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"be wcnJm Hd.ited, and the jmt resnimioi. us nmen.M, grunt-! ny were wt-H weighej by .nrn. lie wit how ini'the auiouut asiied for by le tsccrelury, was j ever, open to conviction, ami, it it could be shown piswd. - i to him lliat, by admitting California, any thing Hie House men we.11 lino .nminiuit;oi un- 1 WluvV.iu the n-f.:rence f (lie Preuiileiit'n AiiiiukI Me!!iiwf. Mr. Inenisde a sneecli.i'' mi hour on tliednvery qnoKtuai. Mr. Milliard o'jtaiiitjd tlie tioor, and the House adjourned. Washisoton, Feb, 14. SENATE'S 1'ROCKKDINGS. Senator D.ivis, of Miasissijrji, concluded Ms . . ... ryrti u mi in. .. ... - - I. AM .1... .....r.- ......cluli. : ll.I r.OllIl'MtlfVl I ITII tNmjresi li;id iw powir lo lujj.siie on i.ie mojeci of Slavery, or to aW.sli it in tiic District of Colnm liia. He contended ih;il tlie Soulk was in earnest and ihatuhe would lo found so. California should not be admitted until the question of Slavery was settled in the Terr'tories. ti.o S..tn nntheCiliforiiia Constitution fir consideration. Mr. Clay spoke in favor of tier iidmissioii into the Union. Mr. I'oota opposed it. The whole subject was then postponed until Mou div. ; The Il.insn Te-ronsidered the resolution 111 rela tion to tlie Clerk of the Supreme Court; and laid t ie whole mailer on the table. On motion, the House went into Committee of the Whole, when Mr. Milliard, of Alabama, coiit eluded his sneechon the President's Message, tak iiig slTong Southern ground. lie was followed by Mr. Fitch, of Massachu setts, who went for tlie provisions of the Ordinance id '87 over the new Territories, U he South was li-hling shadows.' Virginia had admitted thecon tilltulioiiality of the Ordinance ove; her own Ter ritory white exercising State sovereignty. He Slid it lud been remarked that 'when Gods destroy they lirst make mad.' If midneis precedes des truction, we must conclude thatiuaiiyseatsin Con press will soon be vacant, for a greater number of monomaniacs here exhibited before the election of Speaker were never seen outside a madhouse. He ridiculed the threats which had been made by the gentleman as toa.dissolulioii oftheUnioii, a'ndtho't that, like the war-ho-se sjiokennf in scripiure.lhey snuffed danger from afar. The sensativeness of Souiliern gentlemen was ridiculous and perhaps jiaiuful to themselves. They create inniginarydangers. They first fire the building themselves, and then give the alarm. He alluded to the speech of Mr. Clingmas, and Slid that that gentleman perhaps had wooed in vain to wirelse he would not have spoken os lie had against some or the fair petitioners of the North, who hud sent anti-slavery petitions to Con grets. ''. Mr. Clingmnn subsequently made his appear ance. He said that the Northern ladies had treat ed him with uniform kindness. The charge of the gentlemen could not he true, for he (Mr. C.) had just received a valentine from a lady with a New England postmark. Mr. Fitch said that the gentleman had success fully defended himself. The lady appears to have relented. t- ' M r. Root obtained the floor, and Committee then rose and the House adjourned. REMARKS OF MR. BADGER. We take from the report of the Republic, the re marks of Mr. Badusr on the subject of California. He followed Mr. Bnller in the debate, who said that he had opponej the acquisition of any territory; be had predicted the evil consequences which would result from it. But he hoped, and that sincerely, that the majority would not foTce upon them any thing which would be a degradation for Utesa to accept. ' Mr. Badjer said he would state some of the rca rons which wiwild induce him to vote against the admission of California, under the present circnirr stanaes, and why he should vote against the in 'struciinn to the eommittee. He had opnesfd the acquisition of any territory from Mexico, and, when tlie treaty was under consideration, had proposed nn amendments it, which, if adopted, Would have prevented that acquisition, and would have saved the country from its prcscut confusion and alarm. If the Senator from South Carolina and one or two others had voted with liim on that treaty, the acquisition could have been prevented. Mr. Butler said that when he had opposed the acquisition of territory, it was before the time of the treaty. When the treaty came before them, he thought the country was too far inlo the diffi culty, and tlmt the only way to get out was to a dopt the treaty, - ; , : .-' - - Jlr. Badger said tint California presented her self Uere nnder circsrmstanr.es wily diHreiit from any aUcndmg the admission of any othcrJState. California had no territorial Govcrnrnt-hl prior to the adoption t)f her constitution, and this lie con sidered an important matter. Congress had the voiv;.h? of tlie land. 