letter from tn. SroU ontLr ansfxaticB
We find tlie following k-tter from the hern i'
I.nndy'a Law, in the Philadelphia Xf w of ytster
Sun. lfljliml. , ...
Wist Pt.Jbm 25, 1819.
il V urar r.ir l ne f v a truui uir m mm. cut
tf Cieat Brituiu, this morning, niu-1,1 think, in
crease ihe discontent ofotir neighbors on ti'.e other
i(li' of the SI. Lawrence and I he Lukes net a lit-
tie; aiui uini mnsc uisci.rtients win, in a lew yi-au,
lead tn a separation of the Canada, New Bruns
wick, &c.,&'c., from the mother country, "eem?
nu:itty probabley"'."- ' 'i , f.' .. '
Will those Provinces form themselves into an in"
J pen e .1 ration, or seek a C mi 6: i a with our
Union ( ,1 think the probability is greyly in favor
of the latter.' In my judgment the interests of both
FlUivmikbe fliimh promoted by annexation
ike several Provinces coming into the Union on e
qual terms with our present lliiily States. The free
navigaliou of lle St. Uwrence is already of im
mense importance to perhaps a thiid of our present
Imputation, and would be of great value to the re
mainder. After annexation, two Revenue Cutters,
below Quebec, would give us a belter security a
'gainst smuggling than 30,00n customhouse em
ployers, strung along mo line inai .soparanw
fiom the British Powcssioiu, on our Continent, I
am well acquainted, with that line, and know a
"great deal of the interests and character of tlie
Provincials, 'Though opHsed to incorporating
-with us any district densely peopled with the Mex
ican race, 1 should be most happy to fraternize with
our northern and north-eastern neighbors..:
. What may be the views qUur Executive govern
tnrmt nn the mihiect I know absolutelv nothine: lint
1 think I cannot err in saying that two-thirds ol our
people Mould rejoice t the incorporation, and the
other third soon perceive its benefits.
Of course, I am opposed to any mi.lcrhanded
measures, on our part, in favor of the measure, or
any oilier act of bad faith to Great Britain. Ifcr
good will, in my view of the matter, is only se.'oml
to tliat of the Provincial themselves, uud that the
former would soon follow the latter considering j
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Hie preseni lemper iinu cuimmuu "i v uii.-,iu"iu
cannot lie doubted.
The fiircgoing views Ilia vc long been in tlie
habit of expressing in ronveraation ; I give them
to you for what tliey may 'be worth. Faithfully
vours. , ',; .
; : WIXFIELD SCOTT.
F(X)TirS IXl.OCY. ;
"Mr. Sestor FooIe, of Mississippi, in his eulogy
w hich he bestowed upon Ex-President Polk and his
-"administration in Washington, and before Presi-.
dent Taylor and his Cabinet, had the bad taste to
indulge in many flings at Whig princip'es and the
Whig party, but Mr. Foote ha the license of the
stage and nothing is offensive in him, everything
that he does being only funny, droll, or curious.
Tho eulogy mainly looks with a Southern demo
cratic eye upon the dead President, and. there
fore, is so likely to be ditasteful to "the Northern
Democracy,"' now coalescing with Abolitionism
that criticism upon it from the Northern Press is
hardly necessary, even if any of Mr. Foote's far
cical performances ever deserved anything so se
riousas criiicistn npon tlictn. '
The verdict of tlie present living, voting, gener
ation upon Mr. Polk' administration of the gov
ernment has been so signal, and so recent, that not
even a eulogy from Mr. Foote, will be able to re
verse it, and, therefere, tlie less necessary, just
'now, i any comment from u upon it. That Mr.
Polk lived in tho era of great events, and in a good
'degree was the org ui of them, not the head, there
.;can be no doubt, but the prudence of Congres a-
tone saved u from a judgment that wa weak, or
' a passion that was wild, in several trying crises,
and more particularly in the fury of the 64,40 rage
fcranPrciron war. Ilia administration, too, has
left behind it seeds of dissolution, or of destruction
that, it demands, all our prudence.and our patriot-
Ism to survive.' The annexation of Texas by joint'
resolution, under his tutelage, leads, whenever ,it
la neccsary, to the annexation uf Joe Canada
.f itu TtrWuk Provinftna. hv a like ioint resolu
tion, whether tlie South like it, or not ;-rnd. it is
'settled, in every way, if in no other, by the weight
of the column of emigration, that slavery caunot
cxist in California a jewel, Mr. Foote tells us,
Mr. Polk won though any day even such a
Northern man as Mr. Webster was ready to pur
chase it from Mexico, at ajenth part of what the
inuiiiiii tnirav nothinir of the ubseauent
subsidy. .,.', .. ,..-(,
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BUI (el mis an pass, . air. i a uca..u
led and we shall cease to speak of him with any
other than tlie prope' feeling due to tlie, memory ol'
the dead, though tlie Whigs can never cease to
' oondemn, in the main, the destructive principles of
bii'lawless' administralMiBy 1. hear fllr,, J'oote,
Jiowever, claim his as t Southern Mnijiittration,
only excite a smile, when, no doubt, having all
(lie wlifle tliat IrttcnU., , i -r.- , -m
' 1st. It re-ctablilid the principle of the Jeffer
son jjWilmot) Provistyn the, incorporation of Ore
gon, by restiictinj slavery tj;re, Mr, Polkapprov
. ')., t'v-- ' i .-( --'.
