North Carolina Newspapers

. v: i i ) 5 it? ft . ... - f 5 . -- - - T ., . . f -v !N! ' . . : r : i f :i -.) . 11 i vi : ' - U-;- jr. ' 1 A' at : Mil . i' - . h Ki ft fits t It: W .Sr. IP .1? - I-; " i. "-if lr. 11 :,.!t;- 11 .-: fi , t- f-". - ,, .IJCIinNTON MrniiCIX AT ST. JAWl. ,.' - We-gjve ;bclow that portion of Col. Denton b ;'c;cTit 'speech -atSt. Louts which refers to the Cincmflaa Convention and the domestic policy of j the Administration: , - '-. j Citizens: I appear before you In an finexpe W tt character that oT candidate for the governor- ; .ship of the State of :risoufi. It was a place ' . which I had not Fought, but winch 1 lelt bound f i, hcpnt in tlm nrfiSfMit condition of the Countrv ; iYl K-its1 pcaeo greatly endangered both at home and abroad, and the services of all good citfzens re- ' quired to iXid in preventing the double calamity .ofcivil and foreign war. . f I went to Cincinnati tobenear ..that Conven tWf. the first. one I ever, approach ed. I went to cc how things were die, and,'to assist a little - at a safe nam i nation. I found a1 garrison of office holders inside of the Convention, and a besieging ,J .t army o! tnesame gemry on me ouisiae oi u. :!- I"aj;tCeu ueiegaies wcii- uieu, ociii, iy ueirj uie ;.! 5 - , people! Straw delegates were there, comingfrom Members .of Congress' were there, although furbjd bv their duties from being at such, a place A orthntt of office-holders -wer there, political eu- 'rruens in the cJrai-i system, incapable of to- t4ng .tor' the Rtnalie 1 1 jderal office, yc.t sent there ' by t-hQidministrjtion to impose a President upon't the people. ; . ; ; : It; was a scandalous collection, excluded by the ! roithtitution from being even electors of the Pre.-d- Tentiand yet sent here to vote for the adminis . Jj?i V .fr'ati'm and to vote upon the principle of the ox thaf knowctn his master a crib upop the prin efpfc of the ass that knowcth the hand that feed- rth him, Bullics'wcrc there from the v 1iiscand the-Five , PoiiiU in New - York "all j 'Via fur me-tocsc it, jandrov e UTe to the resource Of" the administration; Sxr ofsend'iie: ray correspondence through Adams& iff- :with the approbation vjiy t T c office-holders 'would not be there (absent from ji"; "T their duties and dra-wing their-pay) without the f rvr I cnncnt 6fthi? employer's. It was a scandalous i"-f; : .o!le-tion.. The members of Congress were " n.'.Afft'mrr i !ir i r 1 r o-i ,1 1 f i v 1 n ties finil doirt" wh.it 1 heyjhad been interdicted from doing. " i .fr ' Thirty; venrs ago the noniination of Presiden tial -ndidjites was taken from Congress Hn ac count of the corruption w-hich it engendered, anil cici to tIelegato, n:tending to i-etresh lrom the t-pf-npie and to obey their will, and th nomination ; removed. From A ashingt n ,to '. Ualtimore,ito get ' outi)fthe reach 'of Pjesiaent-niakihg. members.' I'.utithchc -members ffHowcd . to Baltimore, get- - tmgproxic-! from' some delt gate when thpy could to i inciimati. i - ' VHin effort to c?crrp!p them.' "hey nllowed on h (.Hficif.nati. They broke up Congress to get to fhjtforl:dden plae. Smrlv the new President et fco appointment fr6m the people; anu to, get ly that an observer might suppose it was a pair rid of them to rct entirely fr.ni their reach -the of old bosom friends Damon iand Pythias just Convention "itself was remotcd from Uaitiiuore getting together again after-a long and ; cruel .vlH I be ycry hard loarted if he docs not rcincm- j-agreeing to what he privately condemns I leave brr.jthcm whn he .iojr.es to the distribution of j out also the Secretaries of the Treasury, of the roien. ; From Wahwi'gtop city came a new corps, j "Interior, of the Navy, and the Postmaster Gen .iiev.er 51 t'cfofe put -upen s:teh service the ofTiee-1 oral, and only condemn them for remaining jn a -;hokkrs'in the city, clerks in the departments Cabinet in which they are . without influence. i beads of burcaus--ir.en "who. hav no vote in any t and sharing.- the . federal e'le'ctioii p'olitical hvbrid., unable to act they have ni ravt in a mall's rart in anv election, biit sent to Cincin- j mo to the secretary " na'ti, asa life glir t support the adaiinistra- j General, who, with ftiah. . Huch was the composition of nearly one-half of tli G whole contention custom-house officers, j iisj -in asters, safarkd t clerks, racked .delegates, straw-delegates, political cunu'ehs, members of; Congress, .district attornio?, federal niarshals. Thtj placc'm which they. met and which had ;,r jbeeii innMded by a packed administration com f f " rnittee, was worthy of.thc meeting. It was a sort" f den, approached by a long, narrow pa?sage, " barricaded by three doors, each door guarded by armed bullies, with onlers to knock down any person that approached without a ticket frbm the coriiirittce,' and a special order to be prepared wjth' arms to "repulse the Missouri delegation which came to vote Is for liuchanan a renulse which they attempted," and got themselvcsnock ' cd tUfvrn inl trnroplcd under foot. J I : . Tli is . den had no. -rindows by whicji people j ' could Vtk in or see", Or the light of the sun enter j rXt r.Mi- i,? rrtce ltt-.