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HP 1 Sj1 I 11. li 11 A n - -J . L sl i MES. y 11 4,u::i.i;iL:i),vi;;:KLY.iiV-csKaiiAC0Ti:AU,. VMTM 10 ),' Cl'Kir.TOS. -TOMS: &3 50 I U T 1 M v.' v v t -Ok 3 CM I? rim M i I 1 M ' S . ' '1 VOL. III. RALEIGH, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 185 J. io t!t. 'i t sent to S-.i'ss-viher. r U'OlilM, if p ol U'-i- T..-: m I".v T H". b- i :. w.:i Ti b i'llMr.'i. if jriyil-'lit r.-niM VTiIMk' ll.tUlia- x :n.t:t: k . i. -. pi. S 'in 't 0;k- l)n;!ar for t'i r i-i'i. C -ti ' !h.T' hi.T'V"; 'nit a r-:i-t 'i:mV J'-dution vi!l ! e inuJe io-: who u !v rtV" Iv tli V'-nr. . i- r Llt.':H mi p. j nil (ViriituiM'tticnn t m 1 -it t ii.i'tlicjt.-.m, i.i. hi bt- luUlii'fcrioil lu i:u V. J.i.'tr. ;ui i -(? p.iitl. r i ihiiii i i 1 1 -in n t-Ttj Tir-rirTrn r"1 V:'ii(.'tl i i ik'.l'.ii-se of le;.-resenl6thn.' MirA ---;.-.; ' '!. 'Tiiia has hern ilnt efF'ct of men h ..il.ling the d-p'-'Vio m of III? g -.iilenieii friHii MassacliusVtts end rnnry!vit;i;i,(Mi n smlSt evens.) anii publishing !'ioiii as they have. Emancipation- w.ib going on Sjily; bill not so now.-' Northern- gentleman who c.i n 'understand how thew',. Icof their section can he excited jsy passing a resolution declaring ytiu shall not petition fur r.nviliinn: ntn! every thing, can also nmlers'-.nid how i!eti iinci.i ! ion , tlire;i U and iin juidjnl iuteil? rencc itU'i onr rijlil, can pxi ile our people to a feeing of rrsiptnnce. That (tvling Ims cauwd thrni to oppoo enmncipation. Sir, 1 T nrmbcr we!! v!nn wo had negro meoting-liousos, r.J fc'ogro prcuclif rs, 6ome of u Imm could road a nil write .pl': hut you pliil in.ilirop sts those inen who would rather look on rivers nf blood than that slavery should be extended one inch, and have uch liorror of chains, shucliles and despotism they nnt incendiary documents nniong our eh.vi'", excitiiiff them to inaiirrection. A an inevitable result, education wj for'jij.len. Self-protection rftpiircd it protection for the lavcs required it And tint is another Iruil ol your sympathy for the i'ave! l!ul we do not deny '.hem religious' 'in Mrurtion. lu one town in my district, the negroes hsTe a clercvmen of their own, and their own church a Methodist chuicli. 1 wish northern fohtlemen could si-e theni, neatly dresped, with cheerful face, is Uiey are going to worship. ) wish they could hear their heart-rejoicing aonga, when they sing praises to their Maker. They would think better of slaveholders and less of Ab olitionis'a. Our pcoplo regard slaves as property,, tut not as cattle rained for inirkpt. Meeting-houses arc scattered all over our coun try, and our negroes attend worship as their mas ters do. Many of them are members of those high ly respectable denominations, Baptists and Metho dists; and when their Blasters live in verj retired situations, clergymen are employed, in some in stances, who preorli to the slaves, and instruct them in their religious duties, in chapels on the farms. I know, I tun proud to My, one such in my district. I know of another instance, where a large slaveholder, living out of the reach of a church, has a minister of om denomination em ployed by the year to preach to his negroes and that minister not of the same church of which the mas'er is a member. These masters are good men, and are looking forward to the account they are hereafter to give for their treatment of thoie who are placed uiier their care. Yes, sir; and one such man docs more acts of benevolence in one year than a thousand 6f your fanatics who lecture on the evils of slavery. These stare on n- era regard their negroes as human beings, in whose nostrils God hath breathed the breath of life; in whist bosoms He hath implanted a living sou); and they treat them accordingly. Many of our slave. holders are from Yankee land. Many own slaves who purchased them to prevent their separation from their families. 