- WHIG STATE CONVENTION.
After mature deliberation it has been de
cided that the Whig sState Convention. 10
nominate a candidate for Governoi, and ap
point Delegates from; the State at large, to
the National Whi Convention, is to be hol-
den in the ci'y of Raleigh, on the fourth
Monday in April, that being tha6h of the
month. I
it is important thai the Whigs of. this:
county, should, at an early period, hold a
county meeting, and, appoint Delegates to
represent them at the Convention, to be held
in Raleigh, on the 26th day of April next.
Both parties are making great preparations
for the approaching contest, and it is lo be
hoped that every man will do his. du'jr. If
the Whigs will" but unite,-and cast aside all
local dissensions, they may succeed in van
auisfimsr the enemv i otherwise, they will
sustain another defeat. The approaching 1
contest will undoubtedly be warm and in-
teresttng. A decisive blow must be struck
during the approaching campaign, and the
question decided, whether North Carolina
shall be governed by Democratic or Whig
principle Plymouth Villager.
THF. WHIG CONVENTION.
It seems, now to be agreed, that the State
Convention for the nomination of a candidate
for Governor is to be held in Raleigh on the
fourth Monday of April next.
It is suggested also that the Delegates lo
the Convention from the different Congies-,
ional Districts in the State, should appoint
Delegates to the Whig National Convention
for the nomination of President anJ Vice
President. This ha not been the usual
course, but js several counties have already
held their meetings for appointing Delegates
to the State Convention, without making
arv arrangements for District Conventions,
this is now. nerhans. the best mode to secure
the appointment of the full complement of j
Delegates to the National Convention
JVewbernian.
WHIG STATE CONVENTION.
It having b endetermined to hold the
Whig State ConWotion in the City of Rat
eigh,on the fou&UtfMoiiday of April next,
(the 26th day ofie monih,) we trust that
the Whigs of this and other Countiee. where
delegates have not been appointed, will go
to work in earnest, and hold meetings, and
appoint reliable fVhlgs,' delegates to the
Convention. The government is in the
hands of the spoilers; but they can be easi
ly driveq from the Temple, if ihe sound U
uion Whigs will act, and act together.
I , Wadeshoro1 Argus.
It has been the practice, hitherto, for the
Wilier State Convention to appoint two dele.
gaiesfor the State at large to our National
Convention, and for each Congressional Dis
trict, at a Convention of its own, to appoint
one delegate arid an alternate. The several
county meetings already held, however, have
overlooked this latter fact, and have failed to
appoint delegates to the District Conventions. !
Since meetings cannot be held ever again, j
and the counties in which they -have been
.held would therefore he unrepresentea in a
District Convention, if held, the Regis-er
su-ests that the delegates lothe State Con-
ention from the several counties composing
each distiict, be empowered to designate its
delegate. We concur entirely with the Re
gister in its views upon this subject, and
have no doubt but that the plan suggested
will be perfectly acceptable to the party.
We hope, therefore that our friends in the
primary meetings which are )-et to assemble,
will be careful to express their sense upon
this subject, and to grant the necessary pow.
er to the State delegates Goldsboro Tel. ,
ft It cannot Jail to have been noticed by
the public, that the Democratic prints, and
letier writers, have latterly been speaking of
Mr. Clay in terms, and in spirit, such as we
have not before; heard from them in relation
to that distinguished man. They are utter
ing the deepest regret, that his mortal ca
reer is threatened to be closed before long;
and they bestow upon the sick lion a meed of
praise wid approval,' not so high indeed as
his noble qualities entitle him to, but such
as that party has not suffered to escape them
till lately. :
We liave no doubt, lhat this admiration
and regret are sincere. We have as little
doubt.'that the admiration, even higher than
thev now choose to utitr, has always been
felt by them. ' What a contrast does ihe tone
of the'ir press, and ihe language of their par
ty, now, present to that we constantly heard
from them in: all time past ! Every body
remembers the biUerness of spirit, the ran
cour of party maligni'y, the violence ofde
nunciation. with which these sympathise
and admirers of the great patriot and sta'ea
man used to assail him ; how they tasked
their invention, and stickled at no misrepre
sentation, to biacken lhat name which be
longs so illustriously to our national fame.
How they accomplished by it a temporary
success the country well knows, and we
fear will long have cause to lament.
Their present admiration, of his exalted
character is a striking commentary, by them
selves, on their previous course. How much
of veracity, of principle, of morality, or of
patriotism, can belong to those, who, for the
mere purposes of party, and with a shame
less disregard of the high interests of ihe
country, have pursued-almost to the death,
"the foremost man of all the world?" And
if Mr Clay could be now looked to as a man
practically in their way, would they suffer a
word of approval to escape them? Would
not again the whole party pack be turned
loose, tb worry, and to bay, and if possible
lo pull down, the nob'e lion, over whose
body, now apparently stricken down by dis
ease and age, they pour forth a share at least
of the homage due to his high qualities ?
We devoutly trust, however, that Provi
dence, in its mercy to our country, will yet
spare to ?us for a while, the sagacity, the
statesmanship, and the lofty patriotism of
(his fiist of pur first men. There is some
reason to apprehend, that efforts may be
made tontang!e and embarrasi our coun
try in a foreign policy, from whose ruinous
consequences his high talents, practical wis
dom, and weight of character may largely
contribute to save us Richmond Wliig.
THE AMERICAN STEAM MARINE.
In the year ending July ,1, 1851, there were on
he Atlaniic const '4f8 steamers, tonnage 154',270
ions: on the Gulf of Mexico, 107 steamer, ton
nage ' 23,244 : on the Pacific coast 50 aiesmers,
tonnage 34.9S6. This makes the aggregate of
the external marine C25 boaie; toannae 212.500.
