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r GlTIMMo PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY CH. C. RABOTEAU, EDITOll AD noiniETo. TERMS t $2 50 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE, OR $3 04 IF rir.UE.1T IS PEU1EDSIX VOMIIS. I VOL. III. RALEIGH, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1850, NO. 21 TL1UIS. Tine Ti.ji:a will be sent to Subscriber tl Two (V)l!ar aii1 a half per annum, if paid in ad timci). Three Dollar Will bivchar;ed, if payment bfiddnved six uonths. Tiietc Terms will bu in varia bly adiiemd to. . 1 . .idtertisenevm. fur stiut Sixteen linns, 01 m, One Dollar for tin first, and Twenty-five. (Vnt for each aubseqttofit in sertion. Court Ordeis, Ate. will bn charged 25 per iit. higher; lull a reasonable deduction will bo mad to those who advertise by the year. IT Letters on business, and nl) Communication .ntenued for publication, must be addressed to1 the Editor, and ptt paid. . . . --. MISCELLANY. "JUSTICE TO TUK SOUTH." Under this head, the Si. Lnuis Intelligencer has oru8 remarks, which wo conceive are founded in truth and common tense, hihI which, coming from that conservative and dispassionate journal, de mand the consideration of those who think there baa been no necessity fur the determined stand lately taken by ihe Southern press and Southern members of Congress. Coming from a journal which, while it maintains the rights of the States, nevertheless regard slavery as an "undesirable in stitution," these remarks may convince those who think there has been unnecessary agitation, that the Southern press and Convention members of Con gress have ailed wisely, and that they would have been faithless sentinel upuu the ramparts if they had failed to give the alarm, and arouse the garri son to the rescue. The Intelligencer remarks : "However strongly we may have condemned the ultra sentiments and inflammatory harangues of the more violent Southern member of Congress during the present session, it ia not to be denied, and we do hot deny that a crisis had come in the progress of anti-slavery opinions in the North, that demanded to be met by more than ordinary courage and firmness on the part of the South. It is needless to say, that because the Ncrth gen erally admitted tliat the general government has no right to interfere with slavery as it exiels in the Elates, there was, therefore, no danger to be appre hended by the South, of any interference with tlieir rights of slave possession. The discarding of the doctrine of non-intervention, and the effort to make Congress pronounce against Southern equality in ; the enjoyment of common territory, won by the , common blood and treasure of the North and the South, sufficiently evinced how the tide of north ern feeling was setting. And the triumph of the exclusionistt in shutting out ;he South by the Wil mot proviso, from. tin equal participation in the new territories obtained from Mexico, with and by means of the Annexation cfTexas,we cannot doubt Would have been followed by a series of acts of encroach ment, ending ultimately In the prostration of the South by meant none the .loss fatal because per haps ceasing to afperate through the national leg- . itlatnre, . ;' Ntwas time for the. North to understand that : the South it not devoid of right to the respect and protection of the General Government. It was time for the North to learn that the South throHgh permitting slavery In her borders, is not to be bran ded with InfaniyTorso unsought for and undesira ble an institution; tnd that she may not be calum niated, Insulted, and imposed upon by actual pilfer- : ing and outright robbery. The machinations of anti-slavery societies, the insulting resolves of enti-tlavery legislatures, the faithless behavior of officer of law in the free Slates have been as in jurious to the Interests of the South as many bold er acts of the North by combination in the national :'. Legislature eould have been." ' After ' adding that, under this stale of things, - there was need for a bold, Unequivocal, manful stand of Southern Congressmen in behalf of South- era Righti.f and that "such a stand has been made," the Intelligencer thus exhibits the good results of that course: r - 'Would it otherwise ever have been brought about r that the great Intellect of Webster would, have . been roused from Its sluggish