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WEEK1T BY -- wr onm, uivariabiy ii .TEK3-t fo gix months. . ftf of$l 00 aJrajirt. 1 in be iusertea . - 1 4 VERTISEME.VIS Will uc for ,ve of twelve n (BregerJ inrtion. P"1 J r. .nrt 25 cents for eacn-Bu -th tne num- rt-Jhe7 will be con- V r of insertion desired . otne afcordingy. i ordered out, and cng . ybie-contractswxUDe - will be . ,..a Judicial Adverusc-r Court vm- - . her tban tne ioivbs-j rates.. liargcl . .Ji.iniTliP wur. X n that no for- Fir. esbaxna the elec onrht to be-ol owed io t clective United e- witn Mara a . i ;K th principles, auu c,meacqaainiw. he shall ite-pWtSSffil witK the greatest i have inter- mf onr rnuntry. ,fostiT ingent "W. We shll E'Si on hither of to n.mgners, V ;,Jfrom which they come, 1 W to as may, in Ration - .ihS? ports; and to requ all of require Mich law; nerwiiic , oA-tes to demand T rresident of the United I States to a irom cTasses :...r vernment, whicn maj - ,,-,ilrff0tt rfjtioii im.Toi. , election or ap .Third. We shall oppose the elect f nppoint- irusi ,.,,t of anv.-W ciw. --"-4 nr state : gov- iuch ,mmentf, or tployme, . main- persons in im. - untom ,;UUrffSe Unta eshave the right to go; cit. govern the land of their birth ; ana -a , - rf i abroad should be content with the cn, j irom life, ithout oreseOutiopofotirlaire, adoption cro thc onn ctates, as paramount KSSrfSaor allegiance to any for eprinel, power, potentate, or,authonty, whatever-, : of thV States of this Union has the right to admit to tie envment otfree suffrage any pcrso. 1 fpn blith who has not xxn jirst made a citizen of the Vn tolSfcite, according to the "uniform rule of . Ltunifcaiol, prescribed by Congress, under the pro visioits of the Constitution. . Sixth. AVc sliall oppose, now and hereafter, any wci of Church and State," no matter what classof rdi-onists shall seek to bring about such union. Sevutt. We shall rigoronsly maintain the vested rWhtsot all persons of native or foreign birth, and .t all times oppose -the slightest lnrericreucw nu Mil l vvt'TJ' li.il IIHlAllll. mm. w. 1 1 th.it rviicrimi rniin is a miesnun uv-i"- wi-h individaul and his Uod, and overwnicn no pom-1.-.1I government, or other human power, can rightfully t'Xt rjLe any snpenision or control; at any time, in anv place, or in any form. ililf. e Snail OpiWJSUUIl mjjutl inn w-v-uiu, by which the Constitution is to be set at nought, vio-la"t'-l. or disregarded, whether by politicians, by rciig ioiu.it, or by the adherents or followers of either, or lr anv other class of persons. " Te'dh. We shall maintain and defend" the Constitu tion as it stands, the Union as it exists, and the rights of the State, without diminution as guaranteed there bv: opposing at all' times, and to the extent of our ability and influence, a who may assail them, or ei rhc r of them. Elevciti. And lastly, we shall use our utmost exer tions to build up an '"American party," whose maxim shall be : - . Amfmcaxs shall rcl their Cocxtkt ! . JOHN C. CALHOUN'S VIEWS. Extract from a speech made by Mr. Calhoun on 'Iu-conferring the power to pass.uniform laws of natiuralization the frainers of the Constitution must tition between the States in holding out indueemeuts for the emigratiSu of foreigners, and in order to pre rent tfiefr improper influence over the General Gov ernment, through such States as- mighty naturalize foreigners, and could confer on them the right of .ex ercising the elective franchise, before they could be SUiiieieutly informed of the nature of our institutions, irnivt int. k-MkCif-wl 4'l'nM wvtntxrH It nil, F of confer 011 aliens the right of voting and the other privileges belonging to citizens. On that supposition, it would be almost impossible to. conceive what good could be obtained, or evil prevented by conferring the power on Congress. The power would be perfectly nugatory. A State might hold" out every improper inducement to emigration, a3 freely as if the power did not exist ; and might confer on the alien all the political privileges belonging to the native born citi zen ; not only to the great injury of the government tf the State, but to an improper control over the Government of the Uuion. To illustrate what I have said Suppose the dominant party in New York, finding political power rtbui to depart from them, should, to maintain their ascendency, extent! the right oFsuffrajrc to the thousands-nf guagc and from every portion of the .world, that an- jmiijr uiiu uer greai emporium iiow deeply might the destiny qft'ic tcliole Union be affected by suci a measure. It MmnT, is fact, place the control over tue General' Goverxmext ts the haxds of those who kxow nothixu of our ixstithtioxs and ARE INDIFFERENT AS TO THE INTERESTS OF OCR COUNTRY-. New York gives about one-sixth of the electo ral votes iu the choiceof Presiijent and Vice President; and it is well known that her political institutions keep the State nearly equally divided into two great political parties.- The addition of a "few thousand votes either way miglU turn tlie scale, and the electors mignt turn, in lact, owe their election, on the suppo sition, to the votes of unnaturalized foreigners. The Presidential election migld depend on the electoral vote of Vie State, and a President be chosen in realitu bu Crx-VtT,HAT THBY MIGHT GIVE' US A w 1 1. tVHO 13 HU? .... We loam that Mr Louis F. Whitney, of one'of the de Partmean, who waa born in Canada, has been appointed by the Present, a magnate of Washington city !l l& thfa the same man who was dTmiased some time ago from the Ma nne corpse ! Who recommended the appointment 1 HiH "y permanent citizen ot Washington recommend him? v e do not know the gentleman i and would be pleased if the tEssEK luminary of the aJniinistiauon, would enliehted ra on the subject. Amer. Organ. tv ARRIVAL OF SAG NICHTS. . , " cujgrauia ma amvea at mew 1 orK on oaiuroav last was two thousand six hundred. They are expected 4o be prepared to show-themselves good Sag JNlchts at th rmlfo . .v- t - t .1 . - r 1. 