'Michigan was admitted without having had an act of Congress to anlhor-1 ize her to form a constitution, but M ichigan belong ed lotliat portion of territory to which va guar antied the right of admission as a State, under cer t. in circumsiatwcs, which had transpired. But California' had ao territorial government, which was necessary in order to know who was to be represented who was tn be admitted into the Union. The United States having the sovereign ly of the land, the consent of Congress, the agents of the U. States, was necessary to the formation of a State government by the people of California. It was an act of revolution on their part a wrest ing of the sovereignty from the hands of the ptwer bidiiimg H by the Constitution and the provisions if the treaty. Mr. B. tl.ru mamined the different articles of the treaty of GauiiiAttv'Hitending that, under its ar ticles, the people wfCatifom: were only to be ad- ... . .j 1 ..' t,w-u nf AmrirHn fil- ullWaWflWTiK1"""""!'''''' - . Izens wlien Congress tlionld think it proper to do o. In considering treaty, it fiad boon main- t lined that Congreae dieiJId retain this yrwiAefe of vxtztmme its discreCto ato tlie nnusioii ol me nennt lifCalifornls pvwi 1o the tights of Amer- I ,a j-iiizens. Hie Senate, w a very oeciaeo to 1 J J .- f 45 ta, had rlcridcn "m favor of thin provision. What benmte uf H tbe'r prudence and caption, 1 ihe people d California had tlie rigM tc set up a State goveraaeu, ad to be .omitted lieic at, any 4-me, without tUnt Z BWcs b fungressT , , ' -.- 1 IK' j s n.Uoi'jictif ftr.fl aili.erciire t! preco- uvoih, lie wMAUjMiosvti to any departure ir.n pre- olett. in tlii-- rate f Vntkmi. lie wss, !so. v the chw Jcr.iiKm and sel'leui-n uftiii-- ., - w.iM-,nt , refcre(;ce ,u t,t odlvr slli,j,rt, , , ii i u ,. , nim snn urm ...sis. Ill- thorn. h t litis nrarllWv --, --- fc , 1 ami lue l.'iiiiii mm 1 He preFCrvco. IJea-.l jce We could be gained, any thing effected to the "ettle ruont of the distracting questions of the day, to wild, the promotion of peace and harmony, lie would willingly yield, and vote for her admission. Jlr Webster said that he concurred with the Senators from South Carolina and Missouri in the pr i rely of giving this subject at this time a full r 1 . ft i j i . . .. . allJ caIm ajsoussion, Sl was a niicstioii in which - . -r .1 . . . the country, and all sections of the country, were deeply interested. So far as he was concerned, he would give to it a fair, calm, and deliberate j consiuuration, ana uiongtu in a 11 was mo uuiy 01 every Senator to give his attention to the subject, , 1 a"d to exj ress the result of his deliberations.' The course of the Senator from North Carolina wast fairand candid one setting forth his objec tions, but declaring himself open to conviction. He ( Mr. W. ) was ready to admit that the subject hid its difficulties ; but they were not insuperable j ones, and he hoped in ihc course of their delibera tions these objections would be removed. . -Mr. Hale said that, in the election contest of '4 1, Oregon and Texas were on 3 and 'inseparable 1 were Siamese twins but after the flection the loving sisters were separated, and TeX is was wel comed into the Union, while Oregon was- left in the cold embrace of 54 deg. 40 min., HerewasapiecedenttorascpiMtionofsubcts ; closely allied and connected together; and if the j Senator from North Carolina only wanted a pre-' cedent, he claimed his vote.. .. Mi Badger said he saw no analogy between the case put and the one before him. A SCENE IjTtIIR SENATE-MESSRS BUT LER AND HALE. On Tuesday a memorial praying for the ex- ! elusion of Slivery in the Territories, from . 1100 women in N. Hampshire offered by Mr, Hale, be ing under consideration, Mr. Bu ler said : I hare some petitions to offer which require im mediate action ; for, if thry are not acted upon now, or at a very early period, that action will answer no purpose. And yet every morning the gentleman representing a minority monopolizes the whole lime of the Senate by resolutions such as this, producing nothing but mischief, without re buke, and it would almost seem with the counten ance of those who vote for his resolutions. Can this be tolerated ? that the time of the Senate, the Legislature of the United States, should be ap propriated by mischievous incendiaries who claim the right of introducing petitions, resolutions, memorials and propositions of this kind to the Sen ate? Sir, I have business which requires legisla tion, and ytt every morning that gentleman takes up the whole time of the Senate by propositions of this kind. He has the whole time