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p. NO RTII C A 1 1 OL11Y A 8TA It WE DA ESD A Y MOUlVliV G, DECEMBER 14, 1853. f- J - pl!ic miy ) f Mini, t W . lUtlTT!ilAt oean tol! l!!TCrL i aTerrsmded - Vvimlll? lll ,T!LT ' TditJl uUhbT redtl .1 1 , the federal gnvermnetit. It ia, I tnr.t, not ne- eesaary tony toat n grandeur of enerri'e, and m present urgent inducement promising popular favor, will lead me to disregard those light, or 4lH tnn that path which eiperienoa baa & prorod 10 be afe, and which ia now radiant with the glow of prosperity and" legitimate eoivstitu ;. tiooal prog . We eaa affjtd to wait, bet we . cannot affurd to overlook the ark of ear security. natrtm.- '' V;.- It ia no part of my parpoae tin give prominence . any subject which may properly be regarded a eet at rci by the dolilssrate judgment of the people. But while the present ia bright with ' promise, and the future full of demand and in ducement lit the exercise of active intelligence, the past ean nevev be without useful lesson of dnwmition and inetmetioB, If itadangemmrre ot a beacon they will evidently tail to fulfil the object of a wire design. When the graves a hall bare el. wed over all who are aow endeavor ing to meet tin obligation of dutr. the jenr 1850 will be recurred to an a period tilled with eai ioa apprehension. A successful war bod juet teres inaed. Pcaiw brought with It a vast aug aentation f territory.' lliaturbing qnentiona a . mae, bearing anon the doineatie inatitutiona of i portion of the ooufrderacy, and involving then constitutional right of ilia Mlales. . But notwitb- I Mnnding differences of opinion and sentiment which tiien existed ia relation to details and spe- eifie provisions, the acouiaaenco af dis'.inmished I eititens, whose devotion to the t'nion Can never i be doabutd, baa given renewed viiror to our in' atitatioa, and restored a souse of repose and se curity to the public mind throughout the confed eracy. That this report) ia lo suffer no shock during my official term, if I have power to avert It, those who placed nut hers may be assured. The wisdom of men, who new what indepemt- mcn cost wno nad put all tlie stake npon the of the revohitionary struggle disd of the subject to which I refer, in tlie only way eon- iiiwut whu ine vnion or tne Mate, ana witn ; the march of power and prosperity which ha . . made as what w are.-. It ia a igiiifieant fact, .... that, from the adoption of the eonstitntton, until the officer and soldier of the revolution bail rawed to their grave,, or, through the Infirmi . tie of age and wnunds, bad ceased to participate - actively in public affairs, there was not merely a quiet acquiescence in, but a prompt vindication of, the constitutional right ofthe States. The reserved power were scrupulously respoetod. ( t So tatesmart nut f.jrth the narrow view of cas , nisi to justify interference and agitation, but , the spirit of the compact ,waa regarded as sacred in the eye of honor, and indispensable for the gre.it experiment of civil liberty, which, envlroo- ad liy inliererrt difficulties, waa'yet borne-forward in apparent weaknesa by power superior to all otMUicles. .'. There U no condemnation which the , voice of freedom will not nnmonno unon us v ahrmld w prov faithless to this great trust. --" -Jrlrir men inhabiting different part of tlii vast ... continent eau no more 1st expected to hold the . ' aam opinions, or entertain the same sentiment, ill an every variety of climate or soil can lie ei- fieeted to lurnnh the same agricultural product, - - they ean unite in a oomuion obiect and sustain otnmon principles essential to tha maintenance - - of that object. The gallant men of the South and tlie North eould stand together during the ' struggle of the revolution they eould (tand to- getiHsr in ine more try ing period which luocociled tha clang'W of anus. A their united valor wa adequate to all tlie .trial of the camp and dan , . ger of the field, so their united wisdom proved equal to the greater task of founding, npon a doep and brsid basis, institutions, which it ba been our privilege to enjoy, and will ever be our roost . aaorod duty to sustain. It b but tha feeble ex- pression of a faith, strong and universal, to sav that their tons, w hose blood mingled an often ue " en til earn field, duriug the war of 1M12, and .. - who hav more recently home In triumph the flag of the eountry upon a foreign anil, will never permit alienation of feeling to weaken die power nf their nnited efforts, nor internal ilissensiisns to pamlyta the great arm of freedom, uplifted for we viouicnuun m seii-gnvornment, 1 hav thus briefly presented suoh suggestions as aeem to me speeiallv worthy of your eonsid ' eration, 1 In providing for the present, you can - hardly fail In avail yourselves of tlie light which experience of the past east npon tli futurrv , . rorrtariow. . ; The growth of mtr population ba now brought aa, in In destined e ireer of our national history, In a rsiinl at which it well behoove us lo expand our vision over the vast prospective. ' 1 Tb successive decennial returns of the census, ine the adoption of the constitution, have re Vealed a law of steady progressive development, which may lie stated, iu general term, aa a du plication every quarter century. Carried for ward, from the ixiint already reached, for oulv abort period of lime, as applicable to the exis tence of a nation, this law of progress, if uncheck ed, will brins us to almost incroliLlo results. A large allowaue fur a diminished proportional ef- feet of emigration would not very materially re- duco the esiiniato,' while the inoicssed average duration of human life, - known to have already ...resulted fromthe scientific and hygienic improve ' menu of the past fifty years, will lend to keen p through tlie next fifty, or perhaps hundred, , the aame ratio of growth, which baa been thus - MAaaled In our paat progress; and to the influ ence uf those causes may lie added th influx of laboring masse lroin eastern Asia to the racine aido of our possessions, together with th proba ble aocossion of the population alreadvexisting in other parts of our hemisphere, which, within the period in question, will feel, with yearly in creasing niree. tne natural aitnn; ions of so vast, . j iwworful, ai.d prosperous confederation of self- - atnerniug republic, and will seek the privilege of being. adm died within it safe and hapf y Uh transferring willi themselves, by a peaceful and healthy process of incorKration, spurious region of virgin and exuberant aoil, which are destined In swarm with the fast-growing and - tasMnreading million of our race. Tbene eonsideration seem fully to justify (he presumption, that the law of pipulntion, si ore siateo, win coaiinu w svi wiiu unuimiiii-ncni "- effect through at leant th next half cenlury; and fliat thousands of persons, who