North Carolina Newspapers

1 . 1 n tv! Q Tni: cui'cTi:vii4i:.M rn.l-. Tnr. roH. 'aissioN.", I comtnuiiicrtied the result of ibis iiulervieMr tt-Mri. Jicntun, Dix, Haywood,. i..-., , ..... ! 1 . . .. . . : .. I ... ... f ui!pn: pbraseohijy of IJenton's bill, lo suit iin.aii alternative for the resolution of the lionise, jktul trwaa passed after u very genera! under landing of the course which the measure was to'tiike i Doth MfssrfJ Dix and Hayirood told mc they hafl intcrncics with Mr. Polk ont lid subject if thi rommunicaJion 1 had r ported to them from hw, and they were confirmed by h'n immediate asturancc fa pursuing the course uhichlhey had rehired on in consequence of my representation of f his purpose hi regard- to the point on which ii.. -tU,t .lmttfit, tr L After the law was nass- mifjr uinvn in " cdjj and Mr. -lJk inaMgu-it d, l.o npIicd to Oin. Dix (a.s L a ni informed ly ihc fatter) lo llr'MJ UK' tjriMIC 111 UA V Ul'inj Willi i mv ru-mvj- . . I.-. I... ;,!..! ! district, t 1 J - ' ' r , . . i at diflerynt tin.es during the session, with opin 1119 " UWIMH3I IIU'JII wiiuiiiiM .....-. ...... . .j falfoffjufc'i the instant recall of the Messenger vndcr stood to hive been despatched by Mr. I y leh and' to revoke his orders given SPEECH OF It. a DONNELIi, OF N. a, I I OX TUB ( 1. w . ; bferedAhy Mr. Clayton iti lhc 1 Senate as u 'Compromise of the Question of Sla vcryin the Territories: Delivered in the House of Representatives of the U. S. JuhD, 1848. Mil. $pkaeer : I am aware that, in declar ing rfluVtaucc lonsk the atlenti..:i i.f the House lo my view's of the important constitutional question.- gowin out of the nrcession of territory under tTe late. treaty with Mexico, I am adopt ing the customary, and often unmeaning, intro diK'lion o speeches in this Hall, In my case, at least j I trust you will believe it is sincerely fell.! j My cpllerigue from the fifth Congressional Mr. enable,) has indulged the House ,-itadel and' whose "voire ahtl opinions wotild ! admits il l.y the strongest application. It make? have Welded forever the claims, .if the South- a form of government, for Oregon, California. :d committed his constituents, politically, lo i and lcw Mexico, in m.co a.iu o mercy of the North. In doing so, I shall ! forma it eslabhsnes jiJcmd of oligarchy, with- the reasons which induced me to bold from tfee people, oi me icmior.es u.r a i tho mercy be explaining "ivc an nfiirmative vote on the motion to lay the j voice in tbe enactment of the laws that arc to j pro Senate bill, known as the Compromise bill, ! govern them. The Legislative power is al i re unon the table. (vested in their governors, secretaries, and . fere ...... j . niii'fpt i nu n mi i -1 r i j ;i 4ii j itaiun- w I gave that vote with a lull sense ot the pain- , j r ; '!nmLitrMm;1,,;on of the newer which ! cnou-h to abolish slavery. mjmj -. - 4dn$ which I do not think either meet or merit the! approbation of a majority of the people of 1 i f thcrState which he and I, in part, represent. I tn inc. las: i t ....-i ., . . ,.r : moments of his potccr. to thirart the design ot j . a ; . " V .' n 'in llin luiiie that some at nor I C.pnresn'ative from . ilAxfinifliirii ir,- l'n'i.- flip mrnni . . LUflljf fT i ." f... i.i. ..... j,.... - of inst tinting' a negot iation uilh a view of brivg. ful responsibility then resting upon an Ameri can Representative. No one in this Hail re alized more fully than I did the obligation we were under lo adopt, if possible, some measure that would lend to calm the public mind upon this excising subject. I regarded that bill as a blind surrender of the claims of the South, a treacherous bait thrown out to entangle her. And, so fir from bein afrlfritli.n In thn riiiintrv J o . j i C 4 a bpo-muiivT of another convulsion more violent : T OI ur - r- - e . i ilUU iimhu iu UK uicaucu tuait un " men i hi; Union has yet encountered, would not grasp at the shadow, and let go the subsfance. The only claims which it had to southern sup port are founded on what is called the. non-intervention principle ; that is, the principle that Congress should not legislate upon the subject of slavery in the territories. It is contended table descendants are now in the fistncl I be re presents, there is a proviso or condilion that ,k no regula'.ion made, or to be made, by Con. gress, shall tend to emancipate slaves." This admits the power to be in Congress, and it proves also tb'it, in those Uays o simplicity, a regulation" was not thoughi to bo a very dif- rent thin" from a law. ai mi evenu, wnem- " i I ; nmi-republican feature of the er a law or not, it was luougoi campreuens.ve To be Continued. enacts with ihat which interprets, or declares the Taw, would be sufficient in an ordinary case lo determine! rny