f rirmi r r JppGErSTAB?EV,
G!NTt.t:siEJii'THiel,o.vrETM;: Whilst
'lire clviliank roofer Ii1ioimt yon.hsve
roulcrred n mrt I f-prei l?wt ,!ie ni'tairt
'u-y was ni l aligned to "someone more
lompetcDt ihan myself- 1 dissemble not in
declaring thai tliia honor was no expected
liv mc, .nd Irene fc-el more embarrassed in
addrest ing you.
The subject of your contemplated del i li
gations is an important one: nothing less
AJian a question involving in it consequen
ce thrliherty of this people perhaps tli
rec y r remotely the liberty of other na
iioiis I trust that you will approach it
UirirTohaiely ihtrt j ou will lay aside
vrtnr party prinliWlionn, and meet it. not an
' politicians, hut a patriots- fls statesmen.
We had flittered mtrtelrcs tlmtthe capacity
-of man ft self government was no longer
a suhjcct of dmibl. We have boasted of ours
as an cxamplo'of a free government, based
on an emiuriui! foundation. 1 trust it i
in iy prove so, 14 event of recent occur
jrence seems lo forebode danger. The con
vocation of this assembly the intense
interest manifest in every countenance
Jiere, are proofs that there is cause
4 f alarm. 1'or u iiine we have boen pros
perou;'and happy under a free government;
hut that time, in the great history of niWi
is but a brief apace, a mere point. '1'he
page of history is yet fresh which records
our existence as a nation of freemen. Si-ar-e
has llie stain f revolutionary blood, sited
for libcr'y, faded from the face of the land;
before it ha been found necessary for the
people of the Sou iL to prepare to check
threatened aggression. Anil whence this
danger? No foreign foe threatens u. Our
countrymen, our brothers, are arrayed a
g iinat u in civil trifc. They seem to for
get that they are stilted to us by the most
acred tic, and to forget the value of the
Union. .Blinded by the poison of fanaticism,
iriey8cett lo abridge oil r constitutional rights
in lite enjoy incut of our property, under
to do so was unquestionable, in Christim
charity it should he asserted without inflict
ing- remorseless stings-to onr sensibilities.
'The entire independence of the States was
achieved by the most memorable simple
lhal history records. They wero separate
and independent sovereignties, and first uni
ted tindrr article of confederation. These
articles were defective, mainly in not hav
inpfovided proper means far raising a rev?
, n
power lo regulate commerce. These de
fects garetise to our present constitution.
In the : eoii vent ion w hicjv formed iutlia States
met as equals in political power.. The
small State were unwitting to relinquish
their equality of power; the slaveholding
Stales were unwilling to confederate, airless
their slaves should bo made a basis of rep
resentation, and the owners secured in their
riehts. These wercxi:VtVhffTu1ncls.TATier
-?rrenttliuVtthytht-w
The wornl ttiow rftha . firat articU im!1' lU8fd- ou W00 bfi
vjJcs that fcptesenmtWes and diroet
et taXPi
shodhlbe spportionrd according to numbers,
to be ascertained by adding three-fifths of
the slaves to the number of whites. The
second section of the fourth article provides
for'teeaptnrino; -itotffl'p'tbul.thoae''
States where alavery did not exist. In
these provisions we have an acknowledgment
of the existence of slavery, and a guaranty
for its protection ae the basis of represen
tation, and as property, t he constitution
did not create property in slaves. Such
,!rli( ftliffl :m.mnr'4.-'-iirf",''iihAril,''s,lfii"v
constilution. As slaves were owned in aaatvy
.of the States, they would not of course have
entered ito the confederacy on such terms
-as wonld weaken the right of Ihe owner lo
this'slave, to diminish the value. One of
.the great objeots of the constitution was,
-that it should, in its consequences, protect
property by giving protection and strength
to. the several States, But as the States
were sovereign, Uiey could not surrender to
Congress the right lo control by legislation
Uli,i, property of their -eitiaens, Sunh a
grant of power would have been a complete
..eurrjenilcr flCKiyereignty. A great consoli
dated government would have risen up,
which wasan evil, of all others most dieaded,
sod most tigidly guarded against, by de
claring thai all power not expressly granted
ao congress, was rcserveu to uie .oiatcs or
-to the people. Hence no power can be ex
ercised unless it has been granted by ihe
, constitution. O The safety of the Slates
and of the people is beat preserved by hold
ing Congress triclly within the limit of the
delegated powers. No rule of construction
j-an be safe which encroaches upon indi
vjdual rights'. Tharitfht to hold slaves as
.iirnnertv liepnnift fixm! nriiipiiilfl. inanna.