repose, and escl(ed i to the examination of the whole issue involved' ba- - (ween the two tectiimt nf the whole Union, which hat resulted In the triumphant and imperishable , vindication of die rights, feeling and honor of the ' South f ,-. '-'' : Would it otherwise have been brought about that the strong conservative feeling In the north ern and eastern cities, that through their 'power i ful daily journals Co ao much morild1 the public ,- sentiments of the nation,1 would have been a roused to such determination to stand by the friend of the Union and secure to the Smith the rights guaranteed to her tinder the Constitu- -. tiont .V. " --';-'" -- " ' ' ' .''The unanswerable speech of Mr. Webster, . showing Irewthat the South it entitled to claim the r fire admission tpf ilave States formed out' of the territory of Texas, and that any legislation on the ulijt-ct uf slavery in reference oifher to California . or New Mexico is uncalled for and needless, and .eaanol obtaiHthis sanction, must eventuully be ' sustained by a majority of the northerA people by all indeed of the right thinking portion of that tec- 4 lion uf the Union. An I this Consummation will prove a era uf no small moment to the South for . In guaranteeing their equality in the Union and ,fh respect ef their right, it rmist secure peace ana? prosperity In all tbeir borders. . Let us be moderate '.hen, nj forgiving to the "fainrrics and beafow aff praise to tho powerful ewiwrvalive mas ol the Union who, under the teachings of Clay,Cas, Bell and W-bnr, hnve determines to st-cure jnttice to every p.uiiortf iltr . , LETTER FROM LEWIS' CASS Gen. Cut sent the following totfr in reply to srr irrviinriori toll halt given in hW h -itor at Tm tvaflj' U .I! en W. td'.j nii.f, e aStJJ i l! S '"" Fellow-citizens : In this dark day of our country, (here is one bright spot for the eye to rest upon. One so consoling anil redeeming characteristic, which is almost a compensation for the troubles that encompass ng, and the dangers that beset our path. And this is, the intense love of the Union which recent events have called into powerful ac tion. It speaks to ns from every quarter and in every breeze. Withered be the hand that is stretched forth to touch thenrk of our political safety. Evert the conflicts of party arc hushed by the .mighty voice of tlx nation. Men who, during the exertions of a long life, have been in political opposition, now find themselves, perhaps for the firel time, contending, side by side, for the preservation of the constitution, with ho other rivalry but the rivalry of devoted patriotism. It is a spectacle as glorious as it is encouraging. I will not suffer myself to belie ve, for a inoineiit,that the blessings of God are to be impiously rejected and this Union broken up, in the very wantonness of prosperity. No, no let the same spirit which animated pur fathers animato their sons, a spirit of mutual com promise and good feeling, and our present diflicul. ties will soon pass away, leaving no other trace of their existence but in the surprise that such ques tions could ever have threatened such consequcn- cos. -.. Your friend ind fellow-citizen, LEWIS CASS. STANLY'S SPEECH. Ever since our connexion with this paper it has been our study to express our opinions in such a manner as to give no offence to our brethren of the press; and we have never, so fur as we recollect, hitliertu impugned any man's motives, nor quar reled with anyone for an honest difference of op pinion; nor would we do so now, did not a proper regard for our duty drive us to it. Did the Dem ocratic press, generally, quote Stanly's speech as he sjmketi, and criticise it in a legitimate manner, we would not attribute wrong motives to the Ed itors of those papers ; but when we see the gar bled reports of unprincipled letter-writers taken as the sentiments of Mr. Stanly when we see tit is gentleman vilified for semiments lis never uttered, we feel bound to lift eur feeble voice in his defence. Mr. Stanly is accused by the above-named press es, with being a northern abolitionist in principle, a traitor to the South, a rscreant,' a miscreant, a tradncer of his own State, as being a fitting com panion of Gov. Seward: In fa$t any amount of obloquy is heaped on his head and for what ? Let any candid man read hit speech, and then say, if ho.' can, that Mr. Stanly