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Prom the .Vhr Orleans Delta.
Bill Hunter,
tub victim or compromises.
About the ninth name on the recorder', hat
yesterday morning, was that of Bill Bunter, and
lo little dul It'll feel interested in h.s name that it
had to be repeated audibly three limes before he
vouchsafed to inform the court that he was its
i owner. _ .
Recorder. Bunter, what are you ?
bunler. Well, 1 ain't much, your honor, no
how you can fix it. I think you may call me the
Compromise Bill, for I have been the victim of
compromises through my life. My very birth, 1
used to hear my brother say, was a matter of compromise
between Death and the Doctor?Death
finally consenting to let me Jive, intimating pretty
broadly, however, that I'd never be no account.
Recorder. Yes, and the watchman informs me
that you endeavored to bring the spirit of com
promise into play when you were arrested last
night *, you told him that if he would let you ofT,
you would treat. This, of itself, Mr. Bunter, is
an oflence for which you deserve to be punished?
i t is an attempt to corrupt the stream of justice at
its source.
Bunter. It may have been, sir, but I did not
view it in that light. The watchman talked of the
majesty of the law?I dwelt on the liberties of the
citizen, and I certainly did think that both could
be h rmonized over a brandy toddy.
Recorder. But you found the watchman was
not to be tampered with?that he would not forego
his dutv.
grants, ana tnat tne urange river will not long remain
the boundary of the Cape colony.
I remain, air, your obedient servant,
Cospatsick Raili.ie Hamilton.
Nov. 11, Anglesey, Sept. 30.
Very Intemperate.?A Temperance meeting
at St. llyacinthe, Lower Canada, recently excited
the people so much against drunkenness,
that a mob collected, proceeded to a building
occupied as a brewery and distillery, owned by
Mr. Phillips,of Laprairie, and entirely demolished
it. Similar outrages were committed at a neighboring
tavern, and further mischief was threatened
Cumming, and I therefore feel it n duty almost to
bear witness to the truth of such part of iiis statements
as I can, and this the more readily as 1 ani
a total stranger to the author. 1 cannot pretend
to vouch for the truth of Mr. Cumming"s performances,
not having witnessed them; hut 1 can
for the accuracy of his description of the countless
thousands of wild animals that are to be found together
on some of the plains he speaks of; and if I
can answer for the truthfulness of his description
in this respect, (a portion of his statement much
disbelieved,) I think we should in charity be slow
to disbelieve iiis other statements.
I confess myself guilty of having set off into the
wilds of Africa of my own free will, and of having
made a few notes in the shape of a journal, but I
never had the courage to publish it, feeling how
difficult it would he for most people to believe it.
Neither will people believe Mr. Cumming's work
till more shall have ventured on the same road.
You say most truly that people in this country
cannot bring themselves to believe such marvellous
accounts of wild animals; neither do 1 wondor at
it. 1 see, on referring to my journal, that I was
bewildered and confounded with astonishment on
beholding the wonders of that country. The life
led there, and the whole scene, are such as I defy
any one properly to describe, or, on the other
hand, to appreciate or believe, who lias not seen it.
Your reviewer wonders that a man could take
such delight in wild sports. Surely, when we see
mpn dpvnfincr thpir timp flnrl fnrtnnps to hunting a
fox in this great allotment ground, a man may be
excused for being led away for a time by such a
pursuit in so noble a country as South Africa.?
Life in the desert is one that has charms so hope- j
less to describe, that I wonder any one is found to
undertake the task. The deserts of South Africa '
open to the mind of the astonished adventurer a 1
sense of freedom, combined with a feeling o! de- !
fiendence on a merciful Providence, which is not ;
rought out by life in civilized countries.
My course in South Africa lay amongst the
deserts and forests bordering the Orange river and
the Thebus mountain, and it was there that Mr. j
Cummings discovered the vast herds of spring- j
boks and blesboks, on the improbability of which
your reviewer chiefly dwells. 1 will venture to
give these few extracts from my journal :?
"Awoke from my sleep, on the ground by a !
noise as of distant thunder. On looking up, saw j
the plain covered with dust as if an army were en- |
gaged, and presently the dark columns of count- i
less thousands of springboks, blesboks and other
animals charged among the plain within shot.?
They were in a dense mass of great breadth, and
apparently extending to the horizon "
Again, referring to the swarms of locusts, I find:
"The air was filled with dense masses of locusts,
darkening the earth, and apparently coming
from the clouds, having all the appearance of a
thick snow storm."
I feel, therefore, that I may boldly give my
name as witness to such scenes as those described
by Mr. Cumming.
1 hope th above statement may induce some to
be more inclined to believe Mr. Cumming's work.
Having said this much in his defence, I confess
I cannot admire the style of his work, which has
justly laid him open to your severe criticism, and
entirely agree with you that the way he dwells on
"the murdering parts of the business" is unfortunate.
When a man is living in that wild state,
his blood must be got up for such scenes, or he
could not exist ; but he should have remembered
that the naked recital of them, so frequently dwelt
upon, must shock the nerves and feelings of the
European reader.
I would conclude by remarking that a noble
country will there be some day opened lo emi
Bunter. I did your honor, and it was just as 1
thought it would be. From my earliest youth up,
as I have already told your honor, 1 have been a
compromiser, and 1 never remember an instance
in which 1 had not the worst of the bargain. 1
compromised with my schoolmaster, by agreeing
to assist him in teaching the juvenile class; he, on
his part, agreeing not to ask nie to learn my
Greek or Latin. My sweet-heart jilted me after
making the most fervent protestations of undying
love, and married a miserable d?I, who had
nothing to recommend him but a taste for music
and a moustache. I was fool enough to compromise
the matter with her, because she invited me
to stand sponsor for her first child. If the ghost
of my defunct tailor could burst the cerements of
the tomb, he would whisper in my ear compromise
! compromise!! compromise!!! And again?
Recorder. I have heard enough of your history,
Mr. Bunter. 1 simply wish to know how it is
you were out in the street at so late an hour last
night, and without knowing where to go?
Bunter. Well, your honor, it was because of
the evil star of my destiny?compromiseI owed
my landlady a week's rent. 44 Bunter," said she
to me, when 1 went in .about ten o'clock?44 Bunter,
your week's up?you know my terms?pay
every week." 44 1 know it ma'am," said 1 41 Disappointment,
you know, in reinniittance?exceedingly
anxious to settle?hard up ut the present
time?will be /lush next week?make all right.
In the meantime what say you to a compromise?"
rtplieci : 44 She wasn't ago in' to he humbugged
in that way." I spoke of the beauties of the
compromise system. She said : 44 Fiddle-de-de! "
I became eloquent on the compromise, and referred
to the efforts of Clay, Webster, Foote, and
others, in behalf of my favorite doctrine. She
neither appreciated my argument nor my theory ;
demanded, premptorily five dollars, and finding it
inconvenient to pay it, 1 had to quit. This accounts
for my presence in the street, and for my
meeting with the watchman. I shall now try my
favorite doctrine with your Honor and ask you to
compromise the matter, by letting me olf without
asking from me jail fees, which, in truth, I have
not to pay..
