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. FLOWERS. Mud has been said the present season, axMit th- abundance of strewberriea. Eve rybody lore them, an J it it m happy thing to tee aq ptnyall over town, anl to cheap that lie pboretlinaT participate ia Ihe lux nrr. It may fee said after all, it is the tn lii'Vpnra of ihe appetite merely, but I cannot assent.! !" It U not the indulgence of the appetite wurefy, it it something more; it caunot.be'lhat all the jduti notion that hare been made from time rrnmemoriil, between thing dea and unclean, are nothing. There it a refinement of . ttstephysical at wri; as we2ZecxW,nd I cannot but respect the man or boy, who would buy a basket of strawberries, as removed, at least one degree from the most abject condition of life. And this shall introduce what I set out to say a boat "Tlowers." I know" not whether others hare remarked it, but formyself, l hate never known a sea son when flowers were moie frequently met with" than the present. Boys a-e selling them at the corners, you find them in the sa loons and refectories, ladies are to be met with,wbo have them in their hands. Cleiks and book keepers attach thera to their button-boles, little boys tnd girls carry them to their teachers al school, and no where can you enter a parlor, without finding them moat .tastefutlj arranged, if not in splendid rSeyres" vases, at least in decent china. Every body has them. Here then U an evidence of refinement that nobody can mistake. The window that oitplays a flower pot marks the residence of thotrghtfnl, happy, aflec ionale hearts. Yes, thoughtful, happy, affectionate. I will no retract a word. Can a girl (we always associate flowers wi'h something refined, as girls areV can a girl hare the constant charge of flowers, aye, ol a single flower, month afcer monthend not be thoughtful? Can: site watch its early buddings, and not see the hand that produces them ? Can she tarn its delicate and lading leaves to the sun, and not feel conscious that she is dependent oWOne whose agency is above her own, for their restoration and visor ? Can she see it tyring in its foliage, withered in its b'ossoms, or; decaying t root, without reflecting on the wsysterioas causes which have wrought thechange ? Oh no ! The girl 'hat loves flowers is a thoughtful girl she mast be so and I venture to say, if you will mark the parlor or boudoir window that displays tbem you will find ihe duelling of some thought fuVand it may be serious mind. And then, too, I think that the presence of flowers, cu tivated and cherished, indi cates the dwelling of a happy heart. Who can telL what a thrill of delight the young cKU feels when she sees the first "poor" crocus fas Paley calls it ) peeping above the snow, in an early spring morning ? or how gladly the barefooted country boy grasps the ehaste anemone, as-Jie ees it, perhaps, oo a frosty morning on the hill top far away torn the town or home ? Who has not been almost electrified with joy, at beholding whole acres, as may be sometimes seen of the splen did iobehaol who shall rob me of the pleasure I first felt, in finding, the modest put curious and delicate dodder i Recollect, too, the beautiful episode in Ramsay, of an Indian Chief and British officer, looking to- MrrW at a Maonolia the most lrazrant ol all our native forest trees. But these are every day pleasures. Now what delight must be felt by the fair culti vator of the hyacinth, the cactus, the thou sand varieties of ror. the verbena, the heli otrope and the oraogevas she sees them ex panding one by one, and thus repa ing her unceasing care? Or to go higher, what shall we say to the joy of the man, who af ter may years "watching, has brought to maturity the century plant, such as was ex hibited here some years ago? The happi ness arising fiom the cultivation of flowers l of no low or frivolous character The pure pleasure arising from the daily tending of ooe's plants is perennial ; not fading and evanescent like i he reminiscences of a gay party. Was I not right in saying that the person mho lores flowers is affectionate too? Yes! It 'tells alt that The selfish, cold, or unloving Wait, (there be such a one,) would never care Jor flowers. They would soil the hand, or they would weary one with watching sm, sue uc M "- aid visits, and shields them from the cold, annot fail to be affectionate. The plant, ewbeu you first received it from your bro ther, jour friend, your liitle pupil, (who Otad -nothing else to give,) or your depar ted sister, was dioopi g and ready to die. -For the sake of that loving little girl, or es- lemedNfriend that was, you watch it wi-h al-1 most undue earnestness and care, zou screen it from the sun, you water it carefully and 'often,' and bo day passes without an anxious visit to the window, or the stand, or the gar den. Perhaps after all, the plant will die, or it may be, a thoughtless exposure to the chill night air has killed it, and you sit down, invol tmtariry (b weep over what, but a few months 'ago, you had viewed with indifference. Is not a trial like this a trial of the affection ? and will not the susceptibilities pf the heart become more tender, more delicate, and in ded more humane, for the love you have tVrne ibis lilt c unfortunate rose or jessamine, -that was lately vigorous with health, and bedding with promise I -There is one thought more. The affection ate hearT jlj expand, others'will love you, -hfOMeou. love the most familial works of !jGod- If joir could go w'nh me to a litlte Chamber even in this "wicked" city, I could show you an azed woman, much of whose leisure barbeen spent in the care of flowers. . Very late in life she continues cheenui, anec tiouate. enthusiastic and though devoted to her children, she was always more happv wbea with her flowers too. Sorely the love of , flowT makes one affectionate. :. NEW ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. Thi New York Post announces the open ing of the new route to the Pacific, across the Territory of Nicaragua, bywbrch over a thousand miles of navigation is avoided, and the land carriage is reduced more than two ihirds. The near steamer rromeioeus is lae . first of. the line, and will rail from New York m the 14th of Jul r. 