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r" Editor and Proprietor, rTTIrs per ' annum, wvariaiii ly in TEBj, for six months. a i.i'aU nn wie:-.;iEras win uc for the first will be inserted a iZVZZ re liucn i'- ' . ,. ; rrH- n, and 2 cem YT with the num- Tiiti they will-be con w of insertions deirea , accordingly. until ordered out, yearly adver- fav t; ;rs Tnrlicial advertisements win uc totirt 0!l S than the foregoing rates. nnr Vrinciries. ' 1: 11 m5ntain the doctrine that no for We sta 1 maintain t e Firsf n-nnr 0U"" , ,i u,.0 rfliHiftfl Wlinin iub um-u to ne -" , franchise sc' ljrt fcnsth ef time to cnaoo , tin . f , tn onabi; 1 ri it 10 ,& v - States a sum-- wlf h the priaciples, ana impuca wu. sufficient I uaintod w .nninacqaainiw.";:ix; fld until he shall nave the spirit w""-,- i(ieQtified with the greatest una- . . ..f nnt in.iLiv-- y ... i j. ; a - . i ii law oy "" ' ,w paupers or criminal!,, uur foreigners, ""-"t ricg'fr0m which they come, ail semi back toexK in iolationJoJ ,fHoreigii- - h rtg and to require 8och law, ljn Iates;t0 d5mand irbm. .i - Dwlftit Of tilC Uini. , .,v-00 tncu - which may send nuuer uu. vo aav government, wh ci m v satisfaction for of its subjects, a uity against the rep- etition thereof. election or appoint- TAird. We shall oppose t q Qf m3nt of y!rt te STFeflenJ or State gov honor or emolument under nie rf guch honor or emu, enlistment -;7vv m time of wr;main- m3 '"r irnn nioa that the nCdiveorrtcM. jus m til tainmg,to :V 'aftoa the right to rrnvorn izens or uit. - imni-1!rrants trom nTtottffbe con e'nt th the enjoyment of life abroad 7! our institutions, without IKS StJSS&Stta enaction, administration, or execution of our laws, S VTe Sudcate and urge the adoption l'irl, farm of an aoA to of trust, honor or emoiumem , - r T. State governments, as IS win iii'i"'v S coffitiii rftiielfiuted States, as paramount 'Motions of adhesion or allegiance to any tor en prince, power, potentate, or authority, whatever, uncler any and all circumstances. - ! Fifth. We shall maintain the doctrine that na one of the States of this Union has the.right to -, adroit to 1 enjoynient of free storage anv person i of ' forcer birth who has hot been first made a citizen of the SX -lJ ta the '.'uniform rule'' of SSS'pSM by Congress, .nder.tepro-. visions of the Constitution. Sixth. We shall oppose, now and hereafter any mn of. Church Ji State," no matter what classof religionists shall seek to bring about such nnion, S'veiilu We shall vigorously , maintain the vested rights of all persons, of native or foragn birth, and sii-di at alt timjs oppose the slightest interference with such vestednghts. Virrht-i We shall oppose and protest against all est, of oar te a passageoF a stringent .IL, Snrevent the immigration hither tof abrifnent of religious liberty, holding it as a cardi- either. And the systematic agitation of the Slavery' na'l'nmxim. that religious faith is a question betweeu question by those parties having elevated sectional each individual and his God, and over which no; polit- hostility into a positive element of practical power, and ic:d!ffoveniment,or other haman power, can rightfHily brought our institutions into peril, it has therefore be exerciso any supervision or control, at any time, in come .the imperitive duty of the American party to .anv place; or in any form. . I . interlere,! for the purpose of giving peace to the coun Vifj We shall ODpose&ll " higher kw" doctrines, try and perpetuity to the Union. And as experience by which the Constitution is to be set at nought, vie- has shown it impossible to reconcile opinions so, ex ited or disregarded; whether bv politicians, by relig- trcme as those which separate the disputants, arid as ionist or bv the adherents or'followers of either, or there can be no dishonor in submitting to the laws, bv any other class of Demons I the National Council has deemed it the best guaran " Tenth. We snail maintain and defend the Canstitu- tee of common justice and of future peace, to abide by tion as it stands' Jthe Uniort as it exists,aud frights and maintain the existing laws upon the subject ; o of the Safe-, without diminution as guaranteed there- Siaveryas a final and conclusive settlement of that Ul ' . , n nnLinif m cnirit onI in cn tctanta hv: nmminr at all times, and to the extent ot our ability and influence, all who may assail them, or ei ther of them. - . ' ; Eleventi. And lastly, we shall use our utmost exer tions to build up an "American party," whose maxim shall be: . . ;! f Americans snALL rule their Country 1 PLATF0S3I AXD FRIXHPLES, I . i - TUB PLATFORM AND FRINCIPLES OF THE ORGANIZATION. I. The acknowledgement of that Almighty Be- ing, who rules over the Universe, Avbo presides over the Councils of nations who conducts the affairs of by IliwLlj ailU tVllLF, 111 1. J DlCf UJr lllOll V 1 Bk' 1 I J vanced to the character of an independent nation has distinguished us by some token f Providential agen-1 cy. .1 II.