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PtLIXIfAL NOTICE.
R. W. JOHNSON, Democratic Nominee for
Congress, will address the people, at the placet
and tune* indicated in the following Schedule, at
the hour of 10 A.M. The Democratic papers
M ■ throughout the State are respectfully requested to
publish this notice until the 19th July, 1851.
Psaarnux, Paaar county, Monday, 16th June.
Dwawto, Conway county, Tuesday 17th June.
Doraa, Pont county, Thursday, 19th June.
Daryu, Yrix county, Satuedat, 21st June.
Clabjuyiljx, Johnson county, Tuesday, 24th June.
Oxase, Feakeun county, Wednesday, 25th June.
Van Beans, CaAwroao ct’y, Saturday, 28th June.
Pear Barra, Scsastun ct*y, Monday, 30th June.
Fayetteville, Wanminoton ct*y, Psiuay, 4tb July.
Bentonville, Bbnton county, Saturday 5th July.
Huntsville, Madwon county, Monday 7th-July.
Caseolton, Cansoix county, Wxd’day 9th July.
jAStca, Newton county, Thursday 10th July.
Lbsanon, Sea act county, Saturday 13th July.
Cumton, Van Buanncounty, Monday 14th July.
Limn Rocn, Pulaski county, Saturday 19th July.
Little Rock, Mag 25, 1851.
Messrs. Editor* :—I enclose you a schedule of ap
pointments which please publish with a request
thst it may also be published by all other Jour
nals of the State..
I trill endeavor to fill these appointments, and
addzsas my fellow citisenaat each place specified,
at the hour of 10, A. M. if convenient for them.
It will be perceived that my appointments em
brace very nearly the whole of the West and
North-west part of the State, it is impossible in
the time allowed me to visit the whole Stale. Af
ter lUpg the last appointment now made, to wit:
at trttle Rock on the I9th of July. 1 will set out
i remediate! y and visit such part of the State as may
then be deemed necessary.
I am sirs respectfully yours,
R. W.JOHN8CN.
The Boot •• the Wrong Leg.
Prom the title of “the Whig” and the hitherto
“rantankerouA” whiggety of its editor, we had ex
pected to find it directly in opposition to us upon
all questions of party organisation or public policy,
but we were agreeably surprised to notice in a por
tion of the inaugural address of the editor, that
he classified the two great parties precisely as we
ourselves have always considered them. We
welcomed him as an opponent and now we hail
him joyfully as an ally. The expressions alluded
to are the following, the italics are our own.
" The two parties which arose anu organized
during the formation and moulding of the Federal
Constitution in the Convention, were both in favor
of the Union, and advocated the moral dignity and
unity of the nation, as a whole.”
The one, the federal whig pnrtg, unfortunately
contended for a more centralised and powerfully
consolidated government, • • • the qther, the
democratic rcpiMean party, (the party which has
ever stood by the Constitution in its letter and its
spirit,) exhibited a proper jealously for the " Inde
pendence of the State sovereignties, as they had
originally in the declaration itself insisted upon
the inviolability of individual rights.”
■old hard there neighbor, every body knows, or
onght to Know, that the old federal tchig party al
ways advocated a centralisation of power; that is,
they wished to arrange It so that the Government
could do aa it pleased and be shore tbe reach of
the people themselves, and every one is equally
aware that the democratic party was in tbe begin
ning, is now and ever will be, tae State right*, Con
vuiaiii mi party.
Dent Meal any more of our thunder, and put on
out boot* after that fashion or we shall be jealous,
for yon will commence to crawl into the affections
of Mr constituents by being mistaken for a good
democrat; but we caution you that if you throw
any mom bricks like that, the wbiggies will begin
to Ay off from you. It is true that they are not
very particular about principles, but argue gener
ally upon the plan of the old Maryland lawyer,
“admit nothing, and leave all to the proof." but
- Siane of late they have possessed a very Protean
posset of being "sometimes pig and sometimes pup
py,** whenever the proof was brought, they would
plead aa eMi. They seem to be very scary too
at times, and fearto be eiposed; you may however
generally detect them disguised in Ihe cast off
measures of democracy; they arc very easily
found out whenever there are any “spoils" to
b« had, for they am as hungry as wolves, after the
“ loaves and fishes,” and growl and gobble and
grambln, even for oompouad interest, and then
they all fall out and abase each other like reel
CTThrough the kind attention of the Hon.
Wn. K. Sebastian, are have been furnished with |
copses of decisions in the U. 8. Supreme Court,
in whieh the State of Arkansas was interested.
Several articles intended for to day's paper
have been crowded out and forced to lie over till
nest week-^ _
fOT Jeane Adams, Esq., of the Mail steamer
■■tty, has our thanks for ike latest New Orleans
d*Thanks to Mr. Charles Rapley for the latest
New Orleans papers.
. Darnel A Dickson, late UA Senator
Tort State, in spoken of in some of the
papas far the Pmanleney of the United
grTweef gamma's slaver, elephants died on
i ftvsn Ceylon to New York.
§1
wessmes—^fm
Tho loitk Caratib« cmitmioi.
Far the information of oar readava, we publish
to-day the fall proceeding* of the Convention of
delegate* from the Southern right* Association* of
South Carolina, with the oOdrros and resolution#
unanimously adopted bp that body. We have not
now room for extended comment* upon tbe impor
tant aubject of this addreaa and must, for the pres
ent, content ourselves with commending it to the
serious consideration of every well wisher to the
l:nion, the Constitution and to State rights.
The ultimate effect of the contemplated move
ment of South Carolina upon tbe interests end Wel
lard of all her sister States, the importance of the
principles involved in the doctrines asserted by the
Convention, and the impending crisis in the affairs
of the Republic deserve the attention of every eiti
xen.
Tbe addreaa of the Convention may, from the cir
cumstances attending it, be taken for an expression
of the determination of tbe popular Convention,
of tho State hereaiter to be assembled U will be
read with interest and should be pondered upon
witl careful and unprejudiced candor. It ex
presses the intention of the people of South Caro
lina to resort to secession only as an extreme meas
ure and their willingness first to avail themselves
of any and every other practicable mode of avoid
ing the deprecated evils to Southern rights. It
appeals to the other Southern States, to awaken
to a true sense of the danger which threatens them
as equal and sovereign unities of a free confed
eracy.
