North Carolina Newspapers

hi lift A ; EXTRACT FROM THE ADDRESS OF HON. THOMAS RUFFIN, - Or ALAMANCE, iMicered before he State Agricultural Society of North Carolina, October th, 1865. " Thi nature of the labor employed in our agri culture ia the next subject for our consideration. It ia a moat important element in the cost, amount, and value of production. 1 very tranmy avow vrdtA$on$tia iifcrtrengtb, they gt,i' are 9reat and usefuinfluenctin , & : P "TT mlJi!flJ I tF ;,-; t.mtiilik that slave- lmmedfotelv: there rwas'ti changegjn pe I aoweraare aoove or exempt --r.n: CvZ if tuTi w5 Tin 11. in a tfivjao uivv i - v Ul .JiiaC.- I ! M -ill 4. over-charged and exaggerated caricatures. Al though the labor of a large slaveholder is not manual if is nnt the less engrossing and o- I H I J t w y Aa . rU fAplino-a hat ween masters ana lACi vuo . auu miv Mr ne , i ..i :- fi:. ..j . rr.vui po nmnv to cre&sea tnerr numoers auu uk iiur.' ar a man at rar. aeiti represent them as the ruthless and relentless' ty- Ueuisition of slaves gave them ttfe idea&l pr-1 Unwarped by party rage tq In hke . l.l- H i Jntr'ftuirtir in inrli triH Ittslo onrl in order TO maKCine I , . " rants of whom some persons ucutm fvj , -- in the lands occupied bv each Indian, and work ed bv his slaves, was recognised dv ine nauou, iinH the mirsiiits and arts of civilized life were established among them ; farms were exieuaeu, dwellings erected,; traffic practised, clothes wejrp fiftpr thf fashion nf the whites, schools ana cnurcn WMffBT'T m)nn rv ? irar nrrvn) m? frrrp efiTTTTT A KD THE 1 Hi.A TTOXAUTY OF THE Dpi Cat tuis JiUeUi ,yt be doeui National the Xfemocfabc presses wbatthu'sa.tic nixinaroijeclf t; R A L E 1 G H, N . C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT. 81, 1855. T EGISTEB taie or Dotn races, remrerujg t iuy . r i- : . , , , happier than either would oe nere, i mem oi ine uge, uu, , j - 4 n-" nr '.Arttinu) T in r.ot lhout I the master, moaeranon m lire uBunuurai. v . i . na onr ntiuT i mtirarf ia nnr a. rmre ana uuiuixcu. uvfuu nnvaic enuB oi our Buituuiuc "j x . e AtotwnaWeufRultivation not Jess thor- anything that is human. There are instances o XKPSyeZu it U crueUnd devilish pasters, and of tt iind canied on by the whites alone; and far more so refractory slaves, wlio cannot be controlled and th Mack by themaelv; would inake iti brought into subjection but by extraordmary se- and' therefore'ihattt has a beneficial influi verity. But these are exceptions, and rare excep- rm the prosperity of the1 country and the phyai- tious. Ureal seventy m masters is iuuui cal ana morar better and Ai.1 t W nterW Inlov tbatrcohtroveray which haa Con-1 dependente is founded in nature ; and unjust, uected itelfvwita tlifi conteuaoni, oi aecuowv exceuoivc, ... . - r- S, aWffihWfqr PohficiU power. Jt is;un- sumed, "but quite the contrary.- The moek man neoMWTK that Hfcfcr every one w aware; I Who Ted the Israelites through the wilderness, beUMVitwte W and legislated for them by inspiration, under- rnotivesaf tha Mrtiea to it. 14 ji. ooe, of ihe stood this better than those who pamt us so conaCTvatiT flecto f alavery to impre on us frightfully, without, knowing much about us. In teep ODvictio of the ineatimable value of the treating of; the different degrees of homicide, lie TJnioiL andprolbnnd reverence for the Ccmsti- had regard to the known motives of the human kuKStiudlvlhMrft. and thereoQ founded the presumptiou, cherish a good feehng, aa of brethren tewfcrds that the slaying of a slave by the master is bj tnlnr-iind rvt wr. RfittA anil nv deed misadventure, "because he is his money, unless or word tending to impair. the perpetuity fit the J it should be rebuked by auch excess in the degree it.:l a ii.- .km, v0 rVnctiHitiri'aTwl I nr H.iratwm nf thfi infliction as to make him "die tii laws passed in accordance with it, or to aliea- l under his hand," and thus evince that discipline atfrtha affectiona of th4XXpl of JhQ different I was a pretence, and the killing of designed ma i q, ntUr ia loan ,mAtK i imnAtuutcW I licniitv or wanton Dcutalitv. I appeal to every van4 frowned on with indignation. Indeed if J one, if pur experience is not in aocprdance witn theM.wra any thing 4n, alavery. or the interests connected with U incompatible with that funda mental law i doubt not that ear , people would wflhngly aikk by thataacredmatramejit,ttbjough it ahoold eot ff rigkt hand ot pbick out a right eye: i 11 But titers will be no Occasion for a display bf tmr loyalty in that respect, nce the Oonstitu ' tldn clearlyTgnir dtrfalavery sustains the enters to-day upon vs opened, and-the red nwttrlAmfljJJatei.y utiuuwrt pw( iteexiteace. man in nis oucuptiiious, jhjcii.j, cvhav., onH thnvintr nontl l hevonfl tne JM1SS18S1UU4. I. .juwwm!" " with enlarged knowledge, property, and power ; We iejirn that 'the Mass Meeting of the friends with a printed statute dook, wim a legisiauvciij, .. f the merican party at Weldon, on f ruiay lasi, ana regular inuunam ur jitir. ".r"rfwaaa brilliant affhir. There was an immenae nam American slavery wruugui up"1 -""- la tnat a renroacn to ir 7 Ana is n ikjv mt" the divine statute. The same motive induces tne master to be ol)servant of the health and morals of his slaves ; to 6are for them, and pro vide for them ; to restrain them from baneful excesses, and employ them in moderate, though steady labor. ' That this is the course the es tablished habit of the slaveholding portion of the countrv. is plainly-to be deduced from an in-- crease in the numbers of our slave population bef vtoftta1 tit riwnerdhln. and enforces the dutv of c service ; and 1 am persuaded thai the obligaiion I yondthe ratio of natural increase in the popula of those provisions and their execution win be ultimately prOnbunbed and carried out "by those on whom tne Constitution itself confers authori ty. My purpose now, however, is merely vo tiori of any other nation ; whieh could only a- rise from the abundant "supply of the necessaries and comforts of life, and a contented state of mind. ' maintain that alaverv hero is" favorable to the in-1 ' But the interest of the owner is not the only , teresta of: agriculture in point of economy and I security to the slave for humane treatment: there nmfit. and not unwholesome to the moral and so-1 is a stronger tie between them. Often born on rial condition of each race, . In support of the I the same plantation, and bred together, they -.first part of the proposition, a decisive argument have a perfect knowledge of each other, and a ia furnished by the fact that. the. amount and mutual attachment. Protection and provision value of the productions of slave labor in this are-the offices of the master, aud in return the country- exceeds those of similar productions, nay, slave yields devoted obedience and fidelity of , of all other agricultural productions, of an equal service ; so that .they seldom part, but from ne- numberof men in any other .country, as far as cessity. The comfort, cheerfulness-, and happi- they can be ascertained. In some localities, in- ness of the slave should be, and generally is, the - deed, and in respect to some articles of great study of the master ; and every Christian master alae, the production would cease, or nearly cease, rejoices over the soul of his slave saved, as of a with alavery ; since the Macks, by the constitu- brother,-.d allow of his attendance oa. the tiona inherited from their African ancestors; can ministry of God's word and sacraments, in any ' labor, Without detronent, under degrees of heat, moisture and exposure, which are found to be fa " tal to the whites, whose systems are better adapt- ed to the different conditions of the atmosphere. In truth, if the free .men in those States in which slavery, prevails be allowed credit for common lous that, still, it should be pursued by persons having no knowledge of Its practical operation under a phrensy against slavery in the abstract, fataHv bent on its restriction ana aestruciiou, though they thereby should desolate our fields, itesw-r-At fiwr attars, and Canse the WOoa ih ooiii races of our people to flow in rivers ? buch phii anthropy is both fanciful and ferocious, and mut gall and irritate, and may, to a certain extent, alarm some. But I believe we need not appre hend :mich danger to our personal rights or po litical institutions. Occasionally demagogues mav swav Tjopular or legislative majorities furainst us. "But it can only be for a season, and a short season. For, in every part of our belov ed conntrv. there are men, and, I trust, many men." of sound heads and sound hearts, who are as able as we to understand and explain the con stitution, and calculate the value of the Union as justly. Such men must have great influence in society, however it may oe constitntea, ana win assuredly instruct, persuade, and lead oaeK tne masses to a due regard tor tne-instmmonai riehts of their fellow-citizens not less their fel- tow-citizens because living far apart for multi tudes. proverbially prone to change, never do so more readily, than when, under the guidance of wise and good men. they can retreat from an ex treme wrong, and escape from ihe domination of those who dishonestly led them into it. lpe very excess of the error ensures its speedy per ception, and a more perfect reaction. I believe we shall be one people again in good feeling ; and therefore 1 cherish the spirit of brotherhood even towards those who niay now seem to hoVd it in the least respect : and in that I only sympathise, I am sure, with the great bulk of my tellow-citi-zens St home." concourse of persons in attendance, and, our in formant writes, "never were men actuated by a better or nr.Ore determined! spirit." Col. Paine addressed thje people .with much ability, in the forenoon, ami was received with great enthusi asm. HK.xiy W. Milleb, Esq., spoke in the af ternoon1 and at night. Both of Mr. Milucb's ef forts are spoken of as among the best of his life. "We are promised a full account of the meeting. 17 wbich constitute this boasted coin;-ou:i.l, espe cially in the great Empire State. A cui icspon- dent calls our atteutkni to tiie exa-t p.oitkm of the Northern Administration Democracy and iti . ..a ; .1 !,.. . ,,.. views ol squatter sovt-reigm y n.... u.i-m.i 4 ...- tion. The t.-icts set Mrrn nave ;u ircvi.-m j. nv thii.g n.-T.' ul-ri his been eliiiiil.aU-.l 1-y uny 1 i..e anti-.-iavt 1 , inizatious of the North, it has altoi-tl.ex-s- . .- .. i, . ..... .1.1-. , .. . Capetl oUi OubervalUHl. I'tirnin.. Minreu..iif. The Oswego (N. .) Uazette' is eatet ty Hiram A BeeJe, tiie . postiu.isU.-r at tluU, place who was .kltsgat; 1-7 (It1 n-oeut Avlini .lisiptiuu iSoft-euell. .s.. c-iiIUhI) Mate .U.nivenTiiii ax ryra- CUSe; ISCW Xol'K, K.r llie n iMliiumn in ;i iilimi and the eftt fi.hv of a platlonii ni -principles tor the suppffl-t the- I'antht'ui. of th piesettt inual Adiuiutetrattiin. . In the . numnvr .ul me church of his choice in tin vicinitv. The condi tion of a slave denies to him, indeed, opportuni ties of education sufficient for searching the Scriptures for himself, and working thereout his own conversion ; but God forbid that should be necessary to salvation! It is not: for to the sense and the capacity to understand their own I poor" and the unlettered, the Christian graces are wants and interests, the utility of the employ- promised and given" in an especial manner, be- xnent of slave labor and its , productiveness are I cause they have less pride of intellect, more sim- estabiished beyond controversy, simply by the I plicity ot faith, and more singleness ot heart ; ikct that u is done. : Men who are thoroughly I and among the slaves ol this country there are versed in the practical operation of any institu-1 many exemplary Christians. Indeed, slavery in tion certainly will . not. to their own prejudice. America has not only done more for the civili uphold it from generation to generation, and cling the closer to it, as by its natural extension it be comes more and more destructive. If it be- said that the continuance of slavery does not prove its utility to the Commonwealth, because it was con tinued of necessity and would have been, how ever impolitic it might be found, we must own some force in the suggestion, by itself, since at all times after its introduction it would have been difficult to get rid of it, and that difficulty lias been continually increasing. It was much easier for those who now condemn so strenuously our toleration of slavery, to capture and enslave the . helpless Africans and bring them here, than for us, without crime yet more heinous,, to renounce our dominion over them and turn them loose to ttietr owu discretion ana selt-destruction,.,--Their fate would soon be that of our native savages or the enfranchised blacks of the West Indies, the miserable victims of idleness, want, drunkenness, aud other debaucheries. But the argument goes only to show that we wolild have done right even though enforced thereto by the necessity spoken of in still holding these people in bond age. It is far from showing that slavery would not have been and ought not to have been main tained, though there had been no such hypothet ical necessity for doing so. Furthermore, there are numerous facts to prove a clear opinion to the contrary in every class of our population. When did any man, for example, leave North ; Carolina in order to get clear of his slaves or of slavery T We have, indeed, a respectable and peaceful religious society less numerous than formerly who are forbibden by an article in their zation aud enjoyments of the African race than all other causes, but it has brought more of them into the Christian fold than all the missions to that benighted continent, from the Advent to this day, have, or, probably, those for centuries to come would, excepting only th recent colo nies of blacks on the western