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r a. u t. troui the. n .tore and chara t. r of ih n 00 ati Mi. Thed-cased h d forr.i-1 ed t ie delib -r t ? des go to degia ie the piis on r umed hims-Il a: all point, waylaid h n. at.a.'fc-d hn aji varas, when his back V9tti'iud upon hun, applied that mstru - ment of chastisera nt o:ilyued upon iho ms degraded slaves, fiat h boast d f it, Yen u. t a b-w ui nut. s 0--far-ibis death tbu to cowhide a mail was anew th:ng in North C imlni i.' That the re-.;i why mar dor was er.itn-'itd to ma;iIauiit'r was, be cause by tae provocui-m jien. rea-ion was dethroned, and th- idiymi took phio while re. son hid tiiui temporally lost its empire; thai the length of (mu- alhiwv-l the paeons to OhjI was to be de? rmr.ed by the charac ter of the provection. How 10 ijj would it take a mao'i passio i. 10 cool who had suffer ed such an itilignity as that off-red Jo the prisoner ? The more he. brooded over it, the more hit passions would be inflamed, and the lets prospect there would be fjrreasoa to resume itempi.e; the physical pain he-c was nothing ; it was the indignity, the loss of cas e, of p ;Si i n, ol chaiactei. In this country where all ae qual, where all are ml rs, our laws should encourage no-n to protect th-ir honor; it was tin first leqn t ii;lit our cuillien, tiiey ha I a ng.it to proe-t their rl.a act r to d feed it to ti it f T it. Thepr:p!Der had a character to ni iiutain. he t ccupi d a prominent po-n'iou i . th councils f State, he w is bound to p't.tect the honor of his family, he ow ti it a? a duty to ihem he-owed it- a? a duty to ih - p-0' i w.io I. a I honored him. A man who c.whitl'S ano;her in cool tdod, with ii tent t dera 'e him.foi n ita his life and ought to torf it it. This the deeeas d knew, he pr-i'red to tike th prisuieiV life wh-11 lie attacked him with :hecov-h!ue, if he had been able to offer effetual lesivance ; he cam- o Morg.tn o armed wi h the weapons i f his choice. Th prisoner could not have r . UH.vcj the comb it t Mel.w-11 ; he was physically unable fomthe inj-ries he had ri-. iv-!, to h.-.d no we '- .f the sbghtet u. And t have ;it:.u u Ft imnifu 'hen, w.'ul 1 have been to nish up m c-nain ami inevitable- J ath: . Cpn the. tirst sight .f him. hisri aoi w3i overh I;imI, iitil fretful f ni'- pr-senc ? in wh'ch lie was, he ms a. ly ho tn! d s rover ot r.i? j e i'e he maii who, W:'hut one iiti - of c.u-e had wieeed7iy il l jijiim S. It was hi only I'll lC to ' it. r..a. w:is the only "la his c is ben .niiti.nied, ti lirendo i mmieiiitely t have ui u te I hi h ', o e on. an i ovioi.ok hi so 1 I a ni bt. an J b. a-u-.l that h- ad iiv n Ave y .1 n too" ::! wi bin a f el o hkn, tfore iiiin, i.i the 'Joi i-ho 1, au h- d.r d mil i ca: h r.or. C old u h iV - dune oth-i w l ? A 'iinil ii g his r-.?o:i had n ! b- n over i- im d, ha l he nok n n'hi t do n. . Wotil i th- liv roup I a ma 1 to walk thr-ujrh hfe" blaite - tt.ing. b e!t of the c-;ct oi Ii tretid. tiis rela tives and family, kV.thou! any t iuft ol his wn,aid t sink in o .tu e.i ly iiid lhooon5 gr.'V. . rat er iha" l do th o;dy a,:t which could re.ireru 'ini The a!'einaiO: p:e- s -nt d to the p iroa-.r w a a lie : ful one Ht own dishonor, pe hap- arly insanity, and an eaily jrae, or i dtath of tise sluice i f all ii s in Sf otU'i- s I l.d he i;ot a rifh to ch o?e the cowe he pui.-us I Is it i . . i n .1 K . l . .. i only o prii cr.' e t ir.es. i. '-o;t u- is iiiuvvt;.j to :ak life H.ts nit au American citiz -n a i g "t 0 pio i ct that wh ch is dt arer th in HI iiat u i h ut vhicli,life itself i- a curse? And if il.ed ce is ti ou!J 'hink in that place t which h.: hiis -;'iiif .lie co'iM nut complain He hiius If wis the cms? of all he had so veJ th- wind, he mut have exj ecud to ' r ap thit wnirlivin.i. Th:s tnav b; in violation ot the law latJ d avn in the b oks But law .s eral rule a i el by mm, and nly a-rcrt- ike eve y i ili;- m ini thing don hy him is imp--fect, a. re. i. sou way in c liuiu.il eaiCi Uie law. as well as ihe fiCt, is to b - j'l liiedl ,f by the iurv, is that thev, i i aJmi-.ie in the la v. in iv" p ovide for taes exijnci s wh-n a .t ict observifc? of th-.letier of the law would p du e the gtea?e.?t mj istice. By foil v i; h re t .e rea e.