7 -1""" "-5uuo. uio jvuow inouungs next iaii. ' ' ' ' An irascible old gentleman was takeff with sneezing m the cars lately. After sneezing in the most spas modic manner eight limes he arrested the paroyxiam - ,7uu:ut. ana extracting nis handkerchief, he tnus aaaressAil h;n n.i i-mm ; new. 1 uiuiguiuiiiiy baring. Uh! go on go on you'U blow your internal brains nut nrpspntlir " x-- v Usb Copperas. The papers are everywhere tirginjr the free use of copperas as a disinfecting agent. It is a CheaD artlClo CnHnrr 1 1 . - , o uuee vcuw per puunu, ana can be fount! at tKo a - vtiu66iou5t mm many ui me , , vo. ujuuib 01 pounoa may be dissolved in ten auarU of hnt , poured into sinks, gutter?, cess-pools, and all other HhT nlAM with mjA .rx -tt V . ... " ucv.t,. w e aavise an nouse- keepera to purchase five, tS2 or fifteen pounds, and mate a tree use 01 it as above recommended. Cholera or no cnoiera, wieir aweiimgs and out-buildings will - f -"""f'-Mg ui;r tue use 01 copperas yi'T'itn. W c sliall oppose ana pnuoi uuuai, nhrif"meat of religious liberty, holding it as a cardi- nnr.;r..-.f nil y 1 to IU ' : 1 ' ' i i: ; " ' .;' - nw&merican Policy foiran.American People.-1 -; L " ' ' '". ; :' ''v "... - , : - ' "I " ' 'v. - ' : ' I L ? . " '" . '': ' : - " . ' A.' VOL. 1. om iAi Knickerbocker . E&1)IES STOCKINGS A clothes linv in yonder garden Gots wandering among the trees, And on it two verj long stockings Are kicking the evening breeze ; And a lot of fancy dry goodB Whose nattire I cannot define, Are wildly and merrily flopping About that same oM line. -. And a very sly young lady . At the parlor window. sews ; And I rather oonclilde, if you tried it, You'd find she'd fit into them hose. She's only' a half-length picture, foreshortened below the breast ; But the dry gocds which dance on the tight rope Out yonder, just make up .he rest. -. j . ... So dream-like, she seems, so gentle, , t . You'd think her too good for. earth ; . . I And I feel that a holier spirit - j fV. Is banishing rulgar mirth !' v.. ", To its worldly home by jingo ! , 'What a flourish that muslin throws, ; .; And how nnobtrimonly taper ' j Those stockings go off at the toes. ! 0," eyes ! like"the-sky when it's bluest! J Ohair ! lie the night without star ! j O, muslin and hose! J can't help it! j e Btill draw my thoughts over V'thar !".. The lady alone is substantial, , The clothes but a fancy Jdcal, Yet, somehow or. ter, confound it, rve niixCil up" the sham, and the real. T O, love 1 you? re the same old sixpence, Witlr the poet, the muff,xr the brick : j ' You go up with a rush, like a rocket," ! --a But come down at. last like a stick ! And let loverthoughts be lofty or lowly, 1 Platonic, or flash, I opine, j That they all, like new dr goods and stockings Belong to the very same line ! . j l'exvotb. ' I . - Be sure that no better a garden " j Was ever j-et wanting in nose f r ; j And Mcister Karl thinks that a ballad Looks well when it ends with a-close. Meister Karl. Speech of Hon. At J. Doiielson. : The mention of my name on this important occa sion, in -connection with the Hermitage, and the hero and patriot that word recalls tofvyour ' memory, is a sufficient indication of the thought that ,is nprjermost in your mind, and to which I must address myself. You desire to hear how I, an old friend and relative of Andrew Jaskson his private secretary duringhis Presidency, and for more than thirty years, up to the last hours of bis life, enjoying the freest access to all his pipers, and maintaining the most intimate and confidential relations with him can defend the prin ciples of the newly-organized American party. . Lis ten to me, fellow-citizens, and I think I can satisfy you, not only that I am consistent, but that every mo tive" of patriotism and public duty demanded of me the abandonment of a party which no longer practices the old-fashioned democracy-of Jeffeaon, Madigdnan6f Jackson, but has 'done all that it could to bring into discredit the most essential and characteristic features of that democracy. Franklin Pierce came into pow er, to use a sea-phrase, in the wake of the compromise of 1850. TBat measure, carried through by the uni ted aotion of such statesmen aa Clay, Webster, Cass, and Houston, enlisted the sympathies of the Ameri can peopleand was welcomed in every corner of our wide-spread Union as a rebuke to those factions which had labored, under the garb of State rights, o bring the 'Federal and State authorities in open conflict with each other. - ! At several places in New England, Mr. Pierce stigmatized the opponents of that measure as mortal traitors. . He went so far as to compliment me for my services in what he' called a battle for the Union. He declared that in. that battle he stoorTwhere General Jackson did. Now; call to mind what Gen.' J ackson did what he said and what the. Democratic -party maintained when the country was in the crisis to which Mr. Pierce-alluded. Do you remember the ordinance of South Carolina, arming her citizens, establishing test oaths, and declaring her determination to carry into execution. her threat of nullification? The pro clamation of Gen. Jackson, denouncing the whole proceeding as unauthorized, rebellious and traitorous the force bill passed by Congress with great prompt ness, enabling the President to repel by force all the opposition to the execution of the laws? And then, gentlemen, do you remember the unannnity with which not only the Democratic party, applauded its President, but how the great body of the American people, looking above party, and surveying; only the goou oi the country, came forward by thousands ana thousands to testify their respect for a statesman who r.. i a 1 i. ii - - i i . .i.- iuiu.-ii.