---The cultivation and development, of :a senti- ment of profoundly intense Amerkan feeling : of 'passionate attachment to our country, its history and its institutions : oi aamiration lor the purer days 01 our i ational existence; of veneration, for the. hero ism that, precipitated our Revolution ; and of emula tion of the virtue, wisdom aud patriotism that framed our Constitution and first succesfully applied its pro visions. III. The maintainance of the union Of these be united btatas as tne paramount political good ; or, to use the language of Washington, " the i primary uujuci ot patriotic uesire. .na hence: j . 1st. Opposition to all attempts to weaken or sub- ven it. 2 J. Uncompromising antagonism in evefy princi ple of policy that endanger it. ; ' . j 3d. The advocacy of an equitable adjustment of ! uii pwuicai aurerence wmch threatened its, integrity or perpetuity. i 4th. The suppression of all tendencies to political ll virion " rrhinrlful 11 1 ' i i '. . .. ".iu,.iumiai "ii mjugiapmcai aiscn hi i nations, or on the belief that there is a real difference of inter ests and views " between the various sections of the eral btate3, as expressed and reserved in the Consti- w iwimiiiuu VI 1,1113 I I " II l.- IJI I II PU-.V- tution ; and a careful avoidauce, bv the General Gov- rument, of all interlence with their rights by legis- lative or executive action. . i - IV. Obedience to the Constitution of these Uni- ted states, as the supreme law of the land, sacredlv obligatory upon its parts and members i and stead- fast resistixnce to the spirit of innovation upon its pimpu, nowever specious the pretexts. I Avowing that m all doubt or' disputed points ft may only be k gally ascertained and expounded by the Judicial pow- er of the United States. And, as a corollary to the above : 1. A habit of reverential nVtvl5 whether National, State, or Municipal ifflttS either repealed or declarid-wsoBBtitntional d to the laws, proper autrfofT 9 X ,T i L . - J. etJrV iuiicrea pegara, lor those acts of yuiusiup, wuicn are to oe contra-dist nguished oi me naturft or wnniMnto onA A v ana to be consuWfxl a fiTO,i nr,A ma : I policy --.iu ociucu uauunai V. A radical TevisifVTI nnrl mffi: e 1 , .. . . "111UHU11 Ul lilIB y", !lS:i.effatu!? m;gration, and the settlement ofissia, Y"' 61 nermg to the honest immigrant w from love of libortv or t.iri r.r ..-. , Swif na X Hnited S,' a friendly reception and protection. But unqualifiedly condemn, r. ; .v. rr j .i . vjJirebsiuu, seeKS m,aa,nr, i - . " UilllJJ- w UU1 8U0res 0I ieilons ana pauperg VI. The T awo 'i ""uaiauu mc aturaiization 'fitata'oxS- 0f respective foUtes, ot all btate laws allow m fn,;,nQ . wv-iine laws allowing foreigners not nat- i uralized to vote, Thfi TAnflnl .. ! . ' of Congess making anW il10011 r : , j " x .. -"v w uuuaturauzea luiciuua, tuxX aUOWincr thm f ; . ., 1 r " vote in tne Aernto-1 nuw . - VII Hostility to the paw L' u , . , ipaprs of mrt. i. i.-ir "J"3 u wnicn rulers and our political creed" 0 Upn 08 0Ur VOL. 1. : . - f Implicablei enmity against the prevalent demoraliz ing system of rewards for political subserviency, arid of punishments for political independence. - Disgust for c the wild hunt after office which cfiar acterizes the age. ' , These on the one hand. . On the other. " ; , Irni tat ion , of the : practice of the purer days of the Republic ; and admiration of the maxim that " office should seek the man. and riot man .the office, and of the rale that, the jtst mode of ascertaining fitness for ofSce is the capability, the faithfulness and the honesty Of the incumbent or candidate. . "VlI.--Ilesistance to the aggressive policy and rupt tendencies of the Roman Catholic Church in our country; by the advancement to all political sta tions executive, legislative, judicial or diplomatic of those only who not hold civil "allegiance, directly or indirectly to any foreign pqWfer whether civil or ecclesiastical and who are Americans . by birth, edu cation and . training : thus fullfilling the maxim, " Americans , only shaix govern America.' The protection of all citizens in the legal and pro proper exercise of their civil and religions rights and privileges ; the maintenance of the right of every man to the full, unrestrained and peaceful en joyment of his own religious opinions and worship, and a jealous resistance of all attempts by any sect, denomination or church to obtain an ascendency over any other inj the State, by means of any special com bination of its members, or by a division of their civil allegiance with any foreign power, potentate, or ecclesiastic IX. The reformation of the charter of our Na tional Legislature, by elevating to the dignified and responsible :position, men of higher aspiration, purer morals, and more unselfish patriotism. .. X. The! restriction