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A. I 1 f. r - ' t.' i nrent ieaon MlUfHI UCCI1 MUM t" . aout thH abundance? itr berries Eve- a -out me aDunaance-i -- .kin rybodj love, Ihenv ffSS$ to see 30 many, all over town, an r ianv, au o ,A th iar that the poorest wfcP"' in. itiry, It m;v e sam T t rr"1 Lr,r ' it -omething mor-, it th -.ppjlite Jjfjrt tinction, that have cannot be that an me , .etweeil been made ''rT nothing thing, efio unC,fa",' S3 There is h.,t resnect well as t intellectual, anu 1 v-.... - - r . iit(l hur a -basket of the man or Doy. wv - ---- , . . : removeu, i .he most abject condition of life. And n3nin,roduceWhatI.etoutto say a- oout "Flowers." not wnemer ouici mtC .v. it but for myelf, 1 have never known a sea L k-n fWers were moie frequently cnei with than the present. Boys are selling them at the comers, you find them in the sa U.oi and refectories, ladies are to be met with who have them in their hands. Clerks and book keepers attach them to their button-holes, little boys and girls carry them to their teacher, atscheol, and no where can vou enter a parlor, without finding them rnost tastefully arranged, if notfn splendid Sevres" vases, at least rintiecent china Every body has them. t . Upre then is an Evidence of rebnemenw that nobody can rmislalft. The window that aisp'aysa flower pot marks the residence of thoughtful, happy, affec ionatc hearts. Ye, thoughtful, happy, affectionate. I will not retract a word. Can a girl (we always associate flowers wijh something refined, as n--.rli re can a '2'irl hare the constant rharr of flowers, ave, ol a single flower. month at'er month, "and not be thoughtful? Can she watch its early buddings, and not seq the hat d that produces them ? Can she turn its delicate and fading leaves to the sun, and not feel conscious that she is dependent on One whose agency is above her owft, for their restoration and visor ? Can she see it fading in its foliage, withered in its b'ossoms, or decaying at root, without reflecting on " the mysterious causes which have wrought the change ? Oh no ! The girl 'hat loves flowers is a thoughtful girl she must be so and I venture to. say, if you will mark the parlor or boudoir window that displays them you will find the dwelling of some thought ful, and it may be serious mind. "A iid then, too, I think that the presence I of flowers, cu'tivaled and cherrsned, indi cates the dwelling of a happy heart. Who can tell what a thrill of delight the young child feels when she sees the first "poor crocus (as Paley calls it ) peeping above the snow; in an early spring morning ? or how gladly the barefooted country boy grasps the chaste anemone, as he sees it, perhaps, on a frosty, morning on the hill top far away from the town or home ? Who has not been almost electrified with joy, al beholding whole acres, as may be sometimes seen of the splen did tobeha? and who shaft rob me of the pleasure I first felf, in findings the modest but curious, and delicate dodder Recollect, too, the -beautiful episode in Ramsay, of an Indian Chief and British officer, looking to gether at a Magnolia the most fragrant of all our native forest trees. But these are every day pleasures. Now "tvfcat delight must be felt by the fair culti vator of the hyacinth, the cactus, the thou sand varieties of rose, the veibena, the heli otrope and the orange, as she sees them ex panding one by one, and thus repaiug her unceasing care ? Or to go higher, what hall we say to the joy of the man, who af ter many years watching, has brought to maturity the century plant, sucn as was exhibit- d here some years ago? The happi ness arising from the cultivation of flowers is of no low or frivolous character The pure pleasure arising from the daily tending of one's plants is perennial ; not fading and evanescent like;ihe reminiscences of a gay party. Was 1 not rtgfil in saying tnai ine person who loves flowers is affectionate toe? Yes! It tells all that The selfisb, cold, or unloving hea-t, (there be such a one,) would never care for flowers. They would soil the hands, or they would weary one with watching But, she that lover flowers, and waters, . and visits, and shields them from the cold, cannot fail to be affectionate. The plant, when you first received it from your bro ther, your friend, your li'tle pupil, (who had nothing else to give,) or your depar ted sister, was" dioop'n g-and ready to die. For the sake of thai loving little girl, or es teemed friend that was, you watch it wi-h al most updue earnestness and care You screen it from the sun, you water it carefully and often,; and no day passes without an anxious visit to the window, or the stand, or the. gar den. ; Perhaps after all, the p'ant will die, or it may hp, a thoughtless exposure to the chill night ni has killed it, and you sit down, invol uutartly to weep over what, but a few months ago, you had viewed with indifference. Is not a trial like this a trial of the affection ? nn I will not the susceptibilities f the heart become more tender, more delicate, and in deed more humane, for the love you have borne this litt e unfortunate rose orjessamine, that was lately vigorous with jbealth, and oVdding with promrset- " - There is one thought more. The affection ate heart will expand, others will love you, because you love the most familiar works of God. : If you could go wih me to a littte chamber even in this "wicked" city, I could show you an aged woman, much of whose leisure has been spent in the care f flowers. Verv late in life she continues cheerful, affec tionate, enthusiastic, and though devoted to iier Children, she was always more happy when with her flowers too. Surely the love of Aowt rs makes one affectionate. ; NEW ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. The New York Post announces the open tng of the new route to the Pacific, across the .Territory of Nicaragua, by which over a thousand miles of navigation is avoided, and the labtl carriage is reduced more than two thirds The new steamer Prometheus is the "first of the line, and will sail from New York oniheHth of July, direct for ' San Juan, ronj whence passengers will be transported hy t.be' nver and lake, in anew iron