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TUOS. J. LEM1Y, Editor and Proprietor. " BortCaronna pototrful in intellectual, moral and phptf cal fefonree--t,)e tanttoC our fluf anotlje fcomeof cue affection. REE DOLLARS a Year, hi Advance.' 1 RALEIGH, If. C , WEDNESDAY. Al'G. 1C, 1S4S We. t TOE.. TH Petersburg, July 24, 1848. 1 do hereby certify that th language at tributed to Gen. Taylor in a communica tion thai appeared in the Wilmington N. C Journal of the 21st inst., to wit, -that the officers of the North Carolina Regiment ought to bJ dishonorably diechsrged and - f . it r(1 in the privates snoi, - my preaence and in fact addressed to my- "lf' (Signed.) JO. S. PENDER, of the Ddgecombe Company, N. C. Vol unteers. The foregoing appaara in lbs last number of the Journal. The first remark we have to make oa it ia , that General Taylor haa peremptorily denied having ned the lan guage a tributed to him by Mr. Pender. The aeeond ia, t Dal Mr. Pender waa dismis sed from aerfiee by General Wool for mis conduct, and the act waa approved by Gen. Taylor. The third ia, that it ia currently teported, ana generally credied, that Mr Pender, when under an examinetion before the Court of Inauiry held on Col. Paine, stated poaiiively that he had not written a certain letter to the United States on which he waa questioned, and on his de nying, the letter waa produced in Court and bald op to hia view. Htt Chron. New Steam Boat on the Neuse. A coirespondtnt of the Newbernian While taking a walk a few evenings since along the shore of the piciuieaque Trent, our curiosity was excited by a num ber of persons congregated at Mr. Darling'e Boat Yard, and on s-oing there we learned that they were aasembled io witness the launch of the beautiful new 8'eamboat Wayne, just built for our enterprising cit izens, the Messrs Dibble & Brothers, and intended to supply the place of the boat they unfortunately lost by fire last March. So quietly has the work been done, and ao little has been said in regrd to it, that we were scarcely aware such an enterprise waa in contempts' ion, much less, so near completion. Enquiring of Mr. John Dar line, who has the enviable reputation of having built the4irt SteamboatM New. - bern, we leained the following paitirulars. Her length ia 100 feet; breadth of beam 17 1-2 do; depth of hold 5 do. Her frame it made of mulbery and cedar, comhin-nf strength with durability and buoyancy; her bottom planks are white oak. 2 1-2 inches thick, and decidedly the best we ever saw, the timber of which waa eelected by Mr Dibble himself his h np Neuse, and this has always been considered far preferable to any other. Her sides above light water msrk are planked with cypress. In addi tion to a -udder aft ahe ia constructed with one in her bow, whieh ia an admirable im- - 'PrwementT'ahdTrilt beof great service in turning the many abort anglea on Neuse. 8he draws 10 inches as ahe now lies; her machinery will probably settle her down 6 or 0 inchet more. She aits, like'a swan, most beautifully and gracelully on the wa ter, and mar veiy appropriately be styled another Ptxe nix just risen from her owo ashes. DEMOCRACY There have been many difinilions of Democracy aa well as many modes of its application. 'France,' eays Louis Napo lean, is "Democratic but not Republican I understand by Democracy the govern ment of one by the will of all, and by a Rl ublic the government of aeveral obey itig a sy- Our own political history haa illustiated both.definitions. Gen Jackson regarded him self aY the representative of tha sovereignty of the people a majority of whom placed him in the Presidency. After hia reelection he) openly took the ground that all the poli'ical opinions which be had advanced, received from the fact of hia reelection, the seal of popular approval. Hia cabinet officers were responsible to Aim; he requir ed tt his cabinet ahould henwii lna much aa overeignty could not exist in to distinct embodimenta be 'regarded Con gress at factious and rebelioaa whenever it differed from him or disappioved of bis acta. The theory of the grovernment at one by the will or all, waa the theory of the Jackson administration although the will of the one had a pretty atrong reactive power upon the constituent bo dy. " The second defUiuon may find its illue- ttstion in Mr rout's term. "7nc