to himself. A mere minority comes here and produces all this mischief, and stands unrebuked, as far as I can see, by the Senate. I know, sir, it is a part of his existence; I um but giving him food upon which he can feed. He lives, sir, upon mischief; il is the very food that sustains him, and I know that I um not rebuking him. Sir, it is intolerable that a miserable minority, a dangerous incendiary, a madman, if vou chose, should come here and in-1 terfere with the rights of others. Loud cries of "Order order." Mr. Hale. I have but a word tn say, sir. The Senator from South Carolina says that I live upon mischief, and that he furnishes me the food upon which I live. If that be the case, it is clear that not I, but he, is to blame. He lias denounced me as a miserable minority, and charges me with trespassing upon the privileges of the Senate. I leave the question to be decided by others who it is that trespasses upon the privileges of the Senate. But, sir, he will have to talk louder, and threaten more, and denounce more before he can shut my mouth here. I have taken up the whole time of he Senate, have I ? I have taken two morning only in presenting petitions since 1850 commenced the other day and this morning ; and so far from occupying the time of the Senate, as I have just been charged with doing, I have confined sim ply to stating wlrat the nature of the petition was. The talk does not come from this "miserable min ority ? it comes from the majority, to whom 1 will not apply adjectives, though 1 hive enough of them 1(re wuicn j couj Hppy jf pl. The mischtef, sir, comes from tho majority, that wants to tread down this minority, and want to make them more miserable than they really are. Miserable as they are, I think tlie Senator from South Carolina will find out that our powers of speech are not exhausted; and, whilst we can exercise it within the provision of the constitution, it will be exercised at any and all hazards. We tv e not to 19 ingwenea, sir, oui 01 our nguis ; we are not to be frightened by denunciation; we are . ... 1 . . not to be frightened even by threats of dangers personally to ourselves. , Small and few, we are not the miserable cowards that can be driven from the assertion and the maintenance of our rights. Sir, New Hampshire blood does not course through coward veins- She has tested, from the first moment of her existence, both in Ihe Senate and in the House nf RepresntHtives, and on Ihe field of battle, her rights; and, sir, she has sons ,10t w vin(Iiciate those rights tgainst foes, let tncm come when they will, and where they 'will, n(j now tney wji ( B0t be intimidated by 1 tngnage of this sort. m. Manaum. 1 move that the further consid- erwtion of this matter he postponed until to-morrow, and diattte Ben.dc now proceed to the consider ation of ke special order uf the dy. The Motion was agreed to. Tit PsRiioEtit of the Vailed Smtm iseupccli'd at T(i4iMiul io.duv.to at lend I lit- laying the comrrstutie j uf ilic nioiiumcul .0 aslitnglKU. T WDIli MFFTIN.S i - A mhutM . r. -iv.il ..fir -!,t- -f ' Randolph vrm !k-! J at I "iC Court -In rise in A-jt"lf- J ' " nee!i,)S.ff jturjiose of jijKiiuiiiijj Delegates to the Couvctitiuu to uowin.itu a candidate for Go vernor. - - ' On motion of Major Runs, John 15. Troy, Esq. was called te the Chair and 1. M. A. Drake ' ap pointed Secretary. The Chairman baring explained the object of the meeting in a few brief and pertinent remarks, Major Rusi was called lor, when lie ante, and af ter paying Ilia Excellency Charles Masly some deservedly high compliments he proceeded to urge his claims, and llio propriety of his re-nomination, in a rery forcible and animated manner; at the close of which hi introduced llio following resolu tions, which were unanimously adopted : l'endlml. That we concur with our Whig friends in other sections cf the State, (who are al ready moving in tliis matter,) in the propriety of a Convention, for the nurnose of nominatinc a can- 1... . -! . O 'hdate lir L-uvernor ol iSorth Carolina. ll'-siilirj, That having the utmost confidence in lliA nl.;rt.r iuliMT.'itir a.i.t onlinlit.nm.l i.. t;..l ...... jis Kxcellency Charles Manly, and approving, as we heartily 00,01 tlie able anil impartial irian-.i "or in which he has discharged his duties to tluvj State, we unanimously recommend him to saidCon- vention for re-nomination.