steamer to wuhin twelve milei of the Pacific, and from thence on a good road to San Juan del Sur, where the ocean steamer 'Pacific will be-in readiness to fraurport them jo Califor nia. It i -confidently expected that the trip from New York to California by this route Will be from six lo eight davi shorter than by Ihe Isthmus, even If the railroad should' be completed. . j . Free negroes are no longer permitted to settle fa j the State of Iowa, a taw to eneci wjos ww pasand by tjie legislature a few m-eeks since. THE -RIGKCE OF SECESSION, " A benef, fay the Macon (Ala Republic can, in Ihe doctrine of Vu right of secession ; now inculcated by the Dtsunionists. at the fundamental condition of the preservation of our liberties. Such, certainly, formed no part of the political creed of the framera f our Republican Goverment Washington's advice to bis country rhenr in his Farewell Addresti although it is familiar to every one, is but t6o litll4 heeded' The Unity , said he 4ihe Unity of our Government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it it a main pillar in the edifice of vour real independence the support of your tranquility at home, vmip npare abroad, of vour safety, of VOUr prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize." And again: "It is ot mnniie moment tnai you snouio properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and indi vidual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it, accustoming yourselves to think acu speak of it as of the palladium of your politi cal safety and prosperity; discountenancing I A - - ' . . t . wnwever may suggest even a suspicion inai it can, in any event, be abandoned: ad in dignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the va rious parU. . Such. also, was the estimate that. Mr. Jef ferson, placed jipon the National.UHtion. In I hiu first Tn a item rat Ai1r)rsa in lh d.th rt( , -. . . -v. 7- iuarcu, isui, ne satu: 'ii mere oe any among you who would with to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form,' let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safe ty with which error of opinion may be tolera ted when reason is left free to combat it." So, likewise, Mr. Madison, in his Inaugu ral on the 4th of March, 1809, taught his countrymen "to hold the Union ot the States j as the basis of their peace and happiness." buch were the opinions and doctrines as taught by the Fath rs of the Confederacy, and who devoutly prayed that the Union might be perpetual. If they differ somewhat from the opinion and doctrines of those who are laboring to dissolve he Union as soon as possible, we apprehend that they arc entitled to as much weight and influence in the delib erations of the American people On the same subject as the above, the fol lowing notice, which we have jusmet with in the Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, of Satur day last, is re'l worthy of the reader's at tetion : As th question, whether secession is "a constitutional right" or one reserved by the States, and therefore independent of the Con stitution, is now discussed with great apparent earnestness and zeal by the disunionists and their organs in Georgia, most of whom pro claim it a "constitutional right," it may not be improper to submit the following very or thodox and catholic opinion of the Charleston Mercury, whose orthodoxy in such matters we presume ihe party and its organs in Geor gia will not question. It is very seldom that we concur in the Mercury's opinions upon political or constitu tional question as its ultraism amot always leads it tar beyond our position; but this in stance forms ai exception to the general rule, and we therefore commend its views to the consideration of its sympathizers in Georgia. It is proper to remark that the Jtfircury in- rod urea the opinion in a brief commendato ry notice of a speech delivi red by Mr. Keilt, of Orangebutg, before the "Southern Rights! Association" of that district, in which the right of secession was proclaimed "a consti tutional right," from whioh the Mercury thus dissents : "In one particular we should qualify our en - tire assent to the views of the speaker, though we do not suppose that we really differ from him. We refer to bis assertion that seces sion is a constitntiona' right Properly speak ing, the constitution embodies the rights of theFederal Government, not the rights of the States. To the latter belong alt the pow ers and rights that are not surrendered to the former. On this point we find what we con- siuer me irue siaiemani 01 me ca-e in a speech delivered in the North Carolina Sen ate, at its late session, by the Hon. Wm B. Shepard. In reply to an opponent who had relied on Mr. Clay's profound discovery that there could be no right of secession, be cause it was not specified in the constitution. Mr. hhepard said : ' The gentleman from Guil ford-looks into the constitution of the United State.-, not to find what jnghts his constituent have sur rendered, but what rights have been guaran tied to them. Leaving the gentleman to set tle this important point with hit constituents, I will repeat what I h tve already stated, I have never contended for secession as a right derived from or guarantied by. the constitu tion. I said in my resolutions, submitted at the commencement of the session, 'that the right o secede from it (the Union ) is a right of self-defence and protection which the peo pie ot Piortn Carolina have never surrender ed, and never can surrender, with due regard to their own safety and welfare. This pro position I now maintain, and have heretofore maintained on the floor of the Senate, as in strict conformity with the theory of our Gov ernment; and if it has not been surrendered by the people, it is unqnesUonabhr reserved lothetn." 