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The Sm:tn CT.Rrsrr. tr Tiir. Aboi.itt.Awk J - Wcc..y fnan Hie "C ui.T of the 7li inst'il.e ( Mnviiijr reunion which were recently puss-d , iV 1 ..f.KS, Si ,i,.(imvnii.in f MasrbtMelts, i n J in the "sole organ' with son-eothers v! kimli.tlsymlk-i,ntc: "Kesu.ved mat in every cltoire 01 a i rwient 1y the people, since Massachusetts and Virginia wrwd iimSn the Federal and Democratic platforms, the Democratic Candidate has succeeded by the union of the Democrats North and South: ami that Hie only exception to this has been the recent f lec tion of'Gencral Taylor by the feud in New Vork, end the bud fiith of the South," If the people of Mississippi and Louisiana vote for members of Congress favorable to the Admin istration of Zachary Taylor, the Southern slave holder, the Xantippcs of the North will read them another lecture. For New York to have voted for General Taylor was the result merely of a feud of an unforlunale family quarrel, to be composed and hushed up by sweet words. and soft concessions : but for any part of the South to have so voted was bad faith, a swindle, a trick of the wool growers. But we copy from the Uuioii one more resolution, which will probably make the people of the South little patient under the castigation of this pecu liar friend of the North. It :s m these words : Resolved, That we are opposed to Slavery in rvery form and color, and in favor of freedom and Free Soil Wherever mas lives throughout God's heritage." Ought not the people of the South feel ashamed ol themselves after this, for having voted for a southern slaveholder, when the Locofocos of Mas sachusetts are for "Free Soil throughout God's in heritance." The Vnim has told us many times that thi Locofocos of the North were in favor of leaving slavery in the several States to the peo pie of those States. If so, the Locofocos of Mas sachusetts, who go for " Free-Soil throughout Gad's Inheritance," must regard their brethren f the South as a part of the Devil's inheritance. Republic. FROM CALIFORNIA. Charleston, Oct 8 4 p. m. The Falcon arrived at New Orleans in five days and eighteen hours from Chagres; and brings $70,- 000 in gold dust, a large mail, and forty-nine pas senger for New York. . The steamship Cali fornia was to have sailed from Panama to San Francisco tm the 37th ult,, the Senator on the 1st inst.j the UnicroR on the 8tli, and the Panama on the 13th. I.thmus heaithly, and travelling easy owing to improvements in roads. - ''' The latest dates from San Francisco, to the 1st September, state that General Smith had gone on an expedition to the mountains of Sierra Nevada. Colonel Fremont is at Slonterey. Mr. Wild, late Vice consul at the Sandwich Is lands, died at San Francisco, on the 28th August. , Lieut Beale, bearer of despatches, arrived at gin Francisco and proceeded to General Smith's bead-quarters. Thos. Butler King lies dangerous ly ill with the bilious fever ; his recovery is consid ered doubtful. The convention for forming the con stitution met at Monterey on the 31st August, and .is said to be composed of men of intelligence and integrity. Tlie St. Mary's, on her arrival from Callao, is to proceed to China. The steamship Empire City left Chagres on the 28th ultimo for New York. The Panama brought half a million of dollars in gold dust, and one hundred and filty passengers ; he arrived at Panama on the 22d ultimo. Little inquiry for cotton at New Orleans; on the 5th three hundred bales sold at former rates. Further advi ces say Mr. King is considered out of danger. Gen. Riley has been sick at Monterey, but at last accounts was improving. . 1 San Francisco letters say Giraig and King will go to the United States Senate, and that the consti tution wiil be formed and the legislature elected by the first of November. . . The political canvass is now approaching State elections waxing warm. The Whigs and Demo crats have demonstrations every sight ; both par ties equally confident. News from Kingston to January 19th. The Lib erals assert that they gain accession and strength b? the election. The government papers express the belief that there will be no renewal of factions Dpeotit'ron to the executive. Santa Anna and fam ily were in Kingston on the 13th at a concert. Yesterday the Cotton market was qtiiet. Sales only of one hundred and fifty bales. Sales for the week 5,500. Factors have been ready. Sellers