- f ffiflmtifiit ol-x-1! rr t i notorious for a similar catastrophe. The little- panes of glass. above Svere hung on pivots, and turnipd flat to let in air. A raiicame on, drove into .'the dcrt ;, and to exclude it,thc panes were turned op. ."Smothering L smothering I" Vas, the cry in the den ; and the glass had to be tdrn c) ip again. Over thjs place was a small bort for ei'tatrs, its approach barricaded arid guarded, ant entrance only obtained upon tickets from the same packed committee, and to whom they give tickets was seen the first votes were given tor i JUichanan, and when cah State that voted 'fur him was hissed even Virginia and'the hiss- ' est Tej Jl'sentaiion of jthe -V-black hole" .in Cal- ' because she was a slave State, and backing Slade, '! . cutta. an-d like that hole, bad wefi-ni'rh become ! of Vermont, in- the attempt to abolish slavery in X "I- i'igonly stopped by a threat to clear the galleries. ' 'uch is the pass to which the nomination of ' - Prvside:it is now broughtf fyg iXo l'leidenf, seeking a-second election, has '.&. ;vcrbecn so repudiated before. Several, so seek- 15 . iug have. been defeated by their adversaries, but l '6 pne ha?? been defeated by his own party. me ' -!" t f bler 3Ir., Adams was defeated by the Democratic party, then called republican ; the 3oungcr Mr. Adams was . defeated by the same nartv: Mr. - ' J . 7 iTi; '''VanjlJuren wjas defeated by the Whigs. lut each ff-i ' of-rlce'irentlmcn had the consolation-of havinir preserved "the rcj et and'eonfidence of his own ; party, . rot so witn Mr. l'icrce, tliated bv tlio'e who bad'exalted lle is repu - him. After' lour vears' trial .he is condemned and" -thrown .: j awjyt he victim of his advisers. It' is the most j-lfuiliating termination .of a public enreer that '"over, was witnessed. 1 1 is- whole Vote was some -.sixh" dily five idozen put of nearly Hhreehun dre'd ;"aud it from thoso arc deducted theintru hiv,f voters rfiich ought pot to be - counted those of the office- holders, packed delegates,-the straw : delegates, the members of Congress, and the com- plijucntary votes " which were begged for him to ' lessc the shame of the miserable defeat if all thoe: "were deducted, as the- ought to be, he I wohld be left without a sinjrle vote: left to- co -Outiashe came'in : ' with the unanimous consent v-of bis n'artr. hat a fate for a man wluvcanie li " into si?,ce upon' twent'-seven States, with two- . i . tin rds.bf each House of Congress, and the united '-' "" emo'eniey. of the whole Ionian. After all, the. tr : iretult was 'due to the place where the Conven- , t -. mn .ive ii i ir i in iippti in i n i r 1 mriT - 'j I5. "J where the outride pressure would have, been on er-side, the otfica liolders would have car- " ried tlie-diir." ; ; . . ' " '; Let it notbe forgottcii that the pi a ace governed "! nivi ! n n Inn tlo til-ir iiinven!ont tn lir pj.j FoHid men of the country ; but that cannot be rfr , I Ills .'.t. w u - bed upon to save, future nominations. J he olg intrigtiers-fsthc'permaEt'nt professional President 'makers -will not be caught in such a place again. They will go where the farraers cannot come-; and . there is nb safety except in the ,ge at them. ,11 you asK ihjw can this be Known now; I answer, very weir, liacli Convention ;'? now artpoints a committee of its onvn body; thir? ty-iuein number, to sit from furrr years.vto ftur il years and - manage everything. These Commit "iffes di the ciieating in the recess of the Convcn - Hions. : . v - ... ; . : Sn.h .-.'fall announces the-niqsidoplordble-ad-! 'iHinit-tration which our country has ever seen ;, and -such io'tbe fach At home hndi abroad in . nil its acts and tolicv..both forehrnf and'domestie irp:'. amendment of the Constitution, and giving to illVi theipeoplo.r drrcct vote for President. Already it is t 7 -reported that they-gonext time lo Charleston, :?4 - South Carolina, where no Western farmers can U', ifagran-tinisconductrhas been .the order of the y day. The field of its prA acts istoo large-to . i i admit of a full . survey on an occasion like- the ; ?f iTpreserit ; I can only seize' and -present the most ' ! priimihent, taking those which concern our home 1-afTairs first;; -the fureign afterwards Eut; first, I mean bv the administration. - fur it by no means' consists of All whose names compose it. ' H 1 ,Tn the hxst place,' then, I do' not mean Mn Pierce, J leave him out entirely. He is a kind man, tender-hearted and will cry for any body's sorrows ;but he has neither head nor nerve, and he is as helnle in thi hands of his managers as , a babe in tue arms of its nurse I bate to give !. a signal instance fif this helplessness which eon ! corns yoarsslres as well as myself, and which j admits of no qnestjon because I was party to it, and.know what I Ssnjl Mr. Pierce sent .for me i poon after his inauguration, desiring me to call I upon him the next evening at eihto'clocK I i went according to the request. He told me he j wished, to epeak to irte aljout the Missouri ap f pointments. and know if they could not. "be put on lor awhile r ; 1 answered yes that they were all four years appointments, and to be out of themselves in the ebur.se of the spring and sum mer that I despised the business cf removing men who were uomir-their business wer. ahd whose terms would! soon expire; and had rather r wait for the vacancy to eome of itself. He renlied ' that these were exactly his own"! sentiment., and it was readilv agreed that the appointments f-hould stand over ulntil my return from Missouri, which would be in jix weks. '. .: . . On this 'agreement, thus volunteered; by him- self, I left the city, and in two 'weeks was follow- C1 by a list of the apixintments and you.know - ; what kind of,appoHitments: they were all 'made from my enemies, and to work in the election - ' j against mea thing which they have faithfully uonc, anu are snu juomg. rven me post omce Co. 