of executive patronage, es pecially in ;the matter of appointments to office o far as it may be permitted by the Constitution, arid consistent with the public good XL The education of the youth of our eountry in schools provided by the State ; which schools shall be common to all, without distinction of creed or party, i. n r a 1' .1 ir 1 and tree irom any innuence 01 a ueiioaiiuaiiuiiai or partisan character. ' ' " f . And, inasmuch as Christianity by the Constitutions of nearly all the States ;". by the decisions of the most eminent judicial authorities ; and by the consent of the people; of American, is considered an element of our political system, ; and as the Holy Bible is at once the source of Christianity, and the depository and fountain of all civil and religious freedom, we op pose every attempt to exclude it from the schools thus established in the States. XII. The American party having arisen upon the ruins andin spite of the opposition of the Whig and Democratic narties. cannot be held in anv manner re- sponsible for the obnoxious acts or violated pledges of ""J - " " "f"" And regarding it the highest duty to avow their opinions.' upon a subject sq important, in distinct and rinequivocal terms, it is hereby declared as the sense of this National (Jouncil, that Congress possesses no power, under the Constitution, to legislative upon the subject of Slavery in the States where it does or may, exist, or; to exclude any State from admission into the Union, because its constitution docs or does not recog nize the! institution of Slavery as a part of its social system i and expressly pretermitting any expression ol opinion upon the power ot Congress to establish or prohibit Slavery in any Territory, it is the sense of the JN ational Council that Consrress oujrht not to legislate upon the subject of Slavery within the Terri- tories of the United States, and that any interference Congress with Slavery as it exists in the District 1 VUlUUlMUr UUJU W a, tliiXLlUll ' 1 IHU 1 1 l L UllU intention ol the compact by which the State ot Atary- kSdT ceded the District tb the United States, and a breach of the R ational Taith. - i XIII. The policy of the government of the United States, in its relation with foreign governments, is to exact iftstice from the strongest, and do justice to the weasest ; restraining, oy au tne power 01. tne govern ment, all its citizens Irom interlerence with the -inter nal concerns of nations with whom we are at peace. XIV. This National Council declares that all the principles of the Order shall be henceforward every where. openly avowed : and that each member shall at liberty to make known the existence of the Qrdcryand the fact that he himself is a member j and it recommends that there can be no concealment of the places of meeting of subordinate councile. j E. B. BARTLETT, of Ky., j K, President of National Convention.; C- T. Deshler, of New Jersey, , :r j '..' Corresponding Secretary.: . Jas. M. Stephens, of Maryland, j ; Recording Secretary. ! Commerce of the Worldt An English Newspape? givs the following table : i- Ent d and Cl d. j No of . 1854. I ' Vessels Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage Great Britain and : Colonies, 35,960 5,043,270 342,854 42,573;369 U. States, 4,724,902 14,354 716,000 7,986 379,421 -11,526 836- 86,156 17,066 546,021 7,600 324,000 3,970 264,981 '2,200 182,000 230 38,790 149 36,000 4,792 3,048 456,459 15,771 500 40,000 ' 309 119,884 8,920 2,000 101,661 70 -9,380 2,400 3,000 , 150 1,000 1,980 36,800 10,315 4,695 189,190 107,571 368,632 19,447 886 147,928 : . SOD 17,072 France, 10,000,000 Spain & Col 1,456,841 Portugal, tv and Sardinia, Austria, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, , Belgium 706,605 Holland, 2,472,075 Hanover & Oldenburg iS' .amDur?' 1,686,749 ing trade, Lubec, Bremen, 430;000 480,000 1,063,736 uenmarK, 1,074,108 1.928,022 1,372,672 3,090.814 Sworlon tion. About seven-eighths of the Russian traffic is carned on by foreign ships, '. ' Vessels. Tonnage, Central and South America. 1.530 y 193,725 Sandwich and Society Islands, 100 3,000 a rom this it annears that the UnitecLGtates siauus second in the list, being very slightly Tbehind Eng land. It has more shim than all the rest of Europe together. If Great Britain, France, and Spain were united asramst this con onefth -more tonriage than the United otatfla hao aRt- a nH aa toa tinri rimt T.nR tonnage , "uuau. " a , hsiA npai tt nnn r.nirt r,r nr 1 - uiiiuii iiiiirii nmiAJ AUAtfi w - w that four or five years henrje, the American, merchant navy will be ennol to the rs. and will only tall snon y a sma11 figaraof equaJUng the entire tonnage of AJlllJR-, An American Policy for KINSTONN. CM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1855, JlifiMtElILfmilillL From the Xorih Girolina Cultivator. PIoHShinsf Deep and Shallow. Messes. Editors : Mj farm has mnch