have already ar ' rived at maturity, and are now exercising the rlirhlf of freemen, will close their eves on the pectiicU of mors than one bnndred'million of spuiiitton ot in American in ion. it is not luorely a an Interesting topic of speculation that , I present these v'ews fur your consideration. TIkvt have important practical bearinirs unon all rlie political duties we. are oalled upon io per- r tful. lloreloi ,re onr system id govcrnnieni has """"" worked on what may be termed a miniaturesrale. In comparison wilt the development which it must thus assume, within a future so near at Itand as scarcely to bo beyond the prevent uf the evisnng gcneratuHi. v, . t iraErATio or vutl xiov It is eviifent that a ennfe IcratV. so vast and ft varied, both in numlsvra and territorial extent, In habit and interests, could rmly m kept in na tional cohesion by the strictest fidelity lo tl prin ciples nf the constitution, as understood by those who have adhered to the moat restricted construc tion of the powers granted by I'm people and tlie. Htase. Iulernreted and applied according to , those principles, the great compact adapts itself with boalthy ie and free lorn to an unlimited - extension of that benign system of federative sdf-govemmenl, nf which h is our glorious, and, I trust, immortal charter. Let us, then, with re doubled vigilance, b on onr guard against yield - ing to the temptation of the exercise of doubtful powers, even under the pre -mure " the motives of cnnrede l temporary advantage and apparent temporary expediency, v Tlie minimum of federal government, eompat MeVitli the maintenance of national nnity and elhcient action in nur relations with the test of fhvwtirtdvsleMil'l afford Ihe rule and measure of jlesjwtnictii'm of our power under the general elause of th Cutis;! ution. A spirit of strict de ference to lheovreign right end dignity of eve ry Stale, rutiie than adisiiositinirto subor linat th .States inta a provincial rekvtiiHi to the central authority, hould charaeterii all oar exercise iA ' the reH-tiiC" p-iwcrs,- temporarily vested ia us M'WSMre-1 trust from tfiPgencMus eoufidene if our oiiSflnient. I rrrlike manner, a nmntfcvtly indispensable I ,Cittditka of the sype!uaiiu of 'll.e I'nion, tod L I im U 1 r' th realixation f.f that EMjnifirent Batnmal ! J ISTr-JT'i'ft'taw adverted In, Ujc t) duty become yearly -tro-r end clearer ... citisen. W lb. ; rl CmMw. atUvt ftMnml mm! acSeie-1 i-" KtaVes, and in relation to the varied inter- I . ln.tmitiom.rW habit of sentiment and I opinion, which may respectively characterize them. Mutual forbearance, reapect, and non interlereace in oar personal action as eitiaena, and an enlarged exercise uf the BKt liberal principles of comity in the publn dealings of State with Stale, whether in legislation or in the execution of laws, are the meana to perpetuate that eon ft dence and fraternitv, the decay of which a mere political union, on so vast a scale, eould not long survive. In still another point of view, la an important practical duty suggested by this eonsideratiim of the maimituile of the dimensions, to which our political system, with its corresponding machine- ry of government, ia su rapidly expanding. With i increased vigilance docs it rwjuire us to .uultivnin j the cardinal virtues of public frugality and oflj- oial integrity and purity, l'uhlic affairs ought to be so conducted that a aetthtd conviction shall pervade the entire t'tiion, that nothing short of the highest tone and standard of public morality marks every part of the administration and leg islation uf the general government. Thus will the federal system, whatever expansion time and progress may give it, continue more and more deeply rooted in the love and confidence of the 1 people. j That wise economy, which ia as far removed ; from parsimony an from eorruit and corrupting 1 extra vagAnce, that single raganl fiir the public gisid, which will frown upiin allattempts to ap- ; proach Use treasury with insidious project of : t.rivsU) interest cloaked under public pretext I tliat aound fiscal administration, which, in the , I legislative deoartnieut euardsaeainst the danger- ou temptation Incident to overflowing revenue, and, in the executive', maintains an unsleeping watchfulness against the tondehev of all national exiionditure to extravagance, while they are all admitted elementary politiculdulies, may, i trust, be deemed as properly adverted to and urged, in view of the more impressive rense of that necee- lsity. which is directly iuggesle 1 1 the consider- ation now presented. vssth or rid ntsior aixo. Since tha a'ljourtiment of Congress, tlie Vice President of the L'uited States has passkd from the scenes of eartli, without having entered upon the duties nf the station, to which h had been called by the voice of his eisanlrymen. Having occiipisd, almost, continuously, for more than thirty years, a seat in one or the other of the two House oi roiigresa, ana naving, ny nis singular -. i i i .. . i i-i Mintv and wisdom, secured unlsinn'lcl conn- uence and universal respect, his failing health was watched by the nation with painful solici tude. Hi Iinv to the country, under all the cir eninstances, has been justly icgardcd as irrepat al.1.' In compliance with the act of Congress nf March 2, 1853, the oath ff office was administer ed to him on the 24th of that mouth, at Ariadne estate, near Matanxoa, in fire island of Culm ; but hi strength gradually declined, n I was hardly sufficient to enable him to return' to his home in Ahihama, where,' nn the 14th day of April, in tho most calm and peaceful way, his long and eminently useful career was terminated.. V ' , COXCLfSIOM. KntoHeining unlimited confidence in your in telligent and patriotic devotion to die public in terest, and being conscious of no motive on my part which are not inseparable from the honor and advancement of my eountry, I bop it may be my privilege to deserve and secure, not only your oordiul cooperation in great public measure, hut also those relation of mutual confidence and reeard. which it ia alwava so desirable to Culti vate between member of coord oate branches of tlie government. FKANKI.IX l'JKUCK. W ashington. P. C, Pec. 5, 1853. S, common" Vcuools. To His F.xcxtusir Darin 8. Rain Kin I nroissve in this letter to touch on cer tain points which I feci it to U my duty to handle rather plainly. And in the outset I wish it to distinctly understood that I do not lielieve that it I necessary to play tlie demagogue, even to kill off demagogue. - There aro Born person, more grave than wise, who regard every appeal, made pleasing to the people, as savoring of dotnagogi eism, thus indi rectly and often unsoousciousTy.aoousiug the mas se of Idindnes as. to their own Interests.