and prices somewhat easier. Good Middling, ten and three-eighths to ten and a half; good fair, twelve and a half to thirteen. Receipts to first Sep tember 3,619, against 72,413 same time. last year. Stock on band 37,220, against 66,706 last year. ROUND ISLAND. We nndorstand that the communications receiv ed at the Navy Department from Com. Randolph, with regard to lite men assembled on Round Island, nre conclusive as to their illegal designs. The military crganitatiou, tho terms of enlistment, the nature of tire service, the disposition of the arms, the character of the country to be attacked, are all -clearly proved by the abundant testimony of persons (bund among the members of the expedition. Tbe opposition journals will find that they have donfc right in waving the discussion as to Com. Randolph's politeness. Considerable distress pre- Vailes among litem at one time, because the proc lamation was not as courteous and particular as a diplomatic despatch ; but we apprehend that, in view of the facts as they will ultimately come be fore the public, all sides will be too well satisfied, with the result accomplished by President Taylor to cavil at any alleged lack o( "courtesy" in its at tainment. Republic APOSTATE AND IMPOSTOR. ; It is not long since the Washington Union ap plied the terms Apostate or Impostor to Martin Van Buren. What does the Union think of him, since IhereeentrecoaciliAtionofthetwofactionsin New York T Is he again a sweet tittle fellow and a .' "Northern man with Southern feelings"? If. the Union approves the term upon which the late Compact was" made, H enght certainly to make friends once wore with the master spirit of the com pact, the great Lacifer f the army of apostates il(0 are nestling once more in the warm bosom of the Deinneracy. What says the Union to running Martin Van Bitten for th? Presidency in i852,and Sinn Houston for vice Presidency 1Rieh. Rep. , ... ;, v v' i i. - - : RAIL ROAD MF.STI.Nd. IN. DAVIDSON.... , is lrujy gmr.fjing to see, that -one or two conn at !east of mnhe, of tI((,5, lllore immeJi. a!ely lo te t,., (Iuy ,e.i?ible of the value 0- tI,e greilt 0ffi,ri.() ,,, l)y tne Sute in uie charter of the Central Rail Road. It relieves, lo ,. . , J0CD. Uuniimr mortification. the friends of this gfat work must feel when they witness the spirit of imlilferenee mnni Tested along the line. Yes, Davidson County has resolved that reproach in this matter, shall not lie at her door.--A gentleman wliO was at Lexingtotion Tuesday .in forms us that a meeting was held there on that day, by the friends of this work, when the sum of one hundred thousand dollars was subscribed ; and he expresses his belief that such is the feeling there, the subscriptions will not stop at this. Well done Davidson, yon deserve to be enrolled as A No. 1, of the Western counties. As the daughter of Row an, we'slrould boast of yon ; but your mother must, for the present, wear her blus'ies-blushes of shame! not for you, but for herself. Nevertheless, she must feel an inward joy and satisfaction in view of your Worthy example, and it is hoped she will profit by it ' Guilford Is wide awate, and the advocates and friends of the enterprise there, are counting with confidence on the West, and Rowaoi in particular, to come up to the Work with a proper spirit. 'TShall the hopes of these friends be disappointed J . Salisbury Watchman. The Springfield (Illinois) Register, of the 23d ult., publishes a letter frera James F. Reed, dated in California on the 1st of August last. Mr.Revd says that an election has been held for the choice of delegates to a State convention to form a consti tution, and at the next session of Congress two Senators and two Representatives will claim seats in that body from the State of California. Mr. Reed gives an account of the results of his digging for gold for twenty -four days. The lowest amount of gold gathered in one day was two oun ces, and the highest ten and a half ounces. He says that gold is still "plenty, plenty." PORTRAIT OF A LOCOFOCO. The following sketch, by a contemporary, of a certain Ixicofoco in his neighborhood, will answer very well for others of the party elsewhere : lie never formed an opinion, nor expressed a sen timent until he found it in the Union, and would never dare to dissent from the administration and its organ on any point, however preposterous it might be. He would believe a whale was