'Tin's is-iwhat happened between the Presi dent and .myself, and is one of the innumerable instances to prove M- frullity in his Own admin istration. I did ttget angry with him for It, I kn r ho was sincere at the time he spoke with me, and jpitied his inablliry to keep his own; word voluntarily given. I expressed no resentment licniii-c 1 knew they would not let him do as he' wished ; but self respect required me to avoid his house, and i have not been there since, btill,- we meet handsomely 'when accident brings us together; sometimes meeting in evening rides, when the respective hats immediately fijie high in the air ; sometimes on foot, in an evening walkj when-we rush to the salutation, and so pressing- separation. In the next place, I do not mean 3Ir. Mnrcy. lie leaves himself ; out bv permitting others to 1 dominate in his department, i and by. publicly odium of measures' of which the paternity.' This brines at War ahd the Attorney an outside foree of determin- ed nulhhers, are thej whole administration. Iut little need be, said ofithe Secretary of War. lle is a .martinet, puffedj up with Wpst Point science," dogmatical . and pragmatical, within iiis circle; but lhat circle is' ainarrow one, and he moves uncontrolled withiti t. , He Jis an avowed seces sionist. j : ; ' " ' ' " . 'i . - Of the outvide foe'ornullifiers still' less re mains to be said'. They govern when they please, -and always in the sxme style--by presenting a menacing front. Ofjall these the Attorney Gen eral is1 the master spijrit. He is a man of talent, of learning, ot industry unscrupulous, double sexed, double-gendered, anj hermaphroditic in politics with a hinge in his knee, which he of ten .crooks, "that thrift may follow fawning.' He governs by siibse.rviencyl; and to him is de ferred the masters place in Mr. Pierce's Cabinet. vrnen i neara-Ttrw np w:ta to cnmeTntcrTTie Uab- inet, I'Set downMrj Pierce as a' doomed man, and foresaw the swift and full destruction which was to fall upon him.r I had known Mr. Cush v the District , ot uoiurnoia.: i had known him as a Whig, attacking the; Democracy and all their measures ; and as a I wbrite, aucbneering offices for Tyler as long a lie had an. office to so to the hammer. 1 could have nq faith in an adminis tration so led, and j ifbretold its 'calamitous fate from the moment it wjij seen whoVas to be in it. Xow for their acts I ' f 1. The violation of the Texas and Missouri Compromises. With the facts of this violation, its wicked and corrupt intent and' the foul means of getting it dohe,-and ite-jUs-astrous and bloody consenuences, yon are all sufficiently acquainted ana l only name n to id v? IJUI friro tt if a ,-ToI e at the head and'front ot all the eyil measures tf this admih- i strati. on. - 2; Ffostitution of t ;ie whole aprpinting power to electioneering purposes. This was openly 'done from the. first .'moment of its existence. Ap pointn:ents wore whly made Iwii a view to af fect the electio.if-v Stne nnd FedJral,'fi"nd to oper.: ate" for ot against particular iln; and:for this nnrnose unfit characters wOnld f4 tnken. in nref- ' J 4 . erence to .the best, lou know (Joiv itlwas" in this ! State, and us it was here, so it whs everywhere. j Xolliiiers and free soilrs, apostates! and rene- 1 gades, all were nsti in their net. One single Qualification was requisite; that of workins: in the , . : Vu i- xv - '- . eicciions; iiuu me o".y jocierence seemea to De, shown was in favor of those who had been most violent against the Union. On that principle an editor was taken and sent into Egypt not into bondage, as better men have.been sent there but as Consul General of the United States,which editor had published a daily paper in Washing ton city forsthreer years,1 . wholly devoted to the separation of the slave from the, free States. 3: Unfit appointments on foreign missions. This is a mortitying head of accusation. against the present admiriistfation. Never were such men sent abroad to rep'reserit . oirr conn try men without a particle Of the kWwledge" which- diplo macy requires, and even without manners' with out knowing bow to bphave :in company mere political demagogues, to rewftrd them for servi ces past, and services to; come, at the-Federal and State elections. They semi such abroad in order to give thcrti indemnity for past services at the polls, -and to enable them : to come back and recommence their partisans labors. Formerly-the United States ministers.' were - ths-prido of our ccmntry, and the administration of the courts to which they were sent. TTalcnted, educated, re plete with knowledge, polished in manners, mod est, virtuous, such were : formerly our misistrs abroad. "h . -; ' ' What. a contrast are those-we now send abroad. What a contrast to the-Kufus Kings, the ohni Marshalls, the Albert Uallitins, the John Quincy Adamesrthe Pinkneysl 'of South. CaroKha, arid' the Pinkney of Maryland,' the.IIenrj Clays, and thelong list of splendid! Barnes which grace oiir j diplomat: annals. Such appointments as this adiniriistration makes t speak of the mass, for there are a few expectattojis-r.-are not only a dis grace, but an injury td o-ur conntry. They in jure our national reputation.- ; They degrade us in the eyes of foreign nations. 1 Theyinjurethe. whole characte'r of repuilicartgoTernment. Ma ny of theiii nut only of bad manners, but bad morals. -- j;.' . Only thintnf that'Dale Owen, who- published n'newspaper-aod rote;a "bookto abolish the in stitution of marTiage,.:atid to pursuade men and women-to live together Ijke-the-beasts of the field. He is sent, to p forcigiATourt for his election ser vices; and mast convey the idea, wherever he fees, that the United States is a" whole nation.'of lormofip, returning to tpe state of forest animals. But if he must go, Jse' has certainly gone to the I must sW Tvh() j custom- in my town was so hlledas to render it lmnossi- Nanle-herl! l is doctrine may meet with les.s abhorrewi nan . . 