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It rv-a tie N. Y. Ccmmeroal Advertiser. T1IH MOUNT VERNON LADIES' associa tion OF THE UNION. Y.'s bit below the copy of an act just P3 It the Legislature f Virginia, tacorporaUng the "Mount Veixoa Ladies' Anocutko of tbe Ln xoc." frr tie todw, or individual subscription, of tworadreKJperf Mctffit Veraou place, In elrdirgtfce iaaasonaad tomb of Washington, with the talent that the seme shall be ceded to th4 State of Virginia, and bald saeri forever as thehaestiadartmtiBgpUceof th Father of his country. ' The stun asked by th present pro prietor, Mr. John A- Washington, lor the tiro htmdxed acres, is two hundred thousand dollars, which tf of crjuse isanenaely beyond lU value as lasii Oa that point, bowsver, there is do need tr say atjjtUtg. ' The people of the United S4tra. Nerth ard South, too deeply reTere the ctxcry cf WsAirgton to stand disputing aboot the pritftcf -the 'ground where his mortal re rir. ra Tie si can be easily raised, too, br tietp: d efforts cf the ladies in both sections of the coutrv. W !! the act In que oa invests the esKXiafioa with the title cf the -r-'OTtt Ytruxi Ladies Association cf tXe V icH."- We hie that from Yirginiafreai the heart of 'the Old Dominion.- It has. the right cbcerirr rice -of former glorious days, and will, mm f.k ts be bwcdiIt echoed from New York and cthtr,,"Korthem Statee In proffer cf kl-eral co-ojxratico with the ladus of fffinia to rie the rtqulied sum fir the purchase of the rious'eartatbit". holds the 'mouldering bones ef the man who was, is now, and ever will be, -CrsUnthesrijcf iis countrymen." " i Bux to i corporate the -Mount Vernon La- Jim Aawciatien cf the Union, and to authorize tie wral4aof part ef Mount Vernon. -Pai ne March IT, 15SC- " - IVfcereas. h Srrr4o the General Anbly tr at tY lAi-t-j tf the United States, actin in the ujme andlcf'Tfce 'Mount Vernon Ladies; A'socisr'cn Cfthe Cnion," Lave undertaken to rsjje, by individual sobscriptioo, a fond to pur chue Sid improve, two hundred acres of Mount Vernon, with the generous and patriotic design t Lt tie estate so purchased .shall include the late n.itlca as w-ll as the tomb cf General George Washington, and shall thereby be conrerUd into pcMic -property, and forever held by the State of Vlrgicivwcred to the memory of the "Father U his Country : and whereas, it also 'appears tist there has teen already a large sum subscribed ar.d pail in by them for' the purposes aforesaid, jj Ut it is desired by said association that the Stxe if Virgiiiia shall receire said money, and uU. and Uke care thereof for said associatioo, unftl aa amount is obtained mCcieot to accom- Be if th e fori r J the General Assembly enac ted 1. Tuat the treasurer of this commonwealth yhall recti's inU the treasnrT all the money or rin 1 n him by the Mount Vernon La- U.ea Asociation of the L moo, or by others in t-.r behalf, and shall leep the same therein, except upon orders from the Governor of Vir nala The fend so raised shall be styled and known by the came cf the Mount Vernon Ladies Association Fond. Bat nothing herein ahull be v Astrued so aa to make it obligatory on said as sociation, or aar branch or agency thereof, in ny State, to pay or deposit their money In said teasry. 2. Tfce said treasurer shall keep separate ac count fcr this fosd. ad sall report irs amount 85 ecnc:ti-?n to tne uorernor erery six mooins, and to the Geitril .. ully at erery sesM e!d. LHe saidf and is in his cuat.vly. lie shall aUo trocaro, at the ccst of the commonwealth. two books of proper aixe ; and shall transcribe into each, in kr hand, the name of the rontri bntcrs to the fand, and the sr.ra contribnted by each, so far ss those names and respective sums are fomiaLed to iim by said association. One of these books shall be kept forever in the archives cf-Virjrfnie, srd the other shall te deposited in the least rfrtructible frt of any monument or rtber in-pTprejrect whioh may be bereaner erec ted cn sa:d M-mrH Vercoa. 2. The Gcrertrr cf ttis commoowealtn is litittT tu'horiiyi ard required to obtain, as soon as pr .oicatle, from Joka A. Washington, ltU hfirs or sedges, a contract, rsgced and sealed by hioi. scd kicc:rjt L:m to conrer. ly property 6wJ, to the State cf Virginia, two karxifed acres oft iaod, out c Kui ii.ctt erccn, at ary Umc wiiLia five years Iron the pasare of this act, tfeat the said Governor pajs to Lim the sum of fro hundred Ukocsacd coiiaxs. 4. The said of rxnverance shall be in ff titst ie. reaetvirc t-?fce laid cractor to inter, in cr kreced the family vsnlt, any and all members , rf "thf -Wsshinpoii family, legally descended frua the said Jvln A. Washtcgtm; arsd the fur tfcer nht to ms;.r.tsia perpetually the interment v4 tk already there. . It shall recite that the tarc':aie mcey wu pail by the bdies of the V tiled S'tUi. tcurg in tie nare and strle of the Mvrt VetT.-'-j Lilies A5sociati.n of the Xcicr. ru that' at tl.Mr instance the said con rtrat;e a made to tie State of Virginia. And it sli!! -re recant tl.st the estate so cvnrejcdshaH Itrt file frxn zyirj and desecration, and ' he'd in vrcn r ni l association forever, sacred to lie emery cf Oerge aslangton, whose .itri:I r'tr.r.irj VtsH be kept prpetnal'y there- s ; aid tlien cj--'U tl.u" further trnst, that the kid estate shall be sul ject to visitation by the of-Virc.it.ia. and to snch propeTand become i.f tepfcvemeuU as the soiti as-xirion shall 'e;re ard detctrx.lr.t ta make. Bat in default t"s-.H a ciaxian ciskicg snch proper and'be rirg Itvj rCrrhiitt, er keeping the same in 2cfr repair, upca t:ch default bein? foand by Lv-ir4 1,1 v;uc'rvirrn sua estate snail be sub- fct ta'rpnen trt end repair at the pleasure i f tl tlue.cXVirdnii; and to this end the I .Miii'.n cf said ertate shall vest in said State. 5. Tie iA two hundred acres of ground shall irelwte-ihe t-mb.of George Washington, man- -jii.n, xxImd, jfrtHi r.df, and the wharf and landing n'W cvt m u:d on the Totomac river. " 6 Tie Governor shall invent the money paid it .l.j ti e tieacry on account of said association, as ccnvccifnt after be has notice thereof, rr rt'tk", cr-in leans to iudividoals or to enrpo i Krd:, cn gocd end sufficient security, real rrd jeirtsl, at an interest of six per cent, per i li t., t j l paid smi-wxnl!y, as may to said ti-.veuicr ctin Icrt ; and thi' profits arising from ch investment sl.all also be aemi-acnualJy in vted. rr as roon thereafter aa the same, can be f rf.vbly decc. And the said Gorernor shall ' TTtxce to ir.mt wd fund, and the profits tfrrrf, tctil tbettmeamociitto the mm of two 1 lxad:td thousand dollars, and sli.i'1 therenpon rrtcetd t pay tie same, to the aakl John A. - V4hirtt?n. and recc-ire frcm him the afore- rot ceetl cf CjOveysLC. Tl.e Govern r shall in -. like meaner in rest all an any money of said aa- ; sori-tion, wucn up-.d int J said trtaM:rj-, for ; tie Ttrpcee cl imprcT;rc saw estate. T. The r d :vcut;cn may charge, receive sr d ccllrct sry f-x w Licli rr.sy be prescribed, not ' exterc:rg twenty-Lve cents, trom each and every pericn crer ten years o age, who may land at ani ri.it Mcrnt Vernon, and the grave, tomb cr "tr.cr p!