'direct for San. Juan, from whence passengers will be transported bv the river and lake, in a new iron steamer to wit hi a twelve miles tf the Paciflcy tad xfrom thence on a good road to San Jpan del finr. -whert ths ocean ilfinmr Pacific ' will "be in readiness to transport tbem to' Califor nia U is connoenny expected inaj tne trp (uub New "York", to. California by this .'roots will b from six to. eight dart shorter . than be- the frlhrautT. even if the railroad should be completed j .. . Free negroes are no longer fternuttad to settle' ia the Stat of Iowa, saw to that effect bavfaig "been P1 by the Legtalatiire a few werk mw. THE aiGHT. OF-SECESSION. , J ' A belief, sayi the' MsxwVAit j.RepiiMi can, in the doctrine of tit rtgh ofitctuion ia now inculcattd by the Oisunlbaiste, ea the fundamental condition of the preservton of our liberties, " Such, 'certainly, formed "no part of the political creed of the frarhers of bur Republican Govermeat. Washington's advice to hit countrymen in his Farewell Address, although it is familiar to every one, is but too little heeded. The Unity,' said he, "iht Uaitf of our Government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad, of your sfetv, of your prosperity, of that very liberty Schick you to highly prize." And again: "It is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and indi vidual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it, accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of te" palladium ol your politi cal safety and prosperity; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned; and in dignantly frowning npon the first dawning ot every attempt to alienate any portion of our coun'ry from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the va rious part.' Such, also, was the estimate that Mr. Jef ferson placed upon the National Union. In his first Inaugural Address on the 4th of March, 1S01, he said: "If there be any amorig you who would wish to ditsolve this fjwoA, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safe ty with which error of opinion may be tolera ted when reason is left free to combat it" So, likewise, Mr. Madison, in his Inaugu ral on the 4th of March, 1809, taught hie countrymen "to hold the Union o( the States as the basis of their peace and happiness." Such were the opinions and doctrines as taught by the Fain rs of the Confederacy, and who devoutly prayed that the Union might be perpetual, f f they differ somewhat fiom the opinion and doctrines of those who are laboring to dissolve the Union as soon as possible, we apprehend that they are entitled to as mnch weight and influence in the delib erations of the American people On the same subject as the above, the fol lowing notice, which we have just met with in the Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, of Satur day last, is well worthy of the reader's at- tetion : As th question, whether secession is "a constitutional right" or one reserved by the States, and therefore independent of the Con stitution, is now discussed with great apparent earnestness and zeal by the lisunionists and their organs in Georgia, most of whom pro claim it a "constitutional right' it may not be improper to submit the following very or thodox and catholic opinion of the Charleston Mercury, whose orthodoxy in such matters we presume the party and its organs in Geor gia will not question. It is very seldom that we concur in the Mercury's opinions upon political or constitu tional questions, as its ultraism almot always leads it far beyond our position; but this in stance forms 'i exception to the general rule, and we therefore commend its views to the consideration of its sympathizers in Georgia. It u proper to remark that the Mercury in rodures the opinion in a brief commendato ry no ice of a speech delivered by Mr. Keitt, of Orangeburg, before the "Southern Rights Association" -of that district, in which the right of secession was proclaimed "a consti tutional right," from whioh the Mercury thus dissents : "In one particular we should qualify our en tire assent ta the views of the speaker, though we do not suppose that we really differ from him. We refer to bis asertkn that seces sion isaconstitutiona' right Pronely speak ing, the constitution embodies the richts of the Federal Government, not the rights of the States. To the latter belong all the pow ers and rights that are not surrendered to the former. On this point we find what we con sider the true statemant of ihe ca e in a speech delivered in the North Carolina Sen ate, at As late session, by the Hon. Wm B. Shepard. In reply to an opponent who had relied on Mr. Clay's profound discovery that there could be no right of secession,' be cause it was not specified in the constitution, Mr. Shepard said : ' The gentleman from Guilford looks into the constitution of the United State, not to find what rights his constituents have sur rendered, but what rights have been guaran tied to them. Leaving (he gentleman to set tle this important point with bis constituents. I w ill repeat what I hve already stated, I have never contended for secession as a right derived from or guarantied by the constitu tion. I said in my reso'utions, submittrd at the commencement of the session, 'that the right to secede from It (the Union J is a right ol self-defence and protection which the peo pie of North Carolinahave never surrender ed, and never can surrender, with due regard to their own safety and welfare. This pro position I now maintain, and have heretofore maintained on tne floor ot tne benate, as in strict conformity with the theory of oar Gov ernment; and if it has not been surrendered by the people, it is unquestionably reserved to them." THE DISCUSSION. We intended to give a full account of the discussion in this place between the Locofo- co nominee for Congress am Mr. Stanly ; but the speeches in Newbern were so much like those here, lb at tne article from tne Jewbemian. giving an account of the dis cussion there, covert the whole ground. A Iriend who beard the i perches in Plym outh lies sentnsa notice of them. There the nominee came out more strongly for se cession than be did here or in' Newbern. He said he "believed i the doctrine of se cesxuni," that he "would have voted against aU the comproms hills, except the fugitive bill, if he had been m Conrress"htt "President Fillmore was whetltng a sword on the broken fragments of the institution' if' &0 Whig, : DEATH OF HONORABLE SPENCER JARNAGIN. A Ulesnranhic daina'cb apprises tit that Hon. Spencer Jarsagin, formerly a Senator oftheUoUed States from Tennessee, died of cholera at Mempijiiio that Stale, on the 54th Instant. . '' ' '," ' "' ' ".Y Mr. Jarnagm was about fifey-aix years of age, and had distinguished nimself in bis own State, by bis effective aloqnenca before, the Deoole. Ia 1840, especially, he labored incei'. santly for mfeT weeks, perttpi months, "op on tba stamp, and with good effect. In bfas-, ing sound principles end nomely trainr into iseir minas. ne.waa Kinn-pawieo, sanai- and much .eateemeL Republic. ::''iZV 'i . POLITICAL On Thursday 1 evening last, the Hon. Ed ward Stanly and Cot. Thos. Ruffin addres sed the people of this county at the Court House in this town ; Col. Ru fin being the Democratic candidate f.nr Congress. Mr. Stanly spoke first, and sustained himself well, and to the satisfaction, we believe, of all who heard him, relative to his course in the last Congress. He adverted to the fact, that he had been charged with being a traitor, and unsound upon the Southern question: in a strain of glowing eloquence, he laid that his enemies had grossly misrepresented and done him great injustice. He takes strong grounds for the Union of the States, and thinks there it no just cause at the present for a dissolu tion of the Union. Upon the subject of Nag's Head, be was truly sublime and eloquent; he had used his best efforts, in conjunction with Col. Outlaw, to obtain an appropriation for the re-opening ot this gret work; and be hopes yet to sail along down 4he Albemarle Sound and behold Steamers and Vessels ploughing their way to the Ocean through Nag's Head Inlet Upon the whole,, his speeches upon the occasion were forcible and pungent, ad were deliver ed in a strain of eloquence, characteristic of the speaker. Col. Ruffin next took the stand, and went on to define his position upon the leading topics of the day He spoke of Northern ag gression upon Southern Rights, and thinks that the South has great cause of complaint, and that the late compromi;es have utterly fitted to give the South any thing like her just Rights. We must confess, that we don't exactly understand Ihe Colonel's position from his speeches delivered here, and should do him injustice were we to say, that he was either a Unionist ot Secessionist. The rela tive position of the candidates upon the great and leading questions of the day is for the people to decide on and not us. Upon the subject of Nag's Head. CoL Ruf fin don't stand with the people here. They are for the re-opening ot Nag's Inlet; they openly and boldly avow that fact The Col. will vote for an appropriation for the re-open ing of Nag's Head Inlet, provid d, mark you, that it is in a Bil! by itself, or included in a Bill with the other remsthathe might favor Such a Bi 1 or Bills as Col. Ruffin would require in Congress, to rote an appropria tion for the re-opening of Nag's Head Inlet, be knows very well he could never get; and therefore the people bordering on the Albe marle Sound need not expect any great deal for the re-opening of Nag's Head from Col. Ruffin. Plymouth Villager. "MADAM, THE GREEKS ARE AT YOUR DOOR!" ... Such was the response of John Randolph, once on a time, when waited upon by a la dy acq taintauce who was a'l zeal in ame liorating the condition and relieving the pov erty of the Greeks. The lady was the mis tress of numerous slaves, in whose condi tion or welfare she never had exhibited much interest, allowing them to go poorly fed in rags, and sqalid in filth. Randolph knew it, and administered that mild yet se vere rebuke Madam, the Greeks are at your door I Annually, as the reader will probably rec ollect, there comes across the Atlantic, from the bold cliffs of old Scotia, the address of the anti-slavery ladies of Glascow, to their sisters in America, potently and eloquen'ly appealing to them to agitate, to proselyte, and to posh forward tn the cause of aboli tionism, in the amelioration of the "down trodden slave of the South the scourged and manacled African 1" The New York Ex press mos appropriately brought up Ibis an ecdote of John Randolph, and applied it to the Scottish philanthropists reminding them that the ''Greek is at Uieir own door." that if they would elevate the down-trodden if they would knock off the manacles of the slave the manacles of ignorai.ee 'from ihe slave of a political society if they would relieve corroding poverty and rescue from vice and immorality their sisters and breth rento go abroad in their own streets, and find them all in thousands of instances more abject, more degraded, more poverty-stricken, more diseased than in all the communi ties of a!) the slave regions in America com bined. 'True, 3n their own streets they would have a field wider than philanthropy could find for is administration in all the American South wbere'fiAy thousand crowd ed in murky cellars, living on scanty food, tas-ing meat not moro than once In- a fort night, having not even the comfort of a bed, drag out an existence compared with which American slavery is the highest state of po litical, moral, and physical existence. That is a peculiar philanthropy which looks above all this wretchedness-, to sympathise to keen ly wth the slave of the American States, and sees not the Creek at their door I Modern Philanthropy such as was mouthed by the Pharisee of old in the Market places! Detroit Free Press. The General Assembly of Rhode Island adjourned on Saturday last, after a session of lour days and a half. Among other acts oasscd was one to recognize the school sv tern, and a secret ballot law similar to that enacted by the last Massachusetts Legisla ture. Domestic Bum. "I cannot conceive, my love, what is the matter with my watch. I think it-wants cleaning." Pet Child 'Oh do, papa dear, I don't think it wants cleaning; because baby and I had it .l , ,:--. ' i i in uie uiua wuuiug ii ctct wo lung wis morn ing. 09- We fiod the following rich morsel in the Raleigh-Register of the 18th instant Messrs. Lane and Asdrews, in the days when Jackson was President, volunteered their anviee to the old Hero to aid in coercing Soath Carolina, and