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LIST OF A(TS
Pnuul at the First Session oj the 31 j/ Congress.
PUBLIC ACTS
Which originated in the Senate.
An net to enable tbe Stale of Arkansas anil other
StateH to reclaim the " swamp lands" within
their limit*.
An act granting the right of way and making a
a grant of land to the States of Illinois, Mississippi,
and Alabama, in aid of the construction of!
n railroad from Chicago to Mobile.
An act to amend and supplementary to the net )
entitled " An act respecting fugitives from jus- ,
tire and persona escaping from service of tneir
masters;" approved February 12th, 1793Aii
act to reduce the minimum price of the mineral
lands in Lake Superior district in Michigan
and in the Chippewa district in Wisconsin.
An act to authorize notaries public, to take and
certify oaths, affirmations, and acknowledgments
in certain cases.
An act to amend an act entitled " An act for the
better organization of the District Court of the
ITtwiwl wilhin fliA nf \ .nilislnllfl _ "
approved the .'Id of March, IH49.
An act providing for the taking of the seventh and ,
subsequent censuses of the United States, and 1
to fix the number of tlie members of the House
of Representatives, and to provitie for their fu- ;
tore apportionment among the several States. j
An uct to carry into effect the convention-between I ,
the (.'nited Stales and the Emperor of Brazil, !
of the 27th day of January, 1849.
An ae.i authorizing the negotiation of treaties with
the Indian tribes in the Territory of Oregon for
the extinguishment of their chums to lauds ly- ;
ing west of the Cascade mountains, anil for ! '
other purposes.
An act to increase the rank arid file of the army
and to encourage enlistments.
Ail a-t to increase the commissariat of the United
States army.
An ad to reduce end define the boundaries of the
military reserve at St. Peter's river, in the Territory
of Minnesota, and to secure the rights of
the actual settlers thereon.
An a< t for ihe addintssion of the State of California
into the Union.
An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate
the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,"
approved March 2d, 1799.
An act giving the assent of the United States to
an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, :
passed at the December session, 1844, chapter !
287. _ '
An act giving the assent of Congress to the lens- j
ine of a portion of the margin of the Black
Warrior river for the purpose therein men- |
tinned.
An act to provide for the printing of the Annual |
Report upon Commerce and Navigation.
An act to provide for holding the Courts of the
United States in case of the sickness or other
disability of the Judges of the District Courts.
Art act to establish a Territorial Government for
Utah.
An act to suppress the slave trade in the District
of Columbia.
An act to regulate the terms of the Circuit and
District Courts of the United States for the Disirict
of Ohio.
An act supplementary to the act entitled "An net
providing for the taking of the seventh and subsequent
censuses of the United States, and to fix
tlie number of the members of the House of
Representatives, and to provide for the future
apportionment nmoni; tlie several States.
An m:i to amend the act entitled "An act to amend i
in the cases therein mentioned, the'act to regulate
the duties on imports and tonnage."
An act proposing to the State of Texas the establishment
of her northern and western bounds- j
l ies, the relinquishment by the said State of all !
territory claimed by Iter exterior to said boun- j
daries, and of all lier claims upon the United I
Slates, und to establish a territorial government |
tor New Mexico.
An a t to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury 1
to permit vessels from the British North Atner- i
ican provinces to lade und unlade at such places :
in any collection district of the United Suites as
he may designate. |
Ail act to creute additional collection districts in
the State of California, and to change the exist- \
ing district therein, and to modify the existing
collection districts in the United States, and for
other purposes.
An act to provide for extending the laws and the
judicial system of the United Stutes to the Stnte
of California.
An act to authorize the appointment of Indian
agents in California.
An act making appropriations for lighthouses,
lightbonts, buoys, Ac., and providing for the
erection und establishment of the same, and Another
purposes-.
An act to extend the port of New Orleans.
An act to repeal so much of the net approved 11th j
of August, 1848, as extends the provisions :
thereof to Macao.
Joint resolution limiting the expense of collecting .
the revenue from customs for the present, fiscal i
year.
Joint resolution authorizing the purchase of the j
manuscript Farewell Address of George Wash- I
ington
Joint resolution for binding the public documents.
Joint resolution for restoring the settlement of (lie j
" three month*'extra pay "claims to thenccoun* |
ting officer of the treasury.
Joint resolution relative to the payment of dividends
or interest on war bounty scrip.
Joint resolution express!)/* the condolence of Cong-cess
for Mrs. Margaret S. Taylor.
Joint ressolution to amend a resolution approved
on the JOrh of August, 1850, relative to the payment
of dividends or interest 011 war bounty
scrip.
Joint resolution relating to the publication of the 1
laws of the United Slates. 1
Joint resolution relative to the public printing. I
PRIVATE ACTS.
Which originated in the Senate.
An act in relation to donations of land la certain
persons in the State of Arkansas.
An act for the relief of Joseph P. Williams.
An art providing for the examination and settlement
of claims for land at the Saut Ste. Marie,
in ichigart.
And am for the relief of Conrad W. Faber, Leopold
Bierwith, and Theodore Vietor.
An act to enable the Trustees of the Methodist j
Episcopal Church in Georgetown, in the Dis- j
trict of Columbia, to hold certain property for
the purposes therein recited.
An act for the relief of John Mitchell. ! 1
An act for the relief of Capt. Nathan Adams, of
Ten n esse*.
An act to amend an art entitled " An act for the ;
relief of L>. A. Watterston."
An act for the relief Leuright Browning.
An act to authorize Thomas Ginnalty to hold and !
transmit certain real estate.
Joint resolution directing the accounting officers of j
the Treasury to adjust the account of Newton
Lane, late pension agent at Louisville.
Joint resolution to extend the provisions of a
" joint resolution for the benefit of Frances Slo- \
cum and Iter children and grandchildren, of the 1
Miami tribe of Indians," approved March 11,
1*45, to certain other individuals of the same !
tribe.
Iftint rounlnti^n Ave tl.A ? 1 .,f saaAiiiila UfitK
the heirs and representatives of Col. Pierce i\l.
Butler, late njent for the Cherokee Indians.
And another joint resolution of precisely the same
title. 1
PUBLIC ACTS
Ifhich originated in llir Home nf Rrprrsmtntirrs.
An ivrt to provide for recording the conveyances 1
of veasel* and other purposes.
An act teeontiiuie in force an act therein mentioned,
relating to the port of Bnl imore.
