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1X11" POLITICAL DISUNION AVOWED A m"tiiijr wan held in Charleston (S. C.) on ! .! Fr H iy niehl.tii'hear the report of the Dele-1 KutMNlltf Naihville Convention. The Hon. R J Jiarntvel! Rhett, having been called on for speech 'II IV1 BjPVC II, ; tli&i-tfmon. ade ose cf the entered into a furious tirade against In the conr-eot his remarks he made ose I. lowing language, (we quote from the report of a v riter in tlwCuurier, who signs himself "Curtius.") "He proceeded to denounce the compromise, now tefure the Senate, and declared the onlycur to be thai il would pass. He .was of opinion, however. that it would not pass, or at alt events, if it did, it wiuhl only lie by Nor:hera votes, and from North- j em in' a awakening to the conviction that it involv ed the surrender and dishonor nf t.'ie South. But, v, lift her it was adopted or rejected, the position nf t'ie South would be unchanged. -There wa ito f undi bul thi severance of our cmnecliim with the :Surth'. 'I'he rights of the South rould only be se cure! bv gnx) failli in our Northern brethren, or Ay . ur the former wus hopeless and the latter wa9 t ie only resort. Ho respected tht Northern people ---a people, who pur-tned tlieir own aggrandize ment, at ;he expense of others, with a boldness and per-iovera ace of purpose that Jievet quailed 01 flng L;t!,e respected them much more than he did ihoe who submit to trw tiiwression. He faltered n.r, Wa u-e lie niigirtlie euiled "traitor" ''he was Wn a ti-hitur" hhs family had been all horn trai i,i. j and he was surrounded, he hoped, hy a host of traitors traitors to tyranny and oppression, a nd ready to strike f.r equality or independence. He likeil.nl the crisis to our colonial era, when Chris topher (luMen unfurled the tanner of independ ence in South Carolina; and declared that, in what wastlien einf; on in the sentiments he was a vowiiiir. and the enthusiastic response they awak ened, on all sides trie remlulitmnad begun.'' , " These arntiidents f.re precisely such at. we have seen charged, very 1ten, to the ultra party of South Carolina of which Mr. R. is a distinguished metn- lier. We have ever believed that par y iti favor of .ili-sulviug the Union, for we have not upon any other hypothesis, been able to account liir this very extraordinary course, am! the arguments which ttiev habitually use, loading inevitably to that one point. We have never known any one memberof the party, however, standing so high as Mr. R. : willing In make so bold an avowal. He has torn the uirsk away with a vengeance! Are not the friends and advocates of the Nash ville Couven'.ion a little startled at finding them eelves in such company ? Do they not see how just was the ala'rni of the Southern people for the afety of the Union an alarm which led them to reject the Nashville Convention with tarror when they see a man of such distinction openly avowing and glorying in sneh sentiments? ' ';. AMAZING. , : The Standard of Wednesday last has a very in teresting tale, related by Maj. Claxke, before the i.tie democratic Convention at Raleigh. It was Hie fate of the Major to meet, on landing on his native shore, a North Carolina soldier, who had iift'ered privations and hardships for months in his country's service, and the first question he asked sJie Major was, "is Reid elected ? This is a alnpendous developement. Just to ihink of it. Is Reid elected f This is proof pos itire to the mind of our friend Holdes, the SoU licr nre for Reid." Then follows a rigmarole about how the soldier liad heard, that the Whigs refused to give the soldiers blankets, and various other "creature omforts;" how he Inern that Gov, Manlt sympa thised with those Whigs, and thatCol. Reid was he soldier's friend. Does the Standard suppose that the sdJieri or ny one rW is to be duped by such haintwig stuff as this ? The supplies necessary fir the comfort of the Mexican Soldiers, were as readily voted for by .the Whigs as by the Democrats. The former ex pressed an opinion as to the necessity for the war, iiM had no disposition to do otherwise than appreci ate the merits of our gallant army. The whigs disliked the war, and considered it unnecessary. And so it was. All the territory we acquired could have been purchased at one tenth the cost of that war, The bitter fruits of the policy nf the hrsadminif (ratios are new served 4ip to the public, productive of present 'distress aad threatening future disaster. But the soldier we must not lose eiplrt of the Soldier, so opportunely caught by the Major, and an appropriately alluded to by him in Convention. I'he Standard says he "was covered with dust and blackened by the amokeef