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3 SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. The Charlotte " Whig" Bays :- " The monuments of our country's greatness yet stand forth in their colossal dimensions be fore the admiring gaze of a wondering world with the same spotless purity that in vested them when they fame fresh from the hands of their immortal founders The present is but the administration of Wash ington reinstated, and so modified as to suit the exigencies of the present time. Then let the country mete out to Mr. Fillmore the same justice that it did to Gen. Washington re-elect him for another term to fill the Executive Chair. Much honor and much praise is, of course, due to the members of Mr. Fillmore's Cabinet, and to no one more than to North Carolina's distinguished son, Wm. A. Graham." The Fayetteville " Carolinian" says : M The Fayetteville and Western Plank Road Company is now collecting tolls on 91 miles of Road, to New Market in Randolph coun ty. The construction of this work is regu larly proceeding westward. The Engineer is actively engaged in removing the Steam Mills lately used by the Messrs. Worth, on their contract, to the points selected for their location between Johnsonville and Salem. One Mill is to be erected, we learn, at the point where the Central Railroad and the Plank Road intersect, which is about two and a half miles west of Hunt's store, Guilford county. All the arrangements re lating to the subscription at Salem have been fully made, and nothing remains but vigorously to prosecute the work to its com pletion." The same same paper answers a query of the Observer about Democratic principles, by referring to " the Baltimore resolutions of 1848 as embodying them." Would the Editor be so obliging as to let us know what those resolutions say about the compromise measures, intervention, secession, &c. ? We are also told that the Whig party has no principles, and will die with Henry Clay, the embodiment." The resolutions of the Whigs of Moore are commented upon, and the " Carolinian says : " This wretched tom-foolery about a Union party deceives nobody but its advocates. The crisis of the Union is passed. Acquiescence in the compromise measures for the sake of the Union is as much democratic as whig doc trine. The Union party is an exploded humbug. If our whig friends are tired of their old party names and principles, as we "hope and believe many of them are, why do they not openly and manfully come out and -say so, and act in an intelligible manner?" The Greensbcro' "Patriot" publishes the Report of the Chief Engineer of the N. C Railroad, on which the Board of Direc tors based their action in the arrangement of the eastern terminus and the depot on Tthe Neuse river. The same paper refers to the Standard's article about " harmony at all hazards," arid remarks : " The Standard d not talk this way to the Union while engaged in the work of recruiting for the Disunion Convention at Nashville ! while preaching Secession ! ! and while devoting the contents of its ink-horn, week after week and month after month, to bespattering the Compromise and its patriotic advocates ! ! ! How convenient to "cease to refer to the past," when the reminiscences thereof are not altogether so pleasant as they might be ! MoreoVer, is not the pall of oblivion sufficient to hide a host of good Democratic Freesoilersf along with the Secessionists, Nullifiers, &c , refer red to ? Shuffle all these ugly things back into the "past," gentlemen, and let the five loaves and two fishes the real Democratic principles loom out in the bright future, the grand inducement to "harmony" in the party." The Plymouth "Villager" felicitates the people of Eastern Carolina on the benefits of the Temperance Reform; is in favor of tra ding with Norfolk, and suggests to her mer chants to advertise; and considers it "unfair for public functionaries to publish Court or ders and public advertisements out of their own districts, where there are presses." The "Mountain Banner" continues seri ously exercised about free suffrage, and un der the inquiry " Shall it Triumph ?" gives us the following consolatory information: "A desperate effort will be made to pre vent the Free Suffrage bill from passing the next Legislature. Here in .our county it will be warred against by men of talent and influence, and unless its friends are vigilant its doom is sealed. ' Before the election for members to the Legislature is the time for its friends to work." May that "effort" be successful ! is our prayer. The Editor appeals warmly to the friends of that measure "to aid us in the cir culation of our paper, that we may be able to reach the more people." We have no objection and shall be gratified if the op ponents of that measure, while this is going on, will each turn awhile to "grind out axe." The "Banner" has also a good article up on "the'old world," teaching the people