'THE DISCUSSION. We intended to give a full account of the discussion In this place between the Locofo co nominee for. Congress and Mr. Stanly ; but the speeches in Newbern were so much like those here, that the article from the Newbernian, giving an account of the dis cussion there, covers the whole ground. A friend who heard the spe ches in Plym outh has sent us a notice of them. There the nominee came out more strongly for se cession than he did here or in Newbern. He said he "believed in the doctrine of se cession." that he "would have voted against oil the compromise bills, except the -fugitive bill, if he had been in Congress" that "President Fillmore tea whetlinsr a sword on the broken fragments of the constitution?' r IT M VI7I iv. o. rrnig, DEATH OF HONORABLE SPENfJER JARNAGIN A telegraphic despatch apprises us that Hon. Spencer Jarnaein. formerly a Senator of the United State irom Tennessee, died of cholera at Memphis, in that State, on the 24th instant. Mr. Jarnagin was about fifty-six years of age, and had distinguished bimself in bis own State, by his effective eloquence before the people. In 1840, especially, be labored inces santly for many weeks, perhaps months, "up on the stump," and with good effect, in infus- -omia principles ana nomeiv irutns into iif vPoutical. r . . On Thursday evening: last, the '.'lion. Ed ward Stanly aiwl Cok'Thos. Ruffin add res ted the people i this eounty at the Court House in this iJ tJol. Ruffin being the Democratic candidate for Congress. Mr. Stanly spoke first, ahd sustained himself well and tothe satisfaction, we believe, of all who heard him, relative to his course in the last Congress. He adverted to the fact, that be hadbeen chaB unsound upon the Soutbefn question: in a strain of clowinz eloquence, he said that his enemies had grossly misrepresented anddotrTS him great injustice. He takes strong grounds for the Union of the States, and think there is no just cause at the present for a dissolu tion of the Union. Upon the subject of Nag'i Head, he was tru'y sublime and eloquent; he had used his best efforts, irt conjunction with Col. Outlaw, to obtain an appropriation for the -re-opening ol this si-eat work; and he hopes yet to sail along down the Albemarle Sound and behold Steamers and Vessels ploughing their way to the Ocean through Nag s Head Inlet. Upon the whole, bis speeches upon ihe occasion were forcible and pungent, a d were deliver ed in a strain of eloquence, characteristic of the speaker. Col. Ruffin next took the stand, and went on to define his position upon the leading topics of the day He spoke of Northern ag gression upon Southern Rights, and thinks mat the South has great cause ot complaint, and that the late compromise foiled to-give jbeJ.Sottth an juet Rights'. We must col exactly understand the Colonel's position from his speeches delivered here, and should do him injustice were we to say, that he was either a Unionist or Secessionist. The rela tive position of the candidates upon th great and leading questions of the day is for the people to decide on and not us. Upon the subject of Nag's Head. Col. Ruf fin don't stand with the people here. They are for the re-opening ol Nag's Inlet; they openly and boldly avow that fact. The Col. will vote for an appropriation for the re-open ing of Nag's Head Inlet, pro v id d, mark you, that it is in a Bill by itself, or included in a Bill with the other 1 ems (hat he might favor Such a Bi 1 or Bills as Col. Ruffin would require in Congress, to vote an appropria te for the re-opening of Nag's Head Inlet, he knows very well he could never get; and therefore the people bordering on the Albe marh Sound need not expect any great deal for the re-opening of Nag's Head irom Col. Ruffin. Plymouth Villager. "MADAM, THE GREEKS ARE AT YOUR DOOR I" Such was the -response of John Randolph, once on a lime, when waited upon by a la dy acquaintance Who was a'l zeal in ame liorating the condition and relieving the pov erty of the Greeks. The lady was the mis tress of numerous slaves, in whose condi tion or welfare she never had exhibited much interest, allowing them to go poorly fed. in rags, and sqalid in filth. Randolph knew it, and administered that mild yet se vere rebuke Madam, the Greeks" are at your door I Annually, as the reader will probabhrec ollect. there comes across the Atlantic, from the bold cliffs of old Scotia, the address of the anti-slavery ladies of Glascow, to their sisters in America, potently and eloquently appealing to them to agitate, to proselyte, and to push forward in the cause of aboli tionism, inr the amelioration of the "down trodden slave of the South the scourged and manacled African !" The New York Ex- press most a ppropriately brought up this an m Randolph, and applied it to ecdote of John the Scottish philanthropists reminding them that the "Greek is at their own door," that if tbey would elevate the down-trodden if they would knock off the manacles of the lave the manacles of ignorar.ee "from the slave of a political society if they would relieve corroding poverty" and rescue from vice and immorality their sisters and breth ren to go abroad in their own streets, and find them all in thousands of instances more abject, more degraded, more poverty-strick-eu, more diseased than in all the communi ties of all the slave regions in America com bined. True, in their own streets they would rrave a field wider than philanthropy could find for its administration in all the American South-where'fifty thousand crowd- ed in mutky cellars, living on scanty food, 4as ing meat not more than once in a fort-i night, having not even the comfort of a bed, drag out an existence compared with which American slavery. is the highest state of po litical, moral, and physical existence. That is a peculiar philanthropy which looks above all this wretchedness, to sympathise so keen ly w th ihe slave of the" American States, and sees not the "Greek at their door ! Modern Philanthropy such as was mouthed by the Pharisees of old in the Market places! Detroit Free Press. The General Assembly of Rhode Island adjourned on Saturday last, after a session of a a - . tour aays and a naif. Among other acts passed was one to recognize the school sys tem, and a secret ballot law similar to that enacted by the last Massachusetts Legisla ture. Domestic Buss. "I cannot conceive, my love, what is the matter with my watch. I think it wants cleaning." Vet Child 'Oh no, papa dear, I don't tbink it Wants cleaning; because baby and I had it in the basin washing it ever so long this morn. ing. fJCh VVe fiod the following rich morsel in the Raleigh