It will be seen faun the abstract of the proceed
ings of the Convention, that some of the most dis
tinguished men of the State oppbsed any immedi
ate separate -State action, and advised tl.c return
to and reliance upon the “ old principle*," by
which “the democratic party, under the guidance
of Jefferson in 1798, saved the South from the am
bition and toils of Federalism.” This sentiment
of the venerable Ldhgdon Chceves should have
much weight with every Southern Republican.—
It is now time for seriods reflection and stern de
termination upon these subjects.
We will endeavor next week to present our
readers with the prominent facts connected with
the often alluded to crisis of 1798, and let them
judge for themselves, for they alone have the right
to judge, whether the government lias assumed or
shall hereafter assume to itself powers which can
of right be exercised onlyby the States themse Ives.
Progression.
Among the acts adopted by the recent Legisla
ture of Michigan was one abolishing all laws for
tbe collection of debt. Michigan has now in force
must of the National Reform measures. No land
limitation law has yet been enacted, although tbe
homestead has long been exempted. A number of
mercantile firms and dealer* is Kalamazoo, since
the adoption of the law relating to debt, have an
nounced their intentiok of publishing the names
of all delinquents, “being well convinced, (as
they say) that no man of good intentions and hon
orable principles will allow himself to be thus pos
ted before his neighbors and fellow citizens.” If
such a law were adopted among us, it would, we
think, be beneficial to all concerned. Every one
at all acquainted with legal proceedings in this
State must know bow difficult it is to collect
debts even by execution. If the laws for the col
lection of debt were abolished, ail such transac
tions would become affairs of honor, and only those
who are deserving, would become debtors. Thus
the present abused credit system would be placed
upon a more substantial and reliable basis.
The New Cot*.
We were presented, a few dajrs since, with one
j of therew three cent pieces. Iris a beautiful lit
tle coin, rather smaller and much lighter than a
half dime—and looks like silver. On one side it
is circled by the words " United States of America,
1851,” with a single star filling the centre, on
which is the usual representation of the shield.—
On the reverse side is the circle of thirteen stars,
with a large C. enclosing III. Under the cheap
postage system, which commences the 1st July, it
will become very useful.
The true Drmorrary of the North have not for
gotten their principles, but still adhere to the Con
stitution in spite of the furious fanaticism which
roars around them. The Boston Post, a sterling
itemaemiic paper, thus defines its position:
" We go for sustaining the Compromise as a
whole, at this crisis, and wou.d support no man ,
for office who would disturb it by further agitation
of the slavery question in the next Congress."
The irksnaai Whig.
This new paper, after several convulsive throes
betokening the event, was issued into existence on
Thursday morning Mfet. It is a beautifully print
ed sheet, and is edited by ft. C. Farrelly, Esq., of
this city. We wetcouie the Whig to the field of
fair and deliberate disc mama of principles, a con
test in which the right must ever be victorious,
where
Truth, crushed to earth will rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers;
But Error wounded writhes in pain,
And dies amid her worshippers.
The iiot Springs of Arkansas.
With a party of twelve ladies and gentlemen of
thi* city, we have just returned Iroin a delightful
trip to these celebrated waters. Through green
forests over good road and crystal streams, gladden
ed by the songs of birds or the musical laugh of
girls, we went ahead joyously. Pic-uic-ing by the
road side at some cool springs contributed much to
the pleasure of the party, especially wheie every
thing iu the wsy of refreshment*, that could lie
desired were abundantly provided. When we
reachej the Springs, we were met with every kind
ness and attention, by Mosers. SU-dliam and War
ren, at whose lintel wc stopped, nud we com
menced this paragraph to express our sense of their
kindness and liberality and for the rest of the
company to make a warm acknowledgment of the
cotnfort and agreeable accommodation afforded by
these gentlemen. We commend most cordially to
every visitor to these Springs, the Hotel of Me srs.
Stedhaui and Warren as one of extraordinary ex
cellence for the remotemw of its location, enhanced
aa it m, by the gentlemanly bearing and accommo
dating spirit of the proprietors.
gj'The Arkansas Wn% calls the doctrine oi;
revolution •'JnmnaUr.” That is exactly the thing
neighbor.. That is good wluggerv, the most letter
enemy of freedom could not have used a stronger
epithet; it is precisely the language, the very words
of thu old blue light federalists, who sided with the
British in 1812, and have been warring against the
Constitution and equal rights ever since.
Honesty.
The surviving partner of a mercantile house in ]
Virginia, who waa indebted to a merchant nft’hiia
delphia, to the amount of 877 78, thirty-three
years ago, a few days since remitted 8234 IS, be
ing principal and interest, with the assurance that
ho regretted he waa not able to jiay it before.
gj* We were politely invited, n few days ago, to j,
■ample the wuaaa and liquors nt Messrs. Oliver A ,
Co.’s new establishment—corner of Markham and ,
Main streets. We found there an extensive and 1,
well assorted stock of the very best dnnkabtes of j,
jvery description. His variety merita the attention! |
>f housekeepers. 11
T» C*rNtfM<nU>
The communication of our fnend Randolph, 'lid
no* reach u* until long after the meeting of the
Convention—for which reason we still leave it on
our table. We congratulate RanUipk that hia
withes and those of the northern democracy hare
betti realised bjrthe nomination of the Hon. R.
W. Johnaon: we hope he will Hod an overwhelming
majority in that truly democratic section of the
State, and thus may we vindicate the unity of the
party, and our determination not to abandon our
rights as Southern freemen. We will always wel
come Randolph, to our columns.
The letter of R. W. Ellis, R»|., has been received,
and will be published in our next.
DatAwr.a is on our table, we will publish the
paetu part of it soon.
Col. Johnaonv*'Appointments.
We publish to-day in another column, a list of
the appointments of the lion. R. W. Johnson, fife
candidate for Congress, nominated by the State
Democratic Convention. They embrace the Wea
ten and North-Western counties of the State and
will occupy him until toward the latter part of
July, when he declares his readiness to attend
wherever else it may l>e necessary Sir the advance
ment of the cause and of those principles of which
ho is the chosen advocate and exponent. We feel
well assured that the Democracy will give him a
hearty greeting and a full attendance at all the
places he has appointed. We promise there that
they will have no cause to regret their efforts in
Ins behalf. He is an able speaker and fully com
petent to elucidate the principles of his'paity and
to explain and maintain his position upon the ex ■
citing subjects of present political controversy.—
We hope every democrat will turn out and hear
him. It will be seen that he requests the publi
cation of his list of appointments l>y all the pa
pers in the State.
Estrny Notices.
We publish to-day the list of estray notices re
ceived during the past month. As many inquiries
have been made with regard to their publication,
we refer those interested to the 25th chapter of the
Digest of the Statutes, secs. 14 and 21.