there how to become Republican. It is not for intervention, we believe, at least not in this article. "Tom Fannon" is conclu ded in the number before us; and "we shall shortly commence another Revolutionary tale, 'of which the scene is laid in the neigh borhood of Rutherfordton, commencing with Ferguson's camp at Gilbert Town, and end ing with the battle of King's Mountain." The Weldon "Patriot" gives an account of an accident upon the bridge now being 'erected bj the Seaboard and Roanoke Rail. .Road Company across Roanoke, from the falling of a part of the bridge which had not .Been fastened to the portion completed, by which nine persons were injured, some of them very seriously. Drs. Wilcox and Long attended npon the injured, and were untir ing in their efforts to alleviate their suffer ings; and we are happy to say that at this time, Thursday morning, they are all in an improving condition.' ' The Fayetteville ' Observer" discusses the small note subject with the Goldsboro' Pat riot. We quote : "For our part we never coftld see a rea son why a Bank note for $1 was not as good, as far as it goes, as one for $100. But how would the Republican provide for remitting small amounts by mail the subscription to that paper for instance if $1 and $2 notes were abolished ? ,Q The fact is, that we must either have our own or the small notes of other States. And we believe that all sensible men, of all parties, agree that it is more safe to have our own ; and, that if there is profit to be made by such a circulation, it is right that that profit should be realized by our own citizens, through their Banks, rather than by those of other States." The " North , State Whig" says : " The Locofoc press seem bent on making Gen. Scott the next President ; for they are abusing him with all their might. The Ra lf.igh Standard devotes a good portion of its columns, twice-a-week, to the work of vili fying the old hero. A first rate sign this that Scott stock is going "up. By the way, if Gen. Scott is opposed to the Compro mise, as the Standard says he is, the Stand ard ought to go for him ; for that paper de nounced the Compromise from the start, and kept On denouncing it till it found out that the Compromise was a popular meas ure." The soundness of Gen. Scott on the Compromise measures is then argued and well sustained. The " Democratic Pioneer" seems to be highly pleased with the gratifying "unani mity" which pervades the Democratic party of the State, and " the evidences of grow ing and irreconcileable differences among the Whigs." The best time for exultation (we would whisper in the Pioneer's ear,) is after an election, not before. Its flank may happily be turned yet. The Goldsboro' Telegraph" commends the University Magazine; argues the. effi ciency and approval by the people of Mr. Fillmore's administration ; copies, with ap probation, part of the Newbernian's article on amendments to the State Constitution; and contains the stage accident which we copy on our first page. The " Graham Democrat" has no edi torial County Court being in session, and the Editor employed in looking after fees, and attending a meeting of the Alamance democracy, when S. P. Hill. Esq., of Cas well, favored the meeting with an able and eloquent speech, replete with sound demo cratic doctrines I The Hillsboro' " Recorder" gives the County business of Orange Court, by which it appears the people of that good County are right much put on the aggregrte of tax being $1,00 on the poll and 40 cents on the l.md. In Wake 88c on the poll, 26c on the land. The Wilmington " Commercial" in re ference to our State policy says : " Let the Whig Candidate avow himself in favor of a full and free Convention not because certain political consequences may follow or be averted, but because it is right because it is the only mode by which the people can be heard in their sovereign ca pacity, untrammelled by party discipline and uninfluenced by political cajolery. The true Democracy whether called whig or republi can or any thing else, is never afraid to trust the People. There is a French Democracy which takes a different view of things We had lately an example of its notions under the auspices of the present Napoleon, who got an army to vote for him at his command. We have some of that Democracy with us, whose opinions are made manifest when orders from head quarters, or from author ized cliques and squads are received. We trust the Democracy of the Whigs will prove to be of a purer and more consistent char acter. The Whigs were at no time partial to the Fiench Democracy, for which they were often and severely reproved by their political opponents." The " Newbernian" is mostly devoted to articles on the change made in the ter minus of the Central Railroad by the Board of Directors. We are sorry at the dissatis faction thus created ; but as we know noth ing about the matter, perhaps our readers will excuse us from its