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Saturday, August 2, 1851
n W. JAMES. No. 1, Harrison Street
Ohio, is our General Travelling Agent for
Ust.tos. assisted by J. R. 8 WITH, J. T.
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JJfTj ASON TAYLOR, J. W. ARMSTRONG,
PoVv TJCKE. W. RAMSAY, De. JOSHUA
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Z-ir TSRAEL E. JAStES. No. 182, SonA
. ,h StrecU PhUadelphia, our General Travelling
!lt Sted by H.WELD. JOHN COL-
ff T JAMES DEE KING, A. KlUa. wfSia.uiu-
' i. A .EVANS. JOHN T. JUDKINS, P.
Sk& JOS. BUTTON. GEO. P. BUTTON, and
50S.-DL KICE. ,
glLUX WE APPROVE THE TREASON !
From all ihe information receivea, wa are con.
l iuntinz largely upon ihe:re8iU of lb Con-
LgsjooBl elecUOMjnjQia .oie.c
eto declare that should oui State send a
niiority of Secesttomsu io congress, inc rwmr-
o kctde ieM be irrevocably fixed I They my
(k-ithe bands of the State will then be tied she
ll be estopped her lips will be scaled against
complaint of her, for the course she roay resoTve
to take! There is logic in all this, but will the
frople of No1 Carolina sign the deed will
endorse the oona wui iney approve me
Jict which
is to take away their freedom of
thought and action, hereafter, io reference to t'te
Uarseof South Carolina against theUnion?
Rll! tj,cy send a majority or Jvefsstomstt to txn-
. f U I.. lnvmn vnlan att IHa Sifjlt
pess: JUCi me ' "
mIIv uuder tne Danner oi uiose gauaui cuumpwus,
Sianh Outlaw, Gaitlier, Dockry, CaldwtU and
Mmhead, and all will be well ! work, jrxenas
of the Union I the day of election !
TWEEDLE PUM AND TWEEDLE-DER."
It oulJ mJeed be amut iny to witness the absur
dities into wbicli tne advocacy oi secession anves
the 'Standard," were it not for the serious character
ef th consequences which must flow from the estab
lubment of that doctrine. The Elitor of that priut
delights in declaring' that Congress or the General
Government has no right to use force against a fetate.
He claims that each State is tocereiga, and therefore
ibe General Government cannot execute the laws of
Cougress, withiu her limits, if in Convention, she ba
nwlved to sreede. We have before us the "Stau
hxT of the 2Sth of Miy Vsit. Iu it, tin Editor says,
' If a State niiould nullify a law of Congmss, and re
maining in the Union, should sck to escape the ope.
ration of that law, while enjoying the benefit of others.
ii Koultl It ihe DO I 7 OF THE G"aAL GOVEUNMSNT
Io durrgard such nullification, and to ksfouck the
uw if NECKssiBY,', AT, THE POINT OF THE
BAYQXET!" Mark this, ye State Rights meu!
Now let us indu'ge in a reflection or two. Each State
inw'.rcign, argues the "Standurd" Congress has
no right to put her down by force except wheu slue
nullifies a law and attempts to be out of the Union a
to that laic aud ta it as to others t We will suppose
a case, Congress passes a law palpably unconstitu-
t'hjnal, and ruiooualy oppressive to North Carolina
The Legislature calls a Convention, of the People to
take the matter under consideration the Convention
meets, ami it nullifies the law, and declares that; it
shall not be executed within the limits of the State,
lot says,no!liing about tecedtnrf and forming a sepa
rate Government. Now here is an act, done by the
State of North Carolina in her sovereign capacity, in
solemn Convention of the People, and yet the "Stan
dard"1 says that if the State attempts to carry out this
lortrtign act, it is the dcty of the General Govern
ment to disregard that act, and enforce the Unconsti
tutional an4 oppressive law, even though it may have
to"pvt her down" or destbov her citueks with
nir. batoxet! And yet how incessantly has it been
ding-donging into the People's ears, such declara'ioos
iTou have no right to use force against a sovereign
Slate f 'Those who advocate the right arc coruoli-
utionistt What beautiful consistency !
Art the People to be duped by such hppocritical
toxtf
CT-TIie '"Standard," before the ljist, publishes tlie
Speech of McMaxts, the escaped Irish Exile, made
a dwer recently given him in California. In that
peech be sakl i "We failed in our efforts. I have
now another career before me. and under the folds of
that flag (pointing to the Star Spangled Banner above
kin,) I intend to remain and cling to it with fidelity
"id devotion wherever tie principle it embodies has
n enemy, and wherever that flag has a foe, there
U be found my right arm. I swear allegianee to
t, (kiwing the flag.)
McMaxvs (if such be bis sentiments) is a better and
more reliable American patriot, this day, than the
Ed'tor of the 'Standard" and, many of his colleagues
-though he has not yet taken the oath of allegiance.
He is evidently dead against' Secession. Wonder the
''Standard" bad not pronounced him a consolidationiat
od eoemy to the South The "fire eaters" wil .to
doubt declare that "k iss" given tbe "Star Spangled
Banner," something of a Judas-Yike salutation to tbe
itrjo "Southern Confederacy." If he takes the oatb
f allegiance to tbe Government of tbe United States,
will he owe it any allegiance ! Can be be absolved
'rota it, at the will and pleasure of California I What
will be tbe process of purgation or absolution These
tte important questions involving the whole doc.
triae of secession ! W ill the Editor of the "Standard"
dotbe State some service by bringing bis " legal lore"
to bear upon them I
LET JUSTICE BE DONE !