1 tell these Abolitionists, ynti are the men who have "riveted the chains." Dili for your efforts, thousands of slaves would have been educated and emancipated would have been returned to Afri Ca; and Liberia, under the influence of the Chris tian religion-would have realized what the psalnv ist said : ''Kthiopia sliall soon stretch out her hands unto God." Slavery is sn evil; we know it. It is sn evil to the white man. No laboring population in sny country, except our own northern people, sreso well taken care of, so well supplied with all the ne cessaries of life as our slaves are. Whatever of evil there is in slavery has been increased by the agitation of Abolitionists those miserable wretch es who denounce us constantly--those sincere die Unionists, who say the Arn'rieair-Union is a "cov enant with death" and an "agreement with hell," and Mtjiht to bo "immediately" dissolved, These 'men are sometimes ronttcd by both psrties of the 'North in .doubtful contests, and therefore mad to ippear stronger than they really are. These are jrtiey who have increased the evils of slavery. But lot them alone; in a few years more they will be universally despised, and they "will be 1m- ned with the bnrial of an sss, drattn and ct firth before the gales of Jerusalem." Onr people sre denounced as a blood-thirsty fn- ItVatinn. Hesr one or two facts. Our laws pun- ih with death iy one who is jiiiiiy of stealing s eliive, cr of concealing him with the Intent to ena- Ible him to escape. Two rases have been tried within three vears in m' district. One was an Sfriftl.man Blailnp liltto f ifer. f nl VaAllfl VMM nf r'nted, proved goilty. He had not bren many pears in the United States, and thoee slave-owner i!w were rtn the jury nnanimmtsly recommend! i n to the Executive clemency, which w'assp roved by a slaveholdinj judge, and he was far- rfoned by a slavcholdirg govcrnur. He had slave s ners.fnr his rounsel, of his own selection, w"hn eceived no pay; snd I am happy to know Ih'eman ftcrwards di.lingmrd.ed bin self in Mexico with f l 'ca iy for hid. the Iti-l.-arc rertinrk ibfe vgUi oflier fitiV(aritrt! v.'4;l,n ;r p-rt. An Irish ssil..r-tiy cune to thf se,port town in which I reside. A runaway slave whs found rn boird. a Rer the vessel had ttait-don her vcyage. 111 whs urres'sd tod broiijjht to trial. lie W;8 a ! strange', peiitiylcss, sn J without an ncqnuintance ' or (;i-ii(l,- He had counsel of his on "-lioire, ' sl.ivehol.i. rs, bo d"lerii.Vd him w iihouf reward, v ' the Ii..im. ef r-warj in this wot Id. Tl.e jury u! I suvebol.i.'rs, Lr- shove the .influence of prejudice ! exciteil by tlie course of the A Is litionis!?. when j therf" w is a jsissiliiiiy toot hoy. tioi eighteen j yeitrsi 'd. was to" .dupe of some the person, hc- , (iij'!rd him. lie w us discharged, and treated as kinJiy in thul loiiiiinuiiiy asone of onr own people. : Ami yet; these are the people whom the Aboli- lir.uijts vilify, as being fond of manacles, cl.nius as des''Ots. But I mint hurry" on: one word as to lb Wihnol proviso. I shall noi discuss the conMitutinnal ques tion. The suhjeet is worn out. It vcoiihl lv ns great an outrage to the southern people to ennvt it ss if it were constitutional, The southern people, with great unanimity, believe, ns I do, that to en act the Wilmot proviso would be '.'an set of gross injustice and wrong." And though as a private citizen,. and as a member of our State legislature, I have opposed the suggestion of a dissolution of the Union, should it be adopted, yet I bcliove the .people of tny State will feel called upon, if it is en acted in any law this session, to consult in a Stato convention if it is not time to inquire whether our Northern brethren intend to regnrd ns as ci;n:i!e, or to treat ns with unkinilness? Whatever North Carolina does, I shall abide liy. She will not, with out great cause of complaint, be driven to think of disunion. 1 U lieve the minds of a large ma jority of both parties there regard with liorror the thought of disunion; but if your legislation heic impress upon the mind of her people thai you arc unfriend ly tons, she will, without bluster or thteals, pro vide for her honor and security in such manner as the world will justify. I will not believe you will enact the Wilmot proviso. There is no necessity for it. 1 have too good an opinion of onr northern members to believe it. All admit that new States, after they are admitted, can either tolerate or pro hibit slavery. Then there is no practical question st issue. The northern States are stronger than the southern. But I hope they will remember, though it is"excellent to have a giant's strength, itfia. tyrannous to use it ass giant." .And tyrannous legislation mast produce sectional animosities. While on this subject I wish to say a few words to my colleague (Mr. Clingman) opon the consti tutional question. I wish I had time to read at length some extracts from his speech; but I have not I will print them. From Mr. Clingman's speech, December 22, 1847, on the slavery question: Appendix to Con gressional Globe, 39th Congress, 1st