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I 1 STATE IMPROVEMENT. From the Greenshnronglt Patriot. Iiiilraai Mt ttias ca the ih in Davison. The Rail Komi Convention, Ih-IiI inSilisbnryon -tih nf Jimo'Lift, Invinvj rtpp.'uti'd Junius L. CleuunniH, 'Benton C. IXmtJaU .iiwi John W. Thorn ,a Ks.i8., mi Kxra-utive Cumuotteefor the enmity nf O iVidsr.n, Rir (he purpose of "ringing more fully U-fure i'.ip people o!' the county import-nce of the Central a til yrro;U enterprise of the il ,y.) and sulie'ting subscriptions of slock to the :,,-!!i- CummiHee, called the people together in the court holts..' al J.exiugtou on the 4 th day ol July, .mi ..r-imtl ii ll-iil Road meeting, by oall , in.; Dr. W. It, il..lt to the chair and ap;oiiiting u, ,m Harris ami Alfred G. Foster secretaries. Junius 1.. Cl.muions, Esq., '''" took the stand ami tv.iU-rt.iiu.-a his audience for more than an h ur in h logical, eloquent mid effective speech, evincing on his part Jeep thought and great researeh. He l....r , hv mi vine! the Lcuislutiire a handsome com 'jiliuiei.it for the liber; charter wanted us, and dep recated Hi toe stmngoi ieri j " J parties or make .lilii-al capital out of this ques tion: verv nronerlv remarking, that it was no more a nolitical tiucsti.m than would be the propriety of r,'ising corn to lifty -cents per bushel, lie t.ien ''-..' . ' . i.. .... nt urns under which ptiilUCll oiu me in ' " ' - c- : western North Cun-iin i iaW-d, her capabilities for iH,nn-etnent,.and urged at some length and with much 'force 'the benefits to arise from the con struction of this ioii.i -showing that N. Carolina, without the faculties of transportation, was nnawe (, enter tlie markets of : the world having an equal chance with her sister States, who enjoyed such faculties ; s'mlthiit the tide of emigration from her borders, owing to this deficiency, caused a depre ciation in the value of her lands more .than eqmtl. : to the. whole cost of the Road. liieonclusiou.Jl r, Cleuimotis made an earnest .tin 1 truly eloquentap peal in behalf of those young men of otir State win) were now held within her borders solely by the at tachment felt fnrtheljindof their nativity, id who , ' soiue siieli improveniciit, be driven Inn.r tr SIHkIhT tllO (iOS which mini ineiii iu ...... ... ... , , v...o. s,...o ,1 trn to seek their fortunes else- Oltl iunii where. It is doing -ngus st ice to the speaser to ai- tempt a synopsis ot hit spt It was one of his u.i't.ffi.rnand was listened to with broatiuess ppiest eflorU, and was . wie . , . , med to with breathless j HKentionby 'rTTc Douthin Rso next. 00k the. stand, ln one million --W dollars is stillto- be. hoped establishment of a National Bank, when --we have , -of ,,,, District :for the purpose of more fully ex ; Tientoi. C. Dout ml , 1 ;. . . . , m.-hl vvi.,, benefits to the a constitutional Fiscal Agent, in the independent plaining n,y Views. V. .: ' t S a business man,. oadduce permiUed by. the capitalists of the country to al objections, has proved itself : in practice ;aU.t at; -his long experience as auuaiij ' ' . 1 . . ' , - , ........ u. ;ii,.-ta anilinin, iv sttfe v kccuimr.readilv - ,ii.-(S in suppoi irt of ids arrfiihients, wlncli renuereu ' : . .i . 1-. 1 -..-.rt.-,l, fnr tllp.nriV- ., .. .... 1 tP 11 f' IU fill nr,-i , , , iWo of remaining in his native State;. Without r I! 1 the cold I not stav, but must expatriate hiunelf and seek more genial not sou 1.11c 1 Viinl.l not sav that.) but a more congenial people, John W. Thomas, Esq., next addressed the meet i,vr, cnngramlaling them upon the large number sent ami the intere,t evinced in the en.erpr se. pres He ke feelingly of the Day on which tney nau a-s-Mibled ; con rasting in eloquent terms metrsnu ation with that of those illustrious patriots whose a-sembling on this day forms an era in the history of our country j and urged upon the meeting, like their ancestors to resolve to ifrc-free from the sVc'lcs wVich now" fdaViVoilVogYeViABIflf, knowledge and of-course respectability. He ex plained in detail, from his own observation, the cost and process of constructing Rail Roads.and final ly desired it made known that now and in all time to come he was prepared 60th to make a Rail Road speech and to do his part of the work also express sing his willingness to be one of a hundred to take the whole stock if necessary. Charles Mock, Esq., confined liis remarks exclu sively to the profitableness of the slock in the Road to the stock holders : showing that it must be profi table unless we differed esentially in our social or . ganiz-Uion from any people 'the sun ever shone up on. Dr. C. L. Payne addressed the meeting briefly, 'suggesting the formation of clubs lor taking stock; when various propositions by gentlemen present for the formation of chilis of ten, iwenty.one hundred, &c. ranging iu amount from $3,000 each to $500; hut upon suggestion, this matter was postponed un . til after the meeting adjourned. The Chairman made 11 few remarks, calling the attention of the iiieiiing to the fact that this char ter, unlike that of most railroads, was a perpetuity &:: '-, ..