' - a TIIE IREDELL feXMESS; -' - f- fr w T s TtrBLISTIEI WEEKLY,-; ' t I EV B. PRAtj. W. P. DBA RE, EUGENE B. DRAKE; SON,; s editors and Propnetbrs. .A Family Newspaper Devoted to Politics, .giiciilture, Maniiiaotrares, Gommerc; aiid iscen -A TERMS OF THE PAPljR, Vol III. -. ( Statesville, N. C, Friday, Mrcli 16,; I860: $2 a" Yeftf," in Advance. r 1 i i n int , m m tarn - tm - -&w t i n ? i m r. ri v i . - ' .1' - ' , 't .'. J. fee SrftreUad ..titoniof Heart my Cnild. i he brave and ptout of heart, mv child, ' I would (not have thee fear, Tho' Btorras are shrieking iercc and wild, ' And aW kroxind ts drear. ( The lurid lighttilns'e threatening glare, The ithupder's diemal crash, . -A - : Are but the groans ofoundered air, ; The jeleclric fire's tlash j j And these',) although jfyey sometimes brave ' " Thejwortdrous might of pan, .SeTve-pima8 faithful as the slave That hoV3 at hit) command. Tic brave oind ptout of heart, my child, So travel you need not dread The eyren jcharms that4iae l)Cguiled, Those by fal.e pleasure load To 'chanted proves, where 'every breeze . Is marred by passion's breath. And where) the foliage of the trees Conceal jthe pangs, of death ; STone but tilie feeble mind is lured By guityy Pleasure's charms, By braver earts joys are secured "in Virtue's etcadt'ast arms, - ! f ":- , ' !? . . ' Be brave atnd etout of heart, myjCliUd; : When ot Life's troubled, sea, tThe storing of sorrow, drear and wildj- May h.ul their shafts atfthee, Aifd pisappointment's troulbled waves May wreck thy brightest hopes , Thy j'oya b buried deep rn'-gravea s Where enidless misery gropes ; But still hk brave tear caiinot drive These evils from thy way. To shun'tlfccm, you must nobly strive ; .In jltigh's determined way. lie brave aind stout of hcunt, my child, Shrink not, though dcatli be near, I'd have nb thought ofthirie defiled By! wretjhed craven Fenf; I'd rather see thy life's blood -flow From but thy. manly lieart. Thaij.be compelled to feel and know You played a coward's pnrt : j For what is life? a mystift .thread ' Tlat biikds the Bqul to ilay ; :f 'Tis severed when the soufj has fled ; To realms of endless da'y. ' ' . mistcll antous. The Lost Bracelet. Just one pen ay, if yc i; please, aia'am. It iwjislthc day befonl t'ln-ist mas, and late in t3ie afternoon, ia beautiful and riehly drpssed lady was walking up Broadway, with,, her arms laden with brown reaper parcels. Hundreds of people were i. Hurrying arong, jostiinp; eaeh the othr u.i l hev paste I )uj and down lerowdedi tnorouniiiaro : out -iier. bright,. Uaniy lace was like a ray ot sunlight in the; natberbiir .darkness of the vvinferafU rnOon, and the owner of the clattering shoes that had been fol lowing b somo distanfo, took courage fromj its nweet expression,' and put up its modest plea for 'jusf one penny y It' was a low pleading voice, scarcely audible in the noise and bustle around yet (the lady 'heaivi it, (br she turned andjlookpfl an instant at the littlecrea turer bcfdre.ber. 11 er scanty garments were poflr protection liroia tlie frosty a:r,j and her gloveless hand and pale fu(4 looWed blue and pinched with the cold; her miserable hood had fallen on her thoulderp and a pair of eloquent ovds looked up into the lady s face, while? with her stumpy . broom, she -Mvept tile eross'in". ! 'jNevei' mind,' said sle to li M-self, 'I can. walk -home this poor- little thing '. needs this uvorg than ,1 do;' ixnd she dropped into the open palm before her ' I ' the only .(sixpence left. 'There child, a mcny Christ ma to yon,' she said in j x ' a sweet, sympathizing voice, which made tb tears come into.thc dark eyes f ' of the littlegirl, a she tried to. thank l-:f : her. " '';' .' :j" ' It was a long walk t fiat the lady had I before h'ir and tho omlnibusses rattled I along with a p invoking enipty seat or : two iusile, but her heaii t Was light and L liappy vrith the little jsacrinVe which , shtj! bad made,, and just as the jets of gas begin -to blaze outi of the windows she reacihod licr home. She had been L : married! only a short; time, and she looked around her pretty room which her JiuejDand bad furnished for her in ,' their botrding house, she felt more than i t ever grateful that Coil bad given her i such a ttappy home. She had not re moved ijtcr hat and cloak, when she i heard bier husband's step in the hall, and with a -smile and a kiss' sho met j him at the doca. 1 'Whv Kate, how "tired you look have you done a greatjj deal of walking - J today?' '..I : v i Kate Llusuedfa.nd sq-iled, but deceih 1 t ion was not part of her nature, and , bhe replied : -: j fYes, Henry, I walked all the way : home.'