vole against it. No one who advocates this bill can deny the right of Con gress to legislate upon the subject, for il is up on that assumption that its character as acorn- omio is founded. It is at least intended to af- errito- wn out to entangle her. ! P'0"1' ana' , u " ,7 "V g a measure to quiet the ! make Vh ,m?rf ?S.'n V l,ho nrlh ,ha, , U iTry, I regarded it as the firms lhe prph.b.t.on of slavery in the lerr 1 i t" L. tv of Oregon for a limned time. If 1 may be allowed a digression here, I will ! commend to the attention of the House another j extract from my colleague's speech, which, I when taken in connection with his subsequent I vote, affords another striking example of his ! powers of vaticination, as well as tho practical ! application of his doctrines about truth : ! "I know that it i3 asscrled, and that by CAROLINA WATCHMAN. Salisbury, HT. C. THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1849. FOR PRESIDENT, GENERAL ZACIIARY TAYLOR. tjgf Texas peaceably into the Union i. i our irienu, I 1'. 1 liLAlU. THK BUFFALO CONVENTION. southern statesmen, that Congress has uniimi- 'i T'i ted power of legislation over the territories ; but the sub- ).,. . . i . r, it .i r .1 1... Cii, 1 i II U1I3 UC I UL, llicil vyimicss um, fron hiili, requires an answer from some one of lis bijforc we jo back to our constituents. He made a speech here oil the first day of June jiiqsnvrr)' thing else but mostly of Nor- ithdrn Democrats driven from the parly bylthe nominution .of Cass, Iihvc3 nomina tciMrtftiil.Vnn Hurrn for the Presidency, nriu Ctuulcs t. idatns lor Hie V ice rrs- idehev. We look upon this nomination as lalal j avuw to thci Democratic part at the North, , presents but one Congressional district. llt. mnfmr ... r.nivii!. r it n k d.. fn not. bi'O speaW for that, and I shall not object. Mkrtln Van Uuren is the ctnemy of Lew- h Pe:!.rf tho.blal as hoJu,l,g hf . is Crtss. and. takins advantage of this ot iir. l'Oik on the su.yecl ot interna luenis an iuc ve the; fctate on this side of ihc House would reply ! , . , , r r ,i n . It, . r i i i mai, under me isonsmuuon oi me u. otaies, to him. 1 I do nol feel at liberty to re.ma.n si- i .... , r . ' , i . . ,r j . anu w u noui any aw oi ionsress upon lent uiivtlonver. I he extraordinary manner in . . .. . . J , , -,.' " -5 . " . " : I mrT trirt itione it thn cmvfl nine hnva which lie has reflected upon those who diJJer ; rT; C-l" 'commit the entire government of the persons i IUl LJ IT UU II 3i(l3 lllllf UJl' lllllUI 1 Ul t. . -II lA?wrS ..v it;i.i tn.oa . nnrt it.-.i ,u.n and property ill the territories to the will of a slaves would be regarded and protected there ng1c individual, and thus present the anomaly as property by the Constitution, although there i . . . . . ! in the territory at the tune of its ces- , " . " u"" V "r'Z . r r u I ch excluded the institution. This, I as umJ uurV "T, luc s the doctrine of my colleague. 1 con- r 10 evc0' m,nav, ! My colleague wouiu seem, wnn me power oi Cassandra, to have f neseen that he would be j rallefl imnn bv hid own oartv friends and south- . I I . , l ' c ioo iiaiii, i iiiu ijui iii9iiru iiiai i nine ua- "i j i , al.p repj sent, his opinions as the opinions of ,ract?iis idea , ,he ini , wag puzz,ed e,n coadjutors to vote for a bill vesting lhe le- inc. oiaie. now came sue ins Carolina . . . . , . ,Ur ... , ..-t. 4f i , i . i ... . at the outset. He fays down in the lust para- i urn uiu miu uccornrnouaie i) in wnn uer ii;uiiu , . , . . . .,,,, c ' , s , , , . . , . ! crapl). as the basis of his argument, this new i lor the endorsement ot such oinnions as he then p .' ... . , . . ed ? 1 beguiim lo remember that he re- j 1 L.t "I ruin reduced to its elemental' principles Hut ! " affiirds the only safe guide .to investigation, opinions " and lhe only satisfactory conclusions are those , i ,t i i 'r i r L .1 I a , improve- j wnicn are iurmcu iroin sucn a uevciopmeni. ry time that we hau upon our In mv simnlicitv I had supposed that truth .1.. . . . . , last wluftli 1 did hot have, the measure or ttertr. I . Tins moUcy nsscmti age, composeu oi . j , ! f , . , . . . 