-' ' Upon motion of P. K. Rounsaville, Esq., it was resolved to hold 11 wtis.-f meeting on the 3d day of August next, iu the town of Lexington, to farther .the prospects of -the Central Rail Road. Ths ( ,'oinmittee then gave notice that they should attend the tax gatherings, to address the people and : solicit subscriptions of stuck. Whereupon the meeting adjourned in fine spirits, and resolved that Davidson shall be behind no one ' county in North Carolina in litis great work. The books for subscription are to be opened on the 20th of this month, and in the menu lime our citizens ' arc actively engaged iu forming clubs to take the stock in such proportions as they are able. : W. K. ' HOLT, Chairman. Wii.uaim II.irtnTs, . , ) Ai.fked G. Foster. (, .Secretaries. From the Ntlional Inndligcnccr. Norlli l arolina Fairly Aroused to a sense " of Hit Own Interest. We are gUJ of an opp.u luuily to call tho atten tion of our readers to the great work, generally known hy lite 'name of the Central R tilroad, which il is proposed -to construct within tint State of Noi'.th Carolina. The IJ-'neral Asscuihly of that Stato, in a spirit of liberality which it never before exerted to the same extent, granted a Char ter for incorporating a company l construct a Railroad from Goldsborough, in the county ol Wayne; y way of Raleigh and Salisbury, to Charl-ttof l Mecklenburg county a distance ol about two .hundred and ten miles and n greed lo fuilwcribe M the slock of that company 4 J.DOO.OOO on behalf of the State, whenevor individuals shali Ii tve Hidmerrti'd One Million of Dullard, aurl paid iij. b -Ii;,II of that sum. The eastern terminus, t,,ou", on tVtNuusc river, at .!; head oi navigation and where the Wilmington and Roan oke Railroad crosses that stream, about fifty miles from Raleigh, lis western terminus, Charlotte, is already tin' terminus of the Charlotte and Sca'b Carotin Unilm. whicU-staits at Columbia.,. (S. C.) arel, running through Richland, Fairfield, Chester, and York districts, in South Carolina, and p-.til of Mecklonburgeomity, in North Caro lina,, terminates, as above staled, at Charlotte. The counties of Cabarrus, Iredell, Rowan, Davie, Davidson, Guilford, Randolph, Orange, UuttUum Wake, John-im. and Wavne, that must constitute (very nearly) its truck, are-, in point of fertility and ' and cultivation, not interior to any part ol the Atlantic States ; and, when we consider their va rious towns and villages, with their schools, chur ches, banks, factories and institutions for the dis semination of knowledge; with the University.which is highly prospering; with the various officers, courts &c..at Ra!eigh,(where it meets the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad;) with the valuable gold mines in all the counties west of Orange: with the immense coal depositeiri Chatham; surely few schemes have ever combined the elements ol suc cess iu more abundant degree. It is understood that the Georgia Railroads, which will form a continuation of the Norlh and South Carolina enterprises, are profitabhyand have yielded above six per cent., of nett profit ever since the first year after their being brought into use. Why the same thing may not, be predicated of the .1 J..... I.l , ...oil la urif.iv ed especially after 'the extension of (he Georgia . . ,... m. -...i m '- noi us in iv-mnvi if Hiint'WNi'C- iiiiii itiutii " vmit. v , Alabama, '.which, .improvement are-both under contract.- ' Some doubt was felt in relation to some provisions of jhc North Carolina charter but a Convention was lately held at Salisbury, combin ing a proportion of the character and talent of the State, in which these diliicullies were maturely d and pronounced by that body not to be t'le way -of the accomplishment of this considcrf at all in ilie way of the accomplishment ol tun ; It is believed that the action of this ' groat wont. enliohfened bodv will he. Satisfactory to their fel-1 :.;.,..o 0.!.l..,t :il,n -rk will bo verv short- ly commenced. 7. ..-.Ml" ,l..,i l. l..,l I ,o rrroal 11 wot ii.u.-, uy. o, ii inn.,".