-u uvu in me periormance oi a mgn consuiuuuu al duty ? Mr. Jefferson had said of General Jackson, after the vietory of New Orleans, that hr filled the measure of his country's glory. iut the patriotic American people proclaimed. when the old hero carried the constitution urihnrt through the struggles with nullification, that his name would, hereafter stand by the side of Washington aa the preserver of the Union. " Yes, gentlemen, it was here, in New -York, that countless thousands came forward to greet the old hero, and isew ilingland not less than New York saluted with; the. acclamation of joy and love the man who, when the safety of the con- suiuuon was threatened, declared leariessiy uiat no would not survive its fall, but would uphold it, come what might. Now, gentlemen,1 this was Democratic ; practice in 1832. Let Ub now see how General Pierce has acted in a crisis which he has admitted to bfe full of similar perils to us and to our posterity. Whpn the compro mise was passed, you all know that there was a party, canea at tne J ortn aDOiiuonisis, auu,ai ;.ujo uvuum. nullifiers, who insisted that that .me.asuife was a base surrender" of State rights," and who set Ipn foot meas ures which, if carried out, would nave prooucea im mediate bloodshed and civil war. Tliisart at tne South had an organ, whose columns teethed with the dirtiest abuse of every man who would' 'mot subscribe to its schemes of holding1 a Southern Congress1, with powers not only to declare the coinotfiise unconsti tutional, Jjut to provide for its resistance, precisely as South Carolina had done in 1832. ?i I .,; ; ; When the creat rA lampnfpd t Webster deUvered his speech, oh the occasion of laying the "corner stone .f. the new Capitol, the response of this . Southern rights Democratic sheet was that it was a- vaint cere mony that the people of the South should be puttinff their arms iu order, to attack the North, instead of indulging hopes for the preservation of the Union vrenxiemen, one of the hrst acts of Mr Fierce was to give the editor of that disunion sheet an important consular and diplomatic office. And if you examine the character of hia ftrtnointinents enmlro- n will find that in every quarter of the country they have been marked by an open contempt fo his ' profession as a friend of the doctrines of the Democratic party. Yes, gentlemen,I assert without the feaf of successful refutation from any quarter, that the conductof Pres ident Pierce is distinguished, if distinguished for any thing, for insidious opposition to the doctrine alw&vs maintained by the Democratic party on the subject of KINSTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY ; 1855; State rights. Mr Madison has told us, over and over again, that his party in 1798 repudiated the doctrine of nulUflcatkra as claimed ,by South Carolina in 1832 aad as insisted on by the Southern Convention assem-J bled at JN ashville. , You remember the celebrated letter of Mr. Madison, in which he,thanks Mr. Webster for. his able refuta tion, of thjs absurd idea that.a State could enforce her own "construction -of the constitutionality against the consent -of the other States, and the decision of the Supreme Court. J The records of Tammany Hall will also bear witness that the party supporting Messers. Jefferson and Madison during the time of the embar go, and opto the assemblage of the Hartford Conven tion maintained everywhere, in Congress and -out of Congres, that the General Government" possessed the power of removing any and every obstruction to the execution of the laws passed hi pursuance of the con stitution. . I advert to these great ' and leading facts to remind you where I stood, and where Gen. Jackson stood, aud where the Democratic parjty stood on this doctrine of State rights. Suppose gentlemen, that in 1800, Mr-. Jefferson had lavished his favors ojot these .who passed the alien and sedition Laws or Jfcat the war party in 1812, had called to thecabin&r the chief nilitary cbmmandsvmen who held out blueTighta to the enemy;' or that General Jackson, in carrying out. his measures yagainst ; the Bank , of the 3 United States, or the system of internal improvements as ad vocated by Mr, Adams, should have given his high places of government to his opponents would you not have called the policy of doing so suicidal and un just ? Suppose that in 1832 a "cabinet had been form ed of -men who opposed the policy of the government and the sentiment of the country in respect to;, the doctrine of nullification and secession, what would the people have thought of it ? ' To ask ,sufeh a question seems to almost insult the common intelligence, for even in the worst govern ment in Europent is admitted that publicneasures of importance can only be intrusted to thqsa .who are friendly to such measures, ana when the measures .change, the men to execute them must change accord-. ingly. "We have seen numerous illustrations of5 this fact in the recent conduct of the British, French, and German governments, and even in Turkey ; but here in the United States, where publiajopinion is omnipo tent, where discussion is as free asthejririland where the statesman . looks to the people To 'reward, eleva tion, and renown, when his labors and siemces entitle him to be considered the author' of a system calculat ed to aid the prosperity, preservationj.and "happiness 'of the. country President Franklin Pierce undertakes to sat up this, doctrine that the patronage of office can 'supercede the relation between a measure and its sup porter,, and thatthe true .way o govern a" people is to conciliate parties by giv.mg place to leaders without retcrence to their agency in uefeatipgor advancing the great principles of a virtuous administratioaifc You have had the evidence, gentlemen; of this doc trine in your own city, when you saw thV noble and honestlBronson thrown down and crushed, because