" . r- j
rahie lrom the other provimons ot the con
. fUtuuon. Jadeed that description of prop
erty coms io have been Ihbught worthy of
specific and special protection. The con
.? uiution must exist and hirmoninc in U
its parts, livery prinnpie it , contains is
-inseparably connected together. Itis an en
Ine thing, bejug the great frame-work of the
government indissolubly united in all itsparts.
It would not hare beejufiirmed without the
juse.iiiin of every feature; It is an infraction
jo violate any of 'dicin; ;vhe symmclrj' is
.broken.
'.Notwithstanding this unqualified recogni
ition f proncrty iu elavcs.and thenrolection
jirovidcd for u ctuWment as such,' Still it
4i con tended that ("onitrtss may prohibit
tjid ahutish it iii thc tejdwrios of the United
v.uates. .J. us , . leritrics .are .common
icoperty, anil cannot he iapproiirjaieti hy fmoiitoiisiy pri
I'.wvrcss lit the use of on imrtion of fliV Suoreme Court bench. .WecouM oer-
i-ominoii owners to the exclusion of another,
3inality iirrii'ht iuuvl men prevail: and
rifl ct whh h wwiMUcsirnv thai gqltathy'
- KHiiuiilte vaTitL .Il ls a nrlncTnTir ia tfie
f iw of nations liv ''all lite mctnhers of the
-.niitpiiiii:y have m eyul rithf to 'die tf
ihtir ciiiijttiosj projn'rty ' KmIcs fnay
f yresenSeil jiv llie fcoverei.ru ixiwi-r rva-
tinning tlio manner, tif its rise, provided they
ra lwMiOiifciiiit with tlrjl et-r-r -;V
itv which bueht to hi preferred. If the
wertHgn authority in i Mate or nation can
do nothing which sjjall pjrodue inequality
in the enjoyment f tlie ipubUe domain, or
property, surely sueh authority cannot he
noaaca
wed y the federal government,
which has noi but a limited power. 1 he t
aitemot Lv Conirress to nrohibit slavery ia i
the territory of California has caused this
meeting-. Tbevterritory is eomuon prop-
erty. I liere each citizen ol the Lniteii
Suites has eqiul rights, is entitled to equal
freedom in the enjoyment of ihe territories.
I am proud to ay,t!iit inaqiiiring it, Mifsjs
aiDpiausiitsplaysd as much valor as any oth
er portion of their brcthicn in arms, and shed
as much blood in poportiou to their nuin
liers, us the citizens of arty of the States.
They were distinguished for their prowe.-s in
many ahnrd fought bauie.butnow they are to
he told rliat restrictions must be imposed on
their rifiht to enjoy theconqurst. Can we,
should we, yield the fruits of enr; valor, and
surrender with it our coiistiliitiefml right of
c,na
litv? Congiess cannot deprive ua of it.
aa't oiii'lit not it it could; cannot say, that if
we go, we must leave our property behind
us. Property constitutes the means of en
joyment, and to" exclude the property of,
the people (U the southern Suites, is in effect
lo cxeJudu the people, and .appropriate the
country to the Nortliurn States. Such a
power is not possessed by a government
possessing sovereignty; it eould not be right
fully exercicsi even by a monarchy. The
property of the Su b consists mostly in
slaves, and to interdict its Je on our own
soil would not only br unjust, but an arbi
trary violation of the const ituliton. It is
vain to talk of our riahl to the territories, if
we may be deprived of the means of en
joying those rights, i he mere sou is
nothing; it is the use that we may make of
it which renders it vjluahle. As well might
Congress interdict the Use of any other prop
erlyj if it can exclude a slave, it may ex
clude a horse or an ox. " We do not de
rive the riht.ia hold either from the con
stitution. That instrument i but suhservi-
must be deprived of this privilege! Be
cause, say our northern brethren, slavery is
ia a moral vul a political evil. Vho has
the vigil ta determine that k w so? Let
them eradicate moral evils from their own
land; we cyn lake eare til' our own morals.
Is it possible it ka come to this, that Con
gress has j!ie right, under a limited grant of
power, to travel into the wide ethics, and
regulate.4tur moral conduct! .Tliat .ia a
(jncsiionjor our cmKM-ience. , . Morality ia
twin sister to religion; thev are as insepara
bly allied as cause and effect; the power to
regit la le tli epnc ; iiece ssar ;ijy i nipl ies the po wer
to regulate the outer, is it possiuie mat in
defiance of the guards in the constitution,
Congress will encroac h on so delicate, so
sacred a subject? If there is anything dear
to u American-, it is his liberty of con
science his right to worship his God at
the altarof his choice. I must admonish
my Methodist aud my IJaptiat friends, lo be
your J-eliuw is
a tiiorai cvn, attamnst vt
exterminated, for if Congress has the right!
to legislate ou the ground of moral evils,
"to this complexion must rtome at last."
