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iTST V ? - f i From the N., Y- Express. THE COMING OF KQbbU in. I Th PreVident-Governor of Hungry, be 'Ktedby an overwhelming ; number of Sies the dishful .V l4 hit first General, ueoruejr . ... j hi. rmmtrv from the tyranny oi I"":, ' fle to "Turkey, and found an llflammong Mahomedans from the perse i TJS.. of Christian.. Nottnthstandmg he : i iotnzuea and threat oi Austria, the Sultan ! rfcfoWted the nobl Marrty of Freedom, and in due Ume facilitated n acpriu.7s,.... Jachofhis fearful adersane. who., while i, foot was oa the toil orEurope, or eren o near it as a retired spot w Asia Elinor. could not enjoy their natural rest. They knew who it was they were dealing with, and -ood leasoa had they. They knew that ' though Kossuth was not in Hungary, his ipirifwas; that "never in any country did nrtibampi6n of freedom display greater talents, greater consistency, greater courage and perseverance;" that never .d d thai com bination of qualities work greater wonders; and lhat "never, in sinking under the most perfect league that was ever formed of tyran ny, idid man leave such elements of resis tance behind him, ready to iseup for the old xause at the . first conjuncture." The Austrian Government has found a trouble--ome country, in Hungary, to govern. Though under the Toot of the oppressor, the . serpent turns ; and threaten thouah in sil-lnce- Like our gloriduiPWtle'tolomes, in .the times thattried'mena souls," the once itiap, uow province, of Hungary refuses to vaf tribute to its conqueror, who finds in his - voootest but a barren acc srion to his ternto- ry. iThe populauon, iiKftour nouio uv tors, forego the usa of imported articles, not only of luxury, but of absolute necessi-y Tbee are the people out of whose midst can -!oae spring George Washmgtons and John Hancocks, Patrick Henrys and James Otises, Kostauskos and Kossu'hs. What wondei then that Vienna should pale at the escape ' to the land of the free, of him whom, though far inferior to ibem in force, could only be t subdued by the grossest treacheiy, bribery nd intrigue. . But Louis Kossuth is on the wide free o cean with the stars and stripes floating over 'hit head. A captive no longer, bis libery, new and forever, is contingent on the fears or policy of no despotic power. He is free to tread the soil he has so ardently longed to plant his foot uponf tWt sacred soil of liber ty and- constitutional government. It is one of the elements of that policy which lay mt the: foundation of our national prosperitv and greatness, that we interfere not witu that of other nations. But now that the no ble Hungarian patriot i& free, and is nearing '''our shores, an exile from his Qjfjn country, to ' be the honored guest, the welcome citizen g Of ours, we can freely and consistently in vdulge in the enthusiastic expression of our jrapatby and our joy. k: With him comes his heroic wife, who af r bs exile commenced in Turkey, wilhin- credible sacrifices and devoted disregard to thousand dangers, traversed hostile terri- tories, submitted to deprivations, underwent tuSerings of every kind, aud joined him at ' hiirelreat, by the foot of Mount Olympus, jilt was under the protection of a passport t from the British Consul General, at Belgrade that- as British subjects, under assumed names, she and her companions were ena ; bled to accomplish this great adventure, and wbenf .on ihiB twenty' eighth day , -a 'courier was sent in advcecbenutd apprise Kos- uth of their approach to Shumla,-(he was "ill and on account of the many plans ' of the Austrian .o assassinate him, the Sul- !an's authorities would notal owhim to leave Jhumla, and go to meet his wife,) the news f her deliverance and her approach occa sioned the livelie st satisfaction to al th re- - .'. " U1 ......na ; fugees ; and ibe Hungarians and Poles went as far as the gates of the city to meet this pe roic martyr of the cause of Hungary. It was ' night when the cairiage neared the city ; as it entered the ga'es she found the streets lighted up with hundreds of light, green, white and red, the colors of the Hungarian flag, and was welcomed with the most friend ly shouts lrom the whole body of the refu gees. And the account from which we have quoted goes on to say : " When Madame Koseulh descended from her carriage, she lound herself in the presence of her husband, who had risen from his bed of illness to receive the poor " Maria F n," of the plains or Hungary. In pUce of receiving her in his arms, M Kossuth, overcome by feelings of admi ration lor the sunenngs which his wile had un dergone, and by gratitude for her devotion to her country, threw himself at her feet and kissed -a "t t - rv a - them, sne endeavored lo speas anu oner hm i. consolation, while her own poor feehta heart was ready to burst with emotion. Her Voice failed her, and amid the reiterated shouts of the Hunga nana and Poles, ibis heroic woman was catred to her husband's apartment. In our rejoicings, then fore, at the libera' ' lion and the coming hither of the great pat not, let us not forget the berotc adventures of his noble wife, and let the same interest which the British Consul at Belgrade, and the united population of Shumla displayed in ber success, the same respect tor her vir tues, the same joy at happiness,-be manifes ted by the lathers.'and sons, the blotters and Husbands, ot Amencan women. We see with pleasure that the President of ibe United Mates has given orders for signal izing the approach ol the illustrious party to our shores. The garrisons and vessels of war are to fire national salutes as the Mississippi enters our harbor. The General of the New York Division has ordered a general parade on the Battery for the reception of the city's and the nation's guest, and the Common Council have made the necessary arrange- nents in every way within their power to enhance, the splendor of his reception. The day of the arrival cannot with any degree of