The Recorder consented to the proposition, with
tire promise that IVlr. Buntershould leave the city,
which he agreed to do.
Having effected this one compromise to iiis satisfaction,
Bunter left the office, apparently us rejoiced
as if he had gained a great political or diplomatic
triumph.
To the Editor of the London Times.
Sir: On reading your review of Mr. Cumming's
work on South Africa, 1 cannot refrain from offering
a few remarks in his defence, trusting that the
spirit of justice which so eminently distinguishes
your journal will induce you to insert them. I
may probably be at present the only person in
England who has gone over a great part of the
deserts nnd liuntiri-p- p-rounds snnken of bv Mr.
From tht tFcstem Christian Advocalt.
Th* Omat S4lt Like Cm.?Early in April,
I 1847, one hundred nnd forty-three men, two
women and three children started out aa pioneers
from Council Bluffs, Iowa. These Mormons
made an entire new road on the north side of the
Platte, crossing Elk-horn to Fort Laramie j they
then took the Oregon trail to Fort Bridger, when
they commenced a new route through the Rocky j
Mountains. On the 22d of July of the same year, J
they say the first man, Professor Orson Pratt, enI
tered the valley. On tlie 23d of July, the first
camp moved into and halted at what now is called ?
I the centre of the citv. I" the afternoon of the ^
same day, they had three ploughs and one harrow
at work.
I At two o'clock P. M. of the same day, they .
| commenced building the first data for irrigation.
The next day, Saturday, the 24th, they planted c
r ?/v#al/vao On (lio Ol^lK rif t It A K!?mp
The productiveness of the soil is astonishing. J
! We are here in the midst of their harvest, and t,
never have we seen such wheat. We will give ,
1 you one out of many authentic accounts. Mr.
Holliday, from the south of this place, raised up- ,
wards of one hundred and eighty-five hushels j
of wheat from one bushel of the seed, and three ,
hundred bushelsof potatoes front one bushel of the (
seed. t
This valley is regnrded ns one of the healthiest ^
portions of theglobe; the nir is certainly the purest
t ever breathed. Its altitude is four thousand and J]
1 three hundred feet above the level of the sen; and n
; some of the mountains on the coast of the valley ?
are more than a mile and a quarter high, and are
! covered with perpetual snow; while in the valley
I the thermometer frequently rises above one bun!
dred degrees. t
So much for this city and valley. As to the t
i moral and other aspects of this people, 1 have not (
1 at present time or space to write nny thing. It is t
due to them to say that 1 have not seen any thing
I vicious since my arrival. They are v ry kind and (
hospitable to emigrants. The emigrants drop |
tbein a thousand commodities for a small consid- (
eration, as they change from the train to the packi
ing method of accomplishing the remainder of their'
l journey; while they in turn are greatly accommo- .
! dated in obtaining'suppiies'and refreshments at this N
little more tlian half-way houke over plains and f
deserts.
From the California Courier, Oct. 14. v
The Progress of Squatterism.?There can be t
j no doubt, in the minds of all considerate and re- t
decting men, that squatterism is on the advance.
The elections in Sacramento and the surrounding u
country have established the fact clearly. Dr. j f
llooinson, WHO is now iiicuri:crmcu in nit- piinuu
shin for riotous proceedings in the late disturbance s
in Sacramento, has been elected to the legislature, a
Should the charge of ineligibility against L. F. a
Dunlap be etablished, und he refused u sent in the ei
legislature, then James Carico, the next highest tl
on the ticket, another squatter, will be returned in h
his place. It is said that Mr. Dunlap has not re- d
sided in this State twelve months. We are unable s
ourselves, to judge of the justice of this charge,
and therefore do not state it as a fact. n
E. B. Cone could not have received votes enough o
to prove that he was a candidate for attorney gen- e
eral, had he not coveted and secured a place on p
the squatters'ticket, lie appears now, from the
vote taken, to be a man of some position and force
of character, and he may be?but all our advices
have placed him as a gentleman of ordinary abili- C
1 ty. Squatterisin has, even against such odds.giv- tl
en him consequence. Thurpe, McDougal, and p
! Butterfield, it seems, were in collusion with them C
j all, though they professed to have no connection
with, or knowledge of their movements. That 1
frauds have been committed, and combinations r
have been formed by certain candidates, against t
all propriety and all principles of justice, we be- a
! lieve is susceptible of substantial proof. Our i
quondam friend, Cigler, was not asleep, either, t
I when all these movements were in progress. We (
! will guarantee that he was up to his shoulders iu |
the work. 1
1 Well, somebody is going to be cheated. There t
j will surely be a muss grow out of this bargain and
sale?perhaps another rumpus and riot will be j
kicked up. Such a commingling of clashing and |
conflicting views will upset one of the two parties i
I ?if not both. We hope the wings will keep aloof i
from these frauds and combinations. Let them i
organize on their own principles, and be prepared i
1 to " render tinto Caesar the things that are |
| Cassar's." Whatever is just in squatterism, let i
them approve and allow?whatever is wrong, dis- i
approve and disallow. In this way, a discerning j
j public will soon discover how to estimate the two <
parties. i
?
A Neck and Neck Race.?A most remarkable
state of ease in the population of Dayton,
Columbus, and Cleveland, was put on record in
the census of those cities for 1840 and 1846, .ind (
bids fair, by present appearances, to exist in the ,
recent decennial enumerations for 1850. This i i
is the slight difference in population of all three I I
I cities at all these periods: I 1
1840 1846 1850 I*
Columbus 6448 10616 17656 I (
Cleveland 6071 10135 17600
Dayton 60?7 lOlfU i
The Census of Dayton for 1850 is not ret on t
file.
i live acres ui jv.. ?..v MV... ?. ...? ......
i month, what they style the quorum of the Twelve
i Apostles, assembled and luid oil'a city as follows:
j Block of ten acres each, eight lots to the block, an
| acre and a quarter to euch lot ; the streets eight
j rods wide, the side-walks twenty feet wide ; the
j side walks to be beautifully shaded ; the blocks to 1
be surrounded by a purling brook, issuing from
I the mountains ; every house to be built twenty feet
| from the front fence. No two houses front each
I other ; standing in his own door, every man may
j no! look into his neighbor's door, but into his
neighbor's garden. They have four public squares,
which are hereafter to be adorned with trees from
I the four quarters of the globe, and supplied with
| fountains of water.