he would not become the instrument of a miserable at tempt to conciliate -abolitionists aud free-soilers, by selling out the custom-house offices to them, as the; huckster does his oeet aud his corn. Jtiid the spew cacle which you have witnessed has peen lelt in every quarter of this wide Union. Now; compare the prac-J 'tice of this administration on this subject with that of General J ackson, or every and all of his predecessorSj- lhe,jnaxim has been to look to honesty, Ddeiity,tanci capacity ; and, above all, not to bring the patronage of the Federal Government into conflict witb the free dom of elections, Why, gentlemen, so far from lookp iug to - these. conditions in the use of the appointing power, it seems to. be the duty of the Attorney Gene ral to telegraph, or cause to be. telegraphed, on the eve of important election, just what is necessary to defeat candidates who have not given in their adhe sion t9 this new-school doctrine about State rights. Look at Washington," and what do you see there that changes the view I have taken pf President Pierce's infidelity to4he great principles of Democracy? Did you ever hear of Mr, Marcy standing by anybody, or helping anybody because he took the true position n the great battle which MrsPierce declared was neces sary tcf be.fought in order to faVe the country from the abolitionists am nuUifierjs-T 7"" , From the time he betraye3?-Mr. Van Buren, when the scheme of--the sub-reasury was first started, hjis he ever been known to risk a thought, or venture an act, calculated to rescua the right from the wrong ? Long and difficult persuasion induced him to preside over some meeting where an effort was made to hear the party division in this State, by recognising acqui escence in the compromise as the duty of "aJ mem bers of the party, no one ever heard of him when the measure remained for months and months the cap tive of malignant passions "brought intofaction by the nullifiers of tho North and South. ,Turn next to the -War Department, filled by the chivalrous: gentleman irom miSSlSSippi. 4Viter uuiug au iicwuiu mj( iLuiauic the people"of the South, he takes, the ' back trafck when he fiiids they could not be induced to nullify jor secede; and says he.wiilfollow the peopre. .- But hejis as much a nullificr tolay as Mr. Wilson pf Massa chusetts, or any other Northern fanatic ' But it is useless, gentlenoanv to multiply instances of Mr. Pier ce's infidelity to his pledges as a Jackson Democrat. 1 suppose there is not a man in our whole country, conversant with the politics of the day, but what will admit that he has failed, signally failed, as a President aM statesman. And the results of his administration; what are' they but the natural consequences of lis abandonments of the old maxims of Democracy, for the new-fangled notions of such men as Davis of Mis sissippi, Seward of.this State, and Wilson of Massar chusetts? One has as much right to nullify as the other ; that is no right at all. The principle on which they stand has been repudiated by all true Democrats, ever since the foundation of the government. But there are conventions in the South, and perhaps in the North, where men, calling themselves Democrats, speak of supporting Mr. Pierce's measures. Now), I should like to know what he has done, except turn out a few good men who were true to the principles on which he came into power, and to put in their places men of nullifying: sympathies. This may be called the distinguishing measures of his administratin. The next in importance are the attack on Grey town, the Ostend Conference, and the recent display of our Daval force before Havana. . . . 1 J -No one, I believe, has ventured to characterize his vetoes as measures, any more than he would advert; to the essay of some school-boy on morals or metaphysics, as philosophy. He has quoted a little from one President, and a. little from another,! but even the most rabid of his party have voted against his recom mendations, without thinking himself any the worse or better new-school Democrat thereafter. No, gen tlemen, if yod examine closely these conventions, you will find that they are riot Democratic in the old con stitutional sense.- The nominee of one of these con vention in Tennessee proposes to give the public land to the foreign immigrants, to ehange the constitution, and is known as a Jacpb'frladder man ; that is he is a man j who gets power by ascending a' ladder which has "rpund for every one to stand upon. " In ! the Geoa Convention you' will observe that" Bullificar in thc lparHnor ldfA. ThG talk is there about re- ni;nin7 TTiAnanrps about making1 hostages out 01 individuals, and property belonging to . citizens pt Massachusetts: They forget' that two wrongs never make a right. - They never think of respecting; the old sentiment of Democracy; that the constitution and laws of the United States, in; pursuance thereof; are supreme, and must be executed. ; Arid if we had President, gentlemen, such as old Jackson, you would not hear of these retaliatory measures, nor Such dis graceful spectacles. ..as are now being played in the i.i,u rf T?nhke HilL But. alas I. -we have UVVA - - This great repubUc must lorever lament mat a pro clamation from Mr. Pierce would be just such an ai fair as his attack on Greytown and the estaWfehment ,n. nnri Honferfince ' What could he do wh a Secretary of War' who bclieres in the right of riullifi- . cation, and an Attorney-General Wfho is known only to the nation as an abolitionist, ahead even nf Gil dings and Seward? He commenced "to govern the i:ountry by a union of these two elements of disunion, und he can do nothing t5 ave it that will not involve urn .still deeper in disgrace. Why, gentlemen, it pugbt not to surprise us ifwe hear to-morrowithat tiu3 Mr. WiLsonwfco preaches so furiously against the fugitive jasJaw, has irifluehce enough