coast of Africa, by which one may hope and believe that under di vine direction the lights ot civilisation and the knowledge of the true God may be reflected back on that- whole land. Such are some of the beneficial effects on that race of their connexion with us. Upon the slaveholder, the impressions are not less distinctly durable, nor less beneficial. He is habitually a man of employment. As in miHbtilife, he must train his troop to their duties, lay out their work, and superintend its execution ; and by a nuld and just, though firm discipline, reward aud punish according to their deserts; and he must never fail in sympathy with them, in regard to innocent enjoyments, at proper times, and their needs in sickness and in health. Sometimes matters, very trivial in them selves, have exceedingly great effect in improving the slave and uniting him to his owner. I know a gentleman, one of the most successful plant ers, who produced a marked change for the bet ter among his slaves, by the small boon of a cheap looking-glass for each of their quarters. Another bound his people to him by a devoted affection, by joining with solemnity in their pro cessions at the burial of their dead, in a grave yard, which he had protected by a- plain post and plank enclosure It is a great error in those who do not know creed from holding men 'in slavery. Even they our slavery, to confound authority in the private never warred or contended against this institution relations, though it be that of a slave-owner, with here, nor sought toCeediioe or spirit away their the absolute power of a prince on a throne. A neighbor's slaves; butfik&lhe quiet and Chris- political despot is separated from his subjects. tian men they professed to be, they left us and He knews them not, nor loves them. He svrh- hnmigrated chiefly to the States of the North- pathises with, none of them, but their positions"! West, in which slavery did not exist. W ith that and feelings are 111 constant hostility. But au- slight exception, the public sentiment is so gen- thority in domestic life, though not necessarily, erally satisfied with .the existence of slavery and is naturally considerate, mild, easy to be entreat- its propriety here that it may properly be called ed, and tends to an elevation in sentiment in the Universal. . Some men have emancipated some or superior which generates a humane tenderness all of their slaves by sending them to other States. But I know not of au instance in which the for mer -ownet went with them, or left North Caro - Una because other owners Would not follow their example. On the contrary, when our slavehold ers remove, they carry their slaws with them further south, wnere slavery is, if possible, more firmly fixed han here, because they expect the " labor of the slaves to be more productive. Be- for those in his power, and renders him regardful alike of the dutr and the dignity of his position. It is only when the authority is disputed and re- i sisted, that a conflict occurs ; and the slaves, if kept to themselves, unprompted from without. will seldom give occasion in that way for rigor. Why should this propitious state of things lie changed ? Why should any wish a change ? Es- 1 . 11 i iii . , peciany, wny snouia persons, wtio nave no con- si ies, there are many inhabitants of this State cern in it, who are not of us, and know not what who do not hold slaves, some from choice and some they do, officiously interfere in a relation so (n- from inability to purchase them, and nevertheless, tirely domestic and delicate? We know that they are content to abide among ub and our slaves, our slaves are generally humble, obedient, quiet, And itia also true, that even when those men mi- and a contented and cheerful race of laborers. grate, much the larger part of them likewise go Scattered over the plantations in rural occuna- to the south of us in the thick of slavery, because I tions, they are never riotous or dangerous, as the they hope to make a greater profit from their own exertions. . These facta, which cannot be denied, will beat reflection, and furnish evidence sufficient to satisfy any fair mind that there is an unanimous conviction 6f our people that slavery, as it exists nere, is neitner unprohtabie, nor im same number of uneducated working men have often been in other parts of our country. Slaves are no part of the State, with no political power, and seek no violent or sudden changes in the law or policy of the country ; and where slavery ex ists moor ana capital never come in conflict, be politic, nor unwholesome. For certainly, though cause they are in the same hands, and operate in slaveholders, we mar claim to possess as clear ! understandings-arid as clear consciences as gene rally fall to the lot of other men. . . It would, indeed, be otherwise, if it were true, as supposed or set forth by some, that slavery de- . grades free labor, and, consequently, that our population are too proud or too lazy to work, and become, especially slave owners, dissolute And profligate in morals, as well as atrocious ty rants. But that is pot true not ' at all true ; and there never was a greater mistake than to suppose it true. It cannot but excite a smile in us, who know the contrary so well, when we are told that white men do not work here, and that they do not because it is considered disgrace ful. Why, there is not a country on earth in which honest labor and diligence in business in all classes and conditions is considered more re spectable or is more respected. We, like every , other people, have' 'the idle and the vicious a nurogst us, . But they are chiefly those who have the least connexion with slaves, aud partic ularly those employed in agriculture", aad are to . be found, without means, lounging about cities . and villages, Mauy most independent farmers, whoowttBUveajbut not enough to make their superintendence full employment, work, they and titeh sons, with their slaves : and it la fuirA that o one here ever treated them or thought of them as disgraced by it. Indeed, every one, who by intelligence, integrity and industry, provides ivi uiiiBcu uu 111s nousenoia, either 111 the field or at the forge, or any other mecharical pursuit, 'Kiy rmpeciea nere, as in every other harmony. It i9 not, then, a blot upon our laws, nor a strain on our morals, nor a blight upon our land. A signal instance of its beneficial political influence just occurs to me, to which I cannot re frain from asking your attention. The sad fate of the Indian tribes in territories, now forming the United States, is familiar to every one. With the exception of a few small remnants, seated among the whites, as a degraded caste, in one or two of the northern States, all belonging to that region are extinct. They had no separate pro perty, and therefore they never engaged in the pursuits of civil life, and could not be civilized. They were killed up in wars with the whites, or, at their instigation, with