But who Ins a right to say that k is a po
litical evil ? - Wetkr not find trtfcll rtfgietrine1
inculcated by the constitution. Congress
may decide on questions of expedicnoy
within the range of the delegated powers;
but that cannot be a pnliiieu! evil, within
the reach of its Jsgislative power, which is
secured to llie eit'tiEou mrl prohibited to
t 'oogressi - -Congress hasiro power-to y
that consiituliottnl rights are political evils.
To that body, nothing is politico! evil which
is secured to the States r to the -people. -Moral
and political evils are themes which
open wide fields for investigation, and if
Congress imy occupy them as the ground
wink of its action, the constitution is
worthless. Instead of a limited, we have
an unlimited government. If the people,
the fountain of power, should determine
that political evil exists, they may pply
the remedy, but it is not with longress.
This political ami moral evil, itscems,1x
clusively in the South, and those who have
determined it to be so, and wish to eradicate
iu roeida in. the North. As sovereign States
we have the power lo judge of and to correct
moral atid political evils within our limits.
We ask. not the interference of -tho North to
correct our morals or our institutions.
We do not Intrude upon them; but onlw de
mand to be permitted to an inequality in the
enjoyment of our common properly.
Congress, it if true.may establish a gov
ernment in the territory; but thatgov
eminent must lie founded in equality. , It
must Drotect Ihe property of the common
owner, us well as his person.
.Whether this power is derived uader the
third section of the fourth article of the con
stitution, or -whether it ts derived from the
power lo acquire territory, or the war and
trcittv-niakin? nower. is not material it
mast be exercised so as preserve inviolate
every principle of the constitution.
But in die efforts to exclude our prope-
ty from that territory, another false doctrine
is promulgated which is equatty disastrous
to us. We are udd that, as slavery
was prohibited by the laws f Mexico, we
caenut lake slaves wittiQHt the authority of
alnw permitting h. nits is the doctrine
rff niass .of polil'teiims h our country who
lofk no iurther than the surface of the law.
! IT this error was canSned to politicians, it
migh bo . pitsed orer as harniless; but 1.1
u also fire doctrine winch has oeen uncer-
look.the groundless fallacies of a few. pol-
it'tciansi but when the smetity of the bene!
IrpervpfteTt, tnti Its Influence thrown m
eToinentirrto the excitinz cause ofirtilfon-
Hent sod strife, tixro i just (rronml of com
plaint; , If litis coul.l be a judical question
in any slisps" lha was Hie triimnal heiore
which it inlcbt come. With the decision.
the American people would have! rested sat-1
i'
Tt u'flfl
threat constitutional question, anil on sucn
4 questions the people f the United State
i hsve been taught to look to the decisions
if Supreme Court with veneration, lut
ineynav.noi ieen accustomed to navingtntun
proinulpaled in' advance, and V 4artled
at thus eeuie them
The effect js abrjosij
'as-injurious to mr as a decision regularly
j prorio4iiiced,tecauscrtiindelef riJihe South
iron; an equal portuujiancy nt the territories,
whilst it has emboldened the North to per-
per
sist in its efforts. It has .caused one parly
to believe that it was right., and the other
that it was wrong. From this position, it has
made "the worse appear the better cause."
It is not iruc that slavery does not exist in
California, although it may have been pro.
hibited by ike 4aws of Mexico. True,
the conquering country may permit the
municipal laws of the conquered country to
remain in force, but this is .only true of pri
vate or strictly municipal iawt it is not
true as regards political laws. By elemen
tary writers laws, are divided into public
.mil private, or political and municipal.
Political laws are sueh as are organic, and
confer power and foim on the government.
They give it vit-ility as an organized body.
These political hws are sometimes reduced
to the form of a constitution, which becomes
supreme and paramount to all other laws,
either public or private. Our constitution
is the law of our being it is the essence
of our government; it is the combination of
certain greet principles, between each one
ot which there is a connection and depen
dency, and the aggregate constitutes a unit.
To withdraw or destroy any one cf them
would break the entire fabric. Jt would lop
off an eusentiul part of our political power.
V hen we acquired California, it became
subject to our constitution our .whole con
stitution our constitution is an entire thing.
The territory did not become subject to
part of our government only, but every
principle of the constitution prevailed there
as an active principle,, and superseded of
pecessity whatever was repnffnant to any
ol new comers could be permitted.