1 in any otherpart cf j the civiPzed world.J id all these missions are multiplied ttbegrvet possible extent- Sending these unfit mel. j places where they have nothinsr to do. even they coold do anything, merely to give them pa and where many-of them, by vulgarity and xma conaact, are exciuaea lronrsociaki-' croarse, and confined to the privileges whi Kptt. secure them, and left to the Iowcoiac vrhicli' their manners and tastes require. . . - ,! 4. Extravagant expenditure is the'Chanjris-1 tic of this administration.' Never was such a profligate waste'of public money seen. Seventy to eighty millions1 squandered I per annum, land not a symptom iof any abatement.- When Mr, Polk went out of office, which was after the acqui sition of all onr new territories he computed the annual expenses of the government at twenty five to twenty -sijx millions; now it is three timc$ that amount, and getting worse. Increase of offices and salaries increase ofTarmy and navy - multipUeaiion of useless agents "to attend to the elections under the pretext of filling seme Office waste of money in tuildin sbios to rot; while ! refusing a dollar! for the imnrovemefct of onr" I great rivers; tuch are the devices togeCrid of the ! public money, j. 1 ! Nearly a thousand! xlollars-a man it now the1 averagef cost of every man in the army and navyj and thV civil - pension list of Eurlandiroriosel for their further support. And both irmy land nay reduced, as; fast as possible,!to the condition of governinent establishments-rvPresidcntial and: not national institutions. . All appointments are: conducted. on thai principle'; all diiri1fc?-&M arid reductions a're'edhqucted on the same,:Twb huni; dred officers havje lately been turned out of the navy by an open, scandalous, ahd criminal i per-' I version of bw; and the same operation is deiied to be performed jon i the armythe rule of dismis sion being to sate partisans and! favorites, and to turn out good officers, without, regard to service' or character, whose political affinities or connex- ions are not approved. ;(' o. lolatea pledges rise up in jfldgmentagamstl this administration, , I dy not mean , the lnaug-i nral address, they 'are now made like piecrust j to be broken. I speak of public specific pledges, upwuv ituu fioiemniy maoe, anu openiy ana scan-: dalously violated. Tliere was the pledge to reduce! unnecessary duties, and get rid of a corrupting:; surplus revenue. That pledgees violated, hai been tor tour years, and still is.f The enormous: revenue is kept up to increase patronage, to pur-; chase worthless! land from Mexico, to corrupt presses, to reward partisan s,.tdj strength eni the government to build up arniies and navies,! and to fight fo! eign ,;natioVis ; if they-can succeed in; picking quarrels withfthetn. 1 v : Equally public was the pledge, and equally scaudabfus its violation, tojwakefa hatit5&i ligh-j way to the Pacific ocean. Four years ago the rledge was made ; the time is out and the pledge not redeemed; The time has been lost in. ma,k ing useless and costly surveys for two outside roads one for the! North and one for the South -r-and in endeavoring to purchase from 3iexico, slice after slice, the route to Guyins, on the Gulf of California.' Ten millions werO given for one slice: it was found to be worthless, .and beiside would not include the- place. At the last accounts) further efforts were making to get. another slice at another ten or twenty millions, ; still further south'' ' , ' . -v. I - . -" v . .: ' , I In the mean time,- the!p!ain, direct, national central, route is repudiated, althptrgh it is nqi one-third made;, for the railroads west from Bal timore,' Philadelphia ifbd other Atlantic ports,1 to penetrate the jWest, converge to. the centre be fore they reach the Mississippi, and connect with the Missouri road, now complete to the, centre of the State, and advancing to tfye-Western borderj Yet this direct national route, though now one third made, is rejected and repudiated for an out side route through Mexico, and a shin canal t h r o ujg; h jov e 1 m ;ierxi to rst- ux -tVvvi tarf "America C. Neglect of the- Tcrritorittl government is another of the offence-S of this administration. i Political partisans and pothouse demagogues are' sent out to nil their orhces men unht, it. they nnL-nnn-n inrl'vinlflno fvliwi hoH onrl rttoiMon! """V ; :V V A, " ' K -V'U overspreau xue janu ueaie. wnose ascenaantt' '..t:Ln.i..:.i i.' '.r c ri:..i. r t-t v ' v. , ! would not electioneer,- to make room tor a pot house demagogue,! who could do nothing else. California, Oregon, New Mexico, are all thei scenes, of bloody outrage. Indian wars rage j private murderj prevails law is impotent the' Federal officers are of no. account,- and th .' citi-J zens are driven to the ; necessity of providing for! themselves. I need not mention Kansas, the condition of that b?ood-stained ground. is sufficiently khbn toj you.1 I will speak of JPtah, where the Federal; Governmen t is ignored and repudiated ; ; its' laws; and authority set at defiance. The -term oL thel Mormon Governor, ! Brigham ;Young, fs"piie'li three years ago. tAs he bad thrown off the au-j thority of the United States; it was determined.' to se.nd him a successor, a military graduate! of West Point, and Captain Steptoe was called from his pleasant quarters to go upon the enterprise. i When Brigham heard of if, he made a speech to1 his people', in which he told them what President i'lerce lutenueu,; uuu '. wuac lie iinuiseii inienueu -Jone sending a new; Governor, and the other in tending to repulse the