-.' Ilrsijhcd, That the Chairman of the meeting appoint twelve Delegates to said Convention; whereupon the following gentlemen were appoint ed, to wit : Reuben U. Brown. Jonathan Worth, A. S. Horner, 11. B. Elliot:, W. B. Lane, Jason Harris, John P. 11. Russ, M. VV. Leach, Allen Skeen, Isaac Foust, Jesse Walker, A. W. Hogan, W. j. Long, and John 15. Troy. . On motion of Mr. Ilogan the following resolu tion was. adopted: ll'wlred, That as it has heretofore been Ihe cus tom to hold biich Conventions in Raleigh, we therefore prefer that place, at such time us the Ee.veutive Committee shall designate. Mr. -Hogan and Mr. -Worth made very strong Wa,,lell. Iaclil Gilmer and Mendenhall. save their hearty concurrence and made, each, a short address, pledging an incieased vote for Manly in their respective, counties.' : Resulted, That the proceedings of this mepting be published in the North Carolina Herald and uther whig papers in the Slate. JOHN I!. .'TROY, Chairman;'"', - J. M. A. DiiAKii, Secretary. Well Ueih'ked. In the Indiana Legislature, some days ago, a Dr. Sherrod introduced a scries of resolutions defamatory of Gen. Taylor, and eu logistic of Gen. Lane. The language used to wards the President is said to have been highly disrespectful are! insulting; and immediately after the resolut'uns were red, Mr. Reed offered the following amendment : Resolved; Thai the foregoing resolutions are a direct insult to the people of (his State, libel up on the President of the United Stales, and a dis grace to this Legislature. . This resolution was laid upon the table by a vote of yeas 43, to nays 38. Whereupon Mr. Reed followed it up by another amendment, as follows: Resolved, That Col. W A. Bowles, a staunch Democrat, is a fit candidate for Governor of his parly ; that though he may have exhibited some unfortunate symptoms of the want of moral and physical courage at Burns. Vista, he has redeemed ids reputation on a recent occasion by a glorious victory over a certain Doctor of Orange county. The peculiar bearing of this amendment will be understood by stating a fact or two. Col. Bowles was the commander of the Indiana Regiment, which fled from the field of Buena Vista, in the thick of the fight ; and soon after his return to his State, he had a quarrel with Dr. Sherrod, which resulted in his chastising the latter very consider ably. Mr, Reed's amendment was a. two-edged sword; and while it, of course, met with a decided rejection at the hands of offended Locofocracy, it threw Dr Sherrod's resolutions so absolutely into deserved and contemptuous ridicule, that they, also, Were laid upon the table, where, there is every prospect, they will lie for an indefinite period, stretching far beyond Dr. Sherrod's official career. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says that the Abolitionists propose tu hold a Convention next June in Buffaloe, as a set-off to the Nashville Con vention. By arranging telegraphic communications between these two places, tlie two assemblages can inflame each other to a very detectable degree. j For instance 1. On motion of Mr.Giddings, Resolved, that slave ry and tlavehclders are the greatest curse of the age.Received at Nashville at J past 12. Re sponse : 1 Resolved, on motion pf Gen'l Bayly, That if the negro thieves and white tyrants of the North, and runaway negroes, How assembled at Buffalo; will come here, we will give tliem'rsse. Received at Buffalo at 1. Response: Resolved, on motioa of Mr. John Van Buren, That the Wood thirsty negro-drivers and traitors at Nashville are beneath contempt, and we will no longer hold fellowship with them. And op motion of Mr. Douglas, (runaway nig,) Resolved, That white negroes are better suited to the menial drud geries of life than the genteel blacks fram Africa. And on motion of Abby Kelly, Resolved unaui movsly, that black was the original colour of our first parents before their fall, and that a black grea sy skin, set off with a woolly head and thick lips, is the most lovely object i.i nature, and tint we de plore from the bottom of our hearts the bleaching process practised at the South and North, by which the lustre or the black race has been tarnished. The fair mover prefaced the resolution with the remark, that it was her intention to do all in her power' to counteract the prevailing tendency of the times, by taking to herself the blackest African he could find for a husband. Greeted with, im mense applause. Ucceivt-d at Nasuville at 1, and produced an in. tense sensation. On motion of Gen. Quattlebum, Resolved, that this Union be dissolved. On motion of Mr. Garrison, in reply to the fore going, resolved.tliat not only thisUnion be dissolved, but that this Universe be resolved into its original nothingness ! Adopted with deafening applause Virginia. Tho resolutions providing for the representation of Virginia io tlie Southern Con vention, (to devise the best means of resisting Northern aggression and thereby preserving thell n ion.) have pasted the Legislature almost unani mously. POLITICAL ;WH'THEUN CONVENTION. A !i!,'e stir h is been made 011 the stiliject of "the tig;:r.'sio;is on tonilioni rights'' and a few editors -fl Sot! ' CuuvCiUH.T-t.t sciding delf- "Hies to that cinivention, and for sustaining the ncinai of said convention, right nr wrong, ri g ar,! less of consequences! We open the ulJcst Jour nals in this State with interest, to see what the wise, the experienced and tried heads have to say on this subject. And We find that they, like all wise and impassioned lovers of the Union, are op posed to such a rash measure and touch tlie sub ject light. They sometimes extract articles from papers frantic on this delicate Bubject, with few mild comments, but the lesser lights cannot or icu7 not tn'tc a hint, to follow wise council and good examples. With til-mouse courage, Peacock van ity and Jackdaw wisdom, they are to accomplish that which never was accomplished before, and never will bo accomplished again ! With 'OLD ZAC'H' at the head of Government, and our many able Representatives in Congress .ve arc content to entrust this agitated question yet a little while longer in fact, things have gone on more smootli ly than eould have been expected ; and if all things be true, which are said to be tore, the Wilniot Proviso has well nigh run its course tlio Free- soilers will soon lay down to die, the FactionUts are struggling tor breath like a sick 11 men 111 me siin-shine and soon the storm will pass o'er and the old ship will be safely moored without the loss of a single man, or the parting of a cable ! I'hjmnu'.h .V ies. MR. K ER R A DTI 1 10 GUBERNATORIAL CHAIR OF N. C. We have had occasiou to notice the proceedings of several public meetings in different parts of the State, in re'erence to the election of Governor ; a triong the rest, the meeting in Rutherfordby which John Kerr, Esq., of this county was nominated. W'e are authorized by Mr. Kerr, to stales, that so far as lie i? concerned, be could not, under any solicitation, however importunate, consent to be come a candidate for Governor, at this time, even if the field were open, but w hatever might be his anxiety tj fill the Executive Chair of North Caro lina, be could not be induced to suffer himself to be brought in conflict for a nomination with the distinguished gentleman who now so worthily fills the office. No man, I ': thinks, has higher claims spin the wliigs of North Carolina for that Office than the present incumbent; nor would any man the whigs could select be more likely to bear our banners in triumph through the next canvass. Mi tun Chronicle. The Hornets Nest comes to us with a large num l.ber of names calling a convention in April to send delegates to Nashville; Well, go on, but we re commend all good citizens and farmers about the 1st of April, 'to attend strictly to their business at, home and their farms, believing that it will be of infinitely more advantage to them and their com mon country, than to fry to adopt measures to de- i'feat a something that has never been created. A sA title Mess. We give this week a te'egraphic report of Mr. Clingman'e Southern Speech from the '-Telegraph." Weexpected to receive his speech in full, in time, but did not do it until too late for this week. We now have it; snd will publish it in full. We think it rather hot for the mountains. Ib. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, writing under date of Feb. 15, says : We cannet credit the rumor that Mr. Calhoun, having recovered his health in a measure, has expressed himself decide lyand warmly in favor of a dissolution of the Union at every and all hazards. It is said that he regards tho dissolution as inevitable, and conse quently expedie.it and desirable. ' Accounts from Savannah, stato that the elec tion for member of Congress, to supply the vacan cy occasioned by Ihe resignation of the Hon. T. Builer King, has probably resulted in favor of Jack son, the democratic candidate. The democratic majority in Savannah is 400. v Washington. Feb. 11. Rejection of Col. J. W, Webb The Senate, after a long executive session, and considerable debate, have just rejected the nomination of Col. James Watson Webb, editor of the New York Courier and Enquirer as Minister to Aostiia. The exact vote is not known, (ut I have the best authority for saying that there were put seven, Senators voted in favor of this confirmation. Me. Clay in Maryland. By the report of Ihe proceedings of the legislature we Bcetlrat resolutions have been introduced, approving the resolutions of Mr. Clay, and inculcating that spirit of harmony, compromise and conciliation, which controlled tlie Convention that framed the Constitution of the United States, and under the influence of which the Union has been preserved and will be maintained. , We have an abiding confidence that the rights of the South will be preserved inviolate under General Taylor's administration. "Whatever dangers hay threaten the ohm," ssys the President, " I shall stand by it and maintain IT IN ITS INTEGRITY, TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE OBLIGATIONS IMrOSED AND THE TOWERS CONfERED ON ME BY THE CoNST.TUTION. JT The Detnuc.