Uovtrn tnent of itveral obeying a system" da sees precisely the Baltimore' Convention wnicn toe auminwrauon oi iir rotx was la be guided. Louis Napoleon intended ia 'disignate fa Republic by hia definl lioas and when the "system" which is obeyed io the Constitution and the "several" who govern according to it are the various funct onariea reptesenting severally the Executive and the Judicial departments, then -indeed a true Republican Government ia described. .But Mr Polk'a aystem waa different Balt.Amtr. WARNING TO SMOKERS; s A remarkable and seris accident oc curred nei the Yellow Sprige, in Cheater county, on Sunday last. A gentleman named William Mil'er, of Nantmeel town ship, wss driving a herse and vehicle, and wu aeeOmp'ani d by two., ladies: at the same time araokinr a r.igar. A spark fr m " i.i hujiii mi uith vi nam mi u wies, and before it waa observed,' the va had made seen progreae In the com hnatible cubaianca that ahe could not ex tingoish it. The vehicle was stopped, the ladv leaped from the carnage, and the oth er, in rushing to her assistance also bad the flames communicated to her dress. Both females were now in a blaie, and being clad in thin cotton apparel, had nearly their whole clothing des'.roved and their persons were burnt in a allocking manner. To complete the calamity, the vehicle took fire snd'was burnt up. Village (Westches ter) KecorO. REMARKABLE PRESENTMENT OF DEATH. A youngladyof thia city, highly esteem ed and respected, who had been sick for some length of time, but waa supposed to be convalescent had a dream a few nights since, in which it appeared to her that abe would die' at 8 o'clocr that same evening. On awak ing ahe informed the family of her dream and remained firmly impressed with the idea that !e ahould die at the hoar designated, and under that belief, called her brothers and aisters around her, living them good advice with referenco to the fu ture. Strings to say, and remarkable aa it may seem, on the approach or 8 o'clock, ahe manifested a calm resignation, and al most oa Me clock tolled the hour her spirit took iti flight! Thua ahe foretold, by a eingolar presentiment, the day and hour of her own death. Roch. American. THEDISCUSSION IN MILTON. N- C, We prepared for publication in to days psper a somewhat extended account of the discussion in Milton last Friday, which we hid the pleasure of hearing but we are compelled to postpone it in order to make ' . .1 n . . i ii room i or oiner mauer. I'rooaniy u may appear next week. It may suffice for the present to say that the debate waa ron duc ted by two speakers on each side, Vincent itcner. r.q, oi in is county and Henry W. Miller. Eq, of Rnleich in behalf of th Whig; and Wiri M, Tredway, Eq. of Danville and Calvin Graves, of Caswell, on the part of the Democrats. I he whiirs were moie than satisfied with the dirciission. We did . not bar M r.'W itr het't speech "birr understood from Whirs that it waa worthy of his powers and the cause to which they are dedicated. The speech of Mr. Miller, however, we did hear, we feel no hesitation in pronoun ing it able ye, that is the word, able. We venture to predict that few spee:h- superior to it will be made during the canvass. At might (he Rough and Ready Cluh held a meeting at which enthusiastic speeches were delivered by Messrs Naah, of HilUborough, Kerr, of Caswell, and Chalmers, of Halifax. Tha Cluh then arljourmed-to meet avDF.floberison's who gave a free batbaeae on Wednesday, where we understand Mr lverr nude one oftre most thrilling addresses. Our friends abroad may rest aasured that the Whig fires are burning brightly in thia section, on both side of the Dan. and the flames are kepi alive iby heaping on the dry bones of locofocoism! Danville Register, CAN'T GO CASS, We learn from authority on which we place the utmost reliance that Messit. R, K. Cralle, R. G. Morris and Judge Wilson of Lynchburg, W. F. Gordon of B-dford and a leading Democrat io Frank lin, whose name wa have forgotten, have avowed their determination nut to stand by the Baltimore nomination and that they will vote for Gen. Taylor. We loam further that some of these gentlemen have already taken the atump for Old Zack. Thia ia eomfort for Mr. Ritchie! Danville Register, July 21. Pet. Int. WOMAN'S RIGHTS A CONVEN. .... TION. The Seneca County Courier