each other, deprived of their land, and, consequently, with reduced sup plies of food by the diminution of game, and bru talised by intemperance, they wasted away while they were yet savages. Tie same fate befell most of those at the South, and from the same causes. But there are exceptions worthy of grave consideration. There were five . large , tribes on this side of the Mississippi the Cherokees, the Creeks, the Chickasaws, Choctaws, and the Semi poles. The two former were nearer to us, and, indeed, part of their territory was within our borders. Therefore we are more familiar with them, and I will speak oidy of them, though I believe the same is true of all of them. The Chero kees and Creeks suffered losses of land and peo ple like the other tribes ; but they differed from them in one circumstance, and only one, from which, however, most important consequen ce resulted. It so happened, that, while vnt The European War. It needs no second siht, but nothing more than ordinary discrimi nation, to understand that Great Britain has be come entirely satisfied with the qhtni which she has achieved in the present contest with Russia, with the honor which has fallen to her officers, and with the profit which is likely to accrue to herself, hhe is sick ot the contest, and her mer cantue men are tired ot tne drams which are made upon their pockets, and the damage which is done to their trade, by this European war. No ijlory can accrue to England, for she has no army wherewith to achieve military glory, and no ar rav leaders who are likely to confer any honor upon her. There is but one voice in England with regard to the stormy days before Sebasto pol, and that is of mortification and sorrow. A great event had occurred, an event which called out rejoicings from every quarter of the realm, and yet the rejoicing of Britain was only in the valor and success of France. She had done noth ing for herself in the whole Russian war which could warrant the touching of a lell-roe except for funeral purposes. The war is still more un popular in England, because it begins to be seen that Turkey and the Ottoman government per ceive no difference between being eaten up by Russia or by the Western powers, and that they rather incline to the former. Lord Stafford de Redclifle, who made the war on the part of Eng land, is out of favor at the Sultan's Court, and is about to retire from his ambassadorial position. Blessings be upon his blunders, his sour temper and his narrow mind ! fin t l y -it i 1 lie i.ioiKion onronicie. wnose voice was lor war during all the controversy, long before the appeal to arms was madp, in criticising some of the peaceful sentiments of Tory writers, says -ve entirely agree witu tnem that this war ought to be prolonged only till satisfactory terms ot peace can be obtained. 1 et Russia shows no inclination to sue for peace. On the contrary, she has evinced a disposition to fight to the last." The Chronicle despairs of peace while it dreads further war, and England is in a situation simi lar to that of the unfortunate individual who drew the elephant in a lottery, only being a great deal worse on than he could be, for he oould shoot the elephant, but England cannot kill T Ftl ,11 ,1 . ., r ranee or lurxey, ana sue nas tnem both upon her back. One English writer says, very sincerely! "There is some apprehension that the war is really less dangerous than peace would be. Hostilities terminated, what is to become of Tur key ? The present Minister of the Sultan is so anti-hnglish, that Lord Stratford refuses to re cognize him ; and it is feared that the I'orte would, after all, prefer the Russian to the West ern alliance. Y hat, really, have we been wast ing our blood and treasure for ? Time may show that this is not an idle question ; for disasters greater than the Russian war may reside in it ureat aisasters garner around the imaginations ot tne rsntish at tne present time. They say in Liverpool, mat tne war fever is diminishing. There is no donbt of it. The horrors of the 8th in their naked details, sicken ; and glory, which we ma nowreate, is not telling. The prospect, too, of inactivity for six months, tends to lamn enthusiasm ; and the spirit, not kept alive bv ei- inei- uriniant victories or angering defeats, speed ny loses its intensity. People fail to see their way into the future: the war hitherto had a tan gible object Sebastopol ; but now we look, as it were, upon vacancy, or upon Mackenzie's b arm, not worth having, if we could, get it, Which it seems at present we cannot. We want peace, and the allies should candidly state the conditions they require; Russia refusing, then treat Russia with the contempt implied by a re fusal to fight with her for and on her barren wastes ; we should withdraw our armies, at least as far as Varna, Scutari and Gallipoli ; a brace of steamers would suffice in the Black Sea : the ice will serve the same purpose, until spring, in the Baltic ; as we have beaten the Russian army, destroyed Sebastopol, compelled the Czar to sink and burn his ships, it would be foolish to afford him an opportunity of recovering, in any way, his lost honor, by our risking a possible or the slightest failure ; this would imply contempt scorn which neither man nor nations can en dure, and retain respect ; and it would not be oacKing out 01 me war, any more than a man would impair his character for courage by de clining to stana up to a lad whose ears he had just pulled. The war game has become an unpopular, aa wen as an unprontabie game, m England, and the feeling against it is likely to increase. Bos ton Courier. BThe Amebicaii party, as we understand its principles, wishes to disfranchise nobody. It loes not aim to deprive of the right of voting any man Avpo may now possess it. its operations are not retroactive". What has been done, has been done, and they are willing to let it stand as it iSi They;look only to the future to the check ing of that? foreign influence which is growing so strong. ahidng us, and to which Protestant for eigners, almost in every instance good citizens, are, if possible; more opposed than. even the native born population. The American party does not wish it lias never expressed the desire to ren der foreigners incapable of holding office to make foreign birth a disqualification. It wishes the qualifications for office to remain precisely as they are left by the Constitution. It professes, ami truly professes, a sacred regard for that in strument, and it remembers that Washington warned his countrymen against making changes in it, It Hvill not bestow office upon, or give its votes to, any man who owes allegiance to a for eign power, and regards that allegiance as para mount to the Constitution of the United States. In this they are supported by nine-tenths of the foreign Pjrotestant voters of the land. Had the immigration to this country been com posed entirely of Protestants, the American