poiiltveness be stated, but the great event anay happen at any moment. We would suggest thnt there are many good reasons for changing the point of de barkation. The Battery is too small for the display of the military portion of the ceremon ies. The troops themselves will be sufficien tly numerous to fill up the area, and the ne cessity in forming the line in a circular shpe wil preclude the , people, whose reception this is to be, from a participation in this prt pf the ovation. Then tbere is the crowded state oi tower Broadway, in our view an insuperable argument against the prosposed arrangement. Lei the vessel that bears Kos suth, starting from the quarantine ground, steam gallantly up the Bay, and, passing the Battery, pass up the river amidst the cheers nd . salutes of our citizens, and land her " jjjjiririous freight at the foot of Fourteenth at. There let the lina be formed, in full view of the assembled thousands of our peo ple, and there let our city welcome to its hos pitalities the noble hero, the illustrious exile f Honfary, isovi Konn! PRECISELY AS WE EXPECTED It is a most melancholy reflection, for. an honest mind, that party spirit no.v exercises in this countiy aa influence so pernicious as to lead men to denounce their opponents, in frequent cases, for acts which are in strict conformity with political integrity and with the principles of good government, and which.if they were not the acts of opponent would be unhesita inaly and warmly ap proved by the same men. We believe firm ly that it is as impossible for any opmiqn or measure of MrFillmore to esoape the bit ter assaults of the Democratic Press, as it is for the earth to escape from the shadows of night when the sun goea down. We believe that H be was in favor of the cardinal doc trines of the democratic school, he would be hissed and lamoooned by that party, not be cause of any insincerity or hypocrisy ot which they might reasonably auspect him, but from their i wm-ri determination Q pursue to its finale the prozramme o proceedings already ariangec, naviog- iur y. ei wjcu. mwv of themselves to power upon the ruins of an Admrnistralion which owes it existence the Whigs. When the unfortunate aflair of the Havana massacre -of American prisoners occured, Owen, out consul, because he did not exert himself in'their behalf, was loudly And very properly" abused by the leading democratic newspapers, and bis conduct was stigmatized as disgraceful to himself nd to his country. We recollect that a meeting was held on board one of the Chagres Steam ers, which happened jo touch at Havana about the time of the massacre, in which" meeting General Lane, one 6X the passengers, and a zealotis democrat, drew up a resolution in language'jof Jinsparing iiarshness towards the Consul, and if-we are not greatly mistaken his r call was insisted upon in the resolution. Now, mark the fairness and consistency of the democrats. After an investigation of the conduct of Owen by the Administration, it has been thought advisable to remove him from office, and bo sooner is the fact public ly announced, than the President is condemn ed by the very party which was clamorous for his removal. The iast Washington Union hs inserted in its columns an article from a democratic paper published somewhere in New York, which directly censures Mr. Fill more for recalling Owen. The Union makes no comment, but it is perfectly evident that it approves of the stricores of his New York fellow-edt'or and by republishing them in the way it does, its design is obviously to give as wide a circulation of them as posiblei -Now in the name ot conscience, we ask is it right is it just is it fair, tha Mr Fillmore should be thus treated ? Has he no c airns whatever o democratic courtesy and forbear ance ? Has he not done the country a large the people, both Whigs and Democrats some service to entitle htm to their thanks and confidence ? But let party spirit contin ue its intolerant and unhallowed attacks up on him. He can withstand them all. He need have no fear about the future for his name and Administration wilt be blazoned in his country's history in characters of un fading light, when the names tnd memories of his enemies will be buried in an oblivion so profound, that it will not, in those days, be in the mind of a living man that such per sons ever existed. Pet. Int. THE NEXT PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDEN l We are gratified to see that the papers in various sections' of the country express a de cided preference for Mr. Fillmore as the Whig candidate for Presidem at the next e lection ; and we are not less gratified to see the same of our distinguished fellow citizen, Gov Graham, spoken ofiu connection ''with the Vice Presidency.. We - bav- copied in o day's paper an article from the Warrenton (Va,) Free Press, and also one from the Sel ma (Ala ) Reporter, in which the names of Fillmore and Graham are presented'as favor ite candidates, and their claims re urgad wi h the lorce of a se t ed conviction that hese tried statesmen would form the best se lection that could be made to suit all sec tions of the country. Though we have a decided preference for the individuals designated, yet we still hold to the-o'.d motto ''the Union of the Whig for the sake of the Union:" and if the state of affairs shall indicate ihe necessity of National t.onvention, and that convention shall elect other, prominent citizens for these high trusts, we shall not hesitate to bow with becoming deference to the wishes of the majority, and shall give to the nomi nees a hearty support, unlets it shall appear that the)' are unsound on the great question upon which, as we believe, the peace of the country, if not the very existence of our U nion, depends we mean a s rict adherence to the compromise as a "final settlement" of the slavery question. We have no fear, however, on this score. The truly natio al position of our present Executive, and the evidently