.: " ' '' You should not hayedono that,' said I he, a little reprouchfuily, and then he 1 laughed! as, be continued : 'Did you spend all your mony, so that you . conldn't aft'ortl a sixpence to ride home with?' , .',..; .'-.' ,?;'.- Well, 1 suppose -I must tell,' said Kate, with another blush. 'I did have just one sixpence left, and was going to ride up, when such a poor little girl- ' ! 'JTeSjIthat's it, I knojiv what's coming. TOWhy, liateyon mak4 the very mis chief t'anong the poor people and my pennies! they are tli most ungi-atefiil aet in tte world.' e 'But,' said Kate earnestly, 'she was Ruch a delicate; halkclothed, and, 1 am afraid, l(ialf-8tarvedrHttle street pweep- erTr- . '" - i j - 'Street sweeper,', and , her husband held up! his hands in mock hon or; why, Kate, they pick up handfuls'of money in a day- and did yod walk homo,' and give oiiio a whole siLKpenee.- ' Ohf bb, what won't your inrjocent little heart do next?' - - j :. :4LiwA. Kate bore this quizzing very well, u j aoout to reply, whan, on pass- u, Buaaenly; '(Jhj Henry, my jjrace let is goue-tour ifu last Christmas- wUat,j all I da? - Where cap I have lost 'That is too bad,' said he .thoughtful ly v but the next 'moment ne continued, snruggrng up his' shoulders rnischiev ously : '.iay. be some honest person has picked h up. beeing the tears conje into his wife eyes at this speech, lie put bis arm around her and kissed her, I with 'Never 'mind; though, 1 can icplace j it some time.' ' ' . digress yourself any more about brace j lets and street-sweepers ; here's. your ! Chr.stmas irift, and the next time you gnuyover u, u lug, uu i ; go down town, get a pretty set of furs with it.' Kate's band closed over a hundred dol'avbill. ! rni l - f li i i . l no aay alter nrtsimns sne was a gain in Broadway, and, as she tvaspass- .- . . ing by the -identical I spot where she had given awa the sixpence, shejelt her dress'pulled gently, and, . turning around , she encountered the same little, half-clad girl i 'I'm sogladthatyou've come, ma'am.' said the child ; "you dropped this the other day, and JL've been saving it for you ever since and pulling something out of her bosom, sjie put it into the lady's hand Ilustilyjunrolling the bit of newspaper, Kate Alair saw her bracelet. What a triumph for herself and for Henry:. 'Thank you, thank you, my child,' she exclaimed, taking the little bare hand in hers. 'I tried to find you that day,' said the little child, 'but you went out of sight so soon that I couldn't,' and, with a bright face, she continued : 'I want to thank you, and my mother wants to thank you, -too., 'for 1 'didn't get a pen n3' all that day until I saw you, and that, sixpence bought the 'medicine which is going to rrake her well.' Kate's eyes glistnd as she heard this, and thought of the temptation to ride home that God had nelped her to resist. 'Take me to your mother.' she said, still holding tne girl s hand; 'such honesty and thankfulness shall not go unrewarded. It was a pretty long walk away ov. er near the JNorjh river, but they final ly reached a tenemeiit house, in the base ment of which the little gir. lived..' A pale, sickly '-onian was lyiu.i on abed in the single room yhich they occupied, but she looked up eagerly as she bean! the child's voice say, 'ilere, mother, the beautiful lad- is come herself,' Kate sat -down by the bodtido-and tent her oar to a tale of want and privation of which, she had never dreamed -and leaving what little poeket-inoney she had with her she promised to see her again; then she started forher husband's office. Mr. Alair was poring over his account Look when 'Kate rushed, in with bright eyes and glowing cheeks, and holding up the bracelet before his eyes, she exclaimed : 'See there. Henry, that's what came of giving my sixpence to the street-sweeper.' ' Her husband looked up, gad and sur prised, first at seeing her, and then be cause the bracelet -vas found, and he listened while she told him her inter view with the chi d and her mother. ' 'And now, Henry I- -am going to ask you if I'may do one thing 1 really do not need so nice a- set of furs as you have given the money for, and I want to take some ot it to buy tuel and lignts and provisions for these poor people ; they bad neither coal nor candle,, and nothincf but' a little cold cabbage Tor their dinner.' "1 little wife tenderly; took her hand and j ) "Af a fi l The quinary tactics of partly fea'ch