-t nju-y wouid b iuflct-d. l'lrs case cons i ut s an exc- p io i wh.c!i tiie ju y hav ? a uht to mike,an i w .ic.i to. y ouijn:,unl j-s ti.ey are det rmined to sy, ne of their b i-l cinz-ns thail be e ern-by displace! w;th.ut anyf iult of hU o vd, a?i I shall not us - tiie only m-jians nn l r h aven wheiby his honor can be pieserved p i e and intact. Bu! t at his reason was temporarily dc t ir ncd no oue rould doul t who had heard the t stiuiouy. Th - pris oicr was of a mild pacifi n i uie. Hi ca-.ratr, the tenor ot hi whde litf, b-'we t that his-he-trt n-volu-d at hludsh-d. He prvokd no one, he mo les el uu iin . Attacke i as he wjs, he was 1 1 iced m a ne.v po-ifou His ?ensitiV mind hro'i'l d over it. Awake, it was eve pre-eut to his iuiaiuation at night it was present io his .ire am?, and startled him in his !e ) C-niri wek anivel and the compuiious of b s b lyhoo I art! the associates ol his man hood nu t him. His diseased imagination c ojl 1 detect m eveW fa.e a d.sposition to av il him, as dishonored a? a leprous being he lost all command ol his facult es he Lniii iinf. wIimI h v d, n r hrt warn Jri-d nbout nor knowing what he was doing, or wliere he was going, he was grieved to mad ness, and at this moment the cause of all his miseries presence I himself before him, m au attitude of insult and bravado, and under the frenzy thus exc t d, he inxlanlty took his life,an 1 he is ex-us d iu the siht of Heaven, and vhen God pardons, mau dare nut pun ish. , "The counsl for the State argued the case with great a'nlity. and in a bold, fVarles4? iranner, rommentiog upon the conduct of the p isouer, th-time, tiie manner, and the ciroum-.tanres ,ol the killinir, wi;h fnedoin and severity. - No one m similar circuui nances ever perfoimed his duty more ably or more fearlessly. n:s Honor, Judge Battle, charged the jury substantially as fellows: , 'rhat:the Legislature had provided men, who had made law their stu ly and who were th-refjre presumed to und-rs and it better ihan juries to instruct them wha. the law is, as appl. cable to each case that came before tnern tliat in civil cases tliey were bound . . I . . . . ..M.i ji.fl lv lit A la,... I .In I-' uc giiiiic'i u y me iv, as taiu uuwil uy the court, and if they took upon themselves io dirjregi-d the instroc ions jjiven them, the co i t w "ild not permit the - veid'Ct to stand. In rrimio il cases jurn a had the physical po ver toju.li;e r f the law as well as of the fac s. but if they os .it was upon their own' responsibility. The court - would dis hargs its duly in this cae and (ell them whit the IVw was if they disngirtled it, 1I10 rfsponsibility rented with th'rri. He ha J no power to contioi them. Aflr ex plaining to the jtiry what was murder, nnd tiie meaning of malice, and how murder was mitigated to manslaughter, he instructed the jurythat the provocation set up by th.e pris oner's counsel as m.tigatmg the killing to manslaughter did not hayo that eff ct, and thit the killing undtr the circumstances de tailed by the 'witnesses was murder, not rnan laui:utfr, although the provocation giv-n to the prisoner was as great as could be given hy on man to another, causiny, ai was tes tified by a witness, even a lady to forg-tthe gentleness cf hersex,and to teli her husband, had he received such an indignity withotit resenting it, sh would D9 tempted to inflict the fame indignity upon him. As to the other defence set up by the pris oner's counsel, if they believed th? prisoner's counsel, if they believe I the prisoner's mind was so disordered by the indignity offerel him by the deceased, or from any otner cause as not to know what he was din or that wh:ch he wasd -iuz was a ciime and that i in this stato of frenzy, brought on by the ! "is making any more seditious speeches. tTeat st of all indignities, as it w is admitted Mr. Jones introduced a resolution, the ob to be. he knew not the place where he was. ;ject of ubich is to prevent in em.be is from d- ihe cr.minality of the ad he did, and In thisj'ivin emoluments for presenting claims, state of min i heto .k the lifeof ihedtceasel, whic h Mr. Bocock, ol Virginia, considered then the piisoner was not rsiK)nsib!e, and as conveying undesrvtd imputation, b it the v should render a verdict of not guilty. LJut th y must remember that this evidence came from the prisoner, and it wa h;s duty to satisfy them .hat that was his cmdiiiou. The jury retind, and .after an nbsenre .of scarce five miouts. letufned through thf'ir foiemisn, R. V. Michaux, a verdict of not guilty. The sc'ne which thn tookj lace was "it c ly alT cting. There was no applane, but the most profound silence, and there was no' a diy eye in the Court-bouse.' For the State John Wood flu, Eq For the Prisoner Nicholas Woodhn.Esq . To I 11. Caldwell, Esq, and Gen. J. (J. I3yuum. His HVmnr, Judge Battle, did not think lie could t.ike any notiie f the contempt, as it was manifeet that ihe prisoner was acquit ted upon the last ground of defence s-1 up by his c uncl, and upon consultation with (he members of the bar he found that all con cu:Td with him in opi ion. Tni- is b lievcdto be a correct account of the painful tiaie iy Evey nit ans have be n taken to render the facts detail d correct Tii' nee uni has bcrii tu!