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PF TK OF PROFESSOR WILSON. I , , t ww,r M.-ine The aaar readers of Blaemols magazine . tl as all ffho admire and . appreciate ealid tnntal attainments, trill hear with rerret tke canc-unceraentof. She deain ot .... iv...,. a ) Chr.tte- tr;u-v i clsbrated as tne cnnsic hcr North of that mgn-ln. He san o: andoTifctsd ecnius and cf a fer ii tempera- ment tfcr.t aaaed tr.e smpcr.cn i ."V"."' nes to all his productions. lie enrnea aisr.nc tion both as a was admired wherever tnjiisn ianjTuK read.. Hie connection wife Blackwood s .ag- . .-, ,r "In 1818 he sought and obtained tne proiea sorship of moral philosophy in the University cf Edinburgh. About .his time he became con nected with Blackwood' Magazine, eod by tbe camber and ability of hie contributions, as well as by his infiueace on other writers, may be said to have created the literary character ef that journal, The choi. est of his contribu tions have been collected and published under the title of 'Recreations of Christopher North.' Mr. Hallaa has characterized Wilson as a wri ter of the most ardent and enthusiastic genius, vhoae eloaucnce is as the rush of miebty wa- tir. His noetical works are 'The Isle of Palms,' and 'City of the Plague, poems deeply conversant wh5i the gentler sympathies of our nature. He has also written three novels, called 'Lights and Shadows of Scotch Life,' The Trials of Margaret Lindsay.' and 'The Pripoiitpra ' Professor Wilson is the subject of an article in the last number of Harper's Magazine which will be read with additional interest now that he is ao more. Of his personal appearance we are told : , 'Larrer and taller men." savs the writer, "we have seen, figures more artistically framed we have seen: but the oeculiarity of Wilson lay in the combination of all those qualities y . - . mi wiich go to constitute a pertect man. xnero was his stature, about six feet two inches ; there . was his erect port and stately tread ; there was Via hroaA and hrawnr chast : there was a brow round and broad. There were eyes, literally flames .if fire aroused, and which, like Chatter- ton's, rolled at times as if they would burn their j eockets. There were a . nose, chin and mouth, expressing by turns firmest determination, ex quisite feeling;, laughing humor, and fiery rage." And ' flowing round his temples, but not beneath his broad shoulders, were locks of tho true Celtic yellow, reminding you of the mane worn by tke ancient bisou in the Deu Caledonian forei-ts." Professor Wilson was born at Paisey, Scot land,' in 1788. His father was a wealthy mami factucer, and gave to his son the benefit of a liberal education. At the ag of thirteen he entered the Glasgow University. In his eigh teenth year be proceeded to Oxford and became a Gentleman Commoner of Magdalen College, where he shortly afterwards gained the Newdi gate prize for an English poom of sixty lines. After leaving Oxford he resided for a time on the banks of Lake Wmdemere, where he pur chased an estate near the home of Wordsworth, but from this spot he was driven by the reverses cf fortune. After pursuing the usual course of study he became a member of the Scotch Bar. In the year 1818, h was elected to the Chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, and commenced that series of papers in Blackwood's Magazine, which has given so extensive a literary character to that periodical and made his own tame world-wide Bait. American. TALLOW AND LARD. Our attention has been called by a commer cial friend to the large consumption of Tallow in England, and the interruption of her sup plies dui ing the agitations going on in the pres ent state of affairs on the other side of the At lantic. It appears from a busine s circular now before us that the imports of Tallow last year into England from Russia amounted to 25,000,000 lbs., bring 72 percent of the entire, import from all countries, and equivalent to about 350,000 barrels and tierces Lard. It would require not less than 4,000,000 hogs to produce this large quantity of Lard; and this is nearly double the entire product of this coun try for commercial purposes. War is now actually in existence between England and Ruxsia, and as long as it continues, the commerce between the two countries must be entirely suspended. It is well known that Lard is and has been used to a great extent as a substitute for Tallow, when the latter is in short supply and prices are about equal but as Tallow is now much dearer than Lard, this substitution of American Lard must be very great, and with these figures before parties interested they may form some idea of its prob able great enhancement in price. The circular to which we refer is that of Messrs. Sawyer, Wallace & Co., New York, and their remarks on the subject are as follows : "Lard is lower, but, being kindred to tal low, it can hardly fail to be materially af fected for the better, sooner or later, by pro tracted interruption of commercial intercourse between England and Russia. "The former country imported from the latter, last year, 95,000,000 ll.s. of tallow, 72 per cent, of the entire imports from all countries, and equivalent to about 300,000 barrels lard. She also derives from the same source 75 per cent, of linseed and flaxseed for oil purposes ; and nearly equal in quantity to tallow. These article;s are purchased in the interior duriug tke winter mouths by Agents of English boo tses, and forwarded to the Baltic ports chiefly, for shipment in the summer. The usual ar rangements for securing supplies have not been made the pest winter ; and had this been dene they could only reach the English markets by long and expensive inland routes." THE NEW YORK LIQUOR. LAW. This bill is dead for the present, the Senate of New York having refused to overrule the ve to of Gov. Seymour. The wonder is that it ey. er passed tVie Legislature, and it shows the dan gers and evils which may result from the law making power being subjected to the outside pressure of fanatical ultraism. The bill is not only an entrage on those principles of personal liberty which, derived from the common law of England, and engrafted into our American con stitutions, are a part of the politiaal education of the An;lo-Saxon, and almost a second nature to him, but it is in some of its features at war with that idea of right, which, lot for itspassaee, and approval by a part of the people "of New York, we would have supposed to- be common to all mankind. It is a warning to the whole people of the United States, showing the length to which men may go, when