to turn (out dishing and take his place m the Cabinet,-on the principle-that a ffesh horse can travel faster than jaded one. ' ' . J3ut, tellow-citizens, I turn from these wipleasant pictures to platform On which I have thought an ofd Jackson man could stand -with consistency and honor. ; You have seen 'tha Mr. Pierce and the new school Democrats have sunendered tp the -nullifiers. You have seen thatthe country stands abashed at the enormous pretentions of this school. NuUuication in tne ooutn is xne nighest passport to public favorf and, stretches out his hand to nuHification intbe Nth for succor "and aid. Can a sound Jjicksoh man or a Clay ,WJiigl witness IlicJranternization wjeut agreed ing-to bury then; former.diffQreHces on miuwrraestions,; and make oneAinited effott to rid the countrv of such a systematic attack on the body politic ? It is ' the object of the; American jiarty tosccorrip!isli this ! You w0ee from the-sextracts whiehl read, thlft the Uuion sentiments ofWashington and Jackson constitute the" platformJ Presidrlgt, Pierce and Mr. Seward have, tormed tlieir coalition m such a way as to seenre the roreig-n-vote, and to enlist the Catholics as partizaus in that cause. To cpunteract this, coali tion; the Afnerican party propose to motlify the natu ralization laws, and to enter into pohticalirotherhood with no ecclesiastic or secta,riap,.w professes to?' owe allegiance "to any power higher than the Constitution of the United States. There-' is-no wrong heredone to any huntan being. The foreigher who has acquired the rights oi citizenship, as he values those rights, cannot object to place thelh beyond- the assaults on those paupers and criminal who are landing on oar shores by ;.the thousand. Nor ought the yathojic to feel Surprise tht the American riiind looks with dis trust and apJSfehension upon a hierarchy which,, in all other countries has sought to connect the Church -and State, and whoso history has bcen one continual struggle for dominionir temporal as weil as secular matters. We are charged, gentlemen, with'stabiish ing a religious teittand assailitig, the great natural right ot all human uemgs to worship -Almighty Uod according to the dictates or their own conscience. Thft chiirp-R ia ffiTsR. -JZ. ' ; ' :r i The position of tfie'American party on this questjpu is as clear as daylighf . It simply aimorinces to 1 the Catholic bishops, that if they possess the power to or ganize their communicants with political train hands to support a system dangerous to liberty and subvefr sive of the constitution, tt is lawful to oppose them. We say that it is lawful to oppose them by pur votes, at least until they can show that their allegi ance -to the Pope is subordinate to that of obedience to the Cqnstitutionof the land. The Pope claims, in . fallibility the power of pardoning shiS He claims the right of deposingpriuces and.poteutatcs. et his followers satisfy us that these pretentions arc not elaimed by them, and they will find the American party as willing to meet them in the bonds of common and equal citizenship as any other class of church men. I dismiss this part of the subject with the de--claratioii, that the idea incorporated into the platform, that Americans must rule America, is as did as the con stitution, and has been maintained by aU the early statesmen of the land. It is not the proscription of the Catholic, but a timely and salutaryainingta him that u the influence 01 his church' is brought into the political arena, as an element of power, it will bo opposed with candor and frankness, and I trust with success. I come now, gentlemen, to that portion of the 'plat form which disposes of the question of . slavery. We have met it with firmness. ,We declare that Congress has nothing to do with it.. That the constitution re cognizes it in toffee instances, and that beyond this re- cognition it isfav local tmng. vve are not ; msensime to the fact that the Bill erecting governments in Kan sas and Nebraska has caused great agitation, and has rendered the interposition of the conservative men of all sections necessary to tranquilizc the country., But how' can these conservative men act? Can they do anv" thin? but invoke the people to survey- once more the true character of this question, and apply to it the old doctrines of our fathers, that slavery is a local inj. stitution. and must be regulated Joy the authorities havin"- competent jurisdiction over it? It is impos- ? .l .1 v-r- n ii Slble to restore tne Jjlissouri uuiprumuse, uecuuau tuu people of those Territories have, under existing laws, rights which Congress cannot touch. No matter what may be thought of the folly and recklessness of Air. Pierce and his camnet, in re-opeuuig me slavery question, by the passage of the bills in question, all dispassionate inen must admit that their repeal is. now an impossibility, or, if practicable, tha? the repeal would only widen the breach between the North and the South. Under the treaty by which we acquired Louisiana, slavery within its limits was placed on the same foot- ... .. i 1. J. !i. ? P l,rt TTIf Q nftn mg that it was inoiuer Leriiiui ies ui uie w uituuuui. But the South, inl85Q; for the isake of peace, consent ed that itmfght be extended from the country north of 36 30 . Mr. Pierce and his nullifying friends, north and south, were not Satisfied to let well enough alone. Nothing would satisfy them but to. re-open the ques tion, and to do so under the pretence that the. Com promise of 1850 required the course they:. pursued. Now, T put it to you," fellow-citizens, and to all intel ligent tneri in our country, if .1 am not speaking to you, according to the ftcts, when I assert that if the proposition to. repeal the Missouri Compromise had been made a part of, the. Compromise of 1850, the whole measure would have been lost. Nobody ejer dreamed that the final settlement