-mito d to s Vt ral persons who took full not s of the testimony, and who look part in the trial, and it cor r p ii.ls wi h th notes tken by his Honor. Tin jx!sit on of Judo Battle was extreiu.ly painful Tho killing w;is in his presence and within a few feet i f him, and the trial was ouly on the third day afterwards ; but in tri, as in every other occjiou in which h- l.as acted as Ju Ige. he has hown himsell au tionght, linn an i aoie JtiUije, a ia as pure a man as ever presided in a Court of Jn'ice It is hoped that all those papers, paiticu lalv in this State, which have noticed this affair,. will give this authentic account an in ser ion B. Ruthtrfordton, Nov. 24, 1851. iTIIIRIT-SECOXD CO XGIIESS FIRST SESSION. Toeuday, December 9iH. Senate. Mr. Stockton piesentel a p ti tion Irom cit z n$ of .New Jersey, asking the interposition of ihis government in behalf of Mr. John S Thrasher, la'ely condemn-d and imprisoned after a mock trial by the authorities of Cuba. Mr Stocktou said that he would, at pres ent, wait 'or. information before making any movemeut in ihe matter, and with that view submitted a lesolution calling upon the lrts i.lcnt to communicate all the information in his poss ssion, touching the imprisonment of .Mr. 1 nr sher, fvhich was adopted. Air Hale intio itiC 'd a jint, resolution au thorizing the lJre.ilent to in'ciposc Iriemily olu es with tiieTreiJch Republic in behalf of Abdel Kader. On motion the resolution endorsing the Colnpromie Acts was postpnd, and the resolution extending a vrelcotue to Kouth taken up. Mr Seward address. dMio Senate at len-jth in support of the resolution. Mr. Betien ojjxsed ihe resolution in a sp- ech of an hour, the beiring of which can be best condensed by giving an amendment he proposed to be added to the resolution, which was a follow : ' Atd be it fa fitter resolved, That the wel come thus oli'ce 1 to L mis Kcsulh be ex'eu ded to his associate Hungarian1 exiles who have landed ou our shores ; but while Wtl c mib g these .Hungarian pa '.r mis to an asliim in our country, and to the protec tion which our laws will aflrd to them, it is due to candor to declare that i' ishot he pur pose of Congi ess to d p irt fioni the se tie I policy of this Government, which foibidsall inu rferenco with ihe douitstc concerns of other nat ons " Mr. Hale and Mr. FtiOte replied in sup poit cf the resolution. Mr 3Iiliei advocate! the resolution, but disclaimed any ilea 6: going beyond a welcome to Kossuth, the ex ile Mr. Sumner obtained the floor, and the Senate then adjourned. ' f Hoose of Representatives. The list of standing Committees was read by the Clcik. - . A message was ietived from the Senate, informing the House, that they had pise i a jo ut resolution authoiizing the. appoint ment ol a chaplain by each ! House, who should interchange weekly.1 Mr. Jones moved to lay the resolution on the table which was not agreed to. After s rne con versation, it" was adopted, and the House proceeded to the elec ion of chaplain. On ihe fourth ballot, Rev. Mr. Morgan, of Washington Cuy, was duly electee. " The House then adjourned. Wednesday. Dec. 10th. Senate The resolution offered by Mr. Underwood, inquiring into the propriety of constructing artificial reservoirs for the im provement of the navigation of the Ohio riv er, was adopted. Mr. Clemens, and Mr Dodge of Iowa, introduced bills granting land to their respective states for railroad purpo SeS. The resolution tendering a welcome to Kossuth was taken up, and Mr. Sumner ad dressed the Senate in favor of its adontion. Jlr. Stockton followed, also in support of the - . . ... . r . - ! resolu'ion.. His remarks will be found in full in to days paper. Mr. Clemens opposed the resolution. Kossuth was -no: a republican till after de 1 fA!lf ' Tin Ol.fnrcil tl.r. f" iVi'- At Cnnt.. J At C I 1 . I T1!. . . t J t r : T- - . 1 I v,.... t I'nu mr, msiuij o uo . v. i uur uuu mr. crwaru rt'piivu. i uk iice JOuJ, uespoiism JO iurope may JJC Hungarian d;fficu;ly, and'. r.rgaed .ihaf.it; question was then; ta!eti on Mr B-irien's from heribores, will te appreciated-: here;? was. a'' war. f races, the Magyars asking iron amendment.- which was reiect d.vt as 16.1 that hefeonr arm j will be'airetched forth and rule over the Slavonians. He thought much of the sympathy misplaced. 11 de-j nied that Congress ever invited Kossuthex- r a i. cept as an Emigrant. , Mr. Shields and Mr. Foote botk replied, and in favor of the resolution. The latte. without concluding, ;ave way to motion, and the Senate adjourned. House of Representatives. The House went into Committee of the whole for the purpose of taking up the j jiot resolution making land warrants assignable. On motion ol Mr. 