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. - lit- ' I f '- I S;' ' ' T I ' J : : - ' - . ' , - I : 1 J . - ! ' . m -1 j mil OI 11113, iLliDtioi. per year JTwo rjorjiaas-payable CifPu.i' ' II... if not nrtl in advance. 1 wo dollol - vui . r - , MVVk . -ill h rharfred. - inserted at $t forth first. and 25c V?ii. ...hfliirnt insrrtiort. Coiirt orders chnrgl hiffhrr than these rates. I A liberal tletluV tho who advertise uy tne year. v. to the Editors must be post paid. row Chamber' Journal. THE PEDLAR; Hit ''V 0n..'n Sardinia, atja village high up in L motiriatosi a pedlarj whom we afterwards .'in! Genoa, arrived about Christinas durinz 'A twe weather. A farinerj whose daugh- : about to le married, kindly invited v;m.to' ? uflar! 0C'P BRlffiER & JAMES, I. ' " ' ' r Editors' Proprietors, I; II If II II T I I 1 I I A I A l , A I I I ll 1 II II IV II i I I i I i c: mi., l. i .. i i i i 1 1 ii - 1 1 ii i 1 1 1 1 iii ii. ii i x i 1 W.UJ11 j fk. Will mm A : (' j 4ECT A CUZ?t:" AtL TOTi -! D(j tIhis, aso'liberty is safe." tTT :ur - i t : NEW SERIES. VOLUME VI NUMBER 48. , y . j S A : ' ;- '; " Li- ' ' LISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1850. Mine stay a hia house. The WJ n,s recepijonf wh the constant holpiuli. ed the invitation, and remained v hwn him, with the pleasant wife andcheer. afa, kept a prisoner, as it were, increasing family, he took the Sardinian Jibe h"iP'ftt'.,3r ' "ln'', ar,a a perpetual J CPiwh of snowstorms. He was present at 1 f i ttnrl,ul I htf Ihilrru v.nl. inn ! .. 1 tie T "' " ' iij-iiianni ivcil Iiy u jaiiilV in the evening, where ho noticed g'tAf gu a young man of rather harrd- 1 .niplijearance, who minu ted rniich atten. : 'fctH K,oomy fiefcejje ofhis manner.! "fjSVfJ, j most person he preserved a, sul. : L- iiMnce; but he relaxed with the nedlar. I aside, and Dresentinir him iviih hi. I nit Inn, ------ F - 44 Allow me to restore this article of yodrs, which I have found." i : No, no," repliedliis host ; keep it knoth er year by that lime I shall be able to redeem ir, and at the same time spend a very mery eve. ning with you. Come this way next winter and you shallsee." I inemontns rolled round; the pedlaf regu. u-?hed talked a great deal, inquired what 'ar as lne "asn, ?me again, and the Sardin pdbe meant to take, and how long it was ,an 'nvited him to supper. All the children ii, . to'be before he would be among them na( een 8ent ' Mfd, and he and bis wife only ........... I ..ii ii i iii 1 1 iural. Ag4tha, said he, do you know that it is nin. -. J jnjue iim." "-icir ipiiuru me iarm nouse. iid firWeeded on hJs way. The country just 3ur ! Wnd here that you are indebted for a Atti Tli very thinly inhabited, the woods fre. husband ? f ij is wue iooKea surprised. I 4 1 beg your pardon, dear Agatha,' safd he ; 44 that is noi what I otmht to have said. I mean I am indebted to him for a wife, as it was he who supplied me with a hundred dollars, without which your father would have refused you to me.' . Oh, how heartily I thank you !' exclaimed the wife ; for he U a good husband and It eood father.' , But I robbed him,' said the husband He then related the whole circumstance, remarking ai ine conclusion, 1 entrust my secret To you, A" .Li I i. L ...... i J naiiin, iircuuse my nonor is as dear as your life. "Here, friend," exclaimed he, placing a little bag on the table, here are your hundred dollars; so now restore me my button, Which you have doubtlessly kept carefully. I Yes here it is !' exclaimed the Frenchman, taking it from his purse; and now we are even, except that I owe you much, very much, for the constant hospitality you have shown niflit. tad of Tconsidej-able extent, and here and Lfrt were caverns of various dimensions. In ffleOMiirpr- mn -iji.ai uur snowy nigni niuna k miclf compelled to lake refuge! He had had tie -jirecjiutiojfi to take sotnn food with him; ,ihe jpold; bei ng piercing, he collected a ntiiy M wrod, kindled a fire, and sat down itjfnjoy Hi uppr beside it. . He had not ta. many ' rrjouthfuls , before he observed a tnifernao ener the cavern covered with snow, 1fi'dh h(j shcKk from' him as he advanced. mtft was ar immediate' recognition ; it was toother thansthe farmer's wedding. guest ! He ct'd the pedlar with a strange, const rained jc;riliiyi saying he was come, to sup and sjSend its night: viti ; "you 4.re welcome," said the Frenchman, itbiai -much self-command as he could as I! "Perhaps, however," said thi Sardinian, I jthiil.Rot Continue to be so when 1 shall have uplainfd.my erralid." J - 4)99 1 1 4' S ltl j-r ue shall see ; explain yoursen. , ! -Llsteh then !' 