- fa"--' I Atlantic chain, from the borders of Canada to tlie. i . . Mississippi river, through a Im iltlirnl and deliirht- . .. tul country, can naruiy: iau io ue. uhiiiitiui ui ,,lt.u.J. .:. -'-V-V .1 r - t:..i ' Hut sn)por3 tlte citizens 01 ioriu lamina, B,.1(0 ,.,, in,i in it. Tjut siippor S tin tan. it is believed inat tue ciosesi scrutiny unu l. a nrtinlnra tn udili'h ivrt hnvn alluded W eut- .i ,.. ..v ..... w w .. , - - - is(y the public thai the stock must pay well and it (S not uaen that the credit, so sound, of such a jsiaic as norm iunimiu t an ue i-uihuiuhui.'h h extent ot two millions ol dollars tor any single puu- lie work. RAIL ROAD MEETING. A spirited public meeting was held in this City on Saturday last, at a very short notice, 011 the sub- ject of the Central Rail Road, when the Hon. Dux- can Cameron was called to the chair, and - Gals and W. W. Holuen, Esqs. were appointed Spp-eturiPs. The meetinrr was called to elicit an -oca fWim V'v.r.iWPrnnf CrAIIAM. wllO lllLU lUPt 111 111111 ui n 101K0 ui 1 ito meeting and re- quest his attendance, and most nobly did he respond to the call. His able and patriotic speech is noti ced in another place. The meeting was also fa vored with some very petinent remarks from Maj, C. L. Hinton ; and after the adoption of appropri ate resolutions of thanks to the shakers and offi- cers, the meeting adjourned, with increased hope , 1 .1 .; j. , . ami zeal -in tip n-rpat rniisn nt Iiiinrnvpinptit .... 0. , Siar-: . - ' :''.'"':'' ;. '' THE DECLARATION OF LNDEPENDCNCE. As early as the Gib of May, 177b', John Adams offered a resolutk n iu Congress proposing that 1 lie Colonies should form independent governments'. On the 10th of the same mouth the resolution- was adopted in a modified form. This significant rote j was followed by the direct proposition, submitted j hv Riclisinl Ilnnrv 1 jPv on tlip 7 I nf fmin An . - .. , , p urlnir Ilia TTlllfrtO P.d.ilili.u lil,lnnl,.l,.,t lf III, British crown Alter much discussion, the rose- lution was postponed to the first day of July, and atthe same a Committee lo prepare a Declaration was appointed, consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Beuj. Franklin, Roger Sh riiniii and Robert R. Livingston. This Committee after- .nt. -n.-l !,.:.,' n'l a .1.. ...a sub-committee to prepare the draft. Mr. Jeffer son drew up the paper. The original draft, as brought by him from his study an. I submitted the whole Committee, wilh inlerlineatious in the hand writing of Dr. Franklin, and others in that of Mr. Adams, was in Sir. Jefferson's possession at the lime of his death. While Mr. Jcfforson enjoys the honor of having written the Declaration, to Mr. Adams belongs the praise of being its great supporter on the floor of Congress. Jefferson himself said, '-Julio Ad ams was our Colossus on the floor ; not graceful, not elegant, not always fluent iu his public ad dresses, he came out wilh a power, both of thought and of expression, that moved us fronrour scats." On the 'id of July tlie resolution of independence was adopted, and on the 4th the Declaration itself was una rt'Oiviusly agreed to, and thus as Adams said, the greatest question was decided that was ever debaled in 'America, and greater perhaps, never was or will bo decided among men. These two leading spirits in this great and de cisive measure, alter innumerable and invaluable public serviceH, and after being spared for many years to see the glorious fruits ot their labors, by a singular dispensation of Providence, were' at length to take leave of the world together, on the same day, and that day, the anniversary of this very Declaration. - There was a sublime beauty in the venerable spectacle. It seems like approv ing attestation ol the Supremo Ruler, when those patriarchs and patriots were seen on the national birilt day yielding up their spirits lo Him who gave them. It was the wish ol Jefferson that he might see the sun of that day rise race more. Heaven in mercy granted his desire, lie saw that sun, enjoyed its sacred light, he thanked God for Ins mercy, and bowed his aged head in the grave. -Aduiiisxlso beheld the jubilee, anil brightening with the thought he exclaimed, Jiidepriitli'iice feivver! Valid died. . w ., , , . . BY RKtJVEST. CIRCULAR. To the Freeman of the Sixth Congressional Dis trict of Norlh Carolina, composed of the Comi ties of Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Warren, and Wake. Fellow -Citizens : At the request of many per sonal and political friends in different parts of this District, 1 present myself before you as a candidate to represent you in the next Congress of the United States. No convention of the District having been Held, no candidate, nas uecn noininaicu.aiiu bihiw qaently the field is open for individual competition ... ..... . . i . , and but one gentleman having declared himself a candidate, I feel that I do not endanger the success of the principles which I advocate, or the harmony of the party of which I am a member. Burn and educated among you, having resided itlie District all iny life, and being extensively acquainted throughout it, I think that I know your taken no part in the controversy, wants and wishes. Round to you by the strong The fanatic of the Norlh may declaim with pliron ties of home and kindred, and having iu the late j zied zeal against our peculiar