'Evans the commiitee immediately rose for the purpose of having the , lectdut.on printed. The States and Territories were then call ed on for motions Among others, Mr. Smith, of Alabama, gave notice-, that at an early day he should move a joint resolution. directing the Secretary of State to furuish Louis Kos?u?h with the Acts of CmTr-ss against treasouan.i midtmea,ors, to prevent which " a nferred to the committee ou in - diciarv, The Hons; tlun adiou-iied. . . - Thcrsdat, Dec. II. i Senate. Several bills wre piesented, arrong which wrre a bi'l to establish, a branch mint at New Voik, and a bill to pro cuie a revision of the Statute law of ihe IJ. States, and of ihe laws in force in the Dis trict of Columbia. Mr. Briht's re-oluiim providing for the ehct:on of the offiet-pi of the Seoa'e, was voted down by a small majority. Rev. C. M. Butler was then re-elected Chaplain cf the Senate. - The joint r -.solution tend ring Kossuth a we'eome bing teken up, Mr. t?oote read some extracts from a speech be Mr. Web ster, iu the House o Representatives, (in the Urt-ek question, showing ihat sn'im nts x-press-d by him, Mr. F., ou this re-olution were similar to those of Mr. Webster at that time. The que-tion recurring on the amendment of Mr. H riieo, the question was divided so as,to betaken first on that part ofii extrud ing the welcome to the associates of Kos suth. Mr. Badger was of opini m lhat.the asso ciat 8 were i quiily entitled t a welcome Mr. -C.iS considered Kout!i tie repre sentative of agri ai pii'tci(.le. an ' all amend nie.ts d st.oyi d to nnext'iit the t fleet of the welcome. It wns id e to say he had bern n.vi'el as an ordinary mutant, to take his 100 acres r f land, and settic down to its cultivation. He had btm invi pd as a token of rt spuct for his cause Th'- llun giian struggle was like our own, they ex pr 8d loyally, but drmandc I teform. We d d the ame E"' ry na'iot in Europe now cont nned in h r bo dtrs and supported ana maintained exiles fioni i the? Ian Is. He consid red Austria a:.d Russia had violafe i the law or t a ion, and that the U Siat- s had a right to v.o to war or protest against it By W'-lconiin-j Kossuth we couiH give no off nee forbid len by the law f nV tior s ; under that law of nations we i.al tio rilit to go furtlier and lebuke Russ a for rudating th.e law ot na i ns. The amend ment was an !ibs:ract d' cla afiou tliat by mis resolution we in ant i.oihini:, and as such was uncalled for and undignified The S n ate of the United States presented a -ingnlar spectacle of hesitating and doubting, when compared with;the course of the fcultan of Turkey. Mr. Ceriien follovred in maintenance of hi amendment. Mr. Douglass supported the resolu'ion ia a spct ch of seine length, agieemji tlirouqt ont with the sentiments of Mr. Ca$, nilocing .the same principles, and uiging ihatConrcs s!: ul I not declare whether we will or will not ever inteifeie Jo maiiit.-iin te unqucs tione I princip es of the law of nations. Congress should leave that question to be decided when the rae arises. Mr. Dawson folio ived in support of the amendment, as just to on i selves and Kossuth, to b-t him know what we mean by our iti vi tatou On motion by Mr. Badger, subject post poned. Adjourned. House of Representatives Mr Hous ton, of A a, submitted tie usual s r.es of resolutions reh rrmg the i'lesident's M jsj;je io the vanoos Committees A delate of considerable length followed upon ihe subject of Internal Impiovements. and the propriety of orauiing and for that purpose to M'ssouu The series ol resolution was then order d to be printed. A short debate then followed upon the refren e of ihe report of the Sec retary of War; il was finally ncre d to refer it'to the Committee en Miliary Affairs. The House then adjourned to Monday next. Friday. Dec. 12th. Senate- Mr. Cass called up his resolu tion n questing the Prrsident to lay before the Senate all the information m his posses sion touching the firing into and seizure cf the American steamship Pmmethms, by an English war sdiip m Novemb-r last, on the Mosquito coast, and what m asures had been j taken to vindicate the honor of the flag of the United Sta'es Mr. Cass ma ie some remarks upon the prop-iety and nessity of our Government maiu'ainiri" the inviolability of the Ameri can flag, j ne alluded to the rumored al lianc- of France and England for the pro tection of Cuba, and s: id that jf th's were 6-, it would be no more than an assertion of the right of sea'ch under a new phase. He was for informing the world that under no pret-xt would interference with our