increasing favor with which that position is sustained by the Whig part in all sections of the country, give the best assurance that; in a Whig National Conven tion, no candidate would be selected whom it would be unsafe to trust on this question. We may add, that all the Whig papers in this State, without, we believe, a single ex ception, go heartily for Fillmore and Graham; and judging from what we have heard among the people, they but express the universal sentiment of the Whig party of the State. Hillsborough Recorder. THE PRESIDENCY. The Whig papers of the South, with sin gular unanimity, are beginning to speak out in favor of Mr. Fillmore as the candidate of the Union or Whig party, which are syno nomous terms for the next Presidency. We took occassion sometime since, to ex press our preference for the present execu tive, and we are more convinced every day, that he i; the man for the South in the pres ent crisis. The nationality of his adminis tration the prudence, justice and firmness he has displayed in the performance of his official duties, have endeared him to the American people, who know how to reward a faithful public seivant. And let politicians say what they will, President Fillmore is popular at least in the South. He ia the only Whig candidate the opposition fear and well may they fear one who has guard ed, with such fidelity, the trusts reposed in him. He is our first and only choice. As to the Vice Presidency, we know of no one to whom we could more cheerfully give our support, than Win. A. Graham. He is a native son of ibe Old North State an excellent Statesman a polished gentle man and a finished scholar. But we presume that matter will have to be settled by a National Convention. Fillmore and Graham would be a glorious ticket ! It might be liable to the objection urged against Clay and Frelingbuysen the want ot poetry in us composition. But if there is a lack of rhyme in it, there is an a bundanc of reason. CoTicnrd Mercury. Some of the Northern people are ac customed to hear so much about Disunion at the South that they seem to forget, there U quite as much cause for reproach on that score amongst themselves, as there is in any other portion of the country. No Northern State, to be a.ute, has threatened to secede ; but a great many Northern jieop'.e are en gaged itv resisting the execution of the laws, or in counselling resistance, and that Pr(tct' cally amounts to the same thing ; for if the laws are not lo be executed in a Sta e, that State is virtually out of the Union. Nowlet Us say that as bad as we. think Southern Dis unionism is, we think Northern Nullification and Rebellion a great deal worse. Let the traitors of the North w.Ho are puttiug in parv. il.the dearest rights and" interests ot every American citizen, learn that they are not to be concealed or overlooked, in consequence of the excitement and danger at the South. The Northern Disunionists must be met and resisted at the North, or there can be no safcy or peace tor the Union. The South can always protect itself; but the North must see and fel the necessity of protecting itself i' for as -an re as there is a Sun that gives us light, the heaviest and direst calamities would fall upon that section, if he p.aunion ists there should succeed in their j unhallow. ed attempts, and sever the bonds which hold these states together. Alexandria Gazette. THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. In another column' will be found the ac tiori ofUoverftorREtD With regard ,to the Geological urvieyWiiui Se. The busi ness to be perform d w&s mosi important to her interejiaand j? jaunts, it should bave been entrusted to r ah ' entirely competent hand. We have every reason to conclude that the appointee, Mr. Lmmoms, is wen qualified for the various duties of the respon sible office he has receivea, ana u is uoi our intention or desire to intimate a doubt to the contrary. He will doubtless discharge the service to the State's and his own advantage But what we dislike about the business is the fact that we are to be indebted to an outsi der lor a survey of our own Statej that North Carolina through ner bioad domain cou a not produce one man who had sense enough and leisure enough lo perform the woik. Is not this a hutnitating confession, and are we to be forever dependant upou other States for the development of our resources, and the performance of e very odd job in the gift of our people. Must we send abroad constant ly for teachers lor our schools, engineers ior our railroads, operatives to work our mines, mechanics to build our nouses, scientinic men to survey our rich possessions? We suppose Gov. Reid acted for the general welfare bt the State, and made a judicious selection; he was bound to do so. We observe in the Standard s arlicJe.that the de lay in the appointment was caused by the Governor's anxious desire to confer it upon some citizen of the State, but the services ot a suitable person could not be obtained. May we inquire lo wnom was me appoint ment tendered ? loone or more, and their names ? It may be that loo much was ta ken for granted, and that full search was not made. Perhaps a competent p rson might have been found. We observed in the Standard recently, a notice with regard to the Lincoln Block of maiblr, in which the Edi tor slated that the Governor would have sen' on the block to the Washington Monument long since, but delayed doing so in the nope that he would be able to find some Noith Carolina ariiit who wou d cut the State's arms and inscription upon it, but that he could find no competent person for this task, and the' bl ck was accordingly sent on to Washington to be prepared tbere. Well, alt this while, there was a citizen in Wilming ton, true not a native of the State, but he had made it his home, who was skillful e noogh c perform the service required, who had bad large experience in the maible yards of Philadelphia, and was expert at his trade, and he would doubtless