par ti', as -such, would never have existed. These men Keek no separate organization among us. They'.mett into the American population and be come Americans in heart and soul in every thing but birtlj. They come here for that purpose. They hear of a great country, where religion is tree, where employment is plentiful, where the pursuits of industry are well rewarded, and the .esire possesses them to cast in their lot with its people. They do it freely and loyally. V hen they swear allegiance, they make no mental res ervation. If all foreigners were like they are, we shoujd not hesitate to entrust them with any office not as foreigners, but as Americans. There is no conceivable dififereuce between us ami the bulk of foreign-born Protestant citizens. TheV see the dangers that threaten us from abroad ias well as we do. They know that our lestructiiou would be their destruction. They cannot, 'if they would, separate their cause from ours. If we are to be overwhelmed by the for eign Catholic governments, assisted by men at home jwho, though we will not call them trait ors,;are yet doing us as much mischief as though the -souls of twenty Arnolds animated every one of them they will suffer from it as much as we. They have ' resisted as firmly as the American parly has all the encroachments that have come frorb this quarter. To disfranchise them would lie to prove ourselves ungrateful for an assistance which has always been cheerfully rendered and which, unless improperly rejected, will never be withheld. Such, we think, are the sentiments of the.; American party by an overwhelming majori ty. 1 There are.it is true, ultras in that party, as there are in all others, but extremes never consti tute mere than a small minority. Ihe Missing ,Ekouaut. The Cincinnati Times says that on the 3d iust., a number of per sous in that city plainly saw a balloon in the air. which, by a powerful glass, was discovered to be a wreck, and infers that it may have been the balloon of the missing ajronaut, Winchester, who made an ascension at Norwalk, Ohio, on the 2d inst., and has not since been heard of. The mystery involving his fate has excited a wide spread in terest and curiosity, which possibly may never be satisfied. The most plausible explanation is that he probably fell into Lake Erie, over which he was last Been, and that his balloon afterwards wandered uncontrolled through space till its gas was expenaea. ' The Hoti. Andrew J. Donelsbn and Thos A. R. Nelson, Esq. have been chosen delegates by the Mate Uouncil ot iennessee to the Nation al Convention of the American party to nomi nate candidate's for President aud Vice President lT' In the transactions of private life, all look upon ingratitude towards those whose kindnesses and aid have been liberally bestowed, as a sin, savoring more of the principles which govern the Evil one, and his immediate subjects, than any otlier which could be namscL. From it spring many of the worst motives which coijld possibly gain, sway over the human heart. But whilst ingratitude is viewed with so much detestation, when displayed in the transactions of private life, it nevertheless creates but a passing sensation, when exhibited in connection with public duties and political action. This is often seefi in the neglect which follows to the grave the soldier, who spent the spring time of his life in thejservice of his Country ; and how numerous are t.he instances, where men who served their Country in high offices, acted as faithful legisla ting and watchful sentinels over her rights, in trotfblous and dangerous times, have been left in their old age to penury and want 1 The history of our own Country affords many such examples. Thejjr could be named, but such particularity would arouse unpleasant feelings, and could hard ly enkindle for those who are gone any generous emotion of sympathy or regret. The living are, themselves, a more eloquent- appeal than mere language could afford. All remember the excla mation of Cabdihai, Wor-SEY,' 'Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my King, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies !" But; there is another' species of ingratitude which is, regarded with less abhorrence or dis pleasure, perhaps, than any other. We ' refer to political or party ingratitude. All parties take to themselves the credit of struggling fop the ad vancement of the public good ; therefore, those who are. laboring for the triumph of a party are, in the estimation of that party, at least, engaged in a laudable vocation. How often is it the case, tliat' those who bear the burthen and heat of the day; are the last and least remembered amidst the shouts of mere Party triumphs ? Even in the fac of equal or superior qualifications, on the part of those who have led the van, in the hour of I peril, the drones, who possessed neither the bold ness nor energy to assume responsibility, are per mitted to monopolize the honors of conquest. All parties could learn a salutary lesson from the example of a certain military captain, Who never forgot in the hour of victory the means, however humble, by which it was obtained. pri&aehfof foeofocolDmyintionfcr ntototoj&f candidates for President and Tice President.'we are certain to find the leading locofcVppers at the South, that in the interim eat fire after the most approved secession pattern, becoming in tensely national, devoted to the .union of the States, and exhibiting the most charitable and fraternal feelings towards the northern wing of their Dartv. A little more than four years ago, las the " Mobil AHtrrtt9CTpfriy .atfWtoK. gjkULii to mind,) the people of the South were assured by these leaders, with the zeal and earnestness that sincerity and a vivid sense of impending dantrw rrnilil seemiiudv alone lhsuire. that UO men of any party were reliable at the North that all were leagued against our rights and im munities, and that resistance, even to crossing bayonets and exchanging bullets, was inevitable, if we would preserve our institutions from de struction and our honor from tarnish. The cry of wolf was rung so incessantly throughout our borders, that timid people, unacquainted witl political gull-trapssolemnly believed tlie hkleoiu monster was really at our very doors, and doubt less stent, with an eve onan that he miiiht not . r - - X 7 - , devour them without their knowledge or resist ance. A few months passed on, wheu, presto, change ! the wolf became a very quiet, inoffensive lamb, and, as if to atone for the hard tilings they had reported about him, his recent villifiers took him tenderly in their arms, and pressed him affec tionately and complacently to their forgiving bo soms. The tocsin sounding danger (to the South ah nol but) to the success of the locofoco party in the approaching Presidential canvass was now heard, and Southern fire-eaters and Northern Free Soilers sat down, "cheek by jowl,' in a grand " pow-wow" at Baltimore, and,i with