a hum ming bird, the Queen of England a black cat, or Tom Benton an angel, if told so by the "organ" of his party. ..' ANOTHER REVOLUTION IN FRANCE. Mr, Walsh, in one of his recent letters to the Journal of Commerce, says : "There tnsy be, this winter, in Paris, an entira political revolution, accompanied or not accompa nied by convulsions in the capital or the provinces or both. It is doubtful whether the great parties three at least, who aim at fundamental change, can longer keep at bay, or be content simply to manoeu vre. There may ensue mighty external coalitions and enterprises, which France, if she undertakes to resist, can combat only with all her resources her every mail and her every franc." . The Tribune says it will be a royalibt movement, to restore legitimacy in the person of Henry .the 5th. The Courrier tks Elals Unis, the French paper published in New York, denies and denounces the rumor of a hostile feeling on the part of France to wards the 0. States. The Courrier thinks that if any thing has fallen fron Louis Napoleon to the effect stated, it has been misunderstood either by Mr. Rush, who scarcely comprehends French, or else it is a word so torn from its context as to be perverted. ' , . CHANCELLOR KENT. A writer in theN. Y. Chnrch Review, speaking of Chancellor Kent, comments with deserved sev erity upon that law of the State of New York which excludes a Judge from the Bench after he has ar rived at the age of sixty years. The great works of Chancellor Kent were written after he was ex cluded from the N. Y. Bench on account of his age. Says.the Revicwer,'-What shall we say of the wis dom of an institution that drove from the bench, as a man superannuated, one who yet continued for the space of fire and twenty years afterward to rule, by his written opinions.that very bench where his spoken ones were detlared 'no law V" The " Bald Eagles." An ominous notice ap peared in one of the city papers, on Saturday morning, summoning the V Bald Eagles' to as. semble at their " eyrie" on that evening, by order of their captain ! What does this mean? Is this a branch of the Round Islanders, or is an invasion of the territory of some friendly power fomenting here in Washington ? were the inquiries which suggested themselves. But all fears were allay ed upon being informed that it was merely a con vivial club, which assembled weekly, and the only treason practised by them was against the doc trine of Father Mathew. Wash. Republic. , A Locofoco paper in Missouri says that General Lane, on his return from Oregon, will pour out the vials of his wrath on the Administration. Lane doesn't keep his wrath in vials ; be keeps it in de canters, demijohns, and puncheons. ,. Robert Hildrkth, convicted, at the Maroh Term, of Richmond Court, of the murder of Wil liam Taylor, in Anson county in September, 1848 was, on hut Wednesday, sentenced to be hung on tbe second day of November next KTTbe Alexandria Gazette, in its usual pointed way, makes the following pertinent comment upon the Denby case: " We think that by eeneral censent the opposi tion presses ought to knock under on the subject of the Denby defalcation acknowledge it is a bad case confess that the Sub-Treasury has been failure and admit that the late Administration tripprd in the matter, and cannot be excused. ; Let them do tlua ana men pass on to something else. " It no use to be stumbling over an entirety in. defensible and inexcusable transaction. . BEAUTIFUL ALLEGORY. We take the following from tho Springfield (Mass.) Republican : In conversation a few days since with a law yer who was aii enthusiastic admirer of this great man, he related to us an instance in Mr. Critten den's professional enreer illustrative of lis singu lar power before a jury. i u Mr. Crittenden was enmtjed in defending a mart who had been indicted for a capital offence. After an elaborate and powerful defence, he closed his effort by the following striking and beautiful allegory t "When God, in his eternal eoansel, conceived the thought of man's creation, he called to him the three ministers who w'ait constantly upon his throne Justice, Truth, and Mercy and thus ad dressed them : " Shall we make man ?'' Then said Justice, " Oh God ! make him not, for he will trample upon thy laws." . Truth made answer al so, " Oh God ! make him tret, for he will pollute thy sanctuaries," But Mercy, dropping upon her knees, and ldolciri up through her tears, exclaim ed, " Oh God ! make him. I will watch over him and surround him with my care through all the dark paths which he may have to tread.'1 Then God made man, s-d said to him, " O man 1 thou art the child of Mercy ; go and deal with thy bro ther."