compliment. It was in that speech he said to the people that he intend ed to remain in his place until the Lord should say Co him, " Brigham, I donrt want yoajto b? Governor of Utah any longer." . t I . The administration 1 was afraid , of himj ard undertook to o-cC-manoeilvre him, and that in the highest style of West Point tactics; they deter mined to smuggle Steptoe in.V For that purpose the military Governor was furnished with fa battallion of soldiers, and directed to proceed to the Mormon kingdom, as if he was going to Cat-. ifornia, stop here to hybenerate, and watching the chance, slip into the governorship some day when Brigham was Out something like a weazel that goes into- another hole, when he Jods the occupant gone.' J n hen J heard ot this tine s'cemef, I said to my acquaintances, and I can prbvie that I said it, (for I do not indulge in, ex voit acftf predictions,) that the next time we snpuiu near 01 tnis uov. oieptoe-againne wouitt bejon his tip-toes, rnArching to the tune of " Hey, Bety Martin, tip-toe fine ;V and so it was ; for beforje tne hybern action: was over he was on his marcn ,m gooa jtrum to uaniornia, to return thence to the United States. . I ' " I Bat'there waomefhing "elsowhich I did not foresee, which was,-; that this military goterhor carried off four; dozen of the j Mormon .Betty Martins with him, to the infinite distress of the saints, profoundly chagrined to find themselves so encroached upon by the Uentiles But it was the last encroachment of: the kind. No more of the United , States military have lcen there since, andtBrigham says he has promised the Lord' that if they come again he will fix them so. that they will let his "petty Martins alone. And that was the end of tJie attempt by the administration to give a Governor to Utah. Brigham holds on to the place, and Mr. Pierce stands with hands off, and the scandalous spectacle-is seen of a man assuming to br Goverrt therwill of the Lord, repulsing thy United ViUwes authorities, trampling the laws under foot, insuT-ting-and defying the Federal Government, and no attempt made to reduce him to law and order. Such is the insurgent condition! of the polyga mous kingdom of the Latter Day" Saints. . ; vi ';) All have heard of this polygamy a state! of OIJs things at which morality, decency, shame revolts: fr,- anu x nave Deen ioiu now an institution so aonoij- r rent to human nature is kept up, and that it art ( rirht place. They sent bim to f ncr; uucu, uui; mtjieiy ieof looeers, engageu; f t in ine ouiie miiu jr euenu elections, wane xne po- my-pcf rofii tection of the Federal Government is" by virtue of the civil power vested in Brigham and his saints, still more than by his religious power, thit there are enough to overturn the'in stitution, if it'wa3 not that all civil power. as well as th? religious' jurisdiction, in the hands tof Mormon authorities; so that this administra tor s actually resposible to the. moral sense of the civilized" world; for the present continuance olamy in the Tnitry cf Utah. ' C ' , f 5r the Signal. XIreakfast Orator. ' The " Hi words of learned length and tnurdering youcd," Amaz'd the; garinjr rustics ranp'd arpurd And etill tfvey craxed; fwd still the, wonder grew, ; That one small head could carrjr all he knew." . DESERTED VILLAGE. On a bright morning in July I ai rived at - precinct in a county not a thousand miles hence,' where the candidates for the Legislature were to make another effort ml caplandiim vidgus; I had not been long upon the ground before a mightier than Cicero arose to address the heterogeneous assembly.; There was a flush .upon his manly cheek his eye no longer the dull and teadtri re fiex of innate sfi'f idityt now glowed with the fire; of.newly enkindled patriotism. AH the dormant faculties Of his soul were aroused, lie stood the impassioned orator-! the personification of elo .quence ! Surely! like Prometheus, had he stolen the fire of iheaven theTfolts of Jupiter Tonansf Hark I lie speaks I . The Pandean Pipe the Orphean Lyre the Harp of Innisfail have long been mute. Be their silence, eternal ! fur loftier, grander and xcilder than they, are the strains which salute the listening ears of hi rapt and be-wuWerd audience ! How splendid are the triumphs Of genius 1 AVith what a halo of glory do they encircle the Boeotian Jtcpd of him who must, alas ! be forever nameless here ! I can only compare them to the dazzling lightnings that played around the clastic head and heaven aspiring ears of . Balaam's Ass. And not in this respect albne were they (the orator and the ass) alike. For Balaam's beast, although the first of his .iacfacitiis spies gifted with powers of speech, has by nojmeans been ilte last. But to resume. A; mortal could have more easily controlled the struggling wind's in the cavern of Folus, , than have stayed for one instant the impetuous and resistless torrent of .gaseous eloquence and rapid declamation that burst forth in ungovernable fury ; when the orator swelled to the acme of in flation, soared aloft on the wings of the tempest ! Language; is powerless. jHow can I "give to his aim nolhinas a local habitation and a name.'' Alas ! reflection, was paralized and imaginatiojil falter'd ioj her. flight, vainly striving to chain conceptions, fated , forever to elude her grasp, To -attempt eyen a faint and shadowy Outline were to dd the orator irreparable iniustvee. Jfis fearful anathemas titrafrm ." noorSam hurtled over th ditory heaven irate. thuderer, alone stooa serene amid the raging elements, lie exensmiled at the terror depicted in the woefbegone countenances of a few of that "7otr?y,- godless, christless set," against