The price at which we have agreed to publish
them is thirty-one cents for each estray, but unless
accompanied by the cash, post paul, they will not
be inserted. , This regulation is necessary both for
ourselves and the clerks of the several counties.
The Census ofTexnr.
The Galveston News has received from a L'.S.
officer the result of alt the returns of the census,
as far as they have yet come in. These returns
embrace all the counties of the State, except the
following, namely: Galveston. Cameron, Starr,
Webb, Wharton, Fannin, Grayson, Benton, Cwk
and Collin. The total of white population of the
counties returned is 131,925, and of slaves 52,
145. 35,000 is probably a moderate estimate for
the white population of the countiesabove named,
and 10,000 for the slave population. This would
make the total white population of the State, in
round numbers, 168,000, and the slaves 62,000,
By adding three-fifths of the slaves, namely, 37,
000, to the number 168,000, we have, says the
News, 205,000 as our population entitled to repre
sentation in Congress, which will secure to us two
members in the lower house.
What Will Come Next.
The whig press throughout the State are very
indignant because the State democratic convention
dared to nominate a candidate so quietly and unan
imously. They think it a perfect outrage too that
the democrats should have selected for theif
nominee a gentleman who in spite of oposition,
has always led them to victory. «*Tbe whig wire
workers are “ in a precarious quandary.” They
seem not yet to have make up their tnind whether
to enter for the race or to abandon it. The Wash
ington Telegraph and Arkansas Whig of this place,
call upon Col. John Preston of Helena, to make
a martyr of himself, the .Southern Shield, like the
boy squirting dirty water at the sun, is content to
make potty dings at the democratic candidate, (tar
ty and press, nud all good iuen and good things hi
general.
The only objections that even these Journals offer
to Col. Johnson, our nominee, is that he is mUm
ocrut, and an advocate of Stale Rights. Of course
then their candidate must possess quite opposite
qualifications. Ho roust be an anb-Democrat and
an imii-ritate Bights man, or in other words a Fko
kramst and a Frkksoilm. We confess that we
should regret to know thnt a randnlate thus qual
ified could l>e found within the borders of the
.Sta'e, if one be brought out by the calls clou r whig
opponents, it will be an insult to the good sense
and patriotism of our citizens, and will cause
them to assert at the |ki11s their contempt for Fed
eralism, their hatred of Freesoilism and their de
termination to make for themselves the laws by
which they are to be governed. The consequence
must be an unprecedented majority for the dem
ocratic nominee.
Ij Jno. W. Walker, Esq., is elected School
Commissioner, for Town 1, North 12 West, and
James B. Keatts, Esq., for Town l, N. 11 West.
IT There is to be a Quarterly Meeting at the M.
E. Church, in Pine Bluffs, on Saturday and Sun
day, the 7th anil 8th of J one next.
|p' III Russia, Ule caudles used in the mines are
made of tallow mixed with jiowdered charcoal,
which is found to increase the intensity of the light.
|p‘ In the city of Home, which contains 170,381
inhabitants, there ate 34 Bishops, 1,210 Secular
Priests, 1,892 regular Priests, and 1C7 -Monks.
|p■ The Supreme Court of Missouri has decided
that the law of the State for licensing and taxing
merchant* a unconstitutional.
O' Advices from Santa Peto the 1st April state
that the Aparhas have been very troublesome; but a
treaty of amity had been effected with them through
their chief Chaicon, by which he bound himself to
keep the peace on penalty of forfeiting Ins head.
O The number of Germans in the State of Wis
consin is estimated at 100,000, out of a_population
of 290,000 souls. %
(p It is said that Mrs. Porrest has determined to
appear on the stage next fall.
tj* The robbery of a house by the elorofnnn pro
cess was committed at Cincinnati last week.
Xj Two new large tobacco warehouses are about
being opened at Louisville, Ky.
XT A large meeting was held in Washington
L'lty on the evening of the 7th, at which it was
unanimously voted that all officers of the Cofpora
;ion be hereafter elected by the people. Further,
t was resolved that measures be taken to bring ihe
lubject before the whole people, to be decided at
he ballot box in the month of J use.
The Rev. Pr, L’Homnie, who his been appointed
Administrator of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bal
imore, during the see has addressed a circular to
he parochial clergy, officially announcing the
leath of the Archbishop, and reminiding them of
bcit duty ;to offer up fervent prayers for him to
he throne of mercy, and the sacrifice of Maas,
ind that ss soon as the rules of the Church will
lennit, a solemn funetal service be performed in
ill the church*-* in which it may be practicable.
The Nomination.
| Wp h«re merer known a nomination rvceiv.-d
with so much general satisfaction qa that of the
Hon. K. W. Johnson. He ha? won for himself the
confidence and admiration of the democracy and
the respect of bia opponents at home and abroad.
Hia course ha* hitherto beta marked with exem
plary consistency in his derotion to the interests ot
his constituents and bin fidelity to the principles ot
his party. Democrats may well he proud o( him
as their Representative. To the whig* his norni
nation was the death kadi of all their ho|»es tc
profit by apparent dUsr:nti»ns in the detnoeratir
ranks and to elect a Congressman from their owr
From every portion of this mid the ndjnimtt|
.States, we have received intelligence of the satis
i faction and delight with which the people lisil th
| re-nomination of Col. Johnson. With so well 1 nc<
and faithful a standard bearer, the Democracy u
Arkansas need but do their duty and they will re
main ever victorious.
We publish below a few of the many extract:
we might make upon the subject of the nomination
From thr {Hrlnut) Hullttin.
“ On our first page will be seen the full proceed
inga of the Democratic State Convention, held a
Little Rock on the 28th ult. We rarely see i
higher compliment paid by any State or people U
a public functionary, than that which Robert W
Johnson has received from the Democracy of At
kansas. It ia not uncommon for a State to re
nominate a faithful public servant to be returner
to Congress: but in the face of a positive decliua
tion, without concert, and by the spontaneous at;
turn of the people, in opposition to worthy com
petitors, for Robert W. Johnson to be thus prefer
red, is, to him, highly complimentary as it is truly
deserved—it is one which he will not fail toapnre
ciate with just pride. It is an endorsement of hi:
! bold and manly course, such as cannot tie imstakei
at home, and will send abroad an influence lha
will be felt in the halls of Congress. Wc rejoicr
at it—not at the disparagement of the claims o:
others, but that we know the champion we hav*
chosen will bear our standard aloft in the *' battle
and, the breesc ” honorably and faithfully. The
convention made no dec 1: ration of its princi
pies—none was needed—tbe Democraev wear thei
ancient armor, and arc ready for tbe conflict. Shu I
we have
“ That true joy which, warriors feel
In foe-men worthy of their steel 7”
If so, let the whigs pick out their champion—wt
invite them to the tray. A bold discussion is now
going on in Mississippi, Tennessee, and tbe othei
States of the South. Let it come in Arkansas—I
us discuss this question which threatens the dis
ruptmn of the Union, and not leave it a cursei
j legacy to out children.