1 n ? " ,. - "ljisten ;! proceed. Bui allow me first to IfTeriyoil .'"a. little supper. Here, pray take a tlice 6fti3erman sausage and a little of this me, -whwh I have lorkily brojght along with Taste it ; jt is very good." - Noi' answered the j Sardinian ; will pciher eat nor drink with you until I find whe. tier it will beinecessan to kill you or not ! ' KiH rbe J" ti Vefi Vou : unless you accede to the re. quest I aril abput to make. Listen ! I am in bfr With k girl whose father will not give her .lotfie unless can prove my sen to je poises. i,;itiof. prie hundred dollars. Now 1 wish you taWttd cn that sum. which I will faithfully re. rnf0 . Voii ; ftot at any stated time, observe. (wl'may' be jiiifortunate ; but I swear to you iifrf, on thii dagger, that I will repay it soon- fror laref. f J Awl ne neii upt inev weapon in 'he lijfhf tif. thj flames, rjady to press it to his lllpit ihoyM ih. perils r accede to his request The Frenchman naturally felt exceedingly uncomfortable.; for, from tlje savage aspect of wi cuest, he end not doubt he had reason to drud.the.Wort. The Sardinian continued ; 44 Should you be wMiih as to refuse me. I shall kill you, take fjriur property, marry, and make use of il. Pirn anjhooest man, I wish you in that case ! tell me who i your nearest kin in France, lirtce it wil be? my most earnest endeavor to re. I fij tytnjlhe mpey as soon as providence shall imbinj it in my power. IIfre'rhe. parsed f observe what effect his ordil lwd, .prjHloced on the pedlar, who for me time :wa toi murrt ternned to reply. Well.' resumed ihe gtiest. '4 you are un- U'Cidrd! It fit ust what 1 expected ; it Is very Mural.'! llowjever, I will slay all night with jou, thai ybu1 cijay have lime for reflection ; be Muiif 1 had rather not kill you if I could help It.. $lij),.rhate made up may mind to be mar ried fie if week, and I wuld Itill fifty pedlars Whw ltar( jwflpone the ceremony." "Under these circumstances," replied the Fren :hmart, ' I must lend you the money, since oo chotj-e." ' - h 'iu resoKe wisely ; you have no choice. Pwohiar.yat ion more, however, I must make, id then we w'dl sit down comfortably to supper. tiilhU i'iVhfnyou next come to your village, you til of cbijrse see me and my wife, and you ill fake up )inir residence with us in prefer 'nipfl to any Otjief person.! You will say noth- ''g, neiner lOiner nor any one rise, i u win ftoUeero atraid of me, as in deed you need not but jwill bl merry, and reckon confidently on wing repaid th sum with which you now lecomraodite me." AH 1hii he pedlai promised. 44 Noiv eiclaitned the1 young man, 44 give ffiout hind i we are li-ied friends ; let us elf n tcf slipper. Afiei wards you can rerktn ffo.ut thf rrwney ; we will keep up a good toy tid jchaj 'by it all night, and in the torriing wo til separate, each to pursue his in the morrjing, as tliey were about to bid cb other adieu, the Sardinian look out his gger and ci tting ofTorie of his bullous from Coat, handed it to the l;ienchm:in, saying, "Tike that and keep it till I restore you your rtf)'. Observe, it Is of silver, and has been me. From the Public Ledger. 1 i DJSSOLVE THE UNION ! NEVER! BY THE EV. EDWAJ&D C. JOXES. Dissolve the Union ! iriever ; Twere e'en a madman's part, The golden: chain to sever, Which girdle's Freedom's heart What ! Faciion rear her Altar, And discord wave her brand, i And hearts from duty falter, ! I At Party's base demand ? Look' up -'tis Freedom's temple, j You long to overthrow ; And if your arm's uplifted, . A demon prompts the bow. Think ! every radiant column, i Has cost a Patriot's blood, And would you have them shattered, Where long in pride they stood? That flag that honored pennon, ! Mirrored in every sea ; What, would you quench one beaming star, Nor sink in infamy