- Kvery maxim in common use is not a wise one, and cer tainly when w speak of righting the devil with fir wc forget that we would be peltingtiin with tne element in wnicn ne lives. The most teamed Infidel ean find nothing im proper in sentiment or manner iu the discourse or liitn wno spate as nev er man spake ; and vet they generally elicited the lively sympathies of the papin,' for fear of whom Ilia Scribes, lliari see and Ruler were long de er.cd froni.lheir wicked puimses. Truth, sir, is mightyand will prevail ; but un fortunately it has generally o fihl with indiffer ent w cap ins placed in rnv hinds by injudicious frion'l. Wc will not permit il to appear to the people in its native aharnis tin frieuils genornlly strip it of these and put upon it so ne ungracious mark of thrir own. This they call naked truth, and it is no longer find's truth, clad In its divine and pleasing perfections, but, disfigured and dis guised with the mantle of b gdry or prejudice, often appears aa the invention ot man's ill-nature. The Common School system of North Carolina ha had to contend against an ev il growing oul uf the anti-republican feelings of some of our peo ple and yet, because this evil fights with the weapon of th demagogue, t'ie democratic re publican friends of education h tvo been sometime afi aid to meet it. t Now. it a -ems to me, these latter have but to state the c truly to gain the popular mind, and this is the ny it should Is? stated: Common Schools arc rjpiiblicnn in their nature, on account, 1st, of their object ; 2ndly, of the mode of conducting them. Their object is In bring education within the reach of all, and thus to insure an education lo all t to practically carry out oi r theories of politi cal equality by enabling nil to read and under stand for themselves, to think and act for them selves in public matters, and lo push their pri vate fortunes with Ihe intelligin and skill now or hcroUifoti possessed only by part of th popu lation. The mode of conduct n; these Schools is republican it invests additional trust in. the people, familiarizes them with t -eir own general condition, and enhances their self-respect. Now, the true republican, anxious to Inture the bles sings of free government, i ever ready to give dignity and iuipnrtauce lo the popular character. He knows tliat discussion, dispute, and often angry feelings are tlie necessary results of a sys tem of things managed by all he will naturally look for a contrariety o( opinions and apparently slow actions tut nil this he prefers to sulstiit to, rather than lo the worse evils of a despotism whose machinery, all in splendid order, runs srmxitlilv, vigorously, and with certainty, lie will make up his mind lit bear and forbear, lo work with patience.1 and energy, lo piako allow ances for necessary imperfections, and to a'sist in applying remedies. Lie will do all he can to give the nuuses confidence In theinvelves, to ac custom theui to the use of authority and to get them to cxercis it," to enhance their estimate of their own work, and encourage them to continu al effort to fix their own Institution deep in their affections, to make Ihem proud of them, and as tenacious of them a i f their own lives, Now, bsik on that picture and then on this) you, who fear to dclepd Common School before the people, when opposed by demagogues. I am for the people I love you," begins tlie dis guised Monarchist; now put him to the touch stone" Your Common School an a common nuisance"! Why? tlie real answer is because the tnijt h.v made a mil erable failure. "They never can be well managed 1" iVhyf Because Ike is- i(sf at large canniit manage such business ! " There is an eternal clamor about them." Why t liecause there is free discussion, ireo opinion, and every man ha. a right to be heerd, h theft n ainriiMU unn.Hn.ius Biam r su. nl i.hj nnoinn government, is this a reason to abolish it. - Yon clamor about it, yourself, good demagogue, you are fund of elamoring ie all jdace and im all oe cwionat therefoie, to carry out your real cmrse uf reasoning th hole thing should lie knocked In the head and uict ilesputisut establirlied. They have doi.e mischief ?" llnwr Where? lour Select Sch.nl wl.eie iritr children were taught is no more ; and now, in its trend, are the w rotche I SliB.lsof ll.e people where Tim, IKck, and llsrry got s smattering of kwwlwljre, alas, alas! you have to send jwirr children Ab4, among these rabble, to be taught b fellow taken from i ! Sbmch-lMwII,MMl suvwne lx o.wiits dear people boo. To. began by rising.- And now, you must submit to Uii. or else what a foil to dignity t you mat gn out among your neigh- own cunning, are trying to laugh the peonle out bora and try to explain things, try to harmonize , of countenance with their effort at thought, are things, try to help them to have a good htlio.il I ! caricaturing their trainings at their mentaTinu M These wretched acbuoU never will be well ! ters, and uHing every effort to induce them to managed, for in the nature of things they can't abandon the attempt to arm and protect thenv be." What ia that opposing nature uf thing' ? solves, why are not the hosts of bt-tter rrpubli It is the fad that the fmtptt manage these schools; cans as active and cUiuoroua in exhortations to that's the difficulty alluded to. . persevere, to rrapect themi-elves, and by their ac- Anil ttnuk you. good men of nil parties, U:e ! people eauuot be made to understand and appre- eiale this mode of reasoning ? ' eiale this mode of reasoning? ' We have all been in error t some hav done all 1 they could to intimidate and Confuse the iieotilr, to disgust them with' ttieir own iiutUiition, to deetroy thfir .nfidcuce in themselves, and make them uirrelish power. nnu we,: rearing ine people eouia not eonipre- our uiu'esurs nau to eucoiuitcr in staring tne hend thcirnwn interc'ts, have been afraid to sfieak. KepuMic. and to thia child of freedom has been disowned, The oi.twinehts of that system were divided in ridiculed, sfiit on, shoved out of decent swiety. ; to tw'o entases, in trU: the patriotic ami friends Nevertheless, it has grown apace, and it lines- of humanity who feareil the result of an attempt ments and its step betray a freeman's soul. And at peculiar Government would not hist or sue if we had hut nursed it as we nuied our govern- ! teed, and the friends of lesitim who feated uient, if we had but fed it cn that food most i it witfld succed if eneouned. holenoine to free men, ctmtidcnrr, ajfWiin . hm- , or, what a proud growth it wight hae attaint'!? Now, in this connection permit nie to remind i each despairing friend of the cause, w ho .thinks he stands alone, of a pascage in the history rilijah during tlio reign of the wicked Aiiati. Ring or Israel : Anil he said, I hive lM-en verv tealous for the Iord (i.sl of hosts. -because the children of Israel hate forsaken thy Covenant, slain thy iirophets with the sword: and I, cm o I only am leu, ami they seel my me to take it And the lrd said, et I have left me sevculhctrsatid in Israel, all the knees which have : not Isiwcd l Uaal and every mouth w inch hath !' answ ered that their theories are ui r-mttiet not kissetl him." ' l w ith a pro.cr rejeet. for populor disi.'