The inland steam marine has, oh the Northern
frontier, 164 siearwrs. 09,163 tonnage; in the Uluo
basin 348 steamers, 67.601 tonnage; in ihe Missis-
cinni. vatlev 235 sttamers.fi7.957 tonnage.
Total
?.:: l...... Oflt 70Q Hroiul total. 1 3l
boats. In Great Britain 1,184 boat,, and tonnage
141,080 tons
"A SPAT" IN THE SENATE;
In the Senate, ou the 23rd uli., when Ihe
resolution relaiivpo printing the reports of
the debates was up:' '
XVJr. ilALE. 1 Concur Willi Hie generm j
views which have been express-d ; but ?
there is one abuse which I want to see cor- j
rected
We employ reporters to report wliat
is said in the Senate : but We shall nevet
have it so long as the practice of members
revifincf their speeches is tolera'.ed. I fie
quently find that there are omitted in these
revised speeches things lhat were said, and
I find thing put in that werejiot aid. The
offer' has been very kindly made to me by
the reporters', but I told them, to take what
I said juntas I said it, and I iid not want
to correct 11. If it is nonsense, let it go
nonsense. I object decidedly to revising
speeches. I want them to go out as they
are spoken. I do hope that this will be
adopted, as the reports have been very faith
!ul and accurate when not revised and cor
rected ; and I hope members will not b
permitted to send out as having said, things
which were not said. I hope the resolution
will pass.
Mr. Gwin. I wish to say a single word
upon this point. It is highly probable that
the Senator from New Hampshire can be
so distinctly heaid as to be reported accurate
ly upon all occasions; but I confess that I can
not be, and I have found it necessary to revise
the report in order to have published what 1
intended to say, whether I said it or not ;. for
I do not speak for display, and if I should be
refused -this- opportunity, 1 should otteu be
thrown into a Wrong position before my con
stituents. And as this is an official work
one that is to go into the archives of the
country I have found it absolutely necessa
ry to revise 1 he reports in order to appear cor
rectly upon 1 lie record.
Air. Badger. 1 wish merely to say, sir,
that 1 hope this resolution will pass, and ex
pressly for 1 he benefit of the Senator from
New Hampshire. I know of no gentlemiii
who, 11 seems to me, is pursuing a course
more adverse to his own interest and to his
public reputation so deservedly high as
the Senator from New Hampshire in oppos
ing tiiis resolution
Air. Hale. I did not oppose it ;. I go
for it.
Mr. Badger I understood the Senator
from New Hampshire to oppose so much of
the resolution as authorizes the revision ot
speeches.
Mr. Hale. But that is not a portion of
the resolution at all.
Mr. Badger. Well, sir, the Senator so
commonly speaks to the subject before the
Senate, and so seldom wanders from it, that
1 really had supposed that such a propoii
lion was before the body. Laughter. But,
sir, I was about to say that 1 have sometimes
regretted lhat that "honorable Senator has
not taken pains to revise his speeches. I
will not say ihat they need any addition ;
but they certainly have stood, very much in
need ol the inverted stylus, and no one gen
tleman perhaps has suffered more for the
waul of this expunging process laughter
upon the speeches be has made in this
chamber ; and m regard for him is so great
that, as he does not wish to do it, I should be
almost willing to take Iheabor myself of
striking out the passages which should be
stricken out, tnougn l very rarety qouiu my
own case.
Mr. Hale. The answer to that is, that I
do not, like some other youi?g gentlemen,
come here to make a display of myself;
and when I speak here, it is not for myself
but lor the country. Let those who are am
bitious of repmation pore over the midright
lamp, putting into their speeches preposi
tions and other ornaments of rhetoric , but
let them not find fault with i practical busi
ness man in the Senate, who comes here to
do the business of the country, because he
is not able tj run a race with them in rhe
torical declamation. I am perfectly willing
that the Senate should have a day to come
here and display themselves. Saturday af
ternoon, I think, would be a highly appro
priate time. Laughter. And I am per
fectly willing that the corps of reporters
should understand that at that time they are
only to make the skeletons, but the orna
ments are to be putLin afterwards. To that
I have no sort of objection ; but when we
have a corps of reporters to keep a record of
what is said, I want that. I want what is
said ; and I do not want to trust to the fertile
imagination that may be licked into shape
over the midnight-lamp afterwards, to put in
what was not said, as the effervescence of Ihe
moment. That is what I mean. I am a
plain, blunt man, and I speak what comes
up at the time. If it is not in the otnate form
of the eloquent productions of the Senator
from North Carolina, perhaps that is my mis
fortune. I am not here to make speeches
for scbool-bovs to declaim at academic exhi
bitions, with the star affixed, and "J. P.
Hale" at the end of them. Not at all. I
am here to work for my constituents, and to
speak the sentiments ot my heait in the
plainest way that I can. 1 am not desirous
of ihe repu'ation which the honorable Sena
tor says I have jeoparded by not looking over
my speeches afterwards.
Mr. Badger. What the Senator has just
said is conclusive proof of the propriety of
bis revising his speeches. Why sir, what
would the honorable Senator himself, or
what would any other man, think of what be
has just now said about "licking a fertile
imagination into shape?" Laughter. I
hope he will correct that, anyhow. Re
newed laughter. But the honorable Sena
tor compels me now which I did not de
sire before to assign an additional and a
much stronger reason than that which I did
assign why I wished lhat he Would look over
and expurgate his speeches.. I mentioned a
reason which affected him personally ; but
there is another and more serious reason. I
wished it for the sake of the country. I
wished to avoid in many instances such in
flictions as the gentleman has imposed upon
Ihem, and which no doubt, in his cooler and
more dispassionate moments, if he ever has
such, he would think proper to strike out of
the reports of the Senate. Laughter.