battle." Well, he must have made a very interesting appearance. We -i-ttppose the Standard will next say that the reason he was so black and dirty, was because the rascally IVIiigs refused to vote to supply him with soap -and water. The soldier suffered privations and . hardships for.ntu7ii; it is very (insular that 4 Soldier should suffer "privations and hardships' and for so long a time too maxlhs ! Like e itoii;jh tint rwmtlis. Poor fellow. I'he Standard ay, also, that the Wings soald not give him comforts when be was "sick and convulsed with pain." Did you ever! Sick, too, poor thing.' -Surely his case was far worse than that of Paddy trom Cork, with his coat birt toned 'behind him - for Paddy was only "shipwrecked, and murdered, jtnd sold for t slave," as lit himself asserted. Wit. Com. . Tor oh Ar.AissT. The Ral. Timet pars a nonieJ question to Mr. Rs:d and his sapporters. Is he, r walie in favor of Uie Nashville Convention! St' he i, or was, the people should know it, as no Nahvillo Convention man can be elected to office 1iy the p.x.le of North Carolina. If he is not, and av.i not, the democracy hold (mew it, as the lea t!i)j nriiiw ftlit party, in this Surte scid else 'where, have been wont to denounce M who wore tiiiiiosed V kA Convention as traiturs and tories. T7--j ratfina (ouotMtently) support a man whom tin y have so denuaacett. Tb. question is an impsrtiiot Trie. Who will a nswer H 7 We call fur an answer., wad boe (lwseav'U be uo iiuJying,no playing the mum ran-, u4 " - : i Xtte rrcjttfrptiiis are that Reid was for the f,'uirvenlien Such, fw rnstHace s tmoU from t'if fwt tint .'rirnd tntr Niwliville Convention, ami! JMefwIe'to if, "wss ml fnvi'lerH of the 'uttvrntion whloa nninated 1ilin, nrt that all the Jji fori) in llie State, which rmsr advocsite &itti w! in favor of h, B'rt yet, Jn oVS-jijh-o M all inferenee. ' we (HikiI Ihink thai 'he .- J Xahw!leCwiivutioo.mn ;ad arrjierfurt- 'y certain thai he i not now. IaH upbear what he and bis friends say. fVy. (Ji. To charge Col. Reid with entertaining the opinion thai the Wilmot proviso is con.-lilii-tional. is simply ridiculou'. k is a charge too cotiteinptihle to lie answered, and totally unwor thy the notice of men of senc. Surtk Car. We suppose this is meaut as a denia I that Mr. Reid believes the W ihmn Proviso constitutional. Well, then he must believe it uncunatitutiona Vet twice, whilst in Congress, he votel for a bill wi h the Wihnot Proviso in it, Did he commit perjury? He had sworn to support the Constitu tion, and if ho voted for an set that he considered unconstitutional, he violated that oath. Ib. Washinoton, June 29. The President will Rnswer Mr. Foote's Resolu :ion by declaring that ho has given no other or ders iu regard to Texas and New Mexico than those already submitted to the Senate, This is in conformity with what I wrote you on Wednes day. The military orders remain in statu quo, and it is stated that bloodshed is inevitable be tween the two people, particularly if New Mexico should have defined her boundaries. It is certain that the President did not give the special order to the Civil and Military Governor of New Mexico, now quoted as authority for the new State Government. Texas will extend her authority over the dis puted territory, ami at once. If need be, Gen Houston wiU leave his place in the Senate, and command the troops of his Slate iu this encoua tcr! . the New lorit mammoth memorial creates a marked sensation here. It has been well cousid eved by the NewYork members, 1 believe, and is now in the handsof one or both of the New York Senators. N. Y. Express. The Washington correspondent of theNew-Or-leans Picayune concludes a very interesting letter, under date 11th iost., as follows: The resol utions of the Nashville Convention in favor of the Missouri compromise line have not produced the least emotion here in Washington. Such resolutions were expected by all who watched the current of events, and the extraordinary pains which had been taken by the Southern ultras to produce such a result. The Nashville Convention was, from the very mode of its organization, a convention of ultrns, from which, as a matter of course, Southern ultraism must emanate in the shape of resolutions. The Missouri compromise. a year ago, might perhaps have answered ; but it was then denounced by Mr. Calhoun as unconsti' tutional, and abandoned. Mr. Calhoun was alto gether for the right of the people to select theirown form of government, and several Southern Legis laturrs went even so Tar as to pass resolutions a gainst it. The moderate men of the North have since rallied on the non-interference platform ; and now that the country is hoping