flag be suffered The resolution was then adopted The Senate took up ihe joint resolution extending a welcome to Kossuth Mr. Mal lory advocated the resolution as a just and ptorer course to be pursued. He did not: understand how any nat on could take just cause cf offence at such conduct. Mr. Badgei followed iu opposition to the resolution. He denied that Congress bad invi'ed him in any other capacity than ihat of emigrant; even if invited. Congress ought, rt tn atfanil maWma tf nna jrlin it;ltv1 i not to extend a we.ceme to one wno avowtu i ir i. . himself an open emissary to promote a prin ciple which would involve th:s nation into unnecessary and unwise interference with European controversies. nays 26. Mr. Swells iffVtei to substitute lonrdors op n vide to welcome the exiled th ouginal lesolution cfiTtred by M r. FooteJ patriot ; tint in proportion to the ferocity of i r . i i I . m t i w uicu wasaisoiosi. j ne original resolution ot Mr. Seward's was then ordered to a tuird rea iinsr by a vote of 33 to 6. as fo'luws : Yeas. Urad bnry, Bright. Bi-odheAd, Cas, Chase, Clarke. Davis, llodge, of Wisconsia; Douglass, Downs, Felcli, FLdj Foote, G win, Hamlin, llunter, Jainea, Jouea, King, ilallory, Milier, Xorris. Rhett Seward, Shields, inith, Cfpruance, Stockton, Sum ner, Wade. Walker and Whiteomb. Total 33. Nats Badgei, Borland, Clemens, Da wsou, Mor ton, Underwood.' Total 6. - The hdlowing is the resolution of welcome adopted by the Senate : JJe it Resolved, fca, That Congress, in the name of Uie people of the United States, give to Louis Kossuth a cordial welcome to' the capital and the country, . and that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to him by the President of the U. States. " ' The Senate then adjourned. Monday, Dec. 15th. Senate:. Mr. Huffier from the 'finance Committee repoitel bark the bill to ts-ab lUh a br anch mint iu California with an am-n irrerit Mr. G win urged irrmtd.'ate : ajnnm. ana i. wasaci ! J"11 d rd (,,u Mr' ; b"! t0 ablih a 1 ' action, and it was accordingly oide cd to a Hunter introduced a ar i of accounts 1 Mr Jyoues resolution ilecJaung the com a -"- i a . ! pr. m:-e measures a definitive sttdrment ot . .1 i- .. r tiie qoeii us growing out. oi me ?uojeci oi domestic lavery, was taken up. A lon uc bate e'fisued betw. en Messrs. Foote, Butler and Roettj upon the Compromise e en rally, and particularly the admission of California. Without fiual action, the Senate acj jurnt d. House of Representatives. -Immediately after the reading of the journal, a nies s-tge was received fr ra the Senate, commu nicating a joiut resoluiion which had been passed by that body, ten '.bring a w lcome on ihe p irt of the people of the Cn.ted States to Louis Kossuth. Mr. iiobinson, of Indiana, move 1 that tiie ie?olution-be taken up an consi Jred, whi li being aoree i to, he moved the 4,4 prrvious qoest.o i," which w is cariio 1, an! thus cut off ali dehate. The J. iut Resolution wasthen read a fi s?. second and tnird tune ; an i the ayes and nays 'were laken on ih final passage, which was c.iiriel oy a maj riiy of 131 to 15 ; an i, on moMou of Mr. Ri.binson. was ordered to b Wiid on the table. $ Among the nays are Messrs. Abercrom I ie, Ave.eti. Brag, Brown of Mississippi, Cal lw-11, Il uiis of Tennessee. Ilolliday, Johnson of G-o , Jones of J enn. s?ee, M il tii , Mo ehe ol, Savage, S- inry, Ste diens of Georoia, W iMiams aud Woodward 31r. Smith ma le a hmg ersou.tl explana tion, eii-ihg his views of the requtts ol Kos sulh. Mr. F;t h, of Indiana, submitted a resolu tijn, in hrec,. rescitidu-g a o-mer resolution o Congress declaring tiie Mexicau war to b' unconstitutional The nyes an i nays having n commau I. ii wa aT;ed by a vote of 103 to 5 1. .Mr. Mende, of Virguda. iiiOv d to ca!l up on tho l'iesident for any mfo'niation he may p-'.ises?, and shall think proper t commune caie tom hioi; any tr ay between KnIand, F an e and 'Spain, that m-iy havo b. en ei teied into for ihe guardianship of Cuba, which was canied. House adjourned Remar.s of Hon. II F StncUon, delivered in the United Stales benale, oh. the resofu tion extending a welcome to Kossuth, De cember 107, 1851. Mi. .President: Surrounded bv Senators of so gieat abdily ?so experienced by many ye is in council it is with profound deh r enco 'o their sop- iior wisdom, that I min yle my v-'icc iu ibis debate 1 w uld much piefer being an auditor, but the extr iorJi a ry nature of the subject now under coo-id r.itioo. as wll as ot some of the doctrine, insisted upon by those who oppose the reso lution, comp 1 me, bowevi-r luc aot, io tres p iss for a few ni nii n',s in your attcntiou. What is the subject of younleliber.itions? simply, vvhethtr or not you shad carry out the initiative hospitality of a prec ding Congrtss. Tiie adeptio i o! the res lotion ha? twis ezunt, no mfiie." It is the na tural s qml t;f the rt solution f the last Cong-ess, inviting the Hunea'ian ex le to these short s. It contcmpla'es nothing fur ther. It involves no question of for i-n pol icy it looks neither to inter ention nur to non-intervention. Sir, I regard ihe honor of Congress mre than I d Mr ii ssuth. 