Tbe Union men of the third Congressional District
Pe it as an act of jitstice to Gen Dockery, indepen
fkntftf ajl considerations of patriotism, to poll a full
?te for him. Np man has been more basely reviled
calumniated by the Secession presses aud tscrib
Wn than he has.. He has done his duty nobly, He
stood boldly by thecmise of tlie Union arid Con-
"Huuoii. Will-not hisflriends rally oh the day of
uon . Do your duty hud the day will be ours I
OThe
Mewa. Win
Newbjrtnan" contains letters from
H. and Jcflin N. Wasbinfftou, respect ive-
r in reply to some of the misrepresentations of the
publican and Patri -t." Both these gentlemen,
we well knew.will give Mr. Stanly their hearty sup
r"1 nd their extended influence. Had we Space.
ould be pleased to publish their respective Cqra-
"nicauMis. They embody sound doctrines and pa.
taot sentiments. -
f" We have hitherto omitted to mention the ap-
r-wx of the Tri-Weekly "Newbernian." for tbe
T11!'?". It is a racv and soirited sheet and-cnti
fl fnend Mathew, from its efficiency, to the warm
of the Whigs of the District.
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THE HIGH PRIEST OF SEQESSION
ALARMED 1 "
No one can read ttgjfet number of the Seces
sion organ, wiihont being struck with the trepida
tion and alarm which have seized the Editor, in
new of the defeat thai awaits the Secessionists at
the approaching election The knees of Bzlsbaz.
zak, when he saw the hand-writing on the wall,
did not smite together faster, nor did his eyes'
gleam with more terror, than have those of the
Editor, aforesaid, at the news which, for the past
week, has been pouring in from every quarter.
0 great u his fright, that he dreads the defeat of
hi co-adjntors, even where they are; without op
position I He urges he begs he threatens he
KNre be prays, alternately, with most woful earn
estoess and doleful despondency. ' Help as Cas-
sics, or we sink, ring in his ears from morning
' . ..... I
res i irora we labors of me day, Bur to pre
sume, sound and calm sleep comes not, but ever
and aeon direful forebodings haunt his imagina
tion, and he exclaims -"What! you don t tell me
so ? Veuable the gallant Venable the bosom
friend of Calhoun who was initiated into all his
plans, and knew all lus schemes in danger of j
defeat ! and that, too, by a Union man '.one who
goes for that, which has been so long "stinking
in my nostrils !" Why, it must not be so ! Rouse
up, ye Secession leaders and strike for victory !
And ye Gods! Can a Dis unionist long hesitate
which of the two to choose, Stanly or Ruffist
Has not the latter declared he is "a warm advo
cate" of the glorious doctrine of Secession ? Is it
possible, that Cornet Lane, and his gallant com
patriots in arms, hart" forgotten the part they
took in 1833, when the heroic Jackson nailed
the Secession banner to ah ! there's the
rub ! Were it not for the body of that old Sub
missionist and Consolidationist, Jackson, how soon
we could riot over and sweep down the ttaitors to
the South. But we shall have to leap that barrier
carry that batter)- though not quite so easily
done as May drove back the cowardly Mexicans !
Out the plunge must bs made men, follow me !
Down with the principles of the Proclamation
down with the doctrine of ;he "Force Bill," and
all who sustained them Cass, and Woodbury,
s, and Polk They are all the craven
victims of Consolidation base deserters from tho
true faith. Up up with Secession down with ;
the Union ! Up with Vcnable, Ruffin, Daniel and
Clingman down with all the cowardly lovers of
law, the Constitution and tho Union (those base
Degotten, ricketty concern,) and let such as Stan
ly, Dockery, Outlaw, Gaither. Mdrehead, and
Caldwell, "go down to the vile dust," &c. To
arms !
"Blow the trumpet beat the. drum ;
Tremble all ; I come I come."
Loud shouts for the "Constitution and the
Usios break upon the Editor's ear he awakes
big drops of weaTp"bur down fiTs cheeks and
forthwith, he consults the tripod, retires to the
sanctum, and pons "a leader," which will appear
in his issue to day.
The High Priest is alarmed ! He gazes upon
the hand-writing on the wall ! "Up boys, and at
them !" aud thcday will be ours!"
KEEP IT BETOllE THE PEOPLE
That the "Goldsboro' Republican and Patriot,''
the organ of the Secessionists in the 8th Con
gressional District, declares that "Col. Ruflin is a
WAiSl ADVOCATE OF t: ECES8ION."
Keep it before th People, .
That Green VV. Caldwell is a Secessionist voted
out and out for the doctrine during the last Ses
sion of the Legislature signed the "Minority Re
port,' advocating it and made a long speech in
defence of that Report and the right of Secession.
Keep rr befop.e tue People,
ThalX W.1TenabJe-is af"bpen mouthed Seces-1
sionist advocated the Nashville Convention -was
an intimate of Mr. Calhoun must have known
that he had the draft of a Constitution for a South
crn Confederacy, which, Mr. Foote says, had been
dnlwn up, to submit to that Convention that ho
opposes the Compromise, and is claimed by the
South Carolina disunionists as a friond to their
movements!
Keep it befobe the People,
That J. R. J. Daniel is a Secssionist that Jllr.
Sh'pard so declares in his ktler declining a notnt
nation against him that he opposed the Compro
mise Measures !
Keep it before the People,
Thai T. L. CtisJteMAN believes in the right of Se
cession that tbe South Carolina disunion papers
are advocating his election.
Keep it befork the People,
That the Raleigh "Standard," the leading Demo
cratic; paper in the State, openly proclaims that
Secession is a cardinal principle of the Democratic
laith!
Kelp it befoee the People,
That if a majority of Secessionists are elected to
Congress from this State, South Carolina will re
gard it as a triumph of her principles, and will
look' to our State fur aid to carry ut her determi
nation to dissolve the Union! And finally
Keep it before the People,
That should a majority of Stctssionisls be elected
to Congress from this State, and the next election
of President (which is very probable) should go
the House of Representatives, they will vote
for a Secessionist fob, that high Office,
What wift be the effect of the Secession
of Spufh Carolina, on the prosperity of the'Cen
tral Road,' in which the State has an interest to
the amount of $2,000,000 1 If, by the act of Se
cession, South Carolina should become a "foreign
nation," will citizens of the United States, (who
vrontd be no.longer'' entitled within Ker . limit, to
the' rights of citizens of the M several States")
venture through her territcirv Weald not some
other become the Mam route of Northern and
Southern traeH This new condition of things
"H-kt,.t. fintith CnmVina ihnut ana Jti tinrtr n
presents many questioiuvclosely connected with the
prosperity of the other States. Will the "Stan
dard" please "ttrgHfy ti?eso points somewhat ?