1 , . . i was a a Alio htionists oMioth parties, Hai iiburners, ; j ., . , i.:.,r i. i sion whi Liberty men. 1 ree soil fanatics, and al- i cu. iWn f,' f,,lnl ... T rom,Jr..iwl. I believe, i ( a a m v w i vri lit f I V A. III la r -i ... t . I . i l: & a flint l n c idite r.n thn I I h id li mi'ifir I ,u I , . i ; ,r . i . i i y ; 'or, a thouh 1 have read his remarks again uiitjn this sunji'ct of internal improvement, be. I ; '. ' . T " . . c , , . ; - , t . , ,i r' nntl again, I am uot satisfied that i have ex- The 55ti !joi tied r.rt! Carolina 'Argus, 5 views, on the inis-c:. which lately pr.s-. Senate and failed i:: scntaties, that we to any thing of our t How any man cnu! unless it was for ti the latter part eft! terly at a loss to that it was grasp u the substance was the co:ir The Democratic pouring out the via! upon tho devoted 1. members of Co:.p ing on the table t! commonly called, t". lately pending I : rcscntatives. Are these grr.t! they know what i tell us what were f ' about the passage much anxiety ? ' to inform us upon in dispute was to ! portion c the tr -i i and California wr. I nrr1inrtinn nf fb .v his slaves? Un U: I1ENUY A. WISE. stitution'to be lo! cr This great man, who twelve years be free, and what : ago, went to greater lengths in abuse and j We have never : denunciation of the Locofoco party, than JeH; but fr(?ma u-.ii ii i iiiu i uu iui . OF LOUISIANA. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, MILLARD FILLMORE, OF NEW YORK. WHIG ELECTORS. Dist. No. 1 KENNETH RAYNER. " " 2 EDWARD STANLY. " " 3 HENRY W. MILLER. 4 W. H. WASHINGTON. " " 5 G EO RG E ) V I S. . C JOHN WINSLOW. " " 7 JOHN KERR. 8 WILLIAM WITHERS. 9 JAMES W. OSBORNE. " 10 -TODD R. CALDWELL. " " 11 JOHN BAXTER. Vr4a Soil movement, he trios no thcl Pres- T " - .-- f J - . idential heels ol lhe. isnid Lewis without AtHAPcn fiit Itiu i1r..itl in iVir "Vtrf made inevitable by1 tjie divison of the Detnocratic vote while by the same incWns, the vote of that great State is sc cufed to General Taylor. .So much for the Aristocratic principles which ultcmpts td prevent tho majority from ruling, lor fear that the schemes of politicians may be defeated, and sets aside it great fundamental principle, when con venient, in favor of atwo thirdls rule. As . Uns and his friends defeated Martin in the Haltimore Convention which nomina ted I'olk in 1 8 1 f. just so surely will Mar tin and his friends defeat Cass before the people in 1 8 IS. Itule or ruin," is now thilir motto. ! i tr ' i .J f . . ? .i Mip iiaxo no means oi estimating me C0B ncvc ride unless Congress will improve prqhahlo sfrcnglh oj ibis Free Soil party, j the inlets Ion the coast. The lights there can in Ihc different States represented in the j i;ver serve our navy, and are, therefore, ac Uulfalo Convention. It is our impression ! cording tofhis argnmeur, unconsiiiuiional. Wis inougii, inai ouiswie oi iew i orw, anu i u'mocraijc irienus, wno nave the ottices there desjts the! resolutions of her last legislature re questing Jus to use our exertions to obtain an appropi i ;il ion from Congress for the purpose of reopening one of the inlets on her coast. Not content t disregard her expressed wish ; nay, more, oplnly, I had almost said, reproachfully to thwartfit, as far as his speeches against the whole system would have a tendency to do it, he -must misrepresent her Hews upon the sub jeejj, and unwarrantably invoke her spotless n a line to support doctrines which, by her actions, slid had jfiai repudiated. Those constituents of mine wh have been tempted to read his re maiks, have been, no doubt, startled to find their own Slat declaring, that alnv'ist all the liiht houscs aifd light-boats on her sounds and her rivers aref there, and have been there since the beginning of the Government, in direct viola tion of the Constitution. Lei me inform my colleagueilhat on those waters a ship of war was itself an elementary principle in all scien ces in politics as well as philosophy. I was not a little startled at a proposition to reduce it, lest it should approximate its antagonistic prin ciple. I was relieved to find lhat it was after wards to be developed again. Not being very well skilled in metaphysics, I have not yet fully comprehended what it was when it had gone tbrough my colleague's crucible, and come out in its new form. Hut this profound piece of metaphysics enabled me afterwards to reconcile gislative power of New Mexico in four men, :l iwl iti.-il . if rV.i ! i t! ir n i 1 5i five ivlui H'ii n In l.a tho creatures of executive appointment. When man of lat day ; and who, against this compromise bill was before us for action, j Gen. Cass, espicially, as one of lhat party, he would appear to have lost, iu the realization made charges the most serious, and "to of the exercise of such power by Congress the lhose ch addc( C Soiemnif of an hnrrnr ti illi it'lii. li mo nn ii'innlan il llu Imnr ..w..va i . . r ....... . . v - ii, iviiui vu ... & . . . vj .1 ? .1 I ged the " monstrosity," and sustained the '-fal- j man, man wnom no one was lacy," but there was no inconsistency. His Esteemed more devotedly attached to Whig magical metaphysics vindicates his vote upon ; principles this man, who called so loudly ' .1 l-.l .1... wr the motion toay tbe bill uiion the table. He reasoned upon truth " reduced," but voted upon truth h developed." The power of