T Read it and. e'en its speechless fold, j So mercilessly riven, j" Like martyred Abel's blood would cry, For vengeance to the Heaven. Dissolve the Union! never ; You may not, if you; would, Go, Traitor, go forever, i And hide you where: you should : j For he who breathes dissention, To shake a people's trust. Should cower back 'to nothingness ; Or crumble into dust. ;. " ' 4 Nay,' replied the husband, 4 it is to you that I am indebted for my xwife and children!; you have been in some sort a father lo us all-; and therefore, so long as I have a house over my head, pray consider it yours." Pedlars are sometimes generous. Taking up the bag of dollars, and turning to the? wite.S the .Frenchman said, Allow me, madam, to! present this to your youngest child as afbirth. day present. am in a condition to afford St. I have made much, money in your country and. intend next year lo marry, and retire toProv. ence, my native land.' X f ' The present was accepted ; but the former. not to be out done in generosity, forced m him next morning a handsome horse of consfdera bl y greater value. The same pedlar had been engaged in many other little adventures. Which he used to relate with that ease and naivette so characteristic of the French. We fell in with him just as he was about returning to Provence, where we dare &ay he still enjoys the property which he amassed with so much toil, honesty, and perseverance. . The English merchants who supply this class of mln are less prudent atr1 ecnomi?aLawj .commonly spend their who); gains Jh-wal. -is technically called 'making an appearance They. nore. over, marry Italian women, settle in denoa, and soot lose all desire to return to England. Thus deprived of the chief spur to enennomy. iney contract indolent haiuts and devote hem selves lo amusement and pleasure ; and, while the men whose knapsacks they supply rise to independence, and often even to opulence?, con tract debis and embarrassments, and terminate their lives in poverty. ' I Col. Bingaman va$ loudly called for, j read the resolutions one by one, for th nnal action of the meeting. On reading me nrst resolution. Judge Winchester op posed some objections ; notwithstanding which the first resolution, and all the rest were adopted the first and second by nn overwhelming vote, and the remainder almost, or quite, unanimous. I hus passed by far the largest and most i 4 I Small Pox. -We are informed ffrom several sources,.that there is a realfcase of small pox in Cherokee County, td which several members of the bar have jbeen directly exposed. The subject is agen tieman who has just returned frorti the North, where-it is possible-he may -have been exposed, though we hope itlmay prove to be something else rather jthan j small pox. It is a most excellent precau-: tion, as well as preventative, to have all j persons inoculated who have not been, or! who hAve not had it. It is a sure prevea-1' tativp and defence against a lothsome and dangerous disease. Ouf pbysicianl are ; getting matter, so that in a short time, all mav avail themselves of inoculationi who wisli. Asheifille Messenger. The Barrett "case" came ofTat the last Spartanburg court, by said Barrett like the Dutchman s coS"comwg up missing. He forfeited his hail, but we underhand the case-Was laid oyer by a motion ffrom the State. Wf think it will hardly be convenient for Mr. Barret to attend the Spartanburg courts, as circumstances frequently alter cases." Asheville Mess enger. ' - i From the Natchez Courier. THE NATCHEZ MEETING. U Mighty 44 Rally for the. Union f On Saturday last, 9th inst., by far the largest arid most respectable assemblage ever Lcohvened in Natchez, met in the Court House at eleven o'clock. : Unlikje most public meetings the first summons of the bell was sufficient to fill the court room, arid it seemed to us that every man ap- .. . i i . i ' i . prpacnea wnn an earnest solemnity de picted upon his features indicative; of the great fact that he had beard the Union of his beloved country threatened by rash and bitter demagogues, and felt compell ed by the heavy responsibilities which He oved to himself his country, to the vvorld and the great cause of freedom I every where, to come fopvard aad administer a stern rebuke to that cold, unfeeling arid falsehearted ambition that would fire the glorious templebf our liberties for the sake of ah evanescent supremacy over a frag ment, and of an infamous immortality. 