contains the proceedings of a Convention of Women held atSepeca Falls on the 10th and 20th inst. The object of the Convention was the declaration and' protection of Woman's Rights. They state their grievances eery much ia the spirit and style of the Aaaert an Declaration of Independence. Tha Declaration of Seniirnrnta contains the fol lowing: The. historyj of mankipd aahistory of repealed injuries and asurpaiions on tha part, of man toward woman, hav I yoiwa snvj 3f-V " lV 3:3 ing in flirect obteei tne establishment prove this.let facube aubmilied to a candid world, u He haa never permitted ber to exercise her in alienable right to the elective fran chise.' ( He haa compelled her to submit to laws in the formation of wbioh she has had no voice. . Having deprived her of this first right of a citizen the elective franchise . thereby leaving her without representation in the halls of Legislator ha baa oppressed her on all sides. He has made her, if married ia the eye of the law civilly dead. Ha. has taken frra her all right in prop erty even to the wares he esros Ha haa made her, morally, an Irres- ponsibls being as she can commit many eimea with impauity, provided they ' be done to the presence of her husband. ' In the covenant of marriage ahe ia compelled to promise obedience to her husband,- he becoming to all intenta and purpossea her master the law giving him power to da prive her of her liberty and administer chastisement. After depriving her of all right as married woman if single and the owner of property, he has taxed her to aupport government which recn&rnizes her only when her property can be made profitable to it. He haa denied her the facilities for ob taining a thorough education all colleges being eloaed sgsinst her. He haa endeavored, in every way that he eould to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen herself respect and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life. The signers to this document, who num ber some hundred, are decidedly of the opinion that 'all men . and women are created equal' that Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed dec. 1 he members of the Convention anti cipate no email amount of mincenception, misrepresentation and ridicule' ss they en'er upon the great work' before them. intend, however, to employ sgents, eiiru lata tracts, petition the State and Nation at Legislatures, and endeavoi to enlist the Pul,it and the Prete. SECRET HISTORY OF THE MEANS WHICH EFFEOTEp ANNEXATION. Hoii Behjr Tappin, (says the K. Y. Tribune) late U. S- Senator from Ohio, has wtitten a letter to the Evening Post, explaining hia vote for the Annexation of lexae. wl.er-by ibat measure was secured afier hia violent opposition to it, which had even led him. a f"w months before to vio late the solemn offirial confidence of the Senate. 'I he substance of his storv is that ke had a direct auranre fmm Polk that in case the Joint Resolutions passed Con gress he f Polk.) would submit to Texaa the proposition of Col. . Benton, which rontemplaied a special commission of high character to adiut sll unsettled questions with Texas and Mexico, so as to insurr i hat annexation should take place (if at all) on terms pacific and generally satikfactory. broken, and a' any rate waa never fulfill ed. Mr Tyler, on the very last day of his reign, adopted that alternative which Mr Polk had promised to reject, and des pairhed a messenger to offer it to Texas: and Mr. Polk cominr in next day held I himself absolved by this act from his prom- ise ana never unaerv-oa. io mini inai prom ise, (f eourxe the whole thing was arran ged between ihem.) We do not see that he expo.ure of this cheat fully excuses Messrs. Teppaa, Dix, Niles, iic. though it exhibit in a little stronger relief Mr Polk'a noiiona of good f nth and veracity. "The Work goes bravely on." From North to South, from East to Weal, the enthusism for the Whig nomina tion ia rapidly spreading. From the sea shore to the mountains, and over t lie wide extended Prairiea of the West, the true Whig spirit ia alive, and though a few dia appointed Whig, and free soil Abolitionists are dissatisfied, there is more unanimity in our ranka than there has been for many yeirs. w hue the mends of true libeity hare just cause lor rejoicing in their own unbroken front there i another cause