they become so eager to reform society in one or more particu lars, that they are not content with giving the support of their own example and precept to such principles as they believe calculated to effect the reform which they desire, but must reaort to the law-making power to enforce con formity with their own notions. There is one point in the veto message of the Governor of New York to which we wish to call attention at present, because it illustrates ine real evil unuer wnicn we are suffering in this country. The Governor shows v,:l. country retty clearly, that there is law enough in New " iiiiua oric on tne matter oi seiunsr nouor. in An. t-much for suppressing intemperance as that sort of legislation can do without invading oth er interests quite as important, if it were onjv enforced. Here is disclosed the real point on which publie opinion ought to be brought to bear in this contry. What is the use of ad ding to the laws already lying dead on the pa ges of our statute books, until the public mind can be brought into a sounder state on the en forcement, even of those laws which are ab solutely necessary te the peace, safety, and good order of society. It may be said that ardent temperance men, and combinations like the Carson leagues, will see to the enforcement of a stringent law against the sale of liquor, except for medicinal or me chanical purposes, though thev will not trnnlilo themselves to have existing laws enforced. This is nreeiselv the reason whv wa nr. r-n . V f . CL j-nnwwMi saak UaWltitiuo. Wa tok thm un, . ... wwmwmp m vatev 4 roaucuons. -" rthe communtty crahseehda the pmrince f hfheKlUh Wuaid, I -thority, 1 not to be forgottenjha our protest most distinctly Rtideci-lertl7ga , m that sort of legislation which-n.ia .from its. J .rtt... Btmi . .w" - ;i' ? it- . v. " -.. m f ClTil re , . " .j .i- nofir Ts-iT IBirsI I O ilr nrlfn r w 1 B WPnEPniHI HIIU a WUHHV is Indicted Jipon it by-every law nassed, rkkj either cannot be enforced at all, or only in such ; a manner that it-mii.it ficcasion a sense or par r;; -71 : i k;.k tial and -officious interference, and consequently j; produce ill-feeling and dissension among those, j who would otherwise cordially co-operate ior the great acknowledged ends of civil society. St. Louis Intel. EX PRESIDENT FILLMORE. It. is oTfttifvini? to. observe the enthusiasm and the cordiality with which President Fill . . i . . ; u more is greeted Dy an, parties, in me wur winm he is now making through the Southern States. It is honorable alike to the recipient ot tnese demonstrations of respect, as to those who make them. It is an evidence that Millard Fillmore has an abiding place in the affection of the people for, without offices to bestow, or patronage of any kind to dispense, he has been received wherever he has been with all the consideration and respect which a just people delight to bestow upon a tried patriot and a faithful public servant. It may be said with entire confidence that no President, since the time of Mr. Monroe, has left the Executive chair with less of per sonal or political unpopularity than Millard .... r f Fillmore. There can be tound out tew. even among the most violent and radical politicians, who will deny to him a character, not only of unselfish patriotism, but of splendid statesman ship. This reputation be has gained, not by trimming and shuffling not by conciliating factions and the olds and ends of parties but bv pursuing strictly the line of duty marked! out by tne eonsruuuou auu luuicareu vy tne " . . ....... i i i .. .i. political necessities ot the people. He did not shape the policy of his adminis tration with a view to a fusion of all the fac tious into which selfishness aud radicalism have divided a portion of the people of the North. He did not offer a premium to Aboli tionism, Freesoilism, Secessionism and Filli busterisra, by appointing'to office the leading representatives oi tnese political organizations. He did not attempt to curry favor with all by recognizing all disorganisers as entitled to pe culiar consideration at his hand. Nor yet was bis policy simply negative. He labored to cultivate and to strengthen the Union senti ment of the country. He devoted his energies, and with great success, to quieting the section al agitation which had raged so violently and which threatened uch disastrous consequences. The integrity and stability of the union were his chief aims. Entering upon his office at a period more critical perhaps than any previous one in the history of the government, he ex- hibited so much firmness united with modera- j L - . 1 V. .1 L tion so much sagacity, and such a thorough knowledge of the political status of the coun try, that even his warmest friends were agree--ably disappointed and his enemies were first silenced, and then expressed admiration, and then united in the general and grateful tribute which from all portions of the country was paid to Millard Fillmore as a national Statesman and a model President. His popularity is not sectional, but univer sal. Among the generous And warm-hearted people of the South he receives all the honors which nra due to one who. in the tvinir times of the Republic displayed by his acts, and trot i by words alone, a true conception of the duties j of the Executive office of this great nation. i In the West and in the North, with the excep-1 c r. , i ' ii . i tion ol the lew tanatics who could not beud him from his high ; purpose, and make him I minister to their treasonable designs, all j parties proclaim him as the true and taithtul public officer. There is no one, in all the na tion, who has so firm a hold upon the affec tions of the great mass of the people no one whose public and private character, is so fault less, as Millard Fillmore. Divested as he is of alt the insignia of office a plain American citizen he occupies this day a position before the world, prouder than any of those who "with all their blushing honors thick upon them" con sult only party welfare and individual promo tion, and forget that it is unselfish nationality and enlarged patriotismism which alone make and sustain the reputation of an American statesman. Richmond Mail. SENATORIAL SPIRIT-RAPPINGS. Some rascal, of a waggish turn, sent to Gen. Shields, a few days since, a memorial purport ing to be from fifteen thausand believer in Spiritual Manifestations, and gravely askinv the Senate to devote their entire energies to a "patient, rigid, scientific investigation of the phenomena." It was presented by the General on Monday last, and on the first announcement of what