From tkr
The Democracy of Arkansas.
The Democratic State Convention of Arkansas
| which assembled at Little Rock on the 28th ult.
! nominated for Congress, the Hon. Robert W. John
! son. This was done notwithstanding his repeat**
j declarations that he did not desire a re-election
! Mr. Johnson was ultra in his position on the ques
tion of southern rights. He wared zealously agains
the Compromise fraud—standing shoulder toshoul
derwith Davis, Thompson, Brown, McWillie am
Fcatherston, of this State, in battling against tin
foes of Southern institutions. The Democracy o
Arkansas have witnessed his course, and approvi
it; and they are not willing that he should retin
i from public, life without manifesting, in a signa
| manner, to him and to our Northern oppressors
| their approbation of his course. We are gratific
i at this demonstration. It shows that the sterling
I Democracy of Arkansas will not, as the Submissioi
j Whigs would have Mississippi do, strike down tin
! deft nders of Southern institutions. We look for
ward, with confidence to the triumph of Col. Johu
son, and the vindication, by his old constituents
of his patriotic course in Congress.
Massechuselts.
The Boston Post says that the anti-coalitior
i democrats in the Second District will hold *
Conveutiou to nominate a new Democratic candi
| date for Congress, in place of Robert Rantoul, tin
: former nominee, who has gone over to the Freesoil
| era. This is a good sign of the times, and it is urn
the only one that Massachusetts exhibits. The
! Boston Courier declares that tbe Whigs of Massa
j chusetts, if they wish to succeed, must take the
position of opposition to the repeal or modification
of the Fugitive Slave law. The Post contains n
; long article on the Democracy of Massachusetts,
in which it ia asserted that they must come out oj
their present position of allies to the Frecsoilers,
or they will no longer be considered part and parcel
of the National Democratic Party.
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IT The books of the Mormons are to be exhibited
at the World’s Fair in the English, French and Dan
ish languages. They have been translated and
printer! by Mormon Missionaries in those countries.
The Mormons boast of their unparalleled success
in making converts in different countries in Europe.
IT The Mexican Minister, Senor Rosas, in pur
suance of a notice to our Government, given when
Mr. Buchanan was Secretary of State, that Mexico
would claim any part of the amount of the in
denmity allowed to our eitiseus which should
be proved not to be due, lias prepared a dis
patch, it is said, lor this Government, claiming
for Mexico the sum of ttfi.tNXt, which is left out
of the three and a quarter millions agreed, by the
Mexican treaty, to be paid for the injuries done to
the persons and property of our citizens by the
Mexican authorities. "l'
Consumption of Water in Large Cities.
| Twenty-eight gallons of water is a large allow
i ance for each person. In Boston the water is
; wasted; the amount'used each day is six millions
| of gallons, or forty-two gallons to each person.
; The Mormons nod the Pacific Railroad.
The " iSt Louis Kcpublicau" notices a report
that the Mormon residents of the Salt Lake Valley
I will make, a proposition to Congress, through their
delegate at Washington, to construct the Pacific
railroad from Salt Lake City to the Pacific Ocean,
: if the United States Government wiil build the
road over the intermediate road between Missouri
' and the Salt Lake connection.
IT There are said to be l00,0iXt applicants for
bounty lands wasting their time at the land office
j in Washington ! Applications have gone in at the
rate of from four hundred to fifteen hundreds day.
IT The New York Herald states that Chief J as
tice Sharkey, of Mississippi, and Mr. Peuingtoa,
of New Jersey, have beeu app enled to the two
] c.iintmssionefships in CaUtforrua.
ST A deputation, headed by Lord Ashley, n ailed
j upon the Archbishop of Canterbury, on the lath
; ult., for the purpose of presenting an icklicss to his
Grace, signed by 539,860clerical and lay members
of the church of Kogland, on the subject of Papai
aggression. .
(5 The smuggling operations on the California
coast have got to exceed those on the Canady line
—and that issayiug a good deal. Whether one de
partment is made use of to cheat another is not
j quite certain. The government has no advices,
i other than what the newspapers contain, as to the
pratice of imuggbng hue goods through the mail
bagi. Whether the revenue officers have a right
; to arrest the United States mail w a question —
Hut hereafter il will oe necessary to send along
with the mails to California a few extra revenue
inspectors, as welt as mail agent*.
IT The people of Wisconsin ‘pawn'd a law, in
March last, which relieve* the sect known aa tbv
•'fieveiith Day Hapi.os" from the usual legal lia
bilities of the Sabbath. -t—
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The SoaMi Ctrolina .Vittllrra Rights Cun
units*.
Tii*'. our reader* may be fully ported up in re
j lation tothe ptogtess of affair* m South Carolina,
we condense below the pweedincs of tl*» South,
era Right* Convention now In »s*mii at Ofcarle*
i ton. They wiH be- read with great interest since
j the distinct untie now before that body m th< w
I mediate STession of the State. We have tu fore
j (riven the telegraphic report ef the first day’* pro
ceedings. which embraced tin- address of the Presi
dent oftlie avsetubif and the preliminary steps of
organisation. It w il I _ be remembered ' that tlie
speech of the presiding officer was rather in jre unit •
' derate in tone than had been expected.
On the second day, Mr. J no l». Wright of Lan
I renv stibmuted the following preamble ami rtWO
j Intions, which w -re reierted to the Standing Com
I Biiltee •
Whereas a crisis has arrived in the his*orv of
our country, calling for soim decisive action on the
I fart of the friends of the South :
; 1. Rrrnltei, That conciliation i* a virtue, and
j co-operation desiiaUi*- ; but that, if need be. sep
i arate State action is the iightful remedy, to which,
or to any effectual measure cf resistance by the
Constitutional Convention wc pledge our all.
2. Rrmtvr't, That more iffectually to secure
the co-operation desired, a State Southern Rights
Association be organised by this Convention, to be
composed of lMe> iten from each Association in
this state, which shall meet semi annually at Co
lumbia.