general legislation being es tablished, what is there to except power over lhe subject of slavery. No one contends that there is any express clause in the Consti tution which so restricts it. Why, is not the for a " union of the "Whigs for the sake of the Union" this man is now, strange to tell, as strong a Locofoco as he was a Whig ; and more strangely still, denoun ces his old friends, the Whigs, with great er bitterness than the most rabid of tbe power of Congress over the territories as great j original Locofocos. And yet more strange j as the power1 of a State Legislature over the some apparent contradictions in his remarks, j State ? No one denies that a State Legislature which would have otherwise hopelessly puzzled i may forbid or establish it within the limits of the me. He starts with the position, that the only State. Why may not Congress exercise the legislative power winch Congress has over the j same over the territories ? It is said by the Se. than all, is an elector on the Ticket of Lewis Cass, the man against whom he came forward in Congress, and volunta rily swore, that to the best of his knowledge territory of the United States under the Con- j nator from South Carolina, that the restriction and bcli(.ft had bccn guity whiU. Secrc. stitulion must be found in the clause which de- ; is to be found in the nature and objects of lhe 1 , - , , , ' perhaps Oliio, their influence will not be because thy have been to their party like Dog felt iu the Presidential Hleclion while it i 'rry swatch, "good "mm and true,' have been i insures both those States" for Taylor. As Old ttack will sweep the 'Union any bow, nil ijie terror in the North must beonlin ed to flit!; Drnocritic ranks and we re gard it ns ominousof complete and uni versal overthrow to Cass and the Demo cracy. N. C. Times. , THE OK EG ON BILL. Wo slopped the press, late on 'Monday night, to announce the fact, that the Pres ident had signed the" Oregon Bill. The alarmed t learn from my honorable colleague lh.1t they lire sleeping in unconstitutional berths and trimming unconstitutional lamps. We may erect beacons for our navy, and if tlie same Iiliit should happen to save a trader from shm- w . j ' i wreck, why, it's al! well enough. IIo;will not : cohiplain.l The Government mirsl tuin awav j from the cjry of the sinking mariner, unless he j sails undeijr the stiipes and stars, and wears the I unijorm off her navy. All those beacons upon the watery of his lown Carolina" that fret with., j golden li;Jit the dark recesses of her bays, and : throw a welcome radiance over the maddened , waves to 2uidt!,the sailor on his nathluW wav. JJaltimoro Sun of Tuesday, confines this are to bo extinguished, and there is no consi'i intelligence. That paper says : j tutjonal pcver which can such lights " relume.'' Thp presiding ofiicers of tbe two Hons- I BUt ldesujo to direct my remaiks to the speech, cs Imtnediately signed the bill, and it re- ; I -have in my hand, and which purports r celveJ also4 the signal urc of the President, i o have bcen made on the first day of June last. In-returning it to the House where it orig- i Plv-r?:l$ V1 s,Tch a1n0,,U!r maUei' M,uch InntPi will. bi vi.mMtnr.. nrirnt. i ,uorc oojecuonaoie man uie one 10 winch 1 ( w : wi;f.w "pftftffMa ii ij i.fti' clarcs that " Congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and legulations re specting the territory or other property belong ing to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to preju dice any claim either of the United States or of any particular State." Imagine my surprise to find him, after argu ing himself into the belief that there was no power under this clause to govern our teriitory, falling into the following train of thoughtful musing : " It is true, that the power to acquire territo ry implies the power to govern it when acquir ici-Te ui me . . r rr ...l l I.. trust. I admit that tho powers ofGovcrnme.it ini 01 ""r 01 olu nci5 WMICU 1,01 om are a trust in the hands of those who constitute rendered him liable to impeachment, but the legislative branch of the Government. But this is not a trust subject to tho same rules which are established by courts of equity to go. vern the relations of the trustee to the ceslui que trust. It is a trust sui generis, controlled by its own principles, and the trustee is the su preme power. Take, for example, the case of public property in the hands of the Government, to be disposed of by sale, with a view to its set tlement and ultimate admission as a State into the Union. The tiust does not, by the sale, attach itself exclusively to the fund which aris es from the sale. All interest iu the land is were calculated to damn him forever in the estimation of every honorable man in the community : This man, Henry A. Wise is out in a long letter, before the world in justification of his apostacy, his inconsistency and'.vc a letter, to have for its author a great man, (as Henry A. Wise, thinks himself, and some few oth ; ers think him to be.) is strange to a de gree, wonderfully curious, and execeding- uot lost; its naWe only is changed. It is the bT Tunny. It has no parallel in political ed : but it is also true, that such government ! duty of the Government to look to the laws history, that we know of ; and we sincere- must be in accordance with the Constitution, ffrhich are to govern the purchasers in the use Y )0pe that it may forever remain as il l . .. ' .. .1 .... . . . ; . . mm ' ..f t n.nn.i ...M. .... . . . I. 1 J ' ' 1 uui voogiess ooes uoi acquire territory. 1 ue j Ul lllc '"op-,ji outu wmj icspeci 10 meir reia Secretary delivered also a message in writiiig, understood to be a protest against that clause in the bill which contains tho have alluded. It is the unchai iiableness of ac- People of the United States acquire it, and have the right to govern it, and have limited Con gress, as their trustee, in the name of Govern inent, by the Constitution." I Again, iu a subsequent part of his remaiks : " There can be no civil dominion over any territory of the United States which is nol found ed upon the Constitution." Two distinct positions, one the result of an -.argument based upon truth " reduced," the oth- cr ujo:i truth "developed." 1 admit the pro. 1 constitutional question of deserting their con Ct f t tT n t C I T M f I'Al f t !i '1 t lut n.-ltF A. 1 tl.iji tlmt Iwi t I 1j - 1 . 7nuvic iii wiu 1 niiu in uint 111 iiii? ui'U lit t'iMiiuii rowMj.munun suuseipjciu siage , in5y iiave some cxcu?c for the introd.icti..n of cufing those colleagues who differ from him on ! position that lhe right " to acquire," brings with 1 . i .- t ! ! ... . .... it, ex' necessitate, the right to govern teriitory; but I believe that the clause in the Constitution confers expressly upon Congress the right to of the proceedings the Speaker of the 8uh matter, he refers on that first day of June I legislate fir teriitory belonging! to the United iiouse siaicu 10 inai uooy mat an impor- j to a speech that was made by his colleague in 1 a lit message from the President was ly- tluj Seiiale (Mr. Badokk.) 0:1 the second day jng1 on the tablf, but tin House would not of the samp month. He resorts to tlie proceed". Upcild the. business then immediately iugs of lh Senate to find the excuse for intpo under' COnsldeition if being then 20 mill- doling into his printed speech a sweeping de-. Utc to J 1," to receive t4;e same. And this ' nuhciatioiifof all Southern gentlemen who were message Was not read i.i tlx House.tliougb j o;uiitoituiate as to have an opinion upon a 11s to its character, what 1 h.ivn sfnt.wl I ' constitutional question differing from his. I have IU) doubt may be relied upon. Terrible and D struelivc Conflagration in tilbany. About 10 o'clock last night, wo received a -despatch announcing the occurrence of one of the most awful and iV. . I . r 1 rcier 10 1 rn,3 singular instance 01 clairvoyance, or ;whatever else it may be, because I enteitaiu thci. same opinion of tlie prwer of Congress over territory belonging to the United States which my collea'gaie was prescient of, while it was yet unentered by the honorable Senator from N.irth Carolina, and which called forth such uii'narin" 1 ? 1 i- . . .. 1 . . " dcitruclive fires that has taken place in censure fiJm his indignant patriotism: and be" t lie United States for many years. States. If we have a right to acquire foreign teriitory under the Constitution-, which I am not prepared to admit, then it must necessarily fall under the description of property provided for by that clause. Laws are riiles ; they are so defined in all the books. The word rule, in its primary sense, is more comprehensive, but is oft en used synonimously with law. A law is a particular kind of rule. It is a "rule of ac tion, prescribed by the supreme power in a Slate." This is the very kind of rule, meant by the Constitution. My colleague, following the remarks of an honorable Senator fromS. Carolina, Mr. Calhoux.) as they were "de. veloped " in a speech, made after his, of the 1st. of June, sayj that this power is restricted lions to one another and to the Government. Il must be purchased upon this implied condi tion. Otherwise, you would make it obligatory upon-the. Government so to dispose of it as to make it bring the largest sum of money, with out reference lo any other matter. Vatiel thus lays down lhe principle : All lhe. members of a community have an equal right to the use of the common property. But the body of the community may make such