session: "I am now brought, Mr. Chairman, to the direct consideration of the great question, as to the ex tent of the powers and duties of Congress in rela tion to Slavery in. Nut Territories ol the United Slates. Upon this subject a distinguished politi cian from the South (Mr. Calhoun,) in the other wing of this building, some twelve months since, laid down certain doctrines which are.in substance, as near as I can remember them, these : The ter ritories of the United States, being the common property of the Union, are held by Congress in trust for the use and benefit of all the Stales and their citizens. Secondly, that Congress has no right toexclude, by law.any citizens of the United States from going into any part of said territories, and carrying with them, and holding sny snch property as they are allowed to hold in the States from which they come. This view, though perhaps plausible at the first glance, is really the moil sited taw and suferfcial that could jnssih'tj be yrrsented. Admitting the first general projiosiiien to be true, (and no lair mind can question it,) that the territo ries of the United States are held by Congress in trust lor the use and benefit of all Stales and their citizens, I am free Io confess, that if Congress should see that it was most advantageous to ullow all the citizens to occupy the territory in common with their property.it doubtless ought so to provide. But it is equally clear that if, on the other band, Congress should see that all the citizens of the U. Slates could not thus advantageously occupy all the territory in common, it might divide the same so ss to assign certain portions to paiticulnr class es or persons." Again : "All the power that can be exercised belongs to Coneross alone. Concress has power to make sll wdful rules and regulaliimt. But the wants of all communities are in legal contemplation the same. The wants of the Territories may be, and in fact are, jiist as great as those of the Slates. It seems to me, then, Mr. Chairman, with due de ference to those who have given the subject greater consideration than T have been able t do, that Congress, in legislating for the Territories, is con trolled oniv by the Constitntion of the U. States. It is equally true, however, that the people of the several Stales sre likewise controlled by the Con stitution. Whetheracling in convention or through theis ordinary legislative governments, they can do mthing contrary to it. ''Oongress.thenVhas over theTerritory just such powers salts legislature would have after it be came a State. Both are controlled by the Consti tutor, of the United Stales, the supreme law of the lnd. As this Constitution is' sil'int in relation to sUt fv. it has been srgned ontheone hand that ('engross cm do nothing to excluded it from the Territory. On the other hand, it is asserted.with equal confidence, tat for the same resson there is no power to esiablish tbe instil u irtn. Thes two opposite views sre worthy sttsgonisls, snd I shall leave them tn contend, not fearing that cither will ever obtain a victory over the other." - , "Ir.Tsres.CcetBitEssrossESSKs gfwsral trnts tiTtvj rowrtts oven the TERniTORirs.ss I cos". TSn, IT IS ITiI.F. TO T'EJT THAT SVavrKT iV EiTH-r.a (IK f En VTTTED Oft por:2:3tif!I TO E!Sf TREItt:." In another part of my colleague's speech, he jives utterance to npml.m. r,tl,er eontrvliernry ti those just quoted. The !nem:s4--tpey' is 1rirr;' but it is f irer npen null a sulj- e! to quote i! f!.an to withhold it: "I dor,"' er tend rhf "r eti -n ! the Union ran insiot f.irly tint lerrii. rv shoo'.l .e acquired (in l,r.r b-e.i ftt. We , (HtV't all Imiinl. in good f illioadiiere io tin ('oi-otihiu n uni' li io , ilh such honed" lies ns it I al wh n we became p. ri. sto I. But I .Io it.', that il Hie Govern ment should acquire territory, it Likes it mule' die Cnm-titii i n turtle Ut!I'i' of all; snd a decree that anv s.vfion, or itt ei'izens, sh ill he excluded from all such territory, would !-,e-na grout a viola tion of the Constitution as the Government could eihly commit.