side-hill, Somethn I plow up and down sometimes otherwise, and before the hill, we usea the , wheel under the plow-beam , there would be much difference in the denth of the furrows that w.ere made going lip and down, the deepest bein-hose that were plowed going down. The lands were wide enough (sixty to seventy-five feet) to divide the fielcj in observable strips alternately plowed at different depths, and at harvest we almost observed that there would be i i - . marked differences in the looks and stand of the grain upon these strips, where soil and all Iwere alike, save the depth it had been plowed. The best wheat, oats, and corn, were nearly always found where the and was plowed shallowest. This is at variance with the principles aid down and advocated in air agricultural onrnals and the man who writes for them must always say, 'plow deep, plow deep the deeper the better.' NowJ Messrs. Editors, as a practical far mer, and an" admirer of good farming, I will express my opinion, and allow me to differ from this wholesale potion of always plow ing deep. I base this different conclusion upon multitudes' of; facts, "and facts are stubborn things. ' j ' seen twenty bushels of shelled ml corn more, raised on an acre plowed four inches j deep, than on an adjoining acre plowed seven or eight deep. This was in the same field, the soil precisely alikej a coarse sandy gravel! with many small stones, and had been tilled alie for twenty or hirty years ; it was plowed the same week, he corn of the same kind, planted the same time, and the after-cultivation all the same. the only difference being in the depth of 1 1 1 f f . fni l uie previous plowing, me corn was plan ted' in rows about: three and one-half feet each way, was plowed twice, and slightly iced after the first plowing:. The first from ithe hills, two furjpows be- t ween the rows : the second plowing to the 7 MM ' lills, plowed as deep as possible, using two lorses1, driving one ahead of the other. Another case. In 1821, Mr. H., thc tnan who tilled the above piedb, came o live with me. I was plowing for corn, inthe spring, and had one-half the field plowed over six inches deep. He told me it'was 'too peep for corn," and as he was an old man, and I a boy,! I listened to his advice. He plowed the remainder of the. new three 1 ii y . 1 lo three and a half inches deep. TJie cor was planted three and a half feet each way, harrowed twice after dt was up we could not plowit until it was quite large, the sod was so stiff and not rotted. . We then plowed it twice from j the hill, very deep, hoed it, and then plowedjit twice to the hill, very deepj The first plowing with an old fash- ioned'bull plow," with ; the mould-board taken off: the, second and third time with a cast-iron plow.VThe. soil was all alike, a sandy loam with lime-stone in some places. It was a stiff timothy sodr and . had been mowed two years. r 5 The treatment of the whole field was the I i i t ii ' i. : same, out aunng me summer, wmuu was u dry one, that; which grew on the ground deepest plowed, was the poorest,' looked yellow and sickly, and yielded from twelve to fifteen bushels of shelled corn less per acre than mat pan pioweu uul uau .mc depth. The average yield of the best hall of the field was about sixty-five bushels of shfdled corn per'acfe.; This was in Duchess county, in this State.- " Since .that -time, thirty-four years, 1 have plowed my corn ground shallow, (sometimes but three inches deep,) save strips tnrougn fields.for experiment, and have found always the same results. I commonly plant a clo ver sod.- I cover it with my unfermented barn-yard manure, plow it under plant three and a half feet each way, use the cul tivator when the corn -.is small, plow once to 'the hill, deep, sometimes hoe, but not always, if there are no weeds, and count an average yield of fifty bushels ot shelled corn per acre, oftener mdre than less.- . Those of my neighbors who plow shal low, before planting, and treat as I do, get larger crops than those who plow very deep I shall have .more to' say upon this subject Enfield, N. Y. Henry Brewer. The- writer of the above is an intellgent observing and successful farmer-one whose statement of facts may be relied upon. He Rhftws what we have often endeavored to ,-rWPa nnon ouif readers, that the farmer should not blindly adopt all the practices ho sees recommenaea. m agricultural ju Knt heJ should in every instance be an acWate experimenter, and carefully test all 1 ilti f an American People. the different mode3 Qf culture recommended wmcn commend themselves to his judg he finds best mentj and adopt only such as adapted to his form and circumstances. . From the Notthern Cultibatcr. The Oat Croj. It is a Very common opinic n that oats is one 01 the most exha.nsf.inc of alT m-nin crops.. One of the best farmers of Western New York, informed us tliatj he never per mitted this crop on any portion of his farm devoted to wheat or other grain, but only on land otherwise- exclusively used, for meadow and pasture. Another skilful far mer never raised the crop at all, preferring to buv all that he might need. 