.retioti, jus- ou afe not so entirely ahne as you think ; ! tice and energy ; and the people should lie called what you want, I say it iu kindiies, is not num- on to refute them by their actions, aud encouraged bcrs, but courage aud confidence. Suppose eie-, to believe that they cm judiciously exercise siw ry wcll-wisber to Common Sclnsjls were to step cr that they enn and will improve by experience, tiolilly forth, armed tor the cotubut: I tell vou. ' at the whistle. of Koderiek I'hu, un . . . , . . M Boaaels and fpsari sn bended bowi 1 i would anissar from cotise and heath, and bush i and rock, aye, in the plains and. on the moun- tains, a proud invincible array, And if all these ' would confide in themselves, in FSrh-flther, and , in the r.vcs. ; ir we would, as we bate in every conceivable fiirm done in recant to our Constitu lion, take pains to talk, and write, and speak for Common achisila, to encourage the people in their own unaertnKing, to make men i ic.icd with their own work, to make them proud of the now-'; or ol governing the UomnKiii svhcs.ls and emu-j lulls to excel, Iu palliate inevitable errors, to ho j to their gissl management." very kind," to occa- i sional blunder " n little blind." to irive them con-! fideuce in thonisclvcs, and to plant their institn- turn deep in their hearts, what a change would i cmie over the face of Common Si-hisilsT I Statesmen, republicans, freemen of North Car-! ollna, will you act and speak upon these hints? Will you feed this bantling of free inatitiitiouson cru"i 11 ' ' "v'e to discuss them, w hilo wc all the food of freemen t Will you tc.irfroni its no- j agree thai the freight is of inestimable vnlue. A ble limbTThe garments with v. Iiich its perseci- wieck would shed a gloom on every republican tors have arrayed it to disguise it, as the martyrs heart it would be a mighty triumph to the op were led to t)ic stake fluttering with ra"s lind isments of isiiuilar rights. paste-boards, with painted devils on their backs? I VI ill you acknowledge and proclaim its illlis-1 trieus paternity, clothe it as a son, and hv the fireside among your children, in Your neiirhbor- hood meetings, on the stump and in your legisla-; live halls recognize it as the first btirn of free-1 doml Ur will vou fear the deniairbeucs." tha enemies of popular rights ond popular advance ment! n in you permit tnem to liastardite it, dross it in rags, begrim itVith slander, and final ly put It to death J The issue is with yon behold vour offWinir! ir ...... ..ill i i, : 'w ? ill properly honor it it w ill in leturn be I IT . 1 It will be a first fatal stcn towards vourown final vnur nruteclloii i if vou r,n t it l l- .... ..I I siiblnio.n !. TK ' 1 . . r" . . . , ; , ."" """"" ) , sis-aswiH uecu puouciy er ixcu ; , "7 V V u" 'V u" " n II l were lo . make s similar assertion as to President of the i J! j a . , ... H hi nn lint ttis friolwU t.f t 'i, ,,, K..l,Iu.lB , . . . ... - ..,.VM. ..,o. O.,o uinNiini s enccTrir , udi ersarv hall wo make the most iiiwaii iguorai.1 ...ow-ooy a g.si.1 icacner no one assert ; that an ignorant and bigoted eitiieu makesaiudiciouscsmiinittce-ina.. isi.ot pretended. But plow-boys may become and do lco.no ex- celient instructors ; and ignorant, honest nu n, placed on Qomnuttees, and encouraged and ailvi- s,5d by more intelligent neij;lilsir, Iwcom better citixens.gaining as tlieydo new and more enlarged ideas in regard to the wants and situation of so - ciety, of their own positiun as members of a self- governing country, and of the duties, resMiiisibil- Hies and necessary qualihcatwns of each integral part in a irce-g.iveriinient. Why, Mr, tne children are l.y no means all the p,r., ...... ,..T,,.., ,. ..v our . ...loo. ii Jvchisils; tne system liimishcs a plan for the wiiiiies.ii.ic i f.'i. me wi.oic iopuiaii. n u inayhcnae our uiilllia system to some extent ; withdrawal nf part of the Turkish forces. The Ian the equipments are not su complete nor the .lis-; K,laRl. f our slifax dispatch is, that" hostililics .:. .....v. ..u ......r... n. ,wri.-.-. a uii.se oi iwr - " J ..." wiiio. iv nuns, inn it is one which puts amis in the hnmls of all thr .. - pie, and it eiinblailieiutolietlieirownpr..tcclors. Our militia regulations not unfre'iucntly iiir .nl . themes for the w it and dentineiations of a'certaiu i smartish sort of people, but is there a true states-1 man in this whole country who values its free dom that would desire to I'ec our militia system alsilishcd, and a large standing army, dnngej-nus alike to friend and foe, sulislilut.il In its stead ? Do we not all know that w hen wn i-ease to la' our own protectors, with arms in our bunds, we will cease to he fiee nt that very instant ? We might have a standing army of ri million of soldiers ; and this million of armed men would ju-t lie as likely, a little more likely, to get food, occupation and power, by fighting, by plundering and ensla ving us, (hull to attempt such enterprises in more distant and difficult fields. Who then w ould dare m advocate a disarming of the militia? It is still more unwise and dangerous to strip ! the citisen of th.e rights which under' car Com-1 inon School system help to fortify his mind, en' large his ideas, and to dignify his character. iliirinir the settlement of this country the col onists all went to school, and Nature aiid Divine Pruvldenee were their masters. The isiwors of the old world left them to contend, as best they, ooiihl, with the difhcultic around tiiem; theft position was uch that Tnim the start each one had practical oxorirnce of all tho attributes of sovereignty. ,. ' ineir arms were ever ny mem, lonuen. ana roaily for use, wild boasts and wild savages in eaieuing on an siues, ami mere neing no stnnu- g army, cacn one was called on to adjudicate, to legislate, to counsel for common safety mid eoniimm iiiipnivenieut. They learned to reflect ; new ideas dawned on them, their hearts were enlarged, and their fninds disciplined, and I hey in time acipiiicd that moral slnininn, that indo pendente nnd courage, self-know ledge and knowl edge of others, that-mental fortitude and physi cal bravery, that sturdy rolf-resct and indo'ini talile linelif fieedom and right, which carried them suecesifully through the grand Drnmeof the Involution, and founded that glisriuus Kepulv lie which is our inestimable inlieriiance. Under our llouimon -Schoul ivstetn responsibil ities somsshat similar are thrown upon the peo ple j they are requited not merely luTWefliul to ..J - .1 . 