whose' cafdinat 'prTtycTpie shall'' be'' pursno that.patlii.Teootifiue- in 'on vn"tierTtfe--f ff o t -certift iowMie. put something in it, closing the slender i t0Setncr, en more ninijjtnan Tie , discourage those hom-ctliey I To remove tn'efsriiedt of slaVcVr frbTif r :-biU, WwtverHta approaittgtor' lhao:er::fInchrihe t 1,1 fi. . ,n I eomnact.of the Constitution itseiJ. has ?c :. . . - J . , J .. , ' . :. r' v L,.. i. r.. ? . . h.ii..s- Henry shook his head, but it. was not j and unnecessary intrusion of the siavc a very , negative shake 'Nobody can j ry question r.into party polities, has resist you, Kate, said lie, smiling, -anu von mav "?do as vou please with the money ' Kate thanked him with her moistened 033 more than with -her voice, and as the door closed after her, Henry said to himself, 'There :oes an, angel? .and if ever that text, 'Ho that givcth to tho poor shall not lack,' was meant for anybody, it was meant for her.' " '' The little girfs mother did not get well againj but before she died, Kate told her about Jesus, and won lfer to love and trust him, soothing her last moments with . comforting, cheering words. Even little Jane she taught to say with faith, 'When my father and mother torsake rue, then the Lord will take me up.' J3y-and-by Air, and Mrs. Alair went to house-keeping, and they took little Jane, now an orphan, to live with them, and if there was one grace moro than another that Kate prayed the child might haye, it was that of charity ; for Jane's growing beauty of character, arid her constant gratitude, proved a con tinual reminder to; her generous bene factress of the sweet lesson of our Sa- yiour s "it is raoro Dtessea to give than to receive." j Russian Statistics. The population of the Russian "Em pire is estimated at sixty-one millions double that of France or the United States. Of these one million are no bles; twefre millions1 are commoners, and forty-eight,, millions serfs." ; Ac cording to the late laws in regard to the emancipation of serfs, these forty eight millions will in fifteen years be free. Should the present enlightened policy, which seems to influence the Russian Government, continue to con-5 trol her councils', it is impossible to es timate the advance in the arts, and manufactures which the next quarter of a century will chronicle. j We suppose that the man who, in the hour of danger, turns pale and maKes nis "escape, may, .ne saia io "come. ofT with flying colors?' " Tin vou know. sir. iwliv Mrl - hatchahg;ed his politics ?" ; '()Ht j JMWva -;....,vu.j(Bs.i - ana Peer W1U lur n' .-s.-. Address of. the Rational Executive Com- party attachment is hejgenedl'y M? mittee of the Constitutional ' Union ardor of expected successor ".iriftameij Party, to the People of he . United bysthe zeal of opposition. ' But there . States, i I4"' K' '- ' V are, nevertheless, junctures When hon - The political aTpTtft of the country est-Wcd dt izens, vrijl .He plfeped, fill, thrtuhlin miml wi th gainful a n-1 at an7 sacrifice of prejudice, . or:opm- prehension. The people are every where disturbed with the fear of some i fr r i r ' : r i disastrous crisis. Many are ' alarmed f0T fa safety, of the Uniou, 411 are conscious' that the sentiment of fm- -. -j- .,- ' i i been rudely shaken, and that discord ! crept into the relationahrp of com- munitics which should have found, j both in the interests of the, present j and in the memoricrof the" pastjthe 1 stronrfost -motives for mntal in regard ana commence. , . . i i . f i What has produced these general and unhappy convictions? It has been too apparent to escape I the most casual observation that, for some years past, there has been man ifested a design, in the movements of influential political leaders, to force the country into an organization of parties, founded on the question of slavery. 4 ' The first introduction of this stfbject into party politics engendered a' con troversy which has constantly inereas ed in extent and bitterness, mingling with, or usurping the place of all other, political questions, and giving to thos'e party politics a greater and more dan gerous vehemence. Considerations of the public welfare seem to be cast aside, to make room for wider and more un restrained contention on this single and engrossing theme. The two great parties in the coun try (the Democratic and Republican) have been the chief actors" in this fatal contest, if not its authors. Whether they have always exerted themselves to allay the excitement to whfch it gave rise, or, on the contrary,, have both of them occasionally employed it for the, promotion of party purposes, it is.not for "us" to determine. It is fW ;t nf tt-. people has been. 