whom the" lightnings of his buzzard ete were shot with malign ah t fury. There was no mercy in his glance. : Unlike the prophet icho.se ass he resembl-d-r"h6 cursed and blessed not' He left not one square inch of hoof or hitle to tell the tale of Sam's' departed glory, i Burying with indecent haste his still. quivering land palpitating corpse, beyond the hope of resurrection " resur rection evgn unto damnation," he ceased wiped his mouthr sat down all covered with glory; f And what a fall was there, my countrymen!" In breathless suspense I hastened tojnquire the !j name and learn something of the history of this i liomuastes r urioso. reelings oiqencacy pre clude me from disclosing his name. His modes ty I Iearnjcd was so great and his dislike to dis- play and notoriety so inveterate that if was with j . mVr , ra ptlf i u n , ft p s (if his party iri becoming their the utmost diliicuity t hatJae-wrus i d uo&d to yield candidate for the Senate. I learned also that on trie breaking out of the war with jMexico he vol uiiteerediand emphatically " left his country for hs country's good' After performing many :aangero.us and doughty deeds ot valor in the ay MkstER, this Cincinnn'tus of the .-"V. . 1 v.. ' tie rustic ty. He is still vmnxa.. thoueh famed .f,.j, 1 e ; ht i -i i m Iength 6f ears. May his shadow, never grow 1 less ; and I may he long continue to blend tlie rreath with the civic laurels of the Senate ! ArtIr 1Iumfugs. : . 1 I ! For the Atiaerican Signal ! ! An' oversightthe Xcco Meeting. j iMr.: Edjtor :r -The'. Secretary or whoever was the authorjof the Sag Nicht meeting, published in the last fctanuard, does Mr. "Shinplaster great injustice. -I propose to correct 'some of his errors andjset . Mf . D. in a true light before the public. t ;- j . . - i '. i The Secretary: says that "he, (Mr. D.) gave them the j"jv. is.) a terrible raking." .Now as this is all the Secretary says about the "raking' I wish to let those who were not present know what it wag, and would say to the "Sec." that ha had better resign, Hf he does not intend to report the meetings in a proper manher. . Mr. Dick said the K. N's had to take three oaths to make them stick, that the first oath 'was for the raters,; the; second for the' "piinps;" and the thjrd jfor thp office seekers. He a'sked who was" j"sam's'' daddy '"nobody knows" "who was; his mammy" "nobody knows' "Fellow ciizens," jsaid Mr.' D. "it isthedevelish est party I ever heard of." He said that Sam had never been south of Mason and Diion's line .but'once, and then Gov. Wise Eent him back in a hurry. Ilk pronounced Mr. Fillmore an aboli tionist Hsatd he was sworn to support the consti tution of the K. Ns. in preference to the Constitu tion of his country. Mr. D., after he" had de- molished the K. N's, Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Don elsou, turned his attention to State politics, and said ! that the name BragJ was a tower of strength. I could not help j applauding him when he made this remarks Ther was so much truth in it, dnd 1 1 knew tha he thought of the fact that brag was, .and had been for a. great length ; of time, , their , principal i 'itower of ; strength." I omit in this article the vulvar i illustrations used by Mr. D. they are unfit to be published' in a decent paper. i i Alter Mr. ,u. acl Conctuaea,-tne rrestuent called on Mr. McLean, of Guilford. . This' gen tleman saidj.but few words. lie said that, at the coming , election, they (the Locos) would send Sam to his j native Yankee land. Mr. Dick said he was not south of Mason and Dixonrs line. So, lyou. see, these false witnesses cannot agree. Like, those who were on 'hand on a memorable occa sion, plenty could be found to i testifyy but they 'did'not agree in their testimony. ; Mr. Editor, I hope the worthy reporter will do better next timer and not make it necessary for their Speakers to go to the Signal to find -s ' : . ' .-' ---i '.'' f 1- Y; . : ;.; . f i JUSTICE. 1 WANTED rilwO young men as (salesmen who have hid lomt 1 experience, references required i. : . .'. . ; 1 I. . . 'Apply to s j : ' t i , W. U.& It. S. TUCKER. Raleigh, July 12, 1856. v - ; 6 AJ2? 1ITCE TO MAKE MONEY J A Prontahie and B!onorable( Employment 1! fTIIE 8absctibep- is 'desirous of having- aa agent in . each icoiinty and town of the Union. A capital of from 5 tot It Ot only will be required, and anything like an etacien, energetie inan can make from three tofiv dollars pr day ; some bf ihe Agents are realizing twice that sum. Every information will be given by addrai- ,1. A Blimn'Minqv VAfnra lttm ' - . ' i T WJL A. KlNSLERj - Box 1223 Philadelphia,-Jf a. i'oit Kmc: JiSie 29, 48 '6, 3 e heads ot Ins startled and aflnghted au- i ) page 2,l6U, vol. Si. part z.j like " thuijderboits bickering in mid- II RESOhYED. TIIAT, IN THE S' lllE, , "the stirrer ot the storm" mE inp TTT1K MFETIKG.! THE ME !- 'I :tcan BALEIGH, N. C. Saturday Momin, July 19, 1856. "The foundation f my preferenf is that Jlr. Fill- Signal m9r haa admiidstcrba tht Exwfiye Ooyerament - -with signal iuccesiW ahility. He nas been tried j absoIatcTy necessary to save our section fromt'A aad found true, faithful, honest and conscientious. " j rue Lr it!atr Ileoublicanism. then wo iVl' Tf thPTB he those either Korth or South who desire an aj?tninistration for the North as acainit tue &outn, or the South as against the North, they are not the men who should give their suffrage s to me. For my part, !T k-nn-ar. ohIt hit country. mT whole country, and i nothing hut my country. ; ' : j; Mr. Fitfmore'iiSaeech ai Znc York. RATIONAL AMERICAN TICKET. ; '".'."-.I " ! r"--'' ' !' ,i'-'': ': ;' !'