of the slavery ques tion at tliat period Md reference toother objects than those proposed in the bill of compromise, But it was necessary for Mr, Pierce and his adjuncts, North and South, to get up another agitation and they accord ingly threw out this firebrand: . The North could' say that the prosiavery men had violated a-couipact, and cancelled the obligation to execute the Fugitive Slave law. -The South could say that it had obtained at least its rights, and that the nullifiers wera victorious. What cared they for thejgopd of the country, provid ed that the agitation gave them the power to make a President? - ; --... - With Mr; Dayis.at the heacTof Qie slavery party, and Mr. Seward at the head of the anti-slavery party, how easy would it be for those leaders to make a bar gain, and keep the politicians in their places. It wal the old ride and tie game. The hullifier of theNorfh was to have the hprse i 1856... The nullifief of :.the South was to have him in 1860Bu gentVmerij this American party puts its veto on this unhallowed attempt to convert sectional jealousy into a rjerma4 nerit source of. political power It - tells : this1 ;new school of Democrats that- it prefers to stick to the creed of Washington and Jackson ; that4 its "laottfi is-i-"Our Federal Union mut be presewen "Are we not authorized to say that this is the true Adot can sentimeht,' and',that if we adhere to. it, -e shatt conquer and put ari'erid to this contest about slavery I think we are. - In hurrying' my remarks to ariose, I think you wffl-agree wlthf me wheri I say that it was no longer possible for ah ! old : Jackson Democrat to , act with' Pierce and his friends. He could not do so without acknowledging the lead ofrach men aiWise in Virginia, Davisin Mississippi, Douglass Dlmois and Atchison 'in'Missouri. These.mefi are afl actmg, as a unit, in support of the modern theory of State rights, allowing that a State may nullify an act.of Congress, and go out of the Union when she pleases. They may call themselves slavery or anti-slayery men. They have a'common purpose to accomplish at the expense of the landmarks of patnotisni, as estabhshed by those who founded and who reformed our system.; You never hear one of those. State rights men jot Viro-inia talk of Madison as the opponent of the con stitutional relations between the States and the Fede- NO. 6. ral Government. Tf Mr, Pipiw wBm tr o!l liia risthi- net, thatSjjHifts determined o fall back on GeneraR Jacksonk doctriBe' m 1832, they would 1fiy M al wuivraao wnenne Huntsman sounds the note ot at tack and pursuit." There is but one road open to the true patriot, and that is to unite in the leading priri ciples of the great Amer jean party. In this manner we can elect a President who will not disgrace the country with Ostend Couferfences ; in this manner we" can wipe out the stain-which has been cast upon us of introducing a corrupt foreigu influence into our cenncils: in this manner We carft teach thos who seek to use thei Catholic vote as a 'political monopoly, that Whilst WPTIXmW't all o flnita r? Vi;m..i fwv. that whilst weTespect all the Fights of religious free dom, we know how to disarm the advocates of a sys tem that makes the allegiance due to 2he United States subordinate to that which.r is due" to a foreign potentate. ' - " AVhat say 'you, then, gentTenicri, to our platform ? Do you not justify me in flying to it Tor relief from the coalition" whicttsexists between Mr. fierce and the rmllifiers and aholitionisfs ?. , A coalition which did more to build up a sectional jealoqsy and strife than ,my other coalition which has ever existed in our land;--.:;;f - '.i-,., , - "-Spthis coalition, nullification enjoys the honors arid high places of government in the South, and Mr. Cushmg knows, how to tell his old Abolitionists to rest quiet tlmtviririciples are eternal, and never SfrgPT. ".It aH 'gayith truth to Wilsori, Sumner, and Seward, that offices are small things when weisrhed Hn the Jaalance with great measures. Let the South nave its tune to-day, eurs will come to-morvow. . It will be impossible for the chivalrous Davis, the self- sacrificing Douglas; not to allow us the privilege of ioiiow-mg inetr example. ' . 5 v - ? But we tell these smart, higher-law riien, that the spirit of Washington and Jackson is not extinct, or that the people are rallying, as in the days of old, to the preservation of j the" true principles of the CohSti tution ; that ?nen, fried men, are taking their posts, and that the cry "Americans snail, rule America, wil sweep from the miserable jugglers, who, under the guise of Democracy, would .sell the country to the ir ope ot Home, provided they have the privilege o. monopolizing his favors. ". r Let our motto then: be,- "Our Federal Union it must and shall be. preserved." . "Americans shall rule America. A JMOLTEIj FARM A CHALLENGE. John Singerson and brothers, of Mis souri, challenge! the farmers ... of the whole Union to produce a farm ta excel ; theirs in variety of productions, amount of produc tion .and extent of surface cultivated. Their farm is located about seven miles south of the city of St. Louis, and hasbcen under cultivation less, than ten years. All persons who think they can excel the Singerson farm, and desire . to enter the lists for a "sweep stake" prize, are requirpd to deposit $500, and the award is to be a service of plate, of the value pf the ' deposit of the competitorsrafter deducting the ne cessary expenses of the Commissioners makinsr the award, who are ' to cdrisist "of one from each State appointed by the Grov, ernor thereof, of such Stiitci only j however- as have comnetitors for the prize; ' The Commissioners arc to visit the farms, and decide the "matter in the months of Sep tember and October next: .,. ' ..iuy - How many competitors can the Empire State produce ? What say. biif farmers of