institution, hut so War with Mexico, given some evidence that my j long as the Constitution of (he United Slates re country is dourer-to me than niy life, I feel assur-1 mains inviolite, we shall be safe in tlie enjoyment ed that von will not question my sincerity when 1 1 of our rights. Let us then determine to "study the declare that I would not for any purposes of politi- j cal preferment or personal aggrandizement, know ingly espouse any opinion, or willingly do any act, tending to the injury of that country. Jtnncarinir before vou for the first lime, it is pro- per that I should declare my 'political sentiments..! As I shall endeavor to be brief, it will be sufficient i to say that I am a Democrat; that.in forming my nninirm on the Kiihieets invo Ivtiifi constitutional i'""'- j - a questions, 1 am gutdeu uy mo principles bci intlie writings of those early commeiitalors on the Cnnstituiion, Jefferson and Madison ; that the poli cy of the late administration meets with my hearty approval, and that 1 yielded to it a cordial support. 1 hold that the Constitution of the United States should be construed s;ne, according to its (rue intent and nieaning-lhat each department ol Gov inieiii aim tueaii.ug oi.u wu, ... - eminent, whether fcixecuttve, l.egisiaiive orjuun r .1,1,11. cial, should be contined to lis appropriate unu legai sphere, and that the powers, clearly, pi ilain'.v, and W CI V VCSteil 111 eilCll. arC IIIUV SlIlllCR'IH l -T- J .. i. . .. P.. r. tronilOIlt all Wie puposes .01 gonTium-m. UJ .. vr.;... recurrence to lundamental principles, anu a im 1 I adherence to the Conslilution, many of those per- Li:., ,ml nvAiU.i nnp'stinm which airitate tlie l. - ,i,ii ,i.i ,..l.l 1,0 ,,.r,i,l..,t. pv - - v. , . It is unnecessary to have recourse to dangerous - us .u..h.. ". . ' ,-. transmitting, and faithfully disbursing the public monies, while it so regulates commerce as to pre vent those lluctuations wliic.li iti.mrmer years idled lh.6 country with financial enibarriissiiient, bank ruptcv, and commercial distress.: ,; , There is no . need al the present day to deprive the President of the Veto or any other power exer- cised by his predecessors, provided tlie people use proper discretion in the selection of that. otticer; n,e. different States of this confederacy possess- ;nj equal rights, it is violation of the principles of I justice to tax the industry ot one section lor inei j be,1(.fit or protection of that of another ; bnt if the i rn,Htii,itional powers of Coniiress can be soexer- I aaA ill V uoindf ft r.wtMf .i 'nWJIV.V'-Vxl.Hfl" o'l I the Goveinmenl, as to afford- incidental protection to any branch of American industry, surely no pat riotic citizen would object..':-' ' I now come to speak of a subject, at the very men tion of which,amoiig ns.pride, prejiidice.and passion are prone to usurp tlie empire of reason. I alludo to slavery, and in connection with the few obscr- vulions wlich l sm mako j , . . .. .. ,, ... ,. on 1 hilt Rllhipct. I l-p pr 1 to your attentive consideration me Address oi a portion of the Southern Delegates in tlio last Can- I A controversy which, thirty years ago, threaten etl a dissolution of the Union, has in our day be j come so embittered as to fill the mind of the p-.itri- ot with gloomy apprehensions as to the result. Now has arrived the period, foreseen and depreca ted by tha Father of our conntry, that patriotic sage, who was first in council as well as first in tlie field, I from whose oracular lips, more than half century . . I T 1 iiiva K.jmn ttin fiiil.itrin ,,,, t'ni il n tri r. n, 1 it rvmnii V "-;"" - iu wiLin.- ui .Mitm tuiin.iL-u oii.-jt-tgtuMiiiaiuiii ; muMons to abtain as far as practicable from eecu criminatio.19." But lnyii g aside all jealousies and ar occupations and to assemble in their respective heart-burnings, we should approach tho consider;!- j of blic v,.orsIli ,0 acknowledire the Infi- j tion of this subject wilh cal.nness, prudence, mud- eralion and firmness, inflexibly determined to con- t tclld 'y fur wh:lt .rie'f. tobc wtiaBcd wilh , an. ,. i.auiu n .uc l. -III- -.lujixi legimutely comes within the spere of Congressiou- I .il lptriKliilion ContrrpBA rtinnot prmtiMitirimiUv. to f t ; , :j pass any niw restricting or proniuiung Slavery in the Stales or 'territories. Slaves are recognised as property by the Constituttonof the United States, and as such are under the protection of our laws, whether in the States, on the high seas, or in the Territories which are the common property of the States. Congress cannot abolish slavery in the States where it now exists, or prohibit the slave trade between the several States ; those are sub jects for the consideration of the citizens of the States themselves, and by them alone to lo regula ted. The whole controversy in regard to slavery in the territories can be