He is upon "an-'argutnenC fVmctliing like a cer
,tain Doctot wa3uuponrt,"V . .
EDWARD STANLY..
U must be, it no doubt is, a source of the high
est gratification to the" friends of the Union and
Constitution, not only in North Carolina, but
throughout the whole nation, to witness the zeal
and noble devotedness with which Edwaed Stan
ly's friends are supporting him in the Eighth
Congressional District for Congress ! No man is
entitled to more credit than he is for (he bold and
patriotic stand which he has always taken for the
Union against fanatics North and South. The
Secessionists hate him with a perfect hatred. So
do the Abolitionists. We have received a letter
from a highly respectable gentleman residing in
the Fouth West, in which he declares that ?in
travelling through South Carolina he became con
vinced that the Disunioniqts of that State dreaded
the elcetion of Edward Stanly more than that, ot
strongest desire he should be beaten ! Hear this
friends of the Union ! Work work WORK
then, to the last moment, and gUdden the hearts
of the friends of our glorious Republic every
where, by sending to Congress a man who will
bo a " tower of strength' against its enemies !"
The "Standard" says that Vermont and
Massachusotti "have nullified the Fugitive Slave
law, and are practically out of the Union." We
have no apology to make for these States. 'Their
course in reference to the Compromise measures,
like that of the "Standard," deserves the execra
tlon of all good men. It bas been ruinous to tho
peace of the Country. All such are agilalors and
DisunionisU. And, pray, who set them the ex
ample? Who has encouraged them? Who but
the ' Standard and his secession, coadjutors?
Thoy cite him and his friends as authority for their
right to contemn the laws, and scoede from the
Union.
ITT" The Editor of the 'Standard' might be induced
to go for Johs Van Bcren for the Presidency, (in
consideration of bis father's services to the Democra.
cv in times past) but he null not go for Sumner, un
less that individual will disclaim a great many bad
things generally, and especially the Coalition between
the Democracy and abolitionists, by which he secured
his election 1 The Fditor. (as to a candidate for the
PresideHcy.) is somewhat in the predicament of the
oil maid who longed for a husband "Any body,
good Lord? He will take any body Cass who
voted for the Compromise and supported the Force
Bill Douglas, who also sustained the Compromise,
and believes the Wilmot Proviso constitution al-BccH-anan,
who snid if he bad any Democratic blood io
him he would open his veins and let it otit Dallas,
who denounced Secession as a heresy Rhett, who
considers the Union a curse, and regards secession the
rightful remedy, or " any body" no matter who
provided he can resuscitate and bring back the sev
en cardinal principles of Locofbcoism the five loaves
andjieo fishes !
K- ' Our information from the Eighth District con
tinues to be of a cheering and gratifying nature. The
die is already cast ; the popular mind is made up
Col. Ruffin, ''the wabm advocate of Secession," will
be beaten by that able debater and pati iot, Edward
Stanly. The People, we learn, are deeply excited.
Thev have seen the cloven foot of Disunion under the
guise of Secession, and they will do their duty to
the c untry. It is not necessary to say to the friends
of the Union in the District, that the eyes of the whole
couotry are turned to them We know they do not
need our advice, but let them remember the edict
which the Editor of the "Standard" put forth to the
Secessionists in bis last number. Here it is Heed
it friends of the Union t I
" Work on the day of election bring the agedand
the infirm. to the ballot box, and see that they have jus
tice when they get ther. Leave novotjj unpolled.
Let the People of North Carolina remember
that if at the approaching Congressional Uection,
they send a majority of Secessionists to Congress,
their destinies willfe at tho mercy of SMth Caro
lina. She will receire it as an open approval of her
course, and Secession Discnion, with all its direful
consequences, will be inevitable !
CP" A correspondeut of the ' N. Y. Herald,5' who
was one of the passengers abroad tbe ''Golden Gale,'
daring ber late pleasure excursion, thus notices some
of the curiosities in and about Annapolis, Md.
From ihe State House I went to the Lyceum in tbe
Navy Tard, where I saw the British Lion which was
tbe figure head of tbe frigate Macedonian, captured
by the frigate, United States, commanded by Deca
tur. On the head of the I km is a representation of the
English crown ; and it is said, before it was removed
from the Macedonian, its right paw tested on a rep
resentation of the world, which a chanee shot during
the action knocked away. Joe next object which at
tracted my attention was an American flag which
waved over the barracks of San Jose, Lower Califor
nia, duriufir th last war, whea besieged by the Wexi
cans. Tbe fort contained but a hauuful of Amerioans,
under tbe command of Lieut Haywood, of the U- S
Navy and tbe seure lasted tweuty one days, nine
days of which they had bard fighting. Tbe flag is
pierced with some thirty slwts, and Passed Midship
man McLanahan was killed at tbe time, while hold
ing tbe flagstaff. They were afterwards relieved b;
a party from ihe U. S. ship Cyane, Capt. Dupont.
also saw here tbe flag of the Guerriere. which was
captured by the Constitution. The Lyceum also
contains a complete armor of steel, which was made
in the time of Henry tho VI1L and is supposed to
be three hundred years old.
The Lieut. Haywood alluded to, is Lieut. Philemon
H. Haywood of this City.
A DUEL
Wc regret to learn, by a slip from the office of tbe
" Mountain Banner," that a duel was fought, on tbe
24th ultn between Col. John Baxter, of Henderson
ville, aud Makcus Eswur, Esq, of Ashvdle, one of
the editors of tbe " AsbvOle News."