." - The jury, when he finished, was drowned in tears, and, against evidence and what must have been their own convictions, brought in a speedy verdict of not guilty. A WIFE IN TROUBLE. "Pray, tell ine, my dear, what is the cause of those tears ?" "Oh, such a disgrace !" "What what is it, my dear ? don't keep me in suspense!" "Why, I have opened one of your letters, sup posing it addressed to myself. Certainly it looked more like Mrs. than Mr." "Is that all 1 What harm can there be in a wife's opening her husband's letters J" "No harm in the tiling itself. But the contents! Such a disgrace 1" "What ! has any ene dared to write me a letter unfit to be read by my wife 1" "Oh, no. It is couched in the most chaste and gentlemanly language. But the contents ! the contents I" ' Here the wife buried her face in her handkerchief and commenced sobbing ,iloud, while her husband eagerly caught up the letter and commenced read ing the epistle that had been the means of nearly breaking his wife's heart It was a bill from the printer for two year's subscription I Sandy Hilt Herald. Ixdigo Curiiu$ Fact. The Indigo plant was a natie of South Carolina. It grew spontaneous ly among its weeds and woods. More than one hundred years ago the planters there commenced its cultivation. In the year 1748, South Carolina exported to Great Britain 200,000 pounds, and the Parliament granted a bounty of 12 cents per pound to induce its greater cultivation. In 1787, when that ordinance was passed, Indigo was one of the taples of South Carolina, and we believe of Geor gia also. Now, in 1 849, not a single pound of in- igo is raised in South Carolina, or, as far as we now, in all the South ! A plant which is indige nous to that region, and which in its early cultiva tion was exceedingly profitable, has been driven from existence by the cheap labor of India. Great Britain now pays seven millions of dollars a year for Indigo raised in India. Motto oh the Bridal Rise. A young gentle man, oi fine intellect and noble heart, was sud denly snatched by the hand of death from all the endearments of life. Surrounded by every thing that could make existence pleasant and happy a wife that idolized him, children who loved him as they only can love, and friends devoted to him ; the summons came, and he lay upon the bed of death. But a few short years ago she to whom he was wedded placed a bridal ring upon his fin ger, upon the inside of which he had a few words privately engraved. The husband would never permit tbe giver to read them, telling her the day would come when her Wish should be gratified, and she should know the secret. Seven years glided away, and a day or two since, when conscious that he must soon leave his wife forever,he called her lo his bed side, and with his dying accents told her that the hour had at last come when she should see ths words upon the ring she had given him. The young mother took it from his cold finger, and, though heart-stricken with grief, eagerly read the words" I have loved thee on earth I will meet thee in heaven," Tenptatios. How beautiful, in the Lord's Prayer, is the invocation of "Lead us net into temp, tation." How much it expresses, and what a vol ume of thought it opens. "Lead us not iito temp tation." The will may be strong, but the heart is weak, ar.d in an evil hour the tempted falls be fore the tempter. Temptation is a little rill which forms at first drop by drop but follow its course, and it swells until it becomes a mountain torrent, which sweeps all before it "Lead is not into temptation," flee from it as from a pestilence.. Avoid it for honor, happiness, all, all will be drawn into its vonex, and become a wreck upon the shores of time. "Lead us not into temptation." Tarbed AKif Featheeed. A man was found in rather too intimate terms with a married lady at Camden, N. J., on Sunday night, when the hus band and friends, seized him, and having plentiful ty Con ted him with tar, then well feathered him, and turned him loose. ' She's Ose of Them. In St Louis, lately, Mrs. Cannon was fined $10 for whipping her hub by, which she paid' with ft smiling loek, saying, tottoxoct'. ""Never