bave been p eased to execute the work At all events he was capab e as the specimens of bit labor show, and he is now engaged in the prepara tion of a block with aria ic designs for the Thalian association of this place, and destin ed for the Mme '.oca ity. We only meution this by way ot illustration, and not in a spir it of captio isnes or fault-finding. If the im portant post alluded to above was tendered to North Carolinians, we should be pleased io know who they were. Wit Herald. A writer in the National Intelligencer sng gests that if another Arct c search be under taken for Sir John Franklin, that balloons be taken out to be let up from the, essels by a cord, tor the purposes ot obser aMon lor long distances around. The fact that the Ameri can and English expeditions lay within fif teen mi es of e.ich other during the whole winter, without either knowing it, in the late search, demonstrates the necessity of this. They may have been equally as near U Sir John's parly, and remained in entire ignor ance of it. MOTHER. The maternal affection is beyond all comprehen sion, and it would almost seem as u God in In8 mercy hud endowed women with a spirit bat inferior to that possessed by angels, and too pure for earth. The case of Mr. Douglas so beautiful ly illustrates and exemplifies this fact, that it has made a deep impression on the minds of hundreds. From the day her son was sent home in chains, until ihe earth hid from her Fight his cold remains, sha was cons'.anily by hi side, when allowed by those hav.ng charge of him. From the mansion of the President to gloomy cell, by night and by day, though the rain and the sunshine, she never ceased her efforts in the cuiv-e of her son; and when her lat hope had faded of obtaining execu live clemency, she appealed to subordinates for mercy. No tongue can describe her agonizing importunities no language her sufferings When all was dark and utill.and while ihe keepers shunned the supposed murderer's cell, she could be heard on her knees by the side of his cot, im ploring the mercy of the Redeemer on her con demned son. And, at last, when his sun was st and the eternal night of despair look possession ol her mind, the afflicted mother approached the coffin, and the instant the lid was removed, she fell on the body or her bay, exclaiming, in ineffable grief, 'Oh, my son, my poor boy! your trials are all over on this earth; your last trial has proved a fatal one in this world She knelt over the body, and kissed him again and again, at the same time cutting offportious of his hair as a keepsake of h er unfortunate son. Ind. Prtst. Hopkins, of Stokes, accused of the murder of hi son, was tried last Wednesday, at Danbury The prosecution whs conducted by" Solicitor Poinl dexter alone, with hig usual ingenuity and abilitr the defence by Messrs. Gilmer and McLean The speeches in defence are spoken of as exhibi ting very marked ability. The jurv returned a verdict of nU guilty. Grtentbortf Patriot. The newspapers have been flarninw with de scriptions ol the Northern Lighis which illuminat ed the heavens on ihe night of the 29th nit., and general delight was manifested at the phenomenon, except in South Carolina, where the people are so much agm the North, that, the papers state, the fire companies of Charleston Eot out their engine to put the Lights out ! Grttishoro1 Ptlriot. HILEKIH RB6ISTBR. 3 Oura are the plana of fair deUghtful peace, (Jnwarp'd by party rage to lire like brothers) RALEIGH, N , C. Wednesday! Oct. 22, 1851. THE NEWS OF THE DAY. A Voicb Fao HKxar Clat : Tho New York papers contain a long and powerful letter from M r. Clay to the Whigs of New York, in reply to an invi tation to a public dinner and a request to address tbem upon the present state of the country. like eTery tiling else tht has emanated from its illustri ous author, this letter is full of good, sound, patriotic advice, and replete with eloquence of sentiment and of language. " The claimed right of a 8tate to break up this Government, in peac Mr. Clay examiues with bis usual ability. If he has not actually added anything new to the subject, ha has set forth, with great per spicuity, the absurUittfes of tlw creed. The Right of Revolution, and the right of peaceable secession, he shows to be very diffefout things ia practice. A tier the storm i in Congress and in the country raised by the Territorial Slavery Questions, an im mediate lull was not to be expected, says Mr. Clay, but we ought to be thaukful to Providence, he adds that so much calmness, tranquility, and satisfaction do prevail He notta (he local exceptions, and adds that if resist&uce to the Government is tbere attempt ed, the dignity and authority of the laws must tbere be maintained. The duty of executing the laws and suppressing insurrection is without limitation or qual ification, and it means. he signifies, itate as well as lo cal insurrections. In conclusion. Mr. Cl iy draws a glowing picture of the growth and gran iour of the Republic, and re volt against the Government of it he compares to the revolt described in Milton's great Epic poem. We trust that this letter will be especially re d and re-read in the Abolition Districts of the 'Nortk and the Secession Districts of the South. It is thee two parties which h ive combined for the destruction of ibis Government, mat most especially need the study of such a letter from Henry Clay. We shall publish it entire iu our next BioLta's majority in Pennsylvania will not be to large as at first estimated, but Will probably reach 8,000 vote. We bare already ex r jssed our sat ktactioa at the defeat of . Johsctoj Dot, however taat we see any particular cause tor congratulation in the election of bis rfeoeat. Tim result cao in no proper sense be regarded ailade&at eltbe Whig par ty, much less 'as any censure or disapproval of the present Administration. Gov. Johnston, on accept ing his reno mi nation tor Governor, chose to make a speech against one of the