1 The call fortbis ?reat and solemn! meet ing was signed by three hundi ed and eigh ty oi the planters and citizens oflAdam county and Natchez., The named to the call embraced the owners of from, ten to n una reds, it not thousands ot slaves whose int;iBrests are all connected with the insti tution which the constitution excludes.- They, if any of our citizens, have interest in the subject, certainly have the deepest; thy have one that outweighs the pecuni ary number of citizens to be found in any cobnty in the State, or perhaps in any other county in any other Southern: State. In consequence of this deep and vital in terest, the great and densely crowded meeting was composed of a numerous portion of our fellow citizens rarely or never seen in public gatherings.! They came out, summoned by a voice more powerful than the trumpet voice of party., They came, as came the brave old; fathers, of the Republic, when they reared the mighty arch of self-government over the ruins of despotism and 'monarchy, every man feeling and acting as if he alone and when he rose and addressed the meeting. amid much applause, j Col. Bingaman commenced bis speech by deprecating party! spirit, on an occa- ston so momentous arid so fraught with peril to the glorious institutions of our country, achieved by the blood and con solidated by the wisdom of our fathers. Before entering the vestibule so holy and consecrated, the dust of party should be shaken from the shoes, and all Dresent feel and act as if they belonged alone to the party of the whole country and of the Union. He alluded td the danger of mis apprehension and misconstruction that prevailed in inflammatory and excited times, in which the yords of a speaker might be twisted into meanings and de signs the author never dreamed of, and instanced the ludicrous case from the Spectator in which the inquirer fbrSt. Ann's lane in London got roundly abused by both Cavalier and Round head, and utter ly failed in his attempts to shape the question to the taste of either party. Col. B. gave a brief summary of the privileges granted to the native population of Cali fbrnia by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidal go, which constituted ihem bona fide A- mencan citizens on condition ol their res dence, and argued that they had so sol emn abd undoubted right to admission, notwithstanding the slavery prohibition contained in their constitution, on the doc trines laid down by the most eminent statesmen, including Gen. Cass, of our country ; and that it was no way to se cure Southern rights by perpetrating a wrong on, California. Col. Bingaman deprecated the contem plated Southern Convention at Nashville, and held out as a warning the unenviable fame of the Hartford: Convention; and closed bis speech by a magnificent and glowing picture of our national glory and renown acquired as common and joint property, and all, all resulting from the union of the States now threatened with annihilation by a rampant spirit of disso lution. ' t John T. McMurran, Esq., followed Col. Bingaman, and like the latter deprecated party spirit and advocated the adopting of the resolutions which had been offered to the meeting. He contended that no crisis had yekarrived which called for the action of a Convention of a part of the States of the Union ; that no act of hos tility had been offered to the South by the North which would justify the former to calculate the value and break down the terms of the Union ; that such crisis might arrive, but that it had not yet come; that as yet Congress had not; presumed on its powers to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, or by the formal passage of the Wilmot Proviso in relation to all ter ritorial acquisitions forever excluded it from all new territory acquired by the common treasure and blood of both free and slaveholding States ; and that, as Southern slaveholders, however much we might desire that the institution should also