'I he truth is, sir t.nd i might as w 11 fiankly avow it some of the sei-timents ai.d r pinions of this d siin gu sh d Strang r and illustrious ex le are not my sentiments or opinion- ih regard to the uok ngs aud the results oi the Biitish monarchy Bui let that pass. I am glad that he has be. n r ceived-with so much cor diah'y by the j eople of New York, and thai the iammaoy Hall men an I theV burs have unit-d to make his lecepi bn most honornble j and giiitifying to him. I commend this fact to the remembrance of the Senator from Kentucky, who, if he had known s much of the honor and virtue and patriotism f old Tainmany as he does of those old ami time honored trinciples f interna:iona! Jaw which would prevent an American citizen from xprsing the liom st fe lings of a lepubli ean'fret man without ret uke, he would have saved the fling he made at the old Demo cratic Wigwam in New York. But let that pass too. Sir, in view of the peaceful strmr cie uow coing ou in the world between the friends ol fiee government .nd despo tism, it seems to me to be proper and light that his leception here should be hospitable and affec tionate. Congress have made him the gust of the nation- as such the pe p!e in New York have received him. Europe will dis cern an emphatic moral in the event. Tte despots 'who drove him forth fr. m his coun try, to seek an asylum here among the sons if iiberty, will see fiom the ereetinfir which weexten s io himtha the people of ihe United States fear them tot ; tha on all suitable oc- casha.s we will s, eak out our abhorrence of their atioeious systems of yoveinment, and j our sympathy w ith those gallant men, wheth er siicc--tsful or unsuccessful, who stiike a bl w in de ence ol national independence ai:d tree government By the rourse pro posed, we shall t-st fy our fidelity to the piiiicu Wof our Revolution, an 1 show thit ouii I Republic is steaefdst in the faith of Washington and his compatriots ' We will teach the worl i, that whatever of worth ' or wisdom, of exalted devotion to enlightened r - ... . i it m of his reception here. But. sir, we aie t dd that we. Will get entangled with other, nations if we do this honor to Kossuth, and that blows will prolnibly follow words T?j sir, I am no prophet : t cannot tell what will happen. But suppose it should pro duce such a stite of things, what then.ff-i Why, sir, we have got a Secretary of State who" with one oscillation of his great ' mind would blow all their fine-spun webs into thin air, and we have a gallant Navy who will teach ihem that b!ows will be given as well as received. Sir, I am not owe of those svho thiuk that no change will evt r be ma le in the principles of national policy which . gov ern our foreign rJations ; on the contrary, I feel assured that the wouderful growth and development of the United Sta'es, fir cx cced.n in amount and rapidity the most satiguina expec ations of thelounders of the Republic, will demand a moJificiiion of our national policy, in .various icsects different from that which prevailed in tho infancy of the c untry. For the s ke m rt ly of illus trating this position, and in reference to what fell Irom the hon Table Senator from Mas sachus'tts, 1 will hazard the assertion, that the rigi 1 neu'rality of' the-Washington d miutsrration, wise and just as it then was, vvjuld ro t now (if a similar leiligerent 8ta'e of the world existed be nossible Then our wecknes. admonished us not to risk tiie trial of out strength, or tempt the hazards of war. We wisely suffi red much, submitted to many.. wrongs, -and endured them as Jess evils than war with a powerful adversary. In truth, we consulted the die ales of a mas teily prudence, in preference to indulging the martial spirit of oiircountiy. We chose io nurse the infant Hercules, until he should be able to encounter, upon more equal term, the monsters he, was destined to overthrow. I n ed not say how the proud spi lt of Ame -ic.t chafed- an l fret'ed under the insults and aff'J-ressions of G.eat Britain and France. it is recorded iu history tiiat we submitted not wi;h ui mu murs of .iisatisf c ion. But the injuries of the boy shoulJ not rankb? in t ie mom ry of the Wise man. I have ad verted to them only to sUow tne change which has taken place in these principles, which will no douht hereafer govern our for ein lelations No Amencan sta esmau can now contemplate any condition o' tne wod I. or any prin; iple of jiuiic policy which would for a moment permit the United States to submit io any indignity from any 'power on c .rth We acknowledge no superiors. Nay ; j lit ! 