It. Rrankrd, That each Southern Rights Asso
ciation in the State lit; requested to call a meeting
of their members a* early as practicable, awl ns
: certain the name and number of members over the
age 17 and under 42, and all over the age of to,
and beep a roll of the same separately, to be re
ported to the State association semi-annually.
4. Ret>’red. That the President of this Con
vention appoint a committee of-, to prepare
an address to the Southern Rights Associations of
the other States, inviting them to meet in in Cbn
vention at-, on the-day of
By Hon. J. L. Orr, of Anderson :
Remtved, That the State Convention called at
• the late session of the Legislature of South Caro
lina in our opinion should be assembled by order
of the next Legislature; that we have implicit
confidence in the wisdom, fidelity, and patriotism
of the delegates elect, and pledge ourselves lo
sustain the final action of the Convention i and
j that we consider it inex|iedient to indicate or sug
gest to the members thereof, the mode and measure
| of redress for the many grievances inflicted on us
by the Federal Government.
Gen. J. I). Alien, of Ram well submitted a pre
• amble and resolutions ; which, without being read,
] were referred lo the Committee.
By Mr. McCall, of Fairfield :
| Rrmtroi, That in the opinion of this meeting
! the right of a State to secede is not an open quea
■ lion.
Remdtrd, That in the opinion of the meeting
I the State Convention should take decisive action
| on the question before the final adjournment.
I Mr. Price, of Cerseaw submitted resolutions,
which, without being read were referred.
! By Mr. Manigault, of Prince George Winyalt:
Hrmlrtd, That although the co-operation of the
neighboring States be desirable, it is not indespen
\ Bible for our relief from the burdens of a usurping
and tyramcal Government.
By Mr. Edmond Blunt, from SU Helena Associ
ation.
Rerouted, That in the opinion of this Convi n
tion, the institutions of South Caralma are uo
longer safe under the Constitution, uor in the
‘ Union.
2. That the concert of the Southern Stales in
any systematic and decisive resistance to the power
of the General Uovemneut has been hitherto
: sought in vain.
3. That the only effective call upon the South
must be by the appeal of a practicable issue.
That the committee to whom these resolutions
are referred, be instructed in the , ame of the Con
vention to memorialize the Legislature of the
State to convene the State Convention at the
i earliest (>eriod practical after the 1st of February,
! 1852, for the purpose of declaring South Caroliua
1 and independent State.
At the afternoon session a letter was read from
lion. Langdon Chevcs. He states his regret that
, pressing engagement* of a private nature detained
j him at home. He repeated his general views of
grievances of the Sou1h and of the subversion of
the Constitution of the United States. He, how
i ever, was opposed to the secession of South Car
olina without the concurrent actiou of other
[ Southern States. After depreciating the fatal in
difference of the South to the inroads upon her
jrigets and honor he remarks:
“She will lie wrong, however, in ray pooropin
j ion, if she separate alone from them in her rnea
1 sure of resistance. But it may Ik; said they have not
i proposed to do what the honor and interest of all
1 require to lie done to redeem the character and to
i sustain the rights of the South. It is most true
1 and deeply to be lamented: but we are but one
member of this large family, and have no right to
I dictate authoritatively to the other members of the
family. We must wait upon them, and entreat
I them to move. We must look with forbearance
| on th< tr tardiness:
"IK to weir nuts a utile wind,
Be to their virtues very kind.”
I As to the {iast.
He thinks the reliance of the South must be
mainly upon the democracy, it once saved Ute
! South, under Jefferson, m 17;h, from the toils of
FederaliMB. Says, Mr. Cli|v«s :
“ We now contend aenins4 the same people, but
with these differences: The leading Kcdcraliats
i were then high, honorable, able men, who were
I ambitious to govern you, but whose ambition was
I noble, and. therefore, scarce a crime, though dan
i generous to the true principles of our Union.—
These men have gone down to the grave, or have
: been proscribed and discorded bv their unworthy
associates, wen with more than their ambition, but
I none of their virtues or talents. The great object of
the old Fed< rahsts was strong, but honest. Govern -
: nieiil. That of their successors, is an anarciual
! tyranny, regardless of the provisions of the Cou
j stitution fox the-security of Southern rights, and
j animated by the principles of abolition, aud the
phrenay of fanaticism. Let the Democratic {tarty,
! then, which rallied under the wise guidance and
foresight of Ji ff- Won, and saved the South, again
put fonaff its .strength. It embraces the groat
power of the Southern States. Even the whigs of
the South are Democrat*, though in a false posi
tion, in which accident has placed them, and free
ofthat, they will appear under their old flag. The
whig party is now no longer that of which they
were members. It was a party founded on the
details of the politics ol the day, on the compara
tively small mensures of the moment, aud upon
i the candidates for Federal offices. The present
i moment is one of life or death to the South, aud
that party is now contending for these old objects,
I hut to conquer tl,e South and to abolish her most
important aud valuable institutions. If there art
j whigs at the South who will still adhere to them,
j they arc few and can lie spared. We shall be
: itrong enough, iftrue to ourselves without them.
It is only necessary that the Democratic party act
j vigorously, tcaiously, and perseveringlv, and the
principle* of the south will he triumphant. If we
I have souls in our bosoms, can it be otherwise !
“ The consummation so devoutly wished may not
he accomplished in a day or a year ; but let the
pally of the South persevere, and the result is in
j evitable. Phis wilt be true of Virginia and Geor
gia, as well as of other States. Let no one be
lieve that the recent acts of these States truly ex
. press the will and determination of the pc pie of
these States. They will take new counsel, and
finally be governed by the.r old principles. Let
. the question be distinctly put at the polls, to the
[ people, whether they will submit to the present
1 degradation ot the Southern people, aud, I think,
the result is not questionable. The question is
; really one between the South and the North, and
whether we shall be governed absolutely uow and
! forever by a people whose avowed objects are to
; annihilate us V
Mr. Gregg, from the select Cowmiuee of Twen
: ty-one, subnnUed the following resolutions as ex
prevove of the sentiments of the Convention, and
an Address to the Southern Higher Assiauatious of
•Southern Slates:
RESOLUTIONS.
1. RnoUed, That iu the opinion of this utret
ug the State of South Carolina canunt submit to
the wrongs and aggression^ which have been per
petrated by tlic Federal Government and the
Northern Slates, without dishonor aud ruin ; and
that it u necessary fto relieve herself therefrom,
whether with or without the co-operation of other
Soul hern Stale*.