The vested rights of the citizens there
at the time we acquired it, may be protected
by a principle not inconsistent with this
position. The consequfence is, that we
have a right to take our slaves there, be
cause they are our property, secured to us
as such by the principles of oar jmramount
political law. it it were true that slavery
was. tjenj)r(thilited by the laws of Mexico,
and ftouk: not be established there without
positive-law, then the constitution went there
a mere cripple. But not so. Whereever
the stripes and stats float over a territory
as" atfe mlrteni f political dominion, they-rest
upon a perfect pedestal, formed by every
principal in the constitution indissnluhly
cemented together As well nwyil be said
that our constitution must give plaee to the
established religion of Mexioo.
How strange it is, that whilst Congress
. has- no power over the subject of slavery in
eonsequencc of an inhibition, that it should
be contended ihat tho law, of the conquered
countiy should secure a prohibition, and thus
triumph over our constitutional rights,
Thus, as I conceive stands the question
loXmcJi-but ift.aAtfust4o of e-rpedti
ency merely, how ungenerous the conduct ol ,
the jSorth. We are united as a family ol
nations. We may have different local in
terests, hut our obligations to each other re
quire an observance of good faith, of good
feeling, of mutual support and forbearance,
With them it is matter of feeling only
with is; it is a" "qncslidirt:-:6r'iriterc"9l-'--Afe
they not prepared to yield their feelings and
their prejudices for the sake of protecting
our interest? If not they have forgotten
the objects of the Union mutual safety,
prosperity and happiness dictated it. Are
they willing to risk all these for the gratifi
cation of a mere imaginary philanthropy?
It would scciu sq. The Wilmoi Proviso
is but the entering .wedge. That accom
plished, aitu the rest will follow, .hinanci
pation iu llie fctatrvs i doubtless the ultimate
object, and we have ieason tn (car that ut
no point short of this .will the effort cease.
rlic Union must be dissolved, and the, bless
iugs which we enjoy under our government
must become a sacrilice on the alter of fin
aticism. AVe must become a degraded people
or abandon our country to the African race.
V tr would say-Jo. Uiein, Itewarul 4u but
rush on to your own instruction
It is a subject of deep regret, that the
powerful engine of prejudice is arrayed
agiust us. Enormities are fab ely ascribed
to us, with a view to excite muignaiioii.
J hey add insult to injury. We are held
out as destitute of common mercy degraded
at home and abroad. 1 lie means employ.
ea are calculated to excite our slave popu
lation and endanger nir lives. We, hope-
ami believe that there are still a few at the
North who value he' Union, and do not
raire in (his unualnral warfare. Our
Union should be social as well as political,
amity should prevail bctweenthe difl'erentdi
visions. But the ties that bind as are being
daily weakened and the love of the Union
diminished, ne iiave remonstrated ut in
vaiii. We yield to none, in a deep ani a
bidiug love for the Union. We wish not to
sever it, hut to recement it We can vindi
cate it only 'by keeping it inviolate. We
would preserve it in all its parity. Y e
want it as our fathers gave ft to us, and must
defend it against infraction as a sacred duty
weswe lo ilicir memory. The South has
bcrne w ith these encroachments, under a
1n- ikai -s tii rif instict k milrt utrimateif
' . . J. ....
our HiHiitL. i is aurvev uie rrounii wen
Utis survey the groun.l, well.
dial rtositioii on which f e can
. 1 II
and occupy" (hat position,' on which f e can
siatui J uhin the pale of ihe cmitfiuitnn; and
when laken,lelu9 matuta n Ulike men who
know their rights and arc determined to
protect ihcm. We are not the aggressors,
and if the result should prove disastrous, let
Jie blame rest ou those who havo provoked
mi ,. . . . , -
rhiis. nentleinen of the convention.
. Quiet would have hcen restored.
i llai'A frt?Ai rt-n i y nuilit
nut udtitnt u'.l V ir 1(4 ' 1 hfi CVI10 VOU
l ... n. I i,,;,nirv istdmtt
we submit to further degradations, or shall
wfiprk rsHrpasT Ifllip l:itti!r. ho W is it
iuivw . j cEirntn uri:iiuut"Hu"'
: . i . w :.. -ll.wl;. ,a
to oe OOtainea: JCl me again , ommn
the importance of the subjectr again entreat
you to wei5h it well, calmly and di.-passion-
a U-I v. H e meet not here to discuss an
j ordinary topic Here we i an have no party
, prcierences. We arcjoiitt owners ot inis grcai
j estate. It in our birthright our inheritance.