An act supplementary to the act entitled " An act
supplementary to the act entitled an act ewtab-1
looting a Mint, and regulating the coins of the
United Stales."
An aot to make further appropriations for public
Imddlngs in the Territories ol Minnesota and
Oregon.
An act to supply deficiencies in the appropriation
for the service of the fiscal year tniluig the 30th |
of June, 1850.
An act making appropriations for certain fortifica-1
lions of the L'nited States for the yenr ending |
the 30th of June, 1851.
An act making appropriations for the support of J
the Military Academy for the year ending the
30th of June, 1851.
An act making appropriations for the N?v?d service
for the year ending the 30th of June, 1851.
n act granting bounty lands to certain officers
and soldiers who have been engaged in the military
service of the United States.
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An act to create the office of Surveyor-General of \
the public lands in Oregon, and Ui provide for j
the survey and to make donations to settlers <lf j
the said public lands.
An act making appropriations for the payment of
Navy pensions for the year ending the SOtfi of
June, 1851.
An art making appropriations for the current and
contingent expenses of the Indian Department,
and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the
various Indian tribes for the vear ending June
30, 1851.
An act making appropriations for the payment
of Revolutionary und other pensions of the
United (stales for the year ending the 30<h of
June, 1851.
An act authorizing the Legislative Assemblies
of Minnesota and Oregon Territories to prolong
tbeir next annual session to a period of ninety
(lava.
An act making appropriations for the service of
the Post Office De| artment during the fiscal year
ending June 30th, 1850.
An uct to supply a deficiency in the appropriation
for the service of the fiscal year ending the30th t
of J une, 1850.
All actio establish certain j?ost-roada in the I.nited
Slates.
An act to supply a deficiency in the appropriation
for pay and mileage of members of C ollgress
for tiie present session.
An act to provide for carrying into execution in
further par I the I'Jili article ol t/ie treaty with
* 1.I ... i lux/Intone ffidaliro.
iviexicu, ( imiuiuucu ?? r An
act making appropriations for ilie numwrt of |
the Army for the year ending the 30ih of June, !
1851.
An act looking appropriations for the civil and di-1
ploniolic expenses of the Government for the
year ending the 30th of June, 1851, and for
other purpose.*.
Foint resolution instructing tlie Secretary of Slute
to furnish the Suite of Alabama duplicates of
the books and documents heretofore supplied by
Congress, und which were destroyed by the recent
burning of the Stale Capitol of said State.
Joint resolution to supply the Territories of Oregon
and Minnesota with the Narrative of the!
Exploring Expedition.
Joint resolution authorizing the President of the ;
United States to accept and attach to the Navy j
two vessels offered by Henry Cirinnell, esq., of1
New York, to be hpih to the Arctic Seas in !
search of Sir John Franklin and his computi-1
ions.
PRIVATE ACTS
11'iiicli originated in t/ir House of Itryresentutires. i
An act for the relief of William Paddy.
An act to extend the privilege of franking letters i
and packages to Sarah Polk.
An act for the relief of William 11. Crews.
An act to refund the fine imposed on the late '
Dr. Thomas Cooper, under the sedition law, to |
his heirs.
An act for the relief of Jesse Sutton.
An act for the construction of certain roads in the
Territory of Minnesota, and for other purposes.
An act further to extend the time for locating
Virginia military land warrants and returning
surveys thereon to the General J_,and otfice
An act for the relief of Brown & Turbox.
Aii act for tlie reliel of Kirhard tt. rsarreu.
An act lor I he relief of Benjamin P. Smith.
An act for the relief of Camfield Averill.
An net for the relief of Kliphus C. Brown.
An act for the relief ofSkelton Fallon.
An act for the relief of Winthrop S. Harding.
All act for the relief of Smith & Iiersey.
Aii act for the relief of Jacob Zimmerman.
An act for the relief of Sarah June West.
An act for the relief of Thomas I)enniH.
An act for the relief of the Wilmington and ltaleigh
Railroad Company.
An act to grant a register to the barque Royal
Saxon.
An act for the relief of Al-lo-lah and his legal
representatives, and their grantees.
An act authorizing the issuing of a register to the
barque Cornwallis.
An act for the relief of James T. Shuckleford.
i An act to grant the fninlving privilege to Mrs.
Margaret S. Taylor.
An act for the relief of William Maxwell, late
Marshal for the district of Georgia.
An act for the relief of Isaac Seymour.
An act to grant a register to the harqtie James
Put ton, jr. now the Grenadian barque Bogota.
An act for the rilief of Charles Stuart.
An act for the relief of William Wbioher.
An act for the payment of a company of Indian
volunteers.
joint resolution granting old brass guns to the
Jackson Monument Committee.
A joint resolution relating to the equestrian statue
of General Andrew Jackson,
i A joint ( solution for the relief of the children of
Saruh Stokes deceased.
; A joint resolution explanatory of certain acts there;
in mentioned.
SPIRIT OF THE SOUTHERN PRESS.
MIRTH CAROLINA.
From Iht Turbo rough, (?V*. C.) Times.
Prooukssivk.?Previous to the passing of the
hill in the Senate, to abolish the slave trade in
the District of Columbia, Mr. Seward moved an
amendment to abolish slavery also therein, which
was rpiected. five veas to fortv-five nays?Messrs.
Chase, Dodge, Hale, Seward, and Upham voting
for it. C)n the 17th inst., ort the second reading of
a bill providing for the punishment of persons enticing
slaves from the District, Mr. Hale moved
an amendment so as to abolish slavery in the District,
which was negatived, nine to forty one.
Messrs. Baldwin, Chase, Davis of Massachusetts,
Dodge of Wisconsin, Ewing, Iiale, Hamlin, Seward,
and Winthrop, voting for it. Mr. Upham
was absent, or he would doubtless, from his previous
vote, have voted in the affirmative. And
Mr. Duyton accompanied his negative vole with
the declaration, 44 I am not prepared to vote for a
proposition of that kind at this moment, and under
existing circumstances." Thus we see that in the
short space of a few days, the open advocates of
the above proposition, doubled their number, and
the Southern Press says 44 how many were waiting
like Mr. Dayton, nobody can tell, but certain it is,
among the nays are muny whom every body
knows to be no friends to slavery, but avowed
friends of free-soil, which is one of the many
aliases of abolition."