settled in a peaceable and amicable ina.nner,"by agreoing to a common ground on which all can stand." '1 his is well expressed in the language of the Washington Union, a lead ing Democratic paper: "We prose" say they, the "ground of NON-INTERVENTION; by which we mean that Congress shall abstain from all leg islation in relation to the subject of slavery in the new territories ; leaving it to the people of the ter ritories themselves to make the necessary provision fur their eventual admission into the Union and to rcguUte their internal concerns in their own way." This is a generous, a forbearing and a patriotic ground on which all can and eliould rally and unite a platform on which all true patriots and the friends of the Union can and ought lo stand. "This doctrine leaves the whole question of slavery in the new territories open to the Ci-urls of the United Sta tes, to be determined according to the constitution and the laws of nations.' It does not attack the rights, nor injure the pride, nor condemn the opin ions and prejudices of any portion of the Union upon the sirtjcct ofjlavery.;' It resects the guar- antics of the Constitution, without which the Uni on cannot be preserved, whilst it admits the great principle at the basis of all popular liberty the right of the people to prescribe their own institu tion." Tlie conduct of some of the citizens of the North ern States, the tone of their Presses, the intemper ate course of many of their repr--sent:itives in Con gress have given lis of the South grave cause for complaint; bnt while we denounce the fanati cal enthusiast and factious demagogue, as curses lo the country and foes to the Union, we should a ward merited praise io those peacable citizens and patriotic statesmen, who, una fleeted by the prevail ing excitement, have risen superior toevtry preju dice, and nobly observed all constitutional provis ions and compromises. Wo should beware of in discriminate denunciation, lest we array ngainst us in exasperated hostility those who have hitherto things that make for peace," resolved that let tth- ers do as they will, as for us, we will stand by the Constitution. Let-lis be united and firm utiniov en by the taunts and sneers of these who may at- tribute our loyal forbearance to timidily, or to in sensibility to our rights aiid dignify. . We have too much at stake to give way lo 'passion and excite-. jment, and we should ever, bear in mind that firin- noss and cuoriiv in delending our nguls. are not inconsistent with prudence and moderation. : W hen thp barriers of tiie Constitution shall have been overthrown, when the laws cease to protoct us and our properly, theiij and not. until then, will we en lertain suggestions of recourse to measures which must: inevitably end iu the dismemberment of, our . "father - land,' It is to the IT.,:,-,,, il,t ,t. ., n lii.I.iliied for most '" " ot. tlie blessings oi. a po,i,,cai cuanu o enjoy lortraiiquimy at nonie anu respetuiumiji t broad ; and tha) it may be perpetual sltould be tlie warmest wish of tur hearts,: t are called upon l.t. ..,..,.1 l..l riu nt tlid . n till IlUll uy uiu piuuu --""" v r - -.- . stnticipations 01 me luuire uy. ym, -v. tlie meuioiy of our fathers, and by Our love lor our uliil,lrpti, to abide iv. to nreserve and uiiliold. our olorinns Cnitstit titioii nil our time-honored Union, h.. ,.r , - J conclusion, fellow-citizens, I will only add that ' Vei'v resi eetrtilly Your obedient servant, , , WILLIAM J.CLAKKK. June 3l)ih, 1519. '''. TIIE ABOLITIONISTS ON GEN. TAYLOR. The Boston 'Republican, fho organ of the Aboli tionists, holds the following language respecting the President of the United States : No public man in our history no, not one has played sc deceitl'ui a political game as this honest ( li.n. 'I'avkr. His whole noliticnl life has been on- ly a series of inconistencit'S. II any puuiic man J ... ... ii;p ltirdilv ilpsen-pd to have hvnocrisv branded UD- on and burned into his ton-head, that public mams ""j ; .,- -. This is very much like the langu.ige employed by the Richmond Enquirer and other Locofoco pa- wuw 'oTIvimi '-ihftwnn'n' file Atkilitib'nists a nd L'oco ftc.is .iu every section of the Union. Both de nounce Gen. Taylor with vulgar coarseness which we. consider a strong recommendation of him to all patriotic and right-thinking men. .V. O. Beei A RECOMMENDATION. At a season ' wheii the providence of . God ..... r.. ..t :...lr:.. .1 . ..; -. r . p. . r i . .' tiiaiuuMuu tisen ti n e v s uai 011 01 a teartu nesil - ..u, .'nee which is spreading its ravages throughout the land it is fitting lhat. a people whose reliance has ever been iii 1 lis protection s'lould ever , hum ble themselves before Jlis throne, and, whilo ac knowledging past Irarisjressioiis.ask a continuance of the Divine Mercy. It is therefore -earnestly recommended that the first Friday in August be observed throughout the United States as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer. All business will bo suspended in the va rious branches of public service on that day ; and ... . . ....... it is recouimended to personsol all religious dcnoin nit(, (j(),),u.8s w,iri, 1;ie waUlt.d mor our exis- tcnrt? ss a nali()ni aml so 1( crr,vvnoj lls w.i(j, j malliroU Uessinirs. aiid to iinnlore the Almi.