1 I . It all cl'ns'eu lom combined wool I not app d the stout beau of Ameiica In a good' cause, nnd with a united people, we know and feel that we ate invincible. . Mr. President, it has become quite fash lonable to approve and applaud-constitutional monarchies : and the Government of Great B itain has leen tuoie than once re ferei to. Sir, I have not found, either in her traditions or her hitoiies, one forwaTil st'-p in the caus-f f free ov-rinn nt which she has taken except by compulsion..- Look at her, and you wdl see a oountiy whose gov ernment is monarchical and w lo se ins iui tions are essentially a i-i c aiical. the most prominent feature of w hich is the degrada tion of th - m;ses Thee, sir, the lau I, the ojH-rarave capital, the law-making pow. r, are in ihe- haads of comparatively a few ; while all the rest are. reduced to a s ate of p a ii callavry of the w rst kind obi g d tw wurk for rna-st rs who are und r no cos-res ponding obligation to piovide fir their wants Sir, this, sta e of things in England is sub versive ol all ihe ends ol just govenm--:it Their woik-houses are crow led to over:v, mg ; their home prisons and their convict r Captuc es ub oa lare p op'e 1 with the n;iv r able results of their domestic serfdom. Tli-' end f ail g ivenment should be the pi'-m - lion of human happiness, the -elevation id humaii nature ; and a lepubiican govesii ment is b-t calculated to realize tin se re sults. The isue in the. coining strni'g e. disguise it as you may, is between kins ;nd republicans; and, in my judgment, has com ineii ed, io the amicable s'lujle u w gomj on for British or Ameiican ac udency on the ocean. Hie national sensibilities on 3 both sides are keenly awakered aud excited with reiereuee to the corte-t. For my prt. I desire the ascendency of repub ican prin ciples. Ml kii.gs are alike to me. 1 desne the ascendency of my country over all oth eis 1 desi e. fiom my heart, success ia this oitraniic struggle for supremacy i n th ocean. 1 desire to se the trid. nt ol the seas wrench ed hum the tenacious grasp of tl.at haughty an i kingly empin not for the purpose, of ambitious .extension not to tyrannize or dictate, in the Sj irit of an in"teim (idling propagan iism : but io hasten the time w hen thesword shall no hmy.r be the at biter of j n; 1 1 iifl I lit-. Hi! tns l'i'aiel-iil-iir.r-. ' i ! notijiial disputes o this Uenublic, . .o w gfus of our iust'utious a - w Muiui i vin ; U hen the Unite.i States shall bec inf the i most prwerful of ail tho. nations .-of the i lobe, then T believe the time will have -ar-1 nv.-d uhen the principles of right ,eas oi l lllim;iMIV finri ft (:i rU'Oinlir va il t-ir -rti their natural and sum r.or T;,wer in ra .k:n?l war' no longer the last rtsoit f-r the set ! ment of national quai rels. If we shall then presume to dictaie, we will dictate Peace as the soveietfiii law of ail. nations and TFar as the iohition of that .univeisal. law. If am bi ion for the ascendency of my cyun'ry for such a purpose be censurable. I invoke the censure it meiits : but b fore the world I declare this to be the spin; of my ambition.. "Commodore Stockton wa3 here last week from hisVifginia arold mines, but has returned to New Jersey to fix up his house held for a Congressional cruise. R ly upou it, he will navigate as fearlessly and sncc-ss-fuilyiupon the Senate's ocean of politics,dip!o macy, oratory, and ability, as he has done upon God's ocean with a triumphant Amer ican squadron under his naval commissioa. There is a higher destiny for Stockton than the Senate He possesses ali the great quali ties of Jackson; and he wouid make a bold splendid, dashing President."- N. Y.Htrald. Western Hoo Trade At the cbse ol last wtek, about 30,0;J0 hogs had been slaughtered at Louisville, and pr ces were st aUy at $4 40 a 81 5 J neC Larga sales were making in Suelby county, Ky., last week at $3 25 a 83 50 gross, and in Owen county at 83 10. h;s nerst enhon therp. w ill be the coruiamy m UiJLICAN "AND PATRIOT. GOLBSB0RO H. C. T2IU RSDAF , DE. 18, 1851. Fire at Rale!? h. , We-ltafn from nnrexlra of the lalergh Star that Ralcish was visited on Sunday night last by a destructive fire. It was dis covered, about 12 o'clock in the shoe store of - Mr:'Bcpkins' on '.FayetteviHc" street, next to the Post Office.