enthusiasm effervescing like uncorked champagne, declared the great democratic family re-united, and agreed to support a regular Down-Easter, a genu ine Yankee, for the highest office in the Union The " re-organized" triumphed. But the Pierce Administration signalized its accession to power by deliberately violating the pledges upon which it was elected. It set diligently to work to " crush out" the only friends of the South among the New York Democracy, the " Hards," and to exalt her bitter foes, the " Softs ;" it supported the Kansas-Nebraska bill, when cornered, and excused itself at the North on the plea that its passage would prevent the admission of any more slave States -. it played "fast and hwse" upon the Cuban question ; it made itself a laugh ing-stock by its naval exploit at Grey town ; and, in brief, conducted things generally so bungling ly, that, were the Whigs in power, and guilt' of one-tenth of its misdeeds, the changes would have been rung incessantly throughout the South, and very likely another Nashville Con vention would have been the consequence. Yet not a syllable of disapprobation was heard from tiie whilom secession press not a note of warn ing was sounded. But another change is indicated by the politi cal horoscope. The injustice, unfaithfulness, and wretched bungling of the Administration, both in its home and foreign policy, and the threaten ing signs of danger, in the future, to the country, aroused a strong feeling of nationality and pat riotism throughout the laud, which soon made itself practically felt at the fount of all power, the ballot-box. The locofoco party beheld with amazement the strides the new party was ma king to influence and power. Town after town, city after city, and State after State, bowed in submission to its mysterious sway, and the pros pect was almost certain that it would sweep the Union and control the next Presidential election. When this became evident, ah ! then it was that Southern Democratic presses and peripatetic or ators felt the scales fall suddenly from their eyes, and discovered the Abolition "wolf, gaunt, fierce and hungry as ever, on his now accustomed walk, in quest of Southern prey. Then was the cry of Northern aggression and Northern enmity revived, echoed and re-echoed in every Southern State where an election was pending ; then were Southern men told to burnish their armor and match their firelocks, for the great struggle which, tney intimated, was close impending. I5ut a- gain the political current shifts, and we behold another change. The American party, partly from treachery, mistaken policy and mismanage ment, and partly from the calumnies and misap prehensions to which it was subiected, loses its prestige of invincibility, is defeated in Virginia North Carolina and Alabama, conquers only by a fierce struggle, and with the loss of its Gover nor, in Tennessee, and holds out little encour agement for success in Georgia ; whereupon lo- cofocoism again lifts its drooping head, and sees faint hope of electing the next President, and so holding on to the reins of power. Now a change of tactics is desirable, unsoundness must be abat ed, and, it is alrea ly intimated, for the "n'th" time, that the wolf is off the track, that the Northern Democrats are amazing proper fellows that, as Wise says, we have whole hosts of good friends at the North, and that the glorious Union must endure forever 1 uft-impr$e Mi THE HARITS OF 'The arctic txj.tuitii 11 THE ESQUIMAUX, of Dr. Kane has 1 ecu 1. kri . . i ..1 1 .1: . cljyuie 111 more man uiereiy pnysicai uiscovenvs. 01 human are feBie-ine siuucut of tiie science which has of late been inaugurated, nature, will fine a- alitv "oTthe;Demix.T.icY, to loo&fc the Ingredients- nnndant fori f r r?flcetkn in the following ac- count of Esquimaux Tii"; "Tne Esquimaux settlements ure some forty miles apart, and generally consist of but two or three huts, containing a population of some eight teen or twenty. These huts are generally built of massive stones, some of thc-m several tons weight, and iti.-, a inatt $i iurjjrbie ;hfithey could have possibly got them Hp." "fiilce' the able property. Some of them have been seen 1. 1 l 1 C. . Jl A 1 mer they , .riii teMfS bf irotf at rf pinch; ot iow. 1 nev are liospname, anrrtond 01 visiting, , .1 . . . 1 . . . . 1 aad so theftc setHetnenw Keep up an interchange leir ith transmitted you will' find "the esoluti.Mis, cYnWiyiiig its North- Gazette licreyv two following- re em views upon the slavery quetin Resorctd, That we regard the organ usattou bals of armed bordervrs, and. tWir intru-sum into tht Territory of Kuu-sa, not as In ma h ie settlers, but for the forcible subversion ni me rights of its legal electors, not onlya a violation of the peace ot" the I'niou and tlve rights ;of the community assailed, and as an example full of danger to the. States, the safety of whose institu tions and domestic. tranquility require t- be pro tected aLMinst external lnmiem-e .mil the instiga tion of secret emissaries, but sdis;iiu-tlv subver sive of the intent of Cmirresa. as declarm m the hill organizing the said territories, to leave, the oeonle perfectly free to form and regulate their own domestic, institutions in their own v;iy,sul- iect on V to the Constitution 01 the 1 ni tea states; and that all the ttower ot tin reaerai ana i ten torial Governments should; le exerted to redress these outrages, ami to vindicate the righU of the neonle thereof. 1 . . ..... T, ' ' .1 , Jiesolred, 1 hat while tne wemocracy 01 tins State will faithfully adhere to all the compromi ses of the Constitution aud maintain all the re served rights ol the Mates, they tlemu this au ap propriate oceasiou to declake tueir kixeh iios TI1.1TV Til THE KXTK-N'SlON'OFSI.WKlty IXfOFUEg TERUIToftV. "As Mr. IVel holds the responsible post rM.ttiiiister. a well as being au editor whose ps per supports and speaks the sentiments of the Administration, there is no doubt but his publi cation of the platform of principles of tin party in power is 'bv authority. 