Compromise Bills, and to array himself against that sertos of measures as a fi nal settlement of agitation He then and tbere sep arated himself entirely from the policy of the Presi dent. Again, Gov. Johnson chose to violate great acd leading Whig principle re-pecting the veto power. Tho Mate LeguUuure repealed the State Law, which forbid the use of tbu State gaols to the Federal Gov ernment, when ia tbeecutioo of Federal laws. Gov. Johnston instead of signing ihe repeal, as V higs are pledged by their principles to do, when no constitutional priucip'e is involved, pocketed, Gen. Jackson fashi n, the Repeal Bill, and keeps the Re peal Bill iu his pocket yet. The consequence of these things was that be gain, ed about 2 7uU A bout ion votes, as the figures nil) show, and lost 20,000 Whig votes, ia the gin. The defeat of Johnton, therefore, may properly be recor del as a virtual approval of Presiucut Fillmore and iu Administration ! In Osmvtbe l oalitionists. as our readers already know, have carried the dsy by a large majority. Gov. W oon, who was the Candidate of the combined forces of the Lncofocos anc Abolitionists, took strong ground in hu last annual message against the lugiuve slave law aad against s avry gwuerally. lie has al ways, indeed, Ucn an AbchtionUt of the deepest dye an 1 yet he was the choice of the National Democra cy ol Ohio aud his election will doubtless be hailed as an eveut to bu rejoiced over, by their allies in the boutl). We shall see. Tuc bxsclt m South Carolina has astonished ev ery one. The election, in that State, it is true, did not cover the whole ground as to secession. Both parties believe in the right of a State to secede at pleasure. But though the recent verdict there may not be considered as a positive relinquishment of the visionary '-right" of Seccu ion that issue not having been nude, it is a death-blow to its threatened ex erase by the State, aud an extinguisher to the imme diate deeigns of Ruktt a Co. It is more, in our esti mation; for it indicates an awakened and awakening love of the Union a feeling which has been long slumbering in South Carolina, under the influence of the poisonous narcotics administered by such traitors as we have mentioned. We rejoice, therefore, over the result, and congratulate the people of South Car olina. that they have at hut spurned the insolent man dates of the madmen who have so long deluded and oppressed them. We hope the day is not far distant when South Caroliaa will yield to no other State iu affection for a Union, under which we have prosper ed and are destined stilt more to prosper, and that she will ere long expel from her borders, by the force of public indiguation, the disaffected spirits who hare whispered treason in her ear. What is to become of the South Carolina sympa thisers in this State and elsewhere 1 Echo answers, "what?" Had they not all better em:grate, under the lead of Rnrrr and Qvmujt, colonize some region in Utopia and frame a form of Government, con taining within itself all the glories and beauties of Secession ! By the-way, is "Secession still a cardinal principle of Democratic faith V We pause, ic. A Letts from President Fillborjc to the At torney General at Syracuse N. Y., instructing him to prosecute the slave rioters, to the fud extent of tho law, it is said, will shortly be published, and is of a character to create a profound sensatiou. Thk CoNaarssiojtAL Euccnosa take place in Vir ginia oa Thursday next I he elections for State of ficers do not take place, however, until soma time in December. The campaign both for State Officers and for members of Congress is be ng warmly pro secuted on both sides. W e hope to hear a loud shout for the Uniost from the "Old Dominion.1' C?" It is announced that Charles C. Langdoo, Esq. of Mobile, has beea appointed U. S. Consul, at Ha vana, vice Owen removed. Mr. Langdoo is a Union Whig, and a gentleman much esteemed in Mobile. He is the editor of tho Mobile Daily Advrrtwr, OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH HE IS CON- ' VICTED 1 . We bavi charged that the "Standard has been fur the last two years Eire our ao mo a sriarr or DiSDHioiv. Some of the proofs we have already adduced. In his issue of the 15th inst, the Edi tor of that print, in. replying to a similar charge preferred by the "Hillaboro Recorder," aay a: "We appeal to the record our files are open to the Editors." Yes indeed, his files are "open" and before vi, and we intend to bold him to the "record." From these very files from this record out of his own mouth by his own unmistakeable and emphatic declarations put down "in black and white," with due consideration and becoming solemnity, we engage to convict the Editor of the "Standard1 -the organ of the Democracy in North Carolina 001 aimply of hostility to the Compromise from the very beginning, but also or fostekihg a spirit of Duuxrioa ! We presume that the Editor (aa he has studied law,) ia well aware, that the strongest evidence against one are his own declarations or confes sions, when voluntarily made. Such is the evi dence we -intend to offer against him. He will hardly plead that such confessions were extorted from him, or made under any promise of reward They were voluntary ! In the first place, the Editor advocated the Nash villi Convektiom from the beginning ap proved its plains, and defended it, even after its nefarious schemes against the Union were ex posed. . We are aware of the fact, that when this Convention was jfrst spoken of, many true friends of the Union at the South regarded it with favor, but even before it assembled, so soon as its real purposes were developed, they abandoned it, and most of them openly denounced it. But not ao with the Editor of the "Standard." Although it has been proved that Mr. Calhoun had prepared a Constitution for a "Southern Confederacy" to be submitted to that Convention, bad it been fully at. tended, tire "Standard" has not, up to this day, denounced