he had done, in the first Evening Edi tion of the Daily Times, we were and his forgiveness is requested for its unkinduess we were of the opinion that the generally shrewd Geueral had been hoaxed. But a pe rusal of his elaborate speech on the subject af forded satistactory evidence that he had only seized tho opportunity presented in the peti tion, for the purpose of confounding his fellows by a display of extraordinary familiarity with the peculiar delusions of dift'ereut ages of the world. He was successful. He made his speech ; Senators did nothing but listen to it for an entire day, which must be viewed as an I unusual courtesy; and he had the pleasure oi seeing n in me Association newspa pers, with the names of Cornelius Agrippa and Paul Jovius, King David and King Solo mon, and a host of others of various reputa tions, all printed in what the printers call "small caps," to obtain hich they are obliged to extend their nimble fingers to the topmost bound of their cases. ; Surely Senator Shields is satisfied. That was glory enough for one Senator to obtain in a single day. A modest display cf historical learning is excusable on almost any occasion- the above, however, was an exception : and the honest reader will doubtless be at some loss to divine how it happened that while matters of the ut most importance are awaiting the action of Congress, Senators were willing to while away so much time in listening to a speech upon a subject on which they had not the least inten tion of acting, and which, if "the believers" are to be credited, is beyond their control. We are unable to give a favorable explanation. It certainly is hot to the credit of the Senate that such a matter could, at such a time and place, be fobted upon their attention. It was probably the reputed fondness of gentlemen residing in Washington for spirits, that in duced the presentation of the petition, and per haps led its author to hope for an investiga tion; but the subject is too ethereal, and if the believers desire the undivided attention of the powers, they must present spirits with more body in them. The Misses Fox may be able to "call spirits from the vasty deep" by some mysterious agency, but that is of no particular interest to Congressmen, for a majority of them see tumbler after tumbler come forth every night of their session by a simple up-and-down motion of the handle of a beer-pump. Thev have a reverence for ancient usages, relating to j the manner of obtaining the presence of spirits at their tables, which the most ardent of "the believers" cannot ebake. JV. T. Time, The man who beats the drum to the "march of time" is now learning to play "the horn of plenty." The poor fellow recently lost his sight, and is now led by the dog whose "bark is on the C." Maine Law in Ohio The Senate of Ohio has passed a liquor law by a vote of 18 to 11 TM. a Kill 1Q nrvt u, ,t,iniAnt - " o..... i ... r. i n . uuler on, uai w iiw iu iupnoue in said to k. I 1 : " J"J 10 be; prwifieBi. ' j at0p,mi , rTii" '.r' r Y, " J " " J V " 7 i,f .... ' I. ; ire-aou pwcaw. ana cwea .oy v;," meetinein Henderson county, over in partiai spasmoaic eiroris vi v . ' Wfi7'ftfp wio was cra girva, u.w; ns 8nnuld.be elected i.j the peopi. ne . . . ' ,,. . ' xeaL xtiwiftlr I-aMi. to mm into tan&UCism aus i tntw are me pmn nj r, v '.fy -nii. i.'- .V. rCMr,:. r.,.. -,. Vv.... .'-in&' tr.o , stanaaru ' i"s '" beJSe intolerant. ;ntprwe!Jdl:Bg and fierce J , vpxorpM j?rj,- rage, in hie lK$ . - .K' !rt. . itratin' of the affairs of theStatA, bur hit nly The "Spectator V' account of the matter I reckless of eTeTjth;ngtexcept rt imiaed:ae op- . g I . " - 4 rKe ' r.qairy vcuW be. whetkor the policy, soinwt pond with that which we ' had prcv 'rLJ.T; r. :t F I P il v f r::4- tfd ?ould und to the benefit and gtorjo from . nrirate tource. and the su pie, w.ai any wbicdw w ce u.i. xv.- i A t t 1 U U4 r.ig .any-: . . the btate uf North Carolina. The eBect yi ni . - ' . , f eirelt hi nr one moral 'or liotiwctton-of - ..-vVo ... .cm . ! u . l.A.n Wirrd. t of which we promised to.Iay before oar '' -- .;."--'' -' ft ---J U. ,113 II J I , Ifl i ! II nli-U'TliljlUll l- Ul.Wi WEDNESDAY" MORNING, APRIL 56, 1P-S4. ' Eepmican Whig Ticket. FOR GOVERNOR, AI.FRF.D DOCKER Y, OF RICHMOND. ELECTION ON THTTESDAY, AWJUST 3rd. THE LOCOFOCO PLATFORM. We publish at length, in another column, for the information of our renders, and for future reference, the remarkable Resolutions that were adopted by the recent Convention of the "un- terrified." We shall comment upon each andi all of them from time to time. We have onlj space and leisure to-day to devote to the cursory consideration of the 4th, 5th, and 8ih "f the series. The Fourth Resolution, it will be seen, de clares that any disposition of the public lands, "for the sole and exclusive benefit of any one of the States, would be unjnst and unconstitu tional." This is siily in the extreme. Who ever thought of giving thoui to any one of the States ? The Whig doctrine is, that the public domain should be disposed of for the benefit of aWthe States. But the Fifth Resolution pro ceeds to re-assert the old thread-bare heresy, that the lands "should be held." &c. uHdd!" The looofoco party, have preached this doctrine, over and oer again, in spite of the reuion strauces aud predictions of the Whigs, until they are now likely to witness tho result of their policy. These same holders" have seen this "com moii property of the people of all the States" giveu away to the Western States year after year, tbey have opposed every effort to arrest such a condition of things and give to the eld States their just rights, they have con tinued to say "hold" on, until they have so strengthened the hands of Western politicians and tricksters as to make resistance now diffi cult and almost fruitless ! The lands have been "hld," indeed, but they have been "held" for little purpose, so far as North Carolina Is con cjrned ; and if the iniquitous and monstrous proposition, now pending before the Senate, (the Homestead) of giving to every emigrant a free-hold, shall be adopted, it would he far bet- . ...... ter for us that the whole domain were sunk beneath the ocean. We shall not only lose by it the lands themselves, but the inducement it holds out will toll away thousands of our citizens. Yes, "Held," with a vengeance, have been the public lands; and yet, (we call upon the honest ; and intelligent people to mark it,) with the re sults of their cherished abstraction glaring fear fully in their eyes, the loeofoco leaders still whine out the drivelling quackery of