the Mohawk valley-' 1M-. heart of the world ?" ' "As a, matter of interest . to our readefsTrwe siilpin a description of the Singerson farm which we find 'in the St. Louis Democrat : J ' - '-: ' ': " Statistics will better show.' its prpper ties than elaborate descriptions of jscenery. Four hundred acres of pasture, grove and lawn one hundred and fifty acres of mead? ow eighty of wheat, sixty-five of oats and rye, corn and potatoes enough to supply the numerous family and stock nine miles of Osage orange hedge, well trinuned, and much of it large enough to turn cattle, adds greatly to the picturesque beauty of the, rolling prairie; enclosing pastures, orchards, nurseries, flower gardens and fields a ver dant neck-work binding all together, pro tecting and ornamenting at the same time; There- are two hundred acres of orchard mst coming into vigorous usefukiess-ight V. - - . 1, J '--1. J. JJJ Xf thousana peacn anu upricoi, u uu, aim; iroiu present appearances, some of them will give many a rich treat-ere the wintry winds sweep over lis again Tear, apple;' plum and cherry bear swift witness of the 'good time coming r. : ;. - . . . - "Twenty-five acres of; strawberries have alrea3y gite'ii our" - St: Louisans a foretaste of the future, and dozens of -men are now engaged replacing the old beds, and enlarg ing them by the acre. : Jhreo hundred thou sand grape cuttiiigs iave.been set out this springf and most of theni are doing welW forty, thousand evergreens in fine and,.fresh condition-r-two hun4fe.d..,and tpn rthousand quince trees are really for the .budding, of pears twenty bushels of peach stones and seven? bushels of apple sec!haye:fhis Rea son been ; planted,' and acres,' arevered with uprisinf life, A gvmmojtl trfifisi Are cultivated vfor .the market,; an4 A would . b&-eryj. the lfo.ssrs. 'SjhuTBt:k&l'U indigei- nous to thH cCmate, U'-nxMei!ii&yth tney naye t.:v- - r-v . '--., "Th6 gubstantial itone farm-house is. sur rounded by a large' dppr-yjarC which. is cle! aVeriue bdrdered' by cedars, saowalls at4 - HI i 1 tfo A o n - fJ ' A nor? -whew kind feospitality 'td,fi8Ftlid months ong. the Mnt iairT stnd luxuriate for a brief hour in tneDeauwananowers.lt rarierres oji cuoiucw nowexsnnrseries ox rosea uiussoiu in wc sua by. the half acre. Borders walks, ' gummer hbtises arbors, on. every hand, in a, magni1. tude or, magnificence that keeps you all the while ig; wonder and admiriation, aftd' form a' wholethatlbiust be seen to Ve appreciated, and jias seldbmlf ,eyer, beeii;' surpassed. .Trwit6!6iektresit snrubs vines and gersosaj itlsntie tod he Wts it ''-Ittd1iiulli6ii4 lest the in- creauious ;snouia- De uignicnea ai lis. vasir reacnea irom'tne stone, roaarjy a serppnime rokd thrtfuaftm wooded lawn. k A semi-cir -.THBLA.Wi qF If EWSPAPEKS. , j, ; 1. Subivribers who do pot "give tnrpifctw notk to UiQ coritraix. are considered wishing to continue their subscription"1-" ? '' . r! 1 " . ' l'-: t. 2. If the Bubscrioera order tho discontinuance of their papers, the publishers may continae 'to end them till all cash charge are paioV v 1 vii ; t 8, If subscribeTiicglect6rrefose'.to take -their p'. pcrs &bm the offica towrdthy.aredirectl,:thty arj f held responsible unHll. they?haTe settled their bill, ixi ordered their, paper discontinued. . A u f-. . ," ' '' 4. If Subscribers remove tm other places without' In- fbiTmngtho publishCT, and the. paper-Is scat to the former direction, they are held responsible. ; . . i. ..f &- The court have decided that refusing to take? 4 paper or periodical from the. omce, or. removing ana leaving it uncalled for, is r4prima facio' evidence of intentiojpal fraud. ,. Q - ? 1 ' " ncss of number, and ect tfcc whole dovn as a fable.; . . We vsTJcnt twx and a half hours riding. in nhe ground, and examining the pc! pasfurc, orchad3ai-n3finlcad9J shrubbery- looked dovra inta.r tfavifeUs,, examjaed the sprin":' the stone. quarry; saw the fine Durhams,' tiip gopd horses listened and laughed at lXpnsieui; : Madame Poland cackle--and returned con-1 Yipced, that v(C liayc not seen al,na, uiai, : ho one 'can truly I Vealize UI9 ejctqhT oC tlioJ' iarm, or its nxgUj&uwevi ciuiuiu. .ttuu . labor and expense necessary to keep u n, progress, who ha3 pot taken alridc through; its shaidy drives, its bordered avenues and hedged lanes." Correspondence of N.Y. Evening PcBt. AKOTIIEh MITT. WARD MCRDIB.' rrofesaor Clark S. Brown killed by J. Keith Wrffy, a youth' of eighteen, for having chatliied a younger brvtherCirm . cumkmed detailetL CV,: : ' f ' roxTOTOc, (Miss.) Juno 16, 1805, Never, m the history of this town, has this orderly " and peace-loving community been so shocked and hor-1 rifled by the 6ad event which occurred on Monday;-' the 11th instant, resulting in the instant death of one ' of pur most esteemed and valuable citizens, Professor Clark S. Brown. i V. .; . The facts, as detailed by the witnesses, may bo.' briefly stated substantially as follows : , Prof. C. S. Brown, assisted by Rev. M. B. Fccnv. sterj as associate principal, has for several months had charge of the f'Ppntotoc Mfde Academy," and having occasion a few days prior to this, fatal event to disci pline, for some misdemeanor, one Gary Wray, a lad about twelve years of agCi inflicted upon him a mode rate chastisement.; This merited correction called forth a very insolent remark from John, an elder bro-' ther, who twice declaimed to, Prof. Brown, that if ho ' whipped hk brother agaiii, there woaJdL be a fuss. This occurring somo time iu the latter fart of. thft week, no particular notice was taken of it untd the school rc-as3embled on Monday morning, when tho sentence of expulsion was pronounced upon ' him by Mr. Feemster, to whose department he belonged. The expelled student soon communicated what had happened to-his friends at home. What plans were , discussed, or what advice given,1 in the councils of