takes ground a gainst the South in general and his own State in particular. A careful reading of his speech must lead any candid and thinking man to the conclus ion that while Mr. Stanly it perfectly willing to do justice to other portions of the Union, he is also de termined, to far as he has the ability, to see f hat his own section shall receive even-handed justice. Mr.Stanly has been an eye-sore to tome of the Democratic party for many years ; and herein lies the key to the present tissue of abuse that is hea ped on his head. Near the beginning of his late speech he attributes the present agitation toan at tempt of the opposition to render General Ttylor's Administration unpopular. He says that the South has been Buffering under the grievance now com-. plained of ever since "he formation of the Govern ment ; and that it is not fair that the subject should have Iain at rest so long, to be raked up now, mere ly to throw obstacles in the way of the pre sent administration, and to cast opprobrium on allits acts. v . We say.hereinliet the secret.. But, gentlemen of the Democratic press, we appeal to your gen erosity tnd sense of right, and ask you in the name of all that is fair and honett, is this the proper way. to deal with an opponent 7 Take tho man's tpeech as it is, not the garbled and. isolated extracts you published a purporting to be parts of his speech, and discuss it in a proper manner, and no one can complain. Having published so many falsehoods in connectien with the name of Edward Stanly, com snon justice demands that you should lay before your readers eithera retraction of your slanders or at least that you should publish his speech, as an offset to those tlanders. Wades. Argus. : ' Recent accounts from Cuba represent the gov ernment of that Island to be at present exercising the greatest vigilance in consequence of the appre hended ou:break of the revolutionists. From Cape Antonio to Point de Mays!, the greatest vigilance is said to be exercised, and from those extreme points, daily communications are received by the Governor. Il is further said that all planters are, under pair! of expulsion, commanded to return 'within thirty days, and to continue doing so the first Friday of every month, the number, accom panied with the age and size, of all the slaves in in their possession ; which goes to prove, in case of an outbreak, th.il their liberation is certain. JENNY" I.IND." -. If lialf.th.it is told of the Swedish nightingale be true, she must be a wonderful character. .A wri ter Ircm linridon, sketching Iter life, ascribes to her every known or heard of virtue. Her charity, which surpasses that of all ollxr living beings, b is not comparable to many uf her other qualities. . In the course of her career, she has twice lost bsr voice. When a mere child slw was regarded as an infant phenomenon. At about ten jesre, of age, her voice failed, and she was compelled to give up the ambition, which had already seized upon her, of achieving the greatest renown as a onrrflresM, rhv worldlmd ever known.. In prU vate, however, she cunhi ur.l in i.nclfce, and tfteremn yiri the recov-rr. her voir nm what. Slie forthwith oiiMinrheVativhtyeoneeni m go io i-e. n tn ia ae iriann. Iter nv rca'tcc (Garcia) told nef'sU reiiMl il"ver si cc.ei', amf. ad- vised her tfc pursue he rlVr yohMtiori ;rii; I hj tk force of galling. ,!,- gt rsi.Y,L. Ar mastering the science of music, she returned to J Stockholm. From thence, the went to Berlin, where she was engaged as a second Soprpo an old school mate at l'nris, was the first. She sang there for three monilis, without exciting any spe cial notice. Suddenly her voice regained all its original strength and purity. She made hor ap pearance, and forthwith became famous. THE OPINIONSOF THE, ATTORNEY GENERAL. There has never beon an Attorney General of the United States whose standing as a lawyer and whose conduct at a private gentleman more en titled him to the respect and confidence of Con gress and the public at large than Mr. Johnson. No hian ever tilled this high office who was more worthy to receive and has more fully possessed the esteem of the Admints'trHtion of which he is a mem ber. Yet, as a means of assailing the Adminis- j tration, we find that some oi his opinions are called I in question. As the proper law officer ot me Government, he is