using them for paying the public debt and reducing taxes ! ,. . , . ... , , . e t. The evasive and Jesuitical character of the J Eighth Resolution is manifest upon its very face, and cannot prove satisfactory to the friends of Internal Improvement in any portion of the State. The Whigs in Convention came out like men, and declared in favor of the extension of the North Carolina Railroad, East and West. This great scheme has already done more to elevate the character of the State and to infuse vitality into its system than anything else that has been accomplished within a quarter of a century. The people of the East and of the West, then, had a right to expect a full, clear and explicit declaration in favor of its exten sion. And they had a right to hear that exten sion announced as the present policy of the State. The loeofoco Convention, however, are far from saying any such thing. Tbey are for such fur ther aid a8,ro time to time, "a just regard for the interests of the people may require and the means and resources of the State will prudently allow." Now, it is not only surmised, but can be proven, that Mr. Braoo, their nominee, was bitterly opposed to the North Carolina Railroad in its inception ; and the Resolution adopted affords him the opportunity of presenting a Janus-face upon the subject. He cau very easily allege, in communities hostile to Internal Improvement, and where bis former sentiments are known, that he is committed to nothing uew, that he has not changed his opinions, that he docs not believe that "a just regard for the in terests of the people" requires any further State enterprize, or that the means and resources of the State will prudently allow it, that even if it were politic, and within the capabilities of the State, he is not for prosecuting it at once, but only from time to time ! ! We are greatly mistaken in the intelligence and spirit of the people, East and West, if the lame and equivocating manifesto of the loeofoco Convention will satisfy them. The day of pal tering and equivocation has gone by ; and if the loeofoco leaders were too faint-hearted to look this question in the face, or were afraid a candid avowal in favor of Internal Improve ments would jar with the views of their candid ate, let it be so ! But the game of duplicity and deception shall be dragged into the light of day. Mr. BRAGG must faci the music, he must plant himself, unequivocally, upon the one side or the ether I Thk biter bit." It is somewhat a pity that J the loeofoco literati, who find so much fault with Gen. Dockert'b pronunciation of "Guano," should not have consulted a stricter regard for the rules of grammatical construction in the Resolutions adopted by their Convention. In the Cth Resolution, that famous Resolution in which his Excellency de jure is made a "second Washington" of, we find the following: "He will carry with him in his retirement from his present post the consciousness of hav ing dedicated his best energies to the public good and the sincere and enthusiastic confidence of the Democratic party." There may be something wrong in the punc tuation here, but most people ,will wonder how his Excellency could have "dedicated his energies" "to the sincere and enthusiastic con fidence of the Democratic party ! " It may be of interest to our readers to ' know that there have been twentv ei.rht I , , . ., e , i speeches made . n the Senate on the Nebraska Bill, seventeen for, and eleven against, the bill; and so far, in the House, there have been de- i i: ,v,: i en... i mutj-wm: oiicccimi! in ieeu iu one Slue. . . ' and aixteen on tha otbc aiJo of tK. 1 and sixteen on tbe thee side of th onoat;. ' - JL m-M m m m . , OKN CCKERY8" MOVEMENTS. I m learn from the "Nrth State Wh' that . .. . synopsis of the General's speech; By his plain, Republican manners, and strong hard sense, he made a favorable impression npon our people. He reminds them, they' Say, of their old favorite. Gov. Morehead. Indeed between the two there is a strong resemblance in several particulars ; both are self-made men both "the architects of their own fortunes"-; both plain Republicans of the old school both energetic, go-ahead, business men and Farmers ; and as one made as good a Governor as. North Carolina ever bad, so will the other." Gen. Dotkert also addressed the people at Greenville, on the i'Oth ; at Snow Hill, Greene, on the 2lst : at Kinston, Lenoir, on the 22nd ; and at Newbern, on the 24th. He speaks to-day at Beaufort, and has before him the following additional appointments: Trenton, Jones, Friday, April 28. Duplin Court House, ! Saturday, ' 29 Wilmington, ; Monday, May 1 Whitesville, Columbus, Wednesday " 3 Lumlierton, Robeson, ' Thursday, " 4 Elizabeth, Bladen, Friday, " 5 On Saturday, May 6, at such place in Bladen as may le agreed upon. Cliutoii, Sampson, Monday, May 8 Fayetteville, Wednesday, " 10 Shepard'a, Moore, Thursday, " 11 Carthage, , " Friday, " 12 The "Plymouth Villager" gives an interes ting account of General Dockkrv's visit to that place, and concludes by remarking : " Upcn he whole, General Dockery . is looked upon its the very aian to serve the true inter ests of the whole people, and in August next, the East will roll up a vwte for him unprece dented in our historv. Every oxty who heard the General are well pleased with him and his principles ; both Whigs and Democrats speak of him in the highest terms of commendiation ; and we can assure his friends everywhere, that the right spirit prevails, and that he is receiv ing the warmest reception ever tendered to any former candidate. We have stated the case fairly, and left much that might be said, and actually exists, in favor of General Alfred Docke ry, the next Governor of North Carolina." A friend in on of the other Eastern counties, which Gen. Dockery has visited, assures us of the favorable impression he every where creates. He says : "Of Gen Dockebt, personally, I have but a word or two to say. He is an honest-hearted, worthy man. Every body seemed pleased to see him. Easy and familiar in his manners and conversation, he is the man for the people. Could the masses of the people become acauain- ted with him, they would flock to his standard. Wause fhey would know, that in the strong strut ut Mini, auu-uunii om mruirr tney would have a sure and steady support. Farmers, Me chanics, laboring men of all sorts and descrip tions ! Gen. Docxerv's life and character is full of interest to you. By his unaided exertions, be holds his enviable position in North Carolina. He is your friend, because he is one of you. He knows your