-hlv in Ul!j ,nv g00J m(J t(, sUy J(.stroy ,n;r l,au which is now lifted up against us. '.. TAYLOR. Washington July 3. 1810. Tho Foreign Sews brought hy the two steamers. Washington and Canada, is of a stirring charac ter, and indicates that more is to come by tho next arrival of yet greater importance. Ruino is not yet entered by the French, but llie litters and telegraphic reports, which we publish, show lhat a bombardment and sssnult were about U take place, which in all probability, would be successful, unless the. Romans capitulated. The report of the brilliant victories of tho Ilun gariansoverthe combined Russians and Austrians, although thrilling and checrinrr, do not appear lo he worthy of credit as yet. Private letters speak of them, but the newspapers, which arc more like ly lo have quick !iiformation,havc received no such intelligence. Order is restored in France, but it seems to be the order of the bullet and the bayonet, not tho order inspired by reason or by the love of the law. , The Augsburgh Gazette of the lGlh inst. states that it is informed thai the greater part of the Rus sian Guards suddenly halted on the 10th on their march to the South, and it is even said that a party of the guards who had reached thus- enwirons ol Kovvno, have relumed by forced marches to St. Petersburg. The Poles assert that the Cause of this counter march is that a con?piracy had been discovered at St. Petersburg and Moscow. I 'Gen.'Twiggs arrived at New Orleans on the 5th inst,, and took command of tho Western divis- I Ibn oftl.euniiv, - RALEIGH TIMES. Kaleigl), N. . nUDAV, JILY 13, 1849. TIIE STANDARD AND ITS POSITION. The Standard of Wednesday week, like its pre decessor, has a long article on the subject of Slav ery in the Territories; and, though it has at last condescended to notice some of the positions laid down by us, which were, io a great degree, collat eral, if has nd yd met the main issue. It has -nut, and will unl, answer the questions we have pro-, pounded to it. It Jare not answer them truly und without concealment. Such candor would reveal too palpably the covert and sinister designs of that print. We have said, and wo yet say, that its position and doctrines are inimical Id the Union! We charge upon it the ndvocacy of doctrines, by the support of such men and their measures as Yenahle and Calhoun, which are host;le to the peace of the country and the stability of our glorious Confede racy. We nr.rKAT the ciiaugk; and we again ask the Standard, and we call for a distinct an swer, should Congress, nt its next session, or at any future session, extend the Wihnot Proviso over New Mexico and California, and it should become the taw of the hmil, what will the Editor of that naner do ? .. Will he submit, at wilt he hoist the. flag of DismiionJ -Will he resort to the con stitutional means of testing the validity of such a j law, viv..' by an appeal to the Supremo Court .nf ! the Nation ; or will lie urge the adoption of Con- liscation acts Renudiation acts Non-intercourse act9.liich would ho gross violations ol the Con--' Ltjtution. and infamous infractions of the faith of .1 li. . . . A uti ; .1 . 1 I II... n ine ouues r iiu-ii auernnuve. woinu ue auopt 1 Jt , JViiJi?i.t to our mind that lie would resort to the latter ; and that he would join that demagogn ical Agitator, Abruham W. Venahle, in procuring the adoption of laws, by our State, which would debase our character, anil which would infuse dis cord and anarchy into our councils. State and Na tional. ; It is too late now to blink the true issue. It is a mere bugbear a deplorable Subterfuge to at tempt to alarm us with 'predictions that Congress intends inlerfering with Slavery in the States. . It is but a eloak used by the Standard, and iu co-ad. tutors, to cover their designs upon the Union ol these States. Congress pahf. not attempt the alio - htion ol.blavery in the states. 1 tie true issue tie- fore us is this : Siiai.i. the Union be -dissolved if Congress extends the Wihnot Proviso over Cali fornia and New Mexico? In this contest yr siiai.i. stand hv the Union! nr. 11 l.. l...: ll .1:...