discussion, pro or con. The Milton ' Chronicle" thus cuts up a correspondent of the Standard : " The writer adds, 'It is said, sir, that little pitchers have long ears, and may not these declara tions foreshadow some important party mea sure or secret?' To which the Chronicle replies " We beg leave to remind the wri ter that "little pitchers" are not the only things that "have long ears" and judging him by his 'braying in the sequel of his ar ticle, we take it that he has more ears than brains." The Warrenton "News" publishes the proceedings of a Democratic meeting there, on the 24th ult., in which not one word was said in favor of Free Suffrage. It was deem ed necessary to allude to that, and the Edi tor tells us "Time has been when some members of the Democratic party were op posed to the doctrine of free suffrage, and also, when many Whigs were in favor of it. We know, however, that in Warren and some of the adjacent Counties, the number of Democrats who were opposed to it is now. greatly diminished while the number of the opposite party who favored it has increased. Warren county in endorsing Gov. Reid does not shrink one iota from endorsing Free Suffrage, and the coming election will show that all her strength in the next Legislature will be given to that great measure." The Wilmington " Herald" insists very strenuously upon receiving two mails per day, as under a new arrangement two. trips are run over the Railroad, and two mails sent aw'ay, while only one is received. We can tell the Herald that the people up here would be exceedingly gratified to get one mail a day from the North and South, which ' we are not likely to have for some time to come. - . , ' ' The Asheville " Messenger" has a long article upon Constitutional Reform, from which we extract the conclusion t " We think the Whig party throughout the State, as a body, are committed to an amendment by Convention, in preference to that of the Legislature ; and we hope the Whig Convention may succeed in getting a candidate, who will openly and boldly de clare in favor of that mode, and the white basis in representation and the distribution of the School fund, than which there never was anything in our mind, more reasonable or just. Yet, if a majority of the Whig par ty in convention think differently, and bring out a man who cannot go quite so far as we desire, we are not disposed, and will not fly off upon a third candidate upon which to ride to ruin, though such a one might carry this section of the State ; yet he would be inevitably and ingloriously beaten, and that too, by David S. Reid, a thing we never shall consent to if we can help it. To be beaten by him and be defeated in our re form movements the same year (which such a course would inevitably bring about) would be wholly insufferable ; and, if there is not enough patriotism, conservatism and true devotion to Whig principles in the Whig party of our glorious old North State, to avert such a calamity, we are inclined to emigrate. Can it be that the conservative spirit, the manly patriotism of the old Whig party has left us, and that we are willing to sacrifice every thing for chance, amendments to the Constitution, which we never can at tain without Union and the co-operation of other and all parts of the State ? We think not. Some mode must be adopted by which the east, the west, and the centre can pull together. Let us all go into convention together, and agree upon what terms, and how each section of the State shall be rep resented. The East would likely insist on the same representation they now hold in the Legislature. ; Be this as it may, there must be a compromise, and public opinion in the East must be operated upon ; and if a full and fair discussion is made in the East, of the whole question, the white basis will become as popular there as here. Let us then of the West, be fully and ably repre sented in the convention in April, and en deavor to get a candidate whose views cor respond with our own, so that we may or ganize and be fully prepared for a vigorous, effective and active campaign next summer. Let us wake up the slumbering energies of our party, the dormant strength of the true Whig principles that flashed with life and fire in 1840, and a brilliant victory in August awaits us. What say you all, breth ren of the press ? Shall we submit to tine taunts, the threats, and ridicule of ihe ene my, or shall we rise as one man to do battle in the glorious cause in which we feel so deep an interest, and have been so long, so uniformly and so. triumphantly successful ? We think we hear a response from every Whig bosom, for a general rail) to the old patriotic .Whig standard, and for victory in 1852. So mote it be." The Goldsboro' " Rep. & Pat," discusses " small notes" with the Fayetteville Obser ver. It has also an article upon the Eas tern terminus, from which we quote.' " We have good authority for saying that the Newberne