. " ill.' ttvadJed on tu the Union theimmense terri.
torj of the Pacific;, Plnng it vule to frea.Nortl
, ern and Wetor emigralion.riiJi A certaioty
"tliit'a largeiB ijority of the peopia (bat would- go
there, would b- ' siateryand.ii uiake auullor
iiy one liilf, tlniii it is now, the slave Representa
tion of the Union. . . , , , - , . : - .
&( 8 X It bequeathed to us principles and precedents,
oywlii'cll we Can ahiiex the vast British, empire,
fn America, to our owaUuion, which will, of course,
Be ''free 'soil" trodden by people all freo.:. ; .;
" Providence o overruled all the events and all the
' te"uits of the. Mexican war. thut it ended in putting
i.iwn flie'inen who got it up, in prdcr to rise upon
its popularity, and it created a President and a
Government for the Whigs, who were opposed Jo
tlie war whik it has rcsultfid'in fhe .triuinph, of
he' very opposite principles, and onuositq, sections
nf tiie Union, to sustain ana strengthen wmcu me
war was started.
J,ct Mr. Foote -eonimend these fnetsio his South
ern "democratic'' constituents, and' while fie is
' domjr rt, he Biaf ado en, if he tliinks nf it, a spec
t irtv ww of Norrhern Iluiikerisin, Barnburner
Hrf,. an4 Abolitiontsm (wnbiaing,- to defeat the
IKi'!, hikI to restore sucli men, si he is, to pow-
"- it ' m., ' i;- I,, tun-
"' ;'v"y.. : : -
CUUIGCS REMINISCENCE. -Rikhie
onci opposed to Slavery.
l.ixiKin;', a day or two sir.ee, over an old file of
the RU-hm'.tiJ Enquirer, for the year 18.20, pub
lished Ly ;( present editor of the Union, we found
(say the KiclnnondJ'iinesJjn a number which
was mostly"?u!l of the debates ui Cong-ess on the
.Missouri question, then in its crisis, a curious a
vowal of th editor' opinions on the tubject of
slavery.. An able correspondent, ujng the signa
ture of "An hfiifitim Slaveholder' proved by
many quotation's from the Bible, that slavery was
distinctly recognised and sanctioned under the old
Jewish polity. Thi! editor published the essay
with a prefatory editorial) which we copy below.
It is at least amusing to observe, that while the
Enquirer, of the present day, holds every Whig
press to be heterodox which hesitates to give as
sent to Mr." Klwood Fisher's pbasant argument,
that the slave States are richer than the free
Stales, such sentiments as the following were o
penly. declared bv the former editor in the very
midst of the ureat excitement that pervaded the
country on the Missouri question. In the same
paper which contained this editorial, the first news
was given of the prosiecl of a compromise at
Washington, (the same which was carried in.. i
effect,) and the editor bitterly: condemned the
scheme as a violation ol the sovereign, rights of
the States;'-.
From the Rich. Enquirer of Feb. 20, 1830.
The same principle which this day induces u
to publish an address on the Missouri question,
leads us to giye place to the following. Let the
press be free. We confess it to be a very ingcrii-
elesanl ami forcible production, it may, too,
have the good effect desired by the author, of sof
tening dow u those fiery enthusiasts of the East,
who cite the Bible, without reservation, as an au
thority on all occasions for charging the Southern
people with inhumanity and who seem to have
forgotten .that the evil of slavery has been too com
mon; not confined to ourselves alone, but even
found among tbeancient Hebrews, by what mysterious-dispensation
it was so permitted, it is not
for nsto presume tovonjecture. Wo protest, how
ever, and of tluil of so many otheRi, that we do not
vindicate servitude ; wo wish no slaw had tonched
.... .:l . ...A ..iluli U r.nnl.1 ha Armiilulmt. As rp.
... ' 1V fn.nW declare, before our God and
... . :
our country, liiai wo aonor us insimuiuii , m
w-'iat then J h this the question nou-Is it not a
curse, not chosen by our forefathers, but imposed
upon them, and entailed upon ourselves? And
does not every man, unless he be a fanatic, con
ceive how difficult it is for us to be rid of it, in a
manner consistent with our future peace and tran
quility ? As to the extension ot slavery beyond
the Mississippi, it is miserable cant; it would
teml to soften the evil and to accelerate aboli
tion." ; '
Verily this is as bad as Gen. Cass's famous
prayer for "Abolition everywhere,'1 which had so
much prominence iti the canvass of 1818.