Register of the 18th instant. Messrs. Lane and Andrews, if) the days when Jackson was President, volunteered their services to the old Hero lo aid id coercing Sooth Carolina, and in putting down the doctrine of secession, which they then looked upon with such peculiar abhor rence. Now, that Mr. Fillmore is President, and entertains the same views with regard to this doc trine f secession that Jackson did, to oppose ii i to commit an act of treason to the South, and that too, although it is understood even in South Caro lina that force will not be used to coerce her. and although r. Fillmore has never declared of Rhett and (hose of his school, as did Jackson, of Cal houn and hi followers, that lor the first overt act. be would hang them aa bigb as Haman. This fittleray of light upon the past history of Messrs Lane and Andrews shows clearly any the Weakness! of poor human nature. It mortifies our pride, bids us,not rejoice in the strength of our intellects, and warns ua not to ding with tenacity to our opin ions, since .those intellects can be so asily. over shadowed by ibe clouds of prejudice, and those opinions, though honestly entertained) so warped by, the force of surrounding circuinsttnces. ChMsbor? Telegraph. IT The eccentric Dr. By let said one day to his seryant, Go and tell your mistress that Dr. Bytes has pqt an end to himself. The. girl flew dp stairs, with a face of hnof at this dreadful news. The asiouubed wife and daughter rushed into the parlor-and there' was' the ; Doctor, calmly r . i T ooul .w,m Vn cow's tail, that be f COMMUNICATION .. 1 1851. J-ft'fa. vou can 1 mi usas ox: t w not a in-. ,.-. foil aa I a : U roo d be a full r twelvemonth ahead ot every body.hd w century in particular.) ' The foltowjng anecdote has UJl1,0 kf... ..ui: jfS l. i .nfr44 neVer saw r,'"0 rrlm .Tibow to bear .fceard - fc frienuVS r ! s BACKING OUT OPA DIFFICUW 1 Many years ago the mountain region of North Carolina waa in a very primitive condition, so Mr as regarded the hablu ol muth of its hardy, and vigorous population. . v ' In many parts, roads there were none, 01 : else mere paths trodden by the cshle In going rrom one range-to another. The tsxuries enjoyed, nay even the comforts enjoyed, bj those living nearer to, and having intercourse with the Seaboard, were often unheard of by them, ad were frequently onmissed and nncare" for. The following anec dote, told by a gentleman wlo has often repre sented that kind hearted and hospitable region m the Legislature of the State, wll serve as an illus tration in point. i "Amnno mv (uirtient rMotections." said he, was prancing abont the lull sides in the vicinity of my mountain home, wan otner imps 01 my size and age, with no other garment save a long tow siiirt, to protect the delicate covering furn ished gratis by nature. All being ttired after the same fashion, no remarks could be made, or exceptions taken. Breeches were looked upon as things intended tor owreilows witn tne Kneuma- any other raimoni more eonnnmg man ne arore said "tow shirt;" nnd a cirebmstanee which oc curred about that time has fixed the tat indelibly in my memory. I had reached that age when the young girls of the neighborhood began to occupy a different position in my fanciful imaginings, to what they had ever done before, and a feeling 1 could not account for or describe, prompted ine to endeavor to uiako myself agreeable in their eyes. "There were two io particular, daughters of an old lady, living some four or five miles off, to whom 1 had taken a particular fancy, and into whose good graces I hud made up my mind to secure a good footing, if possible. Having 110 roads fit to be called such to traverse, and neve going far from home, we had in those days but little use for horses, and the liveliest nag 1 ever remember to have siraddU-d op to that time, was my favorite steer, Baldy, whom I rode regularly to mill, every Saturday. "My good mother had just finished me two bran new Tow Shirts, and I had returned from oiill at an unusually early hour, when it occurred to me that as Baldly was quite fresh, that then was the vwry time for ine to call oeud.ji my respects to mv fair friends; the Misses M." "Willi a mountaineer to decide, is to do. So into-the house I went, trf-lect the best looking of the " Tow Shirts,' gos down to the crerk, strips off ihe tog I had been wearing all the week, plunges in, takes a thorough wah, steps ou dons the new garment, and shouts 10 one of the bjys 10 fetch Biltly down lo me with alt speed. Baldy being arrived, up I mount, and away 1 sallies, as fully satisfied with myself, as any buck that ever paced Broadway in broadcloth and pa ent leather. In due time, I reached my place of destination, and found the old lady and the girls, silting in the piazza in front ot the house, the one spinning on a flax wheel and the others knitting. It was a warm Summer evening, and when old Mrs. M , asked me to come in, being rather bash tut withal, and anxious to make it appear as tho' I had'ut come a purpose' I excused myself, saying I had'nt very long to stay, aud believed it was cooler out of doors. So I bitched Butty to a post ; steps over, and sits down upon the tup of the fence close to bim and commenced a conver sation. The girls were very lively, and so ws the old lady : my bashfutness soon wor off, and our merry confab fasted until U?te ho-r jii the afteruonH.ooJy iuterrupted by anoccanal nudge from Bjldy, which 1 supposed at the time was intended to remind me iha1 he had not bad his dinner that day. All that's bright must fade," and as the sun was about lo bury himself iu tlie growing shadows of evening, I found that bow ever loth I might be to quit such very agreeable and attractive company, i must "per force" say good-bye! Sol slips oil the tence, preparatory lo "making my leg" to the ladies, by way of a p-Iite adieu, when feeling very airy about the back settlements, and clapping one hand behind me, to my great -astonishment I foand that the whole af lerpart of mv only garment was g ne. That infernal Baidy, outraged, 1 presume, at ihe loss of his dinner, while I was feasting my eyes upon the charms of ihe pretty girls before me, had very deliberately made a meal of my