inputting down the doctrine of secession, which they then looked a poo with such peculiar abhor reoeeL Now, that Mr. JiUeor ia President, and entertain the same views with regard to tbiadoo (riae of secession that Jackson did, to oppose h ia to commit an act of trrason to the South, ani that loo, although it is um!erttood even in Sooth Caro. una tbai force will not be a ted to coerce ber. and although Mr. Fillmore has never declared of Ilbett and loose of bis school, as did Jackson, of Cal houn and bu followers, that tor the first overt set. be would bang them as high ss Hainan. This little ray of light upon the past history of Messrs. Lane and Andrews shows clearly the weakness of poor human aatore. It nortines our pride, bids us not rejoice In tue snengtn of our intellects, and wares as not to drag witn tenacity to oar opto ioos,siitos -those intellect can be so essOy over shadowed xi the clouds of prejudice: and those opisions, though honestly entertained, so warped , py tne lores or sarrouoding cireuisstsnees. . , .v OoUsooro Tefcgroj. ET The eccentric Dr. By lea said one dsy to his serf sot. Go and tell yovfftssss that Dr. By lea aw per an W to hiansetlV. The girl flew up siairs, with a race ol aurror at wit oread tui news. The astonished wife and daughter rushed " into .the. parlor end there was 4he 'Doeior,' calmly walking sJwat with a part of a cow's tall, that be had picked op in the street, tied to his coat, behind. COJUlUNICATiONS ' fob m axoisra. 'Nibw Ridok, 1841. Mr Dsua 'SI (Whists pity St is, vouean't add 18' to the faro of it, And then you'd be a fall twelvemonth ahead ot every body, and the l9U oeotory tn particular., f ; ' -L. Hie following inecoote Has l learn been once before pobliahooi bat la asoch as I never saw it in print, and it is'imod enough any bow to bear repnition,witb joar perminaon FU'e?n tell the t&Is as I heard it. . It is eaUtled BACKING OUT OP A DIFFICULTY ! Manv rears a 20 the mountain region of North Carolina waa in a very primitive condition, so far as regarded the habiU ot much of its hardy, and vigorous population. Jn many ports, roads there were none, or else mere paths trodden bv the cattle in coins from one range to another. The luxuries enjoyed, nay even the comforts enjoyed, by those living nearer to, and having intercourse with the Seaboard, were often onboard of by them, and were frequently anmissed and ancare" Tor. Tne following anec dote, told by a gentleman who has often repre sented that kind hearted and hospitable region in the Legislature of the State, will serve as an illus tration in point "Among my earliest recollections," said he, waa prancing about the hill sides in the vicinity of my mountain home, with other imps of ray own aize and age, wiih 00 other garment save a long tow suirt, to protect the delicate covering furn ished gratis by nature. All bemg attired alter the same fashion, no remarks could be made, or exceptions taken. Breeches were looked upon as things intended for old fellows with the Rheuma tism, and hats and caps for the decrepid and bald headed. I recollect very well, that I waa n strap ping youngster, some 17 or 18 years old, ere I was allowed to trammel my youthful energies with any other raiment more confining than the afore said "tow ahin and a circumstance which oc curred about that time has fixed the fait indelibly in mv memory. I had reached that aire when the young girls of the neighborhood began to occupy a dmercitt position tu my lanctiui imaginings, 10 what tliev had ever done before, and a leeling 1 could not account for or describe, prompted me to endeavor to m ike myself agreeable in their eyes. "There were two in particular, daughters 01 an old lady, living some four or fire miles off, to whom I had laken a particular fancy, nnd into whose good graces I had made up my mind to secure a gooa looung, 11 possime. xiaring no roada fit to be called audi to traverse, and never going far from home, we had in those day bat little use Tor huntes, ana ine liveliest nag 1 ever remember to have straddled up to that time, waa my favorite steer, Baldn. whom I rode regularly to milt, every Saturday. My good mother had just mushed me two bran new Tow Shirts, ana 1 n.-ta reiurnea irom nitil at an unusually early hour, when it occurred to me that as BalMy wa4cute fruali. that then waa the very time for me to call over and pay uiy respects to uiy fair friends, the Mi,e Al. 'With a mountaineer lo decide, is to do. So into th honsr I went, select the best looking of the u Tow Shins, goes down to tue cre"k, strips off ihe toga I had been wearing all the week. plunges in, takes a thorough wash, steps nut. duos the new garment, and shout to one of the bjys 10 fetch B'ldy down to me with all rpeed. Batda being arrived, up I mount, and away 1 sallies, as fully xatisfiedwiih myself, as any buck thai ever paced Broadway in broadcloth and pa rent leather, . Ia due time, I reached mv place of destination, and (Hind tlie old lady and the girls, silting ia ihe piazza in front ol ibe house, the one spinning on a fist wheel and the others knitting. It was a warm ounmier evening, and when old Mrs. M , asked roc to come in, being rather bash ful withal, and anxious 10 make it appear as tho' "I hsd'ni come a purpose," I excused myself. saying I had'nt very long to stay, and believed it was coi4er out ol uoors. oo 1 bitched Jtafiv to a post ; steps over, and sits down upon ihe top of the fence cl e to him and commenced a conver sation. The girls wrre very lively, and so was iheokJ lady ; my b.i si. fulness soon wore off, and our merry eoolab I tsiod until a late hoar in the afternoon, only interrupted by an occasional nudge from Bddy, which I supposed at the time was intended to remind me thai be bad not bad bis dinner that day. All that's bright must fade, and as the son was about to bury himself in the growing shadows of evening, I found that bow ever loth I might be lo quit such very agreeable and attractive company. 1 must M per force' say good. bye! So I slips off the fence, preparatory to "making my leg ' to the laJies, by way of a Mite adieu, when leeling very airy about the back settlements, and clapping one band behind me, to my great astonisbint-nt I round that the whole al terpart of my only garment was g oe. That infernal Baldq, out raced, f presume, at the loss of his diuuer, while I was feasting my eyes upon ibe charms of the pretty girls belore me. had very deliberately made a meal of my low frock bekind. My embaratment may be conceived, but scarce described. 