prevail in the nfcw State of California, pled upon as to require sectional leagues j and armed resistance, he Corona was rea dy and willing to stand up lo the last, in defence of the south to fight and battle with the foremost. But before we if ra i bark in measures that tend to bring abobt thisstateof things to arm brother against brother to devastate our fair fields .and blast our happiness to bring about, all the horrors of a murderous civil war J let us, at least, see that our hands 'are clean let us beware that the first viola- tion of that sacred instrument, which is j the bond of our Union, is not committed by ourselves. The next resolution to which Mr. iJarue called attention, was that which declares that should Congress abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, or apply the Wilmot Proviso to any of the Territories of the United States. Louisiana will re sist that action at all hazards, and to the last extremity. This resolution was. in Mr. L1 s opinion, unfortunately worded. I I . ? important public meeting ever convened " 7,rs .ft principle laise in theory in the city of Natchez. The feeble sketch Prac,,ce- Whnl ,s the meaning of given above was taken under many dis- res,s,ance " at hazards, and to the last advantages of position there being no x,rem,,L In P1'" lnguage. it can convenience for reporting and while a mPan no,h,nS morf? nor ,ss ,hin revolu. severe headache was endeavoring to dis- """l art" eststa nee fighting civil war. solve or Wrench asunder the component 'L1 th P55,0' lh Wilmot Proviso parts of our cranium: But we hope we -V00"? Cod cause for civil war? have done no one injustice, no matter if tvu . why irtand we here we have not Come up quite to the spirit , ? Vhy d Ue.not sound, ,he trJ?m; of the occasion. Pet cal1 oul our armies. and takethe fit-Id t once ? Why wait for the repetition of SoK,V1EW, Ue Soen, Conren- ZX X Hon. We copy below, from the corres- ! ance of 17S7 down to the action upon the " pondence of the New Orleans Crescent, a , Oregon Territory ? If the Wilmot Pro sketch of some remarks made by John C. v,so is now discovered to be a cuse for Larue, Esq., of New Orleans, in the Lou- rpvo,ut'on if we have waked up from isiana Legislature, on the subject of the P IVf nsl6um,in S.k.eo r- r . truth-let us at least indicate our s.ncer- .Uum, viiiormiuii. mr. Lift rue. as our itv riv nrnmnt a n.i J J . nun h-ci.-mc ncuiiii. iiir. readers are doubtless aware, is a leading L. was as warmly in favor of the south Democrat in Louisiana, and one of the and ber rights as any one. and could not first men in point of talents in the State lM what m,Shl be required of os in pro consequently, his opinions are calculated ! ,rCt," f those ri-h's; but he cu,d nl jji.t mo assrui iu i in: nssri iiuii ui n ljiui- ciple which so totally contradicts the to exert great influence on public senti ment in Louisiana. Under such circum stances, we greatly rejoice to find him on the right side of the Southern Convention question. Wonder if the disunromsts will throw him into the river! Mobile Adv. The speech of Mr. Larue was deliver ed in opposition to a rosolution reading about thus : 44 That it be recommended to the peo whole practice of our governrm-nt. and the south itself, fiom the very formation of the Union down lo the present day. With every degree of respect for the hon orable body from which the resolution emanated, he must say that it was most unfortunately and erroneously worded, He could not but feel surprised that any one could find in this reassertion of a principle supported by so many precedents. pie of the several parishes throughout the I so flagrant an insult tothesou'lh.orso nlairi State to send to the Nashville Convention j and palpable a violation of the constitu te same numherof representatives which tion. as to justify revolution and civil war. they are entitled to send to the State Le gislature." The Baton Rouge correspondent of the Crescent says : Mr. Larue contended that this resolu tion, giving legislative sanction to the ap pointment of delegates, was no less un constitutional than the resolution as first presented to the Senate, making it the duty of the Governor to appoint