On the temple square, they intend to have a gar!
den that will cost ut least ? 100,000 ut the com]
mencement. '1 heir missionaries have already
made arrangements in the Eastern States, in Great
Britain, France, Italy, Denmark, the Germanic ^
' States, and in the Islands of the sea, to gather the a
j choicest seeds and fruits and every thing that can
I benutify and adorn the garden. At first, the city a
was laid off to contain one hundred and thirty-five H
blocks. Since then, an addition of sixty-five blocks s
h?s been made to the east, and sixty on the west, o
They h-rve luid oil" one mile square on the east of i
| the city for aUniversity. It will not betwo years e
until next October, since the first house was built |
in this city, and it now numbers nine thousand, f
They already have convenient houses built of
j dobies?dried brick?and most of the luxuries of ^
life. They expect an emigration of at least 10,- i
000 of their own people this year. {
The only method of cultivation is by irrigation, t
I from what they call "City creek." Just as this I
| creek opens in the valley from the snow-cupped t
mountains, it divides into two main branches, n
which afterwards subdivide. This water, from the ^
j mountains to the temple block, has an average fall |i
of nine inches in a rod, for a distance of more than j
I io., .viiina with n rrrpnter fall the further you ad- t
vnnee into the mountains. At one mile and a j
, third from the city, is 11 warm sulphur spring;,
I which possesses great cleansing and purifying f
| properties, and which, it is affirmed, cures most f
i diseases of this climate. About a mile and a half *
j further, is a hot sulphur spring. On the soyth |
side of the valley is a hot spring of pure water. '
| The water of this spring is twenty-nine feet and '
J three indies deep.
The city is located about twenty-two miles
| southeast of the great Salt Lake. The lake is '
J considered more saline than the ocean, three gal- !
Ions of the water making one gallon of the purest,
I whitest, finest salt. The valley is about thirty j
; miles by twenty-two, joining to a valley of about
i fifty miles by eight in width. From the centre
) north to the south these two valleys are studded !
1 with settlers, numbering from fifteen to twenty 1
I thousand. The lieutenant-engineer, Mr. Gun- '
' nison, estimates these valleys?having explored .
| them?as capable of supporting a population of
I from one ana a half to two millions.
I
On the south of this valley lie the Utah valley j
! and lake, about fifty miles from this city. The ,
j name of their city is Provo, on the south side of |
i the Provo river. The lake is pure water, eight (
j miles by four, abounding with fish. About one ]
J hundred miles south of this, they have established
I a settlement of about one hundred and fifty fami]
lies. This valley is called San Pete. Ilere there
| are many ruins covered with hieroglyphics. One
f' lace in particular is called by the Indians " God's
'emple." Here, also, mnny remains of ancient
j pottery, both glazed nnd unglnzed, are found in (
I great abundance ; nnd here, also, is s mountain of
| pure rock salt, and an abundance of bituminous j
i coal. j
j During five months of the year there can be no ?
communication with the north, east, or west, the 5
! mountains being rendered impassable by the snow. .
This city is situated about forty and a half degrees ?
[ north latitude, and one hundred and eleven degrees j
litno-iindp vvHjii of Greenwich.
From the .1lta California, October 19.
The Reception in San FVaneisco of the Sexes of the
Admission of California into tlu Union.
First Effects or the News.?We have never
leen so general and joycua an excitement, or any
hing comparable with it, as that which has resulted
in this city from the news received here
yesterday. It hud been half anticipated, yet so
nany disappointments and delays had been our
iite, that everything has been perfectly quiet up to
he time when the first gun from the Oregon gave
lotice of her approach. Then the excitement
ommenced and increased, and up to this present
veiling has not diminished. It at one; took down
very body. The beautiful aleamer came gallanty
into the harbor, gracefully decorated, and teltng
the importance of the news she brought by
:ontinued canonading.
At once the American (lug went up from every
lossible place in the city. One gallant fellow
1 1 ? flntr mt u fV nn lliA
VOTKeu Ilia way up inc nuppci J ....6 .....
Square, and rove the p-nnant halyards, amid the
heers of the crowd. Then the stars and stripes
vent floating aloft, and every hat swung around,
ind every voice was brought into requisition, to
velcome (he first public flag ever raised there in
lonor of the thirty-first State of the Union. " Three
irnes three," were given in token of pride and
ileasuie; as many more for Harry Clay, for havng
' assisted in putting k there;" the same for
?1r. Benton for the same reasons, and inany
beers for others. Then the people contributed
letween two und three hundred dollars for the
benefit of the fine fellow who " shinned" up the
lag staff. Soon two splendid pieces of ordinance
vere on the ground beneath the flag, and a grund
alute?of we do not know how many guns?
'1 1 ? r * Artanoinn ThpHP f?ll 11
ireu hi iioiiui ui iiic gicm uuvH?a.v... - ..v?
ion wore from the revenue cutter, and, under the
lirection of Captain Frazer, were skilfully manged.
Universuljoy seems to prevail among all clases.
The young republicans are glorious, and so
re the old. Several thousand dollars were subcribed
within two hours for a grand ball, in honor
if the occasion. The El Dorado and other buildups
were illuminated, and crackers and fire-arms,
ind happy voices, all told unmistakeubly of the
ove of the Union, which is one of the strongest
'eelinga in the hearts of our citizens.
We only wish that those who have so long prerented
this act of justice to the wishes of Califorlia,
could have witnessed the scene. Where are
ill the speculations of those who have said that
he people wished a Territorial Government??
Vanished, like the sinoke of the crackers which
he boys burnt on the occasion, and with just as
nucli regret. We ure in the Union, thank God !
iVe nre in the United States of America, once
nore, nnd our hearts are too full of joy and reoicing
to say much just yet. The Union?God
iless and prosper it!?is not a rope of sand. The
ustice of the country, though it may be delayed,
s sure at last. We are admitted. And we will
diow the noble nier. who have struggled so long
'or us, that we are not unworthy of their toils ana
inxieties. We will show those who have opposed
our rights, that they were wrong, by what
we will prove to the world that our State shall yet
he.
Quite a number of patriotic citizens assembled
last evening, for the purpose of taking steps to
elicit a suitable response to the glorious news just
received?the admission of California into the
Union. S. J. Smith wus called to the chair, and
several resolutions passed, when, understanding
hat the city authorities were moving in the matter,
and had appropriated funds for a similar purDose,
the meeting appointed a committee, consisting
of eight gentlemen, to confer with the council
.ipon the subject of a public celebration.
The report of this meeting was handed in at so
ate an hour that we could not publish it.
We are gratified in announcing an instance of
*ood feeling that occurred in our harbor yesterday
3n the arrival of the steumer Oregon, from Panama,
with the intelligence of the admission of California
into the Union, the first guns fired on the
occasion were from the British brig Novelty, of
Liverpool, Capt. Harrison.
MAYOa's MESSAGE.
Mayoh's Office, San Francisco, Oct. 18, 1850.
To the*.Honorable the Aldermen anil Assistant Aldermen
of the City of San IVancisco :
Gentlemen : It is appropriate to communicate
:o you in an official manner, the highly interesting
trid important intelligence this day received, of the
inal action of the Congress of the United States
>y which California has heen received into our
p-eat Confederacy of free and indepedent States.
This act of justice to our rights, of the greatest
irorii se to future prosperity, was approved luid
igiu J by the President on the 0th of September
ast. It is with unmingleil satisfaction that we
:an congratulate each other on an event that must
low and hereafter, forever, be regarded as equally
tuspicious to our State, and the sovereignties with
which we are now, 1 trust, iudissolubly united.