'We have just conversed On this subject with T. A. Slocum, an enterprising and successful farmer of Perrinton, MonrOe Co., N. Y., who entertains quite a different' opinion. He has cultivated the crop for many years past on a large scale, and re gards it as one of the least exhausting. For the past six years, he has raised from forty to seventy acres. During this period a part of his land has been cropped with it every year, -and with a single 1 exception, without any diminution in the amount. This annually-cropped ground has averaged for these six years, sixty bushels per acre, including last year, when, by the unprece dented drought, it was reducjg to fifty -bush els per acre. The land, throughout this pe riod, has- netted him (above all expenses) twelve dollars per acre, as j an annual aver Our readers will doubtless feel interested to learn his mode ot management. Alter the crop is harvested, he passes a spring- tooth horse-rake both ways across the field, for securinrr all the gleanings : but, as he observed, this kind of rake having a sort of "baby jumper motion", oyer the field, a con siderable portion of the grain is shelled out from the gleanings, and partly harrowed in bv the points of the rake. A thorough har- rowing afterwards, insures a good- growth of oats, which is about a winter. Before the ground freezes, the whole is turned under .with the plow, in the most thorough manner serving as a good. i ..,.t-: green manuring. Early the following spring, the surface is rendered mellpw by means ot the narrow and two-horse cultivator, and .the crop sown, seven pecks to the acre, by means of a grain drill. 4 ' : ' TherlsTio doubt '.thatj the annual green manuring assists in keeping up the fertility of the' soil.; and. there maj be some.kinds of soilincliiding this, that it will long bear heavy cropping with oats. It may be ques tioned however, j whether it is" a good per. monent policy to pursue this course instead of a more varied rotation. v henstfe have a strong fertile soil, we prefer to keep it so, to its fullest capacity, rather than draw too hard upon it, as even the strongest may ul timately fail. But cultivators of the oat crop, may however derive some excellent suggestions from the practice detailed above. i ; " A Valuable C o jipost .(-Near every dwel ling, but a little out of the way, there should be a place, .vat or cistern prepared, where all the scrapings of the door-yard and litter from the garden can be conveniently depos ited. Where, likewise j should bo thrown all the woolen rags and; other refuse stuff, such as old boots and j shoes,, bones, &c, usually committed to the flames by "the neat housewife upon every return of that ever to be dreaded "festival", commonly denomi nated "house cleaning f" Into this recep tacle throw all your brine and soap suds on washing days, and ashes and lime rubbish, where leeches are emptied ; add occasion ally a wheelbarrow load of muck, loam or turf, and you will find at the end of the year, that you have a quantity of excellent "manure, far more valuable for many' purpo ses, than barn-yard manure. Ont-- Times. - 1 ;V ; '": 1 How to Dry Figs. "Those which are to be dried are left on the tree till they are dead ripe, which is . known by a drop of sweet liquid .that appears hanging from the eye. The figs, being gathered, are placed on wicker hurdles, in ai dry, airy shed ; and when the dew is off, they are exposed every morning to the sun during -the hottest part of the day. To facilitate the progress of drying, the figs are occasionally flattened with the hand; and in moist, dull weather, they are placed in rooms warmed by stoves. When they stre" thoroughly dried,' they are packed in rush basket o5r ra teesm lay ers, alternately with long straw' and laniel leaves, and in this statd they .ae rsold to merehnnta. In'some parts of theSonf&JOf France figs are,prepared,by: Jipjiiiiem in hot lye, made from the asnes oi.,tne. ng tree, and then dried; the use of thelycbijng X 1 1 . Xl. 1-InCT ;;J- W :f-, w uarueu lueir ii . NO. 13. 