'industriously exe'r- i'ioil Ktt tliii ("nntnst tn tlir efrvifp rf sprt'innal' nittinn. and that in its!cica-e the volume of the proposed or- progress the teaching of the father , of the republic,' the lights of history, the landmarks of constitutional power, have been renounced, our old and rev erend traditions of policy spurned, ami the welfare of the present and the Hopes of the future been brought into jeopardy in the alternations of pas sionate challenge and defiance between the angry disputants. ' It is not Our purpose to arraign or denounce either of these parties for their past errors or transgressions, but Ave regard if a-s an indisputable fact that by their conflicts they have been ; niamly. instrumental m producing the present lamentable state of affairs. It would.be easy to establish this posi tion by a, reference to the events in the recent history of the country, with which the public is but too familiar ; but we purposely abstain from alf com ments upon them, as inconsistent with the limits of this address, and as tend ing to revive controversies which it is i.t object to-, allay. We will simply state, that the one, by its'", frequent j exasperated sectional feeling at the North and increased the, growing spirit of disunion at the JSouth, while tie other has been prompt to avail itself of these opportunities for anti-slavery agitation. . After having so long agitated the country by their reciprocal assaults, these parties are now preparing for a sectional struggle far exceeding in vi olence any that has yet occurred, the results of which may be disastrous to the countrv. , , As an indication of the character of this struggle, of its objects and possi ble consequences, we need only point to the significant fact, that a conven tion has been called by one of these parties to select a candidate for the office of Chief Magistrate of the Union from which, by the necessary logic of its construction, fifteen States of that Union are excluded. ' Solemnly impressed with these facts, a number of gentlemen -from different parts of- the country, among whom were members of the present Congress, and of Congresses of former date, re cently assembled in the city of Wash ington to deliberate on means for a verting dangers to which they may lead.- '- f ; It was the unanimous opinion of the meeting, ,that immediate steps should be taken to organize a 'Constitutional Union party," pledged to support "the Union, the Constitution and the en forcement of the laws." - This organization was accordingly pnmmpneed bv the appointment of a 'Central Executive Committee charg 'eclwitlrthe general direction of the party and with the preparation4 of an arjdress to the people of the United States. " ' l , ' We &Td not assvire you, fellow citi zens, that we approach" this task with dinldence and anxiety. Ve are av.a.re of the difficulty which attends the 'en deavor,' at any'time,1 to persuademen to aDanaon pomicui aiuclalous eal wHlch'they . are allied, either by. inter- - ""Vt,- v'" -"-ir. , V'- --- w..-T, ion. to nerform this duty to theirorrn-t try. It is;tlie policy of te domirian parties to underrate tm realsiVenth of those whom disapprobation, mdifler ertice, or disgust force into the posi tion of cannot ! V J-Puiut at the numbers who 6c;cupy on at all times, and more es- i"j:z a most in?f ntl1 PStr of the whole If the investigation could be made, t nerej is reason to oeneve it , .v.. omu rehuitiu uiuUSU,g iu iless than a million of voters will be driven out of the. sphere of active par ticipation in the coming election, ? The old Whig strength of thecountry will be found to furnish, no ' small con tribution to this mass. Even thosa pf that association who have .been, induc ed to take sides in recent elections with one or the other of the Opponent divisions, acknowledge but scant feal ty to their new leaders ; and the great er number of them will, it is believed, be prompt to .join their old comrades in rallying to a conservative field to fifjht a new battle for the cause of the Constitution and the restoration of lost harmony. . Large numbers of the old Democratic party, who withdrew from the line of march when they discover ed it leading towards internal strife, and the assault of the traditional poli cy by which that party achieved its former triumphs, would,, we have no. doubt, supply a powerful reinforce ment to the friends of