-ce tyctai'-ir.g tee remains of General ',' W Ucgtco : let r.o greater scm or fee shall be t clsipel cr cc-lkcttd in anvcase. , . e Tie Gcvcrtrr of Virginia shall annually -. '?V acd ccorcLaion fire fit and proper men, , iai shali cocritute a leud cf riit rs tor Mount t Vorcn, vith the orcicarr powers cf a board of . -fit'n,- vtcs duty it staJ re to vi-it that m. place, and examise and faithfully report to the t.ctirtW ill tie proceedings of said association ttlire- Mccnt Vemcn, and the manner in uy ccrr.f ly cr f-.il t comply with this -" sr rd rW? 1-W5 "cf tie land. The expenses cf s;.i I card si til te raid cut cf the treasury of -.tN C'EEot.wtalth, In the same manner that -trt-pntts of ctVcr boards of vititors are paid. -I "re ia:i acciaticn is hereby declared and r a t7 pcfcrlc and ccrporate, fr the pm rr A tf tsjrrrg ccrey to purchase and Improve tj afjmaid. t?o hundred acres of land out of tcvet Vcrrce, and to per as and toanare the rsrze s irdxattd srd prcviied fcrin this act cndiT the ta red style of "The Mount Ver tca ladies Assiciatien cf the Union;" and shall be subject to all th rrrvisiont acd entitled to all th rghta, powers, privileges acd immunities prescribed in the first and second sections of the t-iath chaptef of the Code of Virginia, In s Car aa the same are applicable to and not Incon sistent with the proTisi.s of this act. But -the said associatioo shall nt be entitled to the bene-, fit of the foregoing provisions in this section un til they shall hare prepared a constitution ana br-laws for said corporation, and hare the i same pprored by the Gorernor of this State, and shall also Ee a copy 'Tbmcfcvrvpvrvnd, fice of the Secretary of the Gxnmon wealth. 10. This act. shall be in force from Its passage. : - EXCITING TIMES. Never was our country in a more excited con dition than at the present moment; and never, In out opinion, waa there greater danger of disor ganisation. Erery mail brings us accounts of dan ger to the oonfederacy, or of rumors of a foreign wr . It a tKocffh the evil suiriU of the ..tinn YmA r,T,iA tn iWmr the fairest fabric that God ever permitted to be erected. .North and South, sectional feelinz revaHs to a fearful extent ; and this is increased by inflammatory ap iwalt bT niamaWement at Washington ; by tha na of the hlndireon to restrain . freedom of dbi in nmareaa. and bv unlawful and unjus- bnable proceedings in Kansas. To what and to whom is this dangerous and miserable state of things to be attributed t We unhesitatingly re ply, to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and to tne miacoodact 01 Jueasra. nerc aau laa.' Tha'exiatBnce'of the -Union la endangered bv their arabitious desigus. Each la seeking the Presidency, and each jcpald sacrifice the peace and welfare of the nation, if, by so doing, he could effect his object of reaching the Presidential chair. W look nnon them aa two of the .very worst men la the country, and a curse to-the land of their birth. Look to what a condition they hare reduced us. We hare been on the eve of a war with England, and mat not ret be clear of that danger. Mad our representative to the court of Rt Jim been of the same temperament as themselves, and eauallr rceardless of conaequen' cea, we would, at this moment, in all probability, have been engaged in a destructive and ruinous war. But the prudence of Mr. Buchanan war ded off the impeochng danger for the time ; and we nope that air. Dallas may succeed in enacting an entire reconciliation. . Look at Kansas the latest newt from which ia, that the people are - engaged in a civil war, whilst the United State troops Here nave neen prohibited from attempting to preserve the peace. The town of Lawrence baa probably been des troyed by aa infuriated mob, set on, it may be said, bv a deputy marshal of the United States. But what does General Fierce, or what does Mr. Douglas, care, if the inhabitants of that Territory be wantonly butchered, provided the butchery can make political capital for them 7 They have "lei loose the dogs of war," and can smile at the shedding of human blood. For what purpose have United States' troops been ordered into the Territory ? To become quiet spectators of a civil war. or to preserve the peace T If for the latter obicct. why ia the commanding officer placed un der the control of Governor Shannon, one of the parties to the conflict ? When solicited by the prople of Lawrence, to interfere to preseve them selves and property, the commanding officer has to decline the service, because Governor Shan non will not eonse nt and thus the massacre of citizens and destruction of property are permit ted to commence. The flame thus kindled may attend from the Territory to the States, where the most intense excitement prevails. Sectional feeling ia embittered by this proceed ing and both at the North and the South peo ple indulge in (earful forebodings. Has the Pre sident no heart no patriotism that he can look with indifference upon the progress of this civil discord f Will he uke no measures to restore peace and to maintain right ? Not at least until after the Cincinnati Convention shall have made its nc ruination. lie ja too intent upon obtaining the votes of that convention, by fair or fool means, to think or care about the interests of the country. He wants Southern supporters, and to obtain them, if a fear Northern throats be cut, what is that to him ? lie and Douglas are engaged in a race for the Presidency, and are contending for Southern rotea. They have aet the country at loe erheads in the struggle, and are likely to aac- nnc tee booth in their struggle for supremacy. Well may the conservatives of all parties and of all sections unite in the prayer, that Heaven will save the nation from the impending ruin result ing from the ambition of theae two political de magogues. To add to the sectional passion which prevails, the shameless act has been approved by a portion of the public press a small portion, it u true, and which ia controlled by those who' are unres trained in their course by a sense of self reapect, religion or morality whe look to excitement as the food upon which they are to. fatten and whose praise would cause an honest man to scrutinize his own conduct to see whether he had not inadvertently, committed some offence againa the good order of society, or against the moral code. But. not withstanding the existing evidence that "things are out of yant," and that bad men sway the destiny of the nation, we confidently rely unon the good sense and patriotism of the people to preserve ine union to wrest power from those who have abneci it, and to place it in hands which will guide the ship of State 'to a secure and safe anchorage. Ikulimore Capper. DIPI-OMATIC RELATIONS WITH ENG LAND. ashisotos. May 29. A message from the I resident was received by both Houses of Con gresa, announcing the dismissal of