Mr. Hale. The reason of this desire of
the Senator is, I suppose, that he knows that
the country reads my speeches, laughter,
and therefore he thinks they ought to be
expurgated ; and he would seerri to imply
that other speeches which are sometimes de
livered here are not read, and therefore do
not need expurgation. I therefore take the
compliment, but not the censure, implied in
his remark?.
Mr- Cass. Mr President
Mr. Badger. I hope the senator will
yield the floor for a moment.
Mr. Cass. I yield; you may keep up
your wit as long as you like
Mr. Badger. I only wish to say that
the contest of the senator from New Hamp
shire seems to be for the last word, for his
wit is running low. The wine is exhausted
I arid nothing is left but the lees
fLaughter.l
1 nave notning more to say
, VIRGINIA! ENTERPRISE. f
i A petition has been presented lo the Leg
ulature of Virginia for the establishment of
aline of reamers between the waters of tbe
James River and Europe. .
And the people of Norfolk are agitating
the project of a rail road from that place to
Petersburg, with a view to the shortest and
most speedy route to Lynchburg, and the
western part of the State, as well as Tennes.
see.
It-is manifest lhat Virginia is stretching!
her arms in all directions, Nonh, South,
East and West, for the trade to which her
large territory and population, and extensive
resources, entitle her. The State itself is a
liberal patron of all public enterprises, hiv
ing a'reaily invested twelve millions of dol
lars in pub ic works ; and. it is remarkable
that in the aggrega'e these works already
pay nearly the interest on the entire cost,
with of course a prospect of being largely
profitable hereafter. If to this return of in
terest we add the increased value of proper
ty, the increased product to which the far
mers and manufacturers have been simula
ted by the increased facilities ot getting to
market, the increased population and the
better means of sustaining that increase.
these investments may be regarded worth
more than fifty mi lions to Virginia. We
say nothing of the character of the S ate, so
immeasurably eleva ed by its public spirit,
for that cannot be computed in - dollars and
cent.
We rejoice in :h! reflection that our own
State is not altogether inactive ia this strug
gle for the trade of the world, and for the
developement of the capabilities of the great
West, i he renovation of the Raleigh and
Gasion Road, now going on with gteat spir
it, will wipe out one reproach. The speedy
construction of the Wilming'on and Man
chester Road will add anew laurel to the
brow of Wilmington. The opening of the
Deep Rivej- navigation wilt bring North
Carolina Coal into successful competition
with the seven millions of tons of that nec
essary of life now annually sent to market
by Pennsylvania, alone The various Plank
Roads, already finished or in process of con
struction, will furnish the true fanners' high
ways, on which he can himself convey his
own produce to maiket. But all these are e
clipsed by ihe great work, by far the most
gigantic ever undertaken in this State, of the
Central Rail Road. We confess our sur-
prise at the rapidity with which this work
is pressed forward. It exceeds all calcula
tions. And vet we mighr have looked lor i
such things from the well known go-ahead
character of him who was so for'unaiely in
duced to take charge of it, and in whose
hands no work, public or private, ever was
suffered to lag or to fail- Nor will this, the
greastst of all his and the State's enterpri
ses. Fay. Obs. '
The Presbyterian Magazine for Feb
ruart The Mecklenburg Declaration of
Independence. Our readers re aware of how (
much interest the matterotihe Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence has created in
the minds of the siudents of our revolution
ary history. The lasi Presbyterian contains
a letter fiom Mr. Samuel J. Baird. enclosing
"a scrap of history" from Mr. McRee, who
is represented as a citizen of SummervilSe,
Tennessee, a.id "his lady is a daughter of
Adam Brevard, to whem he attributes the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
Mr. Baird states ihat Mr. McRee gave him
the following statement, at his request :
Mr. M'Ree's Slaemrnl.The Mecklenburg
Convention, (N.C ) was composed of delegates
from each captain's company of rmli ia, in the
county of. Mecklenbur.', perhaps two dlegntes
from each company. Dr. Ephraim Brevard was
a delsate, and one of the committee lhat was ap
pointed to draw up p Declaration of Indepen
dence, to be acted on by the convention. Adam
Brevard was then a studenl of law, living with
his brother, the doctor, who got him to w rite out
ihe declaration. After it was adopted, Gen
Thomas Polk read it, at the court house door, to
the multitude that was standing outside, when,
after hearing it, they raised a shorn and threw
thefr ha's into the air. Some of their hais fell on
the court house, and they did not get some of them
off till the next day.
Allthe delegate.-, in that conveution, and nearly
all the citizens of that section of country, were
Presbyterians, mostly emigrants from the north
of Ireland.
Adam Brevard, whom I got my information
from, told me that he took the Westminster Con
fession of Faith for his guide.
Thf above 1 got from Adam Brevard, and it is
confirmed by others. UeFpecttully yours,
James P. M'Ree.
Rev. Samuel J Baird, New Castle, Tenn.
July 14th 1851.
MR. WEBSTER'S, SPEECHES.
An edition of Mr. Webster's speeches and ora
tions, comprised in six octavo volums, is now in
course of publication. The work is to be prece
ded by a sketch of the author'a life from ihe pen
of Edward Ercreti, than whom there is not a
more competent person for the task in the coun
try. Mr. Webster's speeches are, beyond ail
question, better calculated for preservation than
those of any other American statesman. No man
has appeared in our Government who i, in all
)he qualities of the mind, the equal of Mr. Web
ster. Others Uitve had more genius, but no one
has equalled him in general breadth and capacity,
scholarship and acquirements, and power of grasp.
iO witli (he grip of a giant all ihe relations of a
great subject, and of utterring vast thoughts in a
style both massive and manly. He is the best
speaker of genuine Saxon-English in the world.