necessarily consulted by the President and Heads of Departments' whenever a judicial question of sufficient importance is present ed for their decisiou. The misfortune of past Ad ministrations has too often consisted in the neglect to consult the Attorney General, although the general usage has been under most Administra tions to seek his counsel on all legal questions. This is the safe and only true rule of action for any Administration to rely upon. It is indispen sable to sqcure uniformity, harmony, and consis tency among the Heads of Departments in admin istering the Government. Able lawyers, as other Cabinet officers may be, yet, without some com mon arbiter to whom all are eqully bound to defer, a claim might be admitted by one Department witin the sphere of its jurisdiction, and another re jected by some other Head of Department or Chief of a Bureau involving a total departure from the same principle. The President, who enjoys and desires to secure perfect harmony in his Adminis tration, has wi.sely directed, ever since he came into power, ah adherence to this general usage of the Government. No member of the Cabinet or Chief of a Bureau could, with any propriety, o verrute the deliberate and well considered opinions ol the Attorney General on all questions of law. We are well assuredly those who havo ample opportunity of ascertaining the facts, that no claims of interest have been allowed by the Attorney General except upon full consideration and investi gation by " hint; and that the whole profession of which he is so distinguished a member will concur in the application which he has made of the prin ciples of law to this subject. We have thought it proper to say thus much upou a matter winch has somewhat excited public attention, through the gross misrepresentations and calumnies of a por tion of the press. - We know that in some of the cases where interest hat been allowed on the opin ion of the Attorney General, the same allowance has been made by every Secretary that ever had occasion to consider cases of the same class. . - Nat. Int. CONGRESSIONAL. DISGRACEFUL SCENE IN THE SENATE. On Wednesday, the 17th instant, when the prop osition to refer tho Compromise resolution! of Messrs. Clay and Bell to a Select committee of Thirteen was before the Senate, Mr. Benton sub mitted an amendment of instructions to the com mittee. Mr. Clay offered an amendment to the a mendmenr, in substance, that the Senate does not deem itnecessary to express in advance any opin ion, or to give any instructions, either general or speciol, for the guidance of said committee. ; Af:er a discussion between Messrs. Clay and Benton, the latter moved to lay the subject on the table; which motion was rejected, yeas 24, nays 28. Mr. Douglass said that three test votes had now been taken, and the Senate had decided that it would have this committee. He .did not think, then, that he was authorised to continue a factious opposition to it; for thereby he would be giving precedent and license forantther factious minority to V'eep California out bf the Union. If this com mittee would, as it was said, result in a farce, he infinitely preferred the conclusion to oue which, would result In a tragedy."' " '" Mr. Webster said that lie thought the amend ment of the Senator from Kentucky was out of order.' ' ' . - ' Mr. Foote said the Senator wat not perhaps a ware that the Chair had ruled it to be in order. The Vice President said that be had ruled the amendment to be in order. 1 ' . Mr. Webster said all that did not deprive him of -the right of saying why Senators should uot vote against it. He doubted whether it was in the pow er of the Senate, by the amendment, to cut off other amendments. - Mn Cray replied to the Senator. Mr. Hale said that the amendment, so far t ft Intended to cot ff other amendments, was nuga tory. . '' ' ' . . 