We may have our honest differences of
opinion about its management by our
agents, but when the wltule is about to be
swept from us we can not Oilier as to me
nccess.iy of iu prcservanon. Let tis confer
, ui-jiuiuuin. uui rwmiui ' .
iin v, ii iraungs i irusi aim uunc juu
all entertain and hope they may lead you to
wise and nappy results. &
Til hi ST A 15,
Liberia et nziale solum.
li A L eTgII-N OV 14, IS 19.
THE STAR.
The year is so near its close, that we
have determined to defer our eouterup'latrd
enlargement and improvement of the Star
until the beginiug of the, new year. . Iu the
mean tune, we respectliiny request our
friends who have subscription lists, to pro
cure as many new subscribers as they can
conveniently, and fonvurd their names by
the first of Dereniber at farthest
.,jfcirxGjaNa.xa..Taz.LET,'ra.-..
A" writer 'tit piper -iioKESst," m -car w
8lle o leave the reuler to guess where is out
io a wrathful attack aa Go. Mihli and Ilia- leg
islature for recommending lo the good peopU ol
North Carolina to observe a day of Thanksgiving!
II danoun sn it as uncoaatiiutional! aa a polluting
union of church and Stale! ask if"frcfien wil'
tamely eubmU.lo uch legislalioir!" sod if ao, da"
claea 'the yoke -will be upon lUcm,-'' loleiunly
adiling;'if 10,10 vaifl did uch rhW aa' Putricli
Henry, f iohklin, Wasliington, JefTortoo, and other
patriots, of the revolution, toil, bleed and die for
Ihe rights of roan!"
This remind us oft wise'eccleaioatical decision,
which, if our memory eervee.ua, the atory locates
omi' where oat .more lhao sjhouaand niile from
the region of Ihi publication. A memkor of. tb
church vaa duly arraigned before hi brethren on
loo cuarge ol arunntnnui. I Us trial went on,
the charge was fully sustained the fact wa proved
4i4 aJiUed; but. it wa dtnitd that tltt cultrit
had committed a tin! and it was proved, too, to
the perfect satlsraetloH of hil Vory grave d -eeg
ccclniatical Judges, and, aa in the case of the
-fellow who stole the honey, ihey 'HareiH, him!
W ou Id tli e reailer, qq w,,Jhp,w., jIm., at rive i at tbi
moat wi ouroua wise and juat suciaion! Why
if waa atmpiy ov VKKmr lo iBe- tetter. - It waa
allow n that the Scripture aay, il is not that which
gorih in the mouth, but that which Cometh out of
it, that duiileth a man, llie drunkard, it vu
proved, did not vomit; the law era, therefore, ex
plicit and conclusive in hie casehe waa unanii
J.et it not be ruppoaed by the read that tbia
wa an unparalleled caae. History furnishe an
illuntnout precedaol. The ancient Mucoii
were a grosaly ignorant, bul vrry religiou people
We ara infurmeJ by the hialorian th it they had
a public diapute on the .ue.ilion, whether it waa
oot a ain to smoke tobacco, and that th advocate
of the affirmative of the qucition proved that it waa
a tin to imoke, but none to fuddle himself with
liqutr, by tho very earn pa aage of Scripture.
floruit i in the author' own language'
I'n homme digne de foi m'a enure qu'.ll avail
aidtsto a una tbeae publique ou il e'agiaauit do aa
voir si I'uesgedu tabac a fumei etait un peche le
rtpondaat pretenda I (ju'il etait permia de a'tnirer
d'eau-de-vie, maia non de fumer, parr cque la tree
rainte ecriture (lit quece qui sort de la boucb de
rhnmme le souille, et que ce qui y eutre lie le
juillc poini!L , 1..,.T . '
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
President TiLua'a Admioigiration lie aa yet
had no opportunity U adopt any meeeurea or de
velop any ayilem of policy, except that which
haa reapect to our fiKreign relaiiont; and ao far, every
ibiag that haa tranipiiMl prove that Adminio
tratiun ever enterrd upon the difficult and delicti
rlatim connected wlth'that;dcriartmenl of tkefiovern
uianl with greater ability, propriety, or luece, or
with brighterpropectsof(bri!lianl diplomatic career
The doctrine of Waahingtjo, Madiaon, anJ Jack
on, that win at we will er respect die tight of
others, we will neer tufTcr our own to tie tram
pled uron, haa been earned out lo the vrry loiter,
and with auch firmneaa and mtgnsnimily aa lo
hav gained the heariy applause of the whole coun
try, excepting only a few disappointed- pMliaan,
aid added fresh laurels to the brow of the fcobla
id chief who etandi al the head of the Governairrrt.