Doctor Johnson advised students who desired to
write English with clearness and elegance lo
give their days and nights to Addison, but if a
sutd.'iu wishes t become acquainted with nil the
resources of the English tongue, let him study
Webster instead of Addison. We regard the
speeches of Mr. Webster as superior to those of
Burke or any other statesman that England or
America has produced They are well worth pub
lishing, and they are destined to live and to enjoy
imperishable renown, while they illustrate and
enrich what will hpreafter be considered ihe early
history of American statesmanship. The reply lo
Hayne is the best speech ever delivered. There
is not one ot the speeches ol Demosthenes, Cicero,
Burke, or any other great orator, of ancient or
of modern times, that wi l compare with that cele
brated effort. It is
"Beyond all Greek, beyond all Roman fame."
Louisville Journal.
The Bbitish Press and the U. S. Navy.
The British "United Service Journal' thus speaks
of our Navy :
"From its infancy to its present state, most
bravely, most gallantly have the officers and men
in ihe naval profession of America held up the
honor of their flag. There is scarcely one action
in which the slightest imputation can be cast pn
any individual. 1 hey have never avoided their
enemies, excepting when it would have been the
height of imprudence to have faced them. . They
have, in many cases, been successful over a nation
which held undisputed the command of ihe ocean;
and this very circumstance of combatting an ene
my flushed with almost universal victory adds a
great laurel to ihe Navy of the United States."
A BitL to construct a railroad from the termi
nus of the Noith Carolina railroad, at or near the
State line, to intera ct the South Carolina Rail
road at Anderson Court House, has passed the
Senate of Georgia.
" Oars' are the plana f fair, delightful peace;
TJnwarpedby party rt" to live like brothers."
RALEIGH, N C;
W6uR6Sdayj FCDrUry 4tflj 1852' t
lU,i.T,Tbt wo ngv.1 tl series of wt. known u tb.
''Adjustment ulOLinresi3 krafcjr, in their mutual dopea
"dmce auvl connexion, m tijrsts&i tt compromuo tUu most con.
1;ciliatory ul thi best for uu entire country, that could be
obtained Mm eunfllctrD Apctlonal intorosts and opinions,
A that, therefore, they 0i jht t be adhoretl to and carried
' into faithful execution, as a final- ttlement, In principle
'and (ubstanoe, of the dangerous and oxclting subjects which
thej embrace." Resolution of Whig Congressional Caucus,
December 1, 1S51.
FOREWARNED, FOREARMED!
The hopes of the Loco Foeo Parly in ihisState)
for success in the Fall election, rest entirely on
the belief lhat they will be able to diiide tin)
Whijjs, and enjpge them in a sectional conflict,
which, in view of the momentous importance lo
the wht'le Country ot those elecdons, would be as
disgraceful lo us as it would be gratify inr to our
opponents! If the Whigs have not already been i
apprised of the cunning device upon which their
adversaries rely for success, it i high time tht-y
should upon their eyes, and provide against it. It
is folly to suppose that they will suffer any qncs-
lion, of local or state policy, to drive them from the j
support of the regular nomine s of their Party
whatever may be the office for which the slru;j;le
is carried on. ; Private (rieiidsai; s, personal con
siderations, sectional interests, Mate policy, wlie
ther it be connected with matters of legislative or
Constitutional reform, must and will, all, be
made to yield, to the imperative demands which
may be necessary to preserve the unily and organ
ization of ihe Loco Fco Parly. We spe;ik now
of the Pany in this Stale, as at present organized.
There are sigus of discord and disaffection amongst
them elsewhere, which may prove ruinous to their
prospects in the Presidential Election. Bui here,
they are well drilled, and adherence to the behests
of ike party, and unconditional submission to its
raKts, me principle oy wmcn u.ey win oe ,;ow ,
erued. The Whig need not expect, ihcrufore, j
to g.i.i any thing Iroiu Loco Foeo disalTrdion in j
una quarter 01 me union, wnaiever issues, 01 iocui
or State policy, may be forced into the canvass
They will riUe over all such, to vote for ihe nomi
nee of tlieir Party, whatever may bu his opinions
on such subjects. The blind devotion, with which
the violent denouncers of Free Sutlrnge in the
Loco Foeo ranks t ustalhrd It eid during itie cam
paign of 1S50, proves conclusively what we nay.
LpI us learn a lesion from our enemr ! If we
esson i rout our enemy : it we t
I
hope to succeed, we must rely upon our own'
y ' . !
strength, we must compromise our dilft rences, j
bear and forbear, st-nd together and lighl our ad
versaries with our whole euergit-s!
We heard a good Whig and true patriot de
clare, a few days since, with much carnostuebS :
"It will bo a d iuinmg shamo il Ihe Whig of
North Carolina sutler another defeat, Inj their own
dicisions. It would degrade them in the estima
tion of the whole nation." True, and there is no
intelligent member of the Whig P-trty whoaoes
not fee! the force sod truth of the declaration. If
there be those who are not willing to let the past
be forgotten, but who, for selfish aud ambitious
motives, are resolved to do all in their powder to
defeat or rhatier ihe ranks of that Party in w hich
they have been so long fighting, let them speak out,
and let the just indignation of honest men follow
them. But, as the Whig Party has ever acted on
the high and noble principle of overlooking minor
differences of opinion or such differences as may
be created by local questions of Slate policy, there
is no excuse for any Whig holding b tck from ihe
conflict or not coming up, with generaus and
patriotic spirit, to a consultation and conference
for the good ot all, by which, onion, harmony,
good feeling, energy and a bold resolution lo con
quer, will he again mlusecl into our ranks. 1 here
is patriotism enough in the Whig Party to ac-
complish this. They will not permit their own !
enemies to divide that they may defeat ihem ! j
It would be a burning shame ! It would call forth j
the contempt of ihe whole Union! The Ueofocos !
themselves would laugh lo scorn the madness and
folly, by which, ueh a re.-ult would be accom
plished. They are indeed cunning, well drilled,
and, no doubt, count confidently upon our divis
ions, to lift them once more into power, to carry
iherii lorward lo victory ! Forewahked" let
us be "foeeaemed."