1 us ead of the frank and hearty good bye! which I had inteuded, I stepped very gin gerly backwards over ibe fence, walked backward 10 Baldy, untutcbed him. and then commenced bowing and backing, and calling our, good -evening ladles!' and backing and bowing and calling, until I reached UMendof tuelaoe, about an hun dred yards' off, wlto fWped upon Biddy, and homed home to hide my shame and my uaked ness in another skirt. VVhetbcr or no they cauyht a glimpse, as I Lurried sway in the distance, I never discovered ; though the peals of laughter which pursued me, would naturally induce one to draw such an inference One thing is certain ; I went there no more, uutil civilization and pan islnoos bad found ibeir way across ibe mountains, snd low shirts had been discarded by everything over 8 years old. Yours, etc THE NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. We 1-ani fr m a friend on his return fiom Ra leigh, that the best spirit prevailed on the letting out of contracts for work on tbis Rad at Golds borough, I'ioeviue and Raleigh. Contracts were taken tor the entire portion from Guldaboiough to Pratt's Storr in ibis eoooty, with the exception of about ten miles in Johnston county. This ten miles is ol to easy a construction, and the price to be paid for it so small, that it did not attract attention the work upon four miles of it not amounting to twenty four hundred dollars. We understsnd that several persoua, who desired eon tracts on that portion of. jibe , route, were disap pointed, a mr. wnt probably:, snake-a a effort to se cure contracts on 4e portion west of Pratt's Store. Proposals will be received ia Hillsborough to-day, ( Wednesday, and we nope the success here will be as gratifying as it has been at tsa places be low. Between Raleigh and Goldsborough, the con tract, we learn, are to be completed by the brst of January 1853 A longer time will be given for the portion west of Raletgb. We understand that the contractors have agreed to require no psyments upon their contracts until such so amount of work shall have been done as will authorize a payment (0 be made on the part or the state, and that tney wm puan torwara tne work with all possible activity in order to accom ulish that end. With such a stimulus we may expect to see this great Work speedily advanc ing. As the contracts for grsdisg, Ite. will ajl pro bably be taken by. the lOth.of July, when the stockholders are to meet ia Greenatoroagh. it has been suggested that a Grand Jabilee. shcakl be celebrated al Greensborougb, on the 11 lb, to which all the friends of the Road should be in vited, that they may meets nd rejoice together over the certain prospect of a eompletioo of this Road, which is to redeem North Carolina from ber de pressed and wasthepMffJo And as the Pre sident and his Cabinet Win, al, that time, be free from the shackles .or Con grew, ws can invite Ibena to meet wtlh ns, to ceVbrate event which is to pot another important link in the' Iron chain which1 binds the State ia one great Uakm. What T our eilixens,ail on the route, to this proposi tlonT JiaakrV Recorder. . , titi -jit , 1 -VxxBaocujio -.Another contemporary says thai tne Bloomer costume is. the "koee plus ultra" of female adornment. UAtBI&H RB8IGTBR. Ours are the plana of fair deUgntful peace, TJnwarp'd by party rage to live like brothers RALEIGH ,N. C, Wednesday, July i85L rjw-Mr. a W. JAMES, No. 1, Harrison Street Cincinnati, Ohio, ia our General Travelling Agent for the Western States, assisted by J. R. SMITH, J. T. DENT, JASON TAYLOR, J. W. ARMSTRONG, PKRRIN LOCKE, W. RAMSAY, Da. JOSHUA WADSWORTH, ALEXR. R. LAWS, and A. J. SMILEY. t3T Mr. HENRY M. LEWIS, of Montgomery, Abk, is our General Travelling Agent for the States of Alabama and .Tennessee. tTMr. ISRAEL E. JAMES, No. 182, South Tenth Street, Philadelphia, is our General Travelling Agent, assited by WM. H. WELD, JOHN COL LINST JAMES DEE RING, A. KIRK WELLING TON, E. A. EVANS, JOHN T. JUDKINS, P. LOCKE, JOS. BUTTON, GEO. P. BUTTON, and THOS. D. NICE. THE DEMOCRACY AND SECESSION MORE GEMS FROM THE PAST. The more we look Into the history of Nullifica tionind contrast the nature of the opposition which it encountered in North Carolina, in 1832 snd '33, with the character of that faction which is at pre sent endeavoring to foist its abominable counter part, Secession, upon our people, the more are we amazed at the 'vide departure which the De mocratic leaders have made from their then avow ed faith and principles, and at the glaring and groas inconsistencies which mark the course of so many of tbem. in connection with Uiia doctrine. Without particular comment, at present, we re sume the investigation we have been pursuing for a few issues back. A targe and enthusiastic meeting of the citizens of Craven, without distinction of pasty, waa Held in Newbern, on the 8th of December, 1832, "in order," says the official record of proceedings, to raise their voices against Disunion and NuUi- feution.1 The following Resolutions, among others, were uhakimocslv adopted: Itesvlitd, That we cherish and revere our Federal Union as the noblest eftia-t yet made by man for the establishment of Republican Government over an ex tensive territory ; and iJiould this eflort fail, the cause of freedom tlirougbtHit tlie world must suffer injury and dishonor, and her advocates be bumbled and dia heartened. Repaired. That we sincerely Jeplore and disapprove the Ordinance lately promulgated by the Convention of South Carolina as we believe that its p rinciplcs are meonsistefit with a just view of tbe rights and obligations of the State, as a member of tbe confede racy : and involve neither more nor less than a nulli fication of tlie Federal Constitution, and a dissolutkar of the Union. A similar meeting without distinction of pasty, be it always remembered,) was held at Smithville, in Brunswick, on tho 3rd of December, 1833, at which the following strong and pungent resolu tions were, (says the official report) "highly ap proved and unanimously adopted Bi it Resolved, as tbe deliberate sense