- 1 '' TOR 1' RESIDENT, ' ' , . M I LIAUD FILL M ORE, ' ' Of NEft'l YORK. '"v ' ' ' v - - .1 V -1 for i-tcr-r PES i PENT, ANDREW JACKSON DONELSON, : ' ' of "texsessee. . -; For. qoVERNOR,, ; A. GILMER ' OF Ct'ILFORD. ; ' r: JOHN AlltltlCAN ELECTOBAL TICKET, IFOR THE ?TATE AT LAHGE. ! t.sB. CARMICHAEWof Wilkes. JOII"N W. CAM EIIQX, of Cumberland. 1st Listriet, Lewis Thompson, of BertieJ 2d 3d 4th 5th ;6th 7th Sth ' ! E. J. Warren, of : Beaufort. Q. P. M cares, of e w llanoter. Jas.! T. Littlcjohn of Granville A, J. Stedman, of ChathamL Gen;..J.!M.i Leach, of Davidson. ; Gen. A.'J. Dargan, of Anson. Jno. D, Ilyman, of Buncombe. ii "Permit me here, Mr. Chairman, for a moment to speak upon a subject, i to which I have, never hefore adverted upon this floor, and to ivhich, I trust, I may never again have occasion to advert. I mean the subject of Slayery. 4 1 'BELIEVE IT TOBE A GlrEAT POLITICAL, AJnU aukkai' MORALEVIL. I THANK GOD MY LOT HAS BEEN CAST IN A STATE WIJERE IT DOES NOT EXIST. IT HAS BEEN A CURSE ENTAILED UPON US BY THAT NA TION WHICH I MAKES IT A SUBJECT Ut' REPROACH TO OUR INSTITUTIONS. Jones Buchanan: h. . '; . ! -'.- 1 if See Gales and ISeaton's Register of- Debates OPINION MBERS OF CONGRESS WHO. AT-TIIE LAST SESSION, I SUSTAINED THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE, HU MANITY. AND PATRIOTISM, IN OPPOSING i THE INTRODUCTION OF SLAVERY INTO THE STATED THEN' ENDEAVORED TO BE t FORMED OUT OF THE MISSOURI TER.RITO- RY, ARE ENTITLED TO THE WARMEST I THANKS OF EVERY ,'FRIEN D OF HUMAN I- ; TV. V-Ki'. - ' J '.'. V :; : I .' Hesohed, That the proceeding cf this 'meeting S be publishedin the.iiewHpapers ot this city. ; ; : j JAMES HOPKINS . 1 WM. JENKINS,'. ! j: i JAMES DUCffANAN. Terms of' the Signal for the Campaign. Semi-weekly . j. " i' . ' Weekly to single siibscribers. Fori a Club of ten ; ' j 1,00 ' ' 75: ets. $5,00 ': i Our County 1 Candidates i Spokef at Cedar Level, on Tuesday last, where -!' f ' i 1 '.II''- we heard speeches from Messrs Lewis and Bled soe, and the lion. Sion II. Rogers. ' ' 'I ,Mr.lJewi8 ppeued the discussion in a speech of an hOur and a1 h'aif, Avhich was certainly on6 of the niostwindV, wordy, eeatterins and unfair harangiie3 we have ever heard. , Bad grammar, bad. prohounciation, isfale denunciations of the Ainerican party and misrepresentations of the positionjof our. candidates,, were the staple of this "sloshing around" talk. From what we had heard of Mr. Lewis, jwe did suppose that he pos sessed some little 'tibility, but we wefe sadly mistaken. If a school boy of sixteen who had practiced, declamation for a" couple of jsessions could' not do better, $e (ught to be soundly flog- 'V " i ' '-' ' If'- ! I ' " ' eed- . 1 ; i -i u .. . ... . t r. Mr. Bledsoe professed; that he had no respect for the American party he did not even intend to dignify them with that title he shpttld call them Know Nothings, and nothing else. Don't the American party feel utterly demolished by this bad opinion of this Locofoco foreign; orator ? What could be expected from such a start, but one continued strain' of abuse and misrepresen tations? Lay on, Mr. Orator, we guess you'll get your deserts befojeeyou are through with the canvass. -.-'? .. ; ;. Hon. Sion -II. Rogers 'delivered a plain, clear logical and forcible j speech, in which Ire ably defended the principles and position of the Amet--i can party, and pouredjiot shot into the 'enemy. His blows were given with power an?efficiencyf and told with stunning; force upon these Loco foreign Sag Nicht seekers after.the spoils. We did not hear the.other candidates but trus we: shall have that pleasure hereafter; b q; t Great Political Discussion Sound Doctrine. 'I will give ttcenty-Jive cents to any one who will tell me ' what are the principles (has it got any?) of the Democratic party!" This inquiry was answered by ;a bully Ljco in the following explicit yet beautiful language. "The principles of the Democratic party are to KILL ALL THE KNOW NOTHINGS;" The quarter was given and pur friend went oh his way rejoicing shav ing notes with two Jimmy's (dimes) and a half. Hand this around gentlemen It is a dange rous document We are all now on the ere of being brutally '''killed"! by the great Democratic lorefgniRoman-Catholic-National party- of the United States of America. , . r ' j ' Political : Rascality . The Kichmond Whig publishes a circolar, ad" dressed by the Democratic Committer at Wash ington, to the- Anti-American Pot Masters throughout, tho v Vmon; in which these officials are directed to contribute a per ventage cf the pro ceeds of pieir pjces tothe electioneering purpose "of the Committee, on pain of dismissal, in the event of success of the ten cent candidate. The circu lar happened; to fall into wrong hands, and al though marked " private and confidential" was very properly published. The scheme is worthy of eucb' a political pnrist as-I'orneyj, and is a beautiful commentary upon'the affe'eted abhor rence of "(ocofoco for the." sea darts" of know nothingism ! s . , ' . Fillmore the strongest and most National. Somp Of our flucban-eering prints yet ccm to think that the fritnds of Fillmore ought to forego their preference, and wo xnayaidd,. their their! principles, and sustain the Cincinnati nom ination. A piteonscall is also made for the old Henry1 Clay Whigs. It can't be done, gentle- vhen w im that auch a course may bo ; Lepubl it-bnt not before. There h?v been a time when we might. have hesitated, nd aked ourjetref; whetber it might not become our duty to select the bjsser of these two great evils. That time is not now. The dancer, wc believe, has passed awayL Col. Fremont, to le sure, will