Some of the 44 ultra" men recently avowed that
the passage of the above measure by Congress
would be sufficient cause for 44 revolution" on tbe
pnrt of the South. Yet in less than a week after
the 44 adjustment" measures had been passed, its
advocates doubled their number in tlie United
States Senate, heretofore regarded as the most
grave, deliberate, and conservative body in the
world. Surely, this is a progressive age.
Tiif. Victory.?Numerous submission Journals
are filled with long articles congratulating all
Fool-dom that listens to and regards them, upon
the passage of the recent infamous 4<icfs' in the
Cnntrress of the United States.
The passage of those acts is n victort?a victory
which should make the South " rise and mutiny,"
or hide her head in confusion and shunie,
and never more dare assert a right or pretend to
an acknowledged existence. It is a victory of
Federalism over Slates-rights; a victory of f'reesnilism,
Abolitionism, fanaticism ?disguised fora
while in the specious garb of Compromise?a victory
of such elements over justice and right It
is victory of a bare majority in our Federal halls
over a minority, who know their rights but could
not maintain them in that field where wise counsels
alone should prevail. It is a momentary victory
of error over truth. But it is not a victory
which will redound to the honor of this country,
or add a moment to the perpetuity of its government.
To the South it has been such a victory as Cyrus
brought to the Isruciites?a victory scourging
and enslaving them. Will the South submit to
such a victory, or will she rise in her majesty and
might and fight for a victory for herself? We
must believe the South will not submit to such a
den rut ion; that she will not fold her arm* satisfied
to give up her honor, her rights and her claims to
equality, for the sake of a mere nominal peace?a
pence which in nothing hut the awful quiet hefore
an eruption, the silence which precede* an
earthquake, the calm which but telle of the storm
ju*i below the horizon.
We came into thin Confederacy as equals, let
us remain or go out equala. To stay in upon any
other terms is to become worse than Helot*. Let
no rirtrmi which degrades lis hm much as this he
mingled with exultation upon our lips. Let our
exultation he that of defiance, our unanimity thai
of unanimous resistance, and our shouts of victory
ha those which shall echo over fields where we
shall fling oji the present load of insult and oppression,
and reassert our once proud position.
Victory indeed ! over such a ftinalic conquest, as
that for which Frec-soilerj are now kindling bonfires
upon every hill, and for which they make the
welkin ring with ' lo pnrans' to their mad success!
The word should stir the blood in the veins of
every Soulhron. Jt should srouse an indignation
which will teach f'rdcral .WowarrAy that we are
neither slumbering nor vanquished.
VIHOINU.
From the Richmond Fxammtr
aboutiolf or the Slave Traue J* the
District or Columbia.?The bill to abolish
the slave trade in the District of Columbia,
(hming passed in the Senate,) was brought up
on the l~th in?t. in the House of Representatives
and passed. It w ill Ik* seen by the proceedings
of the liouse, that a proposition to make
it felony to uImIiicI or entice oil' slaves, offered
by .Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, mils rejected by
ayes 68, noes 108. We are gratified to see that
every representative froin Virginia present, voted
for the amendment. This vote exhibits the hollow
lieaited hypocrisy and troreherv ut thai !
body. But the same proposition wan rejected in
the Senate?a body which was designed by the
trainers of the Constitution to sustain and uphold
the equality and sovereignty of the States,
i ?a body designed in the last resort to hold the
balances fairly, honestly and equally between
the great sectional interests of the Confederacy,
(us unequal growth or fortuitous circumstances
might throw greater multitudes of population to
the North or the South, in the Hast or the West,)
and to preserve the just constitutional rights of
all.?a body intended to l>e the great controlling i
and preserving branch of the Government, has
become an assassin of these interests?a very
suicide of its own great conservative powers.? !
It is reduced to the elementary principles of
cminion council*, elected by Abolitionists and
iree negroes in a Northern city. Nothing noble,
generous or just can be found in the principles
which govern the majority, it is. indeed, painful
to contemplate the degeneracy of this body,
once so noble and elevated.
That the House of Representatives should be
governed and controlled by tlie Abolitio: ists of
the Lloyd Gurison and Fred Douglass, the w hite
ami (Murk racy, in noi siirprisi'ii>. j m ,>,.i m, .
members of that body necessarily electioneer
with such people?out and drink with thom?use i
every argument with them, to excite their prejudice
against the South, against slaveholders'
and non-slaveholders, who will condescend to
live in the onthern country. They promise to I
promote every scheme possible tor the subversion
of sluverv and for the destruction of 11 wit.
property in every form practicable. They will
give no protection to it anywhere although sworn
to support the Constitution of the United States, .
which provides that Congress shall puss laws for
such protection. Hence Congress has, in both
Houses, refused to make abducting or enticing
off slaves, a felony.
It remains now for the States of Maryland
and Virginia to make it felony, punishable for
long periods of time in their penitentiaries, for
I auy person to pass through or enter anv part of
j the territories or waters of either State, with
i the slave of another taken from the District of
j Columbia, or from any State, without the con!
sent of the owner?if the laws be not already
! sufficient.
From the Portsmouth (t'a.) Pilot.
" We are now beginning to look back upon
the agitation of the last nine months with some j
equanimity, and to rejoice that we have escaped
the dagger. It is beginning to increase the oonfider.ee
we feel in our Government. We now
see the bond which binds us together surviving, j
and defying the strain to w hich it has been sub- i
jeoted."
The above is the closing paragraph of an article!
in the Washington in ion of the 15th inst., i
headed "Views Abroad of our Domestic Differences."
We must confess our utter inability to ;
discover any indication in the proceedings of the
Federal Government within the "last nine
months," which hold out to the South the i
slightest prospect that they " have escaped the
danger." Nor can we find anything '' to Increase
the confidence we feel in our Government" as
originally constituted. It may he that "thei
bond which hinds us toother'' not only survives
but lias actually increased in strength. But
when we hok at the entire change which has
been ett'eetod in tho whole character of our in- 1
stitutions, we behold no cause for rejoicing. <
The great principles of equality which formed
the basis of our national confederacy no longer j
exist. The independent sovereignty of the !
several States is openly repudiated. We now j
have, for all the purposes of practical legislation, j
I a vast overshadowing central government, recognizing
the will of a majority as above the :
Constitution, and threatening to put down all
resistance l?v the power of the sword.
That the London Times should speak of this !
change in terms of approval is not to he won- j
dered at. Accustomed through life to content- I
plate and support the central principle of their
own government, it is but natural for the editor
of that paper to approve the same principle
wherever it may be found. But it is deeply to
be regretted thjit the Napoleon of the Press on
this side of the water, after devoting a long life
j to the support of the rights of the States, should
now suceODib to the antagonist doctrine.