1 From the. American Organ. To the Editor of the American Organ. - Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 31st, 65. . You will please publish the following letter from myself to Hon. D. M. Barringer. . .This letter was for warded to Mr B. at Saratoga nineteen davs aco. with a request to the Postmaster at that place to forward it to Mr. B. in case he had left there. I have waited till this time, in the hope that I might be able to have Mr. Bis letter published 'v at the same time with my letter to him. But inasmuch as there seems to be some do-abt whether my letter to him, or his in reply, may not have miscarried and inasmuch as there ia a systematic attempt being made to pervert and misrep resent this whole matter, I feel that in justice to my self and to the cause of truth, I ought not to withhold my letter any longer from publication. My letter will probably reach Mr. Barrincrer throuch the press. sooner than through the mail. It is to be honed Mr Barringer will reply, as he can arid probably will, through the public press. His answer will be as anxiously waited for by me, as it will be looked for by those who feel any interest in this matter. J,.at one time, intended to have made a publication over my own name, reviewing all the facts, and rea sonaoie injustices growing out of this affair. I may do so hereafter. For the nresent. on this lPtt.(r I rost the vindication of my opinion, often expressed in pub lic, that there was an understanding between the Ro man Catholic Hierarchy in this country and some of Mr. Pierce's leading friends, that the JEtoman Catholic vote should be given to Mr. Pierce on condition that some member of that church should have a seat in his Cabinet. , ' ? . There has been made an unworthy attempt on the part of a portion of the anti-American press and the anti-American advocates to evade the force and effect of Mr. Barrengjp's statement, in his letters to both Mr. Ellis and myself ; by pretending, to discover an issue of veracity between Mr. Barringer and myself and some of them have been base and mendacious enough to p retend that I had been exposed in misrep resentation. All this is designed to divert the public attention from the real question at issue. It is to screen from public indignation, the parties to the bar gain, by trying to get up a new issue. No one who has read all that has been pubfished on the 'subject, believes that there is the slightest ground for impug ning my veracity, ..or that there is the color of an issue of veracity between Mr. Barringer and myself. Some will, no doubtf try to believe itand some will pre tendtia.t they do believe it but all such I leave to the self-condemnation of their own consciences, for denying with their lips the conviction of their hearts. Respectfully, ' ' K. RAKEH.: Raleigh, N. C , August 7, '55. . My Dear Sir : I have just reached Raleigh, after an absence of more than two weeks, and on my return I find your letter of JythJja this letter you re quest me toublisb;'your letter of tSeBth July, Had I beeahere when your last letter arrived, I would nave published the first as requested but since the appearance of your entire ler to Mr. Ellis, I can hardly suppose you desire thepublication of your en. tire letter to me, If you dp, however, you herein find a copy of it, which you can have published if you de sire its publication. I must confess I feel surprised at the turn this mat ter has taken. And you must pardon me, for my re view of all the facts and incidents connected with it, and for trying to recall the same to your recollectioni Tis true, there is no issue between us, in regard to any matter of fact. Your statement to both Mr. Ellis and myself confirms my account given of the conver sation between us on the subject alluded to. But in regard to. the inference to be deduced from your state ment, the impression mafic on your mind by the com munication of the Pope's Nuncio, at the time,.aa sta ted in your letter to Mr. Ellis, is entirely different from what mine is now and entirely different from what I understood yours to be, at the time of the con versation, between us. Allow me to call to your recollection, the circum stances under which this conversation occurred be tween you and me. I called to see you at Yarboro's Hotel sometime about Christmas, I think. After talking on various subjects, the subject of the Ameri can movement was introduced, I forget whether by you, or myself. I stated to you that I really felt alarm ed at the progress and grasping policy of the Roman Catholic church in this country. You replied that our people here knew nothing of the Roman Catholic church, as you did, who had witnessed it3 action in Spain, w,here it had full power. You then went on to speak of the sale of indulgencies, which was still prac ticed in Spain that on certain festivals or saints-days in the year, you had often seen large placards put up at prominent places along the streets of Madrid, con taining a regular tariff qf prices, at which indulgences would be granted for the commission of sins among other things, I recollect you mentioned the item of re lease from the obligation of an oath, to be obtained by paying a certain sum, fec, &c. At this I recollect I expressed my surprise and said, that badly as I thought of the Romish church, I did not suppose this sale of indulgences- was' practiced by that church any where in this age. You replied, "Oh yes, it is still kept up in Spain." You then went cn to speak tf the denial by the Spanish Government