1 . : L f. . ,li.MMlra. In ,J .. '.. - . t their duties thev Aie all. mint to school! and .una nf tl.am in Iwn terms of Cimmillnukin Irarn more than they ever knew before of the ! relations of citisen to each other in a republic, j of reciprocal duties and eoriosponding advanta - ees, of public necessities and of their Cciring on tndividnal prosperity and happiness. ' prosperity and happiness. .... The most icnorant soinetin.es become acotmin- led with genenil affairs, and are torced to tlittU.; to enquire and look about; and ail are luring those habit of absolute dope ndcuce on others, so tF r own welfare . . nT (jfKs.inv ucunemsi. (if.im i..n:iiv-tu . J nev iiWiiim saHnwii". w " I..ietM rw .1 i .'. . ci esse m auinoniy iliev a.w iBUKi.v u rcsisin- .ibilit:. wWk come fcom to the cnsiieme of, Mtb aw. father feels or ought to feel-that he ha. ."imme'liate stnk in the nu.ttcr-.thcy learn Is.w tkss wnrl.l is miVAMiHil tl r r,rVfvllv t.f in;1' - vidual sacrilhea, senl and anion, Ihe importance ' A Svam Emoix or FiVErrxvma Msnrrsc .jt ... i. ...it i. ,k. .., o.'Ui f tl Siui l,iU list. J'l.r) enter.. tisinii nronncb.is if the Iron thev carry on wholesome nnd invigorating ex- chwige and commerce of ideas and opinions. !! - eciuing acinaiiited with the wants of the vou uiu- Vniiv. sod with the habit of tiWjif-.t and filing of their neighbors. Why. Bir.oor Common School system na set r people to thinking tbwi.nll our other put together end while those who would Live the popular mind .tripped of allerm. and efl drfeneeless before the mki of their lion put to confunu n those who hnve no confidence in their ability to govern theniMMvHs T The pole were naturally diffident, I The people were naturally diffident, backward, ready to Mieve th;y were innkiiig a failure, as the whole thing was new to them, as thev were eonm ioiis of their lack of inforniolion and opportunities, anil as darkness brotxliil over the ocrntions of tlie iryMeiu ; similar diffi'-ulties hen the enterj.rie wkh started each there- fore aeted the pan him the timid an timid and dmilitfn rt wtneii ins jir.iieipies tauj.nt t ilonbtful, because thev were I, laid to with greater erierpv rkinif. ililiireittlv with their hands, and inllH-ir pnivers f'Tventlv aii-iilcating success. rii sloxild it h.iie l,ecr. s., should it now lie with respect to our cTnrt at. Common Imiinive tnent. Triilloi'li :inil not failure should lie held jer'ctun!lv tefore onr eyes; mid those who are eier preliin the latter and giving out evil nn p'icciee, shouhl not he allowed to sow, linittter- rupie'l, their pestilent doctrines. They should and that toe uin-ciimea in tnu way, I V noiiii :ms insuX'ralilc, w ill soon be conquered l.y persevi r- mice and patience. ni n i. ,i . l Ihe Almighty, though omnipitent, took six lav lo create and fashion the world a lesson to man's impatience. The Common Schools of MusMicbusetts are ti c growth of nearly three centuries ; wo uave into exierience(,in suen mat lers mr bijoui one iniriietn part ot mat tune. There is a plain course for the -true men who doubted nlsiut our Common Schools- they recg nixe the vast importance of the undertaking, and see tho m.ignitii cut giml in pr isnect, while they only dnead the intenieliate dangers. i no course mr tnee men note is to join those no w ere for the Common School at first, anil the coun-c for Isith is to combine with the people against those who thinkthev see a selfish inter- est in the ignorance and ilcfcnccless situnti iu of their leiiow-neuigs. w The ship is on the waters, and whateveV doubts 'here might linvs been as to the propriety of the launch or the mode of tho construction of the It would lie almost equivalent to a failure of one ot tlie Btate republics ; and w ould be hailed by tho advocates of king-craft as the first of a ser.es of cxiil'ision" that arc to cov er this maznifi- ''ot continent with the dismal ruins of fireilom. To all good men, then, 1 make niv appeal to thnso who doubted at first, but loved liberty, and to those woo planned our system. Como out from those who mock Itccnuso they despise Un people. Come out, and by the strength of your niniilicrs, by your praters and by vour enemies I help to sav e the dearest hones of all I Come out , 1 . . .. , 1 '"u,r lr. M " hreexc und your trust in ", "" J" "i oe oiMi iiMiiiinu : B-hM who stands More you it is the Qcnics IVaixitisiii. with the pen clutched ready write usui the laic of our institutions the vvonl which has not vet occurred in our republic oiiam, rmt hateful word is AWmr ,- and let UH rp,h e ,,ut ,u. ,,,) w,i(.h ,,,1b , ,,.,, ilm.r ,M.fre it ,nl(.H i, , i-, r!ptin .., one of the g.K,d institutions of North Carolina. m , in nuiiiiiers, in our t ui.r, we uie vastlv sune- wtlr,v sunender recorded iu the annals l'jIP " : ,L,l u., wrk fr . ,, in it . , a. , .! ,.lko .. , , ,, HllJ A AU. T,M1KT.lltli.-- ;ld ,rillul ttMajts ua j ilh much rosiieet, ll'wiIKY 1 i "" THE N KWS KIM IM EI" HOPE. ; T,0 steamship A7.iu.im brings to Halifax three , ,HVP ,.r n(.wn ,i in Kiiioiie than thea.lv . ,hc UumM,lt. They aie highly i.ui.rtant , n uditu-ui sense, in reiKuting a cessation : activchoslilitiesonthe Daiiulie.owiiigtotho tlwids ; , tic river and itstriliutarios. and the voluntary 1 hav o ceased all along the Jloldiivia and Vt ulli In linos." it is added Hint when frost sets in, it is ; cx,., tcd that they will lie resumed, and the ieu crals-iii-Chirfoii both sides have instructions fn.m their rcspcclivo masters at St. Petersburg and Constantinople to prosecute the war withicuergv, 'The icssuti'in ol lighting, however has given new hot.es to diplomacy, and various .rumors. some of w hich appear to Ihj well nccrcditeil, are given as to new projects lor a reconciliation. An Augh-ricnch note had tceti declined by the oultan, as ruiuoicd py lue picvioiis sleivnicr, bin a more coinnichetisiu. vmjt-rt had been piepare.l at riiris iinuer the eve ut tbe r.u.pcror, and i eony sent to theCabii et at Loii'lon. - An Austri- an statement to the ellci-t that tl.c Cxar has iiiti- tuatiHl his willingness to make terms, and the Suhau will not vilijc-t, tli.u.Jt ho will not be "the lust to retract. The young King of P.irtiignl is to take tl.c tith nflVnRoV. His sge is 17. An alii. nice is al ready spoken of witn the daughter ol l.toroi.!), ol bclgiuiu, Liocd 14 - --6 WutixiNO or rut Xiw STr.vn..vT Law.- -Th steamboat inspectors i f the port of l-ouisv I their report made up to the 1st of Novemls-r, orar the following testimony iu relation to the J beneficial. .peiim..!. ol me new steam boat law: E. losiuns or injurious escape of stecm wc have none to report in this district. Collisions I by which life has lrn lit there have been none in tins district. Iwucusesol cll.sion are u j pcuding telorc us, but they are nut of 'a serious cliaraeier, as no ble has Ucu l.l, and but asuial amount f iXiinia! lo propeHv. " I he law thus tar secuis to have exercised s vhotcii uie influence. This opinion picvaihi nut only amoug biiatuieii, but witn all classes of the e. tiiiuunity, and it is but icasonuhle to suppost Ihat if the law Ik? continued in force, and as well ob-erved, s'.ciiitiU'Ut explosions und cdlisiouswil l e nuiulicicd with things of tho past. MoMi'H.ir.s, Doc. 7 ViRXow Leui I.VTI ss. The Lcgisuvtuie ad journed to-day without electing a Senator. Among the iniirtmil votes taken yesterday w ere those aiueuding essentially aim cnanging tne liouor law. aiid reliitinf tu the oonrsdidali. u of the hutland and Hurlington liailrund. The ' lt w oarricd in the fceuate, but was l8tm I th lloUre. I Mi-st Live.