We have now a full and unequivocal ratifica;ion,
by the highest power on earth, of the organzati
in, arts, and measures of the Government,
which the citizens of California have found it ne essnry
to form for themse'ves. But together with
lie privileges and immunities conferred upon us
>y the will of thirty States, represented in Con
.i nUrt rpsnnnsibilitios of
less, nine cue f
lie most serious and weighty character. We are
ot only to maintain in our own community as a
itale, the great American principles of self govrnment,
which we have been the medium of transacting
to these western shores of the continent,
lut we are to spread their light and inlluence to
he right hand and to the left, and onward across
he Pacific, which is already made animate with
iur busy commerce to the Islands of the South and
,o the snores of Asia.
In the appreciation of the advantages, nnd in the
lischarge of the obligations which our present reations
to our common country confer and impose,
he citizens of San Francisco who now, and who
nay hereafter occupy this great commercial emloriuni,
will do full honor to themselves and
neet the just expectations of all whose eyes
vill be turned upon their political, civil,and social
:areer.
The unbounded enthusiasm with which the
tews of our admission as a State into the Union,
vns received by our citizens, demonstrates alike
lie vast importance they attach to the event, and
lie patriotism with which they are animated.
Never did the bright sunshine of Heaven fall
pon a people with lighter, prouder, or more joyii
1 hearts. The loud huzzas of the citizens, the
envy booming of cannon, and the " stars and
tripes," our nation's pride, floating from a thousnd
masts and staffs, told that there had transpired
n event sufficiently glorious to arouse the warmst
glow of patriotism, and to inspire happiness
iroughout our entire community. This indeed
as been a glorious day for California?a proud
ay for the friends of their country, and for the
importers of law and order.
In view of this important event, I would recomlend
that you adopt suitable measures to enable
ur citizens to unite, at nil early day, in a proper
xpression of their sontimeuts and feelings, by a
hi:- -t?mnnairBlinn.
J NO. W. GEARY, Mai,or.
Thf. Whig Party Vindicated.?The New York
Jourier and Enquirer thus conclusively vindicates
ne Whigs of this State against the wanton caminy
of the "New York Young Men's Whig
ieneral Committee :?
The above resolutions were adopted by the
democratic Whig Young Men ofthis city, at their
neeting on Monday evening. Thpy charge a porion
of the Whig party with having premeditated
md accomplished the defeat of Mr. Cornell, while
hey assert that all the Whigs of this city were
rue to Mr. Hunt. We believe the assertion to be
itlerly untrue in both its branches, and we thereore
regret that it should have been sent forth with
.he sanction of any committee claiming to repreicnt
the Whigs of this city.
In the first place, Mr. Hunt's meagre majority
s owing entirely to the desertion of him by professed
Whigs or this city ; and this is a fact which
the editor of the Express, who wrote the resolulions,
knew perfectly well. The hue and cry was
raised against him, that he was a National VVhig, |
that he was nominated upon the Syracuse platform,
and that his election would be an endorsement
of "Sewardism." He was nominated at the
Utica Convention, it is true; but it was openly
proclaimed by one of the highest officeholders under
the Whig National Administration in this city,
that although the National Whigs had nominated
him, they would not rote for him. The " Union
Meeting'' at Castle Garden, in which many claiming
to be Whigs took part, was aimed at his defeat,
and was followed up by measures to secure it.
That meeting and that movement were never
rensured in the slightest degree for this attempt to
defeat Mr. Hunt, by the Express, nor did the seclion
of the Whig party whith tlyit paper professes
:o represent, disclaim this action, or lake any steps
:o counteract it. The anti-Hunt movement went
in, secretly at first, and when this was no longer
lossible, openly under the guidance of some
Whigs, and with the silent approbation of others.
?The result was apparent on the day of election.
While this city gave a majority of over 5000 for
ha Whig Mayor, and elected thirteen out of six
AM mamliAM A aoomliln Wnollintrfnil limit
fni IIKIIIWI9 V* aWVHIVi^ f I? HXlK'gtVII *AU liv j
til '?* *- * *- -
wu left in a minority of over a thousand ! And yetjl
the Young Men's Committee declare that the
Whigs of this city were true to the whole Whig
ticket. <
From the Savannah ( Ga.) Morning ./VVtes. J
How the North amd South ark Deceived.? 1
We fear that the people, North and South, are be- 1
ing futally deceived in regard to the true attitude <
of the great question which now threatens the |
destruction of this Union.- Every day gives us (
evidence of this fact. A portion of the press in <
both sections are not only endeavoring to sup- |
press the truth in regard to the matter, but to
convey wrong impressions abroad in reference to
the state of public opinion in their vicinities, on 1
the vitally important question now agitating the '
country. We notice that the Northern papers 1
ure furnished with glowing telegraphic accounts I
of the meetings of the so called Union party in i
this city, while the meetings-of the opposing party (
are never made the subject of a despatch, and rarely j
noticed by the Northern press. <
?... .??,Wk mav see how the game is work- ?
ing, we publish the following extracts. The first
is /bom the Boston Journal, a prominent anti-slavery
paper.
Good neves from Georgia.?The Savannah Republican
6ays the Union ticket to the convention
will succeed in nearly every county in the State.
Upon this extract the Southern Press very properly
remarks: " When theciti/.ens of Boston tuke .
so deep an interest in the success of that ticket it j
surely is an auspicious omen of " union" espe- (
cjally after the treatment of the Georgia ambassadors.
" With what effect such paragraphs as these
are thrown in the teeth of the "Norfliern doughfaces,"
as they are called, who, taking the alarm I
at the resolute position assumed by a portion I
of our people in defence of their rights, are en- s
deavoring to check the aggressive spirit of the |
Abolitionists, will readily be perceived. The ,
people of the North are made to misconstrue and (
misunderstand the position of the Union party ,
here, who are there represented as the anti-Southern
rights party, or the party who are prepared
to submit to any wrong, to " any degree of clegra- '
dation" for the sake of the Union, and such extracts
as these from Southern journals, are quoted i
II-.- .1 .akanaiftn# of the timid. Thus are
io uimy me itppiciibua.w..^ ?
our enemies emboldened to persist in their cn- |
croachments on our rights, and the perpetuity of j
our Union endangered.
lint not only are the people of the North deceived.
Our own people ure sought to be lulled
into false and fatal security by a similar course of 1
proceeding on the part of the Southern editors, *
who seem to regard the triumph of party as paramount
to every other consideration, and who nre I
resorting to the schemes of common party tactics |
in the canvass of a question with which ure iden- (
tified the most vital interests of the South, as well i
as of the whole Union. They give but half the !
truth?that part of it which makes for them?and
suppress the balance, which, to our mind, is worse 1
than the suppression of the whole. As a case in
point,and bearing a strong affinity to the one above,
we give the following from the Republican of Wednesday
lust.