The parties met near the Saluda Gap in South
Caralina. Col, B. bad previously determined, says
the " Banner," not to fire. Mr. E. fired, and his ball
took effect in the right band of his adversary, enter
ing at the knuckle of the middle finger where it is
inserted on tbe band, ranging up tbe palm and com
ing out near the wrist. CoL B. s pistol went off
when his hand was struck. .
Col. B. was tbe challenged party. The. difficulty
grew out of political differences leading to tome per
sonalities. . Jno. WflODrrN, Esq., of A simile, acted
as second for CaL B., and Dr.
! TV. li U T f TT
. R Jones, of Hen-
dersonville, for Mr. E. '
. A married couple, living iu the upper part of
Queen Ann's county,, Md., who have been jn
wedlock twenty years Jiare, had twenty children.
No danger of depopulation in that quarter.
The Churches of Cleveland, Ohio, were all alive
with Bloomers? oh Sunday last. Some two
hundred ladies were out in the new fashion.
TMrjj'rt dVtenniued to go ii up there.
RALEIGH, N:-C. AUGUST 6, , 1851
COMMUNICATIONS.
FOB TBI BKGISTEB.
Mr. Gales: I stdUibled to day, unexpectedly,
among my papers, upon a printed Circular, ad
dressed on the 28th Feb. 1833, by the Hon. Jesse
Speight, "to the freemen of the Counties of John
son, Wayne, Greene, Lenoir, Jones, Craven and
Carteret," giving them au account of hi steward
ship as their Representative in Congress, and offer
ing himself for re-election. It will be recollected
that that Congressional District delighted to honor
Gen. Speight and endorsed his political views as
sound and patriotic This Circular, like every
thin? that emanated from Gen. Speight, bears
marks of superior intellect and lofty patriotism.
I herewith send it to you, and am sure you will
agree with' me, that a re-publication of tltat part
tf it whieh. tcL-ites to the attempted Nullifica
fiort by Sooth" 'Carolina o&s Ife of 'Congress,
and her threat to secede fiom the Union, if re
sisted by the Federal Government, will be most
appropriate at this moment, when the madmen
of those same Counties, and elsewhere, are mov
ing Heaven and Earth to commit the good old
North State in favor of Secession, and thereby
give aid and countenance to South Carolina in
her present attempt to destroy the Union, kindle
up the fires of civil war In our beloved Country,
and drive the plow-share o ruin over the fairest
land under Heaven. Pray republish it, and let
their favorite Statesman speak, as from the grave,
and rebuke and recall to their senses the Dis
unionists of that District.
THE UNION FOREVER.
(Extract.)
"I do not propose to enter into an elaborate ar
gument in opposition to the metaphysical subtleties
wi.:i wiui.ii .c aUi..i.D u. ...... . ...... mic uiuoi- ;
ed to create hostile feelings between the several !
Skinloa and ihp TTnitMI KralPS mift nrrav .laia I
pride and sovereignties against the Government
of the Union. But I cannot forbear entering my
most solemn disser.t to some of the leading dog
mas o' that faith ; dogmas which have.no warrant
in the history of the constitution, and revolting to
the plainest human principles of right, and direct'
ly subversive ot the only true character and bene
ficial results or popular government.
The original error of the theory is, that the Fed
eral Constitution being formed by compact among
Sovereign Stales; to which each Stale acceded
in its sovereignty ; established a league, not a gov
eroment ; that it acts, therefore, not upon individ
uals directly, but upon States; and that each
State, therefore, Iirs at its discretion, the right to
absolve its citizens from all ohedifnee to any law
of the Union, or io secede altogether. The com
pact between Sovereigns is the first step ir. this
series of errors; and tbe subsequent steps in the
series are not less replet? with error, were the com
pact admitted. Before the percicious heresies
which have been founded on this theory of com
pact can be sustained, it must be decided that sov
ereigns are incapable oi changing their own rela
tions with each other by compact, and cannot bind
themselves by an irrevocable agreement for a uf
ficent consideration. -
The true construction isithat the constitution
was formed by the States, that is by the pe pie of
the States, acting in their separate capacities, as
in the original social compact lliey are in law pre
sumed to have established the States. In this
sense was the compact f.rmed between States;
that is, the people of the States then existing as
independent communities, wh , though not for
mally admitted by any act of their own- into ihe
lamily of nations, were, in effect, entitled to de
mand that admission, each for itself, at any time.
That admission never wa$ demanded by either of
them separately ; and jointly they went through
the war of the Revolution; and jointly by their
own acts they established one government, which
in tbe name of all of them, entered into relations
with the rest ol the weild as one nation. The
question so partieulcrlv discussed in this contro
ver.y as to the absolute sovereignty ol the btates,
is reducible to the simple affirmance of a fact, that
though they had a right at one time of assuming
absolute sovereignty, they never exercised it.
They never havqbeen known to other nations but
as one nation : and the citcumstances under which
they formed themselves into that nation have, in
my judgment, forever precluded them tram any
subsequent resumption r6f ttus&choale rigBt. As
separate communities, tpey were lor an tne pur
poses oi tne new po mcai ooay which they form
ed, and according to the rules and compact by
which they formed it, one and indivisible. They
provided every sire-guard which their fears of con
solidation and their jealous love of liberty could
devise for preserving their separate tights Irom
the encroach metis oi tne power tney were es
tablishing. Iain not vet persuaded that the con
stitution dees pot provide wiihtn itself a vital prin
ciple for its own reformation sufficient to restore
its pristine simplicity and puritv. But of this I
am thoroughly satisfied, that there is no conserva
live or other power in the States to break up the
existing form el government, except by revolu
tion. Within the sphere of its operations, the
constitution makes me reoerai Uovernment as
sovereign as the Stale Governments are ia a
else. It is a government of the people, for tbe
people, and acts upon them directly, without the
acknowledgement of any intermediate power iu
tne Males to ruodity or arrest its action.