of the right of decent burial to any Protestant who might diein Spain that no religious service was allowed to be had at his burial that not more than three persona were allowed to attend his body to. the graved that, they were not allowed to take the body to the ."grave in any vehicle more respectablo than a common : : cart that they were required to take the body out of the. city along some obscure way and bury it in the fields and that most of the bodies of Protestarita thus bu ried, were supposed to be disinterested by the anato mists. You mentioned some -instances of Protestants' of high social position," that had died in Spairi, whose bodies had thus been disposed of, and whose graves could riot be afterwards found by their friends." I asked you, how it would have been with yourself, if you had died when there. You stated that, you had your arrangements provided, that m case of your death, your bod was to be embalmed and brought home to the United States. You spoke further, of the intoler ance of the pomish church in Spain that there was not a single Protestant place of worship allowed in the wnole jungaom. nor x agamexpressea my surprise, andsked yoii if it was possible that the English Gov ernnientTwith' all its well known infiuence in Spain', dXanot exact from the Spanish Government, the pri- Vifegaiijf a" Protestant chapel connected -with she En glish erribaBsy la Madrid. You replied no, it was not allowed evea to England,- although the British Gov: iMrhment had long been endeavoring to obtain the pri- viiCo- -v y MUMij uuicr cuurnuwies and op prelSdrirjlef h Eomish church. In the course of the .vu'pisfv pv wmv x wubiuereu me xtomisn re- Hgictd.tetteTly incompatible wjth the existence of tree, geTninent---that their assumptions of power in ; ! THE LAW OP NEWSPAPERS. -1. 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I remarked, that was proof there Bad been a bargain, that the Eo- r man Catholic shcjuld be given to Mr. Pierce, and that that church should have a seat in the CabinetrAc You then went oa testate the incidents connected With the Nuncio ajonversation with you that it was at a party given Jby one of the members of. the Cabinet in Madrid thatj the Nuncio came up to you; stated to. you fie fact of Mr. Campbell, a Catholic, being a mem ber of Mr. Pierce's Cabinet, and expressed his gratifi cation, tha't his jchurch was so strong and influential in the U. S., as jto obtain such an honor. I did not consider this conversation "between yon and me as confidential, or as gatoj-confidential. I spoke of it often in the course of conversation with muny per-' bous ana i spojic it publicly in a speech m Kiclunoud. On my return from Philadelphia in June, I saw you in Baltimore, at Barnum's Hotel. I then said to you -that I had spoken publicly of What you had said to me, m regard ;to the remark of The Pope's Nunriio, about the appointment of Mr. Campbell in Mr. Pierce s Cabinet as I did not consider it at all privato or confidential. You: replied certainly it was not. And I-then went on to state the terms in which I had related it ; and said tb. you I wished to be correct about it, as Ij should probably speak of it again. You said I had given it corrective and then ronontr li the circumstances, tinder which the conversation with ' the Pope's Nuncio occurred and .what he had said to' you viz ; that belore you had received any in- formation in regard to Mr. Pierce's Cabinet, before, it was known Jin Madrid, aKwaa a matter of doubt and conjecture, he (the Ncio) stated to. you that Campbell of Pennsylvania, a Catholic, was a mem ber of it. Yiou said nothing of the date of this con versation, whether it was before tbe 4 th of March 1853; or after that time. True, the impression left on my mind, by the conversation with you, was, that it was before the 4th of March ; but I never so stated ' in any public :spcech I have made for I did not then, nor do I now; think that makes any sort of difference. Whether before or after the 4 th of Mareh mattered not with me jf for the point which I always made in alluding to it: was, that the Pope's Nuncio being put ; in possession,1 of the information, before tbe United , States Minister had heard of it, and before tho nub-' lie in Madrid' had received the. news, was a humiliat ing reflection to every patriotic American ; and afford ed proof that the bargain had been agreed on before the election, and that the bargain had been fulfilled: In you letter to Mr. Ellis and myself, you confirm the statement as I had given it. ' In'your letter to me of July 6th jyou say " before I had any authentic and certain jnews of the formation of the Cabinet, and while it was still a subjuct of conjecture at the cotjjfMadrid,- he (the PopeV Nuncio) told mp that Judge CampbH of Pennsylvania was appointed, and that he was L, catholic, which was the first informa tion I had either of his appointment or his religion." In your letter to Mr. Ellis of July 23rd, you say TlffoTf T haA n.nv ffrtn5n rpws of 1V farniMinn rC the Cabinet andvhile its constitation was still in T . ' A 1 il L! x r J . 