Mr. Cramp ton with the revocation of the exequaturs of the implicated lonsuis. i ne message also enclosed a m 1 - era . air. aiarcy a reply to Lord Uarendon, dated 27th. Mr. Marty sava the President had carefnllv considered the note of Lord Clarendon of 80th April, and was much gratified by lU conciliatory spini ana ueiarea losirengiuen the friendly rela 1 - . i i i . . . . . .. uuua unwecn uie two governments, as well as the disclaimer of any intention to violate the laws of the United btatea, and also expressions of re gret thaf, contrary to the intention and direction of the British Government, there had been such an infringement. All these were satisfactory to toe i resident anu me main complaint respecting her Majesty's government was thus removed The President, however. rerrettAd TfnmAl that be could not concur with the nnininn iarenuon to me enecx that the Minister Cram pton and the Consuls in New York. Phila r.i m i . . i . . . delphia, and Cincinnati, were not implicated in the enlistment matters, and therefore he regards these henceforth aa having no connection with this government. The President had no demands to make upon her Majesty's government in these proceedings, but in the cases of individual above mentioned, be deemed it proper that, their diplomatic rela tions with this government should cease. In taking this step, however, be did not in tend to make any interruption in the diplomatic relations between the United Stafea anrf nf Britain, but, on the contrary, he was desirous of seeping me two count net upon friendly footing. Mr. Cramp ton's withdrawal was asked for by " uuau ouki on me ground or his connec tion with the enlistment business, and this had rendered him, and the others implicated, unac- Mwf.M. . . . . . r . . .. . ryrciutuTea i ureas Britain near this government. It waa for such reasons that meir withdrawal had been requested. All these officers are. as this government at HI continues to believe, implicated in a violation of the law and dignity of the United Btatea, notr wunstanaing tne ail reiterated Instructions of their own government. The complicity did not rest solely on the testimony of Strobell and Hertz, with their original letters from Cram pton and others. The dispatch gives a detail of the en againat thoee British officers. This message waa duly transferred to the. Senate and to the House'. 19" The young ladv. who refti Ar, n :n, the rifle manufactory becana had no bretriu, is spending a few dayi at Na hant, looking .put for a ship that is said to be in stays. . p . - an-..- 1 H : From the Louisville Journal. MB. KILLMORETS rflOSPEC . ; To show oor Amricau friends throughout tin State and elsewhere the bright prospects whicfc st present indicate the success of our Btaovni bearers, we have compiled a table of, a few States which we expect to carry and which hav more than enough electoral votes to elect Uh President : Massachusetts, IS New York, 35 Kentucky, 12 Maryland, " 8, California,- 4 Rhode Island, 4 rw1arars S Tennessee 12. North Carolina, , 10 27 9 7 G Pennsylvania, Missouri, " New Jersey Louisiana, -f rL.la ft I l ' .. , 82 . Tka fifflij in the first column have already given majorities or pluralities for the American n.rt an1 it ia but reasonable to suppose, and we confidently predict, that they will all wheel :tn' nhnlanx in the November election with tMiTVBtuiraia maioritiea or nluraiities for Fillmore and Donejson. Massachusetts has too many con servative voters, proud of the brilliaut pages ol 'tr nasi hUtorv as connected with this confeder ation, to allow the foul stain upon her escutcheon, which could never be blotted out, if she should prove so degenerate as to cast her vote ior a n unUmst or Black Republican. - I Under the influence of her National American ism her Legislature has already, by a test vote. that the odious personal liberty lull -i!1 he rpnejded.andwehailthUaaoneofthe indubitable evidences of the strength and sound ness of "tfnr party there. It has endorsed the Pi,;L,l..lr.l.U nominations, and will give 'US the iA In Xew York the orosDe.ta' are een favorable, and the friends of disappointed candidates, who at first were a tittlecool, have now joined with hearty aeal the enthusiastic thousand who shout our battle cry. i The Na tional Americans have been steadily "gaining atrenrth. The Tiartv is a unit, whilst the scat re red forces of Blact Republicanism arid the Sag Nich. factions have not recovered from the signal defeat which they experienced Unt fall, when the plurality of the American party was 1&,00U over Black Republica'nism aud their vote only 3,000 less than, the united vote of the Hards and Softs'. Thousands of Whisrs did not vote then who will now rush to the support of Fillmore, and, even if the almost impossible eveut of a union ct uartis and Sofia should occur, our hopes of success would till be bright. The Abolitionists have split in to two parties, and the interesting family quarrel between the Locofoco factions is fast waxing into an impassable breach. Upwards of seventy newspaper have unfurled our flag to the breeze, and their influence is felt far and wide. In Kentucky, the movement of the Whigs has given false hopes to our opponents and in no de-,-n-e alarm us. as. when the day arrives, the hon est Whigs of Kentucky will show that thoy cannot be allured by au tgnu fatmu from the support of a tried and worthy statesman. Advices from the other States reaffirm our strength, and assure us that the union of conservative voters will give a glorious victory to our candidates; ; In the secound column, Tennessee may be re lied upon as certain, the. small majority against Gentry for Governor last summer being set off by tlie decided majorities for. our Congressional aud legislative candidate; and Fillmore's strength combined with Donclsou's will sweep the State like au avalanche Pennsylvania has repudiated the taint r f Black Republicauisni, which, it was feared, would there divide our forces, and, when the State Council endorsed the nominees, only a corporal's guard, representing seven counties, withdrew, and re solved to unite nrn tlte bubble, which will ex plore w ithout noise or injury on the 12th of June next. The possible chance for our defeat' there lies in the personal popularity of Mr. Buchanan, if he should be the nominee. No other candi date can make the race even a close 6ne. Missouri, outside of the actual strength of the party, promises an easy victory in the split which has been renewed between the Ben ton i tea aud An ties. j Cheering accounts from North Carolina, Loui siana, and New Jersey assure us that the canvass on our part will be vignrou and successful ; and the array of talent and patriotism, which in those States sustains onr candidates, will in the end prove irresistible. Besides these States enumerated, we, have great hops of others, especially Vermont arid Iowa, as we trust they cannot lie led astray by abolition ism ; and despite of the many bogu withdrawals which the Nag-Aichts delight in