-ats praise Mr. Seddon's speech, and the Democrats praise Gen. Cass', and yet one is an answer to the other. Gen. Cass contends that Congress has no right to establish a Territo rial Government j Mr. Seddon objects to the ad mission of California because it has not passed through the probationary state of a Territory I Grn. Cats thinks the California Constitution a model Constitution ; Mr. Seddon abhors It as an execrable production by the Secretary of State! Gen. Cass would instantly and joyfully t. mit Cat ifornia into the Union ; Mr.Seddon would slam the door in her face, and remand her to a condition of Territorial vassalage ! . ' And yet both gentlemen are lauded to the. skies by the consistent Democracy ! .. ., REBELLION IN THE CAMP. The Detnit Bulletin, a Lucofoco paper pub lished at Gen. Cass' door, has raised the fiagof Benton J What folly? Cass is the strongest man ol tbe party, and we tre very much afraid that lie will be thrown overboard Kir h. WMg. THE RAEEIG1T TIMES. S I-, RALEIGH, N. C. i'nbaij illoming, Jtbruarii 22, 1830. "Connected as the Vnion is with the remembrance f jmsl happiness, a sense nf present blessings, ami the hope of future fence and prosperity, erery dic tate, of insilnm, ecery feeling of duly, eicry emotion of patriotism, tend to inspire fidelity and demotion tn it, and admonish vs cautiously to a coid any unneces sary controversy uhich can either ending'r it or impair its strength, the chief element of which is to he found in the regard and aiTections of the people for each other." General Taylor's Message.- FANATICISM AND PROSCRIPTION. It grieves lis to see that any wliocall themselves defenders of Southern rights, should so far forget tli?ir self-respect, (not to say the respect they owe to others,) as to descend to a fanatical and pro scriptive course: especially at a time when they need the help of all Southern men, to ensure to their cause the influence which a union of action is calculated to giro it. The time has gone by when men who really contend for right and jus tice, should cavil about shades of difference of o pinion, or split Flairs with each other. For ourself, we have always waived, with respect to the inter ests and rights of the South, the discussion of con stitutional powers; expressing our opinions (as we have a right to do,) one way or the other but plac ing the exercise of powers, if conferred, upon high er grounds. We have said, and we still say, to the people of ihe North, who are urging Congress to a certain eourse of action, that the safety and Wi ot of the South forbid Congress thus to act, and render it impossible for us to submit to Wrongs so grievous as you attempt to inflict upon us. And, although we are unwilling to act in advance, upon threatened outrage, still, if the outrage is de liberately perpetrated, in spite of our admonitions, solemn warnings, and united determination, we see not how the Union of the States can be preserved it will be dissolved ; it ought to be dissolved; by that great right which all men have to resist op pression, and strike even to blood and death, for liberty and equality of rights. 1 Well, for our patience is sometimes severely tried with the reiteration of these discussions, while we doubt if any good comes of recrimination a mong ourselves what good arguments have ever been advanced for taking out of the hands of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and our State Legislature, the defence of our rights, and appointing Delegates to an irresponsible Conven tion for their maintenance ? Never have we seen one ! But attacks are made upon Messrs. Badger, Stanly, and others, who have been denounced as submisionists,because they do not go with ihose who are for placing the sovereign authority of the State in the hands of men to use it in a body outside of the Constitution, and by means never contemplated by it which body is to be convened (if we believe some of its advocates) for the preservation of the Union and that very Constitution ! Ay, a section al Convention is to assemble to overawe and pre vent the legislation of Congress, and we a re asked to take part in it, against the consent of our State Legislature, on the penalty of being denounced as unsound upon the Slavery question, and