Good News from Boston?From telegraphic intelligence
to the New York Journal of Commerce,
and National Intelligencer, we lear.i that a meeting
of the Democratic party of the city of Boston,
was held at Faneuil Hall on the 8th inst., at which
resolutions were passed in favor of the Fugitive
slave law and of the Union.
Now, the same mail which brought this "good
news from Boston," also brought the following
bud news from that city :
Great Whig Meeting at Boston.?Boston, Nov. 9.
There was a large and enthusiastic Whig meeting
in Faneuil Hall, last night. The speakers all
went for a modification of the Fugitive slave bill, but
denounced any nullification of the law.
By reference to the Morning News of Wednesday,
it will be seen that we published both these
nccounts. In doing so, we were actuated by a desire
to give our readers both sides of the question,
iii order that they might form their own conclusions
as to how much confidence was to be reposed
in the good fuilh of the people of Boston,
when it is recollected that the Whig party is ti e
majority party in Boston, it would seem that the
proceedings of their meeting were of quite as much
interest to the South as were those of the Democratic
party.
That a large majority of the people of Boston,
of all parties, are opposed to the enforcement of
the Fugitive slave mil, is a well known fact,
which has been but too well attested by the disgraceful
and revolutionary proceedings whjch have j
recently taken place in that city ; and that the representatives
in Congress of Massachusetts, will '
go for its repeal, or modification, is not doubted. (
It is equally true that the people of Georgia, of a It
parties, will never submit to the repeal or material
modification of that bill! ,
Thin litin.o- the true state of the case, it becomes
us na SoutHern men and Union men, to look the
danger full in the fnce, and not try to deceive ours
Ives into a feeling pf security ard confidence
against our own judgments. Aggression is the
settled policy of the North ; resistance is the determined
purpose and imperative duty oftheSouth. 1
One or the other must recede. The North must
either cense to aggress, or the South to oppose. <
We have already been driven to the wall. (Jan J
we make further concessions ? All parties here an- ,
swer no! Does it not become us, then, to deal
plainly with our Northern brethren, and no longer ,
permit them or ourselves to be deceived ? Should '
we not assume such a position on this great question,
as would leave them no rqom to doubt ? Not
only is such a course necessary for the preservation
of our social and political institutions, but for i
the preservation of the Union itself.
The Late Mr. IIarmanson.?The citizens of
Madison parish held a meeting at the Court-house,
on the 15th instant, to express their respect for
the memory of their late representative in Congress.
It was numerously attended, Maj. A. S.
Newton in the chair, 11. C. Downs and E. B. 1
Towne, Esq., Secretaries. Maj, Perkins and Col. 1
Richardson made appropriate addresses, and a se- '
ries of resolutions highly honorable to the lamen- '
ted deceased, were passed. Among them the fol- I
lowing :?
" Resolved, That by John H. IIarmanson we
have been ably and wisely rrpresented in Congress,
and that on account of his great public services,
and untiring watchfulness over our interests,
we shall always feel indebted to him, and cherish
a lasting gratitude."
" Resolved, That in him we found a man of integrity
and honor, and that in his death the country
has lost a patriot and a statesman."
This is the testimony of Mr. IIarmanson's constituents?
of thoso that knew him best. When he ;
lay here on his death-bed, only a few days since,
expressing even in his last moments thedeepest at- j
tnchment to those constituents, the strongest attachment
to his country, and melancholy forebo- '
dings of the disasters that Northern fanaticism 1
was preparing for the South?the Compromise '
Whigs, the self-styled Union men of Assumption t
and Iberville, were insulting the dying patriot by t
passing resolutions denouncing him as a disorgan- i
izer and trauor, assailing his iiucgriiy, anu muiviiig ,
a jest of his illness! ,
The resolutions of his constituents, the deep ^
feelings of regret that pervades the whole district, .
is the best reply to such monstrous slanders ar.d
vindictive injustice. Living, John Harmonson
was honored and beloved. Dead, his name, his
spirit and his dying injunctions will animute the
sons of the South. His grave shall never be defiled
by the foot of an Abolitionist.?Louisiana
Courier.
StNi.ri.An Occurrence.*?A late English paper
says that the brig Ellen Anne, Capt. Evans,
of London, was lately struck by a meteoric stone,
in the Bristol Channel. The day was dull and
lowering, with the wind fresh. Captain Evans
at the moment was below in the cabin, and was
startled by the report, which he says sounded to
him just like a musket charge, and that he |
thought the boys were playing upon the deck 1
with gunpowder, unknown to him ; but finding!
he was mistaken, his attention was drawn to the
planking, four of which had been torn out of |
their places, and perforated about three ipches J
deep in many spots, which appeared like musketshot
holes, and were all more or less singed. No j
signs of a thunder-storm were to ho seen or \
heard. Such an occurrence is very rare In the
Bristol Channel, although frequent up the j
Mcdite ranean. j(
We find the following notice of a now j
work by Lamaktine, in the New York Sun: j
1/Angi.f.terre en 1850, peir A. de Lamartine.
? This latest brochure of the eminent I
French statesman, has jvist issued from the J f
press of M. Arpin, the enterprising publisher of s
the Courier des Etats Unis. M. de Lamartine's t
Impressions of England in 1850, are characteri- a
zed by superficiality, and an absence of research 1
or philosophy. A poet by nature, all Lamar- I
tine's works partake more or less of the poetic e
character. The present production is mere poe- t
trv n.,.l t
* ; j mum mm vuv vi niv lUvfliiiQ* | ?
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From the Louisana Courier. t
President Fillmore.?The Whigs and, we '
ire sorry to say, a handful of restless and dis- '
utisfied Democrats, have lately been shouting the 1
iraises of President Fillmore in a very loud key, 1
tnd proclaiming on all sides that he is behaving 1
a-ell on the slaver}' question. Knowing his previ- ;
jus hostility to slavery, and that he is now j
jlaying his cards for a re-electiou to the Preailency,
we never have had the slightest confi- j
lence in the good faith and patriotism imputed '
to him. It so happens that we have conclusive *
evidence on the subject. During the late can- 1
.ass in New York there were a number of Ab- 1
jlitionists on the Whig ticket for Congress; '
ind on the Democratic ticket there were n num- 1
t>er of candidates opposed to abolition. A runor
got nttoat that President Fillmore, having
sanctioned the Compromise, felt bound to carry
t out, and therefore preferred the election of 1
Compromise Democrats to abolition Whigs.1? ]
i'his rumor occasioned tremenduous excitement
unong his old anti-slavery associates, and they
Jireatcned rebellion. To quiet the matter a
few days before the election, the Albany Eveiing
Journal, the special organ of the President,
jut forth the following:
"The views of the President.?Those who
jrofess to speak for President Fillmore huve not
lesitutcd to nay that he would rather see Locofocos
elected to Congress than such Whigs us
Jiese persons choose to call 'Abolitionists.'