regulations on the manner of enjoying it as they think proper, provided that these regulations are not inconsistent with that equality which ought to be preserved in a community of properly." "All the members of a body having an equal right to their common properly, each ought to have the profit of il in a manner that does not injure, in any manner, the common use." These principles, applied to our action on the tongs, subject of slavery, would seem to indicate a fair partition of our whole territory, with a reference to its situation, soil, and climate, as lhe true basis of a compromise. Il is true that, sti icily speaking, the exclusion of slavery from the ler. ritory would not exclude any citizen of the deserves, an isolation as complete as its disgrace is above .any thing of the kind on record. Well may the Whig press of Vir ginia laugh lo scorn the worse than vain attempt ot .Air. Vise to justify his course ; ! it? Could be not pu; ... W. ..... . portant seclion at ; question: Section 2G pro j.' . power of said terri; shall otherwise pnni ernor, Secretary, an 1 . Court, who, or a n - j power to pass any 1 r justice in said territj pugnant lo this act, laws and constituti : no law shall be pas? . marj disposal of the liibment of religion, . no tax shall be nr.; the U. States, nor s!. . perty of non-resiJc in lands or other prop-ii ; laws shall be suhrrn;: United States, and, if and Void." Now, if this be t: the mountain bran labor the grand j heal the difficulties XT . 1 .1 O ! iorui nnu iuc ouuu. concord upon lhe tr terness and strife : ly obliged to those the House who vet? the table. What c tain ? What sccuri: South does itprovi ! propose to put to i verilv, we are told ! of the Bill, had it L the Southern man i:. any part of New M and settled with his ; right to do so had b: he might have lc. '. Court of - ihc U. Stat. And can he not do . mcnt on the subject 1 out tlie passage of tl. On Wednesday last, a fire broke! out. should be jfioted here wln-re my colleague's re. which destroyed FIVE HUNDIiEI) hcus- marks re Represented lo have been made. I s, Sriveraf vessels were involved in the ' ,h,?,w hcf "H'.M'n lhe charges which he has general destruction, ihewing lhat the con- f'"l!ae,,ly headed upon others. I will . ilagration must have taken place nearthc ; e,,?pa.vr f show-that it i he and those who basin.-the business part of the city. "" T wL. e .deserters, who have The loss sustained i estimated at TWO null(?d dwn lhe flaS' and surrendered the MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, and tho dis- ; ,Mr. VEiL. who wn, raised u ,he sker t fAMfttt llllil IlillKlHIl I ! . I . . A ..... Il ll. . ' Tir ft . .iiiv iiiix inurij 111,11 mufci n-fcuii mere- aio?r mt. unnell's hour expired, in the course of an right, which would practically destroy, or un justly impair it. On the other hand, while the toleration of slavery would not prevent a citi zen of the free States from going there, ii is contended that, according to his views, it im poses such ohji c ionabio political and social cn- caiise I think it due to Mr. Badger that the lad to such rules as are necessary toi dispose of tho i cumbrances upon the territory, as, practically, and if the Locofoco partv expect to retain him on their Ticket as an Elector, we do with his slaves; ar most heartily commend them for the zeal were called in quests ,. , 1 .i 1 . 1 1 .1 u ; peal to the Courts to displayed m the work to which they have ' 1 . r . , , , , , ,. 1 possession or lus prr,: loaned themseves tbe work of concealing 1 very cannot cxi-t in the deformity of ibis interesting "subject." been abolished bylaw. And if we were a democratic voter in Vir- j tablishcd and legaliz! ! ginia, we have only lo declare that, rather ' ritory where it does r than handle that ticket we would not vote g?sitivc enactment ? . .. , .. ... r ' blavery does not exist ! at all, or else go it with a pair of oyster n:iiifnrni , ib. T,,.. i was laid on the table I the passage of any law " As to the politics of the Commoner from j ing the subject ; and v. Ashe we are not informed. We learn that Mr. ! know then, hoW:any . Reuben Mast was elected from that County ' could move in with t1 ; without opposition ; and we know that Colonel ! galize the holdin of t iftiftft A rt fn f ft otftfta.t slave States from settling in the terntorv. but it c c- . 1 . V ,' 1 11 . , tnis territory. What imposes restrictions upon iDe enjoyment ot lhal nn . f, . .;pnt Mp . . more than 200 votes. Under these circum stances, if Mr. Mast should be a Whig, we doubt very much whether he will consider it his duty to go for all tho Whig measures and Whig men in other words, to play the paitizan in the House of Commons." Standard. would they have for &ucl. Suppose the slave were t ence to the comniands of could they be enforced ? to abandon the cmplovnu ; how could his services L Suppose tiin question of I'. lands. He gives no reason for It ; but the Se- 1 would exclude him. As it would seem, there. Will the Editor of the Standard, in his to cmc UP f.tbc P-. 