which renders tbeir success, beiore morally cer tain "beyond the ahadow of a reaaonable doubt." We allude to the total disrup tion of the Democratic party in the North ern Stales occasioned by . tlie rejection of toe Barnourners ueirgation by the Haiti more Convention and the subsequent nomination oy u oi me "iuiie Aiagiciau of Kinderhook, ar the "Free Soil" Demo cralic Candidate lor the . Presidency From present indication thia ticket will be run in every Noithern Sute. Need we aay that wherever it appears the defeat of the "Extra Lewis" is sure. This dia affection, while it will add to the majority of General Taylor in every State cannot affect the general rsulu From the boom ing of the first cannon at Palo Alia to the final and decisive victory of Buena Vista, all things conspired to fasten -the Kpulaiity of the old hero upon the voasea. it brilliant achievement, conjoined to the ineeosale persecution of Polk. Secretary Marer, and the Democratic members of. Congress generally have resulted, aa all such vie tope and attempts will, in the i increased popularity of Taylor and consequent disgraces of the dominant par ij t saw Vruiv iu a aw lull, ... i. . . . ty. Im the people iu November next tun. administer a well deserved rebulc e upon the slsnderera and persecutors or their be loved chieftain. Old North State. GEN. McKAY, CORNERED. After the reject ioa ofihe General Appro priation bill. Gen. McKay . delivered a speech in which he ia represented, as being very indignant becauae the appro priation tor tne eoeirucnoaa in oa van nan river was put in the Civil Appropriation bill, where it had no busineaa, and where it did not belong. Mr. Hudson replied that itldid not be long to that gentleman to accuse others of putting inappropriate items in the civil and diplomatic bill, when ho himself had, at the last Consrreea. endeavored to put' the fmous "three million appropriation," to py to Mexico, in tha civil and diplomatic bill. "' "; .-"! . Mr McKay denied that it was pot in aaeh bill, t Ha id that it waa oasaad in a r I biil by itself. . ' , . 4 " - f "Ae, yea, rejoined Mr. Hodsoa, it waa ao pasaed but l charge that tne lion. gentleman strove in committee to pot it into the civiLand dinlomatie bill that he urged and advocated the step; that I can prove it by two honorable witnesses who will make oath to the fact and I dire the gentleman from North Carolina to deny ur "Mr. McKay wss not going to tell se crets out of the committee!" The House roared witii merrimenj. HOW THEY WORK FF. Whilst Democrats at the South are la- ?oeing mijht a main to prove that Gen. 'ay lor is a Proviaoiat, although it is con. ttary to common sense, the character of the man, and every other con-ideraiion, their allies at the North, not satisfied with aa sailing him aa a slave holder, denounce him aa a speculator and a dealer iu human fleah. Let them fire awayr old Zach i in vulnerable, and will march to tha White House with ilylne colors. CASS AND I HE YOLTN TEERS. The Enquirer dni-s that Gen-ml Cass had any agency in redncting the pav of the Vol unteera We publish below the bill hich he, as chairman of the Military eommitttee, introduced into the Senate last nter. It reduced the pay of the Volun teer from $3,40 to f2,50. An Actio provide durhing for Volunteer in the service ol the Uni'eu Males. Be it enaeied by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State 4f of America in Congress asaemhled,cThat in ueu oi tne money wnicn under existing -laws, is allowed to volunteers as a commu tation for clothing, the President be and he ia hereby, authorized to cause the volun teer to be furnished with clothing In kind, at the same rates, according to grades, as ia provided for the troops of the regular siray. 