The necessary result of this mode of reasen-mg
which is believed to be Hy sustained by the
opinion ot llie soundest contemporaneous exposi
tors ot the constitu udn, is, that the laws of the
Union are binding iip6n thexilizens of tbe United
States every where, without the right of aqy au
thority to interfere, more than between the Stale
and its citizens in the exercise of iu ordinary leg
islation. Every attempt, therefore, under what
ever pretence of right, to organize resistance against
the laws of the Union passed according to the
forms of the constitution, is a breach of the alle
giance due from a citizen to his sovereign the
body politic of Which he is a member. A State
which undertakes to authorize disobedience, and
io uiociiarge roe emzen irom nis ooiigauon io ine
authority of the General Government, is entitled
io no more consiuerauon man any unauthorized
combination of individuals. It is a breach of the
social compact in one ol its most binding relations,
and amounts, in fact, to war upon legitimate au
inoniy.
Another remit of this anomalous view of the
constitution, at composed of independent sover
a i -
e ign ues, w men, lor similar reasons, 1 cannot aa
mit, is the nglit of secession. It is maintained, that
in a compact between sovereigns, any of the par
ties may peaceably withdraw at pleasure and
that the Federal Constitution is such a compact.
On the thresh hold ot the argument, we may ob
serve, that it has not' been uudertood, in the law
of nations, that treaties, compacts, or ordinary
conventions, may be broken at pie .sure, with im
punity. If I misUke not, such attempt have
been fruitful sources of bloody aod disastrous
wars, io all ages. Such a right ia simply tbe
right of a strong man to do wrong whenever there
is do law powerful enough to reach bim tbe
right of irresponsible power to commit what faults
it pleases. But tbe right exists only in the power
to maintain it and between sovereigns, if one
have th right of breaking the compact, the other,
if he have the strength, has an eaoai rizht to in
demnify himteVL by violeBce, for th iumrjr caused
. v. , v. t.,iri P-f'.. f.
GAZETTE"...
ky the breach. The issue of the attempt to secede
depends, therefore, upon a ttiaif mere force
that is, war. Such was riot the compact which
our fathers designed in the constitution which they
gave us in lieu of the old Confederation, in order
to establish "a more perfect Union." They never
would have built up with such toil a temple of
such beautiful proportions, as the abiding place of
American liberty -forever, bad they imagined that
state feuds or state caprice, or, I may add, state
disaffection, might withdraw at pleasure any of
the columns upon which it rests, and prostrate the
whole fabric iu ruins. If the right ot peaceable
secession exists at all, it exists without limit of
time or occasion, and without question for con
stitutional causes of complaint, or for grievance of
policy, or for no cause, at the sovereign pleasure
of a majority be it in Rhode Island or DeU ware,
in Virginia or New Hampshire : and how wild
and illusory in its existence are the hopes of "a
perfect Union?' which the Constitution promised?
But let us carry the idea to its neeesarj result,
and look at one at least of hs conseqnmces. The
right -ofifvm ' aeeida praeeabty Ia-auroty not
weakened by being exercised by more states than
one at the same time. If one may peaceably
withdraw from twenty-three without doubt,
twenty three may withdraw themselves simulta
neously from one. Can one state be thus consti
tutionally thrust out of the union against her wilff
Can two? Can three? Can any"? Forif.any,
one or all in turn may be made the subots of this
capricious power. And yet by whom has this
idea been proudly maintained f Yet to my mind
the principles which justify constitu iooal seces
sion go this whole lon'ib, or more... I cannot as
sent to them : I deny the whole doctrine without
reservation ; secession, either of one Irom the many,
or the many from one, is eqnally dangerous, un
constitutional, and revolutionary. No power less
than that which made the Federal Government, is
competent to release any portion of its constituent
parts from the common bond of allegiance.
I speak here of constitutional measures. I must
not be understood to deny the inherent right of a
State, or of any number of individuals, to resist
oppression, to auer anu relorm governments, or
estanjisn new one3 lor themselves, when existing
ones are not found sufficient to preserve the sub
stance of liberty. That belongs to another branch
of the discussion, and refers to the inalienable right
of revolution, bey nd and above constitution and
laws, and in the exercise of which 1 am ready to
admit cheerfully that the organization of State
Governments form the most ready, available, and
emc.ont nie.tns. Hut this is revolutionary, not
constitutional, and is to be embraced openly and
Doidly as such. JNot with delusive pretences ot
submission to laws which it is designed to over
throw, and of affection to a Union which is de
nounced as a curse. When the period arrives at
which tyranny becomes intolerable, aud resistance
o. legalized oppression a duty justifying revolu-
iOii, it ii by heroic constancy of principle and pu
rity of purpose, amidst sufferings and dangers, not
by metaphysical chicaneries, and the subtleties of
special pleading, that the true patriot will do and
butter all lor his country.