DISTRICT DELEGATES.
The suggestion made in this Paper, a few is
sues back, as to the mode of Appointing District
Delegates to the approaching National Whig
Convention, although it seems to have met with
pretty general acceptance, has nevertheless en
countered opposition in some quarters. Our friend
of ihe "North Su:e Whig." especially, we think,
is rather harsh towards us in his hostility to the
proposition. For ourselves, therefore, we have
but a single word more to say, in connection with
ihe matter.
The suggestion was thrown out simply, for the
consideration of our Whig friends in their ap
proaching county meetmgs, in view of the follow
ing circumstances: That meetings had already
been held in a number of Counti-v without any
measures, looking to ihe holding ol a. District
Convention, having been adopted; that it was!
more than probable, therefore, that in some Dis
tricts there could, or would, not be such a Con.
vention ; and that it was, perhaps, important to
secure uniformity in the manner of appointing
District Delegates. Oar preference, however, as
we have heretofore clearly stated, is for Conven
tions, when they can be got together without diffi
culty. We leave the matter with our friends,
and hope that they, as they alone have the right
to do, will pronounce upon it.
O" "Ion," the correspondent of the "Baltimore
Son," says lhat "Geo. JY. Saunders Esq., has
bought Ihe Democratic Review, and ihe leading
article with which he introduces his opinions to
the world is the reddest of all the red republican
articles that has ever yet appeared from any source,
here or abroad. He goes, too, for straight for
ward, honest, direct and immediate intervention.
These doctrrnea will produce a sensation, and
find followers enough."
Will the "Standard"' follow suit? Will the
Organ stand by this doctrine? Let it speak out.
1ST On the 26th mst, the Legislature of Louisi
ana elected Jl P. Benjamin, W htg, United States
Senator from that State. We presume that he takes
the place of Mr. Downs. Mr. Benjamin is the first
lawyer ia New Orleans, and a gentleman of the fin
est abilities. If we are not mistaken, he is a native
of North Carolina.
"ALL DISCORD 13, HARMONY NOT UN
t DB RsTOOD I"
This used icbe considered the "extravagance
of poetry," but it has recently become one f the
"fixed .facts of real life. If any one doubts this,
let him look out. just about this juncture, upon
the heated squabbles which are going on in the
Loco Foeo Party in various sections ol'trie Union.
Tim A.nll.s.n 1.. " ,!... .. ..i;...,t nn-l ihiiror !
of the "Standard" in the cause of Secession,) and J
I the "Washington Union," which professes to be
t10 rea a;meil. DUre. anJ unadulterated organ,
of the geuuiue Jackson stripe, are at this lime en
gaged in a bitter and vindictive controversy.
Family quarrels are generally the most violent
and irreconcileable. Hard names and nncharita
Lie epithets are most unsparingly bandied back
and forth, between these gallant Knights of Loco
Foeoisru !
Again: In Missouri, the two factions Benton
and Ami Benton have begun a mn&t furious
warfare. An aiiempt was made a lew days since
in one of their meetings to nominate Gen. But
ler for the Presidency, but it met with violent op
posiiioo. It whs openly declared I bat tho "Gen
era!'' should be nommaied, because he was the fa
vorite of Mr. Beidonand his friends. This only
made the onnosition more unconipromisintf It
js very ev.deut that Gen. B. is the choice of the
Van Hureti and Benton faction, and that they will
insist on his nomination, by the great Sanhedrim
of the Party which is to assemble in Baltimore'.
It he i-hould be elected under such circumstance",
these men, the evil geniuses of this Republic, will
have the whole control of the Government!
Heaven avert such a curse from the Country !
Again : In Mississippi, the war waxes hot be
tween the Foote and Quitman factions, and notli
iii2 can brin"- tliern together but the attractive
power of the. spoils Ironi which, the leaders have
been (as I hey think and feel,) kept already entire
ly too long. They ca.i never unite on principle.
What! the advocates of practical secession, ol an
unlimited right lo break up this Government by
the action of a sinle State, and those who are
resolved to stand by the Union and Constitution
as they now are, unite, act together, in the ap
proaching campaign ? It cannot be, unless there
is an abandonment of all principle, or. the part of
oh- fack)lj of ,1(c Wlljc!l wi the
Se(.essioi)ifcll. . the Unionists! The conflict is a
jn MlssSilpoii :l!lhougll , Georgia the
McDonald secessionists appear to have been com
pletely overwhelmed.
There are evidences also of "'harmony not un
derstood" in the IjOco Foco ranks, in many other
sections of the Union. Douglass, Buchanan, Cass,
Houston and Butler, are all active and bold in
pressing, each his respective and speciil claims
j aud peculiar qualifications for the Presidency, on
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beiMin lo boil with iiiiiciv intensity. Of course
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j U!idertr.ipfrs in different sections of the Country
i will keep up the war until ihe B.illimore Caucus
sha'l have dictated the law, and sent out its edicts.
That this event will secure "harmony" there is
but little prospect! The "wise men" of Loco
Focoism admit this, and do not hesitate to de
clare that tho disease is loo duep to be eradica
ted !
L"t the Whigs stand firm. They have often
saved the Country when in peril. They, more
than all others. brougUt it safely through the re
cent dangers to whichil was exposed. A Whig
Admisistratios did it ! If we do our duty we
can give another such administration lo the Un
ion, by which il will be blessed, and advanced in
all the arts ot peace !
"THE D L TAKE THE HINDMOST !"