SNEERING AT GEN. TAYLOR.
The opposition press have adopted, systemati
cally, a style of scoffing, belittleing and contempt
uous remark, when speaking of Gen. Taylor,
which, however it suits'the tastes of those who
indulge it, wBI scarcely command the sympathies
of the American people. They allude to him as an
imbecile, a cypher in his Cabinet, the tool of his
Secretaries.
This is much in the manner of these same gen
tlemen when they heard he was surrounded by a
large Mexican army on the Rio Grande. A num
ber of noses which affect the air in complacent
mockery now, were then turned up at his imbe
cility, his good-hearted goud-fornothingness, his
feebleness, h's nnskilllulness, and such like wate
ry cockneyism, until the thunders of Palo Alto
were wafted upon the wings of the press through
out the land. Do they remember what effect the
council of war, held npon the battle-field of Palo
Alto, had npon him T Against almost the unani
mous opinion of that board, the battle of Resaca
dela Pali.ia was fought next day. ' When these
presses feel like turning up their noses hereafter,
let them be advised hy the history of the last war,
lest they be too much shocked when it thunders
nexttime. Oneof themost distinguished Gener-
als, except those who belonged to the regular ar
my of the United States, the last administration
despatched to Mexico, might read them a lecture
on that point. We allude to Santa Anna. He
turned up his nose to tlie wind, but lie smelt some
thing he did tlt expect to find in it. Republic.
..;,:; THE RAIL ROAD CANVASS.
Messrs. Gilmer and Caldwell are doing yeo
man's service In the cause of the Central Railroad
-overcoming the npposilion'of some, .and awak
ing others from tliat state of apathy and indiffer
ence which has become constitutional with so ma
ny North Carolinians. It is, not only upon the
comparatively few capitalists, but npon the mass
f the people that dependence is had, for encour
agement and for means to prostvute the great worH.
Small subscriptions as well as large ones, accor
ding to men's ability, will be found requisite to
success. 1 ' Will there be enough ? The people
and especially 'the farmers, who are to be the re
cipients of the txjnefit, must say. - And what they
say we kr,6.v they will do. The proposed work is
a gigantic one : but tlie more honor and profit will
grow out" of iU accomplishment. Great as it is,
however, we are proud to believe that it is not too
mnclf for the energies of our people, when proper
ly aroused Why, if the energy and spirit that we
furnish to'other State, in flie persona of enter
prising citizens who annually turn with heavy
hearts and tearfut eyes from their native land,
could be retained among us for five years, twic?
as much as the Central Railroad could be accom
plished, and the bady politic would only feel stron
ger and more animated after the effort. ' : .
' We hope the people of our' county of Guilford
will not be baekwarJ In assembling )a Greens
boro' tbe (lay after the Elee'ion. Come op, fellow
citizens, one and all, and counsel together on the
ureat work.' A long pull,' a strong pun, and
, PULL ALL TOGETHER will accomplish the
0ndertaMnft', ' VrcenUoro'Pat-'
i: fyThK. r. Trihftii nrtei tfie attention1 of
AesWaahiirgton Union ro'fh ficl rnadV mani
fest by its own column that thijWIiigparty oas
not displayed gwety repacity for office. " Scarce
ly a vwk bat past ed, that "some Whig nas not de
clined n office tendered'fo"hiifi.''Yoa rhay look'
ia Tain through the Annals if Dermic ry for 'iiy
11ALEIGII TIMES.
...
FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1819.
Temperance Celebration.
We learn that Concord and Phceiiis Division of
the Sons of Temperance have made arranj ?ments
for a Public Celebration on Saturday, tlie 11th of
August next, and invite theil brethren throu'ghoul
the State, the friends of the cause, and the public
generally to be present. The ceremouieswill cou
sist of the Presentation ef a Banner to Concord
Division, by the young Ladies of the Raleigh Fe
male Classical Institute, the work of their own
fair hands, to be accompanied by appropriate ad
dresses. We learn, also, that it is in contempla
tion by a number of the Ladies of the City to pre
sent a Bible to' Phoenix Division on the same occa
sioa. 1 After which the Exercises will be continued,
and resolutions offered by Sons of Temperance, to
be followed by Addresses from Ch. C. UaBoTeap,
S. W. Whitwo, and IIf.miy W. Miller, Esq?.
The preparations in a state of forwardness for
this celebration, arc such as will make.it one of the
most imposing ever witnessed in the State. The
large and flourishing Order of the Sons of Tem
perance, so constantly increasing, is expected to 'Je
well represented; and we cannot doubt that the oc
casion will be of a character to make' a deep im
pression upon the community.
I run particulars, ana a rrogranroie oi me i-..v
I prriune 1v1Hnnnn.1v m .nr tinvt ti-innr !