- e ( ive womu nui givu-up iiibi k""iu" !" our liberty torualilornia ana iew Mexico, tnougn overy hill teem with rjsy gold and sparkling gems, and the valleys be covered with slaves as inniim crable as the sands upon the seashore ! ,And now, pray, who are they whose patriotism has been so suddenly wrought upon by what they call Northern aggression? The very men who approved the course of Polk in signing the Oregon Bill with this very odious Proviso in it the first Southern President, as Mr. Van Buren declared, from whom they had ever been ablo to get a recog nition in full of tlx principle for which the Free Soilers contended. And such are the men, who now have the audacious effrontery to charge tho Whigs of the South with an abandonment of Sou. (horn rights, because they will not countenance and support John d Calhoun, and his adherents, in their treasonable designs against the Union. The game which such men as Xenable ( Co. are playing, proves what wo havo before charged upon the Administration of Mr. Polk, viz. a seltled purpose to break up tho peace of tho country, and disturb the harmony of the States. The Mexican war, with its spirit of conquest, was the first Act in the Drama. Before that war, this agitating question of Slavery in the Territories had been ad justed by a salisfactjry compromise. War came conquest, and the acquisition of a largo Territo ry followed. It was, from the beginning, no part of the intention of Mi. Folk and his Cabinet, under any contingency, to givo up California and New Mexico. In tho face of their determination in this respect, what do we behold them doing ? Why, raising a Regiment of upwards of a thousand men iu the Northern cities, composed entirely of Free Soilers and Abolitionists, intended for California, and sent to that country upon the express terms and conditions that they were to be discharged there, Not a solitary Southern -man was permit ted to go into that Regiment not a single recruit or volunteer was taken from the South. The Re giment was despatched to that country ; and no sooner had they landed than we find their Com mander, and many of the subordinate t fficers and men, uniting in public meetings to exclude South ern slave owners from that Territory. Most of these men are now actually busy in moulding pub lic sentiment in that country against the introduc tion of slavery, and in favor of the Wihnot Pro viso. Did not Mr. Polk know that this would be tho case ? Did not his Administration foresee it 1 After thus giving Northern Free Soiliu facilities fur a prior occupation or tho country, they put up, as their cnndiditto for the Presidency, a man who avowed, iu Ids Nicholson letter, that the inhabit ants of the Territories wore the proper persons to exclude or introduce Slavery ; and, forsooth! when those very inhabitants, many of whom were sent there by Polk's .Administration, have met iu their ! primary assemblies and' dochtred their deti r.iiina- lion not lo suffer Kluery to bo introduced there, what outcry do we hour from those who justified the acts of that same Administration 1 Why, that it is unjust and unconstitutional lo exclude the Southern slave owner from carrying his property to those Torrjiorios. They scud willingly and willingly a thousand Free Soilors there, whom they knew would be in open hostility to Slavery, ttui then t:'l litem, through their ctildnUa fir the Presidency, that tliry had the right to control this matter ; and when they find that they are about to accomplish the pnrpose for which they were sent, they shout aloud 'Injustice to the Smith! Soith eru.Agi(rt'ssiiM i c. Bnt the intentions of the party in favor of ar inilrlniT tliU 'IVn-itnrv to I'vi'liLi.'n JsM.ivr r (Y,i,n if iii any event, is luniier snown uy llie course pur sued in Congress when Wihnot first introduced his Proviso. It will he recollected that it was first at tached to the l'hrce Million hill, and nearly, every IX'ofoco in the Houseof Representatives voted for it, thise fnm the Siruth at well as those from the North. , It was not then that odious and abomina ble bugbear it lias s'mco become. The object of the bill, in brief, wns toenablo the President to btijr New Mexico and California ; and it forever exclu ded Slavery from the Territory to be purcfitieeil ! We say the Southern Locofocos voted for it the Southern. Locofoco press bewailed its loss. Who dos not recollect the abuse they heaped upon the Whigs generally, and u:ion Honest John Davis in particular, for defeating it in the Senate by speak ing against time? John Davis, a Northern man, and I'etlcralisl, as our Locofoco organs rejoice to style him he it was who prevented Slav. 'ry, nt that time, from being totally excluded jfrDUi the very Territory into w hich the Locofocos of the South arc now running crazy to introduce it, anil the Locofocos of the Norlh are miming crazy to keep it out. . ,,' -, '. .'' But enough for to-day . We shall contiuuctlii discussion in our next, and enlarge more particu larly ujion the last view here presented. DEMOCRACY AND FREE SOILISM. ..