for peace, and for the final adjustment of the long controversy, up pops the Nashville Convention and throws a new element of discord isle ur National Legislature. But it is of no use whatever, save as a means of producing mischief. It may possibly defeat the compromise bill now before the Senate ; but it will not secure to the South anything better instead of If the bill of adjustment, submitted by the Committee of Thirteen, does not pass, the Califor nia bill, by itself, is sure to become a law, and then the South may try and fight the battle about the territories, It will have to fight that battle "solitary and alone ;"for the men of the North who have once thrown themselves into the breach, like Webster, Cass, Dickinson, Bright, Sturgeon, &c, will not agaia risK their own standing and popu larity for the sake of men who acknowledge no obligation, no party ties, no duties to the Union, and no attachment to our common country. If the Davises, of Mississippi, the Burts and Wallaces, of South Carolina, the' Meides and Bococki and Seddons, of Virginia, the Venables and Clicgntans, of North Carolina , the Turners, of Tennessee, and the Clemenses,of Alabama, are not put down by theiT own Southern constituencies, the North will stand by the Union, irrespective of all parties, and wtei to all exclusively Southern issues to a man. Caiifsmiavillcome in as a State, nothing will tie oW for the territories till they shall apply fur admission at States, and we may possibly have a civil war between (lie New-Mexicans and Texas. This is, perhaps, the very thing tiie Southern ultras arekiving at. They want die condition of (lie South to be rendered intolerable, in order tojuitify the extreme measures which themselves are ready to propose they want mortification to ensue, that they may be justified in amputating the limb, though the patient may die afterwards. Such is the extent ot their madness and want of patriotism. In the meanwhile be pleased ta put it down as an incontfwertiUe (Wet, that the bill af adjustment now before the Senate, if detested at aTl, is de feated by the Southern ultras, and not by North' era men ; that it is defeated by a base and nnprin cipled alliance between the Southern ultras and the Aboittianistsand Freesoilera of the North. IniWd some -ef tie Freesoilera are actaaHy beconv ing ashamed of tttie alliance, or afraid of Wing charged with a conspiracy, aod are backing out of the dangerous entanglement. It is left for the Giddmga, the Soots, the Durkses and TTilmots to shake nands with the Southern ultras aad (rater nice 4tn the ; wiirle shrewd men who can read the future, thengh they may applaud their course, have a tare not to exhibit their appwhi'tittti in public. The present Congress does not represent the peo ple of these United States ; il usirrpsthe powers of aonstitaent assembly, capable of framing new laws for ttie government of the country. Many consider the federal compact already as dissolved, and are -marking prepositions for a new one. They are simply madmen, and their anatituenta will prove rt. TJieCiMonisatmngcr iltmi t the mad caps in Congress. Twenty sucn conventions as the Nashville Convention could not shake It ', am thedisunioniats per it will only dig their own prnves.and nut that nf the glory of their country A great people like ours, in the full vigor of adules cence, are not likely toahake tbenrnkeslo pieces as with a fit of fever aas agaa. There is no lis. tress anywhnre.ajnd euaa agitation as dreamt of.txcept Intheoweased brains and morbid hearts of iliose who would enaspirs agsuut fbe ttest Inter. est irf their eoiiBtrr. . THE UALEIGII TIMES. t'aijlor, illanhi, cntb tlje Union! JwPli RALEIGH, N. C xU fllorning, litis 5, 1850. tT The Raleigh Time will be furnished dur ing the Gubernatorial Campaign, say till 15ih of August, for 6(1 cents. Will our triends make up clubs for us at that price ? WAKE COUNTV. When the licUelol wlueh uenl. Saundcra is the head, was nominated, tve expressed the. be lief that it could tK he elected withouttlie help of the Whigs. This belief was founded upon Gen. Saunder'e position with regard tofnternal Improve ments, which was such, (had he maintained itj as would prevent the RoJesville people, and those who think with them, from supporting it. But if he has given away to them, then we do not see how the true friends of State Improvements can consistently rotp lor mm and our belief is un changed, though his position has altered. W anticipated no such change on his part ; and it is exceedingly likely, had it not occurred, that no efforts would have been made by the Whigs to get up an organized opposition. But we submit, and feel it our duty to do so, to