We would not willingly do injustice to the
veteran editor of the I'inan, we will not question
the purity and patriotism of his notions, but
we cannot resist the conviction that the recent
measures of adjustment if acquiesced in by the
South, will, in le.-s than two years, perhaps before
the close of the next winter, lead to still
further encroachments upon our rights.
IVom the Southern (J'a.) .flrgu.'.
Tlw advocates of the compromise measure, ;
in mid out of Congress, were confident in their
predictions, that so soon as their system of adjustment
was adopted, quiet and tranquility
would he restored in the land ami that even the ,
ultra fanatics at the North would cease to agitate
the subject of slavery. The delusive sound
of ' pence, peace, ' is wafted through the country
on the wings of lightning, at a time, when
there is every indication of a disposition, both
at the North and in Congress, to meddle with
our most vital interests. The foul spirit will
not down at the potential bidding either of .Mr.
Clay or Cii'i. It is folly to attempt to arrest
it while these fanatics have the sagacity to perceive
tiiat the South are prepared tamely to sub- i
in t to every aggression. The "compromise"
will lint serve to encourage them to further assaults
and invasions upon our rights. Mr. Seward's
bill for the emancipation of slaves in the
District of Columbia, received five votes in the
Senate, and the vote would have quadrupled
that number, but, as remarked by Mr. YY'inthrop,
of Mass.. the ''time w is not propitious for its
passage."' The idea conveyed was that tiie
South must be permitted to have a little repose
to enable her to recover from the blow already
inflicted, and then th<> dose would he repeated.
More recently Senator Chase has given notice j
of his intention to introduce a hill prohibiting
slavery in the territories of the United States,
and Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, has given notice
of his intention to bring forward in the
Mouse of Representatives, hills "to abolish slavery
in the Territory of Utah; to repeal so much
of the acts establishing territorial governments
of New Mexico and Utah, as recognizes slavery
in mid territories, and as pledges the nation to i
! admit new slave States into the Union; and to
repeal and annul the .Fugitive Slave law."
Thus wo see that all the fair promises and
solemn pledges made to the South, are disregarded
nnd violated even before opportunity was
a orded this grand scheme of pacification to be
promulgated to tlir people. Added to thrsp
move* in Congress, the combined Free-soil rod
j Abolition presses arc hurling their firebrand*
and moving heaven and onrtli in resistance to.
the adjustment. They have vowed an implacable
vengeance Against our institutions, and have
; resolved in their wrath that agitation shall never
sluinlier or sleep until the South are reduced to
the unfortunate fate of the. people of the West
i Indies. Our people witness and are sensible of
; these tilings, but they seem to prefer the degra1
dation of submission, to a bold an I manly asser:
tion of their rights. Had the present generation
lived it) '7(i in "the day that tried iren'a
j sours,'' we fear, the South would have coni
tinned to the present hour the colonists of Orest
! Britain.
Frvm lite ( I 'u.) .Spoil of Jejfermm. !
The Admission of Caufohma.?Prominent |
among t!io?r recent acta of outrage mid wrong
upon the rights of the South, tho requirements
of the Constitution, anJ the former usages of
the Government, t!ie admission of Calitomia
stand* find. In this matter, who dare deny thtiiijtistici
perpetrated upon the South? It is
without a parullcl i" the history of our legislation,
and will yet cover with infamy the political
traitors of the South who have quietly arqui- I
esced in it? perpetration. What are the facts ? '
California, in the first place, was acquired by the j
common blood and treasure of the South, j
thereby entitling her to a lair partition of its
domain. No sooner was California aequired, '
however, than Gen. Riley, temjiOfartly appointed !
as Governor of the Territory, undertakes to declare
that the Mexican law, which excluded
slavery, should la* the supreme law of the land
until revoked by Congress. Thus matters re- .
muiued until the advent of General Taylor's Ad- ,
ministration, when lie, as very forcibly savs the
Lynchburg Republican, instigated and controlled
by "an Abolition Cabinet, fearful of having an
issue forced upon him by Congress, in the shape
of the Wilmot Proviso, which he could not meet
without betraying the confidence of one or the
other sections of tho Union, determined toward i
off that issue, if possible, by initigating the
people of California to settle the question for
themselves, by a system of usurpation heretofore
unknow n to our system of government.?
Accordingly. Thomas Butler King, n Southern !
mnml.oi. ? C* , 11 * 11 rdi-J WlW 511! 11( 11111 till*
agent of the Administration. to accomplish this I
dirty work, unci was forthwith pouted off to j I
California, with official advice to the people of I
that Territory to assemble in Convention, form I
a State government, unci apply for udmission into ; i
the Union. And (Jenerul Taylor expressly de- ; j
elares himself to have been principally actuated i
in this recommendation, %by an earnest desire to i
afford to the wisdom and patriotism if ('ongross
an opportunity of a raiding occasions of bitter and i
angry dissensions among the profile if the United i
States.' In other words, of avoiding the slavery |
question by instigating the mongrel breed of
foreigners, &e., inhabiting that Territory, to |
adopt a constitution excluding slavery !"' i
This was clearly the purpose of the President i
as is manifest, not only from his own language <
quoted above, but from other important and in- I
dubitable facts, which have heretofore been given
to the public through our columns. I
The next step in this grand crusade against i
all right and all justice, as due to the South, is I
the admission of California as a State of this i
Union, by the two Houses of Congress and the i
endorsement of President Fillmore. Now, when
or where had the South any part or pareel in the I
arrangement or settlement of this important
question, in which she had the right to demand :
an equal and fair participation'! When ncquiced [
as a Territory, Mexican law was proclaimed and i
slavery excluded. The next hope was, that |
Congress, as by all precedent it had heretofore
done, would extend the laws of the United States :
over the Territory, thereby giving alike to the i
people of the North and the South, an equal and
fair opportunity to acquire supremacy. But no
such modicum of justice was vouchsafed the
South. Before one solitary day had passed over,
when California as a Territory was free to the <
people of the South and its property, alike with
the North, a set of desperate adventurers, front
all eliutes nn<l all countries, unauthorized by
Congress, and contrary to the just hopes and
expectations of every citizen of the South,adopts
a State constitution, elects members to the
United States Senate and House of Representatives,
and lo, the measure of iniquity and wrong
is consummated! The South deprived of all
participation iu a territory which would have
been of inestimable value to her people, and of
countless millions to her wealth. And yet, iu
the face of all this, there are 11 en to be found,
and we blu.sli to say in the South, who send
forth pains of joy to the Immaculate wisdom
which devised, and the baseness which consume
mated this and similar acts of deep and damning
wrong. With craven hearts, and cuckoos' notes,
they cry "Peace! Peace!!" when there is none!