tow frock behind. My embarassment may be conceived, but scarce described. Ins ead of the frank and heany good bye! which I had intended, J stepped very gin grrly hack wants over lite fence, walked back wards to BalJy, unhitched him. arid then commenced bowing and backing, and calling ouf, good-evening iadk-s!" aud backing a lid bowing and calling, until i reached the ead of the lanevabcut an hun dred yards off, whea I leaped oyty Baljy, and hurried home to hide my shame and my uaked uess in another shirt. . Whether or 110 they caught a glimpse, a I hurried away in the distance, 1 never discovered ; though the peals of laughter which pursued me, would naturally iudnce one to draw such an inference One thing is certain ; I went there no more, until civilization and pan isloons had fouud ibeir way across The mountains, and tow shirts had been discarded by everything over 8 years old. Yours, &.c. THE NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. We l-'arn fr m a friend on his return ftom Ra leigh, that the best spirit prevailed on the letiiug out of contracts for work on this Ida J at Golds- borough, I'ineville and Raleigh. Contracts were taken tor the entire portion from Goldsboiounh to Pratt's Store in this county, with the exception of about ten miles in Johnston county. This ten miles is of so easy a construction, aud the price tube paid for it so small, that tt did hot attract attentiou the work upon four miles of it not amounting to twenty four hufidied dollars. We understand mat severarrwrestno Obattedoli-l tracts on that portion ot the route, were disap po nted, and will probably make. an effort to se cure contracts on the portion west of Piatt's Store. Proposals will be received in Hillsborough to-day, (Wednesday,) mid we hope the success here will be as gratifyiug as it has been at th places be low. Between Rleigh and Goldborought the con tract., we leam, are to be completed by the first of January 1853 A longer time will be given lor the portion west of Raleigh. We understand that the contractors have agreed to require no payments upon their contracts until such an amount of work shall have been done as will authorize a payment to be made on the part of the State, and that they will push forward the work with all possible activity in order to accom plish ;that end. With. such a.stimUus we may expect to see this great work speedily advanc ing. T As the contracts for graquig,- fee. will all pro- taWy 1,8 ,aken bv t,,e 10lrt o Ju,y wben the Clul-Buulur,a are to meet iu vjreeusiorouin, 11 nas been suggested that a Grand Jubilee should be celebrated at Greensborougb, on ihe 11th, to which all the friends of theRbadKueuld-4e in vited, that they may meet and rejoice together over the certain prospect of a completion of this Lload, Which is to redeem North Carolina lrom her de pressed and wasting condition. And as the Pre sident and bis Cabinet will, at that time, be free from the shackles of Congress, wsf.ean invite them to meet with us, to celebrate an event which is to put another important link in theiron chain which binds the States in one great Union. What say our citizens, all on the vouie, x this proposi tion 1IROshoro' Recorder. . ; Vebt Shockihq. Another.contemp rary says that the Bloomer costume is the "knee plus ultra" of female adornment. -. , . . s Have uttcrlvJyi " p ,orJ"ff " :v' , 7171 y thing like n" f ping younter, some 17 orl old, ere I ess, that we don 1 1 -1iowad t trammel mv vonthfal en'eriries with 1UL15I6H REI1I8TBK. fMT,fc1SiBteBSSsl,'l,,,,r Ours are the plans of fair delightful peace, Onwarp'd by party "go to Uve like brothers RALEIGH. N. G. Wednesday, July 2, 1851. Mr. O. W. JAMES, No. 1, Harrison Street Cincinnati, Ohio, id our General Travelling Agent for the Western States, assisted by J. R. S VIITH, J. T. DENT, JASON TAYLOR, J. W. ARMSTRONG, PERRIN LOCKE, W. RAMSAY, Da. JOSHUA WADSWORTH, ALEX'R. R. LAWS, and A. J. SMILEY. - Mr. HENRY M. LEWIS, of Montgomery, AUl, is our General Travelling Agent for the States of Alabama and Tennessee.; rjT Mr. ISRAEL E. JAMES, No. 182, South Tenth Street, riiiladolphia, is our General Travelling Agent, asstted by WM. H. WELD, JOHN COL LINS, JAMES DEER ING, A. KIRK WELLING TON. E. A. EVANS, JOHN T. JUDKINS, P. liieKE-' JOS." BUTTON, GEO. P. BUTTON, and THOS. D.NICE. THE DEMOCRACY AND SECESSION MORE GEMS FROM THE PAST. The more we look into the history of Nullifica ttonrind contrast the nature of the opposition which it encountered in North Carolina, in 1832 and '33, with the character of that faction which is at pre sent endeavoring to foist its abominable counter part, Secession, upon our people, the more are we amazed at the wide departure which the De mocratic loaders hag? made from their then avow ed faith and prir.eqfles, and at ihe glaring and gross inconsistencies which mark the course of so many of them, in connection with this doctrine. Without particular comment, at present, we re sume the investigation we have been pursuing for a few issues back. A large and enthusiastic nieeting of the citizens of Craven, without distinction of party, was held in Newbern, on the 8th of December, 1832, "m order," sriys ihe official record of proceedings, to raise their voices against Disunion and Nulli ficatwn. Ine following Resolutions, among others, were vnakimooly adopted: Resolved, That xrc cherish an-t revere onr Federal Union as the noblest effort vet made bv man for tho establishment of Republican Government over an ex tetiaive territofy ; and should thin effort fail, the cause of freedom throughout the world must puffer injury and dishonor, ami lies advocates be bumbled and di heartened. Re6lved. That we sincerely deplore and disapprove the Ordinance lately promulgated by the Convention of South Carolina as we believe that its p rmciples are inconsistent with a just view of the rights nnd obligations of the State, as a member of the coufede- racv ; and involve neither more nor less than a nulli Scat ion of the Federal Constitution, and a dissolution of the Union. A similar meeting (without distinction of party, be it always remembered,) was held at Smithville, in Brunswick, on the 3rd of December, 1832, at which the following strong