the Whigs of Wake County, after all that has oc cflrred, that they have the opportunity of bringing out a Ticket upon which all can unite, with very strong prospects of success. The course they should pursue in this matter we may not at this moment take upon ourselves to indicate but our own opinion it that it is bad policy at any time to remain inactive and disband our forces. If we preserve our organization and keeptogather, what ever vicisitudes may occur we shall be ready for action and we are wholly inexcusable if we suf fer an election to go by defanh, in which, by prop er efforts, the Whig party may be successful. We can name true and gallant Whigs in Wake County who will run the Democracy close at any time ! and we have one in our mind now, the van qiiisherof Gen. Saunders upon the stump, who, we believe, by proper exertions, may become also his vanquisher at the ballot box. Our design is to bring the Bubject up for reflect ion by the true Whigs of Wake County. There will be no obstacle in their own ranks to any tick et apon which they may please to unite and for ene we are utterly opposed to leaving the field as it stands at present for our deliberate judgment is, in party matters, that if the Whigs ever trust Democrat, under any circumstances, they never fail to repent it no instance has ever occurred in which snch trust can be safely confided. From John Tyler to Judge Saunders, the casts are all one way.". ICT The Greensboro1 Patriot has an article up on the "Basis of Representation and Right of Suf frage In the several States," to which we design soma reply, at a more fitting season-, and we have laid a way the paper for future reference , agreeing with our friends that a discussion of this subject ap pears lobe unnecessary at the present time. W e deem it a fit opportunity to reiterate what we have often said, since the adjournment of the last Legislature-: That the abolition of the property qtialificatien for voters being demasded by the peo ple, they are entitled to it, and ought to have it and our exertions shall be devoted to procure an amendmentof the Constitution in this respect. We do not regard it at a party matter, Whig and Democrat lias nothing to do vrrth it we desire to see the wishes of the people fairly expressed, and faithfully carried out. This cannot be done in the Governor's election ; acd therefore the discussion of the principle may well befitted, einee all par ties are united in the only proper raorJeof attaining the desired end namely, the submission of the question to the people. When this election is over, we shall break a lance, in a friendly way, with the Editors of the Patriot, upon the subject of their article. CLAY'S ADJUSTMENT. The Whig party in North Carolina, in favoring the Adjustment of Mr. Clay, talce their stand apon the aide of the Union, and against every scheme proposed and urged for hs destructicn. Like Mr. Webster, they are against agTtators North and Smith agaiuat local ideas North and South, and agaitisl all narrow and local contests. They know uo locality in America that is not their eormtry. Their hearts, their sentiments, their judgments, de manl of them fhaitthey shall pursue such a course aa siaTl promote the good , and the harmosy, and the Union of the whole country. Had they desir ed agitation to prevail, aa do their Loeofbco oppon ems, like them, they would Irwe "cavilled on the ninth part of a hair," and advocated the Mhwonri compromise, -or some other 'SO years' old abstraction eqnafry at inapplicable to tlie present condition of ihe eonntry. But not so ihey go for a living, tan' gible, present Adjustment, which she great men of the country are now devoting their patriotic ener gies to perfect and establish, that it may restore peace to the Union, and protect the rights of every part of it. Mr. Clay s adjustment upholds the eon stitution at it is and no Southern man can desire more than that its integrity shall be maintained, without proving 'himself recklesaof the perpetuity of onr free system Of government. , That slavery will go to the new Territories t all it very doubtful under (he circumstances. Tins doubt was expressed by Mr. Pdlk in his annual mewage 'in Dee. 184S. And while we have al' waya contended against its exclusion by Act -df Congress, from say Territory, a weil Oregon aa the rest, h hs not Ven with the 4liglst expectation thai it could be established. The peo ple of those Territories have the right to exclude it. when thsjr form State Governments, and1 they 'is !i ... will exclude it. It iiiiimatciial,thereforc, whelh- erit was abolished by the Mexican law or not,tho' the better opinion, among Southern Statesmen, is that it was. ; Mr. Snule, in