-
TIiiiam W. IU sted, Esq. of. tins City, has re-1
ceived the appointment ol District Attorney for
North Carolina. e hope this "vexed ' app'unt
ment is now settled. The selection is an tiilniira.
ble one, and admirably deserved ; and we only
wonder it was not sneuer made. We can confi
dently state that it will give general saUslaction
to the friends of the Administration. .. , , ::
SPEECH OF MR. DANIEL.
This Candidate for Congress addressed the peo
ple of Raleigh at the Court House, im Wednesday
evening last. The greater part of his speech Was
devoted to a defence of himself for attending the
Disunion Meeting lust winter at Washington City,
and; signing the Southern Address no accuser
being present, Mr. Daniel has some fluency in
language, and a heavy style of Oratory but a
great contempt for the English Grammar. The
attendance of tlie "uuterrilied" was quite slim
perhaps three part of the audience being Whigs,
who heard him out with groat good nature.
POLITICAL DECENCY.
The "Union," the deadtirgan of the dead Gov
ernment, is all the time rabid. In its No. of Wed
nesday week, it speaks of "the weak and perfidi
ous administration," which is "regarded with loath
ing." "Gen. Taylor has surrendered Iiis appoint
ing power to such unscrupulous Whigs as Ewing,
ColUmer and Clayton. His Inability to ex
ecute the high fiiRctions of his office, however, ren
der him not less deserving th"o censures of the A
merican People." "The conduct of 7hylor, in
view of his pledges,i infamous." "Gen. Taylor is
a mere cypher, a simple tool in the hands of the
irresponsible cabal who are now lording it so arro
gantly over these United States.?
This is all v.-ry well,and doubtless we shall have
much mere of it. When it is recollected that Mr.
Ritchie said more than this of General Jackson,
and afterwards became his most devoted partizan
and obsequious Blave, the public will know exactly
what weight to attach to these epithets. It may
be well enough to refer to Old Hickory's estimate
of Ritchie's character, too, in this connection, as
extracted from Breckenridgc's letters; '"I have
often heard him (Jackson) use these emphatic
words: "RITCHIE IS THE GREATEST
SCOUNDREL IN AMERICA!" .''
Again: "If such a corrupt press as the Rich
mond Enquirer (Ritchie'sown.at tliat time,) were
to approbate my conduct, I should think' that, in
tome unguarded moment, I had committed some
great moral impropriety." L ''
.THIRD DISTRICT.
We copy from the Charlotte Jonrnil the follow
ing satisfactory result ofthe Albemarle Convention.
Our readers will receive it with pleasure ; , .
. ."When it was announced that Edmund Deherrv
, , . ,., . c .lii-.i "
had received the nominauon on the first ballot, there
was evident pleasure on the countenances of a
large majority of tlie Convention, and all seemed to
to breathe freer, for not one person was prepared
for such a result; and although some expected a
different result, we could see no trace of an unw il
lingness to bow to its decision." n
"Before tlie resolution unanimously nominating
tlie Hon. Edmund Deberry was adopted, several
gentlemen made short, but very appropriate "re
marks relative to the result, and the pleasure it
gave them, ; "Oil had been cast on llie waters," as
Mr. Johiwton.of Cluulotie remarked, "and the storm
was assuaged. ,o lyn-.
. .. "Mr. J. D. Pembertoq came forward and pledg
ed himself to lupporl the v nominee,, when he said
this what a rattling of feet folloiicd 0 be )o sta
ted that although hr was not authorised lo make
any pledges for Gen. Dockery, yet be believe j he
would submit willingly to Ilia nomination. '-When
be concluded aoumi. applause follswed'hiirt:
"We arepleasl,to sUtetwut thai ate, Pewbeei
ton was right, for, we lepra fzosi-a-gerrtkirmo wb
was in Wajdcsborougbr. d.ay;r tww ago, thutQeni
Dockery was these, and -ijwa.-it was uuderstoot
that he had declined." -; .
,.A meaibesof UM family of Kanta'Aml Is said to
have robbed aim of a targe' krriotin of mciey and
Vafuiible jeWels, ini to.ayy iiej. frerj' Jajjiiic
PbssiljltepEx-l're-iiifcnwiiljiiilp rpureuit .of
biia to Mdxice, her, according No the last ac-
'"""THE SLAVERY 'DISCUSSION.
Wo do not design to weary our readers much
more with this subject. The Standard having
backed out frotn our branch of the discussion, and
refused to define his position, or answer.inany way,
because he dare not, our interrogatories, of course
gives np the question, o far a we are concerned,
and retires from tha contest with us. We still re
main upon the field. : ;.
And yet these questions, embracing a tliey do all
that is of practical value involved in this controver
sy, are plain, and easily answered. What will
too do 7 If the Wilnot Proviso is passed bv
Congress, are voh in' favor of submitting to
the law of the land, like a good and teacea-
BLE CITIZEN ? ARE VOU IN FAVOR OF DISUNION ?