2. Rtmhsfd. That concert of action with one or
more of our sister States of the South, whether
through the proposed Southern Correas, or m
say other manner, is an object worth many sacri
fices. but not the sacrifice involved in xubnusSKtii.
3. Rtj loti. That we hold the right of Secea
aioii to be essential to the sovereignty ami freedom
of the States of this confederacy : and that the de
ii.il of lhat right would furnish tn .in injured suite 1
! the strongest additional cause f,* tts«acr»*a. i
I 3. Rtmirr /, That tht* ir.< • tun loeha •ills eon- i
fitkrn e ami hop* In the convcMion „f the j- p i- ’ ,
u> avert the auvoreig* P™*er of the Stale m i
fence of it* right*, at th. car,*** prar t liable pen d !
ami in the most effectual wano-tj and to il
Legislature, ta adopt the nrnat .*[»»ndy ami eft . ■ ,
al measure* towards Mur same end.
An ariirww to the svvccai Snuthcrn Right- A «,
CiatxM «** then reait ami made, with »!« rcso !
lotion*, the special order far the nett flay. W,
- bar* not room, at present, tot the iliwii, but!
may hereafter publish it. ft dec ares the dartrme
of accession and the dvturtm ltfk»n of South Car
olina to adopt d as aremedy—dipb.n-s the met*- '
sity for its exercise—hut still >« *riHiiik to await
*' the assembling of a Soutnern Con gi ess, tn d,
vise mem-ares of redress and relief, upon which '
siime of tin injur ■ l States may anife,” It c-m -
eludes, ‘ We hate euu>- totin' deliberate con
elusion, th.it if it 1h* our fate to be left alone tn
1 the struggle, altme we must wndica'e our liberty
| by accession.”
.YUxcy Or egg arlni was a member of the Nash-\
ville Convention, is the Chairman of the Commit
tee which reported the above.
ADDRESS.
From thr pflrgotn of tks Saul Arm Ki*kt* ,lt»>
! ruttinnr of StmtJi ( 'mrotmo. a$*rmkirH m ChmrUo- !
ton. to Iks SoiMkrn Kiphii of thr
otkrr S.m'heto Stotr*.
Having iiit; to take counsel together, a.id having
agreed upon that Course which we think it Tit hi
i ami necessary to pursue, w wish to lay before you
the consideration* by winch we have been govern- ,
| ed, with that traukuesa which-our respect for vou
and our desire to merit your good opinion, re
: ijnrre.
We regard the position of the Southern States in
! this Confederacy a* degraded ami ruinous. The
manifest tendency of those systematic aggreaaimv*
! which they have suffered for many years past, is to
subvert the institution ut slavery. If those aits
of hostile domination, which ha\c been rendered
more insulting by mockery of language, under the
term of a Compromise, were final in their nature, (
and were not to be followed by any further aggres
: sions, we should still regard them as outrages, to
I which soveHagB States possosging the spirit ought |
I never to submit. Hut those tat aaurea only form
part of a system, gradually commenced, steadily
earned forward, gathering strengb ftem develop
ment, and proceeding with fatal momentum to its
I end. That i nd is the abolition ot negro slavery
in the Sou?hern State*'and the lowering of Uu fro !
white population of the South to the same level !
witti tha agrarian rabble, which, already strong |
! and dangerous, seems destined, before very long, to j
be the controlling power in the Northern States. ‘
Wt see n i remedy, a yd therefore **e no safety for
! the South in the preuent 1’iuon. But we know 1
: that in this we -differ from very many crttscns of
| the other Southern States, spintad and intelligent,
having the same interests, and suffering under the
same wrongs with ourselves, and who cherish j
the hope tiigt the rights of the South may be j
| vindicated am! secured without dissolving the
! Confederacy. In this difference, it does not be
come us to assume to dictate, amt we Uojie to stand
free from that charge. I p to this time, the citi
! zens of South Carolina, aware that the peculiar - j
i ity of political position, arising from pas* events, j
rendered a certain reserve on their part prudent
and proper, have stiidionsly avoided everything
j which might look like assuming the lead in the de ■ i
fence of Southern Rights. Tliey desired to act,
because they believed that safety and honor re- ,
i|uired action; but they hoped that they might
find leaders in other States, whom they might tol
: low in defence of the common cause. When the
ancient Common wealth of Virginia, the proper
I leader of the South declared her determination to
resist, at all hazards ami to the last extremity boa ’
tile measures then threatened, South Carolina,
with all alacrity, stood ready to support Virginia
in carrying our her resolution. When Georgia,
whose former resistance to Federal usurpation,
under her heroic Statesman, Troup, gave promise of
unflinching-firmness in any contest in which she
might engage—proclaimed her determination to
make a stand for the rights of the South, South
Carolina rejoiced at the prospect of rallying nndej
the banner of Georgia. Ami when her young
and gallant sister, Mississippi, proposed the wise
measure of a Southern Convention, for the purpose .
of endeavoring to unite the Southern States hi (
maintaining their constitutional rights, and at the j
same time preserving, if possible, the existing j
j Union, South Carolina heartily entered into this |
measure ; and she has earned out the recommen
dation of the Convention so assembled at the in
stance of Mississippi, by providing for the election |
of Delegatee to a Southern Connect*, to 'Whose
meeting she still looks with anxious interest.
in all these proceedings, we think that the citi- |
zens ot South Carolina have evinced all pro|w'r
anxiety to avoid the appearance of arrogance or i
dictation, to act in concert, with the citizens of tin
other Southern State*, and to do nothing separately
or precipitately. And now, strongly as we have
| expressed our belief that .here is no hope for the
i South in the existing Union, we are prepared to
give a triai, fairly and in good faith, to any effec- 1
trial plan which may be proposed by any “ester
State of the South, for obtaining redress for the
past and security for the future, without a diaso ;
lutlon of the existing Union, if there be a possi
bility of such a consummation.
out we nrui ountn«j lumu tv me ui
terror questum, what we art to do, if wt find that (
there it no reaaonble hope of the co-opcration of ]
any other Southern StaU.ii in any effectual plan
of relief, and the aliernative is presented to us, of
submitting, or acting by ourselves. And, reluc
tant as we ate to separate ourselves from or natu
! ral friends and elites, we have made up our minds.