Stockholders regard the re cent action of the Board a violation of the spirit and letter of the Charter, and do not consider themselves bound to pay their sub scription to the Stock. Eminent legal coun sel have been retained, and fcnless their in terests are properly regardedt it is their de termination to test the legality of the late proceedings by a legal process. We deem it well enough for the friends of the Road to know what is to be expected. The Western Stockholders cannot fail to see that the cause of Newberne is also their cause. It is for their benefit and advantage that two markets should be opened to them, and the Newberne people will furnish them one, if they are fairly dealt with. It is the duty of the Board of Directors, to consult both interests, and not legislate for the ex clusive benefit of one. The Road can be made to pass through Waynesboro', and still connect with the Wilmington Road at the present junction ; and such ought to be its location if the Newberne interests de sire it. The Fayetteville " Observer" says : " The Spoils. -A telegraphic despatch from Washington to the Richmond Whig says that the trouble among the democratic leaders is increasing, and that the census printing is the great obstacle to the restora tion of harmony that is, the momentous question of democratic principle, whether a profitable job of printing shall be given to the Editors of the Union or to some other equally disinterested patriot ! The Union has a daily homily on mutual concessions for the sake of harmony, but it takes good care not to concede this printing job. Other matters of principle, may be surren dered; but this greatest of all never !" New York, March 5, 10 P. M. The grand Webster demonstration came off this evening, at 8 o'clock, in Metropolitan Hall. The meeting was organized by the choice of George Griswold for President, wilh a large number of Tice Presidents and Sec retaries. ' Mr. Ebarts then read an address recom mending Mr. Webster for the Presidency, after which Moses H. Grinnell offered a resolution that the Whigs of New York, having unlimited confidence in the integri ty and patriotism of Hon-. Daniel Webster, do unanimously present him to the Ameri canople as their candidate for the Presi dency, subject to the decision of the Whig National Convention. Mr. G. prefaced his resolution by a few remarks, and upon putting the question it was unanimously carried. The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Mayor Tallmadge and others. Mr. Choate was loudly called for, but did not appear, and it was believed that he was not present. This occasioned much disappointment. and the people, when Mr. Tallmadge commenced, began : to leave the room. The walking was very muddy, and the Hall was scarcely half filled. . A flock of sheep, when it is composed of all 'wethers,' may be said to reserublo our climate. Fiotn (he WatlertioroUgh Argus. . FREE SUFFRAGE. A friend writing to us a few day3 since, inquired, what we think of the much mooted free suffrage question. Iu our pa per of the 17th January, we briedy advert ed to our position on this subject ei the same time stating that we should, at some future period, take occasion to write out our views at greater length. Other mat ters have so occupied our thoughts that we have not yet found leisure for disquisition on this absorbing theme : but lest our si lence be misconstrued by those who may not be the most anxious to understand us aright on any subject; we throw together a few hasty paragraphs in further elucida tion of our sentiments. We do not pretend to conceal the fact that we are of those who do not greatly de sire amendments to the Constitution. True, it is not in all respects as we would have it ; but it has upon the whole worked well ; and we think it well enough to let well enough alone. It is generally wiser rather to -'bear the ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of." But it is useless to speculate on this sub ject. We believe that a majority of the people of North Carolina are in favor of the amendment of the Constitution in the particular under consideration, and in oth ers also ; and to the -will of the people we do at all times bow with all respect. It having been determined then that the Con stitution is to be amended, the question for consideration is, how is that amendment to be effected ? Two modes aro pointed out in the instrument itself : one by a Con vention of the people, pie other by the Legislature. And it seems to us that no sane mind can for a moment hesitate as to which is the more preferable. Indeed we do greatly wonder that the Convention of IS35 left it in the power of the Legislature to alter the fundamental law. by any ma jority or under any circumstances whatev r. The Legislature convenes under the Constitution, and it ought to have no pow er whatever to lay its hand upon that sacred instrument. It will be. understood then that we are in