Ark totj nt favor of Nult.ification ? Are you
in favor of non-intekcot'rse with the nohth?
Are tou in favor of the confiscation of Nor
thern property in Southern pouts? Are you
IS FAVOR OF CI.OSINii THE COURTS OF THE Spl'TII
agatnst The collection of just debts di e ry
our citizens to Northern men? A he you in
favor of rebellion, and the pbofaflatios of
Slavery" in New Mexico and California, by
fire and sword ?
The Editor of tlie Standard invited us to meet
bun'; and when we came, and picked out from the
midst of three columns of exceedingly brave and
ond fine and high-sounding words, the real Issues
involved, and unfolded our views and principles,
and expressed, unequivocally, oar firm determina
tion to abide by the Constitution and Laws of
omt Country, and to defend and preserve to the last
the Union of the States, the Editor has no an
swer, and is mute as the dead.
But he still continues to write upor. generalities
and collaterals- and. "the lume and impotent con
clusion" which he finally reaches, as we gather
from his last paper, is, that "Congress, in our his
humble opinion, ha no jurisdiction irhntncr oier
,he Slaterg, whether in the Slates or Ter-
. . . I I ,11'. . el. r . . , ...
LET THIS QUESTION' ALONE."
To the practical effect of which the attention of
our readers is briefly invited.
If il,ii"AI.Ilhl'lliii Si,!,r.l ASICS
cannot, tor our Jile, see what it has published so l
many long urticles about, because this gives up
the question of Slavery in the Territories, and there
is nothing left to quarrel for.
If Congress does nothing on the subject of Slav
ery in the Territories leaves the regulation of
this matter to the Territories, or to the people there
of, it is next to certain, and we have over and often
demonstrated, that Slavery will never go there ;
and whether the Wilmot Proviso is passed or not,
can make no difference as to the result. Slavery
will not go there if it is passed, it will not go
there if it is not passed, no more than it would
have gone to Oregon. Where is the cause of the
Standard's uneasiness? What becomes of its great
matter of discussion 1 It disappears, when THIS
ADMISSION OF ALL IT ASKS IS GRANT-
ED unless the Standard and its party intend to
endeavor to plant Slavery In the Territories, tt el
ormij,in which case the "STRUGGLE" it else
where speaks of will take place with the people
there ', or to make war here in North-Carolina a
gainst the Union, according to a settled purpose,
believed to have long existed in certain Democratic
States, to dissolve it.
We have not thought proper lo discuss the ques
tion Whether (he Wilmot Proviso is constitutional
or not. On that lubject, abstractedly, so far as
practical operation is concerned, the long-winded
essays which have been indited here have been
threwn away ; and those who indited them, in our
opinion, have suffered themselves lobe drawn from
the really important points involved in this discus
sion, and have spent their strength for next to no
thing. We have a Tribunal, of highest appeal, to
the decision of which this matter may be referred,
as well as all other matters, of Constitutional and
National Law. And (he Supreme Court has deci-
,nat lhe municipal law of tho conquered or
acquired Territory, existing at the time of its coa
quest or acquisition, remain in force until they are
altered by the conquering or acquiring power.
Then the law abolishing Slavery in Mexico is still
in force in those Territories; and we call upon the
Standard to answer us, and say how Slavery i to
bo re-established there, except by Act of Congress?
even if that Could do It, which wa think extremely
doubtful. Congress has never passed any act
establishing Slavery anywhere, that we know of.
The Missouri Compromise was a prohibition of
Slavery North of a certain line ; but it did not es
talilish it South of that line it left that to implica
tion, clear indeed, but only implication at.last.
; But here it is : the Missouri Compromise : . ,
"And be it furlher enacted, That in all tliat Ter-
ritory ceded by France to the United States, under
the name of Louisiana', which lien North of ihirly-
degrees and thirty minutes, North Latitude, not
! included within the limits ol the State contemplated
. ,;, Ac, Sk anJ iuvuIuuUry BCrvitudotb.
erwisc than in tho punishment of crimes, whereof
the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be
M nereuy ,orcver pw""eo rrovicied always,
1 ana is nereuy turever pruuioiiea : rnrvmea always,
i that any person escapieg into the same from whom
labor or servitude ia lawfully claimed in any State
I or Territory of tlie United States, may be lawfully
reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his
or her labor or service as aforesaid.'' ikl
. , Not a word about eilalluhing or permitting iluve
r'y South of tliat 1'ne. -'-" KLW"-'
,. We regard the question of Slavery positively
settled by (he people of California. A nieetihg
was held at Francisco oa the 24th of February last,
for the purpose of,ma king preparations foVS gener
al tynveutlon, to assemble on the first of August,
ta report a State Constitution preps ralory loan p-
plication; for the admission of California into the
UuiotV f At tliat meeting Col. Stevenson, thenoto
rjou apimander of Mr. Polk's anti-Slavery Regt
mept, .figured promintnllyi,Resolotions wr fo
doBtod vuf ruinously, excluding slavery from the
terntj(..A;iifliW resolution,! appears, aisnia
ga(f4F f qpugh fdf Mr. Palk'kJ'reeiollmhH.ary; io
hftpopfri the following s anaaiemlmei, whtcli
was MiwniiBOflsly pen!Ti t -b 1 I fc 'I'
b,-6ttu' Tbit tl delegate Im? are to"1 represent
the district of San Frajicisco intheConvsuiian that
is to be held at San Jose for the Ibmiatioa of a pro.