his. friends, we know not, but from what quickly followed it is not difficult to conjecture. . J . V . Keith Wray, a young man about eighteen years of age, engaged in the study of medicine ill iJUe Of the medical inns of this place, entered the office of hisr preceptors between teu and eleven o'clock, a. m., and' in a fit pf great excitement, asked for. pistols. .To thd inquiry, what' he wanted of them, he replied "Givo them to me, and you will soon see;" using Brown's-, name in connection. Failing for some reason to ob- tain weapons here, he next went to the printing office,, where he found three or four of his more intimate as-7 sociates, from whom he procured a bowie-knife, nino, md a htlf inches in the blade, and a six-barrel pistol; which was then charged for the occasion. With theseweapons of death concealed upon his person, this son of "southern chivalry," with the paci-j-nc advice "to keep the law on his side," set.out upon . his Mission df peace to seek satisfaction at the hand, of Brown; . Repairing to the academy, about twenty minutes before noon, he addressed himself to Mr.. Feemster, with the request tq tell' Prof. Brown, who. occupied so, adjoining room, to come out doors, as he wished to settle the difficulty between him and his brother: Mr. Feemster replied that Brown -was busily engaged hearing" recitation besides, the call to settle, difficulties appears to him quite unreasonable. Wray,1. with some wrath,'rer)eated his demand, saying' that no. desired "to see him, and settle the difficulty now." ' Mr. Feemster observing the state of excitement .. under which he was -laboring, and, fearing, that ho might act rashlyi advised him "to go away, become; cool, let reason resume her sway, that you . may bo able to act like a man." To this salutary advice ho , warmly replied, "Tell Brown I will see him on his way home, and settle the matter with bira then.'' Af ter the close ef the school, Wray's request was cotfii municated to Prof. Brown, and after a short consulta- tion between' ' the. teachers, as to the probable design, of the young man, they, conscious of having done no-! thing iput their duty, came' to the conclusion that no y apprehension need be felt, and. impressed with tho( conviction, separated for their respective homes, each! ' taking his own road, leading in different directions. . .' Prof. Brown had not proceeded more , than throo1 . hundred yards from the Academy, about - half way. across the public park, when he was met by, Wray, who had stationed himself in partial concealment by the way-side, and rudely addressed him in the follow- . ing language : "You have been imposing ori my bro ther." To which Bro.wn, with great mildness, in sub stance replied, Thaf .in what had been done, he had acted" in the consciousness and fearless, discharge of, his duty, and for the justice of. his conduct, he was willing to leaye it to any reasonable man in town. I will explain the matter to you," said he. . ,1 1 i , . . .', But before time was given for explanation, Wray, regardless of the advice of his friends to "keep tho : law.otf his side,": and thirsting for. the blood of his victim; angrily littered the still more insulting words,' "fpu are a d n dog," and instantly aimed a blow, with his fist at the face of Brown, who, with the in-' struments of death now for the first time revealed to view, saw that! his days were numbered, unless by superior strength and activity he, could ,by a singlo, blow strike his antagonist US ffcef earth..! Drawing his only weapon of defence, a little riding whip, which, by .chance he had in his pocket, he entered the fearful struggle between-.life and deatju ,. . ; , ..; n ; , But4 alasl. how short the conflict 1 how tragic the, result 1 - In an instant the glittering blade .flashed in. tha merkhaa sun, and soon the ill-fated Brown stag-, . gered and reeled and fell to. the earth a lifeless corpse, pierced with geteflhorrid wounds. 1 j , t ' . . The above is asuhnnary of the testimony as' given by the witresseir ,of this - mournful tragedy. Never was thef a deeper, feeling of indignation pervading! afr conmranity than h been awakened here by this melancholy erent: ";The J loss,1 6fft 'such.Alinan, junder. such circumstances, and ia a comjriunity, too, enjoying a Mgh, cBaratfer for sobriety, order. And .refinpinefitv tai prodaccj the' mostprofpund'seflsatiori The ifiair,. h undergone athorough the magi?, . trate's court, and'the youtti comnaijted to. prison, not- , with8ta'ndu)g.: thevigorong; - efforts, of his friend tP; -forestal . justice.! by jjmptl securing 1L the legal counsel the place a2ordg. p4t'u tA h,n . - Space will not allowTne.at ths tone to (rpcok1 iut ' briefly of the cha;racte and the many Virtues of 1 the, deceased. Buffioe it W toy; that. Prof. Brown, was , native of New-HsjmjpslueTifi graduate of .Dartmouth". poUegeh-rrpe scholala high-toned jtleinan, and' & devoted Cl!hristian;: .Io classical., and metaphysical . attainments : he .had. ery few, fT any, superiors jin this' countryV Ixf Q cause, pf. education, he was quite an." -enthusiast aM had, deyoted something over. twenty years, of his life in the business of teaching.'. ' ; i. He leaves a young wife; to whom he had been mar ried only a few mouths, and a' large circle of friends, ' to mcum his uutimely loss. ii..: C. ! U :.'., -- ':v"t-' - ' -'ii-k - f-. s r ; ? . . .-- .i ,.!: . v - t'An old lady posse3ed1of a fine fortune, and noted for her penchant for the use of figurative expreion, one day assembled her grand-children,' when the foL lowing conversation took place : . ; v ,VMy cha4rerv said, old lady, J am the root and you are the branches." t ., - r - "Grandma, said one. ""r v ' ' "What, my child r? a rn : "I was thinking; bow mnch. better, the .branches would flourish if the root, was under the ground. ' , ( ,
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