faithless to the South! - We say it is not the proper way for North Car olina to act. Such' a Convention would not And comM not be clothed wilh any actual power it can do no good it mayio much mischief. How would the decrees of such a Convention be binding on the State autliorities or the people I They might pass resolutions which no one would be bcund to obey, or make recommendations which nn one would be bound to adopt or follow; beyond that they could not go; and their proceedings might render less easy the settlement of the questions in dispu!e,aud in which we have snch a mighty s;ake. Failing in the efforts of our Senators and Rep resentatives in Congress, we look to the action of the Legislature of North Carolina to vindicate her honor and redress her wrongs and not to an irre. sponsible Nashville Convention; which is to me t while Congress is in session, and it advance, it may be, of any measures, the contemplated pas tage of which forms the very groundwork for its assembling, and will be the basis of its action. Our Legislature can enfirce measures for our pro tectionno Southern Convention can. We complain of fanaticism at the North why should we imitate it at the South ? Let us act when it becomes necessary upon vital matters there is no difference of opinion among us. But let us not prejudice our cause by precipitate and exciting measures, by a fanaticaland rasbcour.se, at the very moment when propositions are pending for the security of our rights aud the pro tection of our property. . But if, at the present session of Congress, no just and fair settlement of the great matters in controversy between the North and the South shall bo obtained; if onr rights are not respee'ed; If our wrongs are not redressed; then call a Convention of the Southern States, and, in the name of God, let us set up for ourselves in good earnest ! We must have Remlut'um, then, all constitutional remedies having failed. And it is surely needless for vs to add. tlmt should that time ever come, tee cast our l'i wilh North Carolina and the South, come what will of it. J ANOTHER STEP.' -The Standard, 't Wednesday, ccys ''We liavo no hesitation in saying that the Legislature ought to pay the expenses of the Delegates to the Nasli : ville Convention." ' ,",'. , , , Our own opinion is that they onght to pay their own expenses. So far at tlie people of North Car olina are concerned, tl any go, they will be pretty I J 'I - a uraaasai much self-constituted, or appointed without author ity of law, they will go to represent tlemtelres, and not the St.it. ; aud the least that can be expect ed of them is, to pay every man his own way. HoW was it in Virginia 1 II w as proposed there to pay the expenses of certain fanatical gentlemen in this same Convention but the Legislature struck out of the resolutions finally adopted everything that might go to pledge-tie Stale to the Nashville As semblage, and gave, what they had no right to re fuse, permission to us many gentleman as chcose to go to Nashville on their own hook, oji their own responsibility, and at their own rxst. and to do, on' ibeir own individual authority, whatever they pleas ed when they got there. So let it be hero If the State pays one, let it pay all let it pay Ihe disinterested gentlemen who arc going to the Wilmington Convention let it pay the expenses of every District Convention anil ail about it. If not, let all pay their own.' . These Nashville Convention men cannot have the authority of the State and we have no idea of the State's paying their expenses. ir Our readers have not failed to observe tint, among the most fanatic of the fanatical on the sub ject of the rights of the South, the State of Missis sippi, and her senators and representatives in Con gress, take the lead. In other words, the Nullifi cation Stale, at the present crisis, lias given way ; to the Repudiation State. And the honest Old North is called upon to follow such a lead ! If North Carolina were to imitate these States now, having escaped from the leading strings of Virgin ia, it would bo time to abandon her to Iocofncoism nt once for nothing but Locofocoism has brought them thus low, or could sink them, with stained es cutcheons, to a point so degraded as to plot for the overthrow of. this Union. Locofocoism sent us to Mexico in quest of plunder and would now ruin the country in a quarrel over the division of the ill-gotten gains. Let North Carolina say No ! this : Union must be preserved! ID" The Standard publishes the speech of Mr. Seddon, of Virginia, with commendation, who goes for remanding California to her rightful position of TerritoriaTdfpendence; and thereby takes sides against Cass, who declares that it will give him