- A man whom Dr. Jirtinson re ' proved for following at j business, said in csrui tliat-4 must live." Xu t us, less and dcuioraluiug srui-e, " i on know, IKietur, j that-l must live. iu this th brave old.nuicrul everything mean and hateful, coolv reidlcd, that i In did not ce the absolute neceseity ol that. . TSwT , . ,. ,. - - , -- ,. , . ... I l.uiluiim a tort, the Mig.un by npcuing a rum , . ,. .. - - - . i " i ,i i. .V '''H rf"f .f. L7 j J " - 'ev - Mttoctabhsh a newspaper. - I ' roui dry in this town liaade i.d bnventw , in opcratii n, n Stetm Engine of U borfj power, 1 "Tfve to uiakc vtben to orucr. tjyU-T- j!ort!j-Camrma zu RALEIGH, N. C. WDITESDAT MESIHQ.MCMBEK 14143? As we have a new carrier tliis week, it is pc silile thut some of our town subscribers may be overlooked. We hopt that any who may be o inrtied will have the goodness to inform us of the fact, and they shall be promptly supplied. MESSAGE OF THF,' PliESlDEXT. The publication of. this document in another ,part of this week's paper, renders, it unnecessary for us to give any synopsis of its content, or any particular comments nt this time; the crowded state of our columns would prevent any very lengthy notice of it. We seo nothing very remarkable in the style, or in the manner of the message; it is somewhat moro studied than the inaugural, and more cau tiously written. It isin its tt r ns, vaue, general and indefinite. and, we may say, 'excessively cautious and non committal in its recommendation. It is evidently Couched in such terms as to enable all sections of the party to put such constructions upon it as may suit their particular purposes. It nivalis the same thing ns the Union says the Baltimore plat form meant, anything you may please, to suit the xigencie-of the party. I'pon the whole, it will create less sensation and give less dissatisfaction to the licmncraric party than was to be anticipated from indications previous to the meeting of Congress. Whatever may be the prnfrsriom of the Piesi- dcut, if you can gather anything definite from hi mcsae, cxpericuee fhows us that the country must judge him by his acta and not by ius vordt. Meetino or CoNgHtss. This body met on the oth instant and was organize without anydcluy. The old officers were elected in tho House of Rep resentatives and the Message was read on the f'th. Copies of tho Message were deposited-jn advance in tho hands of the Postmasters of some of the principal cities, but.juany that had hereto fore received it in that way, were slighted this time. N'o copies were deposited in this citar. The Democratic party have large majorities in ith Houses of Congress nnd will have every thing iu their own way.. They will meet with very little opposition from the Whig side, and will therefore have a fair chance b. carry out their nu n plans, for which they uiust be respon- b!c to the country. From the number of notices already given of intention tointroducc bills making grants of lauds o build railroa ls, we judge immense quantities f the public doiirain will be given away for tliat purpose. Ihe new Mates huvo heretofore had largo appropriations for various purs.sc.v but they seem resolved to ask for more lands as long as nny belonging to the t.encral (jovcrnment, ren ains within their tsirders. (Jkvm. L"i.iE. The following oflicers were fete. I for the ensuing your, by the Grand Lodge of Masons, a-seinliled in ibis city, lastweek. Dr. C. II. Jordan, of Person, M. W. (I. M. Peter Adam.., of I ireenslHiro", (I. S. W. .lames 11, Misire, of Warrcnton, i. .1. W. W. T. Bain, of Raleigh, (i. S. C. W. D. Uutcliings, do i. T. Thcfirand Master apsiintcd the following of ficers of the Grnnd Isidge : William P. Taylor, of Pittsls.ro', Dep. (7. M. Rev. James Reid, G. Chaplain.' Edward R. Stanly, J. Doacon. Joseph Green, S. leacon. Jnine.H M. Palmer, Steward. . A. M. Noble, Standard Bearer. A. K. Clements, Marshall. Robt. S. Ereiich, Pursuivant. Y.u.l Mil Books. We ore indebted to "the ciurtcy (1f H. D. Tumor, Esqr., of tho North Car olina B.N.k Store, forcopicsof the followingwork which form a part of Rolicrt E. Peterson's cheap e lucationtil scries ; Tho American Etymological School Grammar and The Young Composer or Progressive Exercises in English Composition, each by Rev. K. Knighton, A. M., and A Treat ise on Algebra, by Enoch Iwis. We were par ticularly struck by somo of the peculiarities of the English Grammar thut 'appear to be an im provement upon theold methods. An extended list of English words derived from the Anglo Saxon, the Latin and the Greek, is given, w hich raus' assist the sfudc'iilof tho language very ma terially in his labors. Last or it. The North State Whig says that on examination of tho trunk of farawan, who was found guilty of murder and then shot him self, a curious, medley was found, "a life of hiudelf wiittcn whilst in prison; numerous let ters, some of which disclose a damning tale ; packages of powder and shot, a mixture just like that with w fiicli be killed Lassitcr being in one of the bags," Ac. His corpse was interred near Washington, but his relatives in Ihdc hud it disinterred and car ried to thiU county. A cost of his face, and a Dagucnc dypo were taken. " lit ened ovt. On the luth instant the exten sive establishment of Messrs. Harper i Brother, of New York, with ecverf-rljniuifig.iuildings, was completely destroyed by fire. The steam boiler in the establishment burst, setting fire tc the buildings. ' ' ' The lists is estimated at a million of dollars which is heavily insured. ; R vn r.iap Si evet. The Milton Democrat say s that the survey of a route for a railroad from Clarltsville, via Roxboro', to Milton has been completed. . It i represented as being very fa vorable for the construction of such a road. The whole distance is 52 miles.' 'V-. -. ,. . ... ' ,' ,., . -f Sale or Heal Estate. The lot of land on Fay- ettcvil'e Street immediately south of Mr. T, R. Fa itresa, belonging to" the Stuart estate, wo o' l on Monday Inst under a decree (4111 Court ofEquiiy fur $1,175. Mr. S. W. Whiting was tho pureho, er. ' ; '' t'?: Martin Kossta ts now in Washington City, and has had an interview with the President. REPORTS rUOM TJIB DEPARTMENTS. We present below th subatenceof some of the most interesting report to Congress from, several of the Department. ' T xi as rar Esimvru .