the Union. In the American part, to which the breaking up of old organizations gave birth, and which has been active in the endeavor to establish an inter mediate power between the contending ! "'iT lorces mat nave cugrQsseu me . , . i -.i.i held, will be tounu a very large ele merit of conservative strength to in ran:zation. If we add to all these that mass of quiet unobtrusive citizens, who have always shunned the turmoil of politi cjal. Iffe. content to lotivc the destiny of the country in the hand-; of those who, in the ordinary condition of the national progress, were most ambitious, to assume its direction, and who have reposed such faith in the patriotism of their fellow men as- to feel no concern in the question of supremacy of party, but whom the extraordinary incentives of a' crisis like the present must awak en to the' resolve of an effort to pro tect the threatened safety of the con-, federacy, we have elements sufficient by their combination, to form a great party, to which additional strength will be imparted by the exalted patri otism of its'principles and objects.; Moreover, it is. only just to the two contending parties tcj say,, that we do not despair of finding in-the ranks of each, numerous individuals who, tired of intestine strife, and alarmed at the threatening aspect of affairs, will unite with the only party which holds out to1 the country a prospect of repose. Can it be possible that, with so glo rious a cause before us, an appeal to the patriotism of the land, founded on such inducements as the present exi gency supplies,, can fall upon unheed inZ ears, or fail to rouse the national heart to the great emprise of this com manding duty,? Now,- when every honest and thoughtful citizen, within the broad confines of this Union, every true son of the republic at home and every brother of our lineage abroad, is filled with dismay at the sudden rup ture of the national concord, can it be that the power which is able to pour oil upon the troubled waters, and bring gladness back to every good man s fire side, will withhold its hand from the labor ? That this generation of Amer ican citizens, awakened by the clamor that threatens the integrity of our Union, and conscious of its faculty to command the ending of mad debate, and to re-establish the foundations of a healthful, just, and benignant a'd ministration. of the duties, and .benefits of the Constitution, will play the slug-; gard in this momentous hour, and in cur the everlasting shame of passively looking; on upon the demolition of this fabric of : confederated States ? that this generation will prove itself so false to all generations to come as to permit, when it has the"power . to t forbid, the destruction of this glonou3 heritage fso many millions of frefemen, with such immortal memories "clustering a - i round the path ol their hiatorywiUi such grand hopes hovering: over thel career before them, the central point of so many blessings, the subject of so many prayers of the enlightened hu Tv,.-Tsi-tr.f-T fVi whole world ? - . i . Lot all men reflect upon the incred . . . T ' . . - . - : - . - i. .. t neutrals m ponucai 'wartare. tneir lianas is to organize a narrv iwr you to ueteruiiiisi wueiner uu;iuf v jiTOteiiniv wurs - m,u iucc jw- ist. -xui me met is ueraoTi- ineiu ena pa rev -mure ;?:. anu if avr smxicdl' hi v u.mw, -icu5 ymuc miucui. )nvj .tv - T- : -, . '. t ...... ma$f of lawabidlrtg cittzeril arelpok iBe'irittawaiejnent;.; ,i - .;-,'".- .u f . v--v ible.folly of our quarrel, ! H ed dj, jne country. ; 3 3v Th eounrry i wromrht into a tem-j .Xhefher any othr priiples. thao. pest of excitement ' Two great'polit-1 those we have enumerated, . shall be ical parties are con tendingfor wistery, ', enunciated, infill be, for the. Conven Both are infuriated with a jrge thattfoh toj determine. 'PlatTormsaye, Ktor, rWn1 ATtremes-r -Tbeat been so-TreQUentl3f:emploW tie Bjepublic, iucji jwman paions havenot created, ina TrHcfiutnant wisdom xmayr not prevent. - , CW5 lite pointed out the chief solfrce of. the .prqserii fagitdtioriand. thmk'y e nl'BuficJerjLtfy fihqwn that.jieither of .in. the.two, pajrtie wpq are .bottt seekm only wav to rescue tl)e country from ii?ttheindependent- control- of -the i States tawhich-it exists,- and ..totha unbiased action of the. judiciary; ;:jrH To remove all obstacles trom the duo ! and faithful execution of the nrovi-1 sions, for the ! rendition of fugitive - . - -A I slaves"; " '--''"'. j ' To cultivate and expand the resour ces of the country by such