wants, and he sympathizes with you in your struggles and toil through life. 4'he corrupt and mercenary editors ot loeofoco newspapers, and lawyers, may villify and ridi cule him, because he is an honest tiller of the soil, but the honest plain people of the land will sustain him." Greenville. Pitt Cocntt, April 20. Mr. Epitor: It will be gratifying to you to hear that Gen. Dockery addressed the people at this place, to-day, and by his frank, manly, and intelligent discussion of the questions em bodied in the Whig platform, made an impres sion that will pervade: this county and will be remembered to his advantage at the ballot-box. By an oversight, the notice of his appointment, which had been published sufficiently in ad vance elsewhere, did not reach us here until the day before he was to speak, and conse quently the audience .' that assembled to hear bim, was not very large. It was, nevertheless, very respectable in number and character, and the alacrity and earnestness to bear him, man ifested by those whom the news reached, indi cated in tbe plainest and most satisfactory man ner, that had it been j more widely spread and previously known, he would have been honor ed by as large a concourse as ever assembled here on a similar occasion. He was listened to wfth the., utmost attention and respect, throughout a speech" of one hour and a half in j length, and was frequently interrupted by tbe ontnusiastic ana spontaneous applause ol bis audience. His speech was plain and effective, and if, in the progress of the campaign, his efforts should be as successful as this one to day, you may rely upon it, that the man who, by his natural abilities, and native energy of character, with out the extrinsic aids of fortune or education, has risen to the honorable and eminent posi tion he now occupies,: tbe people of the State at the next eleotiou will crown with the high est honor in their gift. - I shall only give you an epitome of parts of his speech. He said he was in favor of the principles of the Whig platform without ex ception, and had always been in favor of them. Had not this been the case, he would not have accepted the nomination. Tbe question of the amendment of the Constitution relative to what was termed "free suffrage" was an issue be fore the people. He was in favor of that mea sure, and made the first step towards it, when he voted in the Convention of '35 to take the election of Governor from the Legislature and give it to the people. He referred to the charge made against him by Democratic organs, that he was opposed to giving the election of Gove nor to the people. The charge was false and contrary to the truth.' When it was first introduced in the convention, he was tempora rily absent at Wake Forest, and did not know that it would be considered by the Convention at that time. On his return to the Convention he voted for it on its final enrollment and fa- vored it from the beginning. The true mode to amend the Constitution was by a Conven tion as proposed by the Whigs. The Consti tution was too sacred to be dealt with lightly. It should be amended by the representatives of the people delegated for that purpose, and that alone. He was opposed to a; change of the basis. He 'proclaimed it 'here and he should proclaim it in the West. The Democrats were attempting to make the Convention question hideous to the East on account of the basis. There was no danger on that score. The West did not desire this feature to be changed. The West would not touch the basis if there should not be an Eastern man in the Convention. He went on to illustrate the two modes of amendment as proposed by the two parties, and to contrast them at considerable length. Gen. Dockery then proceeded to discuss the question of the Public Lands, and in the most conclusive manner exposed the blind and suici dal policy of Democratic politicians who, to pre&erve their consistency, for a miserable ,aP88 Pottge e selling the birthright of 'e peopie oi ortn yaroiina. When he alia- aa ln connection with this subject to the wear advantages) of education, the eye. of tLold veteran filled with tears at the reflection of ms own ttraRfil.e' to overcome tbe want of those advantages, which, bv carrvinpont iha rni;.nr 'i wu" , . , . '. J u the Whip na.rtv.wnnlrfa.nd tha .Knnl . T TV v Jf V, "."nooj master . " rs . .""uwier aruu tv vrj yvui witu nous iu yerj nook ' "d corner Poor mountains . aMfUoagrr ! f-k ana rffir of ourain From thufr J"t he passed to animadvert anon Qen. Prw Respectfully, &i. Windsor, April 19, 1854. Mr. Gales : I drop you a line to say, that Gen. DoekerV, the Whig candidate for Govern or, addressed the people at this place, on Sat urday, t:ie 15th inst. Considering the shortness of the notice, and the busv season of the vear with the farmers. - - m , there was qiiite a respectable assemblage ot . the people. After having made quite a num -1 I . f. i - J a num. her of acquaintances during bis short visit amongst us. Gen. Dockery addressed the people, who were assembled in the Court House, for about an housr and a quarter, upon the various issues which divide the political parties jh the State. The General began his remarks, by Inform ing the people the object of his visit amongst them. He stated Ithat the character of his speech would be somewhat difficult from what he an ticipated, as he saw that Mr. Bragg, who had been pretty generally replying to him, was not j dor ))f (mr frienjs an,i encourage our enemies present on this occasion. He then proceeded, j., t bom(, ;t Can and will do no harm, in a clear, forcible and convincing speech tr j Tnerrt th(S tth-f ,.t 4,f prjn,p mover is too well discuss the principles which the Whigs had understood. ' It is but a feeble move to distract laid down, ijn their recent State Convention, tlje Wh- pRrty an(j contr,bute thereby to the which he enforced with earnestness and ability. 8Uu0eM f the Democrat, and .also to manu He first totllt up thesubject of constitutional -j fa,ture A jitt(e Legislative capital for himself, reform, and declared himself a strong ai)d em ; jn ordcr tn;ltolhers at a distance may proper cere advocate of abolishing the property quali-1 j appreciate lhe effect and influence of such a fication of voters for the Senatorial branch of ; movementi we wiH the facts in connection the General Assembly of the State. He said. ; wJth thU Bttempt u, or2;!ini7,e a third political that possibly some of his political friends j prtrty might differ with him upon this subject, yet as j Tf re9oiuti0ns, we are informed, were in the an honest man, a proper regard for truth, fin j D(lt8(i;,n of Mr. Farmer for several days be centv. and fair dealinz compelled him to le- clare his opinion boldly and truthfully. 