But it is painful snddiegosting 16 e an Amtri.
can journal purauing the ceorne of tli late Derro"
era iu organ at Wasbingten. That paper not on-,
ly look id again iie rnvn Government toon
th rubiur with M. -PoiiM'n w.. known. L,,i
HnM mmmt. Vtmnrm Klia nAftU.lir.it K.i ,t,m A. I. I
. . -4
miniatralioB aerved him riehl. manifeal ckaorin
eUOUiU lead have fcr IM.. In I'- kffuriii
""""
" " himial of M
the liimial of M. Poutain." Taia is the
i - --m ff-
. tpP"ste ol Oi graal Delphic Ota. le of 1-jmoeracJ
mrougmsui in tesgm nrr urridirj trt in
l."ok lit WiHln lo uk, nV ea Wbnriaf
to produce "a r with our ancient ally, rathe,
than w:Uia (i(creful iBe of nejoiiatim
m mut ltl2Wud to ihe praitsof Genr.lTay.
io,. wboae aOmiiitral. n that aantS orsun aa
1 ,wofll to u'po '-to the bitter rnd," Mkatc
OuTwTiatT 'repHTrTuTurr'mT--we CUpatwuU
ywirojiii..i.i y"' "-
lo Ilia b cliinn of iucfa pjper paper WDKb
- .T: . . . j
u lko J ith a foreign eounirj gingt it
awn. which iliat country itself drd H tut n3
- l
menl tosustftin a paper, ocn nn, imiriora. Trj
vnvrr. tn .lifnil I'iha fcreiga ' arganl'
,,,, t,,eiu Iut laoM fro inJ hom k
, a .
who rHy upoo or gi it coiintrnanra.
Tltiijuornal and i( nleflitc nra tilifjirg and
IMJtK'.ng General Tsylor upon nv re omjei turea
(ml ftlxe propheoyin, of what f will do in rrgurJ
lo oar dqat c alTirii. What cunQtlence ran be
I.Im-m! in their croskiiisi-t Why, ll-y !J 1
wil inn to are '!" wheel ot (ioveriiinent atanJ
atitl. tunk to Ihe huh in the muJ, or dnahej rnfo a
u u P . vm,lf andtr Wllif Iu!eJ:
,(, wouM aa ttma'ks 111" HUMIf "gruiie
the
pe.Tilo tltcr bapp'nw. if uronioled liy Ihe adiiiiriie-
Irati n nf Gern-ialTaylo-, We rejoice in llie Wr
lief thai i hey wilUiave ue fr all tbeif spit in
this respect."
IM'ULlt! MKC'I'liNU.
On Monday of Court. Week ( 1 9th inst J et It
oVIockj a public Meeting of ihe citizen of Town
and Couulry, will ta'e place at the Ci y Hall
Busiiiew of uiucli Importance connerted with the
t'eniral Hail ltoaj project wi'l r-S aubtnltted lo 1be
meeting, ami everv individual who fee'a any inleri-at
in the Prosperity of the city ot Raleigh and Coun
ty of Wake, u urgently requeiled to attend.
Scvoral add.-ei..ej may bo ex pec tod on the occa
sion.
WELT, DOXE WILMINCiJ'O.V.
A coiiiinrtteA. in a few days, procured
subscriptions i(i yTilinington, to the stock of
the North ('ufuttua Kail &o4 ainountiiig to
$18,900, and it is confidently expected much
more will be subscribed.
mTTuntTin B A NElk
After a temporary suspension, our friend
the Mountain Bauner has tcvived,wand
again jnadc its appearance, a wc'lcoiiie vis
itor, at our desk. It comes forth from its
collapse with renewed vigor and sprightli
ncss, and makes a most respectable appear
ance among the improved hebdomadals of
our Stafc. Long may it live and prosper
in the world.
""'Phi' miiS'4mrfm'Wiit
largcd form iwd .entire new dress. The
enterprise and diligence of its Editor merit
the commendatiuu and patronage of the pub
lic. "..'
TENNESSEE,
The .Legislature of this State is now in
session. On the slavery question, Gov.
Trousdale, iu his message, says the North
Carolinian, takes "this ' positioiiT lie Jons
not hold that Congress has power to lcgis
late on the subject of slavery in a territory,
and any attempt by Congress to establish or
to prohibit slavery in the new territories,
"would he an outrage upon justice and prin
ciple, which would justify prompt and effi
cient resistance bv all the means known to
the Constitution.'' He, therefore, recom
mends the Legislature to proclaim to our
northern brethren, "in terms of respectful
Jraukneas, and firmness, our unalterable pur
posc. of maintaining oUr rights at all hazards,
and to the last extremity"; and that this be
done by a reinpnst.rane.e..to. the Congress of
the United States.