1 hose alleged expressions of his views were
wrought to his knowledge on Monday last. In
reply Mr. Fillmore authorized a gentleman to |
jay, 'that so far from having said any such thing, <
le had no secret wish that such should be the .
esult; and that he had uniformly expressed his ,
opinion freely and strongly in favor of the elee- ,
tion of every Whig nominee.' I
This we have no doubt is true; and it is to j
fie hoped that those who really wish to consult j
the views of the President will give a zealous (
jupport to all Whig nominees."
Here we find the President of the United ,
States not only diroelty interfering with the
State elections, but expressing the deepest inter- ,
ist in the success of the enemies of the South, (
ieclaring his opinion "freely and strongly," and ,
nvoking all within the sphere of his great otii- |
sial influence to vote for Abolitionists!
We have likowise hoard much recently about |
the "Great Union Meeting" in New York, a |
meeting got up, in the main, by men who were <
Eifraid of losing their profitable trade with the (
South, if they pushed their encroachments any |
farther. The Commercial Advertiser, a semiofficial
organ of Daniel Webster, took an active (
part in getting up that monster meeting. Yet |
this same journal supported Whig Abolitionists
for Congress, in preference to Compromise Dem- |
ocrats, and when the above announcement from .
Albany reached the city of New York, the Com- (
tnercial endorsed it as follows:
"Wo are glad to publish the above. Not a j
few Whigs in this city have been led to believe
that the President approved of the opposition
which has been manifested to certain persons in
the Whig ranks, and this probably has not been
without its influence upon the party nominations.
Weal ways thought it strange?incomprehensible
and incredible?-that a Whig of such long tried
fidelity as President Fillmore?one having from
his present position no small interest in the triumphant
success of the Whig ticket in this State
?one known to be as liberal in sentiment as he
is conservative in principle?should be induced
to lend his influence to any such extent to the
minority in a regular party convention; and very
difficult wo found it to believe that he had made
any such declaration as that attributed to him.
We are happy that the President has authorized
a denial of such sentiments on his part."
The North is playing two games against us. !
One is open and exterminating war on our insti- .
tutions, certain to end by the arbitration of the ]
sword ; the other is by hypocritical professions of
fraternity and union, to keep us tributary to tbein
in commerce, to lull us into a fatal security,
until the time comes to strike an overpowering i
blow. Seward leads the first faction, I'illmore (
the last, and each are alike perfidious and dan- (
gerous. j
Will tiie State resist!?Wo have not a j
doubt of it. Everywhere the people of Georgia i
seem to be fully convinced of the "hostile in- \
tention" of the Government towards the slave- ;
holding States, and satisfied of the pressing necessity
of some check to this constantly progressive
spirit. We say the peojile are persuaded
of this, for we hold tho quondam alarmists, |
now the apostles of Yankee supremacy, are j
completely segregated from the people. Their ,
hopes nre now different?their peers are not our ,
peers?their fortunes not our fortunes. A frad- \
ing man will sell anything, and to such a char- ]
acter nothing extrinsic to the mere price is worth |
talking about. But the people, who cannot be |
bought, but who sometimes, paradoxical ns it ]
may sound, are sometimes sola, are wide awake i
unci Ucorgia win no somctning Dcsiaes oaoK out.
We have heard directly from almost every portion
of the State, and we are told that the, voters
of the country, are everywhere enthusiastic in
their support, of Judge Berrien's plan of retaliation.
So far from adopting "the base Judean'a"
idea of a vote of censure upon the Legislature
and the Executive, we have seen that this ignominious
" fouling of one's own nest" has been
scouted everywhere, and the day is not distant
when the man who proposed it will be as infamous
in this State, as the concoctors qf the
Yazoo fraud.
What the plan of our retaliation may embrace,
we can as yet have no idea; but we repeat,
something practical and effective will be pro- ,
posed. It will be a* great pity, we know, to
snuff our rising star, that has his eye in " fine ,
phrenzy rolling" at Vice Presidential honors, or
to nip a minister in the bud, but yet this is ,
surely to be done if it depends upon President ,
Fillmore's satisfaction at the labors of his agents ,
here. But mark the prediction?should Geor- ]
gia back out, and bring the indelible stain upon (
her honor of falsifying her pledges to sustain t
that honor, our next call upon the sovereign ]
people of this State will be to rally against tbe ?
ibolitlon of slavery in the District of Columbia, .
mid the repeal of the Fugitive slave bill. Even .
now the first of these outrages is preparing for j
us. Wo are informed that a representative of (
me oi our congressional LMsiricts is stating (
publicly that there are but six hundred staves In (
[he District. This is notoriously untrue, and if j
t were not, \yhy is this statistic paraded so in- (
tustriously before our people ? Why of course ^
[lie only object is, to prepare the minds of Geor- j
jians to believe that in resisting the abolition of
slavery in the District, wc are contending for a
bit of moonshine, We are told that there are ,
but six hundred slaves in the ten miles square, {
ind we arc left to draw the inference, which yet j
these prudent pot patriots abstain from deduc- ,
ng themselves, that we had better sub/nit to the r
ibolltion of slavery in the District of Columbia. .
And unless the action of our approaching Con- t
mention, by a sudden break of this gradual and j
itealthy encroachment, shall arouse the whole ?
State, slavery has but a five years' lease of its
life here. We "know of no way of judging the A
future but by the past, and judging by the past, s
wc wish to know what there has been in the j
:onduet" of the majority in Congress for the
last five years, to hold out any reasonable hope .
:o our people that this majority will stop short
jf our complete overthrow ? There is literally v
nothing. g
Rut from the meeting of onr Convention there ?
s to be a tremendous re-action. Prom it will r
late an alliance between Northern commerce t
ind Southern Rights?a fatal blow to national ^
Democracy and Whlggery?a disintegration of
hese two huge and destructive organizations |
nto 20 fractions of which the United South with u
ts Northern dependents will he by far the most d
?owerful?a return to strict constitutional con- j h
truction?and last and least a manumission of s
he subjects of the Sth Congressional District, n
ind a complete oblivion of who they belong to.
rbis will indeed bo a glorious consummation,
t will be a work that would be more than d
mough in glory to ennobloan archangel to save tl
his Union from the downfall that it now begins d
o totter for. To take its safe keeping out of g
J
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he bonds of those, whose beggarly appreciation
>f it, desecrates the very idea of it And if the
Convention could do nothing else but tear the
nssks frotn the feces of three of Georgia's arch
traitors, and strike the guerdon from their hands,
ts assembling would t>e a bright reminiscence. 1
?We will not yet despair of the Republic, gloomily
as the prospect is to look out upon. '1 here is
but one event that will utterly extinguish all
hope, and we say this solemnly, and in no party
bigotry, and that event will be the triumph of
the submission |>arty in the South, who in their
rery organization were compelled to embrace,
is a cardinal and fundamental idea, the doctrine
that a majority vote in Congress is really the
Government.?Macon ( Georgia) Exchange.
From the Loieelt American.