'He i said be had opposed, and was still opposed, to me nooDy, wnicn me m-mwnu utu j from others and more particularly the more this matter, to ride into office upon, without , prouliuent Whigs in the county. No publica any prospect of obtaining what they bad so j tion of au intention t0 uoi(1 8Uch a meeting long promised ; for, he said, they were no j W(W -yen exaept a proclamation at the Court nearer their purpose than when they hrst be- i i()U8e dooi. ;ast before it was organized, and gan the agitation, and it would continue to be so, not only for six years, but that it might be six times six: before they obtained what they professed to $esire so ardently. He then proceeded to explain how all these questions of constitutional reform might be speedily and safely settled, by calling a con vention of delegates of the p-ople, composed, as it would doubtless be, of the wisest and most discreet citizens of the State, where no man in his sober senses could believe (here would be any possible motive V introduce partisan poli tics. He then contrasted the two methods, that of the Whigs and Democrats, for amend ing the constitution of the State. The demo cratic plan had had a fair trial, and proved to be a compleee failure. He then spoke of the horrible monster which the democracy are en deavor'ng to make of a convention. This is lie g-eat bugbear to eastern people. : Could our western pe ple but know the horrid ' character which these democratic orators in the east give of them to the honest unsuspect- j ing people here, no man of any party would : ever vote for an eastern democrat again. . j I have myself heard tbe western fellows, as : these loeofoco orators are pleased to call them, ! denounced as bitterly as 1 have ever heard Jse ward and his abolition gang. And should the loeofoco nominee be a certain eastern aspirant, I hhall take pleasure in letting our restern friends know in what esteem they are held by him. This East paragraph is what say and not Gen. Dockery. . , , . , ., He then proceeded to discuss the great ques - in nf tliA nnnllli In n1. I ! rtn this .nKia.t tion of the public lands. Upon this subject Gen. Dockery's remarks were unanswerable. The people here are with him. The democra cy, many of them, avow themselves in favor of the measurei To oppose the policy . of the Whigs on this subject is idle and ridiculous. Suffice it to say that, upon this subject. Gen. Dockery's argument tells. He also announced himself as a long and well tried friend to in ternal improvements and common school edu cation. He declared, that he and his friends went for the extension of the North Carolina Railroad east and west. Will the democratic nominee say as much ? Gen. Dockery concluded his speech by show ing the very humiliating attitude which this i contemptible, ; imbecile, broken down freesoil j administration under Gen. Pierce or his Cabi- net now occupies before this great nation. I The scorn and contempt of many of jts own strong friends, and the melancholy pity of its opponents 1 The ally of freesoi lers, orv rather, nofc espect la eXgrt my influence in dividing or the truckling; fawning sycophant for such j weakening the party of the State, or prove re small favors as they can bestow ! Poor Pierce, creant lo our Wbi Convention in the nomina te deserves pwty ! As State after State is now i tl(,n of a candidate (this year) for the Guberna deserting him, and his majority in Congre , ttiriai chair." J. II. ALLEN, has dwindled jaway to nothing, his fate is in- ; deed deplorable. Yours, &c. Extract from a letter to the Editor, dated Wasdington, D C, April 22. " The Whig? of the Union look to the Whigs of North Carolina to do their duty and their whole duty, manfully and nobly, as of yore they were wont to do it when, as in 1844, she glori ously led the tan of the Southern Whig col umn for the noble " Harrv of the West." The Old North State has many worthy sons. mnv AminAnt fr lonrnini, in.;t o,t r- a af j worth : she may have some with greatef claims to literary reputation and professional fame ; some who have greater eloquence and higher classical acquisitions ; but I doubt if she has any who has more sterling good sense, stern j integrity and greater moral worth, than he1 whom the Whigs have selected as their candi date for the first office in the gifi of the pfople. There is no "Bragg'' about him, but there is something much better." ' , Cr Marcos Irwi.v, Esq., who "opened the ball" on the great show-day of the " unterrified." in grand convocation recently assembled, de- clared that he had been in favor of the. White Basis, and that" he had been, also, in flavor cf amending the State Constitution by a (Wen- tion, but, seeing a disposition among ffis Eas- tern friends (has new acquaintances, he should have said!) to endorse Internal Improvements, he was willing to surrender his previous con- victionsin those particulars. He was vehement ly applauded! And when he afterwards said that it was treacherous and base in th Wl,., nf tk. Woo In a.,nn.lA !. -Wl !-. .. "if" vr. .v. .... . v ....... nun U.-U.J8 to me Xiast, tie was also applauded! And when he further drew the sago and logical distinction between the propriety of his own act and the culpability of Western Whigs, if they; should do as he had done, and said that the Demo crats were in a minority on that subject, and the Whigs in a majority, in the West, there toere thunders of applause'! Comment is unnecessary ! t& While the loeofoco leaders, in their Con - vention, were lauding Senator Douglass to such an extent for hu efforts to prevent his brother Yankees from restricting our right to carry our slaves where we please, why did not they have something to say of his effotts to despoil us - in Ik. P..I.K. T .n.l. I """ """" lu up Wetrn corporations and Western interests ? ! .,,.1. mA-banll. SptcUitor thus efiVc uajly .