From the Virginia Spirit of Jrjfe.r.son
Congress.?On the 1st day of October, both
IIou.es of Congress will doubtless agree to terminate
its session. It. w ill have been near ten
mouths since it assembled, and is one of the .
longest sessions ever held. The result of its
labors w ill, as we humbly conceive, prove : s dis.
astro 11 s to the country, as its whole course has
hoi'ii vascilhiting, refractory, and in many re- j
spects disgraceful. The last week brought up
nothing of any moment, save the appropriation !
bills yet not acted upon. These, we presume, j
will be settled bv the middle of the week, and I
then let Southern representatives who have j
proved recreant to their trusts, go to the homes
of a wronged and persecuted constituency, to
give an account of their stewardship, " lest they
I o Stewards no longer."
The Begj.nkino or the Jnnjj?There is now
under discussion in the United States Senate a
proposition for the obolitioti of slavery in the
Dish id of Columbia, submitted by Mr. SowdM,
of New York, as an amendment to the last fragment
of the " < )mnibus," for abolishing the slave
trade in the District of Columbia. Mr. Seward
is too fast. His proposition will be defeated in j
all probability tb's time. The dose would be ;
rather too heavy to be taken all at once. I?et '
him u bold his horses" for a short time, and that I
his proposition will be sanctioned by Congress, j
we have not the shadow of a doubt. We should |
not bo at all surprised if a proposition for the j
abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia ;
passed the next House of Representatives, Mark )
it.?Lynchh v rg I{rjm bl ica rt.
georgia.
From Iht .lugiuta (Ga.) Republic.
The State Convention.?The recent pro- i
clanution of the Governor calling a convention j
of the people of the State, will wake a thrill of;
Shite pride and patriotic feeling in the breast of {
every true hearted Georgian. Wherever it is j
read, the solemn truths which it contains, and i
the calm, dignified and impressive stvle in which I
tliey are put forth, will make a deep and las- 1
ting impression upon the minds and feelings of j
the people. We have seldom seen a paper of
more considerate, prudent and deliberate tenor,;
counseling the people to no rash or precipitate i
measure, but yet earnestly exhorting them to I
approach Uh> subject before thein, awed by no
paltry learn and intimidated by no idle danger.
It is evident to all, that some step must be
taken to secure, our safety from the attacks of
Abolitionists and Free soilers. The Constitution
of the United States, which was formed for the
protection of all the States, is crumbling and ,
falling every day before the assaults of these |
wild fanatics, and serves only as a sane ion or ,
cover for their designs. The South has no !
check, no controlling power for her protection
against their wanton and outrageous attacks
upon the most sacred rights, A majority, reek- i
less in their power, breaks the Constitution, in-1
fringes upon personal and property rights and
inflicts disgraceful wrong?all calling for sonic I
'"mode : ltd measure of redress" on th?> part of J
each and every Sou'hern State.
The last Legislature of our State, by an almost;
un animous vote, directed the Governor, in certain
contingencies, among which was the admission
of California as a State, 1o call n Convention of
the people. The Governor, in so doing, only
performs a duty which he owes to the State of,1
Georgia. He has performed thin duty In a most i
admirable manner. He recounts the wrongs I
which the South has received from the hands
of the North?the many nets of aggressive hostility?the
many deni Is of justice?the many
and aggravated forms in which our institutions
have been derided and placed in danger by "the
free soil sentiment, not merely of the slaveholding
State*, hut or the Government."
It is a fearful sign of the times, that one of 1
the United States, equal and sovereign with all
the other States, haa been compelled to take n j
formal ?t?p for the vindication of her righto, npd i
for the redress of her wrongs, Jt shows how ,
r_, ^ .
fir the Government has forgotten its duty?lu>w |
fur the aggressive policy has beau carried?how ,
nuch the vital interests <?f the State have beerl !
iffiyted and iinpuirol by legislative acts and fed- j
-ral encroachments.
The Chronicle and Sentinel, in connncuting
ipon the proclamation of the Governor, so fud
>f earnest truth and commenduble moderation,
pronounces the assertions of Gov. Towns " Ixdd
ind unsupported," arid finds fiult because he
lid not go into an argument to show that the
South h;ui suffered wrong m.d injustice. But
Aas this necessary? Who does not know that
lie Mouth has suffered wrong.' Who does not
(now that iwr claims and her entreaties for jus- !
ice have been moeketi ami r'tdie led ! Is it ne essary
to go over the ground, so often gone
iver before, to show the people of Georgia that
hey have been grossly wronged, and that time I
ifter time.
The admission of California alone, if no other
neasures of injustice had been enacted against j
he South, is amplv sufficient to authorize the ;
iovernor to submit the case of their own wrongs
,o THf". sovebkion people, They know the j
ourse which events have taken. They have J
matched with deep solicitude and anxiety the
lostile position, and the aggressive steps of the j
Niortli taken in quick succession within thccoiui?ass
of a few short years. They need not i?e j
fold again, that California, w ith all its adaptation j
for their slave population to be employed in the |
irh mines and fertile vallies, lias been taken ;
from them bv the treacherous and fraudulent
land of the Governuieiit. Tliev need not be
:old that New Mexico and Utah have been virtually
closed against their entrance with their
families and property. They need not be told
that the same government authorizes the dismemberment
of Texas?a slave State?that the
portion cut otf, 40,000 square miles, may become
Free-soil. They need not be told thattlie
small soeek of abolitionism?once lookei upon
with no feelings of dread?is now n cloud darktilling
the whole heavens and ready to rain down
ruin and devastation upon their homes and their
possessions.
These things are all too well known to the
people of Georgia to require any labored argument
to prove their full and fearful truth. There
is not a child within the limits of the State who
does not comprehend the extent and nature of
the impending danger.
The Legislature and the Executive have done
their duty?the people will not hesitate to do
theirs. I,et them select prudent, firm, true
hearted Southern men as delegates, and leave
the whole matter in their hands, trusting iuiplisitly
in tiieir fidelity and patriotism.