- flirh is tttl-rnntittVy this to i-xfJ txe'.ifin r.i.i all.th terrUurits hrtiifkr In h l.C ! i --ii." lrthescthnrofliUspeec.il means any thing, it must be this that after teirilory is acquired, 'Congress poseste general legislative pow ers," and slavery may either be permitted or forbidden to exist ' there ; but if Congress shall decree that slavery shall he excluded "from all the Territories hercafltr to be acquired,".!! will be us great a violation as tlte Government could pos sibly commil II Sir , I cannot understand how these views can exist in the same mind at one and the same lime. It looks as if one part of the speech was addressed to a Whig Buncombe and another part to a Demo cratic Buncombe ; one to the eastern Buncombe and the other to the western Buncombe. It reminds me of a verse I read somewhere in my youth, made by one just beginning-in wrile verses and his first should have been his last who described a fight on the water and wrote . . "The stranger snd his crew then s-ttirmtd the boat, ...:' And all et onco jumped in aud all at once jumped .out.". And further, upon the constitutional question, my colleague -argued, very properly, that there could be no di.Ticulty: for. speaking of the Missou ri compromise, he said : ' There was, however, a settlement tjjjde at length, upon terms which, though unequal to the South, were tul at ratianct with tU spirit nf the Constitute." My Colleague is regarded uow in some parts ot the Sout.-tvoii "iu houtii CaroLna as very sound up. ii Vim slavery question. I have been denouueed us unsound for entertaining precisely the same opinions as my colleague (Iocs. And upon the general subject of the duty or the General Government to protect slave property, I desire, in passing, to say, I heard with pletietue the able and statesmanlike argument of die gen tleman from Georgia, (Mr. Toouns.) made here a few days ago. It gives me more pleas ire to add my feeble tribu'.o of commendation to this speech though I do not agree in all the gentle man said because the gentleman's opposition to his own friends, and his course in this House be fore we were. organized, met with my decided con demnation. And while this is in mind, I will beg to say one word to another gentleman from Georgia, (Mr. Stephens.) - Before we were organized, that gentleman was understood to call down curses on all those who would not eland Up for their section, I made al lowance for the gentleman's excited feelings, hut I heard the remark with pnin. 1 had read his elo quent speeches with profit and with pleasure, and I had anticipated the pleasure of doing my duty here under his lead ; and, when he, and his friends who acted with hir.i, (Messrs. Toombs, IIii.uard, and others,) in the southern caucus, voted against Mr. Calhoun's Southern address-, and did not "stand up for a section," I approved their conduct. When he, and the estimable and highly talented gentle man, my predecessor, (Mr. Dohnbll,) and six other southern gentlemen, were denounced as trsitors, for voting to lay Clayton's, compromise bill on the table; I defended their course. And without having had an opportunity, in the miibt of professional pursuits, to examine that bill, I de fended their conduct at home, from my knowledge of their character, and justified their not standing up "for a ssction." According to Mr. Calhouh's platform of amending the Constitution, even the Senator from Mississippi, (Mr. Foote,) we have within a day or two heard, cannot stand np with Mr. C. for his section. Our worthy Spe.-.ker, in that southern convention, could not stand up, ac cording to the address, for "his section." He thought (he doughfaces had not hadjnsii, them : the address was against the whole Nortl The author of that address, who endeavored to ex cite the public mind, only reccommended to the Soulh "lobe united;" but has recently, by his ultraism, disunited them, and I should be glad to know which side theNashrille convention will take. And I should be glad to be informed why those who censure others for not standing np for a section, did not vote for a southern Speaker, when the contest was between a northern and southern Speaker. But I hope the gentleman from Georgia will come bkek, and let the whole country have the aid of his' abilities , a mf!' express now the wish that was In my mind when the gen tleman invoked his curses I hope "the accusing spirit blushed as he gave it in, snd the recording sngel dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out forever. " I desire .tow to notice, very briefly, a few re marks of my colleague's speech, delivered this ses sion. There are some portions of my colleague's remarks which I hope were nttered without due considers tion. He spnke of a "collision ss' inevi table, and the eoAner it comes the better." What kind of collision did he meant He made state ments of the "existing revenne yterm operating hardly on the South." Hew 