manufacturing, our friend in Arkansas and Texas are sanguine of Mioress. -! Ohio, Indiana, New Hampshire, and several other Northern States, will probably' give their votes to the !ag-icht nominee, if the Itlack le puhlicans run their candidate, and choose in that way to manifest their hatred of the Administra tion : and we presume this will be trie cane, as their hatred is even greater for the American party. h In Virginia, Alabama, and Georgia, the contest is by no means given up ; and, when the smoke rises from the battle-fields after the . State elec tions, we yet hope to set the enemy routed and in full flight. Our opponents have not yet pas sed the Rubicon, and dire dismay and confusion may rule in their convention and dispel the few hopes which now encourage them, i The skies are brighteung dily. ' Hoxestv asdThust. The following pleasant anecdote is from "Glances and Glimpses,' a new book by Dr. Harriet K. Hunt, who was once a teacher in Boston : " i "A cousin of mine io Cliarlcstown having pas sed away, it became proper that I should attend her funeral. It was school afternoou.i I did not dismiss the scholars, and, as they always disliked a monitor, I Jait upon the following plan of leav ing them. I placed in the chair the larce old fathioncd slate, (it had been my father's. 1 wrote on it me name ol the scholars in the order iu which they sat ; arsanged the needle-work and readirg fur I always had some interesting work read aloud by some older pupil, every afternoon. ani incn aai.i : "ow, children, when the clock strikes five, leave yonr Beats orderly, go to my chair and place on the slate, by each of your uaines, a uuil for good behaviour, and a croti for bud. When I return, I shall anxiously look at the klatc, and in the morning, when fyou are all assembled, i win read the list aloud that every thing may be confirmed. But I lrui in von." On my return I visited the school-room and found but one cros ou the slate, and that where I least expected it, appended to the name of a beautiful. open, bright, brave child, who then promised much for the world the fact of her having rich parents being her greatest dnwbacki She was the last child in the school I should have thought capable of any misconduct. Well, the next mor ning came ; tl.e list was read, it proved truthful : but when I came to this name I said J " My dear cniid, you must explain ; why is this 7 what did you do?" Looking up tome with those soulful eyes, and speaking with a soulful tone, which ever made her an object of sacred interest, she replied, ! laughed aioad; l laughed, more than once ; I couldn't help it, because a slate vat Iceep inq trhod r t Does a Baby asow its Motheb ? "Certain ly," says a yoiing matron, whose first-Wn twines its youthful arms in loving embraces around its mother's neck. We admit this knowledge may be a general rule among the Infantile progeny but to all such rules there are exceptions. Here's a case in point: A lady and her daughter in Al bany, N. Y. both had a pon born on the same day ; and in the bustle of the movement both were placed in the same cradle. When about to be removed, for th".f first repast, none could tell which was the mother's or which the daughter's son a matter which -of course must remain for ever a mystery,, The families, as well they might be, are in great distress over the matter ; and if, according to the vulgar adage, the wisdom of a chJd, who does not know" his father, is rightly questionable, what shall we say of the wisdom of the Albany children, who know neither father ox mother? j 1 " t. - 1 "-11 . . . C vSSIOff V-'R0.VlVBAf IN XI jt)l PfcAOtfs;;, I , - W rii id. rtK:lr WimnwifJ-'W Vcumsl-' tA uf. yesterdav in regard to the ass-iiiUup-Mi Mrjrri ner. We are unfriend to violence, arid especial ly are we unable to justify the mode chosen, by MrBrooks for his attack, or- to find any apology for hS selecUon of aplace" which should be" kept iacrcd irom ttch scenes'.,- tt must be admitted, however. by all who are uipced togard the subject reasonably; and dispassionately, thaf the portion orMr. S'nnins'srech'hich prompted the act of violence, and w hich we publish toUy ia excessively insulting and p"rovoking,-and not only highly indiscreet iftseutiuientandlanguag-J, hut-unjustifiable, in'ariy view in which it can 1ms regarded. " We should iVspife the sou of M i?si chiisetts who could hear his hative State arraigned in such a temper wi'hout feeling and manifest ing his indignation; attft it: would i? strange if a South Carolinian did notresent Thearrogant and contemptuous tone wbichMr.'Smnrier saw fit to indulge towards South Ciroliua.' " r In regard to Jldge Butler.-tnasmuch a3 ids' e.v. prejwioni were hrie pointed and personal, they would be likely to xc teeven keener resentment. Mr. Butler is on old man, long a membcr'of the Senate, iin accomplished gentleman, ant a moat ahiiaMn and honorable person. Of course he en tertains ettrenie Southern opinions on the sub' ict nfsUvorv. but hischartcter deservedly stands verv hish :"he is a gentleman of urbane and -ourteous demeanor, and is universally -beloved, ?stecmed,-and rbspectcd. Mr. Sumner s personal attack lirHih him was, in our opinion, nnmannei Iv aud indecent m the Inchest degree, an l none the riiore to Mr. Sumner's credit that it was made in Mr. Butiers.absence 'frorri his place and from the city of Washington. ' "j Jso porsun can reasonably suspect us ot ausp -aition to cheilt the freedom of debate. What de bate i. conducted upon just and lair principles. is another ouestion. which we will not discuss now. But. in our judgment, no mnn, who pro feescs the doctrines of jeace, Las a right to em ploy that kind of language which inevitahly provokes war,-and then undertake lb shield him self behind- his non-resistant defences. And if be finds himself dragged out and made to suffer the' Doualty -of hi intemperance. -who can he blame ? He has voluntarily put himself upon a par with the intemperate and the violent, and must submit- to tbe consequences. JEsnp in forms us thwt a trumpeter, who. was once. taken. common file. wf. prisoners of war, in ancient une, on the g-otuidthat he carried no weapons, and waa in. fact a non-combatant. " Non-com batant!" said his enemies, pointing to his trum pet, as they prepared to put him to death, "why, you hold in your hand the very instrument which incites our foes to tenfold fury against us." , ... ,., ., m , , A PROFITABLE WAR I j Mr. Sumner, in his great speech, expatiated on the poverty of the South and the immense wealth of iew England, and especially of Massachusetts. The productive industry of this State (Massa chusetts,) alone (he said) was three times greater than the whole cotton-growicg labor of the South. . As he threatens us with the most horrible war that has ever boen dreamed of, this is an item worth noting." . When the war begins, we shall know -to what quarter to direct our footsteps for rich booty. We thank; the gentleman for the information for, in connexion with the misera ble poverty of the