-The following are the estimate fur appropriation scut into Congress by the Treasury Department l For deficienciee of appropriations, 1 1,502, f47 40; total estimate for the yeuending June 30th, Par advantage ftc the Instruct ioa of youth 18.M,51,060,277 12. The Principal, Rev. G, M. Everheart, is assisted Th estimates of appropriations fur the current by three able and experienced instructors. From fiscal year are only $&,909,434 51. ' The appro-, a catalogue given us by tje Principal, we team priations for fiscal year made by former act of that the Institute lias a superior set of Chemical Congress, of a permanent and indefinite charac- and Philoeophicid Apparatus, a Cabinet of Mis ter amount to $,205,816 14. Existing appro- .eral and Fossils, anl Societies numlier nearly priatnais not required for service the present , year, which may be applied to service of year ending 3lth June, 18-55, $0,80'),12(5 44; making atotalof$l,0O0,000. The estimates for the army proper are?10, 151, 000; fur the naval establishment, (10,234,000-. and tlie steam mail service, $1,430,000. ' . The iiup.rte of the fiscal year 1853, including specie, liave been $207,1178,1)47, and the exports have been $230,4iS2,2.'n. The Secretary recommends that a, list of arti cles enumerated shall be made free of duty, a mongst whic, salt is included; anil proposes to arrange the articles paying duties into two class es, the one clii8 to pay a duty of 100 per cent, and the other that of 25 per cent. He also re commends to the consideration of Congress the propriety of changing tlie ad valorem duty on iron to a ftpe-rillc ouo. Post 6rr7CE'Dr.rASTXE!T. The exonditures of this department for the fiscal year 18j3 o- mnunU'4-to $7,'Jr2,7iHi 59, and the revenue to $5,940,724 70, leaving a balance against the de partment of $2,042,.0o 1 89, which by adding on and subtracting balances due from and to for eign governments, makes the, actaal deficit $2, 117,078 20. The estimated expenditures for tho year ending June 30th, IS54, amount to $8,710, 601, and tho income to $7,558,859 70, leaving a balance of $1,159,741 30 as the estimated defi ciency. The high cost of railroad transportation and the expenses of the ocean steamers are given as the principal causes of this deficiency. Naw D' FARTMENT.-The report of tho Sec retary of tho Navy is quite a lengthy d'cuiuont. It is, we may say, somewhat ambitious in itB style; but to our liking, the best written docu ment yet presented by tho Administration, not oven excepting the Messuge of the President. The Secretary gives the present position and the services for the past year of all the various squadrons in the Navy; commends the Naval A cademy at Annnpolis; makes suggestions about the dis'k yards, and calls the attcntio,n...of Con gress to th ncce.'.sity of some change in the rules and regulations of tho Navy, But tho most interesting and important part of the document is that which pelatos to an increase in the Navy and in 'tho vessels of war. The Secretary reconinuui.ls the addition to tho Navy of two first class sailing frigaies, and of seven first class steam frigates, capable of mounting fifty guns each. He reoommends-a rotired list, an increase of the Naval force to 10,000 men, and promotion according to merit, and not by bare seniority. Iho estimated cost of the proposed additions to the Navy, amount to be between four and five millions of dollars. Was 1'F.rvSTMENT. The Secretary gives a de tailed statement of the operations of the various divisions of the army. Tho authorizod strength of the army, as now piste), is 13,821, officers and men, but tho actual strength is only 10,417, of which number 8,378 lire employed on the fron tiers, or arc on the routo to them. The Indian depredations have Income comparatively uiifrc queut. Tho Secretary thinks that w ith an army thro times as great as onrs, it would be imprac ticable so tOrguard all points of our extended fron. tier as to entirely prevent Indian depredations. It is tho intention of the department to post thr troops in large bodies on important piints, nnd reduce the number of small detachments. To prevent desertions and lo increase tho in ducemeiits for enlisting in the army, a certain gradual increase in the pay of the soldiers is rc commonded. , , A history of the various exploring expeditions is given. j . Departiient or the Interior. During the year the survey of the public lands has been stead ily prosecuted, large bodies of new lands brought into market, the wants of the emigrant fully mot, anil choice selections offered to the hardy pioneor. Tho Land System is nearly correct in princi ple. Its details need but little inodificaiii n. During the year, 9,819,411 acres hayebecn sur veyed, 19,303,891 acres brought into market, and 1,083,495 acres sold. The number of land war rants issued up to the COth Septomber last was 200,042, of which thoro wcro then outstanding 00,947. ' . . , ' The entire area of the public domain is esti mated at 1,584,000,000. of acres. Ite purchase was effected at the rate of 14.41 cent per acre, amounting to $07,999,700, Add the Indian Re servation, valued nt $4,250,906, and adding tlie cost uf selling lands sold previous to June last, the entire cost, excluding surveying, amounts to $88,994,015. The whole amount accruing from sales up to June 30, 1853, was $142,283,478, be ing $53,299,405 more than the oust of the whole. It is estimated that the net amount which will have been realised fur them; is the sum of $331, 181,309. The policy of bringing the lands into markot at the earliest possible day is urged. "., Early attention is called to the disposition of tlie mineral land of California, the unsettled business of tho Pension Office, and the frauds upon th some. The clerical f.ircc of the Bureau of Patents needs to be increased. The Indians hare been unusually peaceful through the Tear. Their present number in tlie United State is es timated at 400,00018,000 East of the Mississippi.'.