7 Does he mean the Democratic British tariff of IS 18 f And yet ho says: "Looking, therefore, at sll these differ ent elemnst, i yteater increase of population, more wealth , snd less poverty snd crime, we have rejin 'o rejTird onr people as pr.isper-ins sn ! happy." Then, I as, how does the exiting rerenn svsti'in e-enie hardly upon nsT Fo my colletgn sat; "Nor is it true we srepmrer than t'ie North, fr the si .vehniiling St te are much rich r. in the pfop""!"" to tle ir population, th in the f e." . ! !.o-..!d ho et, ! (i, know who! fsi h (tat mjpei.4 league uiscovereu, to cau e turn M i-lun, 'e h; opinions en tli lar ilipi- I i.u. In h; speech, d v livered this session, he used some plirjs (Ii t I 1 think I have he;irj fro-il Mr. Calhovs mid Mr. : Mc Dfrrtc ; but in isi-l.my ' "codoag'te. m.i.l .- u speech, iu which he avowed opinioiis-lhst did him honor. I have sow qiiutdti-ui, Siefure fro;n'; me tint speech which I wi'l print. : EMrarts from Mr. ClwujIa'x" sneevh from the Appendix Congressional Globe, 88th Congress, first session : "We (the Whies) ire in favor of such a tariff as will produce all the revenue necessary to the support of the government, economically adminis tered, without the inouey arising trom the sain of the public lands." . - He was opposed !o a "horizontal tariSV by which I supposo he meant Ihe compromise set of 1833. or the South Carolina sarlff. In '44, tny colleague allocated "incidental piotectiuu . to. our manufac turers and artisans to sustain our own industry, against the oppressive regulations of others, and counteract, as far as practicable, the hostile re strictions of foreign nations." Good Whig d c trine, My colleague look then "a common-sense, practical view of ibis question. We have had theory and p'lrade enough on it." What theory, except the South Carolina theory, tha! the "exist ing revenue system operates', hardly .en the South 7" .'; In 1844, when this fpooch was delivered, the tariff of '4'J was iu o,ieralit)n. The tariff of '46 it said, by its friends, to ba "a free-trade tariff," I say, His a tariff for Ihe'benefil of English labor, llow could my colleague ndvocnte the tariff of '4'J and think the existing system ''operates i.ardly j on the South V How his opinions have dunged since 1G44. , wheu he thus spoke of the tariff of 1S12: "This favorable state of our finances has been roiiured, llius far, without r.ny practical injury having res ulted !o any section of the tountry. .Nutimly cotton, lut oil afnur ol'tif productions, command a batter price than titty did lefvre the pasragt nf the tariff ; tthile foreign orticln iehkh we immi and eoniume are generally cheaper ; boiien 1 say, invariably t ." And upon this tariff, which is spoken of la some portion of thj toutiiTn country as an "aggression on the South," I wish I had time to mad an extract from a speech of as true-hearted a southern gentle man as breathes ; from one of spotloss reputation, and whose high talonte and character have shed honor on his country. I will print some extracts from his speech. Extracts from tin speech of Mr. Berrien, of Georgia, April filh, 1844. Appendix of the Congressional Globe, 28th Congress, 1st Ses sion : :' ". ;'. Mr. Berrien was referring to. the charge that the South was "oppressed." lie said he was 'speaking as a southern man," and he was dispu ting the charge that there was suffering, lie might have been accused of not "standing Dp for his section." But he argued as follow s : "Il is a mere question of fact ; and I answer it by affirming what I presume no one will deny that there is a sensible, obvious improvement in the condition nf '.hp conntry sines August, 1812. Whether it be because the tariffof that year, or In spite ofit. I repent, is not a subject of my present inquiry: am dealisg with fact, not theory; and these things I take to be undeniable, in the compar ison between Ihe two periods : ."J. The credit of the Government wrs prns-1 trotc, snd it has been redeemed, its bills were protested. Its treasury notes were below par. It sought a loan and could not ohuin it, cither hern or in burope, but upon terms which were humilia ting tn a great nation. It could not go into the market and borrow money on terms as favorable as would be accorded to a responsible individual. All this has been changed. Its stoVk is abnvo par. The Government has ample means to moot its cur rent expenditures, and such is now its credit that it could command on loan any amount of money it might