31 r. CUy supported his amendment. ' . Mr. Hale then opposed the ppoirrtmcntof the committee. Jle knewthat(h only objection tothe admission of California was, beceanse she bad a dopted the principles of freedeta ift her constitu tion. ..v,, '' r . , Mr, Foots called the Senator fo order for attack ing the motive of others. - .! ! i - " ' , Mr. Hale ontiii;ied. 1U bad heard fMt sach was the calne of wposirtaf onlilife fli: tfenafef but, i lite laAguaMnf the amendment,' he did not deewii At tttmtf to express, in' danre,' hnrn pinftm uf wbal the ea ue ef opprfc.rl'oi'rinMhe Sen ate was.' . He kiw ttwf rlif Smith wotfld friompfl. He knew1 the free Stales iw H-' Wleii: tnd all he wanted waVlh when the re fit fhe JW, beaten ami Irodd-n ), fh.t'l'.e nuld utf fie J(.iinlf t'y nor l',i MuoH'iem.idrviaie iiswit-y . - Virginian, "Wo bought you dog cheap." Wo (the North) are destined to defeat, end to a defeat by northern men. He would venture on a nother opinion, that when slavery had triumphed, and the North, as it always had been, was defeat ed, certain gentlemen on llieir return would disco ver that a great change hud taken place in the northern climate, and that the country was too hot for them. Mr. Clay sa id that there was no destined defeat for the North; no destined triumph of the South. There, was a destined triumph for the Union. Neither North nor South was t6 triumph or be de feated. The country the Union was to triumph. No defeat except for, the nltra Abolitionists and fa natics. Applause. There will be. triumph of patriotism, over fanaticism. The ultra Abolition ists would he defeated, because their element would be destroyed by compromise. They would belike the people of old crying in the wilderness. Mr. Fotte raid that he appealed to all those who agree with the Senator from Kentucky to abstain from further debate. Mr. Manguui suggested, and Mr. Clay modified his amendment, so aa to insert after the word "ne cessary" the words "aud therefore declines." The question being taken on Mr. Clay's amend ment to the amendment of Mr. Benton, it was de cided in the affirmative, as follows : . txs. Messrs. Atcbision, Badger, Bell, Bor land, Butler, Cass, Clay, Clemens, Davis of Miss., Dickinson, Dodge of Io',va,Douglas, Downs, Foote. Hunter, Jones, King, Mangum, Mason, Morton,1 Pearce, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Spruaoce, Stur geon, Tnruey, Underwood, and Yulee 29. Nays. Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury, Bright, Chase, Clarke, Corwin, Davis of Mass., Dayton, Dodge of Wisconsin, Felch, Greene.Ttlale, Hamlin, Miller, "Norria, Phelps, Seward, Shields, Smith, Walker, and Whitcomb 32. - The question was then taken on the amendment as amended, (that is, adding Mr. Clay's amend ment to Mr. Foote's motion,) and it was adopted. Mr. Hamlin moved to amend the motion of Mr. Foote, by excepting from the reference every thing relating to California. Mr. Clay made a point of order that this amend ment had been rejected on Thursday last, Tho Vice President thought that such was not the fact. Mr. Cass addressed the Senate in favor of the committee and in deprecation of the opposition to it. - He urged the committee as a compromise. The Vice President said the fcmondment of the Senator from Maine had been, in substance, re jected, and wasoul of order. : Mr. Hamlin stated points of difference between the present amendment and the one heretofore re jected. . The Vice President said there was a difference, and it was for the Senate to decide. He could not reject it as out of order. ; Jfc. Benton then moved another long proposition of instructions to the committee, excepting nearly every thing in relation to California, on all sub jects, from the consideration of the committee Mr. Benton said that these made fourteen prop ositions, and he would see if the previous quest ion can be put in force in the Senate. He would call for the yeas and nays on each of them. Mr. Underwood raised a point of order . Were these Instructions in order, the Senate having de eided that' no instrnctiont should be given to the committee ? The Vice President ruled the amendment to be in order. M. Clay appealed from the decision of the Chair. Mr. Benton said that here wat an open attempt to force, the previout question on the Senate with nut any rule of the Senate, and against the rules of the Senate. It was the previous question to cut off all amendments, and thus to cut off all debate He felt it to be hit duty to resist it. Mr. B. then gave the reasons why he had offer- these amendments; it was to obtain a vote on each of them, and to show the country that the a- larming procession of danjers heralded forth did not in reality exist. Mr. Butler said that he desired to say to the Senator from Missouri now, once and for all, that If he supposes that the southern people eaa be sat isfied by