We cannot submit. We know that South Caro
lina entered tin* Confederacy as a sovereign and
independent State, and that bavins'been wronged,
she has the perfect nght to withdraw from it.—
Her sous must exercise the right and meet the con
sequences. If no other Slate will join us in reliev
ing ourselves from the wrongs already inflcted, we
see ho hope in waiting fur Hew outrages tv arouse
u higher spirit of resistance. The new outrages,
we are well convinced,^* dl come indue tune;
but we feel no ussuranee that the spirit of the vaa
»al will rise in proportion to the indignities heaped
upon hi* bead. On the contrary, we see that the !
South has already borne what it would not for a
moment have submitted to ten years ago, and i
; what the North would not then have ventured to
perpetrate. We are not willing to try the expe- j.
runeiit how long it will be before our spirit is com- I
pltely broken, by gradually and continually yield- ’
ing to alow and gradual but untemnng encroach
rut uts. And if the etcicise of »H- right of sect*
lion is to be followed by the attempt on Use pun
of the Government of this confederacy to subju
gate South Carolina*, it is better that we should
meet that attempt while we still have sonic- ajntif ‘
and some jvowef of resistance left. It we are to
submit to the condition of a conquered people, we
think it less dishonorable not to do so until we t
have first been conquered. And if anything could
add to the necessity which we believe exists for a
withdrawal from the existing Union, it would be
the deuial of the right of secession. For tie de
Dial of that right indicate* of itself extreme dsn
gmr. The rreht of secession has heretofore, and in .
better days, been regarded as unquestionable by j
all Southern politician*; with the exception of an
inconsiderable number of eorisobdatiouisis. And.
if ever that right can be dented without arousing
the whole South to sustain it, the South will be
i ripe for the ncist miserable fate which ha* ever be
fallen any people. It will then, as a |» nnaocnl, i
sectional minority, have no defence »gain*t ihe ty )
rauny of a Government combining all the wees of11
the corrupteit democracy and t>K- most oppressive
foreign despotism.
We know the CMMqntnKcs which w ill follow a
failure in our effort to maintain our U ■ rt>. We
see cleasly that a triumphant exertion of the pow
er of the Federal Uovetniarnl, in subjugating a
State, will vastly increase that power, aud greatly
accelerate the change, already Uradvahctd, of our
Federative system into a consolidated eenfra! ties- j 1
potutn. We see, fi'mo, that South Carotins will j
not suffer the ooffadqueaee* of this change aioin , !
but thatthe rest of the Southern Sta'ek must suffer'" :
mam ..r*. e They writ have ab Mfeyimd
against the Central Government, strengthened by 1
ciushmg opp vfition, and rendered, by triumphant |
force, what our Northern emuoiiae hat* long b( n •
endeavoring to make it by fraudulent usurpation— J
the-supreme Uovermmnt of a consolidated nation.
The so\ereynty of one Southern State cannot t« '
destroyed, without the bus of their sovereignty by
all the others. Wt- are aware of the responsibility
of doing au act winch mav hasten these couaeqc* i 4
ces. We feel the respect which we owe to States jc
having a common interest, threatened by a cwii- i J
mou danger, but not equally persuaded with our
selves of the necessity of action. And nothing
would induce us to take, without then concur- j
r.-ncc, a course which uvlo involve them m ila con
wquenci v, hut a thorough conviction of the aeeta- j
sitv which urge* as, aud of our right to do so.
Addressing citirens oi Southern States, aiwoya 1
ed to maintain th< right* *>f th*,Soit;ii. „
BMfinp it !ot»e Bf< ti>j»rgHe»!«>^( ;■
ectsstoa. Wr Urddrifo V the gres. <t*,.,
rithout which (it other* ate nugatory »n
>‘c of bent* enforced j and vox:, ,
i* that your faith cannot he xl .ferrn ir«. . ’
Not can we retard it 4*: ecie-sar* , ,1]
liaemtsa the wrongs wbir*i bate <».,
he Snutben:, Stalls. They irav i
hoae who ahuithc.r exuslt* them, fot.
:*t ion* to that claim. Southern *'„)
nen may ditf- r as to the Bceewniv ■ ,,, ^
[he right of secession at a particular i„„,
rural! *f those wrongs. But p* (
right cxi«tx. cart. Met, most j, ....
judging for herself, as to the w„ . .
its cxereiar. Jf .South lannum .r«-c•.).-* .
amt safety require -her to weir, she
t-i U-av. the t‘<mfcrVrar> pc»e. 4t.jv ., w
Beil station. If the ait i f see. «.
t * t" OR (>• • > al ie. -,i trill In
of power by the Fedv ral G-v.mm. m,
nature of the ml p* rformed by N- Mi t *t*
Accustomed as we hav* been Ui \ , . . ,k
( onautntion, and of the right* of u.. .,
State* !,y the FederalGovernment, «
forwardthe probability ot another outran
that Gxivernntent, to the attempt to for,, ■ , \ .
to n main in the In ion tv< tupp*.*e tt. , ..
w ill he made, if th* .Soulbtw Stabs j»r»’,
Those States must de< ule tot themselves »
they Will promt it. South Carolina n. ..
for herself whether if is necessary to see. ,,
t Wales of the South w ill >,avi m> •
complain that she forces them ,nto a
where Om-x must either interpose to ,,,,, ’,,
subjugation. tfr, by consenting it. abandon n
own sovereignty, and lay ihcnwclrca at \
of a despotic pown. In see, dint. South i ,-,i
will Simply do an act which all South, rn
behove in the existence of State right* at all,,
admit that she has a perfect tight lode, aill; »
ahe regards as abodut, ly ncox-srarv. s>,, u
acting on her sa< red rigid. She will ..'
she would have to act. if none of tbr , M„ r >,■
ern state* were in existence, and *hc » ■,
ly object of aggression by the Northern sv
the Federal fiovimnant. She i* n. • .,, tB ,,
forth* uaarpatients ami injustice « i, ...„: .
committed again*! her. And for her suitvi s\»t*
of the South which she regards as mdirp. use
f. rself p* rs* rvation. would fie an inlerforem, »
her free action < f a far diff. r. nt character from an.
with which lhe can be chawed towards them -
Sovereign* are equals. In (weeding alone. So
Carolina would lie placing her s,si. r Slates <>f *},.