require. "i. The rrwisorv was empty. It is now rep lenished, has sn increasing income probably ade quate to its wants, and the means, if need be, of adding to it. i i . . . j .1 a. i lie cuiiwiertc auu iiavitrauuii ui ujvguuii fP try have increased. le NortlM, 4. t8 agricultural condition has improved. "5. There has been a marked improvement in the price of our great staple. "6. A reduction of prices of almost all, if not absolutely of every article if consumption. "7. To crown the whole, tvery branch of indus try has been stimulated to increased activity, and confidence has been restored. e "Mr. President: It is pressed upon ns In this ar gument that Ihe act of 1842 imposes undue and peculiar hardens on southern industry on Ihe planting interests of the South. This, sir, is tome an awakening suggestion the bnrden, if il exists, operating alike on my constituents and myself, and upon me, personally, Io the whole extent ol the productive property which I possess. A little re flection, however, relieves me from appreheneion. I know that any tax which the Government can impose, in so far as it operates upon consumption, can only compel the southern planter to shsre in the burden which all consumers have to bear -Experience satisfies me too that this ransnt be to the whole amount of dn!y, bnt the foreign predurer must bear his proportion af it in the diminished profits of capital. I know that the price of southern produce has not fallen since, these duties inert i pored. I kne,w too thai the prices nf articles of southern consumption hare stot risen, but have been sensibly diminished." I shall snrely;not t Warned fur" an" unwillng ncss to believe tint the existing system of revenue operates hardly on the South and tTVs'. And a galn I ask, why conld not sm-h a man as William Gastrin why cannot niirGrahams'and Mreieda see this oppression? '' I shall neeer for,;. ! a speech J heard fr-m N jrlh Carolini's roust disiini'uie'ifsl son Gsion in (lie earlier p-irt ' if mv life. Il w. I th nk, at in U iim loeetimj, nficrXntih Cnro'ina had hern called the "Sip Van WinkUof th- S..i iii.'' be cause she wnld not nullT1; sn .-t Cog"'se ' Better, f.r hr-tter.''. s.id M, G ieton. '"he f. l e' t'-e I!is V..H IVinkt i-!' i'Mb" -, 1'e.j nf (he historian, or the -Csptam Lv h.ic.h ii." j t-t- I iu s'e'p on forever, t'.a-i wai f -on or d.suii.usi." . These wor.is were Itom -."! of one whose father's blood w:.s shed by ;ieiuier 1 ins country : they were, fiivn tne hi tml lips tif a patriotic christian genlL-m.iii v was li.tij.' h-uiornd by my native i-t.-.te. ntvl wi .iK-oury is at.l! cherished by all her true he,.' -iius. l iis mortal remains teHise w it i.in tb,i i d rs of tiii town in which these "wordi. i burn" were sH)ken it is a part ot tne c-ii. t. r ; resell'. k lien 1 torgei the app Ill:, use these i lui"nts met with from tiint peoj.le, I sin.ll f. -rg. linn ; and when I do that, my "tongue will ,-. to my mouth and toy right hand he her cj-.i-uing." . , But my colleague complains of the amoimt ol money eKiend'd at the North, and hs sav : "North Carolina fir example, is burdtnedio Ihe ex tent of not less than three miVinm. and yet dues not Ket lack "ne hundred thousand AAiart I'l atiy from the U m ernnrnt. .'The clear loss in a peci,. niary point of-.vic'w, on account of ihe action o: the Govermneiit, may tie set down at turee m:;. lions annually. The mmthern li i pn It are In tin; same condition."' ..-Now-. I cannot imagine how my coileipne cs: ciliated this three millions of burden. I fear il i tn use his own wnrJs, a"irnl ot vturate k'i rdgs of all the facts renders it immssibte to drier wine precisely the ejfttt' sthkk ur revenue m fOuUC'S." ' I should be glad to see these "fads" s'.ated. I suspect my collesgue is much mistaken in tl is calculation ss he ii in the number of tugitu e slaves escaping from a "few c.onni!eln Mny and tie s.nd a "lew counties in Maryland had. w itmu six months, upon compulation, lost one hun; re.l thousand dollars' worth." lie is assuredly mistaken. A Senator f'oin South Carolina (Mr. Butler) said tl,i:t "tinrtv thousand dollars worth of slaves were sloien fn in Kentucky anntmlly ; " and ha added. "Iho loea to the people of the slicehildtnj States may be e-iti-mated at twohundred thousand dollars annuallv. Whose computation is right T And mv cijilesiv e says Delaware !osos."one hundrssl lliousand dob lars worth of slaves each year. ' My ollerut makes the losses of a "few comities in MmUiid. and the loss of tlie