votes on truisms, be is mistaken. He then defended the southern address, : Mr. Foote sajd that he desired to tay , a few words upon this subject. It was the time for every patriot to speak out. He bad abstained, as the Senate well knew, from alluding to any thing which fell from a certain quarter since what bad taken place in the Senate tome days since. But it was laid that there was no danger to be apprehend ed, and that all that has been said was of no ac count whatever. Mr., F. then eulogised Mr. Cal houn and defended the Southern address, laying that those who signed it would outlive the attacks of their calumniators. Who ire their calumnia tors T A gentleman one who calls himself the oldest Senator the father of the Senate. ,, . , , At this moment Mr. Benton rose from hit test, stepped into the lobby, and advanced apparently with an intent to attack Mr. Foote, towards the seat of Mr. P.. wlift-k was distant from bis owrt sbonf twenty feet. Aa he spproachod Mr, F., the latter grided from hit desk through one of the small aisles into the area in front of thesfct'tary'i Jetk, drawing from hit person t liedid sn i targe piMul, which he held in bit hafitf. The Vice President and others uVmaft'ded Arder, hut the ennfuainrt wa n great a to drown every vde , Mr. Slntou r turned by the lobby to hi own seal, fre.'jnf'ntly f x. claiming, let the asstn ffr H llm rows rd fire. Release me llut theatttnia mar fite,., Ac, '. fii the man tViM wveral Heritor had .intrv frred, tli.lin the' hVfTr w k 0t tJjMf. flutuS entirely.- . ' 'V. lWtt WH'tKiseitfetW, vYw-'iSM; assassin should fire ;" "a pistol has been drawn in the Senate, and il wat brought here to fire on me ; why don't the coward'y assassin fire ?" Several Senators called'upon the Chair to or der the Sergeant-at-ama to take some person into custody whom we could not understand. After order was partially restored, and mem bers had taken their seats. Mr. Foote explained that he drew -the pistol under the impression that the Senator advancing upon him was armed. I Mr. Dickinson asked what the question was. The Chair stated it. Mr. Benton demanded that the Senate take cog nizance of this attempt to assassinate him in the Senate j of this attempt to assassinate him on the, false "pretext that be was armed ; an attempt to assassinate him on the same false pretext that every cowardly assassin used who wants H make out a case of self defence. That was the pretext of every assassin. ',.: Mr. Foote said that the Senator was advanc ing upon him in a threatening and menacing man ner, and supposing he was armed, he (Mr. F.) had left the crowdedjpot he was in, and sought one where he would have Had more elbow room. If he had supposed that the person advancing to st uck him was not armed, he would never have drawn the pistol. Mr. Hale said that as a transaction of this char acter had taken place it should not pass by with out an investigation by the Senate. Having made the suggestion, he left it to sager heads than bis own to adopt such a course at wit due to the vin dication of the dignity nf the body. Mr. Borland thought that rather than resort to an investigation, it was better to say as little ts possible. He did not think that there was any danger on foot at all. Laughter. Mr. Foote said that so far as he was concerned he begged to be heard. He knew hit own heart and intentions ; he knew something of bis own character. He had nothing, of the assassin about him. So help him God ! he came here with the intention to settle the great questions In such man ner aa would conduce to the happiness of the coun try. He begged that the affair might be investi gated. If it could be proved, by circumstances or declarations, in any shape or form, that he armed himself to attack the Senator from Missouri ; or if there was any thing to sustain even the charge of a euspicion, then he would be wlllmj to be ex pelled from the Senate, to a seat in which he would be unworthy. He only wore arms, a single pistol, because he bad been informed it was likely that he would be attacked. He had simply prepared for his own defence. He repeated, aa an honora ble Senator , that, so fat as lie was concerned, there was not the least ground for tnpieiori. Hebegg- ed an investigation, for his own personal honor. Mr. Dodge, of Wiscentin, thought that; on this occasion, it would be proper to