The Loco Foeo aspitants to the Presidency,
numbering some eight or ten, are striving for the
lead in ewry conceivable proposition, by which
our Country may ultimately be committed to the
doctrine of interference in the affairs of foreign
na inns So f.tr, Walker the nominee of Kos
itith in England Cass and Douglass have ihe
track from their competitors. The ultraism of
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Cass and UoiigMM is inueea execraote, anu mo
demagogical devices lo which they have resorted,
exhibition of it, are contemptible. A few
nce, the former made a speech on ihe Reso-
luiion, which has been introduced in the Senate,
respecting the liberation ol O'Drien, Mitchell, stnd
other Irish, now iu exile from their Country, for
political offences. The Washington .Republic
I says, "the General-took the ground lhat mere pohti
' cal offences offences against one's Government,
are looked upon as light offences now-st-days;
j and lhat their perpetration is more generally re
j yarded as meriting honor than punishment.",
What a snl'o depository he would be of the Exe
1 cutive power of this crea: Country! What a
glorious time violators of the Fugitive Slave Law,
and Traitors against t'le Constitution and the
Union, would have! Instead of meeting from the
Chief Magistrate of the Union the language of
rebuke and condemnation, they would be saluted
by words of commendation and praise !
But to show how perfecily crazy Cass is, upon
this subject of intervention or, rather, President
making it is only necessary to state one fact. In
the very Resolution which asked the mercy of
the British Governfneul for the Irish exiles, there
were very severe and eondennato ry strictures on
the policy of that Government! After Cass and
Hale, (the latter evidently seeing that all this
policy is advancing abditionisai and bidding up
t'U Party.) had made their Speeches, filled brim
full of "universal philanthropy," Mr. Butler, of
S. C, suggested that the Resolutions, as they then
stood, would only tend to rivet tighter ihe fetters
ot the Exiles that the language employed was
well calculated to arouse the ire anu indignation
of Johs Bull, and induce him to demand why
we interfere in his affairs. ,Geu. Shields, himself
an Irishman, expressed the same opinion, and
the bottle, which contained the philanthropic gas
of the Hero of the "broken sword," was accord
ingly stowed away, for a few days, to mellow !
There is hardly a man is this nation who does
not heartily sympathize with these Irish Exiles,
but is there a man so blind as not to see to what
all this legislation about the affairs of a foreign
nation is to lead? Connecting it with the Kos
suth movement, it is but part ot a great system of
reckless policy, which ambitious men are ready
to fix upon the Country, provided, by doing so,
they can elevate themselves to place and power!
But the evil will be lastisg; and it be
hooves the conservative man of the nation es
pecially those of the South, to speak outon this
vitally important subject of intervention in the
affairs of foreign Peoples!
fjCJ- At a meeting of the Directors of the Raleigh
and Gaston Rail Road Company, held at Gaston,
on the 20th uli., Joseph B. G. Rodlhac, of Ra
leigh, was unanimously appointed a Director, in
place of W. W. Vass, lesignsd.
MORE HARMONY"! :
The House of Representatives slid into a po
litical discussion, very easily and very naturally
on Monday of the last week, when Sir. Gorman
introduced his resolution to give Donelson and
Armstrong (of the Union,) the printing of the
Census returns. Mr. Venable was particularly
rich and racy uDon the occasion. He took in the
1 i r -...hi;. urin-
ters, and spoke ungraciously, by way of illustra
tion, of Sinbad the sador's history" The old
man," he said, '"rides gently ar lirst but there
is no celiinir rid of him at last." Mr. Venable
cut right and left at the Presidential aspirants of
his own party. He aaid he would not object to
the man who might be ihe nominee of the Bajti
more Convention, if ihe nominee should suit hint;
but if ihe nominee should not come up to the
standard which in his judgment he should, he
(Mr. V.) would consent to be deprived ol his
right of suffrage for life before lie would support
him. If the Baltimore Convention should nomin
ate a man who dodges voles, (Douglass and Chs.,
on the Fugitive Mave Law.) and whose recorded
words tequire a Dan it I himself to inlerprtt and
fix their meaning, he could not support him. In
these days, when there are no prophets, he requit
ed thai the man shall be plain as to the meaning
of his terms and the purposes of liis heart; and ail
the conventions on the eanli never could make
him take ihe man who dots hot plainly aud hn
estly declare what his views are. If such a can
didate did not answer questions intelligibly, il
would be because he feared the truth. He would
take the republican creed, as laid down by Jef
ferson, State sovereignty, and a determination to
maintain ihe Compromise measures, &c. But
however, we prefer lo let Mr. V. speak for him
self. Hear him:
Mr. Venable remarked that the resolution de
signated ihe individuals with whom the commit
tee was to make a coi.tract, "hus preventing ihem
from making a contract with any body else.
Mr GoRVANsaid lhat ihe resolution authorized
the com inn tee to make the contract upon such
terms as they should deem reasonable.
Mr. Venable desired to know why the com
mit tee hiil designated Donelsuu utid Armstrong?
What claims had they upon Ihe House and I tie
country? They nad no claims upon the country,
and certainly they hud no claim upon him or those
whom he represemed. He tell I lie inBuei.ee of
their paper last summer, and tie would never pay
a mm to whip him w hen he coulu get it done
cheaper. 'I he paper advocated the high''sl feder
al doctrines,, with which lie nvver could have sym
pathy. He was opposed to ihe principle and ar
rangement by which the cominiUee s.'iould con
tract with but a siugle firm. If .here were one
bundled men in ihe country, and they should i-ay
1 lhat they should iradJ wnh but . ne iinn who sold
bread, he would gel his own price lor what he
sold. Why weie ihese men de-ijjnated? Why
did not the committee come out and propose t.
make them the public primers, and fix the Mtes
of printing? Why did they not come out and sav
that the present system was a bad one, aud they
must return to the old system? It li.ey had done
this, he would ha ve unuerisood the proposition,
and they could all ave voted according to their
choice lor the public primer. But why h.td ihe
committee restricted the contract to these two
men? if they had claims up . n the House, lei
ihetu be marked out, so lhat they could all know
how much they were entitled to and be able to fix
the amount, and thus know where to stop.