protection to every useful pursuit and interest as is compatibles with the general welfare and equitable to all ; To maintain peace, as far as possi ble, and honorable relations to all na tions; , - ; To guard and enforce the suprema cy of the laws , by an impartial and strict administration of the powers granted by the Constitution ; To respect the rights ami reverence the Union of the States a3 the vital source of present ;peace and prosperi ty, and surest guarantee of future pow er and? happiness; - To teach reconciliation, fraternfty and forbearance, as the great national charities by which the Union "r is ever to be preservejl, as a fountain of per ennial blessings to the people. Let these principles be taken to the hearts of those who pledge themselves to the support of the party, "and let them actuate their private life as well as their public; duty To promote th'.s movement, meas-i ures snouia be auoptea witn as nttie delay as possible, such as will afford j an opportunity to the party to exert a controlling influence on the approach- ing ejection, .ami to select canciiaate.s upon whom its vote may be effectually concentrated.: To this end we propose that a Con- ventkm be immediately held in -eah ; Sif.jfci u4i'oh (clinll n ccnmai t liA rlntv m uuuic, "luni ns- ;v. i embodyine the. whole conserv strength of each in such form a make it most effective: That each of these Convention shall make a nomination of two candidates' for the Presidency, (omitting to nomi - nate a Vice President,) to be selected from those most eminent and approv- ed in public esteem, one of which can- didates, at least, shall be a citizen of some-other fotate tnan mat. in wnicn c u c., i,..,,- ii.tsw.', he is nominated : '' " ' - That' these two candidates from each State shall be submitted to the con sideration of a General Convention, to be assembled at Baltimore, at a time that shall be designated "by-the National Executive Committee, which General Convention shall be empow ered to select from the whole number of the nominations transmitted-to- it, : ent tieht of the State was creat-ed uti a candidate for President and Vice I (er our present system of taxatl'of President, a3 the candidates of the I Constitutional' Union party That this General Convention shall consist. of a representation from eah State, com posed of the same number s as its representation in of members the two houses of Congress : v Thatthis representation of each State chosen either Irtthe State con - vention itself, or in such other manner as such Convention, m view of the shortness of the time for the proceed-j jng, may appoint. A Convention constituted in accor - dance with this plan, we think, would be satisfactory to all parts of the coun- try, and altogether competent to thei duty of a discreet and judicious selec tion of candidates. The people, who have so much reason, in their habitual experience of the insufficiency of Con ventions, to feel no little distrust of these bodies, might prefer some other mode of nomination, if a better could now be adopted. But in the present emergency,' when delay would render any attempt to make a nomination for the coming election useless, we are persuaded they will acquiesce in -the piau prupuecH, . me uvb we nmc win auow. pucu .a wjDTeuvion m avoi d some of the objections to,, which the ordinary land accustomed composi tion of Conventions is exposed. It will be eonfined to thesirigle duty of - se lecting the candidates from a number ber of eminent-citizens presented by the several States as worthy of the first office in the Government ; and it Trilk most tcurring Opinion veritionsOB favor of One or more mdi- vidual?; a useful guide to the most ac - ceptable-tiomination. And as it- will ' be restrrctediin its choice to the names - i presented, it will underno crrcumstan-J v I g nffond th nnblic. wish bv KleetifiPM - ! candidates unknowii to, or nnrespect - 1 , .1 . - j shallow; leyices , of, party; deception, have come to bedewed with j; hv thp nAonle. We know of 1 . . - toratlon of peace-and harmony to ,ajt oeenyotrferwiser wie hfidntl loll divided iind distracfecdicauntry, and no fia'mustlisite1 Dferi increaSetf Veictf platform 'moret'ccxTptablo td' "every fold Tustea bf fbhfold . v!But rot4l true'' patriot than , 1 'the . Union, the I if-adhering totn'o satbe policy. ujitiT Gonjtitution, and Ve. ff ccia.eotof he debt la pah! which -existed whin, W the laws." : - -. ; ls.wa3rinitiated, there appears "tprneNor Fellow-citizens, the task that ltas'ilbe a peculiar appropriatchcwn'lnai:-' evied from its porilotas position . It isTilerelopmentif 'wealth in 'Otif Stated vlawry buWt.a tp a lirjfgthat was valuable before they ratjtke cessation, cf stnie bMMot Atcwyavmiable that whwirvvas' unprontajpio" ration of harmony; "?r ; , ; , , W ashd.qion, h ioou. rw JOHNJ.CVRirTNTiENT. -' ' : . '.1 -WILLIAM" C. RIVT&VVa.