great pleasure to vote for her admission ns a Stale. Wo were aware lliat in the great diversity pf Lo cofoco opinions it would be a difficult matter for any one to agree with them all but we presume there is no intention among them to give up any of the seven principles of Democracy, via : " the five loaves and the two fishes !" These they will all hang on to until death, opinions or no opinions. - CALIFORNIA AS A STATE. The Southern Locofocos, of course, are opposed to every thing w hich General Taylor recommends. They are bound to oppose him and his Adiuinistra- ... I , .. I ii i i.t I. . iiwt. urc unit. ciiu. juiu aiiiiuujju lie l. sup- . ported by Mr. Cass in his recommendation to re ceive California as a State, who declares he will vote for her reception with great pleasure and al though she has but excercised the powers claim- Pit fiir hpr hv ihft Southern nraa itnrlnir flu . last Presidential campaign, while supporting Cast and his Nicholson letter yet now, we are told by these very same presses, that California must not be received in this way, because tfcere has been im pr iper interference in the formation of her consti tution. It is utterly ridiculous to suppose that Gen. Taylor, himself a Southern man and a slaveholder, could have interfered with the action ol the people of California for the purpose of inducing them to prohibit slavery. The result of the labors of the Convention, called for ilia nnrnosA nf formincr . . . i i p Constitution, was brought ahont by Democratic indiiOnA for it hmII nn. I, .lnniA.I ..An ku .1. .....UVHW. , . ...11 ..v. U. H.IIKU, 1.1VM 11. V Union, that the Democrats had an overwhelming majority in that body. It was a Democratic act, and as such, one would suppose it would escap the censure of the-"ao!e organ of the party." But it is asserted th-.t Mr. T. B. King wat the active agent in bringing about this result. In reply to'the charge made in the House of Repres entatives, last week, by Mr. Inge, we submit the following article from Ihe Republic of Thursday. ' In reply" (says the Washington Republic) "to the allegation of Mr. Inge, we have, only to state that Mr. King had nothing to say, and said nothing, to the people of California onthe subject of slave ry. It is true that he recommended the establish ment of a State government, but as tn its partic ular provisions he had as little to say aa Mr. Inge himself. If he had been disposed to interfere aith the action of the convention, or to advise at ita deliberations, it was entirely out of his power. During its session lie was one hundred and fifty miles fiom the scene of action, prostrate on a bed of sickness, and prevented by his physicians from intercourse wilh any person on this or any oiin r subject. These facts are of themselves sufficient to show that Mr. King is in no manner responsi ble lor the section in the constitution of California to which Mr. Inge refers. - . - ... "At the SoHth, Bittcr-endism Hoy holds Pres ident Taylor responsible for Ihoexcludinjj clause. During the summer, Bitter-endism at tlie North has. been assailing him for sending oui a Souther .,, .n.i . .l.,,...v,!.i, io r,i;r...i.. r... .1.. ...... 11.1 ONU (. Diai.'l.'lUll 1U MIIIVll I.IOV 1, 1IC .llUDV of inducing him to incorporate a clause in her constitution establishing slavery. It was on this ground thai ihe Locofocos electioneered agaiustlhe. Administration at the North. 'Mm King's feelings, position, interests, and associations mte appealed to in support of this , allegation ; and if the California constitution had f uilinittpil elnverv. theafi u-onbl havfl rnnlinusil tn 1a appealed to, in proof of the determination oj" Pres. ident Taylor Io force slavery upon the new Tirri. tory. Mr. King interfered in no manner or form wilh this or any other subject touched ia the Cali fornia convention, It was no part ol tils uiissiou it was not his intention or desire. . , "If Mr. Inge desires to sneak adrisedlr on this subject, he has only to consul! wilh Dr. Cwin, one of the new Senators from California, a south- ern gentleman by birth snd rdiioatinn, an oppo nent 01 uenerai myiwr. nuiiii,iiiouiiT-pi, nnu ai ' waysa member of tlie parly to whiuWS-Mr. Inga belong. He will be enabled to enlighten Bitter .. .. n .n.v.:. .1 1.1 t -..ir' . ir - ... . r.lldisin generally mm u muuiu ninny iisrn wnn Tacts Irom hiis or lame oiucr source, niMcao ol re- , lying entirely upon the strength of its imsgiimtion . nr Mief. Mr Gilbert and Mr. Wrinhl. nirinliers e'eot of tlie House pf Representatives, both lx rofocos, will either cf them probably I able to , ii..i.iui, liittc -.aiulis-m M'.iii ,i...i ir ...a . . li.r... IHIU1-" ....... ......ii. M ,,j,.v. WW... iwv lory, bloTwalion, .