favor of a Convention. We are decid edly so and an open Convention at that We do not believe that the Legislature has any power to restrict the action of the peo ple in Convention assembled. The peo ple have the right to alter or amend their fundamental law whenever, and in what ever respect, they may think proper : and this is a position that no republican, wheth er he call himself a Whig or Democrat, will gainsay. As the edifice is to be repair ed, though we might ourselves be content to reside in it a while longer in its present condition, we are for a thorough survey of the whole building, and for complete re pairs wherever they may be deemed essen tial. Let it be of a piece throughout. -Let its architecture harmonize in all its parts. If a man should not have a free hold qualification to vote in the Senate, we cannot conceive why he should be requir ed to have a freehold qualification to repre sent in the Senate. Let us away with all the old Doric columns of precaution with which our fathers sought to fortify the fun damental law against agrarianism, and sub stitute in their stead the Corinthian orna ments of modem improvement. The advantages of conventional over legislative amendment must be apparent to the most superficial reflector. In the first place, the Constitution should not be a foot ball to be kicked about by party. It is the organic law of the land. It ought to be placed far above -the reach of party : and far above the reach of the Legislature, and members of this body should be taught to look upon it with awt and reverence to regard it as something too holy to be touched by their profane hands. Secondly : A Convention would be composed of much abler men than the leg islature. The members would be chosen for their fitness and ability, without regard to their political principles. Ex-Governors, Judges of the land, and the most emi nent citizens of the State would be found thete, representing the people : and from such men more might be expected than from a legislature composed as this body always is of a majority of inferior minds. No legislature that ever sat in North Car olin was equal in ability to the Congress that framed the Constitution, at Halifax, in 1776. No legislature that ever sat in North Carolina was equal in ability to the Convention that amended the Constitution at Raleigh, in 1835. True, legislative a mendments are to be submitted to the peo ple for their ratification before they become a part of the Constitution ; but having originated with parties in the legislature,or caucuses and conclaves out of doors, their canvass before the people will be so mixed up with party that no-calm and dispassion ate decision can be had upon their merits. For proof of this look at the present ques tion of free suffrage. It is said to have originated with-a junto of political intriguers in Washington City. But be that as it may, we know, it is claimed by the so called Democratic press as a purely Democratic-measure. It is used by that press for the purpose of party aggrandizement ; and the Whigs, as a party, are falsely, wickedly, and of malice aforethought, charged with being opposed to the meas ure. ' . Thirdly : If the Constitution be amend ed by legislative enactment instead of through the instrumentality of a Conven tion it will be a perpetual theme of agita tion in all time to come. Not a political campaign will ever again pass but some as piring demagogue will be in the field with a proposed plaster to be stuck upon the shin3 of the Constitution. The members of the legislature will tread with impunity upon the fundamental law. and this great charter of our rights will command no more respect from those who meet to pass laws by virtue of its authority than did the old King Log from the subjects of his marshy dominions. Foi these reasons, and forothers of the like kind that we have not now time to enumerate, we go for a free, full, and open Convention, in which the voice of the peo ple themselves may be heard. ARRIVAL OF STEAMER AMERICA. THREE DATS LATERROM EUROPE. Halifax, March 4. The Steamer A merica arrived here this morning, with Liv erpool dates of the 21st ult. The English Ministry had resigned, having been defeated upou the militia bill proposed by Lord John Russell. The Ministry were most unexpectedly defeated on the Militia Bill. Lord Pal rnerston proposed an amendment, upon which the Ministry joined issue, and were defeated by a vote of 136 to 125. The event was unbooked for, as the Ministry on the previous night had a telling majority on Lord Naaz's motion concerning the Clar endon and Birch affair, receiving 137 out of 232 votes. All sorts of rumors were afloat at Liver pool as to who was likely to succeed Lord John Russell. A coalition was expected between Sir James and Lord Palmerston. When the premier announced his resig nation the gieatest astonishment was felt, as no one was prepared for this result. It is said in the