-.n the character of the recent "White Ba- whicn oderately. corres- iouly re- bstance readers in to day's issue. The alarmed and terror stricken locofocracy will have to look to some other quarter than the true and gallant little Whig county of Henderson for consolation and hope. j Frrnn (lie "Axhevilte Spectator." S WHITE BASIS MOVEMENT. ! We understand that a political meeting was ho dtn rn iiendersonviue on rriaav iasr.. i UUIUCII Ski l4MVivovF..iv w m. . . " av-,nc jeen fnrored with a copy of its proceed ings. we cannot speak positively as to tne tenor and purport of the resolutions adopted. But we learn, that among others, they passed a res olution in favor of changing the present basis of representation in the Logislarure, and re commending that the friends of this measure hold a Convention in this place on or about the first of June next. For the purpose, as we sup pose, of nominating a third -candidate for G venor entertainins similar vi-w.". Such a . ' movement, originating in thr West, and in one j of the steadiest and firmest whig counties in the srate, is well calculated to dampen tne ar It.. fi.i.tiartt W- in u nrimtii n-nv fan! them so perKons whom h suspected of sympa bi inr wittt hj but kept tliein cnceaied that was done on Friday, during the recess of the Court, while most persons were at dinner. The whole matter was managed with such se cresy and dispatch as to have passed off for several hours before leading Whigs, who usual ly take part in such proceeding, were apprised of the fact that a meeting had been held. Sicce the meeting, we understand that a gen tleman of high standing in the whig party who was without authority appointed as a delegate to the proposed Convent on lias written to the editor of the "News," notifying him that he declines to serve, and requesting that his name be omitted. Other leading Whigs, who were drawn into the meeting under the belief that it w is intended as a simple declaration of sen timent upon this one important question, have disclaimed any intention of abandoning the Whig party, fir of organizing a third party. 1 hey do no not sympathise with any such pur poses, but will cordially and zealously support Generr.1 Dockery, the whig candidate for Go venor. The profession of Whig faith, by those who nre in favor of holding a White Basis Conven- tion, is all sham. In the name ot truth much falsehood is perpetrated. The real object of the movement is to defeat the Whig party. Those at the head of the movement think that ! their object can be best subserved by professing : to be wings, as by this tnenns they think they will catch under the loeofoco deadfall honest and unsuspecting whigs by using WhighoAx. These men do not expect by this movement to ' . utt": utt.ii w yj ui'i c.ucwb vy villa iUUTCUIVUl 1 do anvthi towards accomplishing a change : . . - . r " . j iu the Basis of represention. They do not d sire democrats to unite with them ; but they wish to decoy from the support of the Whig candidate all the Whigs that are green enough to be humbugged by them. A similar move ment, for a similar object, it will be recollect ed, was made two years ago. We trust that our Western whig brethren are alive to the machinations of the enemy. No means, how ever vile, will be spared to injure our cause and to defeat our candidate." Since the foregoing was in type, we have seen the "Carolina Baptist," a sectarian jour nal published in the town of Hendersonton, in whieh there i another retraxit, in addition to those mentioned by the "Spectator." Here it is: 1 "T ..-ill ort tt V.n win nC om1-nof;..n itinnirli T j actedi bj reque8t, as Secretary of the above ; meetirii: ,an(i ttt)Drove of the resolutions. I do ; ' . WHO WAS ESOP ? Since --the learned quotation of the Presi ; dent of the late loeofoco Convention has brought j that important personage so conspicuously into notice, it has been frequently asked "who Esop really was?" But we have had so ma ny solutions of the enquiry, that it is hard to pronounce with any certainty who he was. One knowing friend says that he is a lame school-master living in Wascasset, Maine, and i 19 lUe reaI author of Jack Dwnng'9 letters Another declares that he is a justice of the peace in Rockaway, N. Y., and is the identical magistrate who verified the account of the sea serpent that appeared off that coast in 1841 ; while a third suggests that he is the man in a claret-colored coat that struck Billy Patterson I For correct information, however, enquirers had better apply to the Ex-Portuguese Envoy. In this connection, we refer the curious to the communication of "P" in another column. fcoJ"' The Washington Correspondent of the Richmond " Whig" puts tho President and 'Poor Jerry Clemens" in a hard place about that confidential talk at the White House over the Nebraska bill. Senator James, t,f Rhode Island, for whose benefit the President was dis- : coursing on that occasion in behalf of "a pro- position-in favor of freedom," it appears, testi- ' ties that the first letter of Mr. Clemens gives the correct version of the conversation. There ; is something wrong then, yet, about this confi- dential fete a tele, even with the best construc- tion Mr. Clemens can put upon it. He may have set himself right with the Piesident in his Uu ;n ... . ....-, " -- - ..... .....t. ... nine n uuru ' .. ir !... ... one to set niinseii rignt witn tne public. JBSf We observe, among the proceedings of the loeofoco Convention i . . . , I in ine iuu vooiiiu, Ju ne. nnlih.hAfi ... . L. - I ... ast Standard, that James B. Shepard, E.sq , ismentionedasamemberoftheConvention. We I 1 ' .T 1 1 - m- ; uar uccii iuiuiiucu, uuweTBr, mat Jllr. o. Was . not in the Convention, during its entire ses , sion, not even as a "lobby member" or spec I . n . .1 L. . I . . . tator. W onder if the "Standard" man, as Sec- retary, for the sake of swelling numbers, has nut down anv other individual m n mtw. r! , tua nn..nt;n' .k ... ; u az. ' i ! . We are indebted to Mr. Turner, of the ve N. C. Book Store, for some valuable perfumes, of put up in a novel manner. We shall not pt. ... . .. , pain now ; let tne curious call and look f, 1 themselves. THE WAR IN EUROPE. In our lnt. we pie, nted some hasty views upon r'lis iiiiport.-i.-w sui.jf. and i-pobe of the dangerous powr that would ,o concentrate.! In rlij han-i .rf the tyr.r,T of in-si. in he sh.-.ui-t b abir to poH-sossiou of that most advantageous position in the world, Constanti nople? We bad not then seen the debate in Parlia ment, and especially the speech ofLordCLAs expox, upon the war question. From that speech we. have made an extract, which we think will interesting to our readers, a. it presents Ja Har and very concise summary of the views of English statesman in regard to the dangi-r trt" allowing th Czar to become the arbiter and dictator all Europe, which-coin-cide entirely wirh the opinions we 80 briefly und hastily preserved. Well may Lord Clascnpon say. that in the e vei t of the oc? npation of Constantinople by tln Emperor of Russia, "commanding, as he would do then, the Black Sea and its shores, being ena bled as he would to occupy Circassia and Georgia, and convert the population of those frontier co'utitrirs into one mighty army,'' "more than one Western Power would under go the fite of Poland." Lord Clarendon said : "In entering on war now we do so to renel aggression. 