t' gave, 5,700 for tho Union and 075 for seces
sion; and even at Memphis, which was sup
posed to ai a hot bed of secession, the Uni-u-men
have elected their delegates by a ma
jority of 400. '
Adelaide Phillips, assumes the role of tho
Witch Urica in the new opera in New ork,
and the critics praise her acting and
it V r . ;
singing
in tlir hio-bnet rm : She "IVCS an UlCanta-
t- be-witch-ingly, that is with
i leaucoupe do dialler ie--(French fur, devilish
( well.) " ' ."'