In his opinion, they should open the printing
lo competition, and.give the committee discretion
to make the contract with individuals who wou d
execute the contiact in the be&t manner for the
least sum. The Government should turnish the
paper and the mechanical work should be left to
the printer, and tSiey should pay him what it was
worth. He could never consent that the funds
of ihe treasury, paid by the lax-paying people,
should be appropriated for the purpose of sup
porting any one. While he was willing to pen
sion Ihe soldier, to lake care of the widow, and
feed the orphan, he was noi willing to select any
individual lo whom to give tne means of becom
ing wealthy out of the public puri-e, and place him
in a position in which he could form public opin
ion, because he .was tho editor of h conspicuous
journal, extensively circulated throughout the
i country. He desired no man totorm public opin
ion for him, and he hoped never to see the day
when he should have to sacrifice principles for ihe
purpose ot pr-moting the aspiratiuns of any man
for the Presidency. He was lxiund by no lit-s or
ob igntious which required him to part from any
principle which lie had asserted. He had taken
occasion to say that lie abhorred the doctrines
spread over every sheet oTt'ie Union newspaper;
but whilst tie said this, if the editors of that p prr
would do ihe printing cheaper than any b dyelse,
they were welcome to it.
Mr. V. then referred to the discussion whic't
took place between Messrs. KANTocLand Davis,
ol Massachusetts, a few days ago, and s.ud thai
it disclosed .'acts which he would be slad should
go to his people. It would teach them what he
had told theiu, that ne. titer yuriy was friendly to
them.
In reference to the next election, ho would say
that never, by any parly discipline or lies, would
he sustain for the Presidency any man who did
not acknowledge Slate sovereignty upon the prin
ciples of Jefferson. He would make no compro
mise upon this subject. Whilst he opposed every
measure of the compromise, with ttie exception
of tin' fugitive slave law; whilst he did not regret
a single vote lie ever gave, the people of ihat ven
erablo old State, which he bad Ihe honor in part to
represent, had said lhat these measures were the
law f the land, and, as they were a law-abiding
people, they would abide by them. He bowed to
the commands of his people, and would acquiesce
iu those measures, for he was a law. abiding man;
but in doing this, he did n. t resard them as
equal lo the Constitution of the United Stales.
He was for the repose of the public mind, for pre.
serving ihe Government, for sustaining ihe princi
ples of the Constitution, and for obeuience to the
laws.
In regard to the resolution, he would vo e for
no measure which was to make an immense pour
ing out of ihe treasury into the pockets of these
editors, to aid them in forming public opinion in
the next Presidential contest. He desired ihe
people to have the means of a fir selection as to
individuals; and, while he did not object to men
being ihe nominees of the Baltimore Convention,
yet that Convention might niak" fifty nomina
tions of men who might not come up to his mark,
and he would not voie for them. If they should
nominate a man who dodged votes, aud whose
letters and communica'ions required a second in
terpretation, or a Daniel himsell to fix their mean
ing, he would not vote for him. Give him the
statesman who would faco the truth, and who
would say, cme wel, come wo, these are my
opinions, my principles, whether victory or over
throw attend me.' He desired to go back to the
i Id republican principles, as laid down by Jeffer
son. Mr. Pole called the gentleman to order. He
did not see what connexion the gentleman's re
marks had with ibe subject under consideration.
The Speaker decided lhat the gentleman's re
marks were irrelevant.
Mr. John W. Howe desired to ask the gentle
man from North Carolina whether he would vote
for Gen. Cass ?
Mr.-Venable replied that he would not.
No wonder thai, after all this, Mr. Polk called
his loquacious and communicative friend to order,
for travelling out of the record !
For onrselves, with our views as to "interven
tion," we have no disposition to interfere, in Ihe !
slightest, with this family jarring.
We cannot
refrain nevertheless, from drawing an inference
or two from these remarkable declarations of Mr.
Venable, for the benefit, first, of his constituents,
generally, and secondly, for the benefit of his
Democratic constituents ;
1st That Mr. Venable will not sustain forth
Presidency any man' who does not believe in ihe
right of Secession. Mark lhat, freemen of ilt
Fifih District!
2nd. That ho admits, virtually, that neither
Cass nor Douglass, in case one or the other of
them shall receive the nomination of the National
Democratic Convention, are to be trusted by in8.
South i Mark tliat, V.. " Standard" I
SUPREME COURT.
Thursday, Jan. 29, I85i.
Graham $- Hayusood, Exr's, v. Roberts and oik.
ers, in Equity, from Craven. Argued by Messrs.
J. w. uryan a.ia Uonnell.
McDaniei v. Thomas, in Equity, from Jon.
Arguedby J. VV . Brynn, for PiaimuT, and J. H.
Bryan, for Defendant
Sim: son v. Justice, in Equity, from CravB.
J. W. Bryan, for PlainiifT, aud W. H Hy Wood
for Defendant.
Friday, Jaw. 30.
V. CUrk. from Hvde. Submitted K.
Burges
Donnell, lor Defendant
Wooten and Bsclon. Eir'i. v. Btcton, in Equi
ty, from Lenoir. Argued by W. H. Haywood
for Plaintiff, and J. W. Bryrni and Donnell, lor
Defendant.
Heath v. Heallx, in Equity, Trtm Craven. Ar
gued ly W. H. Hayood, tor Plaintiff, and J.
Bryan, for Defendant.
Satuedav, Ja5. 31.
Richardson v. flrong, from Granville. Ar
gued by Saunders, for PfainiilT.
Foy v. Foy, from Carteret. Argued hy W.
H. Haywood, for PiaintirT, and J. H. Bryan, for
Defendant.
Mokday, Feb. 2
Page v. Goodman, in Equity, from Chowan.