South, it suggests a source of consolation iu the midst of the appalling calami tieswith which he threatens us. For; being so poor, we shall have little or nothing to lose ; and having such a rich enemy, we shall have every thing to hope for and to gain. That h one of the universal comforts of poverty and philosophy, and we shall nuke the most of it. In fact, we know no people who are fitter subjects for spo liation and plunder than those of Massachusetts. (rod Almighty never gave them anything but a miserable barren soil, fit only for goats to browze on ; and the vast wealth they, boast has been scraped together by starving themselves,' and plundering, or driving sharp bargains with other people. The larger portion that they have came from Virgiuia and the South. Sumner himself admits Uiat-lie is a descendant of those who for- nierly kidnapped Africans, and carried on a r.ro- mauie trade in human flesh and blood from the coast of -Africa; and tlie money, which now in lljmes ma insolence and rapacity, was derived irom luracy. , W e will make him and the rest of his gang disgorge their ill-"ot gains. Let the war begin as sou as he and hU confederates choose. It u list the sort of war that wtf should like to have a hand in the poor, who have no thing to lose, against the rich, who have enough to supply all our wants, and defray the expenses oi a glorious contest. ' . -j ; His wsrhke: speech has turned our thoughts very much te this war-rand we confess' that the i lore we twuk of it, the better we like it, ! We are heartily sick and disgusted with the canting and mercenary hypocrites of Yankeedom. This war will enable us to get rid of them, or turn the tables upon them, and render them -a source of profit irislcad of expense. It will enable us to regain our own pilfered, from us by many a snarp transaction, ti wui eaabie us to build up tir country' by tlie recapture of the millions of winch we have lcen plundered. If will enable us to get "rid of Yankee Presidents, and to pre serve Agiosaxon ireedom, by reviving the old connexion with the mother country. (Who would noi ramer Be ruiea -over by a lady, like Queen Vic, than any- nasal-twanged gentleman that ankee land can produce?) It will enable us. with the United States Sou'h, on one side, in close alliance withfc,Hg!and,-and Canada on the other, very spot dily to bring these long-prayered sharpers to their senses, by confining them to the starving sou on wnirittuey were oorn, aud to the thin air around -them.- But no more words let the war begin. ! We p int we are impatient for the onset. Richmond A. CONTRAST. A V lrginia slavehohler in 1797 made his will emancipating 40 negroes at his death which oc curred in 1806. After the making of the will, the son of the testator took charge of the negroes, and at the father's death claimed them and their ottspnng as his own, and his plea against the present manumission is, that he has held peace able possession up to the present time. The va lidity of the will, however, was tested a week or two ago, and a; jury of staveholding farmers de cided that the-negroes, some of them, held in bondage for fifty years, are jrctjmcn. r In Massachusetts a State that has derived near y as much benefit from slave labor as has V irgima whenever a case cornea ud in which the equity of the golden rule and the justice of uw ia cvwcnnu iu renaenng to- uaesar the things that are Caesar's," raging mobs are raised, the military called out, and human life sacrificed on tbe altar of Fanaticism 1 The rights of man are safer, better respected and more rigidly ob served in the commonwealth of old Virginia than' in the land of our Pilgrim fathers; while in a single capital city of the latter there is more preaching about the duty of man to his fellow man more pretended puritanic squeamish ness in the observance of tlie laws of J leaven, and earth than throughout the entire State limits of the Old Dominion.. Deliver us from Massachu setts bigotry and superstition. . . , j , - ; -, - - (Jolumbua Anqwrer. , . t- : : ,.J . ;. S&m It suits the purposes of the democratic 1 leaders, just Lit this time, to be very sweet on old line WtiigaJ.".A short time ago, when puzzled, for terra of j opprobrium sufficiently expressive to evincrthtir utter contempt and detestation of Know-NotWngism,- they said it was "Whiirzc-rv in disguisev"That meant all that they , could imagine that was disreputable and dangerous.-, out, tninamg now to win over a rew or these Whigs by honeyetl phrases, they dilate in euthu- siastio term.on the genius, pat ioti m and hih liearingof the old Whig ianv. If anv demo. cratio editor is at loss for a subject, we suggest to iitons as loss ior a supiecr. we sMffTest him an explanaUm of the mvsW hoir iFlZ un.i . . r. , y'A f r .raB' uuerxnow-oth- iukinu, ujm is raggery , in dlj"ruise. i is fiol incism, that oathanme "it. TtEATY'OFJPARtf IT-' t? Tha "tr.'.it i I'j.u ftai.lHii'itf.nn aoe?irii;HWv ed ;a :t After au expe.adUuteofm .heu .bullifnptTqit p brmrix sult c4itie.t i Sfi . LouLs; 'after -nearly a million oi'meu ha-Ta4ghjd i iway lQce shadows, before the murderous engines j f war, or the yet more fatal arm of poaiileaee, ! the belligerent" lowers have closed tbe temple ui ! ths continent of Europe It ; cannot be said that the' aFlbieWalrogthrT'iv -i' : " nproiiucapeofbeneficiKlresuUstotriecornmeroei WKD.ilSrAY MORNING, JUNI7.4, 1856. of ihe.vorla, ttwugrir wnetner a wise anu i:a-j fish, diplomacy might not have attained the me. t-aceastoris-.wIth.thern'aOO or drop of blood, u a.BUDioct wmcu win aoum j :.f JTscnssion' The Black Sea nnd the Danube : ire thrown open to the vessels of all nntinnf. . pone of which are likely to reap more signal ootri- J mercial advantage.3 from the removal of restric- j tion$ heretofore existing, than the United Stat. j Incidentally, too, the' War has led to the" public ' recoKnit-ioH oil the part of the Power represent- , Kl in VJOngTCSS . Ol , xaria in, ... imv of .neutral on v the f;high tseas; a declaration respecting, maritime law signed by the plen- ipotentiariea having " appeared, which ; pro- r nou rices that " the neutral - dig covers enemyS gootU, with the exception of contraband of war,:' , and that "neutral gola, with the except ion of contraband of war, are not liable to capture- un- j der enemy's flag " Another principle asserted in i this declaration is the- nullity of iaetlenive 'pArrr blockades All these points entered, into the controversy between the United States, and England arid France little hnire than fort v years ago, were the cans? of the second war. in dur'ah-naL-:. ain.l wcr not expressly and formally cniice dede.'jn by thetieatyof Ghent. What arero'u .. lion in the affairs. of mankind must not have take place during the period,, of .a .generation, when the allied powers of their own accord find it ex pedient to relinquish these principles of their cherished code of international law, so long and olstinale'y maintained. ! . The soopfl and bearing of the declaration re specting the abolition of privateering, iVitli which this appendix Jo the treaty beginrf, are ea sily discerned.' That declaration points nrimis takeably to the Unitwl States, which sometime ago ri fused to" enter 'into, any convention with France and England on the subject. ' . ' The greatst Rtrnggle for empire which the world has ever seen has now come td a close Shall we ever behold another one. like it of equal duration, of such Stupendous magnitude ? There pre many reasons for a negative view of the question. Nations thanks to the advances of military science--are not rich enough to go to war, as war is now-a-daya "conducted. Two years of the. war just terminated, have cost eigk teen hundred millions of dollars, Then.agaia, in the organic evolution of society, there is observa ble a law which exhibits a 'constant decrease of the military spirit, keeping an exact ratio with the progress of the industrial. It was this which in the fourteenth century led to the insti tution of paid armies.