visional constitution, are lierehy desired, requested
and iiutrscted, by all honorable means to oppose
any act, meature, provision or onlinance tliat ia
calculated to furtlicr the introduction of domestic
brry,or uf free negroes apprentice-, by Ihilen
Now, San Francisco is California. There is
concentrated there, nearly the entire population of
the country ; because there t'ic miners all assemble
during the winter months. They regard it as their
home, and exercise the rights of eitiienship there
accoidingly." It follows "therefore that the action
of the afore-mentioned meeting amounts to a virtu
al exclusion uf slavery from California.
' Very well Now apply to this case the conclu
sion of tlie Standard, that "Congress has no juris
diction whatever over the question of Slavery whe
ther in the States or Territories ; andall we ask
of that body is to let thi question alone :"' And
what, in the name of wander, according to the Ed
itor's own ground, will be" the Inevitable result in
California ? Will the Southern man parliciuate
in the blessings and benefits of the public, domain ?
Yes, if he thinks proper. But can ho settle any
of it, and till it with his slaves ? No more than he
can in Oregon, to which the Wilniot Proviso has
been applied. A Slaveholder never w 11 o wlnre
there are no laws to regulate Slavery, and pn.t'ct
his rights of property, This decision of the people
of California discriminates, both in theory and prac
tice, against the' Slave, and in favor of the Free
States: Yet, upon the ground occupied by the
Standard, and, as he says, "by the Democracy of
the whole Co mtry, with some exceptions," tl is i
nil right the peoplo of the Territories have the
right to decide they hate decided, as to California
tho Wilmot Proviso, if passed, or not passed,
cannot affect their decision, one way or another
and thus, in our view, and we submit in. the view
of all candid, reasonable, and intelligent men, the
Standard GIVES UP THE QUESTION, and has
nothing of any value left to claim or to discuss.
So far as California is concerned, it is completely
Bankrupt! .
BURKE, THE ABOLITIONIST.
Thee is one article in the Standard of the
41 li of July, which we should have noticed before
tins, headed "Gross injustice to Mr. Burke ;" in
which we are taken to task, for calling that noto
rious Abolitionist, the associate Editor of the Un-
j ion, by his proper name. .
" e "uvv i"ere,ororiuK u,e occasion loraposr
the trickery and duplicity of that venial print,
I the Washington Union, which pretends to be ve
ry solicitous that all the States should enjoy equal
ly the conquered territory, while proposing a "com
mon ground," by acceding to which, the South
will effectually gire up 'everything. We quote
from Mr, Burke' Introductory ; ' i
"We propose the ground of non-intervention
by which we mean that Coniress shall abstain
from all legislation in relation to the subject of
slavery in the new territories ; leavinjfit to the peo
ple of the territories themselves to nm ke the neces
sary provisions for tlieir eventual admiseion into
tlie Union, and to regulate their intornal concerns
in their own way."
It will be recollected, that, as oon a the coali
tions of the Democracy and Free Soilers at the
North were announced, Mr. Ritchie proclaimed his
intention to bring into his establishment an assis
tant Editor "from the North or North-west.", He
did so, In the person of Edmund Uurke, the re
moved Commissioner of Patent a Slavery re
strictionist and Wilmot Provisoist: Since which
time'the Southern Editor of tho Union (old Father
Ritchie,) has suppressed his known opinions on
tho subject of slavery, and permitted Burke to"do"
all the article in that line. , .
We call him an Abolitionist. s When the bill
"to organize a territorial government in the Terrl
tory of Oregon, and for other purposes," was un
i der consideration in the House of Representatives,
Monday, February 3, 1845, the following atneud
ment was proposed to the 6th section ; . . ,
"Provided.Jiowever, that there shall be neither
slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said Ter
ritory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes,
whereof the partv shall have been duly convict
ed." Globe, 2d,'28th. p. 238. ' ; -
For this amendment, Edmund Burke, then a
member of Congress from New Hampshire, vofcil ;
and his vote shows him a Wilmot Provisoist.