take a largo', i part of the Foreign Catholic t arty, lnm the spoilers, hut he will lose much more from the I masses of the puritans and fanatics cf the "North; who ivill never support a Catholic, bvru and cd ucated'at the South, who, while Senator, uui- forni y gave southern votes. These perpendicu- lar, stiff-backed sons of the Pilgrim, who .havo alwa s held up their ban Is in hojTur at the mvPt erics Of the Bad Woman of D ibyluti, wheth-! er ri lit or wrong, nlll not submit to l rule 1 by a son of the . Church. Mr. Vrcuiont, we believe ' wis imposed upon.tiom by vsonccrt bctweotf , Seward and Arch Rihop Hughes, without their knowledge or coustnt aud must l repudiated by thoma?se at the polls. . They hate, thivery enough, heaven knows. Hut they nibro rtlig ionsly abhpr that mystery of iiiquity, . in theic langu age called, anti-Christ. Tli.e old Puritan blOod gallops yet in their veins and they can't' t stapd that nomination. Such a man they ha I 1 not bargained for. It was not so nominated in the bond. . The only enthuHasm waked up by the rpmination seems to be in; the city of New York .wheie they can alw ays ttir tip thc.mixc l multitude to huzza fcr any man who is able ta pay for it. Not long since they almost mado a great man'of George Law. . Rut even in New ', York, they ccm to love more Rcs'ie. and thO babies, than the "gude" man! This nomiua- j tipn has weakened the frectsoil Tact'ion greatly, so that one cause of the alarm hicl existed a- few reeks ago, is removed. Again, wo might have swallowed l'icrce, weak and vacillating as ho has shown hiinclf with out being quite strangled in the deglutition. But in mercy, spare us the calamity, the dogra-, dation, the disgrace of aiding, to elevate to our hi"h!st honor, tho cold-blood cd slanderer of the greatest and purest mari of the age! the subtle iutriguer who tried to xcusc himself to -Gen. Jackson for proposing to him a corrujt ,ba.gain, by a-surihg him, that the great Clay, who ntrr stooped to tiscaniic, had made' to Mr. Adami the l ame .proyoSit;:on. :. The honest old hiau spurneil the offer and the self-con etitu ltd go-between who made it. llut'.the effect of this ba.-O i charge, on theproul spirit an 1 political ylevatioiij of Cliy, was disastrous. His great heart bravr-J ly -feasted 'the ch.irge, and defied the inellabh:! mear ness.th.1t prompted and the malice that pur sued it, but in vain. The poisiju was in his veiny and worked mid spread, untih hi xpir.it :broko ahd ho sunk to the grave, iho 'victim if a base, unmitigatei calumny, which nobody nov believe," On , no I no I W hen any .'friend of the iuunor tal. C lay ever thought of the. possible neoeVity of uniti jr with our Democratic friends of the South to put down a dangerous heresy,- he did not dream cf a pr.ssibility ,cven of tiupportihg (hut mail ' "';.'';.' Agaih, tlic American party might well havo, had some -misgiving as to the rral i-trength of Millard Fillmore. But when ho returned from his European tour, and Was hailed' with almost bewildering lc.monstnitions of joy, as soon a he' touched .his native soil wlicn 'we' saw but -one great feeling of welcome during his prfjgrcs., al-. most tTjumpbal, to his fireside and homo when' hearts " dearer than all" literally poured them selves out in welcome when during ail this pro- gresa flower , lessons of enlarged patriotism eloquently 1 from Lis lips, and found an echo, so iin- inistakably, fro in tho great Arucrieau heart then Our misgivings ended. Then we became sure migh that until that he was the true man. Vnd whatever i ' . , . be the result of an election now, w c believe his pathway will brighten and brighten,; within a few .weeks no one'will dat bt tho wisdem of our course Like virgin gold,-he will befar the trial. tThe more ho is rubbed tho brigtiter.be shines. But there is a blse metib , the more it is rubbed, the more surely it betrays its quality, by. the offensive odor it emits. Our friends, the Democrats, arc at liberty to mako the application. . . . ' J 'Paul! Paul- That zealous Democrat who deplored the. ac-. cession to his party of some unpopular Old Line Whigs as a misfortune and who said that wbep- ever he fchould hear that Paul Cameron had joined them, he should consider his party ruined wan Certainly mistaken. We should have been glad to keep Paul ourselrcs. We had no idea thatlehad th.at "devili?h hankering artcr grass," or he fch(uid have had the range of our very bout clover. "Why did he.not let us know that ho was' ambitious of political honors ? Nothing in' our gift would iiave , been thought too good for, him. We don'i know how to part with Paul. We 46 not, indeed. So kind, and courteous and liberal to poor folks, and so deservedly popular how can we get along without Lim ? If this trfieet U staitfed witb a blot, it is from tears flowing from' our left eye. How can we help weeping? ,, Our"" party is .defunct forever and a day, and Millard Fillmore ir a doomed man. He will cctcr einifa' again. ..' : ;; ' - j And our friend Turner will do tbs best he can1 doubtless Bot what can he do in oppositiino a gep'tleman who, we are credibly informed, will .'. carry every man in hi-t "neighborhood, ' Whig, Demccrat and American, for tit miles round ?- HathWthe noble Prince of Orange nobly enter- -tained hi neighbors in his princely, t alb),' and generously allowed thern, one and all, "(the privi lege of the plantation ?" ' Hath ho not alwayt iympathized with the poor Lacklandrf, and urged with great real the natural right ofthe ptoj pie ti VDte in tho Senate withoutowningSO'acxes of diiy land? What hath he cared about laadr I t 1- i 1 ! S t 1 V ' ! ! 'i t r s i : hi i Vi ' ' 1 - t