1 certify that the above is a true copy of the Bill, as it passed both Houses of Con gress, and aa Approved by the Presided on the 20th of January, 1848, THO. J, CAMPBELL. - Clerk Houer Repy., U. 8. A SIGN! The Washington Union aays; "It (the Uaraburner nomination J may injure u in New York perhaps defeat us in thai l-4te. But it is some lime since we ceas ed t reply upon her vote." Thirty ix vote certain lost will be bard to make up among 'he scattering, ANTHOER SIGN! F. O J. Smith, of Maine, commonly called Fog Smith, has come out for the Old I htinderer of Buena Vita. Fog waa never in a minority. He haa a sort of wstmcufor-otajority- TESTS FOR LINEN GOODS. The adulteration of linen has reach ed such an extent that it must be quite a treasure to know the means ot discov ering without tail a spurious niticle Iroai the genuine. An unlailins pro- ocas ia founded upon the well establish. ed lact that sulphoris acid exerts a des tructive power more readily and quicker upon the cotton bore than on flax. After depriving the sample to he tested by repeated washing and boiling (with out soapj of all starch and finish, lay the same lor one or two minutes, (accord ing to the thickness ol the linen) in concentrated sulphuric 'acid. Remove the acid by repeated washing in water, and dry the piece by pressing it between blotting piper. If there has heen any cotton in it, .it will have disappeared, while the linen will bo leu. A NOTHER WOMAN'S RIG HTS CON VENTION. We gave a brief notice, a few days since, of a Woman' Right's Convention at Sen eca Falls New lork; and we now have before us the proceedings of snother Con vention of a aimilar character, held at Rochester,' on Wednesday " last. ' The Rochester Advertiaer says "there wa alarge attendance,-and the procedinge were char. aCterized by a seal, spirit, talent, and' en. iliusiasm rarely excelled in conventions of any character held smnngst vs." ' 1 The following ladies were chosen oftl- m m s Si at aa cere el the vooveriiion; '.JrsLADiKau Bush, president; Laura Murray and Catha rine A. F; Stebbina, vice presidents; Sarah L. Hallowell and Msry H. Hallo!!, sec- 1 " , .- - J , t Ajii I i - u7-.ii: r j.n . iTr?MtJij-" Mr. William C. Nell read aa eloquent assay on the righta of women, ia which he took occasion to bestow a high -eulogium on tha moral and intellectual greatnees of the sax and complimenting them in the highest manner, at the asms time denounc ing man - as a tyrant, and styling woman as the better.'part of creation. I Lueretia Mott took some exceptions to the remarks of this gentlemso, and tha fulsome adulation and' flattery he had bestowed oa her aax. 8he anid that man waa not by nature a tyrant, bat had bean made tyraoieal by tha power which had by general consent been conferred upon him. oho merely wished that women might be entitled to equal righta, and acknowledged as the equal of man, not hia auperior. r..-.- . Several gentlemen then addressed the convention, snd Mr. Colton, of New Hs. yen, Conn., spoke feelingly of his regard for woman and deprecated the - Idea . of her going out ol her proper sphere and engaging in the strifes and contentions of political world, and to Iter ocenpyingl the palpu aa a teacher of the people. I he male speakers generally were d.a. nosed to allow all the privileges extended for by woman, with the exception of (he elective franchise. Lncreiia Motl replied in speech of great sarcasm and eloquence, contending that the gentlemen were rather beptrinif the question. She said the gentlemen from New Haven bad objected to woman's occupying the pulpit and indeed ahe enuhj not aee how any one educated in New Haven, Connecticut, could think otherwise than be did. She said we had alt got our notions too ma h from the Clergy, inrtead of the Bible. The liible. she contended, ad none of the prohibitions of the kind in regard K women, but spoke of the honor- orable women not a few, Ac. Mrs. Sandfoid, of Michigan, followed In a abort speech which enchained the at tention of. the (audience. She sat J from Semeraaia to victoria, woman had always been found equal to tha position ahe wss called upon to occupy. She raid give us the nghis of property, the right of exer cising the elective franchise, and the other J rights clame l. We can be as dutiiul snd obedient as wives, mothers and daughters, even if we hang the wreath of do aelic happiness on the eagle s talouna. Mr Sand ford's -apeeeh "wis eloquent ' thtoajh out, and we only reg-et w exniiot give it entire. It was sn evidence, it any were needed, that the eloquesce 'f f roan could effect mach in the sacied desk, in the legiolaiive hall, or in fact in any position, where irueeloquresre required. Fredeiii-k Douglass (colored runswuy slave.) of Rochester, followed in an eto quent snd argumentative appeal for women and women a rights, leptjlng 10 tue gen tlemen who bad apoken on tha other aide, Ha waa followed by Anna