Massachusetts Election !?Webster and
hie Man-Stealers Repudiated?The Old
Bat State speaks for Freedom !?In the iuipiring,
exhilarating,and soul-enlivened language
)f the Iloston Atlas, 44 the Whigs of this glo
ious old Commonwealth have been beaten by
neans of the coalition effected between the
Democrats and Free-soilers." The Fugitive
ilave law and its author, Daniel Webster, are
epudiated by the people, and tho Fillmore Adninistration
is voted down by n vast majority.
The Whig partv went into the contest upprovng
of Daniel Webster and Millard Fillmore.
They had a popular candidate for Governor,
A'ho got many votes that the Administration it>elf
could not have obtained; yet the load he
lad to carry was too heavy for his shoulders.
Webster and his man-stealing law were too
monstrous a burden, and Briggs has broken
iowu under the infliction. Never was there a
more righteous retribution upon a political traitor,
than this vote of wunt of confidence in
Daniel Webster. Let him remove to New
Hampshire as speedily as possible, and seek the
:ongenial embraces of Isaac Hill and Moses
Morris. Massachusetts spurns and despises him
aid his infamous treaohory.
Tho election of Horace Mann is one of the
most gratifying results of this election. . Under
the malign influence of Webster, the Whig Contention
threw over Mr. Mann, and nominated
1 ? 4-1.1- U 1 IJ 117?11.. -
me very resjjecuiuiu oamuoi 11. vvnuy, u ni.iu
who under other circumstances would no doubt
fiavo been chosen. But the taint of Webstcrism
killed him dead. The people threw over the
Whig convention and its candidate, and have
elected Mr. Mann by 260 majority. All honor
to the eighth district, and to the Whigs there,
who had the manliness to spurn Boston dictaLion
and sustain an honest man in performing
his duty!
The Free-soil party has effectually controlled
this election. The wisdom of its nolioy is now
plainly manifested. It has elected Horace Mann
find Orin Fowler to Congress. It compelled
Zeno Soudder and Mr. Goodrich to take the
most decided Free-soil ground before they could
be chosen, and it has defeated James II. Duncan,
the only orio of the traitors of the hist session
who dared to risk himself before the people.
Duncan is beaten by three or four hundred votes,
a just reward for his political tergiversation and
shuffling ouurse of policy. We trust he will be
kept at home finally, It would be indee 1 a
shame if Massachusetts, which has done so
grandly at this election, should suffer this diminutivo
politician to represent any portion of the
people.
Middlesex county has done famously. Look
at the vptosj Norfolk nud Bristol and Plymouth,
and glorious Worcester; and Essex, and
Franklin and Hampden?all have done grandly
and have covered themselves with glory. The
Senate is secure and the House will be beyond
a doubt. Let all the friends of freedom rejoice.
The iiigger-stcallng Administration is repudiated
rind Webster Wlnggery in Massachusetts is overthrown.
From the Federal Union.
In our last issue we said to our readers
"about this time look out for humbugs." The
Government at Washington and the people of
the North, are all colleaguing with the suhmissionists
among us, to elect a "do nothing" convention?a
convention that will summarily adjourn.
In the same way last spring they duped
the South and defeated the Nashville Convention.
The great Uuion meetings, we set down
as humbug No. 1.
In another column is humbug No. 2, a letter
from President Fillmore himself, addressed to
Dr. Collins a submission candidate of Bibb. It
talks mighty pretty, mighty patriotic, not of what
the President has done, but what he intends to
Jo. Well, has he helped the Macon "slave
catchers," as they were aneeringly called in Boston,
to get their negroes'? No, in the face of
her law abiding people, they have sailed for Europe.
Has ho turned out of otliee those who
failed to discharge their duty ? No, ho waits for
proof? If he turns them out,can he get others
to do any better ? Dr, Collins' negro Is noic
go?ie, and President Fillmore turns him over to
the law?the law to bo meted out by a Boston
lire?who owe faaltv to the " hkdior law" in
preference to the Constitution. Will nottliis be
the case upon every successive demand made in I
Massachusetts ? I)o not the Bostonians boast,
not the rabble, but her Qniney, former Mayor
if Boston and President of Harvard University,
that Massachusetts under the act of 1793 never
surrendered a single fugitive, twd paint to her
nvastons far the past, as a guarantee for the future
? President Fillmore may wish to have the
law executed. If he does, let him act, not talk;
perform, not promise. At all events till he does
thus, at this eventful crisis, his declarations
diould be looked upon with suspicion,
We cordially concur in the annexed eomment
of the Charleston Mercury :
Of course, every one will understand that the
object of this boasted letter from President Fillmore
is to aid his political friends in the pending
election for delegates to the State Convention. ,
He pledges the-Army and Navy, forsooth! for
he execution of the Fugitive law : and what is ,
;hat but an admission that the people of the
Vorth are every where up in arms against it?
Such is notoriously the fact, and in spite of these ,
oompous pledges, no fugitives are restored, ;
ind no Southern man crosses Mason's and
Dixon's line to recover his property, with- 1
jut the certainty of being mobbed, nnd the hazard
if being killed. The Foderal Government is not
inly powerless in executing the laws of the |
Jnited States against the sentiment of the Northern
people, but it is absolutely contemptible in
lie shuffling pretences of doing so witli which I
t is now attempting to auiuse the South. i
Georgia's Position?Tuf. Prospect.?The 1
iccounts from various parts of the State, in our '
estimation, leave no doubt that the Convention '
o be elected, will be one, not of submission, but
iction. It will be one that will repudiate the i
I'oombs. Stevens and CoU) theory, that the late i
icts of Congress gave to the South more than 1
die asked, and the absurd notion that they are '
o be regarded as the "omen of better and imp- I
lier times." ]
While there Is not a candidate in the field tliat I
vc know of, who is not pledged against seees- i
;lon, the senseless cry of disunion, disunion, has '
won kept up to the last. But the people are be- {
finning to see that it is but the watchword of a t
>arty ; asumnenning as it is false. ' i
The Convention then, wo confidently predict,
vill not be for submission on the one hand, nor
leeession on the other. It will without doubt,
idopt some middle ground, securing, if possible J
odresa for the p .at, and defining with unmls- '
akeablc certainly, Georgia's position Ibr the fuure.
|
Naval.?The U. S. sloop-of-war Albany, c
iow lying at the Charlestown navy yard, is or- t
ered to rendezvous with the residue of the
ome squadron at Havana. She will probably i
ail about the 1st or 10th of December. Com- t
lander, Charles T. Piatt. t
A Naval Commission is ordered at Phila- f
elphia for the thin! Monday in December, for a
ic examination of the merits of the various eon- c
ensers for supplying the boilers of marine en- ?i
ines with fresh water. n
A Fact that should be knows.?In the article
of confederation betweeu the colonic* of
New England, adopted in the year 1643, and
winch no doubt led to the present Uuion of ihe
States, there was among other tilings the following
provision:
u It is also agreed that if any servant run
away from his master into any confederate jurisdiction,
in such case, upon certificate from one
magistrate in the jurisdiction out of which the
said servant tied, or upon other due proof, the
said servant shall either be delivered to his master,
or any other thot pursues and brings such
certificate and proof."