NEW YORK ELECTION-
-The Htptear srtys-T1ie-,whig ttijori
ties in the city will vary from 2000 lo 2500,
which ongbt to carry every'lhlag, add eve
ry body in.""
The Commercial says "The Whigs are
victorious.. In the Common Council there
are eleven Whig aldermen and seven Dem
ocrats, and the board of assistant aldermen
has the same numercial proportion. The
city and county officers and Whig State
nominations are also entirely and proudly
triumphant, and the four Whig Senator are
without doubt elected.
Of the sixteen members, of Assembly
twelve, at least, are elected.
Brooklyn has done no lens noblv than
New York, carrying all her tickets tri
umphantly. The W'higshavea majority in Albany;
also in the county.
The returns from 19 counties give a Whig
majority in the popular vote of about 6,600;
and their victory in the entire Stale is , be
lieved to be complete.
Hon. R. M. Sai sdkks and family arrived
at New York, in the steamer Washington,
on the 6th iust.
SOUTHERN CO N VE NTIO.V.
We this week defer our own remarks,
and invite attentioa to flic -article in another
column, advocating this important measure.
It h from a paper of well established repu
tation, which has been long distinguished for
its good sen ic and moderation- We cannot
believe (hat any man born aufl raised under
a-Southern sky can proaounee the writer
irurrHf ora titsuhject for a Ittrintie asylum.
To our mind, he speaks language of truth
and soborness.
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK.
We have received the November number
of this periodicid. It will be found to eon
tain more t!wn its usual amount of reading
matter, and is illustrated by a number of
handsome engravings.
The Petersburg Intelligencer says a
vile impostor, representing himself the
nephew of J. N.Mnlliti, and preloading Jo.
be deaf and dumb, has been for several
nays levying contributions on the aoiuvd cit-
Zer of that town. lqok out. lis U 4"
, bout 3 Icet 0 inches high, hi V mola
OH
his loft oheek, and a rosy ootnplexion.
.Ji puhlitt meeting was hehl in l4etershurf
ah the 8th inslsut, which was ably address-
m u-mv,ui.ivi .......
.l l.,r IJAUAvnn, MAuliarl nihmh
appointed ten Delegates lo tho Oreensborr
. otigh Cjonvention
The Virgin' Conference asawinKtoJ vn
Petersburg on the f ;h ias" nt Rishnp Am
tBHW presiding. '
DEATHS FROM CHLOROFORM.
" We ha ve gecri "recently Several "accounts
of dcaih" frdm tho use of Chloroform.
GOV. aiMIUM,
We learn fidm the Mitiuir CJI rjuicle tha.
Ex-Oiivenur lUKmkk,- being in YtaT -last
week, aitemliiig the Supert ir Court L
the reanrxt of some of the fr
! entprrmit si) I r.ai.rt I...
r... i,.ij.0 aH(,
i Pctahlo assemblage of the people of Can.
, well coimty, on the subject of ihe Norlt
Carolina ierrirai itauroau; and that ii ni.i-
! . . , , l,,n "IS able
vorable impression on tho minds uf fci.
1'-" i imunii a IllOSt 14.
audience. Nu man in the State is Itetter
qualilied to present this enterprise to jm
people in its proper light no man can ex.
ma grcatwr influence on the public mind
no man deserves and receives greater
confidence -from all men, than (iovenior
(!biia.m; and his untiring leal and activity
in this great cause, give him fresh claims u
live gratitude and esteem of his fellow-citi-au;ns.
' 7 '
r-WE A HE ALL INTFHESTED...
TITe is not a man, woman or child ys-
trie rvMrtli, w hetlier the miner of slaves or
not, who is not deeply interested in tire main,
lenauce of tle constitutional riglits of tfig
shive-holdinjr States agninst rhe encroach,
menu of the rreesoilers and Abolitionist..-,
'i'he aeeoriijiliuh.-pent of the unconstitutional
designs of this reckless and mercenary hnnl'c
toalNtlinh i:ivery i n the District of Columbia
and prohibit its extension into tile ncwTer
rito.'ics, would lessen the value of slave prop,
erty, aird in the s;imc proportion blast the
prospenly of the .slave-hohhiig' States, the
ruinous effects v( which woiAil hv more se.