his recent speech, con fessed as mnch : '-I expressly admitted tha' slave ry was abolished by the Mexican lawY I never raised a doubt upon that question. Slavery has been abolished within the limits of Mexice by the constitutional power of Mexico." So far as that goes, therefore, there cannot be the shadow of a doubt in the mind of any one that, if the Mexican law prevails, slavery is already abolished and uttct ly eradicated." , Oregon was a country in which slavery could not possibly exist. The Democratic party denies the power of Congress to exclude i'. yet did Mr. Reid vote for a bill which did exclude ii for a bill which established, for the first time, the naked prin ciple, according to Meters. Benton and Calhoun, that Congress had the right to do as it pleases on tlie subject of slavery I in Oregon and everywhere else! . . " ' ' DEMOCRATIC INCONSISTENCY. Our readers already know thai the Democratic Convention of this State denounced General Tat- lob for not interfering with the Legislative De partment of the Government in favor of the plan of j Adjustment reported by Mr. Clay ; and tlxy 1 charge that he ''has contributed and is now con tributing, as Mr. Clay himself has shown, to pro duce discord and agitation in the country, intstead of concord and harmony." Now, this would be all very well, did the Dem ocratic Convention not do the lery thing they condemn-in Gen. Taylor. They blame him for adher ing to some plan of his own, and for not support ing Mr. Clay's Compromise ; and, in the very next breath, they set vp a plan o( their own ; the Nash ville Convention plan of the Missouri Compromise; and thus off ose Mr. Clay's Adjustment, in "a di rect and unwarrantable interference with and an attempt to forestall the action of Congress" a dic tation, in fact, to Congress, to drop the measure now under consideration, and obey the dicta of the Nashville Convention and the North Carolina Lo eofbco Convention ! The Greensboro' Patriot says : "The Missouri line being practically aseless to the South, and considered impracticable of adopt ion in the present condition of our councils, we cannot imagine why the Democratic Convention should refuse its countenance to the only plan of honorable settlement which appears likely to suc ceed j unless, indeed, it was from the force of sympathy wKh the Nashville Convention, which closed its labors about that time. The Standard the great organ of the party in this State- called lustily and repeatedly upon Gov. Manly, last winter, to convene the Legisla ture, or at least to issue a Proclamation in Jimr of the Nashville ConvepXion. The Uovetrtor did not see fit to pay any ajtentton to the enltf. Per haps the party have adoptd this as w delicate mode af taking vengeance upon Gov. Manly for his dogged adherence to the Union in (lie hour of clamor and trial." THE MISSOURI LINE. It appears to be the a kn of the Democratic pa pers in this S'jte to produce the impression, that by running the Missouri line through to the Pacific ocean, the South will obtain some of California. That might be true, if the Missouri Compromise, which prohibit! slavery North of 36 deg. 30 min. established it south of that parallel. But that is not so, the people of California have themselves prohibited slavery in every part of it, by the con stitution which they have sent up, and no line a dopted by Congrest can force slavery on a people against their consent. If the application of Cali fornia is rejected at the present session ; or if two States are formed instead of the one, the people will still exclude slavery, and the South will be no better off. The Missouri Compromise; if adoptedt would prohibit slavery in three-fourtha of the new Territories in the other fourth, it would be lft to the people te decide. Mr. Clay's Adjustment leaves the question for the people to decide in all the Territories and Mr. Casa contends that the power alone belongs to thorn : and so has the Dem ocratic party contended. "We propose (said Fa ther Ritchie, in 1849.) the ground of non-interven tion ; by which we mean that Congress shall ab stain from all legislation in relation to the subject of slavery in the Territories ; leaving it to the peo ple of the Territories themselves te make the ne cessary provision for their eventual adVisaion into the Union, and to regulate their internal concerns in their own way." Aod this he regards aa"a common ground on which all can stand. It does not attack the rights, nor injure the pride, nor condemn the opinions and prejudices of any por tion of the Union npon the ealject of slavery. It resppetethe guaranties of the constitution, without which the Union cannot be preserved, whilst It