'At the Convention 'which adopted the above nlath.rni upon the slavery question we observe it' that several ol" its nominees are. persons who have heretofore "been conspicuous in entertaining Ab olition r Freesoil sentiments. lYrhsips nooneof them, however, is more prominent, than Mr. Pa trick II. A gaii, who is the uoimnee for the 1m- ortant pusitiou in the State of New York of Stat-- riison Inspector, lie i.j one ot the editors and Proprietors of the '0:iondaj;a Standard.' an Administration paper published at the city ot Syracuse, and he too may be regarded as speak ing 'by authority the sentiments ol the Adminis tration, in that journal ot the loth instant is found the ii: o t edings of the 'Democratic County Convention, f )nndagsi county,among the dele- ates to which we observe the names of 1. G. Al- ,-ord, W W.Yan Brecklin. aud 0. F. Wiilistou, who were also delegates to the State Convention bef ire referre 1 t. It is also observed that Mr. Ag- an, above naine i, was at tins loimiy ionvemion made one of the Democratic County Committee for the ensuing year, and hence is a fair exponent of the principles of his party. It is the re tore significant that the same men who were delega tes to the State Convention, and nominees there of, were also delegates to the County Convention, and are there made pnininent committee men for the future management of the party. But it is more especially important, as the character ol the platform adopted bv the State Convention had been lietogged hy the publication 111 some of the newspapers of resolutions as a jxirt of the party platform which, though offered in the Con vention, were not adopted by it. J herctore, as more pointedly expressing and as explanatory of the Administration party creed on the questions of slavery and squatter sovereignty, 'the follow- of communication: aisi live ysv happily. 1 1 hats are ligatod by)"uiQaus'oTst one hull ps, cut by tiisemselveajjut .of a sort "of soap stone," fed with b! ubber, arid with a wick of CTotmd Tnoss. Bv nieans'fhey mafiUgeto keA ini31ermera- ture of sixty legrees Fahrenheit, while tempera ture out f doors itas ftjaajvuegrees below zero. They usually eat raw mafs-2t)t4 fleshitbf walrus and seal ; but when thev do cook any thing or make auv.soup which they make very good it s by meatrs of fhese lamps. ' ' .'' 1 heir sleeping places are platforms built of The latest joke. A correspondent of the " Baltimore Sun," writing from Hertford in this State, says that " the probable nomination of Hon. James Buchanan for the Presidency is freely discussed in various circles in " the old North State," at this time, and the question is asked as to who will be the Yice ? The inquiry is made as to whether it will be Governor Joluison, of Tennessee, or Ex-Gov. Eeid, of North Carolina!' Think of that, Master Brooke. Military Excursion. The "Independent Guards," (Capt. DeCarteret,) made an excursion, over the North Carolina Rail Road, to Hillsboro', on eaturday last, returning the same evening. We are gratified to learn that they were received with marked attention in our sister-town, and that they made a fine impression. Most Melancholy Accipent. We are call ed upon to record the happening of a most mel ancholy accident this morning. As MrGabriel Holmes, brother of the proprietor of Holmes' Ho tel, was driving up Front Street, the horses at tached to his omnibus became frightened and ran away, and Mr. Holmes was thrown from his seat and almost instantly killed. How frail is the tenure of human life. WU. Herald. Mass Mektino. There is to be a Mass Meet ing of the friends of the American Party at Wind sor, Bertie Co.. to-morrow, November 1st. One of our exchanges learns that Father Matthew, the Apostle of Temperance, has been requested to visit Mount Vesuvius in-order to extinguish the crater. . , 1 It is said that an application will be . made to Congress to establish the grade and rank of Ad miral, with the understanding that " Old Iron sides" is to b the first on whom this honor is to be conferred. ing resolutions, passed by these delegates in Coun ty Convention, are taKen from the 't.hioiidaga Standard,' edited by the party nominee for a high and responsible office, for the information of the readers of the Intelligencer, viz " 'llesoteed, That the repudiation on the part of and by the Southern or slaveholding States of the Confederacy of a solemn compact of more than one-third of a century's duration, and th full benefits of which, during its continuance, they have realized, and wliich was but just becoming of practical importance to the N orth, was a breach of faith unpardonable, aud is an admonition not to be disregarded that compromises with slavery are entered into but to be broken ; and that hence forth we repudiate all compromises except those contained in the Constitution, " 'Heaofaed, That tiie recent , inroads into the Territory of Kansas by armed bands of Missouriaa borderers ; their attempt to overawe the free peo ple of that Territory, and to prevent a full, fair, and free exercise of their rights as citizens at the ballot-box; their usurpation of power therein: their attacks upon the peaceful citizens of the country for no other cause than the exercise of free speech, is but the first bitter fruits of a false system recently conceived for political purposes, aud christened, since its birth, 'squatter sove reignty. " lIlesoted, That we will oppose, by all legiti mate and constitutional means, the admission into this Confederacy of any more, slave States ; and that therefore we are opposed to the restoration of t he Missouri Com promise.' , "These resolutions are reported to have been adopted 'Unanimously ;' and the ditor-candidate for Inspector of State Prisons, in his editorial columns, remarks thereon as follows : " 'The Convention was nearly full, all the towns but Van Buren having been represented! TJie best feeling animated the delegates, and the pro ceedings were conducted in a Spirit of harmony and fraternity that promise gratifying results On the subject of the resolutions there was entire unanimity in the committee, and their report was adopted without a dissenting voice.. The senti ments expressed in the resolutions are such asthe Democracy-of the county entertain and have here tofore expressed.' ' v "It may, therefore, Messrs. Editors, be! consid ered as promulgated by authority and officially fhat with 'entire unanimity' the Administration Democracy of New iork have, 'in a spirit of narmony ana jreaemuy mat premise gratifying results' resolved to repudiate all concessions-and oppose by all legitimate means the ailmission into this' Confederacy of any more States if thW hap pen, to recognise the domestic institution f slave ry" ' ' stouet raised some-eighteen inches iroin the floor so as to Keen' tii the wdrm atnKwphcre ana covered with ' grass ' taken fiom islands at a dis tance.. Their clothing consista of,, fox skin iuni- pers or coat, with au .inner rjumper of ,bird skin, the leathers inward, -.ear skin . trowsers, lK-ar skin boots aud liear skill' gloves. ' The dress of the women ia similar t that of thjeT nteu, except that the former -vvAoT;U extending half way up the "thigh, while :tbae of the men do Jlot ex tend to-th kilee; and that the ladies;, also wear a sa'k to their-hoods, which, they. can nessak, in which they carry their chudreaj The men are f a medium size and stoutly JmuU, while the wo men are f a smaller stature and slighter. They do not practise the Mormon habits of polygamy, furt are, on the contrary, extremely particular about their matrimonial relations. This -lias been the universal testimony .of travelers 1 who have visited them. As with all savage nations, thw onus of the labor devolves on tiie women. The men come in fnma. the hunt, . throw down the prey they have secured, walrus or seal, and the women have then to go to workskin the animals, prepare the flesh for food, extract the bones, and prepare the sinews for sewing purposes. One of the ordinary acts of hospitality or civility on the part of the ladies is to take a fowl, or a piece of meat, chew it up very nicely, and hand it to the visitor, who is expected to be overcome with gratitude and finish the operation, of chewing. 