- It was the demands made by the industrial movement upog large multitudes of the- population- who lived in baronial subjection and furnished at all times the bone and inew of. warfare, which ren dered mercenary troops and standing armies ne cessary.' Observation proves that as industry continues to advance, these armies "show a ten dency to grow smaller, are raised with more dif-. ficul'y, and maintained with greater cost. And just in proportion to the nintenal opulence of a nation is this the case. What desperato expedients was not England obliged to re sort to during the recent contest to recruit her Crimean forces; and. in proportion to her vast empire and swarming population, what a mere handful waa she able to collect under arms. On the other hand Russia found comparatively little difficult v in raising a million of men. . Every day -will witness new advances in . science, new strides of industry; ahd every coming military contest will be. though perhaps more violent, yet of shorter duration : like setae intermittent fever of the body social, appearing at longer and long er intervals until it wears it out altogether. . Missouri Democrat. MISREPRESENTATIONS, From information we htve received from the West, we are satisfied that the account in the Standard1 of the 2Kt, of the discussion in Che rokee uu the 8th, between Gov. Bragg aud Mr Gilmer, ii a tissue of the most glaring distortions anf. misrepresentations. Mr. Gilmer, we learn, simply explained the position in which he was at the time he gave the Votes alluded to the du ties then devolving on him, and the constituency whose feelings and interests it became his duty to represent, and submitted, to Mr; Bragg and the audience if it was fair that these should now be used to prejudice him in- the East. Gov. Bragg stated to the crowd that they ought not. Not one tcord wis said about white basis. Mr. Gilmer opened the discussion, Gov. Bragg commenced his reply by suiting that he had been Governor for near two years, and that he had never ?jrd any complaint of any thing that he hail done; that he had made appointments with out reference to party, lie concluded in the same way. Mr. Gilmer in h? s reply reminded the Governor that there' had been some com plaints, that he had not boon entirely free from party bias in the appointments of the State Di rectors of the a. C. K. Road, and that there were complaints about the Bridges not bejhg covered ; the sills And spikes being left scattered along the Road. Gov. Bragg, in a tone somewhat excited, demanded Mr. Gilmer to specify. Mr. - Gilmer, jn reply, after speaking of Messrs. Dortch and Dick, as very worthy and respectable gentlemen, stated that he had heard it remarked by gentle men of Gov. Bragg8 own party, that Gov. Reid, 1 in appointing them, had passed over others of his own patty friends, who were more interested in the Road, and of more aee and f experience H and that Gov. Bragg had renewed the appoint ment. This has never been meutioned since : hJ .V n . f r 1 i . 1 . I and had all the gentlemen who compose the State Directory been present, they would simply have smiled at the mistake of Gov, Bragg, in suppo sing that he, differing from all other men, had escaped complaints.. ' VV e would ask, in simple justice to Mr. Gilmer, that his Eastern friends, and all others,' wait and hear him speak for himself. , We learn that, wherever he has spoken, be has given entire sat isfaction, and is considered an over-match on the stump for Gov. Bragg. " Our information from the West ia encouraging," With the vote that Mr. Gilmer will most assuredly receive in the East and in the West, the large Central coun ties, bv a united . effort, can triumphantly elect him Governor of North Carolina. (?r. Pat. MR, GILMER AND HIS PROSPECTS,: During the past week we conversed with in telligent gentlemen from this section of the State, in regard to Mr Gilmer's prospects, and there seemed to. be but one opinion on the subject, and that Is, that he will undoubtedly receive a large majority of the votes of the West ra peo ple. : ' 'j :'.' '-.-' ':-,. -i?:.-' : It is firmly believed that in - the counties of Yadkin, Surry, Htokes and Forsyth, our noble standard bearer .will run far beyond his party strength, receiving 600 Democratic votes. This ia wht we expected.. Mr J Gilmer is emphati cally a self-made man,'--the people's man, and none ever knew him, but to honor 'respeet. 'nd esteem him. Tf the solicitations of bis numer ous friends, he has consented to become a candi date for the' office of Governor of the State, and he now solicits the suffrages of his fellow citicena which, no doubt, will be heartily responded to in August. People's Pressiy' . . - THE CANVASS. , From all the information that we can gather, John A. Gilmer has borne bireself most gallantly in the Mountain District, j The American spirit is fairly; aroused, and the people are flocking to his standard like bees to their queen. - Bragg is cold-blooded, cross-grakied. animal, for whom the mountain boys have no fancv He ia a sort t of tricky, dodging, 1-icofoco politician, aud" the , ur -t ' ' ll - il" rj Z?u "5. ucuoe l?npopu- whv oi me man wim ine masses. Uilmer. on t the contrary, is an oDen-handed. kin.l.be,, wbol - aonl1 m. . aA I ry where that be goes. ay. Argus. Outx"rrJhe xlans or fntr, ttHtanniH peace 'VnieaTpfd fty jxrrty rage to lire w;e jrow. - HlA Ii C 1 II II, . ' . fr,.vj .nmcPTl M E RfOAN- HGMvH FOR l'KVil'NT.' Mild A il) piluioji:. k sv.w ;.vtii:K. FOliART PUKII'r:, .''', . Air;!m?ANT KLCCrOitAL TICKET, i Tl )U PK Ji'P. I-ARUK..; i L B '.CARUIC-.IAB' JnHX W CMKUON. Int litstrict. 2d ff - Si -. H ' ; ' . .' of Wilkes, f Cmnberlabd. 4h-- h cri. - Ttii ; r sih .1 is, Littlifjohit, "f Craiiville,: A. -I. Stivlm in. ii" Ctiatli'Mo." lieu. J. M. I.e:Vch, !' l).ividn. G;u. A. .1 Diran, ot' AnBH ,: J . -j,,. FOR IHiVF.RN'OR, , ; OK 7iT.FORI) (BOUNTY; '; .1 1. !s;.vi ... That i-iitify anil approve I Iw plntfcrm of yriocilu iakl down h- Amirkati Vouriifi whirh as sn)lii in Phi'iwMiliin in 1'eUriiar lal. i t. Hr.ii.ftJt. Tht wv rv in feor of jiim(l ffotnn of loUTtm! lspr..nnfrit.: viirti a will nltiinaiu! Ji-lop the r4our.