and pungent resolu tions were, (says the official report) "highly ap. pcovedidnnanimouly adopted : Be it Resolved, a the deliberate sense of this mee ting, that we deprecate the doctrine, that a State has a right either by ijs Legislature or by Convention, to render inoperative and void a law of Congress with in 'lie limits of the State, as unconstitutional, and in it tendency subversive of the happy government un der wliich we live- Resolved. Tliat we regnrd Xullifkatiou, as a dan rerous, audacious and treasoncblt attempt to precipi tate the country into civil wars. Reselteil, That the ordinance passed by the Con vention in South Carolina, is a virtual dissolution of tfie Union ; treasonable in its eliaracter oppressive ou the citizens of Sonth Cnrolinn destroying their liber ties as freemen, and compelling them to take up arms against their country and her Constitution, which they tlvough their fore's triers have solemnly pledged them selves to dd end and protect. Resolved, Tliat we hereby solemnly pledge oar allegiance to the Cons'itation of the United States and that wo will at every hazard obey any regulations entered into by the Ouueral Gorerntmnt for its pro tection. ' A like meeting of the citizens of Lenoir, held at Kinston, on the 18th of December, 1832, adopt ed tlic resolves subjoined : Resolred, That we cherish and revere our Federal Union, as the sheet anchor of our safety ; the great source of our political happiness and prosperity ; the foundation of our respect and consideration abroad, and the surest basis under the blessings of heaven on which we cm rest our hopes of future greatness and gWy. Resolved, Tliat we consider tlie right claimed for a State to Nullify, and render void withiu its limits, tlie laws of the United States, a dangerous political heresy, nnd if acquiesced iu by the States, or the peo ple, must lead to the subversion of our admirable form of Government. A District Convention, composed of a large con course of citizens from New Hanover, Duplin, Brunswick, Sampson and Bladen, met in the Pres byterian Church; in Wilmington, on the 12th of December, 1832. Gen. James Owen was called to the Chair, and Gabriel Holmes, Esq., a promi nent Democrat, Appointed Secretary. The follow, mg Resolutions were adopted : That in tlie opinion f this meeting, the assertion of South Carolina, ef a right in herself, to judge iu the last resort, of tlie extent of the powers of the General Government, and to withhold obedience to its laws when she may deem them to transgress the limits of its authority, is unwarranted by the Constitution, is the a sauna pt ion of a power not incident to ber as a State, and not resulting from tho nature of our politi cal institutions, and in its exercise ntterty incompatible with the allegiance which her citizen owe to the General Government, with the peace of the Country, and the existence of the Union. Resolved, That we consider the people of the Uni ted States as constituting ono great political society, and the Government thereof, though Federal in many of its provisions, as essentially a national Government; that as such we owe to it a uirect allegiance, and ac. knowledge the duty of obedience to its acts, until tbey are by tlie proper tribunals pronouneed unconstitution al and void. ! ' Resolved, That we cherish an ardent attachment to the Uniojt of Utese States, and of the people there of, that we venerate it as the work of our ancestors, and value it as the source of our public prosperity, and private security, as the certain pledge of domes tic concord, and the sure guarantee of public liberty ; that as a bond of brotherhood, among those who have a common ancestry, a common glory, and a common country, we e prompted by every motive ef inter est and affection, to preserve rt.uubroken. At a numerous meeting of the citizens of Pitt, held at Greenville, on the 22nd of December 1832, Marshall Dickinson (loco Foco member of the last Legislature frtm that County, ard a zeal ous advocate, noio, of the doctrir e of Secession,) was called tac tile Chair, and thia resolve, after a lengthy Preamble, unanimously adopted aa the sentiment of the meeting: . Resolved, That we heartily approve of the matter and spirit of the TroclamatioR of the President, in re lation to the threatened ratwtlinn iri Ron h Uatnlm andtbaVwe .will voluntarily support Mm in all his uiviw luprcaerve in integrity of tbs .Union. At a meeting of the citi zens of Halifax, held at Scotland Neck, the following Committoe were appointed to draw up and report Resolutions fortf what value to such Uiemeetln?: lieo. K. Hnrnill W J Anthonvi PTurner Rutland, W. J. Hill, Demosev PitSStrt, L- B K. D:kent R. A. Ezell, the three latUr leading Democrats in the County luiions were adopted : Jtetolned. TTmt we regard tlie-doctrhie of Jiullificar tion as without any foundation in the Cohstitdtioh.and leadmg in practice inevitably to a dissolution of tuea umon. " Raiv-Tlift w ennilmn aa rash nnd nnconstttu Hkmal. the late Ordinance of the South Carolina Con ffveintion. ' W ' --' Jieaolved, That we will not aid or abet the present Nullifying Party, whether in South Carolina or else- where. Itetolved. That We will adhere to the Union and wir present excellent President ; and that we hail his isie rrociamauon as ine patriotic euon 01 a punwiui mind to call back into the path of duty a respectable portion of our fellow-citizens of a sister State. We have already published the proceedings of the Wnyne meetings, and remarked upon the pro minent part which that great impersonation of un adulterated Loco Focoism, William K. Lane, play, ed therein, in both his civic and military capacity. We have before us, also, the proceedings of pub lic meetings held in various Counties throughout the Slate, but have quoted enough for our present purposes. Let us look from ihe People to their Representatives, assembled in the Legislature of 1832-'33. Soon after the opening of the session, Mr. Wal L terF. Leake, of Richmond, then and now a most prominent Democrat, and noic a red hot Seces sionist, introduced a series of Resolutions into the House of Commons, of which the following is the first:' Be it therefore resoled, as the opinion of this