- i'' r . ..... v , How Sworn Ix. A correspondent of n Demo cratic journal in a neighboring State give the following account of the administration of the oath of office to the present speaker of tlie House of Representatives. We presume it appeared very fit to be done by a man who has time and agaia taken tlie oath to support the Constitution of the I'nitcd States, and then, by his eouOVe as a Rep resentative, done all he could to violate an import ant provision of that very instrument he had sworn to maintain inviolate. '-. Ik gvitilti, de. j, ' Mr! fiovd waa conducted to the chair, and the oath of office was administered to hiin by Oid dings, whose grey hair and veuernble appearance wonderfully tit hitn for to solemn a duty. ; ".' f- "' ? , The elitors pro pore to i'suo the Snlistury Whig twice a week nftor the first of January, in stead cf three times as licretif.'ro publish, d. Lrts::rsa Fiialb Sewixabt. W bare re reive 1 eattf gue uf tlie officers and pupils of this flourishing institution under the charge nf A. II. Ray, Esq., a gentleman of much skill and experience ia Icvhing. The whole number uf pupils for tie pi Of cut year was t-5. Masonic Nstittti, Geesaxtox. This vounir and growing soaiinary of leiruing presents necu- 1,500 volumes. Tux Evieobesx. We have on our table the December numlssr of th't useful and entertain ing jotirnul. Published by W. II. Ondordonk, 9 Spruce St, N.Y. FoBksTE' Bors' axo GiniV Mauizixe for Dccemljer ia a sparkling nuiuLer. It is the re pository df much useful and entertaining instruc tion for the " little 'ones at home. " BLACtwoob'sM.ifi.vilNx fur Novcmlsvr has been received, and U quite an interesting number. Its content are" ll.iy. Ion's Autobicgraphy ; Brute Life in the Alpine Kegions ; Tho Romans in Scotland j Athens in 1853 ; A few more Word on University Reform ; Our Connuissioi. er in Paris ; Tlie Narcotic wc Indulge In, Part .11. ; Poems by II. G. K. j A Few Facts Con cerning tlie Turkish question. The lost rticle give important information touching the re sources of Turkey, and is pecliar interesting at this time. The Sociiiern Eclectic. The following is the table of contents of tho December number of this Southern monthly : 1. American Authorship, No. 5. George Wm. Curtis. 2. Arts aud Manufactures of India. 3. Professor Silliman's interview with Baron Von Humboldt. 4. Tho influence of Rail Roads. 5. Sir Robert Peel's Sons. C. Why Shave f 7. The Tublus Turned. 8. Sir Charles J. Napier. 0. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa. 10. Louis XVII. His Life, his suffering, and his Death. 11. Froeduin in England and Slavery iu America. 12. Memoranda by a Marine OfE- foe i or "a" succession of Glasses from Life's Phantasmagoria. I IX Itesulls of the Arctic Ex peditions. 14. M. Arago. POETRV. 15. The Manioc, lant Bark. 10. 'Tho Lifc-P.oat is a gal- 17. Miscellaneous Review. 18. Note of the Month. 10. An Appeal iu Behalf of tho Southern Ec lectic. Publiubcl by Kitten 4 WLltiikcr, Augusta, Geo., at. $3 a year, in advance. DE.MIH'ltATtO CAl CI S. i i om the accounts in the newspapers, they must have had a most delectable time of it in the oviicus of tho Democratic mouthers of Congress, that assembled on Suliirdiiy evening previous to tho meeting of the Irsly to make nominations for tlie principal officers of ' tho House. The fol liwing resolutions were ofTciod by Mr. Staunton of Tennessee, but wee ruled out of order. An appeal was taken but tho Chair was sustained by a large majority. Wc suppose the resolutions did not suit the Frccsoil tendencies of the friends of tlie Administration. . 1 iWmf, That the platform of the Demi, cratic National Convention f 152 not only re n ttirinc.1 tho past jHiliey of the Dcuiocnuic party, but in re,.lviig to "abide by mid adhere to a tudbful execution of the acts know n a; the Com promise acts, including the Fugitive Slave law," did, iu the most solemn manner, and umlcr cir euiiisti.iiccs of urgent necessity, give a renewed plcdgo of fidelity to the Constitution and nil the CompromisoN, as the only secure basis of union and tun mopy. - ' IfeMulira, That the nomination .and election of Franklin Pierce to the Presidency were main ly the consequence of a universal belief, derived from his post history and political associations, that he would fulfil the pledge thus given for the pSrl I in iery way whicll the measures involved c mid be slfen.thcucd in their moral furae as in their legal authority. 3. h'ntilretl. That the Inaugural Address of General Pierce was iu pe.fect conformity willi that profound naiionnl sentiment which prucuied his triumphant election, and gave the country good reason to expect that both his measures and leading appointments would lie consistent with the si und and patriotic sontitnems therein avowed. 4. y.VWrr.7, That in the language uf General Pierce, "if the men of the North who have stood by the Constitutional rights oi the South are to 1.0 i io abandoned to any tiine-eerving policy, tha mpe of the Democracy and the In ion must siuk together," and that in tha judgment of this cau cus, a policy w hich would recognise Abulitionism or Frcc-Soilisin as au clement of Domocratis or. gapixaiion, aud elevate leading Free-SuileVs at tlio sacrifice of men at the North and at the South, whose lives have proved their fidelity to the Constitution, would not only bo inconsistent willi the sentiment expressed by General Pierre bc'bic his i nomination, at abov e quoted, but would be utierly rc.ui a it to the principles and pledg es which prevailed with the people bringing the Adminic'traiioii into pewcr. r 5. Jtttolnd, That we lordi illy approve tlie following sentiment of ii circular issued byTuox v8 Jefferson while Prcsideut of the United States: , The President of the United States has see with dissatisfaction officers of th Osneral Gov ernment taking, on various occoeions.astiv part in elections of public functionaries, whether of tlio General or of the State Government. Free dom of election being essential to the mutual in dependence of Guvcrnuieat,' and of the different branches of tho same Government, so vitally cherished by most of our (Constitutions, it is deemed improper for officers depending, on the Executive of tne Union to attempt to control or iu! u 'nee tho free exeruw of tho elective right, I am instructed, theietn, to asitify to U officers within any deinrtnient, holding their appoinW monts under the anibu.-Uy of the President di-. roctly, and to desire tl.tin to notify all subordi nate to them. Tlio right of any officer to giv his vote at elections as a qualified citiicn is not meant to be restrained, nor, however given, si all it have any effect to hi prejudice, butitiser pertod that he will not attempt to influence ihe vofocrif others, nor takt any part in the business of electioneering, that bcing deemed inconsistent with the spirit of .the Cuuslttqtioii and his duties to it. ' ' . - ..... f : ... ,. There weie tome amusement, bowevar, tc re, liove, tlie gravity of th meeting, as will b seen by the following flora a correspondent of the New York Time!. -? There wore some rich scene in Caucus. Bexi. tox's name wa called, but he wa not present, This aHMiittoftnient was followed by immoderate laughter and eric of "lie' no liemocrat."- Hcnt's name was called nt each Ballot. He is a gallant Louisiana Whig. Punier lUa was active, untiring ar.d incorrigibly "'Hard,' on principle. He has been honored with a peirm, i tory order to proceed to sea. ; - Coxnaxr.n. The Sciutl ba confirmed the following 'nominations of the President to torsi; missions : John T. Mason, of Virginia, to France; Thomas H. Seymour, of Connecticut, to Ruwiai Relet M. Mc l-atc, if Maryland, to China,