appoint a commit tee to investigate the subject, that it might be ful ly understood by the Senate and the people of the United State. He had known the Senator from Missouri for thirty-five years, and bad never known him to earry arms. He bad alwsys be leived that he would use them on a proper occasion, When he (Mr. D.) advanced towards the Senator, being one ef his oldest frends, he did so to prevent a difficulty in the Senate, deeming it to be his duty to keep the peace. One wis his bosom friend for thirty-five yeart, the other a Senator to wardi whem he was not nr friendly. But he be lieved if the gentlemen were to here a difficulty the floor of the Senate wat not the proper place for it. The ttreets and the grounds were open te them if they wanted to have a fight. He moved that a committee be appointed to in. vestigate the affair, for the credit of the Senate as well as for the purpose of presenting the subject in a proper point of view, snd placing the two Sena tors where they should be placed. He had nothing to say about the'drawing of the pistol ; that was the Senators's own act. For the honor of the country, and the honor of the Senate, which has been Con sidered u one of the most dignified bodies in the world, there ought to be an investigation. He re gretted exceedingly to see the position in which the gentlemen appeared. ' They belong to the lame party. This, however, made no difference with him ; but he moved that the tense of the Senate be taken, in order that the tubject may be reported up on and understood. He asked that a committee of five be appointee!. ' Mr. Mangum concurred entirely in the remarks which had fallen from the Senator from Wiscon sin. He htd drawn op a resolution, viz i That i committee of levin be appointed to investigate the disorder of to-day in the Senate, and that they rt' port the result te this body. Mr. Dodge accepted the modification. , Mr. Clay thought that the course propose! wat the proper on ( that the facte of the transaction which unfortunately occurred should be reported. He thought, however, that the resolution did not go far enough. The two Senate rs had been placed in unpleatent relation towards each other half an hour tgn, and they should be pot under obligations to keep the peace, and should voluntarily or other' wite go beibre a magistrate -of the city t or they should both pledge Ihe'meMve (which would bt the mere gratifying to him) not! te pursue mil matter further than ! had occurred to-day. j , . , Mr. Mingem, toncur. '. ';:;' Mr, Clay. ft the Senators will make toco a luiej win" be content. . - ,i - -' - Mr Benton (empha tieally) laid that fie had done noTlrtig on 5rd A"lnfbfy' eartlrto provoke a breach of the pnce. ' tte vriiutd rot in jail be I'ore t won 1 if give a promise h would leave iiiirr tn ttti a predicament. ' A wat lying tnd enwaftllt fry impife t.? hW V'berTnj 6f arm, and 'fiirg Srtffif tf.A fc jSsiTf his assattiua- Mr, CVy tid (list hit elwtmtion waf lot to the past, but to the future. He timply wished Senators to take an obligation as to (lie future. Mr. Foote had only tins to say. He was a Constitution-loving man; he knew that he had contiitutiura! rights, lie was capable of maintain, ing them, lie never threatened a human being in his life. He never executed a threat. He never wore arms to make an attack. He never w ore arms; but, when he Was menaced and threatened with the cudgel, he was advised by friends tn wear armsforhitowndefence.ashewisa man of small stature and not in very good health. Heaccoriling ly armed liiinseli, up;xi ing it possible that he might be .attacked after what had then occurred. Hav ing the constitutional right lo bear srms, he would exercise the right. Mr. Mangum. I move that the dbortoftlil Sen ate be closed. , . ' Mr. Foote. By no means. I trust the Senate will not do me the injustice. Mr. Manguin. I find that lam pressed to do so on every side. ' Mr. Foote. I hope the Ssnator does not insist upon the motion. Mr. Manguin. Very well. Mr. Foots resumed. He would always weaf frms, when menaced. He never assailed, men' ced, or attacked, lie only provided for his pro tectum: when -lie considered himself in danger. He had always preferred a different mode of set tling matters. In reply to the Senator from Ken tucky, and with a proper appreciation of his long 1 . ; . .. ... anu oriinani service