State of Delaware, as surest .s Mr. Butler thinks if the loss of the "slaved .Mug Stales ;" and yet Ihe members from Kent nets v. Delaware and Maryland, do not threaten to dis solve the Union. ; But the complaint is, a small amount of monev is expended at Ihs South. Whose lauit is this? Mr. Tyler vetoed a bill that -contained an ap propriation of twenty thousand dollars tor the im provement of Capo Fear river. And when Con gress made an appropriation of Ufty thousand dol lars for opening Roanoke -inlet, on Ihe coast u' North Carolina, Mr. Tyler picketed the bill. Is this aggression? It was an outrage, and wen becoming a strict constructionist oi tnn scbooi mi '98 and'99. This is a work of in 'stiinnbn value j to a lafge portion of my State. I hopi to .ive to see it perfected. The people iu mine and mv col-: league's (Mr. Outlaw's) district will soon hold a i convention relative tn this subject a .c. nventioe, not to dissolve Ihe Union. But to open a commu nication by which we can reach New ork In ten in in n few hours to facilitnti onr intercourse, I and bind us together indissolublv. Virginia pon-i ticians have opposed this work, and will oppose tt Open this communication, and, in the event of do mestic rebellion, we should speedily have tu n' andsof .New Yorkers wilh whom our intercoms. is now so frequent and so friendly brought on the j wings of steam, ready to stand by us. . j lt not gentlemen complain of the North on I this score. When these internal imnrovcme; 1 1 questions arise 1 will promise to bring ten. vcs. ' twenty Whigs or Democrats, from the N-or.h or West, for any southern Democrat my colleague will find. My colleague, when speaking of the possibiuiy of a dissolution, said: "Siihiectinalhe rrnods of the nrlh to a dvtu.l vilh those from other foreign cnunlries. vi'lil il once trite a voxcerful stimulus to our men mitn f c - the lurers. We have already sufficient espnal t r purpose. But if needed, more would come in from abroad. English capitalists have filled Beigmm with factories. Why did thisoccur 7 Hur.plv be cause provisions were cheaper there and taxes lower than in England. The same motives wonl l bring them inlo (he southern renntrr. since both the reasons assigned are much stronger tn onr caRe. It has already been proved that we enn man ufacture some kinds of goods more cheaply than the North." What would the "free trade" gentlemen ri th" Son th fay to lint t Would not Soutli Carolina he oppressed by that tariff law ? Bui we are fo have "Enplish csp til. " En gland is ted well satisfied with the tariff of 4G to lend ns money to ensble ns to impose do ies no "other foreign countries." England ! who fi.rimt oRr forefathers to manufacture who punsins tny mad who induces an artisan to le .ive her sho e lend us capital .' In 1844 my colleague had "noj rt liance on the sincerity of the British govern-1 ment. I hen lie said "England who had abolish ed slavery In h-r West India islands, was seeking :o interfere with th 3 institution in othsr countries I do not believe our people will b in love wit th's Idea. My colleague sprite of the "olhrr acqiisitiors r.f erritory'Mo be rns.de "after the next I'-Vdentiai lection." 1 dn not undersiand what ibis means'. 1 hope hvloe not mean th.it we are Io engsee in foreign wr rjain, s wr s inlimsted in the B-i!t:m-ire con veiitinn bf Mr. H mnegan thai we ahmild annex Yucat' t.'' Cuba, I thought the drfeet nf Gin. Cass hd e-enred ns trijni, the dxead pf s'e'ij,, ri',m- ftb' w,".r ywn crt'.r.-tK TV's- hi.rrid -i usi. ivct. I sdrocatrsl General Tat- t ..I I.' .is ; '" -ii i : ' f he ,:,fr . c. Ii- oi t.. ? i i n : i .ii nw'i V 1 t i - i. a ui' i i !; r clan tl i I i not s-.iif k. w ern l'( pi. I'lKI-lll W io 1, eii t'ie Bud'.ilii. rm.VMit i :iii. l-e s-.rs :;'n t -.v.-;ir irmi-d-d by (.-ii 't if- ilttl .'wolt'l! !ie ' t.i.i !. ol I' ilrui'l-inn oT li: rtn,-, : I de (I -""He i'.'V.' I -iiot', hi cnoie th,-.t-ii;'Si; i ;.i.i Ami l j Norihi-rn men not . n ! V't e:rk;-iil,;i,' spr f rli. . j j-rniure 'h;- -.ry sl it j u-nv t us. Mv coi-. s I hi ice I rea I lie s e.- . i w.'U.i to say li.xr- I ; nor.iiern ni.-ii. i.r oi.e ii.i-i-i Vi .IV I" ! - i I it. !.'! c st .l ie, . s.- Io it th- lr ii rj . ij-s." Sir, I must in is rut'v I li :ve inir.ir li'-isial'i ni : S Fl'l am n 1 1 1 1 .-. 1 i p to teem ii g i -or hern ma Ke ir o con j v.sve:l so i.tri'ciiius utiment. , ! Meh man. hur -1 sit.