I have forborne to enlarge up -n these exciting
subjects or to enter into a detailed exposition of all
the monstrous anomalies with which these new
doctrines of nullification and secessiou are fraught.
lour own reflection, rav fellow citizens, will
furnish you with abundant illustrations of their
mischievous and perilous consequences. You
have already seen how, in a few short years, they,
have broiiohi our happy constrMitio to the verse
ot ruin have weakened the bonds of affection be
tween the several parts of the country have kin
dled the most burning animosities among breth
ren who should live like children in one house-hold
of lore and have almost torn the star spangled
banner oi our Union in'o dishonored shreds a
scorn to the nations of the earth. Such have been
its fruits in the green tree , what shall be seen in
the dry? Where will an American citizen hide
hi humbled fce it he forbears in this season of
peril, to lift his voice, and arm, if occasion requires
it, against the heresies which are corrupting the
life-blood of the constitution, and polluting, at their
sources, the elements oi liberty t He who prizes
the Union as the sheet anchor of liberty, and the
constitution, as the pledge and guarantee of the
perpetual existence ot that union, cannot too soon
and openly repudiate, with bis whole soul, those
fatal doctrines, and their authors, and range him
self boldly on the side of the outraged constitution
and insulted laws. Thus only is political safety
to bs secured for our distracted country, and har
mony and peace restored, in place of those distrac
ting convulsions which now harass us; convulsions
which, as we.U as the doctrines from which they
spring, owe their existence to the feverish excite
ments of disappointed ambition, brooding over the
discomfiture of its selfish hopes, and anxious to
repair its ruined fortunes upon the fragments of a
broken Union. While ferocious passions have
thus been hurrying onward te desperate undertak
nigs, the mean politicians, traders in politics for
personal gain, speculators who have professed
every shade and variety, and tried every deviceof
party creed in the hope of finding some avenue to
power, aod have faded always, because it was
distrusted by the people it is a gratifying circuru
stance that the yeomanry of the country have, in
the faithful and venerable public servant at the
head of the Government, a rallying point around
whom they can comeenthusiasticaify to the rescue
of liberty and Union ; a Chief Magistrate whose
long life has been marked by so many acts of pure,
elevated, and heroic devotion to Iris country's
glory an. I happiness and the close of whose illus
trious career is to be signalized by the irretrievable
defeat of all enemies oi our institutions, open and
concealed, and the establishment of the true prin
ciples of the constitution on a sure and imperish
able foundation.
Fellow-citizens, I need not remind you that this
destructive heresy, however speciously it has ap
proached you, under the guises of "State rights"
and" State sovereignty," has nevertheless found
very little countenance in our good Old North
State nor that your last General Assembly, with
an unanimity that surpasses all praise, and the
people, in popular meetings in almost every coun
ty in the Stale, have put the merited seal of repro
bation on it as revolutionary in its character, and
destructive of the Union. Fortunate it is for North
Carolina that she has so decided because its very
breath is poison, and its touch is death to the last
hopes of freedom and self-government on earth.
Stripped i f all sophistry, it is just the rtgW, and
no more, of a madman, in the midst of a populous
city, to fire his own dwelling ! The common se
curity would forbid the exercise of such a right,
nor can the other States permit the peace of tbe
country their Union institutions and govern
mentyea, liberty itself, to be given to the winds
by the exercise of the rights claimed by the domi
nant party in South Carolina. Our patriot Chief
Magistrate had sworn to support ihe constitution
and execute the law?, and resolved to exhaust en
treaty and expostulation with .the revolu: ionists of
that State : these proving to be unavailing, be
submitted the whole subject to Congress, and
thereupon a bill wis reported tt the Senate by
some gi the ablest men in this Government : it
was intended "further to provide f r the col lee,
tion of duties on imports." My health, together
with tbe lateness of the period when this impor
tant measure was acted ou, have not permitted me
to participate in its discussion, else I would else
where have shown its necessity, and vindicated the
President from the unmerited -attacks of bis ene-
mies, for the coarse he has pursued on this occa
sion : as it is, I must content myself with a hasty
notice of it here.
To snatch the Sta:e from ruin, this much abused
bjll, was framed and, supported aod. mews with
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Number 4,
the executive sanction.- If is intended to stop the
desolating career of the NulliTBers, by a peaceable
process, unless they themselves make it otherwise.
The powers granted to President Jackson by this
bill, are neither new, nor even so unlimited as
those which were conferred on sqrrie of his preile
cessorain times ol peril to the Union, now happily
gone by. Extraordinary powers; and even- greater
than the present, were long since granted to the
f resident to enable him to execute the muargo
and non-intercourse laws, antecedent to the 'last
war. with Great Britain. Mr. Giles, the leader of
the republican parly in Congress under Mr, Jef
ferson's administration, when that apostle of Inde
pendence and Liberty applied for military powers
to enforce those laws, emphatically said : "I be
lieve this government does possess power sufficient
to enforce the embargo laws. The real character
of our government seems to be entirely misunder
stood by foreigners, and not fully appreciated by
some of our own citizens. It has all the strength
of execution with the most despotic governments
upon earth. It is aided, too, by the knowledge of
every citizea; that when ftsv wilt i pronounced,
it is the fair expression of the will of ihe majority..
The checks of this government are exclusively
upon its deliberations, not upon its powers of exe
cution. So far from it, that the constitution has
expressly provided, that the government should be
provided with all means necessary and proper lor
executing its specified powers. There is no limi
tation whatever, upon the means tor executing the
general will, when fairly and deliberately pro
nounced. Nothing could be more absurd than to
suppose, that after so many checks had been im
posed upon deliberation in pronouncing the public
will, alter that will was thus pronounced, that any
means whatever for its execution should be with
held. Sir, the fundamental principle of our gov
ernment is, that the majority shall govern.
FURTHER INTELLIGENCE FROM HA
VANA. bt the steamer Isabel.
Further Particulars of the Cuban Revolt
The Battle of Neuvitas Contradictory
Statements Prisoners Taken by the Pa
triots 300 Killed, be.
Charleston, July 25. The steamer Isabel has
arrived at her wharf from Havana. Tho Cuban
accounts are very contradictory, and it is difficult
to get an authentic account oi affairs there.
Letters received from reliable acurces state posi
tively that many towns were in arms, and that the
Patriots already had some.5,000 men in the field.
The Queen's troops had suffered severe losses, and
the insurgents were about proclaiming a provin
cial government.
On the other hand, the statement is made that
the Captain General had received, on the22J inst.,
ky express, a message from Principe, dated on the
l6tli, which announces that the rebels under Don
Joaquin Aquero had been defeated, with trie loss
of five men killed Horses, various munitions of
war, &c , had been captured. Aquero himself is
reported to have been taken prisoner. Manv in
surgents had surrendered, and others were willing
to da so upon assurance ot pardon. Havana and
the rest of the island were as quiet as usual. The
other reports are said to have been circulated
merely to create anexcitment in America.