The Convention will be held?it should be
held. The members elect will assemble for the
purpose of comparing, considering and condensing
the opinions of the people of the several
parts of the'State, and deciding " upon the mode
and measure of redress" which shou'd be adopted.
N'o doubt, much hue and cry will be gotten up
by those who are so ill advised as to counsel
submission to all wrongs and outrages?no
lionbt loud charges of disunion even may be j
brought against the supporters of Southern
rights and State sovereignty, but all in vain.
The people will be. called upon to decide this
matter for themselves. They have seen the
course of the North and of the Government?
they know and are deeply conscious of the
danger which threatens their homes and their
property?they will rally to their protection and
manfully uphold the rights and honor of Georgia.
From the Savannah Georgian.
We gained nothing! And why was it
we gained nothing ! It was because the minds
of our people were suspended by party turbulence?by
politic 1 distractions and personal
feuds, carried on to an alarming extent by the
exciting and menacing tone of political presses.
Instead of annihilating the very symptoms of
discord among ourselves on the great questions
at issue, it seemed as though the sword of
party animosity hud been drawn with madness
for some internal struggle. Let every candid
and thinking citizen of this venerable commonwealth,
ask himself, if we can ever expect to effect
anything under the present existing state of
party feeling. The fires of agitation and the obstinate
political animosity which we are now suf
fering under, must become reconciled?party
grievances must be laid aside?social feelings
juust be rekindled, and union ami confidence
amoi g ourselves w ill alone insure the preservation
of our institutions.
It would be well for those presses in Georgia
who still cling to the dying sounds of party
agitation, and endeavor to keep open the bleeding
wound of our own unhuppiuess, to pattern i
from the cautions conduct of Northern Journals.
Whatever divisions may exist among themselves, i
their cherished policy is to make the appearance \
as conservative as possible. They value the
strength which union alone can give them, and
even the most unguarded fanatic, never looses
sight or that wise policy, which avoids party di-;
visions on all great momentous questions.?
Never was the South more deceived than at the
present, and never was there a time in her history,
when there was more need of her being
united, than the present. It is not the ascendency
of Whig or Democrat?it is not the gaining
position of one party, or the other, by which
(lie emoluments of office arc to incite the anxious
applicant. But it is the North against the
Sout h?the dire enmity of a fust increasing party,
against the constitutional organization of our
system of labor. We ask those presses then to i
consider the amount of evil they are doing by i
keeping up this useless opposition against the j
rights of the South. Cast off the love ot agita- j
tion, and unite together upon one common J
Southern platform, and the feuds of party which j
have so obstinately beset us, will repose in forgetfulness.
From thr . htgusla (Gn.) Constitutionalist.
Northern Greediness and Audacity.?The j
following paragraph is from a Northern paper,!
which is not called by its friend an ultra, has a I- I
ready appeared in one of the SUBMISSION
presses in Georgia, as an evidence that the South
has lost nothing by the late hills passed by Congress;
but on the contrary, that the boot is on the
other leg. We presume this, and similar paragraphs
which we have seen in many other North-:
ern papers, will go the rounds of the Southern
submission press for the same purpose:
(From tin .Jlbany ( If'/iig) Journal, September 9.)
Another triumph for Slavery??Freedom's
Bunner trails in the dust at Washington ! Slavery
Iras achieved another triumph ! Twenty-five thounniul
square miles of Free-soil has, in the last half I
of the 19th century, by an act of the American j
Congress, been surrendered to slavery! And i
amid the clanking of the newly-forged fetters we j
hear the craven voice of exultation ! Yea, North-'
ern throats are hoarse with rejoicings at the vie-1
tory obtained by slavery over freedom I Oh that
some avenging angel would blot out the disgraceAil
record, that our posterity might be spared the;
mortification of blushing at the degeneracy of their
father* !
So far from this proving what is here sought to I
be pro\ cd, it is only evidence of iIip insatiate greed-;
iness, and insulting arrogance of our would-be
Northern masters. The Texas boundary bill
took oni.y about one hundred and twenty thousand
square miles of her territory, recognized as such
heretofore by the moat solemn action of this Government,
and made it free-soil bv attaching it to j
Mexico. The grievance of which this anti-sla- j
very paper complains is, that Congrpss did not ;
take ii.L that the North claimed as belonging to
New Mexico. It still left to Texas the small remnant
of about 25,0U<) square miles of what was
-i 1 i-? ,i... ii ?,.?i
( lamit'u. inio ?v? ?vmi
mice enrages the rampant spirit of anti-slavery,
and is dubbed a concession to the slave power.
It is evident that everv right still spared to the
South will be considered by the North as a rmirunion
to the slate poorer. This cry will be kept
up till no vestige of rights are left to the South, if
the South lisfen to the syrer soti<r of the submieaionists,
that all'* well -she has suffered no
wrong?there is no aggression on her right*. For
Congress to refuse to impose a direct t.ix, and n
heavy one, too, unon slaves?a tax that would
render slaves valueless to the owners, will sodn,'
at this rate, be dubbed a concession to the stave
paver.
Northern arrogance does not content itself with
idle and mendactous assertions, that concessions
have been made to the slave power
I 'mammdmrnmrnaaSSSS^mammmf
^.fier having robbed the SoUth of nil share in
tb? public domain, it latin of its concessions to
the jiaM power, and ndW says the South must
pM for these cencrnwn by giving the North a
higher tariff
The following paragraph, from a letter from
Washington to the New York Courier and Enquirer,
looks to us like a climax of cool and unblushing
impudence.
The Tariff has hi.il another defeat aud coming '
so soon after the recent concessions, one which j
has surprised ihe Northern members, who were |
partially persuaded to forego their opposition to ;
tlios?* measures, under the expectation, that relief ;
would be afforded to the suffering manufacturing
interests. Whan the Committee were called, Mr. I
Toombs reported a resolution under liie direction
of the Committee of Ways and Means, declaring ,
it inexpedient to make any modification of the ;
tariff. Mr.* Vinton, proposed tin amendment, by |
striking nut all ufter the word "resolved,"and inserting
a construction of the proviso attached to
theCivil Bill of 1846?which hasalready appeared
in this correspondence?declaring (hat the average
market valuation of 1616 should be the standard
for assessing duties, &c. This reasonable modiii- |
cation was voted down by three majority?ayes
1)3, nays 96. The question then occurred on the
originul resolution of Mr. Tooiqbs, which shared
the same fate?ayes 91, nays 93. It was now proposed
to reconsider the first vote, and of course, a
motion was made to lay that motion on the table.