Kdgeworth who spoke in an able and happy manner for some length of tune. Mrs. Roberts, in a report on the wages paid for female labor, said that the price maid in I bi iitv In MriulraMiM waa r.nl from ill to S3 cent per day, and genoraU ly thia . paid, only one haUVi v I bat the once of board averaged irora SI 25 to tl 50 per week, which had to be deducted from thia meagre compeaaation A aeries of r-setuiions were reported by the iommuii-e snd adoptedr which were pronounced by Lucteiia Molt aa entirely too lame The proceed rocs throughout were of s highly intereating character, and the dia cuisions of the convention evinced a talent lor forensic effort seldom surpassed. The convention closed its delibmiiona lact eve' ning and adjourned STATiSTOsT) F T 1 1 E M EXtCAN WAR. The New Orleans Bulletin ia summing up the losses in the Mexicsu wsr, by death in the battle field and by disease. 1 he former bear but a small proportion to the latter. The soldier in Mexico had much less danger to encounter from the bullets of the foe than from the inhospitable cli mate. The whle number ot Americans killed in the war, including the line of the Rio Grande that of Vera Crus.'ia estimated at 2000 and the wounded st 4000. It is impost bl io say how many of theflatter hate died in conaequence of their wounds, but we should snppose not' lea's than one fourth, ssy 1000, nuking in all 3030 deith from battle The ravages of disease were terrible, At Perote there are 090 Ameri an graves, all victims of disease. At the City f Mexico the deaths were, for the greater part of the lime, 1000 monthly. The first Missis ippi Regiment that went out to the Rio Grande, buried 135 on the uaniiB mi imbi iivrr ueiorv u crr umi battle, and finally brought back lea. th.n Ii.a -r .i.. : v.!. j .pl ...(r.rf one third of their number. rhey auffewd dreaoiuuy at Huena vists, The first and aeeond Pennsylvania Reg iment, recently returned, went out 13 JO strong, (900 each;) they brought home about 600 of their original number. About 220 fell in battle, nearly 400 died, and about 000 were dUcbsiged aa "unfit for duty. ' ' How many of the latter ' have since died is ol course unknown ' ' ' The third and fourth Tennessee Regi men's, also recently returned, lost 300 by deatlw -Neither f ihese Regiments have been in action. ' ' " J i . Capt. Nay!or, of Pennsylvania took 3 I- , w l b. Ut 6x 'seventeen, he entered the battle of Commas with 33 men, hs brought 19 out of if ' ' " , '" - The most friehtfull instance of mortal ity however that we have heard of." was in that pliant eorpi the Georgia Ba tallion Commanded by a ' gallant and accomplished officer Colonel Seymour, 1 hey were considered acclimated; snd actually suffered much less whilst ; in ths lower eoantiy than when marched ' Into the interior, on the hiih land." "The batal- lion went to Mexico 410 strong: aoeet 220 actually died; a large number- were discharged with broken down and ruined constitutions; and many of them, no doubt have Since gone to their graves, and tha battallion was reduced to thirty fotir men fit for duty!! On one parade, when a cer tain company wasjcalled, that had muster ed upward of 100'men eftingle private an swered to the -call, and was its sole living representative, . The Captain, three Lieo- leasnur-the tour Sergeants and the- four Corporals, (every commissioned and non- the eommtseionca officer.) were aVew W h t,..i r m.. r 0,h re-sjimeoi. details veiy similar ti ,hose we have given aUve which may b, uUeB iho ,ht Wf ,fmft JoM9t fo'f all the volunteer reirimenta. The reflate did not suffer to tha aame extent. MR KAUGEH ON THE OREGON QUESTION . , , A. false impression is attempted Io be made by the "Standard'' and other Lneofo- co papers, on the public minds, it North Carolina, aa to what Mr Badger aaid on this subject. Ttey found their remarks on the following awful passage in Mr.. Vanable's speech ca Slavery iu thcTerri toriea: A disiinmiisbed Senator of mv own State Mr. Badger, 1 a gentleman of high attainments and extended reputation, in. a recent speech on the Oregon hill admitted the right of Congreaa to legisUte , for . the exclusion of slavery in the Territories, but placed the South upon the Principle nfaxpe dieney, and the sense of justice of the Fed eral Lcgialatiire, Gracious heaven! are we reduced to thief la oar