mind the money, I wear the ; I do I'm some when Pm at home, and wont I have it out ol bis bones T well, if I doa"t you can kill me." The Cunard steamer Canada, in her last passage to England, made 892 miles In three successive days-a greater speed, we believe, than was ever maintained for so long a period at one time by sny of the line of steamers. ' : - "Ned EinitlW, or Jiulcon, one of the Aslor Op era riot convicts, has refused to take sustenance since his commitment to prison, and the doctor has recommended him to kindly treatment. The New York Express says: 'He wanted time to edit his "Own," hut this was refused as against the rules, and he Was ordered to array his comely person in prison clothes, submit to discipline, and go to work in the quarry, Vie art honest convict. At first he refused, Complained of being injisposod, (very likoly,) &.c.,but after a while he concluded It would be bettor to obey orders, and did aa he was comman ded." ' THE ELEPHANT. When cousin tchabod first saw him at the show, he exclaimed with mute astonishment, " Then that's the real Menagerer the identical crktct it self! Would'nt tew on 'em make a team to draw stun with! Aint be a scrouger f" Ichabod went hum, and related what he had seen. "I seen," said he, "the gencwine menagerer the biggest lump of flesh that ever stirred. He had tew tails ; one benind and t'other before. Philosophers call the fore un a probuscus. He put one of his tails in my pocket and hauled out all de gingerbread eve ry hooter. What d'ye think he done with it ? Why he stuck it in his own pocket, and begun to fumble for more." ; POETRY. HARVEST HYMN FOR 1819. BY MAaTI.1 fARQUAR TUTrER. Again, through every county Of Britain's happy shores, The great Creator's bounty Unstinted plenty pours; Again to him returning, In thankfulness we raise. Our hearts within us burning, The sacrifice of praise. O, great as is thy glory, ' Thy goodness doth excel I What harp can hymn the story : What tongue the tale can tell 1 The boundless breadth of Nature Is spread beneath thy throne, And every living creature Is fed by thee alone I Rejoice I for overflowing. Is each abundant field ; The lrd has blest the sowing, The ljord has blest the yield ; The mower has mown double, The reaper doubly rcap'd, And from the shining stubble Her head the gleuuer lieap'd. Rejoice! for mercy blesses, And judgment smites ho more, The God of Grace possesses : Araunah' threshing floor. The gains of honest labor Are shower'd from above. And neighbor looks on neighbor In happiness and love. O, men of all conditions, : , The high or humbly born, Away with low sedition ! - Away with lofty scorn! Mix kindly with each other, For God has given to all The common name of brother, And gladness great and small. And Erin ! that starvest So patient on the sod To thee, to thee, this harvest Is come, the gift of God ! Cheer up, though woes oppress thee ; Be diligent and true, And with thy Queen to bless thee, : Her King shall bless thee too ! The cultivation of the Tea Plakt, which was undertaken by Mr. Junius Smith, near Greenfield, (S. C.) in 1848, has so far proved highly success ful. In the fall of 1848 about five hundred plants were received from China, via Ixmdon,and in De cember they were planted In his garden. A coiv siderable quantity of tea seed was planted at the same time. Notwithstandinr' the severe winter and spring, the plants, which were left to take care of themselves, unharmed, and are now in a flourish ing condition. Several specimens of green and black plant are in bud. The Tea Plant buds one year, but docs not fruit till the next. Next year Mr. Smith expects to pick tea, although his groat object for some time to come will be to increase the quantity of his plants. , Akriyai of Frederika Bremer. The emi nent and universally admired authoress. Miss Fred erika Bremer, has at length arrived in this coun try. ; Her coming creates something of a sensa tion in literary circles. Already, says a New York letter of Thursday afternoon, ere she has been in the new world half an hour, she is overrun with visiter welcoming her to our shores. Ges. Scott is now in New York, apparently in robnst health, and entirely recovered from the in disposition under which he suffered so severely during the summer. The head-quarters of tho army will, in all probability, be in the city of New York during the approaching winter. . An experiment was recently