1101 ue compeueu 10 auju . ... r. O... .."' l: .1 TM. -. O . i fnra lti-l l!ii enmo nnrli,,n ,,1' lar.!',,.,, :.... ... .U:,. : C I . uaior 110:11 oouiu i:i o.uiu. ootss. j x ue oenaior ; - y ichhwij tauiiui ;iiiMei, cii mis 11 uie, lor iiiemuers 10 carry i. ruL i 1 i . . .. .- .. . . . . r - . .... -. . . i . . . . . . . a a M . . i l:...1 :.. .V. r .ii or o .In in onnn tv ol i:rlHna!nn 'IM.o or... auiau lUcasia. ELEMENT .inU UOLE- OUIll. X VUUflS Ul CUI... ijv. v l O J uppiiuu ftv zwiiuutivi iijv. w 7 l J l ' 1 1 . . S "a . 1 ... asserts lhal the terms " rules and regul are not applicable to Government ;" "they a;ions 1 be made equally available to both sections of HU .vnrpu,; Uf.t as no aw ol ncianj oy . .1 it 1 . V r out the expressed willof their constituents, be held in bondage ? Mo' ey are ; l"c Union, ve can only in a partition hope for , . ' ""f ( ue neiu in oonunge i uov t;. " no saw or experienced the effects of lhe awful conflagration ii our city in 1838.- Charleston Courier. ! for the iTovernmcnt of the land and; nav ;" "rules r i0 sacrifice the interest of any seclion of ing Whig majorities for Governor as well ' to term it: and toe Su'prerr" ( ral forces." j the country, or of any individual of iho comrnu- j as in the Senatorial election ? Be consist- ! United States have expressly iw(i , iui : - j - I - " yy- . . , . . . , . . ; refer to property, things, or some process, sucll cation, however, of these, and other principles max, Commoners lrom Kowan, Davie and ,OI,b aince ueciueu iqis qur ;. as rules of court." 1 find, by referenco to the? relating to government, is a matter which ad- Buncombe, to do so ? Ouirht thev to - nlav 10 lue mw now XR orce in Constitution, power is given to ongress " to Besses itself to lhe sound discretion of govern- ,he partizatt in the IIouSc of Commons 7" ! r.eSPefCl,ne "WC, thcr regulate commerce," " to establish an uniform ment itself. Iu the application it must look to 1 - m doubt : slavery, did not ex; . And are thev notclected lrom Countipsfriv- . : i .. t ' irotll. Can onlv tir Mntirtnntl lit t tunc a explanation on this sutnect. said -thai, in Ins mmwIi on" J . . . ..... . . o .1 . . . c . . . uti .. 1 - vv:"r"' . " '"1 1 who Jtvv r ir....' r'i : thejlst Jun4hehad named no Senator, hut had in his' cern.ng captures on bind and water ...... uo....y.c...u ii i ot-iiuiors irum me ooum, ana i lhat, upon seeing altorvvarJs lhat Mr. Badger helcKthe sanie opiniofis, had, in writing out his remarks, made reference to bitn. mm n . . .. ' - PfomXftn'nrlrnitm P-.l.. . r. iaj.ixell aeniea mat any Vh g Senator from the ,-fovi lcw Ui leans. Larly yesterday i Sooth had. m the time, ooene.t .u v ,t.. n..K. . . w j ' ; ' i w J ii v uuj,,ft. morning, we received a Communication ; in Senate, and asked to whom his colleague alluded I from our New Orleans correspondent, Ida- ! Vexable said, to Mr: Underwood, of Kentucky. ted 10th instant, announcing later inlelli-' Do?iELL denird that Mr. Underwood had then irenoe from Viicit-m Tbn .lMtM fi'V ,he 8ul,Ject- The Register of deba lea in KtllCL irom Utat,in. 4 IC dates from, ,he Senate showed .that he expressed hU views upon this UAmpeHchy Were tO the 5Ml Hist. subjecl on ttfe third day of June, the day after Mr. Bad- Numerous, engagements had occurred ger's speechl betWcriVljm whites and Indians in that Extract from the Register of Senate Debates, June country; in which the whites wi-re victo- J 1048 : S riOUS, llhd most Oi the towns that lhe! In- I Mr DTiw.-Ai the Senator from Kentucky is ft ' ft ' ftw ' t .1 . - I J.-. . . - . . Ulans had captured were recovered, hnd u s . . ,1,s pro,08s, .i t i- t . V ' ii ... . T " nts statesmanlike views. I an imp nuitti, r,.t,.,:u,-Vrt((nfJw, enunciation of his princi 1!.. . m . . . . m a ( . . 