Somewhere about the year 1837 or '38, he edi
ted a paper, at Newport, New Hampshire, called
'tlie '"Argus and Spectator," and through il col
umns propagated appeals to ''Democratic Aboli
tionists." He found no fault then with those way
ward disciples of Derhocracy for "dissenting from
slavery, and desiring its removal." He only cau
tioned them "to beware and not get entrapped in
tlie toils of Federalism." Now he maligns Gen.
Taylor for having called Mr. Ewing and Judge
Collamer into his cabinet. What a fit associate
for the guardian of Southern rights, is a slavery
restrictionist, and tlie friend of ''Democratic Abo
litionists!" , .. '!" :''' 'i' V ' '
Well, what does ho go for now, according to
his introductory f (and which wo underhand the
Standard as endorsing and approving.) Why, for
practical abolition in the new territory!' .Be
cause, "non-intervention," that "noble doctrine," as
the Standard calls it, will exclude slavery as ef
fectually from New Mexico and California as the
passage of the Wilmot Proviso. Leave It to the
people of the Territories to regulate their internal
concern in their own way, and who doc not sec
that they will never consent to the Introduction of
slavery 1 So that, thi. "common groand'' propos
ed by i!.e Abolitionist Burke, and endorsed by the
Editor of the Standard, Is,' ill reality carrying out
the principle for which the Northern Free Soilers
and Abolitionists contend, only hi a different way ;
and byitj we should' escape the' passage cf the
Wilmot Proviso, it is true, but the object would
be as efleStoally obtained, and slavery be forever
excluded from New Mexico and California. " ,
And now, if the Standard alopts this "nbn-inter.
vention doetrittr;" w'e wbuld humbly crave, to lyipw
what is rrlTfor hlh., aS a Southern man, to con
tend for? !OV tin ho doraonstratpj'tf' iiotfiinj fyf
the is doBeyimf hot bin jf said,' tiaf afivcrj (p n
ver exlsl In the riew TcWitory fur siich we iiu
derstantf to te 'norwntcrvention.''' V I iy Ici j ly
Until the law is ilianceS'slaverv is excluiled and
from th known teiiijioT of the pwijije now ther
and tlroseOrii"w?!n! siich" greaf crowd, a South';
trn' rntmny,a1veirBeitle lh MasMcliuseUs with
bis staves-, as i New Me'jiico and California.',
!" But the Wpretne gravity of taking lis'to task for
calling an Abolitionist 'by Iiis name I IJe M an
Abolitionist, even iu this very ground of "non-intervention,"
1n regard to tliejiew .Teriilorjes,
frhich gives lip (o Northern uicri all they claim,
j'ni-rffbctiiil'v'e.voliiJeii'l'ie Su-iihent 'iUve-hcJl;!-.
WHO EXCLUDED SLAVERY ? '
Wc charged in our last, that Slavery had beei
excluded fnun California by means of a Free Soi
Regiment, sent out by the late Democratic Admin
htration zr that express ptrjjosc. Tlie proof b
now out, and is too positive to admit of even the
shadow of contradiction. Mr. Buchanan boasted
in advance to the Free Democracy of Pennsylva
nia, that the Democratic Admiuistration had set
tled the Slavery question in favor of the North
fie boasted that they had fixed it by means of tl.U
very Regiment he declared that it was no Inner, r
a practical question, and that the Free Soil Di m. .
crmcy could therefore vote for General Cass, not
withstanding the Nicholson letter which we all
know wm a '.fegnhtr 4o4ge-pmpt$.Z:.S!Z)jm
Who, then, has excluded Slavery from Califor.
nia, we again ask ? Tlie late Denipcratic Admin
istration did it, and the whole of the Democrats
Who supported that Administration tire responsible
for the result The Standard's "concl sionw ex
cludes Slavery fiom California just as well ! ljcl
it go at that.
The Slandard, throughout, insinuates cnrertly.
iu an equivocal and mysterious manner, (what, il
dare not openly affirm,) that, In a certain event,
(we cannot see certainly what,) we are to have a
' struggle" of some sort; which 'insy Heaven avert!1
piously exclaims the Standard. Dim and distant
visions of some revolutionary convulsion, or san
guinary contest, perplex his vision and perturb his
soul, as though there were some impending Calsmi
ty, dreadful and bloody in the contemplation, which
he Would gladly save us from, but cannot. The
Editor of the Standard may as well make himseli
perfectly comfortable and easy, and sleep quietly
b nights! Neither he nor Ab. Venabie will ever
set the world on fi'.e ! These paroxysms amount
to nothing, and are only thrown in for effect All
this fine tragic talk is harmless enough, being, as
wo believe, intended to fool somebody iii the pend
ing Congressional elections.
lint we will brand him as a Traitor, who shall
dare to menace, hero in North Carolina, the perpe
tuity of the American Union ! . Ulterior designs
may be what they may all this talk of "rights",
may pi?( though we knowof no 'rights' above llie
Constitution and Laws of the land but our peo
ple are determined to stand by the Union, and will
never permit it to be abandoned !