of this mee ting , that we deprecate tbe doctrine, that a State baa a right cither by its Legislature or by Convention, to render inoperative and void a law of Congress with in the limits of the State, as unconstitutional, and iu it tendency subversive of tbe happy government un der which we live. Rfaolred. That we regard Nullification, as a dan gerous, audacious and trtnaonaUt attempt to preeipt- - a . . . ; :i lave ine country mvo citii wars. Rcstlved, That tbe ordinance passed by tbe Con vention in South Carolina, is a virtual dissolution of tbe Union : treasonable in its character oppressive on the citizens of South Carolina. destroying their liber ties aa freemen, and cotn Del line tbem to take nDanns against their country and her Constitution, which they through their fureratners have solemnly pledged them selves to defend and protect. Received, That we hereby solemnly pledge our allegiance to the Cutis:. tetion ol the United States and that we will at tverf toward obey any regulations euterod into by the General Govemtnint for its pro tection. A like meeting of the citizens of Lenoir, held at Kinston, on the 18th of December, 1832. adopt ed the resolves subjoined ... -.. Retolred, That we cherish and revere our Federal Union, as the sheet anchor of our safety ; the great source of our political happiness and prosperity; tbe foundation of our respect snd consideration abroad, and th surest bans under tbe blessings of beavea, on which we cn rest our hopes of future greatness and glory. Resolved, That we consider the right claimed for a State to Nullify, and render void within its limits, the laws of the United States, a dangerous political heresy, and if acquiesced in by tbe States, or the peo ple, must lead to the subversion of our admirable lonn of Government. f A District Contention, composed of a large con course of citizens from New Hanover, Duplin, Brunswick, Sampson and Bladen, met in the Pres byterian Church, in Wilmington, on the 12th of December, 1832. Gen. James Owen was sailed to the Chair, and Gabriel Holmes, Esq., a promi nent Democrat, appointed Secretary. The follow ing Resolutions were adopted : That in the Opinion of this meeting, tbe assertion of South Carolina, af a right in herself, to judge in tbe last resort, of the extent of the powers of the General Government, and to withhold obedience to its laws.' when she may deem tbem to transgress the 1 units uf Hs authority, is unwarranted by the Constitution, m the assumption of a power not incident to ber aa a State, and not resulung from the nature of our politi cal isstitutiona,snd in its exercise utterly incompatible with tbe allegiance which ber citizens owe to the General Government, with tbe peace of tbe Country, snd the existence of tbe Union. Resolved, That we consider the peophi of the Uni ted States ss constituting one great political society, and tbe Government thereof, though Federal in many of its provisions, as essentially a national Government; that as such we owe to it a direct allegiance, sad ac knowUdgabe duty of obedience to its acta, until they are by tbe proper tribunals pronounced unconstitution al and void. . Resolved, That we cherish sn ardent attachment to the Union of these States, and of the people there of, that ws venerate it as the work of our ancestors, sod value it as the source of our publie prosperity, snd private security, ss the certain pledge of domea tio concord, and the sure guarantee of publie liberty ; that as a bond of brotherhood, among those who have a common ancestry, a common glory, and a common country, ws are prompted by every motivS ef inter est and affection, to preserve it tmbroken. At a numerous meeting of the einxens of Fitt, held at Greenville, on tho 22nd of Deeember( 1833, Marshall Dickinson (Loco Foco member of the last Legislature from that County, and a zeal oas advocate, note, of the doctrine of Secession J was called to tbe Chair, and this resolve, after a lengthy Preamble, unanimously adopted as the sentiment of the meeting; , Jtelvsi, Thai ws beartiry apprevs of tho matter and spirit of tho. Proclamation of the President, in rs lattoa to, the tbrsatsosdrebellka in South Caroline, and thai w win voluntarily support him ra U bis enorts to prsservs tos-mtegrtty of the Umci. , y . Af meeting of the citi tens of HaUnu neM at Scotland Neck, the following Commjttsoiwere appointed to draw up and report Resolutions for the meetings Geo. B. Spmlll, W. J. Anthony, Turner RatJand, J. jjlfc Dempsey Pitman, L, B ELDkken.R.A. Ezell the three latter leading Dnoerata.ie the County. The following Reso lutions were adoptedi-1 Resolved, That we regard the doctrine of Nullifica tion as witboat any foaDdatioa iu tbe Constitutwnod leading in practice inevitably to a dissolution of tbe Union. r. , v r Bssvlved, That we condemn as rash and unconstitu tional, tbe late Ordinance of the South Carolina Con vention. .. Resolvd, That we will not ud or abet tho present Nullifying Party, whether m South Carolina or else where. , Resolved. That we wul adhere to the Union snd our present excellent Presidt ; snd that we bait his late Proclamation as the patriotic effort of a powerful mind to call back into tbe path of doty a respectable portion of our fellow c itixeusof a sister State. We have already published the proceedings of the Wayne meetings, and remarked upon the pro minent part which that great impersonation of un adulterated Loco Focoisra, William K. Lane, play ed therein, in both his eivSc and military capacity. We have before ns, also, the proceedings of pub lic meetings held in various Counties throughout the State, but have quoted enough for our present purposes. Let us look from ihe People to their Representatives, assembled in the Legislature of l832-'33. Soon after the opening of the session, Mr. Wal ter F. Leake, of Richmond, then and now a most prominent Democrat, and note a red hot Seces sionist, introduced a series of Resolutions into the House of Commons, of which the following is the first: Be it therefore resolved, as the opinion of tlus Le gislature, that while we disapprove tbe tloctiine of Nullification as unconstitutional, violent, and ef a revolutionary tendency, we are nevertheless feelingly alive to the cause which has given rise to it. In the Senate, Mr. Martin, of