1. II . . - l he honorable Senator is, in xhy ludsment, nity, unless ine puuiic wenare imperiously ae- : , c ttu .,.i , i tb lv rt r;,r,;;l L. equally unsound in his argunW, that the words : mands it. In the discharge of this trust the c" 1 nexmumoer, j j r1 f 1 - or other property" musjrestrici the power I Government may err. It may even abuse its , read thrse members elect a lesson on the . . lIiC ; vvhinh would seem lo b jmvoiv bv thn term i powers. Hut could its action bo declared by imnronrirtv of " nlavintr it, rai-t;7n " I 100 rcmam. In lOfce ontll Char ...1- :..i..,U . .U. ' niir rnHrlQlnLnniiernulilnliiiiml I On rnn. ' 1 . ne W SOVCTCIgn POWCTi I .C .Uii.. a3 tucjr -T y - i ney ougnt not by all means to 44 cons d-' conveved bv MH Polt tn f show that those lerrns relate to the territory re- trary, it would be the abuse of the constitution- . ' . . : -oc ru 03 iur 1 oik to 0., ded as propeffy only. The answer is oh- al power; a violation of lhe principles of good lv lwctl UU,J 10 o me oco- special message! Il at the temp ernments established by hull in IN ico and California having Iccm mere tuie to the land. It is in ithe empire -orth or the Oouth are, ai uesi, nui rights ot this rerv rinht of sovereign command. If the imperfect obligation. They could not be en- u n n : - rar vioiis. Theproperty which a government has government, and not the assumption of uncon- foco measures, in its territory is not simply in tne estate the slitutional power. The imagined rights of the Kentucky 1 .1 . . t .4 rri n r n . . on me rainiCHiion ni 1 rrniv ? '.T. ' Ur,"T?n' by, he United States kti&vv, J . . 1 l 11 v iitiuu uiaica nun im 1 t". lUleT to every acre of ihe land bad! been granted forced. I will leave this part of the subject nig, has been elected Governor of this therefore the neonlr nf tl t-c U away. it would still be the territory belonging with lhe remark, lhal the southern States them- State by over 7,000 votes, and in the Lc- were without law or! muhicip! 1 . bThn LouisVlllo Jouhial is rosnnnL: under its jurisdiction . ' r.vlt.. :A.V 1.S ,:iri . i him to admit the existence .uiui.. nig ! b uiucreni IJven tho , democratic caadidatej for the'Pwaidciicy '" j I MUnc of lhe Uo;toiv;transcetvdentnists wtys that ' too inuclf.tife H death.' If tljat'a the easv we apprehend tha? Cass's seven jives win uetiic ueaiu 01 nun. eral Govetnnient to exclude " i in tho lliiitPiI Slutes. and urnuLl cfn-ilv inH selves have heretofore acted on lhe as;nmn. . I xtti . . . r . ! . .1 onal reputation, as weir as i -.y . .7 . , , ., . , 1 . tuu ing majority IS also in- uous oi any Kinu, was NVtttiOUl 1 , n,;...,- ,n Ka properly be denominated its property. In he tion lhat Congress had lhe power to legislate , J !.n,U;,i k . .i!... i . ' , , ... , . . , . , , i r r . 1 creaseu. ' - wut cn o iu siiuw ins i' 1 Dies as to the. riit nC4he Fd. vcrv message under consideration Mr. Pok. in on the sutiiect. I'assmg over the compromise. 1 - ., i . I. . slavery in tb territories his unaJiUfn.-i.irv account of the vnlim nf n..r I refer to the cession of territory to the United In Missouri and Illinois the Locofocos "oranco .OI .In? iWDOlc SUDjcci. Did I or did Loot understand ! ..r... u... u .il:, 'c,., u ,ucl.u.rno; .i v.ni, r.. t 1 . . .. . . the war be had onlv a. usufruct- oi mat riTit i . . . ... . .; . . j olina, after the adoption of the Constitution. JuceJ maiorities They both expressly provide against the aboli- .... . a . . ft ft Mri Uu.vderwood I admit jin .u. e,Sn'y we have acquired! that "consti- a tt a rC 1 1 t s-l n n-A.-.. i . ' f i if t c intAntniti f.v iI.a nnst i W i it V . I h n v litt h nrnrnfialv tiriiVi IllllllUidl LilJftftTIEIlLlt-riLAl Urkll rfkcft A r.l.t 4 .-v , ftUVW itlUV.lllll I 11 r I I IlL ft '4 A U l llllll r 1 Tl rvft VA'ft.-3a l'iv - ft.ABftaftlvlfll m - . . a J vvaiiiiiiLtiJ J I " v ' I I IT I t i. . . a t legislate for ihem within tbeimits of the Constitution that maybe, mycol!ea"oe admitsthat Con-rres tion of slavery in the territory which they res- 1,1 urnn, ine same party nas otitained ry continued until the Irc.lty v to the territory U'hichihe Had $u The latent right bf MrxicO to tb lyi said, however, that there is ! has the general righTof legislation over lhe ; peciively cede. In the deed of cession, made a niajority in the Legislature, owing to the and its inunicipa of the- United States. bibUirv rrJrSr. territories, and so does the Senator from South ' by North Carol rj j . . , , iiviuiu IV HUH. 1 . . . I Tr . .1 11". l.t ihere is none : I m. moreover imlinel tn nniiM Carolina ; annouga they do not derive lhal an- Samuel Jonusion and lienjamm ilawkins, I poruunru, wane 11 is saiu Itie popular vote ler of nronertv thai slavery caR?Ti)i exist in a territory without the posi- thority from the express words of the Consiitti- 1 need not stop to tell my colleague who Icnia- , is against them. Such bein" the cac ! nre;s enactmenf. 1... ..,i.,-o :. I ... : . ' . - - 1 1 1 ' . . . 1 1 1 . . 1 r ...i .. - 1 ...... . c 1 t . 1 .. . . . , 1 . .v,.wuAi,.b . . llUM. lula vouiproir.iac ui:i, as 11 is caueu, ' mm nawiviiis was, or uow many 01 his respec- i ucn. layior is good lor Indiana. United .Stales. tne sanction ina through her commissioners, way the floating Representatives are ap- by that power fo the possejiic" 'ii and Iienjamiu Hawkins, I Portioned, while it is said lhe popular vote fer of property will contiubcj: they are ch:s:: But this Dili I: regulations r