in puonc councils, and Ins : well known chivalry, he would tay that he had no hesitation in declaring that he would have-deemed it indecent 'and improper, before all the circUin stances of this hour, to wear arms for the purpose d attacking any one, or doing any th ing in a ys tem of violence growing out of this affair. He would make ne attack upon any member of the Senate but would ttand firmly and calmly prepared to defend himself when danger Is ex hibited. He would teek no further remedy than the -present hour afforded, yet he would stand ready to go tn any forum to which he might be invited. Mr. Dickinson said; that after the cohfusion was partly calmed, he called the attention of the Chair to the business ; and lie understood the Senator froifi Missoiri to say that the matter should not thus be disposed of. His (Mr. D.'s) object In call ing the attention of the Chair to the business in hand, wsa to call Senator's to their placet. He had no desire to see the matlcr shuffled off. It watt of too grave a nature. He concurred in the pV position for a committee. Mr. Benton. Let me put In a word; I thought that it was the intention of the Senator te proceed to business, si if noihing had happened. I meant nothing unkind. Mr. Dickinson. Th remark is eatisfietory. Mr. Hale laid that he had no personal feeling in thia matter, and of course the Senator from Mis sissippi so understood him. He did not know an individaal in the city towards whom he had cause to be on unfriendly term. There was nn gentle man with whom he was on terms of greater secial intercourse than with tlie Senator. But "this thing was not done in a cernei." We cannot shnt ouf eyes to it, nor hide our heads. The whole world sees us. The news is now going on I he telegraph ic lightning's flash to the four quarter of the re public, that armt hid been exhibited in the Benaie. Those fact are notorious. It it idle) siippoe that rumor will not, with her thotieand tongues, ex aggerate the occurrence lenfcld. It may already be rumored in St. fouis that several Senators have been shot, and are now lying on the floor of this chamber weltering in thelf blood. Langliter. It is not only for the purpose of vindicating the character of the Senate, but setting history righf and informing the country what has taken place, that there should be an investigation by a commit' tee. He did not wish to be put upon it. Mr. Borland was well aware that the eyes of' the whole world are upon us. All that wat dons' was seen by penoni in the galleries snd on the floor of the Senate. Therefore, there it the let necessity for tn investigation. He could lee no' use in it. Everybody knows what hit been done.' and they cat see nothing more. He supposed that the reporter of the Senate had written down what was said. He saw no cause for apprehend ing danger. And be thus expressed himself, feel-' ing as. much far the dignity ol the Senate as any one. The question was then taken, etaf the resolution' for the appointment of a committee agreed to. The Superior Court ef Chowan County hat been in session thit week, Judge Eilii presiding.' On the docket was art indictment against the slaveof Judge Moore, for ronrealltig his wife nn board of a northern vessel with th view of getting her to a free Stat. After the witnesses were ex amined, tnd tpeechei of the counsel ihada, the' -Judge charged the Jury, who after' a short time returned a verdict not gvil'y. ''"Messri. Moore, Outlaw and Jmiee appeared for the negro,' and Messrs. Smith and Heath for the State. : '.:V, - Old Xnrlh Siali. , A yodng gentleman was frequently eantiuned by bis father to vote forMe8or not ien." He' promised to do o, and Won after he recri ved a bo nus to vote for t Mr. Peck. His fnhrr'tstoiiisherf at bis voting for man whom he deemed nhjrt forr able, inquired his tensMur for oVmii I v ' " Fo-l rj father," Hid the youth, "yen told te Tote fr measure tnd if a Petk Is nor rseasu're, duu't know what is. . ., -' ' t , The Spfingfield.MaiwA Republican t .ttr (ha, tho Govern and Coftneif1 6f Stsac'ri hv eommvted (Tie death er-rrtence of David if. TtU sou, rVcentty brivuited tit tbe. murdef of, hie wife and two children, at Wilmington, Ma:, iie prisonment for life, fCouiredictx d.
Raleigh Times [1847-1852] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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