The reconsideration was finally denied, ayes 92, ;
nays, 93, which theSpeakerannounced so quickly,
as to prevent the possibility of a change in the re- i
suit It is due to the Southern Whigs to say, that
with very few exceptions, they faced the music. :
Mr. Stephens and Mr. Toombs did their part in '
such a manner as to challenge respect ami good j
feeling;. Several of the Pennsylvania Loco Focos j
bolted and determined the question against their '
own State. The Western Democrats voted, as
usual, with their Southern allies, for which they
will get paid off before the day of adjournment. !
Another effort will be mnde to attach this proposition
to the Civil and Diplomatic Bill, but the indications
are very discouraging. This is the liret
chapter of Southern gratitude for Northern con- j
cession.
And you, people of Georgia, are to be taxed, |
heavily taxed, to pay for the concemotu lately 1
made ; yen, concessions consisting in not having
stripped you, all at once, of all your rights. And
your recreant representatives, Robert Toombs and
Alexander H. Stephens, who have blustered so
loudly of Southern rights, are to assist in this
legislative process of fleecing you to build up
Northern manufacturing towns and villages. They
may face the sweet and seductive music by which
Northern power may lure them to the betrayal of
the people's rights. But Georgia has never yet
fiven her voice for high tariffs, and that voice will
e raised in tones of thunder, which her delegates
in Congress will not dare to disregard.
From the Atlanta (G'a.) Intelligencer.
Southern Rights Barbecue.?The meeting of
the citizens of DeKalb which came ofT in this
city, on Saturday last, was well attended, when
considered as a county meeting. During the forenoon
and afternoon addresses were made to
the meeting by Col. A. F. Luckie, Cliutrmnn, J.
L. Harris, esq., Captain A. Nelson, of Cobb, W.
B. Prior, of Lagrange, Geo. K, Smith, esq , of
Stone Mountain, and F. H. West, of Atlanta.
The general tenor of the addresses during the
day were much the same?a review of the progress
of Abolitionism as connected with the past
political history of the General Government; illustrations
showing the various aggressions on the
rights of the slaveholding portion of the Union;
speculations ns to the compromise bill; that there
was nothing but violuted faith on the part of the
free States to be seen in the past?that the present
is still more gloomy and forboding?that there is
nothing to hope for in the future?in the Union;
and that the only security for the future was to he
found in a dissolution of the Union. The Federal
uovmiiudii rcccivcu uuy uiing uui emogiuiiit*,
and as to the Star Spangled Banner, their Rong
was anything rather than "Oh long may it
wave." In short, disunion was the motto ot the
meeting, and the principal orators seemed to vie
with each other in the heartiness with which they
| gloried in the epithet of traitors to a government,
which they held was already abrogated by a violation
of tlie compact on which it rested. We
did not hear the speech ofMr, Prior, of Lagrange,
but we understand that it was much more conciliatory
in its character than those of the other
orators, and many of his sentiments were not by
j any means congenial with their own. The meetj
ing finally adjourned without further action.
j The "Higher Law" in the Aseendant. !
From the tone of the Northern Administration
prints thus far, it seems as though that
section of the Whig party will not generally
sustain the seoedet^'rom the Convention?but
will "knock under" to the Sewardites.
The Albany Krening Jourruil thus chuckles
over Its triumph, and shows very little anxiety
about the "bolters
"We ask the attention of the Whigs of New
York to the resolutions adopted bv their State
Convention. We ask it with an undoubting conviction
that these resolutions will find a hearty
response from all parts of the State.
Until the delegates who withdrew from the j
Convention shall have assigned their reasons for ,
doing so, we forbear remark upon what will be j
deemed a most extraordinary course.
Nearly two-thirds of the delegates to the Con- i
vention were steadfast in the conviction that the \
Whig party must stand where it has stood in its
past conlliets and triumphs. Any departure, by
that Convention, from cardinal principles?any
faltering in the path of duty-?any compromise
of the cause of freedom, would have left the
Wing party defenceless and naked, to the pity j
of its friends and the contempt of its foes.
But thanks to the firmness and fidelity of an ;
indomitable majority, representing a constitn- j
eney to which the Whig party is ever indebted
for its strength and its stability, there was, in j
our State Convention, no wavering in faith, no 1
faltering in action. W e stand firmly on the j
platform of 1818. We go into the election up- !
holding the banner under which Gen. Taylor and
Mil lata Fillmore were elected President and !
Vice President, There is not, in the resolutions i
of the State Convention, a sentiment, a sentence,
or a syllable, which docs not belong to the Whig !
ereod, and on which our Whig President, Whig ,
members of Congress, Whig Governor, Whig
State officers and State Legislature* were elected.
Nor is there a sentiment or a word in these
resolutions to which the Hon. Mr. Oner is not
openly committed wnd publicly pledged.
Why then have these gentlemen bolted? We
will not attempt to anticipate their answer. Nor
will we indulge any reflections upon theirConrse.
Time and reason is not unlikely to call some of!
them?perhaps all?back to liieir positions in
the Wing party. Let no doer be closed to their !
return. j
But this is a question of importance to themselves
only. No forty gentlemen, however high
in office or distinguished in character, can, by
their defection, arrest the onward course of a
great party. As well might the same number of
passengers attempt to atop the revolutions of a
locomotive by throwing themselves upon the
track before it. as to suppose the dissent of forty
voices will be heeded by more than twohundred
thousand Whig Freemen.
The eyes of our deluded friends will be unsealed
in forty-eight hours. Nothing but that umadness
" which precedes destruction can keep them
blinded. Strong men row rapidly iri/h the tide
?to pull against it is a hard nnd slow process,
leaders, too, are strong wlion they net in sympathy
with the masses ; but powerless when they
they attempt to mislead.
On the other side there is e\idcnt uneasiness,
and n disposition to "acquiesce*' in the will oil
the majority.
In view of such f int plaudits as the follow-1
ing, and the advice which is given, well may
Messrs. Granger, Durr &. Co. exclaim, "Call |
you this backing your friends!"
The New York Commercial Advrtise.r (Ad- j
ministration) thus concludes its remarks :
We need not extend these remarks much
farther.?We shall not presume to advise,
Messrs. Granger, Duer nnd their friends upon ;
their future course. With them we regret
that the ultra sentiments of Senator Seward
were so cordially endorsed. But "we would
also suggest (hat unless thei/ are prcpore<l to
throir overboard their refutation for consistency.
they must come Wk to tte positions they occupied
in November, 1818?that the voice of
the majority is the voice of the convention, ami
the voice of the convention is the voice of the
party. By these landmarks any party must
abide that would successfully carry out its principles.