or disapproved even, the purposes for which, it is now well known, that body assem bled ! But to those "files." On the 21st November 1849, the Editor said: "What the ensuing Congress will do in relation to the Slavery qiestiou it is impossible to predict. If California should be admitted as a State Kith con stitution prohibiting slavery, $c.,' in al! probabili ty, the excitement will not only be continued, but iucreastal. We then, emphatically demand : ''Are the people of North Carolina prepared to SUBMIT to the above measures"' Let it be remembered, that one of these "mea sures" was the admission of California with her anti-Slavery Constitution. Here was the first dawning of the Editor's hostility to the Compro mise, and under bis determination uot to "sub. mil" in this very article, he endorsed the call for the Nashville Convention, and demanded of Gov. Manly that he should convene the Legislature, to appoint Delegates to that Assembly' the hot bed of faction and treason ! He was then resolved not to submit, if California was admitted as a State, or other measures were adopted by Con gress, unjust and dishonorable to the South ! And pray how was he to shew his determination uot to submit ? What did he intend to do 1 What did he then purpose to advise the South to do? The liaht or Sicessioh, and the glory of a "South ern Confederacy" were then playing dimly upon the Editor's iniud ! His treasonable designs ere not then matured, but hey were rapidly assuming "shape and dimensions " On the IrJth January 1850, the Editor again urged the Nashville Convention. He said : We cordially agree that this convention is of the first importance to the .outb and t j the Union and that .North Carolina ought bf all means to be repre sented in ic We believe the State will be repre sented a" Again, in tlte same issue, the Editor said : "Whenever Congress shall apply the Wilmot Pro vwo to the Territories South ol (he Missouri hue." tab ! be was very willing to submit to it north of that line, though he declared it a palpable violation of the t'onstitution !)"or abolish blavery, ortake su r e to do it, in tlte District of Columbia, the people of the Southern Stites of both parties, Kill assemble in Convention and uidets these acts sliall be repealed, aud. the people of tho free States shall give us the most solemn pledges, either through a Convention or their men.bers of I ougreas, that the slavery agitation I si m 11 f. ith with cease, and that our rights sliall be res-' pecte i or the future, the people ot the south will proceed to organize a Federal Government of their owu. Thty tcdl adopt a Constitution elect a Preti lent and Vice President anil a Congress and begin the work of lining within themselves as a sstabatk AND INDKrE.NDE.NT Ktrt'BLIC 1" Hera were most plainly and boldly foreshadow ed the purposes of the Nashville Convention ! These purposes the Editor approved, endorsed with his whole heart, most "cordially !" And, uiitia you, he cannot escape now, under the pre text that the VViliaot Proviso was not extended over the territories South of tho Missouri line, and lhat "steps" were not "taken" towards ihe abolition of slavery in the District; for both the Editor and his secession allies have uniformly contended, that ihe admission of California with her Constitution prohibiting slavery, was the Wil mot Proviso in another shape lhat the South had been virtually excluded from New Mexico that about fifty thousand square miles of slave territory had been cut off from Texas, and sur rendered to the Freesoilers, and that the law abolishing the slave trade in tho District, was un. constitutional, and a long stride towards the abol ishment of slavery therein ! If so (and he pro fesses to believe so) then the Editor had already, as early as January 1850, pledged the South to Disunion 1 And can any one be surprised that he should have endeavored, to the utmost of his men tal, moral and political influence, to redeem that pledge ! He and his Secession coadjutors insisted that all these "accursed measures" of "ruin and dishonor" had been fixed on the South, by the adoption of the Compromise ; were they not pledged then to disunion to the formation of a "Southern Confederacy," to the work of electing lor the South a President, Vice President and other Officers of her own? Upon this alternative the Editor was resolved, and to this end he has been laboring, ever sincu the passage of ihe Com promise! We ask the reader's patient and candid atten tion whilst we proceed with the proofs. In his issue of the 23a, January 1850, the Editor was still fired with enthusiasm for the Nashville Con vention. He was really in spasms on the subject. He demanded of Governor Manly, once more, the call of the Legislature (though it would have been at an enormous expense to the People ot the State) to appoint Delegates to that great San hedrim of Treason 1 So eager was be to have North Carolina represented, that he gave the Ex ecniive but eight or ten days to consider of the matter! He said: "If neither the Legislature nor council are called togeiher, let the Governor issue his Proclamation for the election of delegates !" In his issue of ihe 30th ot the same month, the Editor declared, that the South Would "issist" upon "California being remanded to her Terri torial condition, or ndmitrrd as a State, down to 360 30', leaving the remainder of the Territory open to all sections bf the Union. .f llow 'insist?" fcy argument only! If s0 then that was exhausted when the Compromise passed, and Cafilornia was admitted. It is evi dent, however, this was not the meaning of the Editor, but that hirpurpose was to deelare, betore hand, the ultimatum which the Nashville Conven tion would lay down, and to proclaim, that in the event of its not being adopted by Congress, the South should 'insisl,n even unto n disruption of the Union 1 It was one of the shadows which the coming treason, that the Editor and his Secession brethren were