-w of th rtui. aitJ !-h a will Dot urtlion Ihe peapie with oppntfcrfra Uxalion. -X Ksiwtvirit, Tli; ww are iippaeil lo th' prdij'of Ibe lion, mi 0f xrnmtnt quanUrrinz ttw pub!k- ia provkle bom?st-adii for foreign pmirs aud vonTk-li. . H'HRjtitti. Ther.sit varloua anJ, conltlftln opiuioa UU..HH hig and Peinwrat. Ulh t to th proprM-ty of mending the Slat Poniitittition, n !! th-'inmm-r anil eTit-ot to wliir-h m.-nliiient fIiouM Im maile ; . 4. ftiiiivsn. rbal In or.li-r th I Ui.' paramount principle of .4n.-rirani-ia atj not ! irauum-liml in llu rusuiu; con irt f.l Stale .(UMliorM, mwl n; ly our former politi cal or-ranialni. tu party, -.h'win)t irtlonl ine in th Siaie a -U a in thn'l ni.-n, 'l.n-lare their prpo of aMJinir hy anl mnlnTainidit Ihe iwpreentaliTe lwri of the prowii Constitution. .' .". r:Hiinlutirn of the flreennloro ConveiilVm. ' 'iaV ivpt the n.ni7itl.n with the lf.to.M annaxed : anJ I wx-t th rLtrrjaa with the nouiiualinu aunexe-J." Joo. A. tlliaier'a Adjrae before the lreenliOfO' CouTention. APPOINTMENTS. Gilmer, Fjq.", tlie Atuericail candi John A-l date for Governor,' will addrewrthe pciple of the repeciiVe b mnties named n( the following times and place : ' ' IlHlifax,: 3arkon -Muri'recsboro', Gattiville Oifv, Old Tmp. ni.U u, Kilentou, Plym .uth, . ,Yiiulsorj, Saturday, Y 7th June Monday, ' ath " -'iWlay, 10th " . uetlijtday, .11th Thursday 12th' Friday j Satiuday, 'Monday 13th 14th lUh 17th Tuesday, Wclnelay, 18ih THE VITAL QUESTION; Our difficulties .with England, the dangers that encompass the immediate future of Kansas, the growing animosity between North .and South, all lose much of t tieir hnportarice, when we turn to this great question of the day, i l-l . ask, who will be the successor -of Pikiice ? , All the evils fran. which the country now miners fiave been either create!, or vastly aggravated by that un- fortuhute personage.- Peaie aud ginnl will rei.ii ed not only, throughout the lTnited St;ite, but in our.rcUtions with all the wrld. Mr. FiixmocE, .by.hi.i truly dignified and impartial rovertunent, luid eit)iti-.i aiimiration even from bis political oppon?itt,j and had won the abiding love' of his frien-ls iu all sections of tjie country. The crotch et of some American citizens that this glorious Union must be speedily dissolved, which only rises into importance as statesmanship declines, was t lieu seldom thought of; while the few nar rowrbrowed .ami imperfectly organized men who, like Gabbisok, must, in all ages of the world, be , fanatics, raved as harmlessly as loes the poor lunatic, while under the eye of a skilful keeper Not content with the evil nt home, caused by his Freesoilism and his Frecsoil appohitments, Mr. Pierce has busied himself to embroil us in foreign warfare. , Unfortunately, England's For' eign Enlistment . Bill, and the obacure wording of tbe Oi'ATTON Bdlwek Treaty, gave him pretexts, and with these missives in hand, he has employ ed poor Marcy, a man who shows how good a pedagogue was lost when the idea entered his mind that his small clothes contained the parti cle of a statesman to write state papers by the bushel, each more obatinately perverse than the one preceding and more blindly foolish. Their . . ..... - . ' ' - ' . . gist was, "believe in Mabct, O ye descendants of a line of warriors ; believe' in Mabct and in Pierce. . or think of our small fleet . and tremble for; your safety," These state papers, which were, so obstinate in, tone that tltey would not give a man of honor, or a patriot, any option but to fight! upon questions almost Mabctish of PiERCE-iteish in amallness, unhappily for the Cabinet, were longer than the Russian war, and now, while France, with her sinister rulerf is look ing for a foe, and Spain' is eager to fight under her wing, England, her close ally, ia brought in to antagonism with us. We have every faith in the valor of our people, and doubt not for one moment that they would prove worthy of their illustrious forefathers ; but it ia pitiful to think that a war, which would begin on most unequal terms should be threatening us solely through the gross incompetency of Pierce and his Cabinet ' But a remedy for. these evils can be found .by choosing for the successor of Mr. Pierce a states man of great integrity and experience, whore love for the Union has been shown on innumera ble occasions, and whose patriotism ever urges him to forget self-interest in providing5, for the welfare of his country.; ,; No candidate that loco focoism or Freesoilism cau same has these quali ficatiansand it u only ta Mr. Fiixmobk that we J. it StT . ' l can turn in the hour of trial.. With him as oar President, the storms that the Calibans of politics have raised; would be calmed, and tlie Union would be saved 1 , ... . .: : . , . LiyBTDATEa ... fob , thEi. Leoisi, vtcbe. -Ia Franklin county, 1'. B. Hawkins is the locofoco candidate foj the Senate, and' Dr. L. A. Jeffreys the locofoco candidate for the IJonse ofOonvnous." - IV- B. Wharton is the Americm carnhdite for the Senate in.jlockiugham county? ami 6eo. D. lim! the nominee' of the locofoco.. 'Phos. Settle. jr., and Spencer Kallum locos," "are cantj&ateti i ' fr the House of Commons r tt ! , In Halifax County, the looos hare nominated TJr. M. C. Whhaker fnr the fUnat TV Hill f and John Wi. Johnson for the Commons. DISMISS A f, OF MP. CRAMnr.v Mr Mf.v d-s;.ni-h iu Mr. ii.'tll,., ir, k.l..i uu:reii''i-n :ast no p oi exu auntiriti ....i giving the i-eafoi.H . of ihis (rnveriiipont fur 'the dismiwion of Mr. Cran.pfon, t'ae BriUh Miiiic. ter, hr.i Ikhmi published. This despatch com mences itli tin followiiig di rlnr itioiin; ... "TiiP. I'tesi'Unt his been n.uch gratifiwl bV tl-e ronciihitoty- spirit if-that note, nl bv ij'.. J jlesin4 nian!ftl y the ' Iyir'ffjClweiii(ii to 1 aiijusf tve cxistiog difficulties, ami, te -pn'serve a'd. rtrchrthci Il:c fii'-ndiv r fhftSittmS GatR reiaiicns iftAocn ntji!n.'TTliTst andL:opie (.( anl :cherieMng -ninrv'irtt,r, sin cd upon lwr MnjcxlvV Glvi-nmont t . n ii ' iijmii that "of the trilled Stal'M. -'yj ; . '-r'i'lit jiiiquiv.Kl UuKkinrf.by Jier: Jl 'jcMv's f iovt-rnifinit i-P'.i iTV' lii'febtiofi'cltiirr Wu'driiiiu'c the .'iw, r, to'dilr-irif tlie jdwyt orjhot to r-i'-pectthe sovrrei;n rights 'of the United State,' and thcii expr-sKn f ngntr 'ii, contrary (,, their intentions ami to their rouerated dint ii.. there bas been, any iiifringeine.iit Lf tlie laws .,' thi' Vnited Stnten'ure FrtTctoy te tbe'lWi. d'ntV Tlic ' 'grtiMl of - ccVi'fipliiltit, jui fur as f(. spects her Majesty'-Gi -vnunent, is thus remov- Ht." ; '-.; '-. . j; .. ,-i , ' The despatcli thou goes into an elaborate argu ment, to show why our Government caun t con cur in the favorable opinion filter tainod by the British Government, as to the conduct of Mr. (Vamptnn and the I'.riti.di consuls, in irchition t the cidistuwiit'iuTiiri Mr.'Msrcy roieiid..tltftt, at IxJst, the dci i i. i Is the. Jiiitish'oftkiuls are on ly partial, having rel'creiioe to violations of our sovereign rights; hit waiving tbhf'4 noint, he, ; pn.els to wgiv. h;rf lis? testiiuoiit if the iwj' witnei- rrnp aM e iJivaVink. only not:, tlie timte rial ovideui in the.Vasls,, liut. thul, as Mr. Cranipton had employe I tlise witnesses as his agents in the enlistnivut buMiiesH, aud as such had siven tbim relit, he ei.n'd not aft-rward with justice UMl.