1 1 woidd give them dire offence if tlicre should be any failure to da honor to this act of hospitality. In all other Tespcts they exercise to a, remarka ble decree the same virtue. . The Esquimaux of the Northern regions profess to have a dread tf going to the Danish settlements, lest they should be: eaten up liy their southern brethren, whi'e these last entertain the same -dread, and with more reason, of the northern tribes. Those tribes, hoWcver, wliich live as high up a the ex pedition penetrated, seem to be becoming gradu ally extinguished, aud we understand that Dr. Kane has formed the philautliropfcscheme of col lecting these j e ple togetlier. He proposes, we are told, to gather them from the most northern regions and bring them dowu to the Danish settle ments, where they can enjoy more comforts and be Subject to less vicissitudes. The Esquimaux have a priest, whom thev call Anjekok. who performs marriages and burial ser vices, and is supposed to have some influence f the heart. Whew a couple is married, their friends have imposed upon them, for a certain length of time, abstinence from certain kinds of meats ; and when a young man or a young wo man dies, all the young men and young women of the settlement are condemned to the same sort f abstinence. The priest is believed to Jiave power over the walrus and seal, aud in a time of pressing scarcity to. lie able to.calL them up to the surface of the water. Their faith in the Anjekok is the only approach they have to reli gious belief. They apctid their long winter of four months, total darkness, in sleeping and eating, never going out to hunt unless pressed by neces sity. They have no sort of amusement except singing ami ahi accompanying motion of the body, which can hardly be designated . dancing. They do not use tobacco in any shape,-nor do they smoke any other weed -or root for the purpose of stimulants, nor would they allow any smoking in their huts. The children always - get a name se lected from whatever subject happens to be on the tapis in the paternal hut when they are born. In Leively or Godhaon, island of Disco, the population of 250 or. 300 is composed principally of Esquimaux, pure and: half blood. They man age to keep up a good (leal f sociaL enjoyment by means of dancing, singing, and music. They have a peculiarly good ear for music, and can manage to play ot the.jewshaipc vklui any air they hear. The women are said, to bet great rogues, if not in - stealing -gentleman's hearts, at least in pilfering-tin-pots and 'plates, and any thing f that kind.: We eawmSh.voung gentie- Tnan connected with the xpedkionv who had no less than three specimens of the' bair.of young kdies of Leively. One of thorn ia darkas the ra" ven's wing, of the silkiest texture, and can.e fioni the locksof a fulUblooded Esquimaux; another is dark browi,-very fine and' belonged to a half blood; and the thiAl, of, golden color, and of equally-fine texture, showed, ammistakeably the Danish blood of the lady's -1 ire. We presume these love tokens wilLbe duly, treasured, though not in the National Museum, at Washington . This same gentleman has a. quautity.of skins and furs which lis lias brought home with him as re miniscences -of Greenland. But they . will have to be fumigated or to undergo some, other process of 'pnrificatioB, for tb Esquimaux ladies, who have the' tanning: operation In charge, not being able to procure bark, have recourse to a liquid which answe as wAi bnk which careful cham bemaiils ,do,uut tolerate, Uie presence of in a room... ( . The Esquima;rrx IieVet wsort to the barbarous mode of critting-ctT frost-bitten limbs. They ap ply to them a piece of rabbit-skin, and always with good fffect.; , We; are sorry to see that one of the expedition lost his- life by fhe amputation of.a frost-bitten' foot, arid that three others have bad to suffer amputation. - , It may be a fact worthy of note that Dr. Kane went to the Arctic regious provided, with daguer reotype apparatus and plates, but' that ' from the peculiar nature of the atmospnere no impression could be taken. ' These, anil a valuable collecti- -n of specimens of natural history, geology, and casts of the-Eaqiroaux, with; the," libraries of Captain Kane and officers , Jiad Jto be left behind ; but the drawings, reports, instruments and documents of the1 expedition were preserved." i-- - - A Kiss in Fee. A young: German girl was acquitted ou a charge of larceny yesterday in the Court of Quarter Sessions, Upon the verdict pf acquittal being rendered by the jury, she mani fested her joy and her gratitude in a manner which very much astonished her counsel, the court and the bar. . With tears of joyful happi ness bunting from her sparkling eyes, she env- braced her counsel and imprinted upon his glow ing cheek a kiss which resounded through the court-room like the melody of sweet music. Her counsel, a young gentleman of fine personal; ap pearance, thongh taken by surprise, received this tender acknowledgment of his valuable services from his fair client as a legal tender. ;The gfrl ' left the scene of her trial and her triumph un conscious of the gaze and the smiles of a crowd--ed court-room, and only grateful to her counsel for her deliverance from a charge which had threatened but a moment before, like a dark cloud '1 to burst nnon her head and darton Ki. ' 1 leal - - ' ik Hire life with the perpetual blackness of despair and degradation. CORIiECTION. ,The article wliich was copied from the Louis ville Journal, by the .Raleigh Itey'tster and Kin ston 'Advocate, lieaded vTtie City of Raleigh Si r Walter Raleigh," arid cofnmeiitetl upon as the prouueuou 01 iuzen ol naieigh, was written by our distinguished and talented . contributor, ' Oswegatchie," Mr, H. W. Wiseof "this place. The editors of these paperi will please make this correction. Mmrfreesboro' Gazette. Philadelphia ledger of Wednestlty. ,.aAdvdcc from Alexandria., mentvon the amu sing fact that the ' iceoy of Egypt. Sai l Pa cha, who had left hi his steam-yacht for a tour in France and- throrighmrt 'Europe, returned to port two "nays afterwards, having. -changed his intention in consequenee. of a severe attack of sea-skknes J This is the nure extraordinary from the fact that he orient to be accustomed t the sea, having Iweft for about fifteen veun. ad- miral4n-chief of the Egyptian fleet. i.The New York Herald deuces tiat "the phys- condition ot Mr, Mason lsextremely delicate. If is a iolitical mamjeovreto prepate the 'w for his recall, so that some hungry expectant may lie honored with a foreign mission.