House that the Queen will not appoint Palmerston, but that the Earl of Derby will at once accept. The Irish brigade voted with the major ity and cheered lustily at the result. The London Times says that possibly the Ministers resigned to avoid fatal blows on the Cape question. If saved on the Kaffir question, they would have been wrecked on the Reform Bill. Lord Palmerston will probably resign the task of forming a new cabinet to the Protectionist Chief, who long since pro claimed his arrangements made, and had only to walk in and take possession, and that he had really no choice. , Lord Derby is likely to be the Minis ter next week, and has something in his favor. The reform bill will not stand much in his way. The Herald declares that Lord Dudley will be prepared to take office at once, and that the event was sudden, but not unex pected. The Post says this victory is worth the loss of Palmerston. It was not a parts, but a national question. jo The opposition Peers had held a nieet ing at Earl Derby's and resolved to offer a most determined opposition to the Reform Bill, on its second reading. FKAXCK. A new law for the resignation of the press has been issued, but does not give general satisfaction. Lord Normanby has handed his letter of recall, as Ambassador of France, to the President. Lord Cowley, the new Minis ter, arrived at Paris on Wednesday. It is feared by government that Gen. Ca vaignac will be elected to represent several districts. Various rumors prevailed of a new min isterial crisis. (Jen. A maud was said to be in disgrace because he will not sign the decree for the dismissal of a number of officers of Orleans tendencies. ' The War department is to be conducted by Admiral Lailand during I)e St. Ar naud's absence hi Algeria. The Gazetee de France states that the President is about to form a body guard from the "Garde Mobile. , SPAIN". . ' . The Queen's health was completely re stored. Public thanks for her safety had been celebrated in Madrid and all the Cath olic capitals of Europe, with great ceremony- The Gazette contains royal orders, di recting that the poignard with which Meri no. committed his crime, and the pistols and balls.. found in his house, be broken in pie ces, and his manuscripts, not of a private nature, be burned, in the presence of the Judge. The body of the regicide has been burned. BELGIUM. The correspondeTit of the London Chro nicle 'writes that French agents had been sent to Belgium for the purpose of seduc ing the army from its allegiance, and sow ing seedsof discord and disaffection among the people. Reports were daily submitted to Napoleon of the proceedings of these a gents. -: ' ' '.. " ; V-. The Catholic party was, in 1S35, the principal cause of severing Belgium from Holland, and it is now that same party which is most active in getting up a feeling in favor of a French alliance. The clergy are almost all indefatigable agents of the Elysee. The Belgian government had made an addition of 4,000 men to the ar my, and were strengthening their defences . T ' MARKETS. Cotton had been active. The demand from the trade was good and freely met by holders. Prices had advanced id per lb. The sales of the week reached 74,300 bales, of which 46,800 were to the trade, 32,800 to speculators, and 4,690 bales to exporters. The quotations are fair Upland 5d., fair Mobile 5 ., fair Orleans 5fd, middling Mobile and Upland 4J., middling Orleans 5d. , The sales to-day amount to 8,000 bales. The transactions in turpentine and spir its, for want of stock, have been moderate. Fresh arrivals will meet with ready sales. Rosin is in good demand, at 3s Id a 3s 2d. Nothing doing in tar. LOCOFOCRACY. In noticing the action of the N; Y. As sembly, by which Mr. Snow's seat was de clared vacant, the. "Albany Evenuntg Journal" says: j lt was known, before the opening ot the session in the morning, that a number of Whig members were absent. Several of them had, as they supposed, taken the precaution to "pair off," and had left the city ignorant of what is alleged as a fact, two of the Loco Foco members of the House had deemed it consistent with their own sense of honor to each "pair off" with two or three Whigs! Taking advantage of the absence of these members, the con certed movement for the expulsion of Col. Snow, who had, the day previously, been legally established in his seat, was begun at half-past one o'clock. Six Loco Foco members who had pair ed off with absent Whigs, were present and voted! Strangers will keep their hands on their pocket-books when they visit the As sembly Chamber hereafter L" RALEIGH TIMES. lilM&liiF ti Jin ; : RALE I G II, N. C . FRIDAY MARCH 12, 1852. Mr. C. W. James, No. 1 Harrison Street, Cin cinnati, Ohio, is our General Traveling Accent for the Western States, assisted by John T. Donf, Dr. J. A. Wadsworth, Alex. R. Laws, James Ruther ford, Dr, Lott Edwards, C, M. L. Wiseman, and II. J. Thomas. Mr. Henry M. Lewis, Montgomery, Ala., is our General Traveling Agent for the States of Ala hama and Tennessee, assisted hy C.