-rt ike to dispute theie rre lil i i ty, as witnesses ngaiiwt him - Biit.iiuk-pendeiii-ly of the evidence of these two witni-sses, Mr. Marcy proceeds to argue, by other projrif, such ss Mr. Cranipfon's own letters, and by otlrer writ- tin documents and additional aflidayiu, that the parties were guilty as charged. . s Mr. Marcy comments upon a jniragrapli iu Iml Clarendon- despatch, iu whiflj.it is Siil -that "the intentions of the lritih government. anl the arrangemeiils niad to carry tliose inh'u tions into execution,; wire jiot concealed fnun" the girtrernment Vf thi? Urited States," but that "those intent iwT-a'nnd nrr"ngcmonts were frank ly, slated by Mr. Cram pton to Mr. Msrcy in a conversation on the 22d of March, 1855." in reference to thefee statements, . Mr. Msrcy a-iyi tliat "fnl (iareudoii laliors under serious mis apprehension ;" and rproceed- to .epol the correct ness of M'. Cnimj.ton's representations as to the cvriiifiidea frl . if. ' K I ( ; When the Mesjig ofthe President covering ' this despatch was read iu the Senate, an interest ing conversation' ersned : ."Mr. Mason exjiressed the iJeasurohe felt at learning' the conciliatory tone of I'atl Clarendon's despatch; aud complimented L'r. Marcy'4 letter as being at once temperate, cami and courteous, .uid no doubt would be rectived .by tlie British government in the name amicable manner that. Lord' Clarendon's despatch had been received here.-- -.-t . t., , ..--.'-..,'., Mr. Cass regardel it a a conchisive ami pow i crful analysui of the whole case. ' It sccipcil tV him that the honor of the country iinperioiiiily required , the dLsmiasal of the British ' Mi niftier, and his only regret was tliatit had not . ten done long ago. He held that this suspensloQ of intercourse was a very cbrnrriou circninstarice ; indeed, he "belie'vevl thnt.it was an onlin.iry Oc currence W inquire of Government if Ministers wonlil be acceptable, lie alluded to his case when - appointed ' Minister to France, and said that he remained iu London, until it was ascer tained that it would le agreeable to France to receive a -Minister. Fnliiml had Hontj a Minis ter out of Jit-r count ry under a guard). Indeed l.e might lite nitiritrous instances of jpuiii hum-- j.ension of intercourse, if it was nuceHsary. It was no cause for war, nor wn'uH war grow oat of it, nnli-rs England was determined to proceed to it. ' . :- - . - - ' . ..-.. Mr. Tocimbs ailmitted that the dibmisaal 6( the British Minister did not of necessity lead to h't disturbuiice nf our pacific relations with Great Britain; but still he could but regret 'that the matter had taken the course it had.' Our Gov-' eminent having beon satisfied, as it acknowledg ed, with the lepresentatiouH made by Great Bri tain, tlie British Minister ought to havci been per mitted to remain.- He thought it was iu vain for us to eay that the subject in dispute had been Siitisfactoril y explaided,tto declare that Ihe apolo- gy or explanation of the British Government was accepted, and then U remove the Minister who was the occasion of thedispu te. j While be agreed with our. Government that the explana tion of Lord Clarendon was sufficient, yet he thought they had greatly erred,' after (obtaining' that i xplaiiatiun, to interrupt the diplomatic intercourse between the two couutriea. Ha ex pressed the opinion that the , matter had been pressed tl to a point of pettifogging, rather than of statesmanship - lie did not concur with tl.e construction given by our Government to the neutrality Maws. . .lie did not thiuk the British Government bad-Violated them in any tiling which it had done. . Now that negotiations had terminated, he took- the occasion to express his dissent from the views of his own Government." Mr. 'Sutler agreed with the Senator from Georgia, (Mr. Toombs,) ; that it was j peculiarly unfortunate that the .British , Minister should I have been dismispwlalterall thi protracted nor- I ..,1. ' rinrinn1' t tin timm tvlkjn tliA A11,a resuoBdence. ' Durinff the time were ensaeed ia the war against Russia, it was highly proper for our Government U have said, "hands off," so far as regards our own people, in this controversy : but. after the war had ceased. he thought the course'.' scarcely ' proper. He would not say that ' the British Government had a right to take exception to it, but he would have preferred to have had it done in the. first instance or not at' all. He saw no reason why the two Governments should be involved in- commercial difficulties and scenes of retaliation,. much less in actual war. He should regard that as a great calamity. It was one of those things he desired to avert, so far as he conld do so by hia counsel, consistently with the, honor. of his country. ...The Minister had besn dismissed, and. he supposed the developments Worded what mr Governnient col iside.red a justification fur it; but he thought, from the temper which pervaded the correspomleues of. Lord Clarendon, and the tone of .feeling that seemed to exist in both: countries, this would le regarded as a most in opportune time for thus dissolving; diplomatic relations.' He would not say that onr Governuieut was not justified, but- must, be permitted . to- think it had chosen an inopportune period for its action.. ' . r, ; Mr. Pratt desired to call attentiou to the fact that the letter of apology on the part of th Bri tish Government was dated after tbe peace late ly established by she Powers of Europe. What ever might have been tlie state of affairs when the ouVnce was given, Kngland was certainly re- li0Ved from all expectation of difficulty with any - W. Jal. S ' European Power at t he time when ; the apology v. as made, which was deemed sufficient by our Government. .The offence charged was that En gland had Attempted to enlirt soldiers here while engaged In war with a country with which t were at peace.-. The Govt-rnmeut, after that peacefcad ilisclaimed any ineution of violating , the law - of which we had ' com slained. He de med it," then, beneath the dignity of tliis Gov-r-riiBVent to turn ff the mere agent, wbe had tuatje a simUar disclainicr, when the BritiKh Gov- ei imieiif was releaseti fruui' all responsibility. After .brief reiandors bv Messrs. Cass ana Mason, the con vtres'ation dropped, '; - S The public lands are going; rapidly ! The , flouse has passed a bill giving a iuillion of sere 1 to Louisiana, for her railr.ioils. North Carolina- i-ttro!it whrhi Jh ioinnu'u 4 It'th 4irir.yY itphdiipf gets nothing. " I. n
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