It would be a fine pass, truly, should we suffer
that very party which acquired the ucvv Territory,;
and brought upon Us all the trouble in relation ton,:
to dissolve ii.e Union on account of it !
We fear no such thing we do net believe there:
is any danger of it The Union Party, in this;
country is the strongest, and will ever maintain
the ascendancy. To that Conservative party the,
Whigs or the Nation belong. Old Zack Taylor
is our leader and our head and if he knows tut
6m thing that peculiarly fits hint for his exalted and
illustrious station, that one thing is our protectkinj
He knows weft how to rout, defeat and destroy the
enemies of his country. Beware of that stern, un-i
yielding, and nnconqucred old Warrior ! Jle wont
be driven! ''"'--':S . '-.r'i,:. .'.';'. i
; CHARACTER OF A DEMAGOGUE 1
: DRAWS BT HIMSELF.- ', -J
Adsaiiam VV. Verable Is well known to be a
prominent character about these times. He is now,
going at large throughout the Fifth Congressional,
District, raising the cry of Nullification and Dls-j
union, with many other raving and heretical dog-!
mas, all for the purpose of convincing the people;
that he ought to be sent to Congress to protect
their rights and preserve the Union, at the rate of!
8 dollars per day and mileage. Upon this Hatter!
subject, (vii. mileage,) It waB his fortune to niatej
a speech in the House of Representatives of tflo-i
United States, on the 11th of January lust, trt
which he drew that admirable portrait of himself, j
which it is our present purpose to exhibit to tliei
world. (By the way, ; Mr. V. is violently opposed!
toany reduction of lhe pay and mikagr,aud would!
-doubtless-like to see thorn increased to any a-
mount.) .:'.;' ' ''.":')''',. '' ' "" ''-:: ' ( J
The resemblance is so striking that rtiere 'caftf
be no hesitation in deciding that thr author1 drew j
from his own presentiment. . We quote from Con'l i
Globe, 2d Sea, 30th Con. p. 227 : 9:-iM
"lie cnargoa no man witti oeing a demagogue;;
It would be unbecoming to make snch a charge;
but, if there was a character on eahh'wlio deserv
ed the unaffected loathing of moh.'lt was the cliaf
acter to which he referred tho filthy1, sliiTi being
who, like the snail, always left hismark lll'ihe
track wiiere he moved. If ever onr belovcj fn
ftitutions should come to ruin, it would be when
they should fall into the hands of these demagogues,
whose hearts are always as filthy as Hic7r ,'lieads
are empty." .-.'.'' "S'-1';-'-- -.
Again r "Ho reiterated Iiis sUtemcnt, that
demagogues were, of all men, the most dangerous
to our Institutions ; and the page of history would
bearhim out'in the assfrtion, that,, although .tbo I
rights and liberties ofthe people" werefomttiiries o-1
verthrjwn by the sword of the conqueror, and tha
plots of the traitor, they more frequently fell ly I
the stiletto stab of the demagogue. Demagogues,
In a free government, were like, childrea witlrfiro :
in tlie wood ; they always kindled a name which
would immediately rage beyond theft powpr to cor-'
trolitl i.li warned every gentlernari,' rtierefore, j
to beware bow be allowed himself Id fan such a
dime. Hti had never seen a man of this eli.irnc. :
ter who did not always, nj on all fecBsious,"iro. ;
fes Ilia deepest affection for'tho ' ncopWj'a'iid tlfft
suffering jwor who had servild tlie country, s'fo'r
himself, ho luted"' the :pe6nje' aboufaVftnicli they
tored him,'' (bel'-'' "!
l.,Ji im.: u :s
1 ,t.ir.! .- J
I!t not a' tnasle
er-picce ?
Grajihicli drawn,
and true to 'the life !v' And "accordingly 4;f jlu
v 1.. ' ..-
Mhold tlh same dCmagogMe.yViiraiii eiijiWOj
With hr,,iK'A"B "fiithya "his fea.if,' js'twij.
ty, endeavoring to bring to ruirj our beTnved Uy&
tutioBSby'preachingVi5i''au
id ill wftods," striving to' Jfan jiuci'afiarjiea
witt'gefieyond liii power to coijj ro i,J
M.!Venble, to ttse Ris'owi'langajje', 'as'.b'n,
dctiatten too'laige: ! job" to fi i'liccessfji tie i
.mWtingtob weary it fath'lo gef inanyjc; wallj
with nliM he might irTiapi flrjd i great "many
who would fee willing 'to start with himi who will
not b. veiling to go a(l'thb way !""' '
But the l'6rtraltr the Portrait above Jt'flfi
! him tv Iiiir aiid'fie drew it fiom hi;riKif
'' -d jiti trl t!.s-,t -,'.! -re " v! slf M M 1 " "''" M" ? ': '.
. f M r , 3 Si rf -!
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