-F. Lewis, James O. Lewis and Samuel D. Lewis. Mr. Israel E. James, No. 182 South Tenth Street, Philada., is our General Traveling Agent, assisted by Wm.H. Weld, John Collins, James Drering, A. Kirk Wellington, E. A. Evans. Perrin Iocke, George P. Button. Joseph Button, D. U. Goodin, William J. Coxey, Isaac M. Bodine and Walter D. Thompson. Receipts from either of the above will be good. STATE POLICY. We publish three aliclcs on this subject to-day which are credited respectively to the Wadesborough Argus, the Asheville News, and the Concord Mercury. They are commended to the attention of our readers. This discussion, we suppose, will go on until the meeting of the Whig State Con vention ; when wc trust such grounds will be taken by that body ag will enable all the Whigs of the State to vote for their nominee ; but no man nor any party can expect to prevail, against David Reid and Free suffrage, unless open, honest and decided grounds are taken. To put up a candidate who shall go into the canvass at the present time, declaring that the Gov ernor has nothing to do with the Constitu tion, and therefore he has no opinions to express in relation thereto, is a confession of ' defeat, as well as an unworthy course for an independent and honorable man to pursue ; and lire people will reject sucli a man by a majority which will !e annihi lating, v; . Yet such is the course recommended by certain presses of (lie Slate who are oppos ed to any amendment ' of the Constitution by legislative enactment or otherwise. When they have decisively lost the State by this course, our warnings, perhaps, may be received with more favor. We add another remark that a settle incnt of this matter, in some manner, is highly necessary to the success of the Whig party. While it is kept hanging over,and dividing us in this way, wc shall always be beaten. Our course is plain, however. So ar as the Reform of the constitution by convention is concerned, we are for it ; and it is our design to press it henceforth upon the people of the State, without reference to the opinions of the Whig Convention or its nominee. If they accord with us, we shall rejoice at it if they do not, we shall labor for their success i.U ihe same, with our best ability, as all good Whigs ought and we hope will. But if the course re commended by one of their presses here, is pursued; namely, to nominate a candi date "without reference to his opinions on State Reform ;" or that of another press elsewhere, to permit ''free suffrage to set tle itself, or else go by default though we shall look wuh pain upon the disas trous slaughter which will ensue, we shall have but little pity for the tc isdom of a party that can follow such advice, and be clear of all blame for the consequences . : The occasion demands frankness and free dom of exposition, and boldness to set the truth clearly before the eyes of the people. An energetic decision will give the Whigs the advftntage ground in the corning con test ; timidity, indecision, neutrality, or sectional time-serving, will defeat the par ty, and not kill the Convention movement at last, if that is the tiling desired. We are told, that "the Whigs of the East are opposed, earnestly opposed to an unlimited Convention j" and that "this being so, it can hardly be expected that they will support the nominee of the Con vention, if that body should make the question of an unrestricted Convention a test, and require the candidate to canvass the State on that issue." This, then.may be regarded as wholesale ostracism of the Whigs of the West, who are lt earnestly'''' in favor of an unlimited Convention. If the candidate should be a Western man, arid "earnestly" in favor of a free Con vention, he must muzzle his tongue on that subject, because "it can hardly be ex pected" that the Whigs of the East will support him, if he acts independently and uprightly according to his "earnest" opin ions. Is this liberal ? Is this fair ? The hope is. expressed "that the Whig convention will look to the established land marks of the party." We hope so too. What is the "established landmark" on Free Suffrage, we are not told. If prin ciple is to govern, the Whig Convention should oppose party tinkering with the Constitution, and its attempted amendment by party legislation, and maintain the Re publican doctrine that the pcojale alone have the right to amend the fundamental law, acting in their sovereign capacity. It is idle, it is utter folly to hope for any escape from this issue. Nay, it is unwor thy a great party to attempt it. Instead of saying that this question has nothing to do with the canvass, it -would be nearer the truth to say, that no other subject approach es it in interest ami importance. The Presidency, the policy of the National Gov ernment, foreign and domestic,' what has the Governor of North