ad mit the great principle at the basia of all popular liberty, the right of the people to prescribe tsterr own institutions." That waa the language of Mr. Ritchie twelve months ago and he manfully supports Mr. Clay's Adjustment now. But his disciples in NorthCaT- cTina have deserted him upon thia atihject fhey demand intervention and fmihibition of slavery north of 36 leg. 90 Trrin. and nenirterverrtion soatli of it and thus sen three-fourths f the new Territoriee to the North' for just nothing at all ! Recollect that DaM S. Reid and the Loco- fooo Convention adopt Tins prohibition of slavery ; hile Covranoa Marlt and the Whigs are in favor of Clay'a Adjustment, which leaves all the Territories open to tha introduction of slavery if the people desire it. The Editor of the Newbemian, in giving an ac count of the Editorial fraternity he met in Kafctgh at the Convention, proves one tiling very trWrty that he is nn judge of beauty To aaj that Gales ia the handsomest, look pon aa a downright insult to Shervood But Ihen.toJDaJie the matter worse, 1e say that Holden stt ugh ! Its time Mr. Maybe wore spectacles'! IT AH -cur Democratic members of Congress Ashe, Daniel and Tenable, voted against the boon. ly land brll in thellouse-of Representatives, on the 2 lib Jime.to gh'e the soldiers land for their servi ce. Of course, like David S. Reid, they are the soldiers? Jrtend'l t . PnotT.sson Fisxa ha been prosecuted by a Mr, Raymond, in Vicksbarg, Mis., for obtaining money on fal-e pretence, a t teacher of the new science M bio'ogv ' - ' ' ' ' Uli CONFUSES THE FACT. The Standard publishes a lettci from David S. Reid confessing the fact of voting for the bill to es tablish a Territorial Government in Oregon, with a clause prohibiting slavery but be offers as an ex cuse, 1st. that it was not the Wilmot proviso; 2d. that he had to vote for the bill with that provision, or against giving the people cf that Territory a Government." 3d. tliat Oregon lies North of the Missouri Compromise line. Such reasons pay but a poor compliment to the ingenuity of tho Demo cratic Candidate for Governor. It was useless to deny the charge--the record was against him and now let us examine his "lame and impotent" reasons : 1st. It waa net the Wilmot proviso. By turn ing to the Cong. Globe, 3d Seas. 2!llh Cong. p. 166, we find that, by the 12th sec. of the Oregon bill, for which Mr. Reid confesses he voted, "the con ditions, restrictions and prohibitions" of the ordi nance of 1787 are imposed upon the people of said Territory; and the sixth article of that ordinance provides, "There shall be neither slavery nor in- vo'untary servitude in the said Territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall hsve been duly convicted." And these are the very words of the Wilmot provtso. How idle, then, for Mr. Reid to pretend there is any dif ference ! He voted for a preniaiion of slavery that's the charge, call that prohibition by what name yon please. And the proof is clear. 3. That he had to vote for the bill with that pro vision, or against giving the people of thai Terri tory a Government. Will such a reason satisfy the Sonlhern peoplo ? Here waa the establishment of the nakd principle that Congress could do as it pleases on the subject of alavery in that Territory, and in all territory, (as we have often quoted Messrs. Calhoun, Benton, and others to prove,) and yet a southern man gives as such a reason as that. He should have Been Oregon perish, he should have perished himself, before he gave such a vote, aban doning the rights of the South, and exposing us to the mercy of free-soilers and abolitionists. But here are the Southern men who voted against it. Are there any of these that could be movH Y) Siich a reason? For shame, Mr. Reid! Did anybody ever blame these men for the vote they gave t , Nays Messrs. Bayly, Bedinger, Bowdon, Broc kenhmugh, Burt. William W. Campbell, John G. Chapman, Reuben Chapoian, Cotterell, Cro zier, Garrett Davis, Dockery, Graham, Harman son, Ililliard, Isaac E. Holmes, Edmund W. Hub ard, Thomas Bottler King, Leake, La Sere, Long, James Mc Dowell, Payne, Pendleton.Perry, Rhett, Seaman, Seddon, Simpson, Stephens, Thibodaux, Toombs, Towns, Tredway, and Woodward-r35. If it was necessary to betray the South in order to give a Government to Oregon, Mr. Reid should have refused sifch government to his dy ing day. What a miserable excuse ! Why, Mr. Foote tells us in his speech the other day, that Mr. Calhoun refused to vote for the Oregon bill wKh the Mis souri compromise in it yet Mr. Reid justifies his voting for it with a flat footed slavery prohibition, in it, by s'Jch pitiful excuse at these ! But 3d. That Oregon Kea