1 ' , i. ouupi unu uib suujecv oi cuujeciure in ir.e pnDiic mind at Madrid, he (the Pope's Nuncio) told me that Mr. Campbell was appointed and that he was a Cath olic, which Was the first information I had of either." I do not know in what exact words I; was reported in the newspapers, as having referred to this matter in my speech iu Washington ; to which report I pre sume Mr. Ellis referred, when alluding to in his 4th of July oration. Of the several pitbli5 addresses I delivered at the North I never saw the reporters notes of one, before going to tho press and tliey were so badly reported (as must I suppose necessarily be the case, in the confusion attending these mass meet ings and tile hurry of getting them to press) that I soon ceasecj giving hiysclf any concern about them. Inasmuch as the' anti-American press hns endeav ored to evade the force of this statement of mine (ful ly confirmed and sustained by you) by a contempti ble quibble-, a3 to whether the Nuncio's communica-' tion to yoa was before or after tlic 4th of March, . and inasmuch as you differ with Mr. EUis and myself, in regard to the impression you had, at the time of the Nuncio's" communication, and the impression we have now the fluty I owe myself, as well as the duty.. I owe the jAjncrican cause and to Mr. Ellis my per- - - .j - "ii j - to your .seisc of justice as well as of generosity, to calmly review with we the circumstances, the history, of this hiatter to request of you, that you will re- . fresh your mcmory in regard to the minute details and let U3 see, if we cannot by a process of fair log ical deduction arrive at a conclusion a little diflerent from that which in the unwillingness.of your kind , nature, to judge harshly in any quarter, you may Imvtf arrived, atilie time of your conversation with the Nun cio. , .! . . In the first place, yon say the communication was made to yojn by the 1 ope s IS uncio, beforc.you had any certain news of the formation of the Cabinet, and while ita constitution was still in doubt and tho subject of conjecture in tho public mind at Madrid." Iet it be recollected there is no telegraphic communi cation between the United States and Europc con sequently, the . news could not 'have :been transmitted in that way. It cnuld not have been first carried by by a sailing vessels, for the steamers far surpass, them in sneed. There were no steamers plying across the Atlantic, but the regular Ocean mail steamers there fore, the news must have been carried by some one of them. Is It reasonable to suppose, that after the for mation of the cabinet the first steamer that the coun try, shouldj have carried but one letter or but ono newspaper' containing, so important a piece of news . as this and that this one letter or newspaper 6hould have been Bent to the Pope's Nuncio, alone ? I sup- pose no sane man would contend for. each an expla-' nation as this. . We most take it for granted then, that the pews" of tbe construction of-Mr. Pierce'ef Cabinet raa first carried to Europe, by one of tho regular 'Ocean mail Steamers-and that'the steamer that carried out the news, took the information in di vers persons, yourself (the mintster representing our country) abong others. In th nature of things then, in the name of reason I ask how could the Pope's Nnncro have stated rt as a fact, when as von admit "it was still in doubt and the subject of conjecture in the public mind?- unless tho knowledge had been communicated to him before tbe Cabinet was formed? There is but one - possible -state of facts, by which such conclusion may be avoided. If the mails con-' taming the news happened to reach Madrid on the very evening the Nuncio made the communication to' you ana ue nappenea 10 open nis mau ana reaa, DO- fore going to the minister s party, and yon did not' why then, on meeting at the said party, an hour or so afterwards, he might be before you m having the in- iormauuiu aim u ia vu ium pvmt, wiat a reque&S you to 'try and refresh your memory,' . Did the news reach Madrid tbat mght ana was. it Known there publicly next morning? and noTlonger ,in doubt, and tha Bubject of conjecture?" But igaic-Miid the Nuncio mention to you the names of any other men-' bcrt of the Cabinet? - I take it for granted, you en-- nnlrvsA nt him' l'f VflTl R71TlTVWfl ha W?ia CTWMllrinni Avitm- autentic ! information. If he did not, it proves that he knew nothing of the names of the other members; for if his obiect tvaa -simtilv to civa 'von a r:era of information in regard to your own country, which he had the ( good fortune to get hold of before you, he" would certainly, as an act of social cxwrtesy, hav
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