1 b.lieve there is not a man in the dominions of the Czar who does not expert that Constantinople will ultimately belong to Russia, It will he our duty, a far as we pos sibly can, to prevent the realization of that ex pectation, arid to take care that a Russian oc cupation may never begin there. Were it to succeed, and were Russia to lw in possession of Constantinople, commanding, as she would do then, the Black Sea :md its shores, beinv enabled, as she would, to occupy Circassia and Georgia, and convert the population ' f t thf-Ae troiitter countries into one ntitrhtv firmv ! having access to the Mediterranean 'and a ! vast naval fleet in the Baltic, and determined. as she now i?, to increase her naval power with all those facilities which steam and modern in rention have afforded for the transport of troops with all these advantages, were Russia in possession of Constantinople, it would not be too much to say that more than one western Power would have to undergo the fate of Po land. "The wealth, and the intelligence, and the civilization of Europe would be no more a bar rier against encroachments npon the part of Russia than were the intelligence and civiliza tion of ancient Rome against the encroach ments of the Huns and Vandals. Cheers. If I may explain this question, it is not merely the protection of Turkey against the aggressions of Russia that is concerned in the Eatern ques tion, as it is commonly called, but it is the bat tle of civilization against barbarism, cheers, and the maintenance of the independence of Europe, Continued cheers. Already, even without territorial aggrandizement, th policy pursued by Russia lias in a great measure placed the nations ofGermany in a state of de pendence. Several foreign Governments, but more particularly those ofGermany, have been acted upon by Russia with a strength and in fluence which have been, and always will be, exercised to check education, the free expres sion ot opinion, and that progress which is es- i seutial to civilization. Cheers. I lhe object of the Emperor of Russia has been to render other countries dependent upon him. From the papers which have already been laid upon the table of the House, your lordships must have seen at once that the submission of Austria to the designs of the Emperor of Russia upon Tur key was taken for granted, and that with re spect to Prussia she was-not thought worthy of mention at all. Hear. And even after all that bad passed, even in the course of this very year, after Austria and Prussia had sign ed the protocols condemning the conduct of the Emperor of Russia, the Emperor of Russia sent a convention for the German Powers to sign for his advantage, and did not authorize his agent to give an answer to the Emperor of Austria himself, when he asked what the poli cy of the Emperor of Russia would be in the event of signing that convention. Nor would the Emperor of Russia even say whether he would cross the Danube or not. Hear, hear. But the conventions and propositions of the Emperor of Russia were rejected in a manner well calculated to maintain the dignity and in dependence of Austria and Prussia. Load cheers. And here, my lords, let me repeat what I have"snid before, that this country has .......... 4n J. ..t'. K ... .'vl. Ji. 1 4 J" 1 Austria. Cheers. She has behaved in an ! honorable and straightforward manner through- . . o out the negotiations with Russia, and she has done, in her own way and at her own time, every thing she could for the preservation of peace and to maintain the integrity of Turkey. Loud cheers. "I believe she has now placed her army upon a war like footing, and only this evening 1 re ceived a communication stating the position of het different forces, which now amount to one hundred and thirty thousand men, indepen dently of her troops upon the frontier. There is a difference, however, in the mode of ac titn between Austria and Prussia. The latter Power is desirous of exercising a perfect neu trality ; but I must say that, with such a war as is now about to be waged upon the frontiers of both counties, it will be impossible for either Power to preserve neutrality. At all events, nothing could be more injurious or fatal to the best interests of both these countries than a protracted war, and nothing could be better for them than a short and decisive contest. But if the two great German powers be divided the result will inevitably be in favor of revolu tions, and therefore favorable to the present in terests of Russia. Hear, hear. If these pow ers, however, proceed in accordance with pop ular opinion, which is every day more and more against Russia, it cannot be for one mo ment doubted that the ultimate result will be favorable to German independence. Loud cheers. That power which refuses to lend it self to the designs of Russia will transfer to it self all the popular sympathy of Germany, and into the hands of that Power will be commit ted the future destinies of the German nation." B, The ' Raleigh Giraffe," which has nev er been entirely free from party bias, has doffed its neutrality and hoisted the black flag of locofocoism. The name of the paper has been changed to tbe "Metropolitan Democrat." Circulation. The number of stamps issued to the London papers is an infallible index to their circulation. In 1851 the number issued to the Times office was 12.205,000: 1n 1862, iuw; in lvjo, io.wv.wu. ifiw is more an mi """ circulation oi any other .n- A. . ' il. 1 a rr irlwh nanpr Snuff akd Longevity. There is now living in the town of Corinth, in- this county, mya j attained tbe remarkable age of 1 12 years. She is a pauper, and an inveterate snuff taker, asing I a a rrnA rrn tf-ta-oA T.. 1 I .1 - l UII rxs." "iic Warn IU11 pf?T UH V, WiTfl ft prosppct of continuing to d& bo for Kume time jet, before lwr candle of life is suvjfld out. Parponb Them. The Queen of Snaln h.is pardoned the buccaneers captured cluing th.' ill-fated L-pez expedition to Cuba. The hrii- 1 ner wherever detained, are to he set free, and " i al,,wed to go wherever they please, with the j cePtion of CuI "r P" A visiter at N iagara Falht was aaked if he knew what the little steamer that goes undr ! e . fall was made of ? "Of wood and iron, I - f . . i Ruppose i was me reply No sir." said rh (? 1 !tot-Hi(TA.np firr .'k.lla Ct. :, w .:j . r t- . M.Ut V " Smart fellow tbai. f
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