north of tlie Missouri compromise line. Then there was uo need of the prohibition, and Afr. Reid voted for it as a de liberate and gratuitous insult to the South ; and thus admitted the principle by which it ia sought to exclude the South from all the Vritories below that line. By this excuse, he but adds insult to in jury, and voted for a prohilntion practically useless to the territory itself, and only inserted in the bill as the assertion of the unlimited power of Congress over tha whole subject. But the insertion of such reason, "in as much a said territory lie north of 36, 30, was offered by Mr. Burt, and rejected be fore Reid voted for the bill. . The Free Soiler would admit of no compromite, and Reid votedor the bill notwithstanding. We observe inclosing (for we can devote no more time to it now,) that Mr. Reid's letter aaya not one word about the constitutionality of the pro hibition of slavery for which be voted. He con cedet it then ; and thit concession places hint in a new and interesting attitude before the people, to which we shall call then attention in our next. EXCLUSION OF SLAVERY. On the 16th of January, 1847, David & Reid voted for the Oregon bill with the Wilmot Proviso n it, (or tbo ordinance of 1737 the name is indif ferent.) To show it character, we extract from tlie Debate in Congresa upon it, she opinions of Southern men in their own language, and refer to t lie Records ef Congress, book and page. Mr. Reid did aot vote with Iwt eyea shut he knew ah about the matter, aa the Debates will chow. See Cong. Globe, 2d Sea. 29th Ceng. p. 187 So tlie House sgain reserved Ktelf into Committee of the whole or the state f the Union, (Mr. Cobb, nf Georgia, ta the Chair,) and proceeded to the ooasideration of the special order, ix: the bill to establish the territorial government of Oregon. Page 188 "Afr. Leake then went on to atate what he considered asthe uhimatnm of the South, which amounted to this, rhat if the present attempt to impose limitations with respect to the extension of alavery should be persisted in, and should pre vail, the South must stand in self defence, fur they could not and would not aubmit to it." The attempt vat persisted in, and did prevail Mr. Leake voting against the bill David 8. Reid Same page "Mr. Rhett foRower tn a close constitutional argument, intended to prove thatnei ther Congress nor the eTfrrre Federal Government, had the sovereignty over the Territories? but that it lay tn the State aa joint ten arts, ami fV.al they had not grventoCongfea, as (hear agent, any an therrtyte make regulations mflieTerritoiieawhich eoald touch (he subject of slavery ha any way." "The Southern Statea were as sovereign in the Termorics aa they were in their own limits, and Congress bad no more Tigrrt to exclude slavery in th one than n the ether.'" Mr. Rhett -voted a gainst the bill David S. Reid for it! The following Whig members from North Caro linavtlted against the bill, Messrs. Dodkery and Graham Mr. arrrngeTheTernammg-v,'higmem ber being absent. The Democrats had six member from North Carolina that Congreas.nnder the gerrymander. Of these Messrs. Daniel, McKay, and DAVID S REID, voted for the bill Messrs. Biggs, Clarke and Dobbin orin absent. Bul Mr. Hamlin, free toil Democrat of Maine, raft no room for Air. Reid tojlead that be el J not Vote clearly and miJorst tndingly ii a-iij ji 1: "But, sir. I discard at once and forever all lai about a compromise on any pnrlle! of latituC vvhicl, can ;e named by man. To nv nromisitio for taking Territory now free, and nemling tlier me snacmea sua manacles ot slavery. I never vti consent: never. Kn: cause the declaraiii.ti to h placed on record on your journals, ihat it may t seen by those who come after ns, and who sh be better, abler, but not more willing in cam oi tire doctrines we lav down and uromulirite. 1 h all means desire not to b? misunderstood tn th matter. '1 will go for no rompronnr line of h character." " Again this same man, Mr. Hamlin. i-'C IP "Sir, whatever may be t'ie course ami action Northern Representatives here, the great mast c the Northern people have but one single impiil beating in their bosoms to statld by this Uni through good and evil report to rally around t! blessed stars and stripes of our glorious confedi acy wherever they float,to peril tlieir lives a,- pour out their blood and treasure, if neej he, in i defence but to the institution of slavery they sa Thus far hast thou gone no fanner ahail tliuu go Tliere could be no mistake, therefore about l character of the hill-and this Oregon bill,lhu unci' discussion, and of the provisions nf which the re: der sees what Northern and Southern men say, 7 S. Reif rotaf