1.. CI, I... I 11... -.. ,
--.-ji ii li iinr jrsriiiiiu iTvronilir l'M,3ij
than any otlicr among us. Such an outrage
upon our rights would thus deprive- the rirft
of tho means of giving finploy:.-n'iit and1 good
wages to mechanics, laborers and artjsans.
and So far from krepin inonoy plentifully
afloat by spetuiing it freely Iir the neccna
rics anil luxuries of life, there Would be no
money in circulation, business Wpltl stag
nate, tiv-rak languish, and desolation reign! i
But what would be the eflects.if the exten
siveand fertile Southern territory pnrcliaseil
by the euiiiiiiu'r"M.rid ,il' iniw'iBiir
the introduction of slavesf what wouH
be the effects in .Niifrtlj iCjiroliua? Here vre
have too many slaves; which depreciates
their value and lessens the value of while
labor; the settling of the new country would
create a demand . for them there; the prices
would be such as to induce owners io sell
all who could bo spared; the State would V
rid of the useless surplusage of thatjiart
of her po pi'il iiubn ;""ih c money received as the
proceeds of th-pir sale would be put in cir
culation among us, to give encouragement
to improvements, build up manufacturing establishments-,
quicken trade, and commerce,
create- flourishing market "to whs", aid lour
schools, create aKaUhful action throurrhout
all grades of tliOfOHiuiiiuity, and line the
pockets of every mau who would make an
industrious einployniout of his hands, Have
we not reason, then, w hether the owners of
slaves or not, to he united md determiiieln"
cojiteriding-fbr our rights"
But it is said, ami weTjave-fieTidforF"
adiniltadliat .CaliXornia..ill prohahly . prc-
sent a Constitution to the next Congress, de
ciding the question (or herself, and demand
adjuiitouAciiUo.i'ie JCwjotwTJjai tfeJC.
bedonef Why,adiuither, whatever may be
Aer decision. But it is lot certain that the
will decide this qucston. W kst then shall
be done? ifjshall we sit quietly down, and
let the recKlcss majority in Congress impose
a tyratinicaj and uncqjistitutionul restriction
on the Ten itory, -and foot even so much ai
enter a protet against ill This thing is sol
emnly; 1 threatened hy the rasjnrity; - - Shmtid
we not rise up in the spirit of freemen, and
unanimously protest against the cxecutios
sf the threat? There will be no necessity for
threatening fire and sword, fury anil ven
gnane?, and a dissolution of the Union.
That is tUe'ast thing that should bethought
of. Is 'it possible that we are so bound up in llie
sliaTlttws ef constitutional expedients that we
have noothcrmode and measure of redress?
Tar from it. There is one, which we have
hercuiforc suggested, that must be admitted
by all to be peaceful, eonstitutiwnal and. fea
siblety. , It is, to let the fanatics know, lliat
if the? eotnmit further aggressiuas o the
Soulk, the South , will leagae togelhcr 111 an
inviolable covenant to cut short her trade
with the North, and instead of bailding up
her large and flourishing manufacturing and
commercial towns, establish and support
such towns among ourselves. In such tr
measure as this the laboring classes wsuld
I necessarily possess aud feel a deep and -
biding interest. It is a matter worthy ol tneir
most serious consideration, as it ipf the en
tire mass of the Southern people-))
BUSINESS MEN'S ALMANAC
W are imleble 1 to Mr. V. B. l'Wt N"
paper ,geBt of New York, for copy efhi "Bad'
net Mea's Almanac for 18M." Tfi Alinoe
it highly and jutly coramendad Ky th r1-""
It must have been prepared whh gt tf sad
labor. Il contttina rioh ai varied. fnd of ue
ful knowlwlge, and every man af bqtinea oothtl
potaeM aKxpy, Besides the uaaaJ awinmi
lable and calculation, it emitaiiw table finS
tU sretw, popatatioa, lanka rd bnk tapftal,
rate of interest, tiin- of election. prolui of
wheat, oatt arid com, mifa of Rail Rod, db
and lannag of all the 8 te ami lerrilonw, ali.
eaiefuhy prepared, ondeou'd, yet comprIen
rticleori hanking In Americ and in Uritaitli
coilon, bieadntulf foreign rJ 1 naigtit
Canada, C.vH. California, t.oaitc refirm, fl",
( i .... . ' ira.
I R snu ciomna'ic fpnim"n rnnju-n. .
irm manuiactoJV Urtnsnr-nvm na -
railway, biographical akeichit, Uf, .. T.
; M.' De' GAiY,"ho is dircclywtwv
Vm with tho Tehuanlepee route enterpn."
arrived at IS'ew Oileans a few (lavs sines,
in ihe steamer Teviot front Vera Crux-r!
Hfl states that a jrooi wagon road over 0
Isthmus would be eompieted hi "hoiil W
.t ,v Tim distance IS li
miles, of which 115 are by land snd I
bv water, nnd over this a mail maV be Cf
ricd tliroiurh In fiftocn hours, the tots
elevation tobeovercome over the whole "J"1'
between lire two oceans is ubout COO l'