Argued by Bragg and W.N H Smith, for De
fendant, and Heath, for Plaintiff.
IMPORTATION OF FOUEICJN COAL.
It i sometimes urjred that our domestic coal trd
has grown so rapidly and vigorously as no longer t
beiii any need of protection Irom ccmpotiiioii in in
own markets with foreign coal. To such prron w.
entertain this idea, the following tab e i-howing (W
number of tons of foreign coal imported into the Uni
ted States fiom the year 18JI to 151. inclusive, pre
sents an instructive lesson, and one which hould be
earnestly reflected upon :
1SJ1 22 122 1?37
:4 5'J3 1338
1823 S0 43J 1839
ii21 7 223 lt40
1 8i5 2-) 645 l s4 i
1826 S3 665 1842
1827 4u2b7 143
18iS 82 302 lb44
1829 45 395 l?4.i
1830 55 13S IS46
1831 M6 50'.) ! S47
1832 72 S78 iS4
J833 92 232 IS-19
134 71 G26 150
135 49 9M 1851
154 450
12V 081
"i:ii35i
1 C 86?
1 .'5 194
141 531
41 !6X
87 07
85 7"
15ti 5J
H8ft3
19 167
188 213
1B0 43G
514 774
153U 1CS43J I
From 1S2I to 1S3-J wa an en of protection, and
the effect i.seen iu the limited quantity of foreiffn cos!
imported. This to quickly rhanged'wlieii free trade,
heid sway from i 835 to Ib43,and the Import of foreign
coal was doubled and trebled When tho tariS of 184J
restored protection, this import was again reduced,
and go continued until 1S49, the new tarhT gav full
way to turelgn import at;niis, and in the six yer
wiucli have elapsed s.nce the passage of the an l,
passage nf the act 1, j
eu imported Our Pens- j
able of supplying all Iho !
: upon them, and there is f
o 403 tons ol coal nave been
ylvania coal mines are caput:
demands which can be made upon
no rood reason whv foreign miuei should be encour
aged tu their detriment. Phil. Kurth. Amtt.
The same remark is forcibly applicable t11i pts
epective Coal trade of North Carolina. There is f
ery ground for the bellaf, indeed, there can b ns
doubt of the ftct, that the North t.arolin Coil
mines will "soon be capable of supply ing any demand
that can ba made upon them," and of entering int
successful competition with thoi-e of any other part
of Uiit country. We echo tb opinion llwu, thst
"there is no reason why foreign miues should bu eru
couraged to their detriiueut." Iu any event, howev
er. and against any conipotition. we look upon lbs
profitable working of the coal fields on Deep River
as a "fixed fact." A rep -nt report published in this
paper fully establishes that.
We take occasion to say, 7 this connexion, that ws
shall be thankful for any information Waring upon
this highly important and interesting subject.
K7" The Steam Saw Mill of John Blackwetl Efq.f
in Newbem, was consumed by fire on the 24th ult
The loss is estimated at about $11 000, of which $3,.
000 was insured in the X. C. Mutual Insurance Com
pany. Mr. Clackwell will promptly rebuild.
From the Newbemian.
A CARD FilOM Mtt WASHINGTON.
William H. Mathrw, E-t.
Dr. ah Sir: My name bavin? been mention
ed recent'y in some of the primary meetings of
the people, in the nublic prints, and still more fre
quently my private correspondence, in connex
ion with i lie approaching Gubernatorial canvas
ot the Suite, 1 h el it doe lo myself, and to the
Whig parly, to say at once, thai while I aid tru
ly grateful to my friends for their kindness and
partiality, yet i must adhere to a determination,
expressed more than a year ago at Italeigh, not
to allow my name to be considered at all In the
selection of a candidate fi r the disiinguisbed of
fice of Governor, at ihe comin election; and I
make that determination public thus early, thst
my fiiends rhay in no way embarrass the action
of the contemplated Convention.
Very respectfully yours,
Wil. H. WASHINGTON.
MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
OF THE WILMINGTON 8t MAN
CHESTER ROAD.
We learn from the gentlemen of this place (re
. i i ...i. i.i .i .. -..-...if
the Stockholders ol ihe above R'-ad. held at M- 'T
rion, !S. C, on Wednesday last, that iu eonse- '
quenceofa majority of ihe Slock not being r- -
presented no business was tiansacled f
A meet.no- was designated lo tjke nlace on the
first Thursday in Match n xl at SuinpteH"'
when we irusi that a lull representation win
present.
Is not Gov. Reid to blame for the presen' failure.'
We learn that ihe appointment of Stale's Pf
was tendered to Miles Costin of this place, ind
that it was received by him on Tuesday last, Iht
day preceding the meeting Had ihis matter been
attended To in proper season, a majority of the Stock
would have been represented, and Ihe biwiiieU
msposed of. As it is, our delegates have iheir la
bor for their pains, the business is delayed five or
six wet Vs. and the inconvenience of another meet
ing has to be incurred.
h is really provoking. Our Governor seems
to be unfortunate with bis proxies-
Jfimington Herald.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Prof. Emmons, State Geologist, accompanied
by bis son, who is one ot his Assistants, elt tln
place on Monday morning last for Piitsborough, ,
with the view oi making an examination, of ill
coal-beds in that region of ihe State. Tbe
coal-beds are now exciiing much attention audit
was deemed bet that Prof Emmons should vtfs '
them first. A thorough examination and a it- .
pott may be expected, which we hope soon
have ihe pleasure of ay ing btfore our readers.
Prof. Emint ns will repair next, in all prob' .
! bihiy, to the seaboard, and proceed thence towru r
the centre anu west in me regular penui g
of his duties. His labora will extend over f
field, hitherto unexplored. We hvethe
confidence in hi quaWicalions for the task hB
assumed, and we anticipate from Ids latours to
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