South Ulkltl no constraint. If they should ■;
themselves in a position f constraint. Wl„,
come flrom the action of the Federal ffovert r
not of South Carolina, Hut if thev ,should „• .■
upon her refraining from the exercise of bet t*V>’
sridSubmitting to a condition which sh* rn-im.'
intolerable, they would male thcn,»rtvi«
with the Federal Oovemment, in placing #u
justifiablertmitr.iint upon a sovereign and an ■
We wish that the necessity for separate ,e
by South Carolina, which we have rontaupU'
may tie avertol. We e-,nfide in the gallant p ■
its whom w address. There may he sum*-1
the assembling of a Southern Congress tn i, ,
measures of r, dreas am! relief upon at,
of the injured States may unite. We h»\,« hi-r
tofore li I'll willing to sacrifice much [Mr Souther
Union. We s'dl are. We <!.. mi desiu to •
but to follow. Propose anv * ft. ctual measure*1
vindicating our common rigbu, and ptovubng
our eomniou saf.ty, and we will heartily i
with you in canying them out. We should
gret most deeply to incur the censure of fm i.. e
with whom we have the strongest desu. to ar
concert. But we feet a deep convicti ui that *•
have not acted heretofore with any nticipitatu •.
*nd that we nr*' in the right in the dcn-mima
which we have formed. The self-abas nm.
sttbmisMon. appears to us unworthy of r.wn '
pretemling to lie free. Tin- gliKiniy prtwp*.
inevitable ruin to follow subntiasion, appears ■ *
more loniudnble than any dangers n> (•* er,
tered in contending alone, agaun.-i what* crm)i:-,
for our tigbtn. We have Dome to the . si.
■'uueiuaiou, that if it be riur fate to h< left ,
in the struggle, alone w* must vindicate-out vox
by secession.
The Troop* in Jtw Haifn.
Cut. Sumner, of tbe l*t Keguneut I S. Infsu
is making a short sojourn in At. l.oui*. prepari:.
to hi* departure for Santa F<:, m Fort Levenwwi;,
to take command of tlus Umu >J States military N
ce* m New Mexico.
The SC Louia Kepnhiitan understands tin; a
port ant ami bent-Bcial changes wdib* iiuuh
the colonel's administration, in the location i:
efficiency of the army and its influence on the j
jierity, settlement and aecurtt y of the territory T
colonel will take out with him six or seven Dim.
drt-d fresh recruits to fill up the com|«iniC* now
New Mexico, together with :t supply of fresh '
sen for the dragoon and artillery service; ami
ders have been given to take out improved si.**
bulls, eows, h«>*», foe., aid a large sweat,
seed*, grain*, foe., fo<\, with lannim: impkim i
and appliaucea for irrigating and other wow *,■»*■.■
i.'ptag th« capacity of the s*>i! of New Mexico.
It ia probable that the headquarters «l Inc K*
and the poaitiou of the tn«.ps will 1>« uialetu. i
changed upon thi colonels arrival. Then «f
now in Mexico t.weniy one ruttpanie* of thv
lercnt arms of t he ** rx ice. The,headuutriers »
be rviiKivt-tl from Santa Pe to L«« Vegoa, or a
some point where ’.lie fertility of the toil will!»
tify the opemm; of a Urge (arm. Sufficient u«*
wil be relaimsi in Santa Fe to protect that puo
Other p*irtioiiR of the troops will be stationw. *
such parts of the frontier, and m such pruiii:..
lo the Indians, as will adbrd the greatest I*,
to observe their movement* and chastise then
prudationa.
A, uyii. .uh*.r nreuinw duties hav.
discharged, it ui desigbed to wake the army to V'*
Mexico#*// *W,air/wig, at leant to a great «J
In relation to thin important subject, the H*• i*■
ran st y*;
It is iinqucslionably true, that ibe expenhiuw
for the army in that department, as well « «t <*tb*'
iliatant points in the Wist, have been eaontt
and certainty Bauch greater than ibe aervio# <*
iered in the protection of propwriy, or the yuan*
merit of aggression#. Neatly every aru< k oi •
for me oenaompUiya ol the troop#, tulfu
f<trace for Un homes, has been sent from this Sta
at a heavy cu#l of tiausportattoo, to New M#»
This should no longer be the ease. If tie. cue
which has heretofore, anil even now suppm
a large native and uumfnutt popuialioit, tan
furnish a surplus sumcieut for the support uf -
inny, it will readily be eouceded that it >» '
worth the ex pi n»e of occupation. Hut *" •*
tonhdent such i* wit the fact. The anil
•tentiy fertile, and the products of vegctalm#
imruals, under pcoptdt culture and attention .
uil&rtent for even a much greater ih wand- If
■out)try belongs to us. and it is now thi <i>,
be Government not only to Muuutatc it* -
nent and increase ita productions, but to
iuce, as far a* practicable, such aniata.it. •
hr., as arc adapt* ti to the soil and elm. •
ilso such appuances as may be best adap
list irrigation and render the country pro-'
it is conreded that with proper irrigation, t
no soil more productive, mi climate woo <•'#»
nal to the gowth and tnutunng of nia iy [i“
If, then, the Government, through her *"
will establish farms at rarsons points on tin
jer, where the capacity of the soil, the *' tin*
Date and the advantages of Unajern uiipt"'' -
n trrijitatms: can be iiuni- iirauifcvt, it «
i large influx of population, awl a couw, *■
reaae of eveiythmg necessary hr He
if the army awl tie population.. Tt.
iideration eminently desirable to Hie lei;
hew Mexico and to the nation.
We would state, in addiiiou to this, in*
loops around and m ban Antonia, Te*#f.
Ktn, or ate shortly to be, noeup.ed in Ca’ 1
he nuuixToii.i and rich fceldr aod garden* '
• ’ •
i state of hign cultivation under the Spain
ilexkaa Government*. but were mostly atm
r,anv wars siw My cleaning out awl u p»-'
he many irrigating vauala and sluices, path •
, re fences,‘and subjectMf these land*
lightest degree of cultivation, abundant < f’I»
,ii!y of the staple product* of agne-jltur.
iiuior fruits, w ill be the leautt to the '.t- p
Col. Sumner's first visit, on arm
fexico, S#ill be to several of It*' led,a;. •
ndeavcv to bring them to a full urn!,
heir duty towards Un whit'. men, and 1 1
tj^c oi Ifet-tc IMis tMi »rj*, au*i liic
he future, rkntiv of then will banc to
l whipped into a pf.j-f appo .*tioo of '■
nd own. These duties Wdt act> Manly - ■*
mauuiuiaiwu of the plan proposed. perte.-;
ear or mute, but, a* it is feasible anu d< **ra.
Uolif have a fair trial, and t,«n should be *
>r the expe—Jent to be full) tested.
Cal. Sumner, from but toug experience
on tier, his know I* lg' of New Mexico, '•
on to (be serv ire, and many year# of txpet,
order camps, * anuMntly nualihed tor it -
■aigaed him.