- A The fire progressed in bot t directions, burning down "tho" Post Offico, and Mr. FentresV store and icsiifence j' in that direction it Was stopped by blowing up the stoie .house of Col. Roulhac. In tho otber Cireciion, we Diieve an uie uunuing on the square were consumed, including the fine store-lions' on the corner, owned by Richard Smith, Esq., and occupied by stores l..j I.mi o.rl-iVi. ; ntTlite fsf ihp ISftilnnl Troi, ranee Companies, ard of theTelegraph above. The uco Is in the stoies, the books of the In surance Compahie?, and the papers and books of th Post Office vtrc saved. The joss is es;imaied at $&v000 The Star states that had the pump t n the -opposite corner been in good order, the fire could have been watsr. . ' The Cajiiuiittces. Mr. G oge S. Houtton, of .Alabama, has been placed. b' the Speaker of the House, of Representatives, at the head of the commit tee i f Ways and Means. Th is is the most important post in the Hotisr, and 1 was once occupied laft session by Gen. Baily cf Vir L'itiia.who declined it the present sess.on. Mr. David L Seymour, tf N. V., is Chairman of the committee on Commerce, Mr. Edsoa B. Olds, of Ohio, -on , Post GtiK'es -and Post Hoads, Mr. James X. McLaoahan of Pa , of the .Judiciary Com.nittee, Mr. Bui t, of S. O., on Military AiTaiis, Mr. F. .P. Stanton, of Tennessee, on Naval AfTaits, and Mr. Bayly of Va., on Foreign Affai s. Mr. Ashe, of i th.s State, i-s a member of the committee of-' Elec ions, and of Expenditures in the State Dt'pirtment, Mr. Daniel, Chairman of the co-nmitltee on Claims, Mr Vcnable, a ifiem1 ber of the Judiciary committee, Mr. Stnnly Qf the committee on Ways and Means. Mr. ' Ciioernan of ihe committee on Territories r Mr. Dockery, of t!ie committee on Agricul-' lure, Mr. Cddwell, of the committee on Indi an AfF.iis, Mr. Morehead,f the committee on .Public Exp-ndituri'S, and Mr. Outlaw, of the committee on ihe ih's'rict of Columbia, and Expenditures on Public Buildings. . Masonic The Grand Lodge of North Caiolir a, held i:s annual meeting in RaUigh, h. ginning on tiie 1st and adjourning on the 5t!i iufa;,t. A full representation it is sta'ed w is present, and the session was interesting and harmonious. The following', officers were elected for tbe ensuing year: Alonzo T. J -tl:ifis, Or ind' ilastf r ; Luke Blackmer, of Salisbury, G aud Senior Warden ; James , E Allen, Grand Junior VTarden ; William T. Bam, Raleigh, Grand Secretary, and 0, W. D. Ilutchiiis, of Raleigh, Grand Treas urer. ' The M. W. Grand Master made thefol . lowing appointments, vz: Cyrus P. .Men-tb-nhall. Bep G M.; Rev. J. M. C. Break er. Cr::udai:i ; Jos. Green, Sen. Deacon ; ji. II. S!nly,Jun. Beacon ; James T Marriott, Steward; M. A. Outten, Marshal ; R. W. Taylor, Sword-bearer ; P. H. Winston Pursuivant, and Jarnes S. Terrell, Tyler. Virginia- Ilectiou. Full return have not yet been receivrd . fr jci the late election inVirginia.but enough i4l..,mi...1 ..: I-..L-:.' . i . j" -J'-jr ua .u assen.ng tne eicc nun ui ine u. inucratic acate ticwet, Dy pro bably 10 1.000 'majority Both branches of the Legislature will contain a Democratic majority This was the first election tinder tne new Constitution, and may be consider ed as fixing tiie political character of the State fur the future. Virginia still adheres unwaveringly to the Dernocra'ic faith. Our readers will perceive that the resolu- tion we'euniog Kossuth has passr-d bolh . Houses of (Jor.giess It was driven through i me iionse oi jtepieseniatives oy tne power , ' ft, ; - o the "pn vious question," without debate. Theiinner given -Kossuth by the Press came . off oa Monday evening last, -and is u have m( briHiant,effori. The ?',eedl Mien d bv Kossuth' oh the occasion will be read with more interest, and attract more attention, than any that has preceded it. ; - - ".' Mr. Thrasher. A meeting was held in New Orleans rn the evening of the I3ihit'8t.r which was immensely attended, and at which great excitement prevailed. A series of re sdutions were adopted calling upon the' General Govcrnm-nt to demand the instant release of Mr. J. S. Thrasher. Em husias-i tic speeches w ere made by both Whigs and Democrats,, and the meeting was frequently intejrup'e 1 by the cries of "war," Vwar." &c. The resolutions were directed to be forward ed to the President of the United States, and the -presiding -officers ;of both Houses of Congress. C The annual meeting of the member5 of the NorthCarolina Mutual Fire Insurance Company will be held tn Raleigh on the 1 3th oi January next, at which t me a Board of Directors for the ensuing year will be elected Kentucky. -The Legislature of the State has eh-cted Wm. Thompson to the United States Senate. , I D
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