1 here were but tew Spanish men of war at
Havana, most of them having sailed for Principe
with troops. Ihe t reach steamer Mogado h ad
been ordered home, and the steamer Model will
lake her place. -
Two Spanish spies, it is reported, have arrived
in the Isabel to watch the American friends of
Cuban independence. OBe of them is named Jose,
M. Blanco de la Tufa.
Tho cholera and yellow fever were prevailing
to some extent iin Cuba.
The fallowing is an extract of a letter received
at Charleston, dated :
I Havana, July 223 P.M.
The patriots attacked Col. Conte, who was raft
ing his troops across a river near Puerto Principe,
and killed three hundred, and took the Colonel and
other officers prisoners The Gacela announces
another outbreak in the Vuelie Arrtbu. Several
companies have gone over.
ANOTHER DISPATCH
Charleston, July 25, 1851. There has been
sent by ihe Isabel a paper printed a few minutes
before her leaving, staling that id? patriots had
been defeated in one of their positions. This is
false.
The patriots defeated the Spanish troops in an
engagement, on the 15th July. They fought brave
ly for twelve hours, with but few firearms, ma
king many prisoners, among them the Colonel of
the Filth Heoiment, The patriots had many woun
ded and five killed.
Their cry was Lopez, duitman and Liberty!
FOR THE REGISTER.
PHILANTHROPIC HALL.
July 26, 1851.
Whereas, we have learned, with feelings of
deep sorrow, the untimely death of our la e and
much esteemed fel ow member, Isaac B. San
ders, of Onslow County; and whereas, the sad
duty devolves upon Us, the members-of the Phil
anthrophic Society, to make a final expression ol
regard for the deceased; Therefore bo it
Jiesoli;ed, 1st. That while we humbly and re
verently subiu t to the inscrutable ways ol Provi
dence, we truly lament that one so yotfng aud
promising has been removed trow the living.
Resolved, 2nd. That we deeply sy mpathise with
the friends and relatives in the affliction which
they have sustained ; for it is the loss of one, the
qualities of whose heart and head well entitled
him to esteem and affection.
RcsolwdZtd. That in token of these sentiments
of regard, we Wear the usual badge of mourning
for thirty days.
Resolved, 4th. That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to the parents of the deceased; also to
the New hernia n, the Raleigh Regis er, and Stan
dard, with a request for publication.
w. d. Barnes,
THOS. H. GILLIAM,
S- C. ROBERTS,
Committee.
On the 11th ult, Alice Rebecca, infant daugbtir
of Peyton A. and Susan Atkinson, of Pitt County,
aged 1 0 months and 9 days.
( No bitter tears for thee be shed.
Blossom of being ! seen and gone 1
With flowers alone we strew thy bed.
O, blest departed on !
Whose all of life, a rosy ray,
Blushed into dawn, and passed away.
Tes ! thou art fled, ere guilt had power,
To stain tby cherub noul and form;
Closed is the soft ephemeral flower,
That never felt a storm 1
The sunbeam's snu'Uvtbe tepbyr'a breath,
All that it knew from birth to death.'
, . i Com.
At Natchez, Mississippi on the 4tb ult , Miss
Mary, eldest daughter of the Right Rev. Wm.
M. Green, Bishop of M ississi ppi ; who, in the short
pace of four years, has been called to mourn o
ver the death of Mis three oldest children, alter
thev had arrived at motnritv.
Io Rockford, Sorry county, on the 24th of
Jane last, Mr. Mam W- Wauo. cousort of
col. tu so. wangle ovju&g?tv tjxl. second
IINFOR &C my frtend and crastomert) la gn '
r!, that t have received1 d? a now rsoeiviag;
a large Stock ia mf line oT baaua- omsittltty fey -part
ef the following artiejeii r.. f J. , t
1 Hhd. fine P. R. Sugary, i - r--2-bbhf
' do Clarified- do- v 1
' do- do Crushed do - ' 'S,:. .
' 3 do .' do- Pulverized do- .
1 .box or fiueat Loaf dh E ; , ;
J,. Lngtrtra, and Rio-Coffee; .
33 boxes SfKrmAdamantine and Tallow" CVW
300 lbs. Dried 13 etTbe qoq? V i
3 d.. Beef tongues; . . .
.73 lbs Bulogua tiansage; - Ci ,
3 boxes Piue apple Ckeeoo, ' - .
3 tierces- Mola.-see-Sug.ir HfiUse and" . Sagar.
House Syrup, ' - ! - 1
4 boxes assorted bar Soa pa, and Panoy Soapt ot '
all kinds,- ' ' ; i -j.
Bice. Spice, Glager, Ailspica, V - ,i;s
A large case assorted Tin wre, t
4 down Spades aud Shovels,
Senses shoes Ljjje,? Shoes, r. -A
1 doten fine Traaks, Valise awf Carpet Ssf
3 dozen VioliftB-from 88 cent to'S3V
2 do sorted, Banjos, Taraboariawt
8 do Guitars from IO to 30.
10,000 Imported Sugars;
Itegrtilia, Haianrt nni PrfitAfpet-
CONFECTIONARY,
200 lbs Paper Shell Almond,
150 lbs Paha ixOMr
100 lb Piiberrs; t
100 lbs English WalnataV '
3 dos boxes Sardines, .-.
- Raisioe, Fg. Curraats, CTtrov:
- .Iriken jaj. FekU eaeoHed, ---"-
Pronerves of all kinds,
CerctUl, Wiaes, Ac, &c
1 ogether wltl a large number cf srtic.e to t
dions to mention.
Aagnst list, 195 1.. 1 8
NEW GOODS.