made in England to test the practicability of advantageously cultiva ting maize in that land of wet cold summers. The description of the plant, as given in the Times, is somewhat novel, and leads to the im pression that the plant cultivated is broom corn. It says : " Tbe stems, which run up perfectly straight, are generally from four to five feet high, and are much thicker than tlie larger wheat straw, They throw out from the root upwards succes sion of flag-like leaves, the stem terminating in a little tuft from which spring tlie ears of corn, some what irregularly clustered ; and, in this instance, apparently not heavily laden." MASSACHUSETTS WHIG, STATE CON " " VENTION. - ' ' '! Worchester, Oct S, 1849. ' The Whig State Convention was held in thii city to-day. The attendance wa very large- tome think it was larger than erer before. M. P, Wilder, Esq., was chosen President Geo. N. Briggs was nominated, by acclamation, for re-election to the office of Governor ; and John Reed to that of Lieut Governor. ' r Auuresses were univereu Dy lion. Jolin uavis and others. A good deal of enthusiasm prevailed RALEIGH TIMES. ; Ualrig!), ft. . ' . ' FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, I8W. D J Our readers will beaf 'with tis.'whilc our columns are taken iirj with the discussions into which we have been drawn. We are by no means pugnacious in onr temper; tut rather of a meek and quiet spirit. Nevertheless, we must maintain, ts the best of our ability, those principles and mea sures which we believe to be right that Union of the States which we have been taught to venerate those grounds which we believe to be safe and tenable for the South and the honor and Interests of onr native State, in all questions of domestic po licy. In all thin, we shall strive to keep onr zeal within the limits of discretion', and treatingonr op ponents as freemen and equals, entitled to every privilege we claim for onrself, with ft due regard to our limited space, we shall endeavor to storm their positions, and drive them from their errors. Ex-Gov. Morehead left this City on Tuesday, attended by Maj. C. L. Hin'.on, the State Treasur er, on a trip to several of the Northern States, for the purpose of collecting such information as may be us.'iul in the construction and management of the Lunatic Asylum. We learn that Dr. T. N. Cameron, who was one of the Committee appointed to make this tour, was unavoidably prevented from accompanying the other gentlemen. IT Internal Improvement Association. We learn that tho next Meeting of the Association Will be held on Monday evening when an Ad dress may be expected from J. M. LovKior, Esq'r. The friends of Improvement are much encouraged by tlie results of their meeting!, and by the cheer ing and favorable news rornthe West If our friends in the East in Johnston and Wayne, par ticularly, will but come up to the work with cor responding spirit, that bright day which has dawn ed for the Old North will soon shed its effulgence of gladness and prosperity upon us,. MESSRS. BARRINGER . AND CALDWELL When we published, week before last, the cor respondence between these gentlemen, we were of impression that the matters of controversy had been adjusted. But the discussion is still going on.Capt. Caldwell having published Knottier com munication in the Charlotte papers, to which Mr, Barringer has replied ; and the end therefore, is not yet We concluded, at first, that we would not pursue this discussion further in our columns. But as the whole correspondence has since appear ed in the Standard, we shall lay it all before our readers In our next giving both sides fair play. ICT The Editor of the Goldsboro' Telegraph in forms us that the " Fool-killer" called, and spared him ; kindly warning us, at '.he same time, of our danger. With our best thanks, &c. we take leave to rejoin, that, since tlie Editor of the Telegraph escaped, ire are perfectly safe, said Editor having himself provided us ft scape-goat, in the following article in his last paper ; " A certain Democrat remarked in our presence a few days ago that the Editor of the "Hornet's Nest" had made a " tool oj lumself, and only ot- ollter step would make mm a Vtmocrat. THE SLAVERY DISCUSSION. We repudiated in our last, the idea of tlie disso lution of tht Union, as a safe, rightful and proper remedy, in case the Wilmot Proviso is passed by Congress and applied to the new Territories ; and we indicated our hope that its passage would be precluded, by tho actionof the people of those Territories themselves, who are now engaged in forming State Constitutions, with a view to apply for admission into the Union as States. Their right to settle the question ol Slavery, and every other question of municipal law, not incompatible with a Republican form of Government, is un doubted, and conceded on all hands. In prospect of such settlement, we would bo well content to leavo the discussion of this subject here, and re- icve our readers from its further consideration " Sufficient unto tho day is the evil thereof." Cut not so of some of our contemporaries. For personal or political ends, the elements must be kept in a ferment; the" public car must still be stun ned with vociferous calls for icii ; the feeling of the South, in favor of their "peculiar institution" a string delicate, but thrillingly responsive must still be harped upon, that favor m.iy be gained by some, and prejudice be created against other, press es of the State. So be it. We stand with the Whig press with the prominent, talented, true and tried Whig KJi tors of North Carolina. We stand with the Reg ister, Observer, North Stite Whig, Newbernian Recorder, Argus, Old North Stale, Commercial and Chronicle, Greensboro' Patriot, &c: i,c. We are opposed by the " Hornet's Nest" and its cor respondents, alone, sa far as we have any know! edge, among the Whig press and by such Dem ocratic papers as the Standard, Democrat, Repub lican, tl al. With the first company we are ac customed to act; we hope and (rust always to act, harmoniously. It gives as no concern to diffe with the last. The difference must be eternal we would not reconcile it, If we could. The apprehended passage of the Wilmot Pro viso by Congress, forms the ground work of all the long-winded articles which are continually .published in tlie Mate, upon tlie Slavery question, Our opinions on it are well known to our readers, winie we nave always opposed Its passage, we are compelled to regard it as a question of no prac tical application to us at all---not immediately con nected with Slavery in North Carolinanot cal culated to interfore with our right of property not tending to deprive us of eur slaves, even by dep reciating their value ; not rendering them insecure or untenable, Suppose it is passed and what ritht of ours docs it take away 1 Tho right of emigrating to the new Terri',ories with our Slaves' True lint, if we have tlie right now, why divs p.. one exercise it 1 Simply because tliera is no sl.t very. there no laWstcproteetprojierty in s!nr?s no laws tn regulate slavery, or by which clave can be reclaimed, if they run away-nothing V preserve tlie rights of the ahvelwlder. or to proteci aud secure- Lis property. - If we have the flake.1 right, it is therefore oho which would desirny it-si-lf by its exercise, having no protection. And regarding " mm intervention," the ground assume.: by the Doinoeralic presses, as placing us precise ly where ihe Wilmot Proviso will, and excluding us as eUoctually from the new Territories, vtc see that they cannot, on that ground, insist that slavery shall go there, bill they leave it where w.1 do, w ith tho people, the immense difivrenee be tween us is apparent only, and Harrowed down lo ft single point If the- Mlmot Proviso- becorfie' the law ol the land, what will you do t "Resist '.' any the Hornet's Nest and bis cdrfesfi indent "Nullify, confiscate, repudiate,' noh-intercourfe,' says Abraham V enable. "Agitate, whether or no nd kick up a fuss generally," say the South Cat oliiu Chivalry. "Determine the mode and raea sure of redress," says Mr. Callioun, "Call a Con vemion in North Carolina," say tlie Standard, Dc mocrat, and Lincoln Republican. "Dissolve tin Union !" say the fanatics of every class atth South, "that is the rightful remedy !" A perfect Babel breaks loose at the Question. Now, among them, the law goes for fiolhifle, aft, the Union is a mere wreck. They hold the pas sage of the restriction to be unconstitutional tha ft matter ef opinion, upon which learned, pstri otic and good men differ. We hold it to be unjust oppressive, insulting, unwise, and Irtexpedienl- trtutful of mischief, and productive of fit) good ud at the South we all agree upon lhis last. Bii oppose both arc granted and what is the reroe ly ? The constitutionality of a law may be teste in me