delegates with the assent of the Senate. The con stitution of the United Stales declares in express terms that no state shall enter in to any league or confederacy with anoth er state without the assent of Congress. If the people see fit to assemble sponta neously in their primary capacity and send delegates, the Nashville Convention will but be an assemblage of the people, a mere meeting together of private individ uals, representing no state sovereignty. Mr. Larue concluded by moving that the committee of the whole rise and ask leave to sit again ; at which time be would conclude his remarks. The Nashville Convention. Twenty eight members of the Mississippi Legisla ture signed a written protest against the acts of the legislative convention in elect ing members to the Nashville Convention, as novel, transcending their legislative duties, and "tending to subvert the dig nity, harmony, perpetuity and prosperity of the United Slates of America." The Natchez Courier, concurring in this view, expresses its earnest hope that no dele gate belonging to the Whig party will ac cept the station assigned to him, or con sent to serve in the Nashville Convention, 44 at least until regularly chosen by the with this resolution? The delegates (if appointed at all) are appointed and com missioned in the mode expressly pointed yet inasmuch as we did not immigrate j out by the Legislature. In this ckse the thither with such property and such opin- i recommendation, if carried out, is'equiv ions in sufficient numbers to secure a hear- ftlent to an enactment. - Law is a solemn ing and a voice in the matter, we were j expression of Legislative will." In this bound to admit California as she chooses j case the people are of course not compell to present herself. j erf to comply with the recommendation of Mr. McMurran said that-when true and the Legislature, but if they do so. it is real causes for a dissolution of the Union carrying out the full force of the Legisla should have been given,: if ever, the rem- j will it is making perfect what be edy would be taken out of the hands of j fore whs imperfect. It is performing an people." A very large meeting has been and exercising a right secured to them ! he,d Raymond, Hinds county, Miss..in by the constitution itself. But how is it i i . i i i nnT t urhiph i .pcmifti ivfi sanoiin IhP uemagogues anu politicians; ine neouie i "v ......... -w - .r t,n.,,,,if tAXr wr nll.t .nn hU in masses and in their solemn primal nre- sanction ol the Male sovereignty has been ; J ' which il is declared that as it is evident that Congress will not now pass the Wil mot proviso, the Nashville Convention ought to be abandoned. On the other hand, a large meeting has been held at Columbia, Tenn.. at which resolutions in favor of I he convention were adopted, and the conduct of the legisla ture in relation to il was condemned A meeting has been held at Memphis ap proving the convention, and tendering the public buildings of tbe city should it be determined not to go to Nashville. The Legislature of Mississippi have also ten dered the use of the Capitol at Jackson. country's glorious institutions in their day of peril, and stand by them the firmer arrd the sterner the hurricane of passion blew. and the louder the thunders of faction and treason to the Union rolled in the lurid ! right, and the cause just, before they as- political atmosphere. . is - i. rogative. as in the assembly before him, ! given, and the delegates win proceed to would take the matter in' hand. But it Nashville, invested with the power not was of the most awful ! and momentous ! ony to represent the people, but the State, importance that the people should be and approved of by I he supreme jx)wer of 1 a . The African Squadron. By an official document transmitted to the Senate, in reply ta a call for information on thej sub ject, it appears fharthe cost of maintain- HWin my-family for many generation,. ! the Umted States squadron on the t . . . J V - . r a r: ooa 4 r,nn annum !'W not part with it for all you possess; ! coasi ui anna vo. Hei ..m".... ulirn' I '.ni.n4 i rriv v.ih. h.milreit and that the mortality on that station is ViUf, 'a,;. ; .:ra I t.it ..,.rt,. I ill . less than in the Home Souadron or in the - 1 .