Rockingham, also a leading Democrat, introduced a series, of which the following Is the first: Therefore Resolved, That this General Assembly continues to cherish a sacred attachment to the Cou S'itution of tbe United States, and considers the ad vantages of tbe Federal Union, in sustaining our civil institutions and perpetuating our liberties, to be in calculable : that we deprecate tbe doctrine of Nullifi cation, as founded on principles subversive of the Constitution, and as having a direct tendency, if prac tically enforced, to sever tbe bonds which now unite us together, as one great and powerful Republic Subsequently, a joint select Committee of both Houses was raised, with instructions to consider and report matters of, similar import; which con f vi..u ti o 11 r 1 W;l aiovu VI BJCMI9. XVUUlCr, kTOaWlSII, IJCWICi - l smsandBIiiB.ofthe?enAfe-alKMeara BrazeA for Congress in the Mobile (Ala.) DlstrictO Per son, Eccles, Poll s and Sawyer, o f tho House all leading men, and those in italics leading liemo. erala Tins Committee reported a lengthy Pre amble, and the following Resolutions : Resolved, That tbe General Assembly of the State of North Carolina doth entertain ami doth unequivo cally express a warm attachment to tbe Constitution of the United States. Received. That the General Assembly do solemnly declare a devoted attachment to the Federal Union, believing that on its continuance depends the liberty, the peace and prosj erity of tbe United States: Resolved, Tht whereas diversity of opinion may prevail in this State an to the Constitutionality of the Acts of Congress imposing duties on imposts ; yet it is believed a large majority f tbe people think those sets uncosstitntional ; and they are all united in the sentiment that the existing tariff is impolitic, unjust and oppressive ; and they have urged and will con tinue to urge i s repeal. esej;That tbe doctrine of Nullification avowed by tbe State of South Caro'iua. and lately promulga ted iu an Ordinance, is revolutionary in iu character, subversive of tbe Constitution of tbe United States, and lead" to a dissolution of the Union. Mr. Bailey subsequently made a counter Re port, but tho original Report (says the file of tbe "Register," of January 4, 1833,) was warmly ad. vocated by Messrs. Pot's and Bragg, (-"overhaul that, and when found, make a Bote ont," friend Langdon.) The original Report denouncing Nul lification and the doctrines contained in the South Carolina Address Secession, ef course, amongst the rest was adopted in tlie Senate by a vote of Ayes 47, Noes 7 1 and in the House, by a vote of Ayes 98, Noes 21 ! ! An amendment, protesting against the employment of force by the General Government, was refected by nearly the same vote as that by which the Resolutions were adopted. Among tho names of those voting in favor of the Resolutions, we recognize those of some of tbe most conspicuous of tbe Democratic leaders and moat aetiv &eMinn!ta nf th nntant dav t ! "Thus," exclaimed the number of the "Regis ter," announcing tbe result, "has North Carolina matpkaitatn Spoken oat, and by this one set, ac quired additional elaim to the character of a con sistent, truly Republican and patriotic State r That character, thank Heaven, she has continued, and will continue, to main'ain. It will not be oat of place, to mention, in this connection, that tlie "Raleigh Standard," which, under its present auspices, is looked op to as the great mouth-piece of tbe Secessionists and Dis- unionista Of this State, and whose sentiments are smacked over with approbation in the Jacobin Clubs of onr treasonable neighbor State, was, at the period of which we apeak, sm unrelenting foe to the heresies of South Carolina, and "dealed damnation round tbe land, on all it deemed" her apologists or sympathizers), These facts and these extracts show how com pletely identified the Democratic party, as m party. was, in 1833, with opposition to the doctrines of Nullification and Secession. Evsnts, daily trans piring around us, show where the most of the Democratic leaders would wish tbe party to stand, sow. We.ssy the Democratic leaders tot we cannot be induced to believe that any considerable portion of tbe party proper have, aa yet, wandered from their ancient landmarks. They have no in ducements to have doae so. Tbe Democratic Jeaders-those of them who have no stronger claim to distinction than a rabid devotion W party, and who can only expect individual preferment ttnen the wheel of fortune ma j throw the chance of their party uppermost who would not scruple to involve the Country in civil war and precipitate upon our favored land the horrors of anarchy and intestine strife, to subserve their own selfish pur poses these and such are the desperate r&en who would commit our people to a course, 'which most inevitably tend to a dissolution of our glorious Union, and which cannot be too strongly diacoun tenanced by every lover of hia Country. We caU upon the honest mass of Jackson De mooraiaiaio stood by that H hero of atotit nerve and nbendinff wfll in the dayi ot Nulunca. tion, when he swore, in his patriotic wrath, that he -would execute the laws at every baaard,to look well to this - devious and treasonable ; paths alonhioh thej jp invited to tread, r Especially de we eaU upon the people of tbe State to'sjprfc the fneoflwkncfes, that they may ace the isOTlTza, of those, 'wno are thua eeeklnjf to array uVra jp pssition to the Goyarrunent, and'to eomWtna V) doctrines - which are aimed at ite eunvereion. Paett ia at the bottom of their professed love for the UBioa PARTY lies concealed under all their professed apprehensions of to "ioevitabie doom." Of what value to each men are the blessinr, free institutions or what inspiring thought, d the contemplation of our national greatness bdT to such minds so long as the emolument Party are beyond their reach so long as "Mord cai, tbe Jew, sitteth at the King's gate V The motives of these self constiiuted, par e cellence champions of State's rights ad Souu"" honor being thus palpably selfish and nnprincipy as, by tbe record, they stand convicted h hooves every Patriot to be on the alert, to a i mem at every corner and every by-way, and t v&it them with tho indignation due to dUor-ran'0 ers and traitors ! z" PONDER THE QUESTION ! Has