Carolina to do with any of these subjects? . Our State policy he is more directly concerned with, and it is in reference to that our people will the more curiously inquire. j But, really, the suggestion of evading a question of this kind is such a confession of weakness and defeat as we very much regret to see coming from any quarter. : AS YOU WERE ! j We informed our readers last week that Mr. Filch, of Ohio, offered a resolution in the House of Representatives, affirming the Compromise measures ; and that the House (two-thirds not voting in the affirm ative) refused to suspend the rule for its reception. . This moveswent is deserving of notice, because it is an attempt of the Lo cofucos to get upou the Compromise plat form, which they repudiated it the Con gressional caucus at the conmieucemenA of the session. Only two Loeofoco mem bers from New York voted to suspend the rules, all the others voted in the negative. How can Southern democrats affiliate will the Preston Kings and Rantouls, whose names are found recorded in the negative. Keep it before the people, that the dem ocrats will not endorse the Compromise measuies. They will run a Northern Lo eofoco for President, and wish to gel men of all opinions, of every grade and color in politics, to vote for their nominee ; and they boast openly here, that that nominee, whoever he maybe, will be elected. The Northern Democrats, Cass and Douglass, xxc intervcidimisls, and go for protests and other meddling measures in the af fairs of foreign nations a doctrine which will never do for Southern men- for, iff the principle be once established, by parity of reasoning intervention in domestic af fairs will follow, which it is our duty to resist at all hazards and to the last extrem ity. As soon as the Presidential election; shall be over, the Loeofoco free! soilcrs, who constitute the strength of the party iiv the North and Northwest, Will re-commence assailing the South. Let us stand against all such destructive doctrines ; lee us consider the questions which XwbchiniZ the Presidential election ; let us exercise our sound consmTaiismr and reject ttwr nominees of that desperate party, who are now time serving on this great question of the Compromise ; covering up their caus es of dissention for the unholy purpose of gaining "the spoils ;" burying for the mo ment their hitter hatred of us and our insti tutions ; that when the offices are obtained they may break out upon ta again with tenfold fut', from the 'vantage ground of power and place and the whole patronage of the Government, which-will bei under their control in case of Loeofoco success. Following another paper, we stated that all the North Carolina members voted for suspending the rules, except Mr. Caldwell, who was absent. This was a mistake. On examining the list of yeas and nays, we find Messrs. Ashe, Docke"ry, Morehcad, Outlaw, Stanly and Venable in the affir mativeMessrs. Clingman and Daniel in the negative, and Mr. Caldwell absent. GEN. BUTLER OF KY. j The Raleigh Times alludes to Gen. Wm. O. Butler as the Free-Soil candidate for President. We challenge him to present one particle of proof to sustain the allega tion. Goldsboro' Patriot. 1 It is too fast, perhaps, to give that appel lation to Gen. Butler; though we do not re collect, and cannot find any such phrase in the two last Nos. of our paper. There is no candidate for the Presidency, as yet. Gen. Butler seems likely to te the favorite of the free soilers and banibnrners, and is distrusted by his Kentucky friends, as we learn from Democratic authority. j We clip from our last the following, which was among the news articles : j "Gen. W. O. Butler, an incipient candi date for the Presidency, has written a letter to Mr. Breckenridge, a member of Congress from Kentucky, avowing himself in favor of all the compromise measures, and shaking off all suspicions of Free Soil. As the rea der will reYnember, this is the " General ' Butler that was not elected Vice President when he can in company with " General " Cass, in the last Presidential campaign." BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE; From Leonard Scott &. Co., Publishers, wc have received the January and Februa ry Nos. of this popular Magazine, which wo cannot too highly commend to public at tention and patronage. Also, the January No. of the London Quarterly Review, j The Prospectus of the valuable Reviews, Magazines, &c. republished by Scott & Co. may be found in our columns to-day, to which we refer our readers, on this occa sion, for information. Address Leonard Scott & Co., Publishers, 79 Fulton, entrance 54 Gold, New York. We learn from the Wilmington Chron icle that the laying do wn of the T hon on the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road, was completed on Wednesday last. It is now said by passengers to be the best roed in the United States, - I v.
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