We must have tome cardinal yriwiylr:
which must remain unshaken amid all Buetuatioua
of opinion and sentiment. Thai jirincijtl>j,
thai majoritir* mu*t govern wherever the
representative system is fully carried out In
the Whig party it is so. If we neglect the
primary meetings and other channels of influeiiciug
the convention, the blame rests with its,
and to the inconvenience or penalty we nr<
bound, in all reason and honor, to submit, ff
conventional decisions wrong tis, wre can protest
; if they conflict with onr settled convictions
so as to interfere with principles and conscience,
we can retire"from the party; but onr
friends who propose a rival convention and a
rival ticket will, we are sure, yet perceive that
their entire ground is unlrnabU, and their proposed
action calculated only to estrange tliciu
Iroui the Whig party, and w ork mischief botli
to themselves ami the principles to which they
profess to be attached.
This language eamiot be mistaken?it plainly
warns the seeeders not to distract the party,
but .submit under protest. The same advice is
given by the New York Mirror, edited by an
otliee-holder under the administration :
44 However strong may bo the feeling about
one of the resolutions, the nominations are Hot
exceptionable, liven the seeeders accord Litis;
and we cannot rank ourselves among those Mint,
because they dislike a simple declaratory resolution
of the convention?which, we cannot too
often retreat, they might have neutralized by a
protest?liuve put themselves iu opposition to
the proceedings of the convention, jts excellent
nomination included ; nominations, also, respecting
the voting for which there is no allegation
of unfairness and no suspicion, so far as we
have heird or read, of the slightest departure
from the most regular and orderly proceedings.
There is no excuse for refusing support to such
a ticket; 110 puliation whatever of any factions
opposition to it
Since the above remarks were written, wo
have seen the statement that the seeeders have
recommended a Convention of Nationul Whigs
at Utica. We are still of the opinion that this
was unnecessary. All that sucli a Convention
could do, would be to puss different resolutions
and nominate the same men. We doubt not
that the Whig Committees of t e National
Whigs in this city would recommend the nominations
and discard the objectionable resolutions.
Still we wait to see the address. Perhat>8
ft senarate organization is nri?f>nsnrvm other
parts of the State.
It should be noted that Greeley, notwithstanding
his support of the Compromise Bill, glories
over the result, and endorses to the fullest extent
the course of the majority.
Mr. Cornell and VVessel S. Smith will also do
the same."
The Albany Register of Saturday, the special
organ of the Administration, is very oracular,
but inclined to peace and harmony :
"The telegraph hringsus unpleasant accounts of
the disruption of the convention, upon the passage
of resolutions introducing doctrines foreign to the
principles of the national whig party. While we
deeply regret this slate of things, and most strongly
lenient and deprecate the folly and fanaticism
which have produced such results, we esteem it
fortunate that the main and vital purposes for
which the convention whs assembled have been
accomplished. A complete ticket of candidates
for all the officers now to be elected, has been presented
by the body chosen for that purpose, combining
an array of talent, strength, and sound
whig character, which entitles it to the warm support
of every whig.
" Our differences upon points of an absiruct
character, do not aifect the essential principles of
the party, on which all agree, and ought not to af
feet the vigor, union, and efficiency which has
hitherto characterized the wliigs in prosperity and
adversity. To all then, we say, let us heartily
support the ticket, the whole ticket, and nothing
but the ticket."
" We reserve comments upon the extraordinary
and injudicious course of the majority of the State
convention for a future occasion. It will be seen
expression to the principles of the larjje body of
whiga of the Suite who adhere to the national
platform."
Following these is a eulogistic notice of the
candidates nominated by the majority?-without
the participation of many of the minority?
closing with this paragraph :
" The ticket, as a whole, is one of great strength
and popularity, nn<l well calculated to command
the full vote of the whig?, as well as the " rest of
mankind/ "
From these signs it would seem that the
Sewardites will ride rough-shod over their
opponents?who have already dubbed thenselves
the National, and the majority the. Sectional
division?but when orders have been issued
from head quarters, it strikes us that there
will he a change of tune ia the organs, and an
attempt made to '"light the devil with fire," timt.
is, to prevent the full triumph of the rebellious
senator, if powerless to put him down. The
issue has beeo made directly by Mr. Seward?
be lias flung down the gauntlet. A better commentary
upon the canting congratulations tendered
to the country on his downfall could
not be presented, than bis present attitude,
and that of his taction in the Empire State?
holding the President at bay, even when backed
by the power of bis official patronage, and
beating ofl' bis friends in convention by a vote
of two to one, even wheu they held out the
band of fraternity.
VVI lilt the policy of the Administration wing H
of the party will be, we have as yet had no
means of positively ascertaining!, since the organs
here tread most gingerly over the hot
ashes of the convention; hut it seems to us
that the instinct of self-preservation will compel
them to resist, if they would not be dragged
as trophies of triumphs at the chariot wheels.of
the successful Seward. He seems determined to
"rule or ruin"?and offers tluit alternative alone.
If the administration men act with him it must
he as subordinates ; if they oppose him the division
gives the State to the Democrats?provided
their truce he not as hollow as that of their
opponents.
There is another aspect of the case, which is
not an impossible contingency?a coalition between
Sewardites and Van I?umutes?Old Hunkers
and Administration men?a league which
' the cohesive power of public plunder" might
possibly keep together long enough to decide an
election?after which chaos would come again.
We watch the deveiopements with much curiosity?for
the old party lines at the North, as
at the South, are becoming mere air lines, straining
the strongest vision to define?and the
new issues which alone possess vitality, ice
every day obliterating these old divisions more
and more. Sectional parties and sectional issues H
have alone divided and swayed t' e notion of this H
Coi gross?and the same controlling influences H
now agitato the country, and men define their H
positions now with reference almost exclusively H
to them?though the old names are industri- H
onsly kept alive hy Presidential partizans, to H
promote their own purposes. The Free-soil I
party is alive however, and that it was kicking H
at tlie last accounts, let the journals of the Sy- H
mouse Conventions of both par'irs attest. The H
adjustment of their own internal difficulties by H
the leaders of the old parties, will be just ns efTi- H
carious as that which Congress tried tojmli* off H
on Uie people of the South. H