- in 19 iim vM"vv 'tti iioui- f fn , - - . rm m 1 "-it East; Indies. I he following tigureshow tbe number of men and deaths in th Af rican Squadron for four years : I II brin h to me. You will present your- . ou u ill nroduce t'he button ; and I. as in r Uund, will nive vou the sum agreed on. i Vt friends?" . Thi pedlar who, notwithstanding his loss, ft not hut he amused by the strange char. nd ideas l the Sardinian, gave bim his lf nd they patted friends' y'u Jpar he passed the same wayagain. . iiiuj;!! louilll UI9 lliruu iiii 1 1 iryr io a J prfiiv u-oman, who had already brought tih,IJn a 8"n' "orme vefy n,,ppy M,t UP he Frenchman he said, " Now I wit a button ; I anj not yet rich enouyh "I'm to replace it ; I may be more lucky Wm far nnderstoo! ; and after havnig W wVy wcefie at hi' hou:e. went econj and a third year he re- lit j? eV" un a )'uiig oii or daugh to the family. At length, pleased Year. 1845, 1840, 1847, 1848, No. of men. 631 ; 751, 639, 591, Deaths. ' - :5t 8? 7 3 A comparison of the average health of the various naval stations for the four years shows them to rank thus: 1. Medi terranean ; 2. Brazil; 3. Pacific ; 4. Af rica ; 5. East Indies ; 6. Home Squadron. Jackson is to remain the capital of Missis sippi, the Legislature having voted down all the bills for its removal. The proposition to make Vicksburg ihe seat of government re, ceived, nineteen votes to seventy-two against it.'- . ( The Union Meeting was organized by the unanimous election of Dr. Stephen Duncan as President, Messrs. Isaac Lum and John R. Stockman, Vice. Presidents, and E. Baker and John Fleming, Esq'rs., Secretaries. : L j On taking tfie chair, as President, Dr. Duncan addressed the large assemblage in brief, yet eloquent and convincing terms. and in a spirit of fairness and candor that would have bad an admirable effect even if every person present had opposed tbe admission of California with the anti slavery provision in her Constitution. He remarked that the call for the meeting had, in advance, been stigmatised as trea son and cowardice iS a party move ment to vindicate" and protect the policy of the present administration of the gen eral government, and as suicidal to the true interests of the slaveholding portion of the Union. In refutation he would say that it had been many years since he had taken any active part5 in politics or even attended political meetings; he could not be connected with any mere political or party movement ; but be had heard the Union of his country threatened, its value calculated, and demagogues openly pre dicting its overthrow. He was connected most vitally with the South, identified en tirely with all its interests, and all he was, all he had, or ever expected to have, had been acquired in the South where he had spent the active part of his life, where he should always love, and where he expec ted to die. He alluded to the nature of the call for the meeting, j defined its ob jects, and announced that the spbject whs open Cor action of the meeting. Mississippi 77c Nashville Convention. The Legislature, aye tbe Democratic Legislature of Mississippi, who alfect so i?i - .t i.. i i Suppose ffor argument's sake) muc commence, mine ,eo,,.e. u u ii ii. .i . t rt so r n r btmnrniK for the Df(T)il H i . , : i -i:: i hptp vrifiiiiii lit i t iiifiiiir'ii in i i rpviiuu viimoi vi in n irpmfnriM c rpvnnnv n i i f k OUI1IV VI V s I I Will t S W v uiliJl il I I n w Let me, in case of such! lamentable divi sion, said he, whether I come up a citizen of the United States North ; of the United States West; of the United States East ; of the United States Central ; of the Uni ted States Pacific ; have the consolation to know that the fragment of our once crifirinns Union, nn which mv fortunes and e , . T. . -i . happiness are embarked is in the right ! migni me ncnou oi me .g.s.aiurc up try, are justly regarded the source of all power, have had no agency in selecting their representatives in this august Inxly. What a commentary is this upon demo cratic profesions. We subjoin a list of the delegates elec ted by the Legislature as we find them in . ... ..j . . should act