kot Noam Carolina every EEasos BE SATISFIED WITH THE PSESMT COTDITIOS the Goverhmest ! She has a President of h" own choice, who has more than fulfilled all tb!I was promised for him by his Whig friends. p0 the first time in many years, she has a member of the Cabinet Council, who has given the most, a pie security, by indentity of interest with herdj izens in general, and by tlie manner in which he has disiharged other important trusts commit by them to him, that be would adhere to n0Ad ministration inimical to their welfare. She has more liberal and honorable share of public pointments, than at any former period. Vh" WiJmot Proviso, under the influence of tf AdminUtralion, has been rejected and abandoned (nnd bow woll.by the way and we ask pnb lie attention to the fact does this contnwt with the passage of that odious measure by the t0(a( such men as Dacid 8. Reid, and its approval bv President Polk !) A Fugitive Slave LsW hs been passed, which effectually executes the pro vision of the Constitution, respecting runaway slaves. The Administration permits no man to hold office under it, who is known 10 be hostile to its execution. The Federal Judiciary, every, where, sustains this law, and the Executive ready to execute it, if necessary, with the swwd. The Northern mind is being brought back to a new examination of the obligations of the Coastj. tution oh this subject In short, we have a new lease on slavery, and that species of property moro secure than it has been for twenty ftv, years, if there can only be a subsidence of agitata and an acquiescence in the measures of Compromise ! But with an increasing clamor about slavery, suck aa ia kent nn hv Vmahl nA r..; . j 1 , , , ..... r- j j - v. xum, mm sucn as -o - - , ui sucn men worthy allies, the Abolitionists, at the North k will become year after year of less value ! Will sot the People look at these tangs? THE EIGHTH DISTRIC1Y We are not yet able to announce deSnitely.tbt name of the Whig candidate for this Disirtct Tbere seems to be no doubt, however, that the Hon. Edward Stahly will be again forced into the field, by the urgent solicitations of his Whig fi tends whose call he has never refused to ober, however great tbe personal sacrifice to himoeif. While few men are dearer to his friends, few men, certainly, bare been the objects of grosser misrepresentation and more venomous malignity than Mr. Staklt. He has a way, however, (is our friend of the "North State Whig ' ray?,) of striking back when he is struck, and he will dr. monstrate, if we are not mistaken in the man, be fore the campaign is over, that he is not only able to defend himself against all attacks, but that he is eminently rueeessfuHn "carrying the war into Africa." He is at present charging the Sectttm phalanx, with his usual fearlessness, though U u led by those distinguished military spirits Colonel Ruffin and " Cornet Lane. We invite attention to the account of s discus sion between himself and the Loco Foco nominee, taken from the "Plymouth Villager," and publish ed in another column. In the recent discussion at. Newbern, Mr. Stanly recommended as the best way of re sisting Northern aggression, lo encourage domes tic mannfacores and home labour, and shore ill, to encourage and support our own white mechanic! and laborer, the bone and sinew ot the country; tbev were our sure reliance in war. Mr. Stanlv referred incidents lly to the misrepre sentation of his epeech in Congress, and said he had been pnable to meet any one who rou'd take the speech and point out the ohjectionable matter, It bad been represented that he had said that the Sooth ,rbad no cause of complant," and that he said nothing asrainstNorthern conduct. Nothing. Mr. STaat;-eduTa be ui'jre untusr Than such s stats- men; it went tbe rounds of the papers, before tbe speech was printed, sod many believed it, becatue they had not read it. In that speech Mr. Staaly quoted where be said of thf fugitive law: "Tat conduct of . the Northern States in this respect is admitted by some of their own citizens to be with out excuse. No one condemns it more decidedly than ! do, but I believe from all I have heard, ton abuse will be remedied." . " Again ia tbe same speech'. Mr. S. said, hen allow me to say, sir. that no man in bis srntet believes Congress will ever be guilty either of to outrage or the folly of abolishing slavery in (! district, excepting of course those fanatics wb think ihe constitution is 'an agreement with Hell. e - e "Such an act would justly be regarded by the Southern States as a declaration of hostility, 00 part of the North, and they would act according!;. In that epeech, Mr. Stanly spoke ofthe abolition ists, as these miserable wretches, who denounce us constantly these sincere dtsuoionists who J the American Union is a "covenant with delist and an"afrreeraent with Hell," and ought to immediately dissolved." a "But let tbem alone; in a few years more tbey be unanirnously despised, sod they "will be bond with the burial of an ass, drawn snd east forth yoBdtbe gsnes of Jerusalem." Of the WiWJ Proviso, to that speech Mr. Stsnly sid, " Southern peoppie, wiih great unanimity, bet as I do, that to enact the Wilrnot Proviso, W" be an act tf gross injustice and uroag " We heard of more than one, say tk Ne nun,1 who voted against Mr. Stsaly heard his speechand if he k a eandjds8 f sapport him. , We believe every patriot, wh 6e his party associations, heard his eulofiesol Union. wUh proud fseijags and a heart g tho ti.wm, r . irwt .k.t kn k.fi ojist our kh v such a government, and with a resolution tfl his dnty to his country, when the day arrir BT We are indebted to Mr. Petei"' J North Carolina Music Sore, for some liaad btile, present. Wr.P. has just returned W the North with a chaste and varied selection all articlea in bit line, and can please lnflf,eJJ fancy. The Ladies would do well to "gj a eaU before porehasing elsewhere," lhe rertisements always say. ET No: 371 of Litiel's Livfog Age PwJJ volume twenty-nine and commences the 1 Nowie 4he time to subscribe o th ly, Bali rWoHDTbe attention of '1 directed to the change io th brn fcr "JT wm sjiwa aV u JaugEia fsv "Ta rtai bi - aawtaaVila Baal Vat Mimed u ment wul please make the required chang" atefy. :
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