plotting, had east before it ! In his issue of the 6th February 1850, the Edi tor shews the first inkling of hostility to the Com promise. I He pronounced Mr. Clay's Resolutions "a 1 on one side the North." In the same pa per he' proclaimed, "We go ro a Southern COKVESTIOH, BOLDLY A5D WITHOUT EESIKVE !" Keep this in mind ! On the 27th of Ftbruary, he said, with the most awful forebodings for the future : "The Union mat survive this struggle more we cannot say! Happen what may, we shall stand by North Carolina, and by those who would avert submission on her part, to disgkace and DISHOHOB." What was the meaning of all this ? According to his declarations, the Compromise measures contained these very badges of "disgrace and dis honor." His purpose was declared then in ad vance, not to "submit" to them! After they were passed, he denounced those who sustained them as base submissionists enemies to the rights and honor of the South ! Yes. He was for a while as good aa his word. He did blow loudly the trumpet of opposition, even unto disunion winking at, and encouraging South Carolina; but' when he found he could not lead the Peop'e of the State, like brutes, to their own destruction, he, too, hoisted the banner of submission ! He would hnve the People believe that ' from the first" he was for the Compromise ! Contempti ble subterfuge base submission ! W ell, time passed on, and the secret machina tions of the advocates of that second "Hartford Convention" being exposed, a majority of the People of this State rejecltd it tcilh loathing, and even the chivalric Delegates who had been ap pointed from the Cape Fear section, declined even to touch the contaminating object. In doleful chagrin at the result of his labors, the Editor oi the 4Otldard" on the 24th of April 1850, broke forth in the following indignant strain: The Register cracks its wit over the partial failure, in this State, of the Nashville Convention We assure the Editor, lhat he cannot be better pleased at this result than Benton, Greely and the Freesoilers generally ." The meaning of which was, that all those in the State, who took sides against the Nashville Convention, and rejoiced to see that it wa s a con temptible abortion, were no better than Freesoilers! It was a compliment indeed to a large majority of the voters of Noith Carolina, and proved conclu sively the disunion purposes of the heart which ould conceive, and the tongue which could ut ter, such a reflection upon the houesty and patri otism of our People ! In his issue of the 3id of July, in announcing the defeat of Mr. Soule's motion to amend ihe Adjustment, by extending the Missouri line across California to the Pacific, ihe Editor indignantly exclaimed : This seals the fate of the adjustment ! After this, if we had a vote upon it. we should certainly cast that vote against it. and resort to every htnora- ble mans to en'sube its deeat 1 Here was the key which unlocked t!ie entrance to the Editor's heart exposed bis whole mo tives! Let arty patriotic mind pause for a mo ment, and reflect upon the purport of this single expression! The Country was approaching civil war. It had already reached a most -threatening crisis on the Slavery question. The whole nation looked to the adjustment, which men of both par ties bad aided to perfect, and none more zealously than that very man, whom the Editor hnd, but a short time before, supported .for the Presidency, as a measure, calculated to restore peace and har mony; yet because its friends would not incorpo rate into it, what that Editor himself had pro nounced a palpable violation of the Consiilvtivn, he proclaimed his purpose to do all he could "to defeat it J": Gen. rass voted against the Missouri line so did Douglas and Dickinson yet, the Editor ot the 'Standard' quickly proclaimed his determination, on account of ihe rejection ol th..t line, to do all iu hi power to defeat the Compro mise, and he has now the brazen effrontery to dr clare, that he "accepted those measures from ihe fiist!" In his issue of September the 18th, 1850, he ridicult d the rejoicings which were had at Wash ington City, on the passage of the Compromise, aud declared that those measures had 'circumscrib ed and doomed the institution of Slavery !' He acquiesced then in measures which doomed the institution of slavery ! Ou the 30lh of October thereafter, he said : There ABE Disunionists in the South, but they are so frouj sad necessity. They have been forced io tins posi ion by the aggressions and insults of the Abolitionists, invited and encouraged in many instances, by the craven submission to wrung, of Southern men .'' In what; d d this 'craven submission to wrong consirt, if not in the Compromise? Who were the Southern men who had thus 'invited and en couraged' I the aggressions .and insults of the Abolitionists ? Did he not intend to include in this charge, false as it was, the friends of the Compromise? What was the true intent and meaning of such language but an apology for SouthernDUunionists? Instead of saying to such : 'The Compromise has become the law of the land and it is your duty to acquiesce ;' he srught an ex' cuse for them endeavored to cover up their pur poses and pricciples, and thereby encouraged them to go en in their reckless course. He him self, however, most loyal Southron! announced that he was willing to mviie and ei c ;unge' the insults and aggreasions of abolitionist' by acquiescing in and accepting a set of measures which had doomed slavery and vronged his section ,' Was this craven submission ?' But we have not sp.ice or time for any more such 'elegant exiracts' from t'te Editor's files. Since the winter of 1850, whilst professing 'to acquiesce' in the adjustment, he has been bitter and vin dictive in his denunciation of all those JUcspecially Wkigs) who supp orted it. He has done his ut most to create disaffection, and arouse opposition, to that gieat measure of peace and reconcilki tion. He has heaped upon