for! in company with this same M Hamlin! Giddings! Preston King! Ronr! Ac. Candidates. Allen Grist, Esq. is the Wh candidate for Sheriff in the District ol Beaufort v' Hyde. For the Commons Beaufort, W. 1 Tripp and J. R. Stubbs, Esqs. Hyde.Richa L Wynne, Esq. - Col. j. (j. McDor.gald is a candidate for th Commons In Bladen County. Ham. C. Jones, Esq. has withdrawn from tl; canvass in Rowan. A. H. Caldwell, Esq. is y, in the field. Our friend, Col J. A. Lillinglon the Senatorial candidate in that District Succe to him, and to the Whig cause. Granville has a very gallant ticket Col. S. ! Koyster for the Senate ; W. R. Wineins, Co Lewis Parham, and James S. Ami for the Cotrl raons. Good boys, every one of them. Old Guiiibrd John A. Gilmer for the Senate D. F. Caldwell, C. Johnson, W. E. Edward Peter Adams for the Commons one too many. Labarru and btanly Rufua Barringer for tl Senate. A LAME STORY. Tlie Loeofbco party, in tlie desperate attempt hunt up political capital for their nominee for Gov ernor, (so entirely destitute is he of personal mei ,) have trumped up a cock and bull story aboi some Mexican soldier, wh teema to have been hi friend, and whose dying breath, we believe, (if th soldier ia really defunct,) was spent in asking (h dolefal and despairing question It Reid elected and they draw hence tlie delightful andsoul-ii pinng conclusion that Reid is the soldier' friend Weil, let us inquire into hi friendship for so ter. Oeneral I aylor wa a soldier during th war with Mexico, until the people promoted bi to the Presidency, and perhapt fought nearly a hard a any other that waa there. It seems to b the impression (hat, with the hardship, he gatherr about a mnch "Vr in that war. aa ever ffilde the American arms. It is pretty clear that David S, Reid wa n friend to him for lie waa one of the Mexican Lc cofoco who voted m the House of Representative to censure General Taylor, when a vote of thank wa proposed for hi splendid victories. Ay.h deed at the wish of an angrateful and corrtip administration, and (o subserve their purpose o elfish ambition that Loeofbco party, jealoua o! the rising fame of him whom th American peopl had even then called to " push them from thei stools," voted a censure upon the glorious hero c Monterey, who had so faithfally served bis country All in vain, gallant old chief, were the whelps o party loosed upon yon ! they could not tarnish on of your honors they eonld not wither one of you laurels they could not shake yeur firm hold opo the hearts of (he American people. The very at tempt confounded the emtpirtion against the ol Hero' fame, and the people of North Carol irr scowf one of them, David & Reid at (he billot-bw two yoar ago. Those censurers of General Taylor were Dtvi S. Reid, J. R. J. Daniel, Asa Biggs, and J. M Kay.then members of the House from North Cat olina. These are (lie men, people of North Cart Una, and one of them is now before yon for vou censure, who attempted to ilfer General Taylor' wen-earned glory, and when called onto (ende him thanks for his patriotic and gallant service! sought to degrade hist by censure. All you who love and admire brave men an faithful soldiers, keep your eye upon them an marlt them. David S. Reid ia before you taut him to the earth ! D. S REID'S LOVE OR THE PEOPLE. Keep it Tiaveluso, that David 8. Reid, whr in Congress, voted to tax the poor man' tea an coffee so high as to deprive him of a accost an- i lifeto which he had been tocostomcd; That David S. Reid, when m the Legislstur voted to imprison and whip poor men,and have the: hired out for costs, whcnUiry were unable to pr core work-, That DtviJ S. Reid voted against allowing tl poor men of Macon and Cheroke county to pa their debts to the State ta South Carolina and Ceo gia money, the only currency they had, note of specie paying Ranks; That David S. Reid voted for a alavery restri (ion in Oregon (o keep Southern people from carr Ingtheir slaves there and for the Wilmo( Provit That Datid S. Reid voted to centvrt Genet Taylor when he fighting the battlraof I country fn Mexico, ad winning great glory fort: American arms, while the aa id David 8. Reid w sitting in a cushioned chair al Washington Cii getting 8 dollar a day and "natal beef," and doii nothing for hi country That David S. ReidU theNastwitleConvenli Candidate fur Governor f North Carolina ; a therefore w friend to the Unu,be jitjde and J glory at the American people ; That David S. Rett never did a 4m ya work in I life, but i a wealthy aristaara and never ke company with the hard-Cstted pewrV l IhtSl A hogshead nf to! ceo mt wild at net ion ftp per honircd iu Lynchburg hut week.
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