Le gislature, that while we disapprove the doctrine of Nullification as unconstitutional, violent, and ef a revolutionary tendency, we are nevertheless feelingly alive to the cause Which 1ms given rise to it. In the Senate, Mr. Martin, of Rockingham, also a leading Democrat, introduced a series, of which the following Is the first : Therefore Resolved, That this General Assembly continues to cherish a sacred attachment to the Con s'itution of the United States, and considers the ad vantages of the Federal Union, hi sustaining our civil institutions and perpetuating our liberties, to be in calculable : that we deprecate the doctrine of Nullifi cation, as founded on principles subversive of the Constitution, and as having a direct tendeucy, if prac ticdly enforced, to sever tlie bonds which now unite us together, as one great aud powerful Republic Subsequently, a joint select Committee of both Houses was raised, with instructions to consider and repoit matters of similar import ; which con sisted of Messrs. Toomer, Seawell, Leake, Wil. l'umsand Bailey, of the Senate,and Messrs Bragg. (at present the Loco Foco Secession Candidate for Congress in the Mobile (Ala.) District,) Pear son, Eceles, Putts and Sawyer, of the House -all leading men, a nd those in italics loading Demo, crats This Committee reported a lengthy Pro amble, and the following Resolutions : Resolved Tliat Uie General Assembly of the State of North Carolina doth entertain and doth unequivo cally express a warm attachment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolved. Tliat the General Assembly do solemnly declare a devoted attachment to the Federal Union, believing that on its continuance depends the liberty, the peace and prosterity of the United Spates- Resolved, Tint whereas diversity of opinion may prevail in this State a to the Constitutionality of tlie Acts oi Congress imposing duties on imposts ; yet it is believed a Luge majority of the people think those aius uncousuiunouai ; ana uicy are an urutea in ine sentiment that the existing tariff is impolitic, unjust and oppressive ; and they have urged and will con tinue to urge i s repeal. Resolved, Tliat the doctrine of Nullification avowed by the State of South Cariua. and lately promulga ted iu an Ordinance, is revolutionary in its character, subversive of the Constitution of the United States aiKleadi to a dissolution of the Uniou. Mr. Bailey subsequently made a counter Re port, but the original Report (says the file of tho "Register," of January 4, 1833,) was warmly ad vocatcd by Messrs. Pel's and Bragg, ( 'overhaul that, and when found, muke a note on't," friend Langdon.) The origitial Report denouncing jVaij lification and ihe doctrines contained in the South Carolina Address -Secession, of course, amongst the rest- was adopted in the Senate by a vote of Ayes 47, Noes 7 ! and in the House, by a vote of Ayes 98, Noes 21 !! An amendment, protesting again the employment of force by tibe General Government, was rejected by nearly tle same vote as that by which the Resolutions were adopted. Among the names of those voiiug in favor of the Resolutions, we recognize those of some of the most conspicuous ef the Democratic leaderr and most active Secessionists of the present duy ! ! "Thus," exclaimed the number of the "Regis ter," announcing tho result, "has North Carolina emphatically spoken out, and by this- ene act, ac quired additional claim to the character ef a con sistent, truly Republican and patriotic State F' That character, thank Heaven, she has continuedr and will continue, to main ain. It will not be out of place, to mention, in this connection, that the "Raleigh Standard," which, under its present auspices, is looked up to as tlie great mouth piece of the Secessionists and Dis- uuionists of this State, and whose sentiments are smacked over with approbation in the Jacobin Clubs of our treasonable neighbor State, was, at the period of which we speak, an unrelenting foe to the heresies of South Carolina, and "dealed damnation round tho land, on all it deemed her apologists or sympathizers. These facts and these extracts show how com pletely identified the Democratic party, at a party. was, in 1833, with opposition to tho doctrines of Nullification and Secession. Events, daily trans piling around us, Show where, the most of -the Democratic leaders would wish the party to stand, now. Ve say the Democratic leaders for we cannot he induced to belief e that any considerable portion of the party proper have, as yet, wandered irom tnerr ancient landmarks. They have no in ducements to have done so. The Democratic ZcoJers thosejPf them who have no stronger claim to distinction than a rabid devotion to party, and who can only expect individual preferment when the wheel of fortune may throw the chances of their party upper moni-rwho would not scruple to involve the Country in civil war and precipitate upon our favored land tho horrors of anarchy and intestine strife, to subserve their own selfish pur posesthese and such are the desperate meu who would commit our people to a Course, which must inevitably tend to a dissolution of our glorious Union, and which cannot be too strongly discoun tenanced by every lover of his Country. We call upon the honest mass of Jackson De- mocrats, who stood by that old hero of stout nerve and unbendin'r will in the davs of Nullifica tion, when he swore, in his patriotic wratb, he would execute tlie laws at every hazard, to look well to the devious and treasonable paths litang which they are invited to tread. Especially do we call upon the people, of the State to mark the inconsistencies thafrhey niay see the motives, of those, who are thus' seeking to array us iu op position to the Government, and to commit ns to doctrines which are aimed at its subversion Pabtt is at the bottom of their professed love for the Union PARTY lies concealed under all their professed apprehensions of its "iueritable doom." IJ. uc 8uch "en are th finstautionsr what 5n be e contemplation of m ..,;F . g,,l0u2 to auchminds-so 1 TbiM 'heir renehL-So l!!0lUm f caine 8ItteU Rt R. , Themo,,vcSof,h,se self eor -cellence champion, of State's rights , r honor being thm palp!lb1y -aa; by the record, they atand conv noores cverj. Pn.riot to be on the licm at ercrv corner nA . n nu.. A Visit tVlPtn witli SJ- ' . ..i.u cw-rv iw .... due'iai ,.,; iiiuignauon ers and traitors ! """JIBS, PONDER THE QUESTION Haskotorth Carolina EvEry BE SATISFIED WITH THE FREEST T THE GOVEEKMEST ? She hm ' O. Or 0 own choice, who has more .han fufi 7 was promised for him by his Whia- f " thk the first time in many years, she hi , h the Cabinet Council, who has .v.' i'of pie securiiy, by indentity of imere-.u ' tt"' izens in general, and by the raanner . has discharged other important trut lt by them to him, that hc 0uM ZT ministration inimical to their wL!f . nAi more liberal and honorable sha-Hf Hhi pointmenU, than at any former " "P Wihnot Proviso, under the ' TJ. Adrnintslration, has been rejected and v ' -(and how well, by the wayand t ?0Bcd Intention to the fact-dp,, this con,!, , the passage of that odious measure 'byth ...w. ..o jyu o. jeia, and its President Polk!) A Fugitive been passed, which effectually executes u vision of the Constituiion, reapectin slaves. The Administration permit 1 l.o.d office under it, who is knU VrCn to its execution. The Federal JudidarT where, sustains this law, and the Execute stJ" ready to execute it, if necessary, will, the s !' The Northern mind is being brought Wck70 new examination of the obligations of , rn lease on slavery, and that species of mnrfik fifwnrn tlim U !... u e a new Property j, ..... u 11J3 wen ior twenty i years, if there can only be asubsiJci.ee of and an acquiescence in the measures of CmpTomist ' But with an increasing clamor about laverv 8"CJ as is kept up by VenaWe and Daniel, nnd i would be aggravated by the election of such bh, as.CaWwWa.id Ruffin, at the South, m thnr worthy.allie.s, the Abolitionists, t tlie North it will become- year after year of less value ! Will 'hot the People look at these thtos! THE EIGHTH DISTRICT. We are not yet ahje to announce deSuitely.t name of (he Whig candidate for this District. There seems to he ns doubt, however, that tlx Hon. Edward Stam.y will be again forcpd into th field, by the urgent solicitations of hw Whig fiteuds Whose call he lias never refused loobev, however great the personal sacrifice to imttl While few u en are dearer iu bis friends, few men, certainly, have been the oljects of grosf misrepresentation and more venomous malignity than Mr. STAStr.r. He has a Way, however. ( our friend of the "North State Whig' ' tav'f,) of striking back when lie is struck, and he wiH k mooMrate, if-we are not mistaken iu ihe man, he fore the campaign is over, that lie is notonly able to defend himself against' all: attacks, but that be is-eminently rnccessful in "carrying the war into Africa." He is at present charging the Scastan phalanx, with his usual fearlessness, though if ti led by those distinguished tnilitaryspmitCdrnt Ruffin and ' Corner Lane. We iuvite attention to the account of a discus sion between himself and the Loco Foco nominee, taken from the "Plymouth Villager," and publish ed in another column'. In the reeeiif discussion at Newhem, Mr. Stanly recommended as the best way of re sisting Northern arression,-io encourage domes-' tic man ufi cures and home labour, and above ail,' topucourageand Fuppnrr'nuroWn white mechanic! anl laborers, ihe bone and siuew ot ihe country; iIipv were our sure reliance in war. Mr. Stanly referred incidents llv to the mtsrrptt sentation of his speech in Congress, and said ha had been unable io meet any one who rnii;d tah the speech and point out ihe oHjWtionable matter, ft had b?en represented that lie had sa d lhat ill South had no cause ol complan'," and that he said nothing asamst Northern' conduct. Nothing. Mr. S. said, could be more unjust than such a state ment; it went tile munds of the papers, before ihe speech was priuted, and' many believed it, because they had tint read it. in that sprech Mr. Siajly quoted where he said of th" fugitive law: "Tit conduct1 of the Northern Slates in this resjct! admitted by some of rheir own citizens to be with out excuse. No one condemns it more decidedly than I do. hut I beli. ve rrom all I have heard, tht abuse will be remedied." Again in the same speech. Mr. S. said, aliow5rue to say, sir, that no in -.n in his sew-es believes Congress will ever be guiliy either of we outrage or the folly of abolishing slavery in lh .i:,.-: .. i il.,wo (anatics n'h hink the constitution is 'an agreement villi Hwfc i a. Such an act would justly be regarded j - .I.U.I.m ninsiiliiv. on id icruuiticri ii uidin a uruimaw. vt . part of Ihe North, and they w-uld act accordingly. In that speech, Mr. Stanlv siokeor theabolrti Uts. as thee miserable wret. h- s, whodpnooncr us conKtanily these sincere disunn nists "I the American Union is a '-covenant with and an -ajfreement with Hell," and MtfM tow immediately dissolved." . c.R.,1 lot umfln.. in 3 four vears more tney " , be unanimously despised, and they WHh the burial of an ass.druwn and M11'" yond the paies . of Jerusalem." Of l xfce Proviso, in that speech-Air. Stanly iaWj Southern peopple, with great M'nll,.r,1DLBij as I do. thai to enact .1.1 Wilinoi YrM woaia be an act f gross injustice and tcroitg. We heard of more ihan one, says the -Ne" uian," who voted against Mr. Stanly heard his speech, and if he is a support him. We believe every patriot, wM be his party associations, heard Iu euwB Union with proud feelings andahe,rtff?lMjfi the G.ver of a II good that he had cast ourw such a government, and with a reso utM his duty to his coumry, whea the day arn CT We .re Indebted rZT1 North Carolina Music Sore, fur tome " liHle present. Mr. P. lias ju.t rf the North with a chaste and varied all articles in his line, and can plea fancv. The Ladies would do well w a cal'l before purchasing elsewhere, that vertisemcnts always say complf"1 v.. Q7, r.itiei?s LiV'S III iVi JI .hetii:""'" volume twenty-nine and "DUWr"fcV .iftW 1 Now is the time to subscribe to weekly. of tltf P01 iblif " a au PostTOSiiD. i uo h un ,.Thc attention directed to the change in the OT- Ias -Weldon Toll Bridge," advertised meut will please make the ateh'. WFDV TI CUTI Y ROUND
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