its friends every epi thet of reproach. Ho has openly advocated the election of those who opposed its adoptiou and who, in some instances, favored the repeal of apart of its provisions. It will snflico here to refer to his defence of Davis, Quitman and Mc Donald, against Foote, Cobb and others. Whilst, contending that some of the Compromise inea- surcs were in violation of the Constitution, and just and de?ra(t; . withal! the zeal Sout1'. lie 1, th. r:i.. . and hostility k ' .e tnti "ohna, and other T)-J to i"' -e' in these measures which -Circ, Z Tmuj2 surrender 50,000 , 'Z " C'l" the Abolition,s;s Td ft ,W of L SouU,,whils, he w ld i!?adp aJ JS o South Carol,na;ff eC uou tnese metres, V"'V ' V think a ,7 you ha ye a js, y,o h"e a r,ght to Uo, General Government I,,, ' 8 5 "gams, your pur.,oW , ? "S1'1 a, done notLngiC Luio3,- Y S and most derofed friend a "f '' 5 t PO-ition , which has called ?k VftF a patriotic people and iJ I '"CtSi overwhelm,PngPdeV" We appeal to ,ne record 0 he Editors ' 'Thank v ' fUr files ot lavou ur! Wpsh.it ,ur ouch a .'T leisu and we J,. our contmued efforts I1 4 e States shall Wete of v these their bails vo cord ml 17 rrv . , . ' BU VUU uSIl urr at-HrcM ' ... i ' f 1-7,1 ."'u, ' ,,oia!-enou!jh 'wnwt mocracy in North LTZtT' of 1 goes I.is.Partv. and a foe,. ing to sculk, merely to scu'k r , ...... ; e W1 n() d --. s'onally utIering lhe most foand penitent pa.riot.sm to shield fS- just odium his past political eJ,Plubllc real principles ; but hav.n ih 2 cess . od worshipped so I , Hfc him call upon nlur pa,do L ssllri".lt come with o:lod handi ,, ZU ni a been reared by ihe paIr;0 c 1? whose labour, he fcM induced a id p,rllet'I8 cples he has heretofore "Ztd " 'he Jdol; Distunes th. S,V fClBw put on the .nnor of Section; fi It fits htm well, and a will c ? 10 shirt ol Nessus. .ing to h:oi like tkt of old. Thev swear LV his nanr i High Priest." Hold Jm principles. He win escape, if he V!. " fe most ready now ,0 proclaim that he ,ETI, luted tn the right of Session ! $100 REWARD!! Whereas, at the last Session J the Legisl!l0l of the Hue of North Carolina, begn and W the City of Raleigh on the 18th day of Ssmfo A. D. 1850, certain Rewlutions we imwdoci before the said body, approving ihe right of 8,. cession, ,n defence of which Resolutions saw, ber of able spptches were delivered, bv someof the Democratic leaders, which said speech wtrt reputed to have contained profound fjpoti of the glorious doctrine of Secesson, now,iDi!i d.iy of U7iionism, 90 much denounced at.dabhoTus by the People; And whereas the ni dorlrivif Seosiun is getting beluw par, and it though W many that the publication and prcniulikiofihj said speeches, especially those uelivered br Mmm. Saunders, Dubbi, Avert, Caldvvsu ikI Person, may have a tendency to resuscitate tki said doctrine, and prop tfie sinking prospects' of iu lorlorn aud dejectt-d advocate?, in this day oftkir heavy misfortune and unparalleled n verses Now, THEREFoaE, this is to make km s ti to ill whom it may concern, and' particularly to ike said able and zealous advocates of the right of Se cession, hereinbefore named, that the abme rewari will be given for tvell authenticated copies of llit said speeches, il the fame are bsued forthwith, thai ihey may reach our friends in theSiateof Soyth Carolina, before ;hey have Leen entirety given over lo political despair. If thesaiJ speech es are printed at the otf.ee of ths Raleigk Star dard, they will pass in our : section, as genuir without lhe great eeal of State of North Uariisi, who, we fear, is joined too firmly to that grear Idol of Consolidation, the Union, to eniilie her to any respect from our People. " fJelp Cassius, orwi sink!'' Address, RHETT & ro., Near lhe Govtrnmml of Scuth Ccrtiuu. October 19:h, 1851 ' W'hnenva nnv ihincr HI ihis lime. a?a n.l ill Independent Treasury ? ho wants a .Nati nii Bank? Who wishes to chance the urn 1846? Who is in favor ol the distribution ol the procteds f the sales ol ihe pubhc lanJs? NoMhe Whigs, and cer:ainly not the Democrats, fori measures and principles are now she hnv.-of tl land. IVe are, thtn, all toother : and if this factious eppoii; ion by c.rtnin Wkigleadin Demociatic orgamzatu n sail Vtinnrruic , "We are. then, all together" are we? If why this factious opposition by certain Demotratic leaders to Whig organization ad Whig sciwnl Why their denunciation of the present patnotie Administration ? If we are all together," whf does not the " Standard" come out and sort lhe Government which. is enJeavorin? to sU1111 the laws? . But we are not all together.' There m oM subject about which the Whig Administration the Demcratic leadets in this section areas wi apart as ihe poles; viz: Secession Thaa Dt-mocratic measure' which is not yet, ' God! 'the law of the land.' On the contrary, h has proved a species of political Asia'ic Cho to many of the Democratic leaders ! LlTTELS Livmg Age, BosToN.-Thc :lat have come duly to . hand. We some ttu i expressed the opinion that this km the m able magazine published in America and quent observation has fully convinced us did not too highly extol its merits. Mr. B.nDltLeSup.rintcnda!1t1-.J(,. Saturday, and while here, received a u ttngthat 100 b wf T- ir(U; jL'puKb--ted in the Petersburg papers,) M fl ed at the North, had a- rived at Ga. J immediately made arrangements, t k ,t gr.pl. by which tho Iron Pt Gaston, on Monday evening. be immediately laid, and so much I new iron will cover be put K cargo from Europe may be calculation consequ.-11-ly "flflU-reJiJ mouths before the .KftV V. regenerated' This efficic'ic j . ltud. lnfo who. hM tl- K-d be We learn ihat mere ' r ' j dcten rular operations of the KoJ. "rufU regular opwi . re.cutis"u: deed, during trie progre-j )laccJ Otj- Mr. John II. Bryan 0 l" TVller e thi Pi- been appointed to succ ei the Ernjirh Bank cl fie HCOV Tl AltTI M AAHMh
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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