-, , WASHINGTON UK NT. N. Y., WILLIAM A. GRAJilAM, N. C, HENRY 31. FTLI.KR. Pa: - JOHN P. KENNEDY Md:. ! HENRY Y. CRANSTON, R. I., , ALEXANDER 11. EOTELER Va.. JOHN A. ROCKWELL, Ct., JOHN WHKELER.lV t. J. MORRISON HAERIS, 3Id., LEWIS CONDICT, 3? J.r " " "CHARLES M. CONRAD, La., - MARSHALL P. WILDER. Maes.. ', JOSHUA HILL, Gal. JOSEPH N. SNYDER. Ohio, WILLIAM TEMPLE, DeLrM - 1 JOHN DUNHAM, Conn., .. JOHN A. GILMERi N. af C, C. LATHROP, Pi, ' ' R. W, THOMPSON;! Ind.r N. W. SHELLY, Aii, GEORGE BRIGGS-,-N.'".Y., . WILLIAM G. BROWNLOW," Tenn , WILLIAM L. TOOliE, Iowa., ' JOHN WILLSON, 111., ' JERE CLEMENS, Tnn., E J. WHITLOCK, Y - Committee FRANCIS GRANGER, k Chairman National Whig Executive Com. ' ; JACOB- BROOME. Chairman Nat. Auieriann (Executive Com. ft From the Franklin Qbscper, ; Advalorem Taxation 4. , ? ip '..".t-.fi The change proposed to be made iff 0ur revenue laws, and the change nf 1 1 cessarv thereto in oUr State (Jonstiti tfon, must be considered in the ligSi 0f a practical question, and all the c4 ieetiohs to such a 'Ichange should ft airiy mct whether such objection ; may appear to us frivolous ' or othet 'wise. We have admitted that o'i Constitution ought hot to be tamper wit.h for slight, or transient causeaR T.l 1. .1 il..,i uut u nave smjm Luat t,a.aioH ;s -hnt thev have af nht to CxTreert1 j levying taxes, and that-under the pri ! sent Constitution,' equality, or as iuli j commonly called thn? ad valorem praf i 0ple cannot be adopted, and theref j the change in the Constitution is Ju: -Us necessary as the change in,o? i '- -.is- t " i 1 v revenue system. Me nave aiso nt ticed the objection, :that such achah" Fpuld add to the strength the easter' portion of the StaKe' already ha's! the Senate of bur-'State Legislaturef i shasi now consiner an oojcction 1 this reform, which appeared- a fem weeks ago, in tlie If Urn ingten.Jtotdh n ai : --' vThe position takep is, that the prei j in should be paidrlunder the samdd land if ad valorem taxation 13 "to 1-? j adopted as the true policy of the StaUl j jt -should be deferred until' the debs j contracted under OTsjr" present s j are discharged. This view of th ysMi the sir;;.; i ject may be correct, but if .so, I ait knowledge my inability to sompreae lf. .'Piie"'circumstaic:e that fives viti ; itv to this Question! the .fact that h ' given prpmineyceljb the. subject taxation in our Staie, is the creatic$; !pfan enormous State debt, whm ;ery few years! To pay .the intercJ' upon that debt se-nii-anriually, and 'f provide for the liquidation of the pri cipal as ip tails duei is the great tmaf cial question for ourl consideration an; immediate action. Remove this necefi sity for , increased taxation,' 'and afr though tho principle of .ad yalorc) taxatron would remain true, it3 nnpo?- tancc'would sink into comparative in significance, j 1 After the' disease is removed, -vt? should care bqt littfe about the reme dy. But if this:viqjw of the subject correct, everv mi fc" our Leeislatursl revising our revere --laws, from' tp creation ot tlie State jtieDt to wie pir sent time, has been wrong. ? Uur bfc . began to accumulate when our s tern oi internal improvement commecf- ed in 1849. At.thkt time, tw we hafb Bhown heretofore, ur feveri.uep;we'c derived from taxes on real estatd d polls, together tritl a srnall tax ori:a few other subjects!! IVow n.the ea5 i.iL-:i l;t" it-l"!; hte continued oni the ,8am4,iu Hhat .were then taed and no otuerfc, increased onach of them jo 40 1 sarae ratio: Instead of that however, yTQ find the next Legislature, and -M m,Wp 1 ?ects of -taxation, arid-incfe"a?5neris4 . . . amount' levied - on all- subject wKh but 4 i ttle regard. I o the relivept portions that had been observed hefq'je the creatiou of the debt,,', IpdeedVJp radical havebeen. he changes,, il tt largely, over naif the "articles, of. pro - ! ertv now taxed in our , tare . we. i never ' embraced In any;4 royenue ' 1 1 ten Veura ar0. not nerhana tnousuww ( . ative meet the necessarT demands of ok s eIuU ; Statej is a 'matter tif momentous" c.9' r J sequence : to 'our people, :that ' caua'lltle" Ihe deht. The delit yas ' created for tthe- ititemal improterhen"tr ,nd1,othet' J-jfnHhejH fttlrati-capijal $ft4; enierpriz Trom-am?tancy, uu3-caus- dads pnd ?mportant ,,worlcs'-pas $ tO" .'out-strip the les favored; potttoTtS-pT rfthe estate, in the afquisitiou-ot wtmiMT , and in the! general progress of huhflaii' ''improvement; ,J " ' : ; Ip Tfiese adttntages ae the direct -re-f-insult Oi that leg!slaUonT11i?ne tour State to be irtdeht, hnd snaliiot MthoseKvho eniov'them'hssist:ih riavirtsr tnar aeoc in proportion to Tne vaae of their -t property even - 'though i suitor property hid 'no existence Until ateV the debt was contracted ? And indeed the iler of real estate lfas it td ldoC If his lands are increased in valueifmir fold He Mi taxed oh it accprdjnglyi But if the lave property is equally1 enchanced in value, ho change is to ho made as to its tax until the debt paid and the necessity ; for increaked taxation shall have passed away. i ,No -r-If ad yaldf'eni taxation is" 'incorrcci" in principle, if it be not tlie tini poli-' cy oi aoriu vyaTuiina to wvuer vut--zens in proportion to the taifrej of their - property , this should be shQ w tf by meeting the' direct quefrtionlrtd showing its injustice, unfairness W whatever other unfa vorable-beafifi it' would have on ourcitizen,s. ' If onho other harld;it be .the -true policy of! out State, and the-correct 'pf'incrploT taxation,"-then we ought to adopt'if -and we should have it now'" Noii-is?. the-time its benefits woukj-'he felt:r J Arid if the Constitation stands"ih vthe wayof its adoption now -then no H' the time to remove therestrietiorrlrom the - Constitution. ' And if thepotfstM thtion cannot be changed in 'aWomlftt,' and ve must - wait the regular course" of - thrngs; fifrst to hangd the"! tion and' theft to arrange -Hiff details' of a revenue law on'principUs'ofequ-1 ality at' all ? -events, now is he time to. begin. TBegift the reform noT?', tar ryitout-aS speedily- as the nature. of? the case tvill admit, and the end will be attained two years sooncfthai it can-be if put off for tho present. We" can gain nothing by patiently waiting. Time will no I effect the change. - The' issue must be met. Action -is netes'--sarV, and the chances of success are as' favorable if we prcs-tho question lienceforth afl tliey -aTe likefy to'hf if : we defer iFtcJ a future occasion. tP riv '-'nLMA"0OK;i-' . IA Coiuuetor Sald,. j Tf-yS Conductors 'pL railway, passenger , trains iiee-abuut as muchtulife,-,ad J come in contact with a greater vanity of .character, thari , almost, any.oUc, class, of men. -Often tinjes he pu4? . nd'litt!etroublo by thoie who-patron . lze his train, and, no. matter- whether 1 it is -iomc dissatisfied. , s,ourcaane t old maul, wlip would monopoliser nis aitention r vgy n .iA-jw- teen; vnth . .y .iOjtv oi - a.Vpug-f i(jC;tl dirty polfdle that , wants watervricU f she. tlitis, liim ir;duty. houri'tt3i5ittpr plyj he. .inust preserve, juis cquanimky ami Jje excccedingly polite. , , It soinc lime.r happf-na, however, that- some rouch hewn specimen of humanity an swer to the call "all aboard'Jkfcj Uk- ing hb seat in a car, with whotnj he thir.ls he can take some liberties. We , have a .case in jKunt : - , 1 r. . lS';t long since, a' rough-looking per r sonae entered a second class 'tnii on one of our trains and with a self-sat isr tied air, z appropriated a scat. When t the Conductor applied to him for hU. ticket, apd whenever he passed thrpugh the car, ihe unknown gentlemaajiad a thousand and one unirapprtaht.an noying qucstious to, propoundr to all ' of wbjchras was fxpectecl,'the Con-, ductor made a respectful reply, JJy-and-by the trainKivas, stopped at;o unusual 0mend" place,rftnd theXonr ductorufriedihjough to tlie engine to j earn. the. caiiae.. Ashe paiscd the. traveler the latter seized hold of Jiiw arid said-h-"j say, cap'nf where 4o you water your horse agatuT'-r'? We, water the horses about nix miles above here nd the jackatses abiut twenty' miles "'beyond," impatientl? replied the Conductor Wellf" aul tho stran ger as he drew bis tickler, lyoh'4 bet ter take a drink noR fori I -idoa'i b' lieve you can hold ? ou t - till yon gct there."? The passengers alhreottd roared at the reply; while the Conduc tor firidinn- he had A waked Hipi'tbe- and fairly struck' a snag,V raised the bottle; to his lips,' and after pretending to armic return ed it to its owner and beat hast jr roi treat-Ju&wtf America: u a Jt j j" j Q fe in 'tbe inornlrie aa - at ' night,4 be- caustyiieJs let out at night and taken "rhis horfcather is verr' trivrp in- deo'despccially to fatfq!k".;. Sfc-t, ,'i M "' '. --'-! t ...