also. Mr. Larue believed that a .ss.ss.,T. jm,.e, . Louisiana should do right should per-' " For the State at large. Hon. W. L. form her duty, whatever might be the Starkey. Hon. C. P. S.niih. Hon. A. M. course of other members of the confeder- Clayton, and S. S. Bod Esq. 1st Con- acy. But (said be) it is a mistaken notion sresional District. Jos. W. Matthews and that a majority ot the southern states have Thos. J. Ward ; 2nd, G F. Net! and G. given legislative.sanction to this conven- H. Young ; 3rd. Gen Wm. It. Miles and i 1 T rui,.. - A h l Juries Stewart and J. est points, or in the order he presented "on. How are tne acts t Delaware, . , . . - - - - - them we cannot in all candor criticise Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Ten- J McRae. A protest against the pro- tnem, we cannot in an canuor, cnucise j . TpIa Arkansas and ceedings was then read and entered on his effort, as we doubt not the call upon nessee. rntUC ?bl Minutes" , . . j . . i i. riirtnri nave inweii iiu fit tit fit an. mm him was as unexpeciea to tue sueancr , - . t0 the hearers". ; some of them have by imphcal.on sl.own After Gen. Stanton concluded. Colonel , disapprova of convention M,- . ., , i r , i sissippi and Georgia are lor a Stale rep- Bingaman was loud ycaUed for. and Ihe Virginia, in an inrmll pleasantly responded by the remark ha resen g the historians oi antiquity nsencu tuai : 0,tun, nwt.d the State. ihprp Vinn1d Km nnnenderl in ti resnln. tion. a declaration that the state would in ! nhts' hHVe lr outstripped ibe.r brethren no event consider herself bound by the : of Alabama in tbe.r assumption of power action of the convention. Would not the lhe appointment ot delegates to tbe resolution and the proviso be most palpa- ftshvi,le Convention. 1 bey were not bly inconsistent ? Would not one show c"ltl lo aPP!"1 ,our the utter absurdity of the other ? Would Slate al lnT j lul u"w'''"i' ' co"de those who advocate this resolution accept ; the selection of delegates to the people, such an amendment? Whatever then ! ,hO' proceeded to elect two delegates for each Congressional uisinci in ine oiaie. -ni I . I l" ...1 . . ;,T I ::.,.:...!. -.1 nn the results of the convention, it is clear 1 ne people, mereiore. v, u. , un, r: mr. m- apwsc vun uiuuil suicmini anu , - ; - i eloquence and his remarks created a pro- ; that this resolution stamps the Nashville found sensation in the minds of his audi- ; Convention with the approval ol the sov ence ; ereignty of Louisiana, and is consequent- A motion was made, which prevailed ' violation of the constitution of the unanimously, that Gen. Robert Stanton United States. ! h beard in nnnnsition to tbe resolutions. ; But we are told that the actrtfn of oth r .ft.. iUni;n.r (U m.Mino er states renders it necessary that urn. iimiiuiii. niLci inniiniiic .u iiiviiiiik r " " " ; o for an indulgence he had not anticipated and had made no preparation for, procee ded to address the meeting itl a warm, impassioned, if not argumentative and convincing style of eloquence. He took the ultra Southern view of the question, and if he failed in presenting the strong- tee We took occasion to show, a few days ago, that the Mississippi Convention, which conceived and suggested tbe Nash ville Convention, was called into exist ence by a small junto of politicians in Jackson, tbe capital of tbe Slate were Uarthage was ruineu oy neg.eut., he mpasurp but in the most ex- represented. W Uh all these lacis ociore counsels of the aged andexperienced, and , repudiate.l the idea of a Slate the country, with the knowledge that tbe following those of rash and impetuous t t(fti 1 So with South Carolina, people are tbe source of all power, we young men ; ana n appeareu ,o w,. ia . CQ;,l-that if the time should should be gld to Know wna, appro- his young friend Gen. Stanton belonged to the latter class. The Secretary was then called upon to mr. bnruc sam w. - - - - - - - - fl lhe Na$hville Convention can come when the constitution should be so '"""V ?-AuRitKta Sen. palpably violated, and our rights so tram- exercise m this country ...
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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