-- We are not of those who treat ilieir readers wilh ullegories instead ol realities wilh fiction instead of facts. - -And although 'WO' can hardly expect to reach the ears of the Democrats-of North Caroli na, we iinibt do our best to warn the people of the South of the trap iu w hich they arc liable to be caught, if they continue to act with the Democrat ic parly. Their own Organs arc mule, and sound no alarm. We have been much surprised to find, that the Democratic presses in this State have never informed their readers of the union of the Democratic and Free Soil parties at the North, fur the purpose of a combined opposition to a. South ern l'rusidenl and Soiiihurn interests. Amine now predict, (and wo think we have a right to judge,) that they will keep entirely silent upon this sub ject until after tho: Congressional election; in this State. It deserves to bear strongly ugioii those eluc lions it must bear upon them the triumph of Democracy is tho triumph of Free Hoilism, and it is a fuel susceptible- of tho clearest proof, that every Democrat who may be elected from tho South to the next Congress will add lo the power and influence of the Abolitionists iu that body, as fully and effectually as if he should vole with 1 .1 . fin pvprv niutotifill Tlmro la w full .ih.l im'. l0te amaliamation with fhem.lv thoi D uiocracy at the North and how is Democracy to get along without a union with them in the Halls 1 1 Con- l.r. ss? without voting with tin in in all impor tant party questions 1 and without helping them out in all their measures and designs? Not at al! Democrats go wilh their party and their par ty friends; and every diminution of the Whig vote in Congress is a gain to the Abolitionists, . But we took up the pen to call attention to the .''.' lvo spoken of above, in the Stittc of New York. Here is an ofnqial announco- ineut, from the Albany Atlas: . Albasv, July 3. , J ho p reo Soil State Committee accent the nrnn. osition of tho Democratic- State Committee,- that the two conventions, representing tho Democratic and Free Soil parties, meet at Rome, on the lfttlt August next, fur the purpose of devising means for a union. .-Let the people look -at it, and ponder this mat ter. Let them inquire with whom will Daniel, Lane and Venahle act, if elected to the next Con gress 1 They would be Representatives from Nurtli Carolina with whom will they act ? Why, with all the F roe Soil Democrats and Abolitionists who oppose the South and;General Taylor--a motley union of Abolitionists and Nullifiers.of every lino and complexion all enemies of the Uuin, eacli wing in its own fanatical way, but all enJeavoring to subserve the interests of their own jmrly, aiid procure its accession to power. Who does not see that the Democratic party will thus, sacrifice the interesls of th3 South, as they always have doiip, for party purposes ? And, in this view of the case, how can any true friend of the South hesitate, upon a subject infinitely above party, and so closely connected with American Union and American Liberty, as well as their own tranquility and security as citizens of the So-stilt'.;' The time advances when action must determine whether the people of North Caroliiia 'aro willing to be betrayed into the hands of this unholy leagne of Free Soilers and Abolitionists It-I them look to it und not strengthen, hy their votes, this new fangled Union of their unnatural "Airies." : PASSING CX'Nl'ERFIET MQXEY. Ve learn that there is a prisoner confined in tho jail ofllertford Comity for passing, or ttlteinpl:ng to. yass counterfeit money. His Counterfeit's "'were Fifty Dollar bills of our Slate Batik, 'fie is award ing the visitation of the next Judge ifbr "his trial. He was very abundantly supplied with money, sup posed to be counterfeit, most of which he- destroyed or mutilated when he was ar-esteuV Another per son was in his company, of sanetified mein, lint doubtless engaged in the same busiaess, who made his escape. ' ..it ' 'n- , v .;, '..- ; ." APPOINTMENTS.,., .. , , Mr, Harvey Loelchas been ducted Teller, ani Mr. Win. G. Matthews Clerk; in', the Bunk, of Fayetteville, which will commence oporulioiis.i si few days. ... ,., , -.,- And Mr. Samuel W,Ti!)inglis( has been elec ted Treasurer, and Mr. John MvRfue Clerk, to t1 e Plank Road Company. , , v,( ,. ;., , , ET We liopeand trnsl th.it Fathff Mutltcw, wlio is now in-New York, will vifittiss-snd spend -as much of his time in Faleiglf s he can pos-iU! .spare. : ' ' ' '' ' a - ..- .Hi.-, -$t)M. ;,-t; arl , ,t,-.n.-.nnfe . Goyekkdk Kititi, ol.Jiowou-ijJias jiubh'sbeJ. ,a letter ill which. lie coincjdcti with uu.ittr j'cnlnti iu hU views of slavery. Hiiadiiils,t!w when ho signed theJegishttivc resoiutum?,ibu.did.not , fully coittprjlieui their iiopotl in fiyur of st.iv.ery.. ,t;
Raleigh Times [1847-1852] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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