only, our last hope, the verdict of a jury whose interest, whoae feelings, and whove organisation fix that verdict againat ua! Cau any man cloae his eyes to the faet that the progreae both of opinion and of power u against jpo Sou1r '" : ...... The "Fayettville Oaerver, in speak ing of the Speech of Mr B, aava That Mr Venable did not clearly understand M r- Bdcei a recent speech, i not remarka ble, when it isconsidered that he spokt n the day before Air. Jiadgerl , The printed opy ol air venaoie a epeecn, lor wnicn we are Indented t ma oourtesy, via tea that it was deliveied on the 1st June where as wa find Mi Padger'a speech reported in. the Congressional Ulobe (trom whicn- wo copy it,)aa delivered on . the .2d June.. Whether this singular attempt nf Mr vn shla to anticipate what Mr Badger would fov. be the effect of clairvorinca or nH wo cannot aay; but if it be, ne liaaapproiimatea more nearly than clairvoyants so Jtetmee do to the matter in hahd,---he has at leaat discovered ilh$eetmrhkh fBsS-TT ;er was to speak on ihe next day.. But aeriousiy, there can, ba no doubt of the Correctness of Mr Badger's broad posi tion which MrVenable controverts, thai Congress , has a jrighi. tulegis'aie for the Territories. It is s rightwbich has always been exercised, Mr Butler of S. C. a good Democrat, distinctly affirmed , it in hie speech apart of whirh we quota in eon-,, nection with Mr Badger; it waa exercised in the Miesotiri Compromise, and Is again., to be .exercised iu . the Clayton, Com uromiae of the nresent session. i Veliayeortidme To read Mr. Veh; able's speech, but in glancing over it we find thai he, with all hia affected horror of Mr Badger's . "recent speech,' d'sttnctlf , admits what he so condemns- la one ; place we find him saying, . ; . - , I declare that we aie content to abide the Missouri compromise; not. that ttti4 believe that Congress had ay right - to aunex any such condition, or to enact any , such lawf but the compromise having been. made and acquiesced in tor near, thirty yeara, there is no purpose entertained - by any Southern statesman to disturb it now And again he says, "entering our solemn,, protest as to ths power of Congress to . make the Compromise," dto. , , Again lie aays "I adopt tha doctrine of, non intervention on the part of Congress, in its fullest extent. - As I deny the rieht of Congress to legislate alsvery into exia-1 tence in any Territory of the United Statea so I also deny the right to forbid it." ' Now we cannot exartly reconcile Mr. Venable'a quietly seceding to the Miss .uri Compromise, (if h believes Congest, had .... .i.r - i f? O i his solen n obligation to support tha C un on stito.tion.-7lf ths Compromise be indeed, ss he contends, a usurpation of power, a violation of tLe Constitution, he ahould never rease for struggle against, iu But not he! Instead , of doing so be , do- dares his willingness to enaet it again; j to extend it to tha Pacific! He says ,. , 1 "Let the Unss of the Missouri , eompro f miss extend to the Pacific.", , . , , t 1. And again. . , Hloflr lo our northern and western v fc brethren the Missouri compromise onerous r end exacting at it it upon ibVSouth. exten 1 ding its provisions to the Pacific, Including j n me local advantages" wnicn nature naa appropriated to lbeegeographical limits. . -.;.- r -l.fr--i-- . Register,, , TH B GERMANIC UNION, 1 " One of the most remarkable evente in ttie European political world is the projec ted Union of the thirty eiglil Slates or sovereignties of the Germanic Empire, ri der a confederation with an elective Chief.' A tonntry lying between the Balt and! the Adriatic, In the centre of Europe with population of 40,000.000, remat t: for steadiness of character, science and philosophy snd in contiguity with the tnost powerful monarchies, have determined to reconsliuct its govermeht sad to organiao it on an elective ' basis. Ths German States onder their present heteditary Kings, were dwindling don into peuy principalities, and they seem resolved te try the experiment .of union and eonsolids tlon under a central power In order to ob tain a nationality 'and strength, of which ..... mtJJ nT9 now U9viiuwf . v Keep within your mesne. c
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Aug. 16, 1848, edition 1
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