Mr. Webster alluded to this compact in his
groat speech in the Senate during the last session.
And it is similar to the regulation among
the Jews upon the subject of fugitive slaves.?
The fugitive from a confederate tribe was returned
to the tribe from which he hud escaped.
Though no restoration wus to be made to fugi
tivco m tiio ucuims were eiijumeu 10 purcnnse
bond-men and bond-women of the heathen, thnt I
dwelt among them, and these were to remain in I
service perpetually. The first settlers of New I
England undoubtedly fashioned their institutions I
and pursuits very much upon the authority of I
the sacred writings, and the article above qnoted I
shows, that the origin of the extradition of per- I
sons held to service in this country, came from I
the New England fathers, and wus practised I
more than two hundred years ago. The rule I
applies to servants and apprentices, whether I
white or black, but it is urobuble that most of I
tlio cases which occurred at that early period I
were those of white, apprentices, to whom the I
present law and Constitution of the Union are I
made to apply, us well as to negroes and slaves. I
We make no objection to giving all proper con- I
sideralion to the ruce that differs so much from I
the people of the country, but are not disposed I
to devote every thing to that race, and to over- I
look the circumstance that the laws are made I
for the observance of all who have sufficient ca- I
pucity to be accountable. There is no reason I
to doubt, that the greatest possible injury may I
be done to the slaves, by the course w hich some I
are pursuing in opposition to the laws which I
they are bound to obey. But the leading ad- I
venturers are not concerned for others, they are I
only seeking political capital for themselves, at I
the hazard of cvey other consideration.?Re- I
publican Herald. I
From the IJopkituville (A'y.) Peoples' Press. I
New York has Scoken !?Now York has I
spoken, and the Abolitionist Hunt is elected, I
pledged against the Fugitive slave law, and in I
favor of all the doctrines of Seward. A ma- I
jority of her legislature are also Sevvardites, and I
u senator of the United States will unquestioua- I
bly be ohoscn, who will vote for the repeal of I
the Fugitive slave law. 9
But we do not believe New York is peculiar I
in this respect. As far as we can learn by the I
election news, nearly the whole Northern dele- I
g ition in Congress are pledged, furious Aboli- I
tionists. Ohio has sent but one man, out of her I
large delegation, who is in favor of that law. I
This is, indeed, ominous for the integrity of I
dnnstitiilmi) n.ifi llm nl" Mia ITui^., m
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It' the Fugitive law is repealed, we believe the
South will not submit. From all the indications
of public sentiment South, we are satisfied that
all parties, those in favor of the compromise as
well as those opposed to it, will unite in resistance,
and take steps to secede from the Union.
South Curolina and Mississippi arc now ready,
and the repeal of this law will add Alabama,
Georgia, Arkansas, Louisiana and Virginia to
the Secessionists.
What will Kentucky do] Where will she
stand when this second great day of bule/tendence
shall dawn? The time was in Kentucky when
such a question need not to have been asked.?
In the days of her early manhood, wheri God
had planted the germ of resistance to oppression
deep in the hearts of her people?at that day,
when she had not yet been traded off to Massachusetts
for Presidential honors, and when
the blood of the revolution circulated freely in
the veins of her sons?at that day it would not
have heen necessary to ask the whereabouts of
Kentucky, when resistance or submission to
wrong and outrage was the issue.
Fifty years ago she gave evidence of what her
position would he now, had the pure patriots of
that day been spared to counsel and guide her.
In 1799, when the Federal Government passed I
the odious and unconstitutional Sedition law, X
Kentucky formally declared through her Legis- I
lature that she would resist its inforccinent with- I
in her borders. She solemnly declared her de- I
termination never to submit to n gross and op- I
pressive violation ol'the Constitution |
inn iilii ouilO HUiil tllC UtCIUnillOM UI HUNT
sires? Not, if they submit to the guidance of
the miserable brood of pettifoggers who now
swarm about the county towns and insolently
presume to govern and control the State. Not,
if the thousands of briefless and half-starved lawyers
who hang about our Court-houses looking
piteously for some of the oruinbs that fall from
the table of the Federal Government, are to decide
the question. Not, if the minions, lickspittles,
and strikers of political Presidential traders
are to impudently speak for the people.
If the honor of the State is to be preserved ;
if wrong and outrage are to l>e punished, and
the property of the people is to be rescued from
the plunderers,the people themselves must take the
matter in hand. It requires freemen to defend
freemen's rights.?The miserable, servile reptiles
who have been used to laugh or weep at
the smile or frown of an arbitrary despot, know
nothing of the sentiments which lire a freeman's
breast.
Eighteen months ngo an insidious but deadly
effort was made to rob the farmers of Kentucky
of their negro property. The word of command
from Ashland banded the cohorts of abolition
to the struggle. But the people aroused themselves
to the conflict, and the bandits were
driven back to their caverns.
A more deadly effort is now being made *
against the same property, and hereafter the
1* ederal Government is to be made the engine
to oppress and plunder those whom it was
established to protect. Already citizens of a
Southern State, for merely demanding their property,
have been compelled to llee from the
North, while armed bands of plunderers trample
the Constitution under foot.
Where will Kentucky stand? Her people?
the farmers must answer the question.
The Lucky Booksellek.?The New Haven
bookseller, L. II. Young, esq., who, it has been
ascertained, is the man to whom an immenso
fortune, has been left in England, as a return
For personal kindnes3 extended to the devisor
whilst on a visit to New Haven, some years
since, in a letter to the Albany Argus, says:
441 shall endeavor to 4 bear my honors meekly.'
ind if the burdens of this mighty windfall do
not make me more unhappy than the lack of
Aealth has made me, I shall be truly glad that 1
im its recipient. There is no doubt that I am
he legatee : I can have but little trouble in
proving ii. i nc only wonder is, tliat so large a
fortune should attend such poor services as
nine. Nineteen hundred thousand dollars ? and
lpward!! Well; I trust the means of doing
jood will not find ine with less of a heart for it
han 1 have hitherto had. 1 have many friends
vhoui it will please me to help.''
From Mexico.?By the arrival of the schooner
Bonitaat New Orleans we have papers from the
;ity of Mexico to the 26th ult. The Picayune
ms advices to the 1st instant. The question of
he election of President of the Republic was
still undetermined. Arista was ahead, and stood
he best chance, but it is supposed that no canlidatc
has received any absolute mnjority and
hat Congress will have to elect the executive.
Congress was engaged in discussing the linmcc
question, ns far as it concerns the revenue
o be appropriated towards supporting the govtrnnient
and the settlement of the debts; but
he difficulty is far from approaching any satis,
actory solution. The House of Deputies has
idouted n resolution to suspend all the payments,
xcept that for the reimbursement of the English
lebt, and the most urgent expenditures of I ho
dminiatrntion.?Molnte 'IVibune.
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