-n a v j ramiii-iteJ this pi, iC" : . I n Io 'leier i. 1 n -ver be .r I o( ti.il -. - t ii t lie wl'lioir. horror oj n i ern M .te. and he was a sr i icsen n.s In .on in the South-- Buren Di-ii.rirrat Miner .Se.iiit-jr ) eiiii-t o: (nose who ss crv of I nu n. at H. 1 his dis- Van 111. f t. m (j-,.; . p (j , Mvc lleu is I P i ........ i .i,. . - 9 fill j i'nj t, u w , icted" i , i ....... : .... In I- r'-ii- r lit! ' It would t-e vi' tins poke my Colleague . l-cpeicr. for ns on eoler elier tv as we hsve hithf r- d" to hope trir uet' prr i enirvt-rt. if II:-.- s-r. f nv.r n:it.niial exist ence e on!-; lie ' divid-.i!, e:ii-h iir.itu h must roll s i,iniiis!,ei v 4i.ri.i-. e.rd win III ! ie onlv to bear a !ei.er b.-r :eo Sii.'ii n s-n-, r.it-on uoi.ld he the t..'d tof all .artig VV-i..uhi tnl tlat our wv w .s lone v. I ke id it of Hagar in th" d- or-f. ol.'.te t .e w n-:er;i-is of our first p..ren:s when cin e h .6 just i-eo'-.n." 4c, i.e V.-rv hsndsomc-if in the same stre. : --We have a cnirinninilv of interest, v hu h it woii-i seem th it no oarly marine-srot. di-ronk i:p. We hxve. ton. reiollecains of the pis;, whicti. U: American f eunea. are stronger even tbhn ca cu. lations of inien-st." Tins was neither insnn i.er sense iss; but . rs- li'intil.nnd sensible. and well becoming a Reiire sentative ol the old North State. .' A single word as to California. This will he a . ".test .question. : The "California proviso ' one. t'entieman fioiii Alabama (Mr. Inge) oenounced. hut is it but .declaring that the people of each State sliall have a right to decide for themselves ? We have i nigh soutoern authority for this. Mr. Polk said in his message, in 1848 : " Whether Cong-ess shall faftila'r or "f, the tphff h actfuircd Tn: ti:rtes:trn atcntMrtt1a cuutCMmu io form ..?.' consul' l'n. !'' p-i'S'ss the tt.:e nod exaii site veneer t' Jeter. -.t- fo' thffns-hes vitnl.tr si rv saw urx-ati it a txts: tcilmn tn ir nmui. Il Congress thai: abs'ain rmn intrrfrrii'f wilh tl.e, qutt:tm.tk li' fie nf Vtese Territories ten It left free luailjust il as thy wan think fr-yer when they anpl': tor tumis-sun as Stars i.-cn tne t moil. No enai'l'neri! ol f .oreres rouid resira in t.ie people of anv of the ..' erKgn Mule?, of the I'nion.old or new. Norti, loiiin. siavciu ijirnr ir non-slave-teioiiiiing tlie rhnraricr of their it:g. Iri own dooie-iic. iii.-.lilntioiis ss thev mav deem wise mid pro:i"r. r.jl-t, nn-1 ' ii V nod sll tlie r-l lies imssess ims "Vm '.-s i-nnot uei r.ve tin in of it. i.t'e-rn ad-ire is it is sun!: laveiy is In the a d-im-viic li.sinu on. It he ongs to t ie M.iles, each fir itseil.lo deride whetiier it shall be eshiii-li.-hed or not: in..!, if it he relablished. whether it s um i he shnbshi d or nol. The Snaihi ru ail.lri ss. also, in rr lerrini' lo the Mi--nn .ii'svon in 1U19. crnsi.res ih'se who advocaie muen.'inenis --havinc ihcir n...cl io 1 tn We it condition of her smnis: u-n to..t h-1 I .;!.! j.u.p . erovi-i.-n to nrnhiUt Thead-iressstiites: "Those whor -Cted to ihe th nrr-en Iments resied their opposition en the I eround of the r-gbt of soif-aoveriimri:t. . mtv ei.umed that a t. rritory, hnvinu rech l the period when-lt is proper for it to Hr.n a conr-t:tn-lion and pnverniM-nt for it'df. becomes liidv. ts'teij which all the rights of i-lf-govenmtnt, . Ac. - : Tlie address ri"" further, th.it to sssuine that Congress had a right to remure any thing hut that the government must be rennbliean. '-would he tantamount to the r-snnmi'tion of the right to make its enure constitution and government. I commend tins a-'iirrs to ll-ose Democratic . ,, r .t . ,.:. - . i ,n,i, memVrs wiioare wismg oi u e i.a iioruia pro- Iii:PV,. r . (..,, (.f ( Mr. ( huirms'i. if we retert the aprli .ihtonihi lor udiiii-smn s a !Me. o . -ii be prodnri ive m the most cnh mitou-' eon,e q-ienees. It will ra se a sectional feelirg tnrntir.li ml tins hrool la ml that m.iv never be sltsyed. 1 .annnt vcf sgMoist br-r admission for sny ressoo, Ihs.evet lies til. I d" noi see how any ine cn ini.ke her sdni-iona "Nss r-sii..n," who dis-s' not wi b to bring ahiwit a i'is..'n:ion of tlie Union. As southern man I want her a'.1ini:ted tlif sooner the be'ti-r. advocated the election of onr" present Chi-f M ii.-irtite,"uot ai"relyas a Wl.J-, but as tlie cr-nl r-'reseiit .:e snd ch impion i f he prinei .Ii-of 'im' ribl (-f man (A self-govern-uwnl.' I will ri"t rous'iil nmand ben-hit ;l.t h ti tyr i tW s (; It i L,!.t r to Irtn-
Raleigh Times [1847-1852] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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