CHEAPER THAN EVER!
STrru Sc CO:, have just received ta
lowing article, which were purchased ft Mr
cent, below Spring price, to wit , , . .
Checked Muslin Bud Eye Dm per,
L.inen Lustres, i.inen Bnreges, Table Linen Iap
kins, Li iien Towels and Towcjiog. , .
Damuslr Tubte Linen,
Jtirkonet Muslin, Cambrics- 5 4, (M, 10-4, , -
ootton aneeung-, English aud America priotSr-
L idieV and Mens Hosiery ,
w orted nnuer-sieeves. Uottstf M usUne, Tarleton fyr
Inserting and Edging, 1
Bed Ticking, Bieacbeil and Unbleached Shifting
Linen Cambric H'd'k'fs,
Leghorn Bonuets, .
Swiss Muslins, &.C., (5.
6 Barrels Crashed Sugar aod- a sapply ofLsgain,
Rio and Old Java Coffee. '
They expect daily a large addition (0 their t04B!
of READY-MADE CLOTHING.
They have also on consignment, fro New York
two handsome, high-post
MAUQGAM BEDSTEADS.
Augu8t2ud-, lBSf.
Notice
By virtue of a decree of the Court of Rqfufry, for
Northampton couniy, remleredHpring'lrin,
1 51. in the case of THOMAS D ARKOW atkf
WIFE, and others,, ex-pnrle, it trr.j of .land of
which JOHN DA WSON,. lata of Tennessee , died
seized, will be oilored at public sale,, on- th prcau
ses. on , -
SATURDAY, AUG. 231
The said trad is situated in the county of Ksrtbw
ampton, contains about nine hundred1 scrus; and ad
joins the lands of Edmund Jacob, Tbos, P. Deter
eux, and others, h- xunvin' rash sufficient to pay
costs will be reserved
The purchaser will be required to give bonds, with
approved security, bearing interest from llie day C
xale and payable in one and two years for th re
mainder of the purchase money.
mQ. KAfNDOtPW, tt tt.E.
August 2d, rSS-U .' ' Uti
SCilAKFFEK & L0NEY,
NO. 3 HANOVER STREET NEAR
BALTIMORE STREElr
Offer for sale as lw as can be purchased ievanyr
of the Northern Atlantic Cities, a large
assortment of
Hardware, Cutlery and Guns,
of their own importation.
N. B Particular nttention paid to the sal of'
Goths. Cutlery, Farmer's and iTIectm
nics' Tools and UtiUdiug Jlaterlala
Baltimore, August 2nd, IfSilt 3m 03
F. MORRIS &C0;
(Successors of D. Paine & '
Managers $i Lotteries
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
WHOLE OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOULASS..
WHOLE tickets 8, '24 55, the Grand CapUaX
of $5'.),o;iO was returned to this agency by
R. CHALK, Vender, for the want of prahasr,
being the largest prixe seat to this city within th
last fifteen years. Th ticket was of course is Mtv
ris , Co's. Lottrries; the whole of $3C ,000, 30,
000. 26 000 aud 25,000 , wj-re also in theirs, la fact,.
all large" prizes within the last five years' Wrldi
ia Lotteru-s imdvr his popular management. For'
large prizes, address orders to-
F. MORRIS CO Manager 1
OrtoC W. FURCELL, RioUoioad, Va..
Splendid lotteries for Aafliit.
$44,000, 22,000,. 1J,Q00! I '
Grand Cnuohdated Lottery ,Clasa 20, to be daw'
ot Baltimore, ou Saturday, August 9Ui, 78 No4J
drawu. .
Sixteen drawn ballot but of each packag of'217
Tickets. '
CAPITALS, 1 of 41,000 I of 7;oi-
l of 22,000 I 1 of . 3,M9
1 of 11,000 1 ' of , . ,,1,00-
Tickets $15, lialvfS IfiO, qroartjs,i75.;. 4
$38,000, 18.C0O, 800.
Susquehauna Chfes 3d to be drawn at Bs!Umrn
ou Wednesday, August 13. 7XVf UdraVl.
CiDTiU, :
1 of 3S.000 i l ot -, - A 0
I of 18,000 10 of IU
1 of 8,000 I 182 f , 3f.
Tickets $10, halves a quarters 2,50.
BRILLIANT SCHEME FOR AUGUST UTHX
Qfr 52,4 18, 5tt of 5,000 !
SusquehttDua Lottery, Class : tt, to b orawaV aH
Baltimore, Saturday, August loth, 95 1Nom If
drawu.
Grand Capitals. 1 ii
1 priae of 859,418 ) SO prise $4 80
IU of 300 (&. Slc eU- ,
Tickets 15, halves 7,50, quarters 3.7a- f
$35,000, ,1700. 7J5QQT
Susquehanna Lottery, Class 36, te b drW
Baltimore,. on Wednesday August 20. 7Nv M
drawn. . :
cmuu; ij
lprizs of 35)00 1 1 prii of . tfefiT
do
17 500 20 do . 7M
J do 700 1 20 do , ; " ,
4U0
iick ts iu, halves o, quarters z so,
07 Orders for Ticket in any ef Hi Maryland"
Lotteries wi.'l meet the most prompt and ooufidatikl
attention, it addressed to . . .. rij,.! . -t
F, MOR RIS 4 CO., Managers.''.
Or to C. W. PURCEIX. "
, Rich wood,. V
Notice. --.'-.'.,
fTTN pursuance of a deed io trust, exeentf t at
sjI for tb purpose f securing, adt-bt, ainotkiUa
now so about tweWe thousand litre bandved iWUala.
I shall pcececd to sell at WldoA, If. C r tb - 4ih
day of August 1851, the bt iJg, aafled- f "
lately part' ef the fortsmttuOrfiL ftei
neke Rail lload. Th t snif4Stefc1t
titl as is vested in in will b giva tba itureaaser
, aoneHth,
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