proper manner, uelore the tribunal appoint ed for such purpose we all know" bow 'that maj be done. But upon the opinion that it is unconst tutional, we are called on, in advance of its pas sage too, in the bare Apprehension of it, TO ACT V e say no. And the floodgates of fanatical a bust are opened upon us, and we are denounced as un sound upon the Slavery question. But "non-intervention," say the Democrats ; "If i le thing alone; tt will settle itself." So it will and against the South. Non-intervention will ex elude us as effectually from the new Territories, a if the Wilmot Proviso were already in operatioi there. There has been non-intervention, ever si nc the peace. And does Slavery go to New Mexid nd California ? Do any of our citizens wish U go there and carry their slaves t No they de mand the quiet enjoyment of that species of pro perty here and in the South, throughout all whicl slavery exists, and where there are laws to regu late it that is a nutter of vital importance to them and includes rights which they can exercise tin other is a mere abstract right, which they canno now exercise, Proviso or no Proviso, and whicl can never materially affect their liberty or thei property. For the first, we are ready to contend while life remains for the last, we will never con sent that the Union shall be perilled.-' But the Wilmot Proviso, however much we an opposed to it, may be forced upon at, by the powei of the majority and it is regarded as an entering wedge to farther aggressions upon the tights of th people of the Soutls and the abolition ef Slaver; in the District of Columbia may follow.-' Her then, we fix our limit. The Proviso has passe already, several times, and no remedy has yet beei found for it even by those who are so clamorou now. Slavery in the District stands upon entire! different grounds. We deny the right of Congrcs to touch it no pewer has been conferred upon tlu, General Government for such purpose if it usurj the power, then let the South stand up for he dearest rights by all means and we shall be th first to propose tbe most prompt and vigorous ac tion in the premises, and go si far as the farfhes in acting it out. Here would be a reality, not a attraction here would be a wrong j a grietana oppressive snd unbearable here would be a tuur pation, high-handed, tyrannical, cruel such as nc people should submit to, who truly prize liberty and scorn to be slaves, as they would be if they submitted to so disgraceful ft spoliation of prima and vested rights.. ,:,. ;, We will not further pursue this subject. It ft perplexing one, which touches so closely upon our interest as Southern-men, that it is difficult, calmly and dispassionately to discuss lt.; Wa would not do si, but that we find it forced upon im by the tamperings of ret tless and discontented pn, iticians, who may lead the public mind astray, and tend to (list urb the peace of the country. We r hoosii tn leave no mistake as to our views, and therefore speak them out plainly, as is onr wont ' ' m THE FIRST FROST. It is agreed, from all we can learn, that there was a slight Frost on Tuesday morning last the; first of the season. The morning and evenings ! have been quite chilly, ever since. Though no I killing frost has occurred as yet, while it may lx, expected daily, we take occasion to publish the ltd-1 lowing Table, kindly handed to ns by a friend. It I may be relied upon as faithfully correct : . A TABLE Which shows the first Killing Frost that occurred. In each year from 1834 to 1849, as observed hv a Tobareo Planter at his residence in the county I of Franklin: . ; . ' 183-tiOctober 20Killing frost May 16 this year. fi " 1 6 ( 7 " 15 8 " 23 9 " ; 1 1840 26 1 " 15 2 21 8 15 . 4 i " .31 6 24 f ' 20 . 1 18 8 :; 21 Ad. S Ire; Ther. 20: also 31 Mnv'1 and Tber. 371 Ap. 24 Frnlt killed; also a smart , ' frost May 1 this year. Ap. 16, Tber. 22 at sunrise: Ire, 1 inch thick: Snow 91 ID Thf Wilmington Journal tays We notico. that ft paragraph is going the rounds .of the pa pers to the etfttct that Mr. Calhoun contemplates ...Jninn 1,!. Ba. : 1 1, w TT:tAJ fi'.lA. M..nutA . ,Pfl ..II. .V . II, (lib j II, l, ,u ,,,. . .,. but as we have seen no mention of the matter lit the Houth Carolina papers, we hope there is no. lonndatiou fuj the report ?;( '
Raleigh Times [1847-1852] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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