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RALEIGH: SATURDAY NOT. 13, 1858.
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Recent County Fairs.
The annual Fair of the Duplin Agricultural Socie
ty was held on Thursday and Friday of last week, at
the Fair Grounds, within a short distance of the town
of Kenansville. The Editor of the Wilmington Jour
nal was present, and has furnished his readers with
an interesting account of the Fair. The display in
Floral Hall, in Farmers' Hall, and of horses, cattle,
hogs, chickens, &c, was very good. Notwithstand
ing the constant rain on Friday, the crowd in atten
dance' was large. The Journal says :
" It being impossible, on account of the rain, to
occupy the usual stand under the grove in front of
the Hall, notice was given ' about noon that the ad
dress would be delivered under the shelter in the
middle of the grounds, where, spite of the weather,
a large and attentive audience listened to a remark
ably able and practical address from our talented
friend, Wm. A. Allen, Esq., of Duplin county, who
was introduced by Jere. Pearsall, Esq., President of
the Society. Mr. Allen opened by Temarking that,
although for some years past his attention had been
engaged by other pursuits, he still looked fondly
back to those . early days when he himself was en
gaged in the practical pursuits of a farmer's life,
which he still regarded as the happiest and most in
dependent calling upon earth, although too frequent
ly underrated by farmers themselves, who evinced
an undue anxiety to press their sons into the so
called learned professions, until these latter were
overcrowded. He contended that the successful pur
suit of agriculture" demanded as much tact, observa
tion, business capacity and industry as any other
avocation, and offered as fair rewards for the exercise
of these qualifications. He contended that educa
tion was just as necessary for the farmer as for the
lawyer, the doctor or the clergyman, but that no
mere school education could supply the place of that
practical knowledge to be acquired on the farm it
self, or make up for the absence of habits of work
and devotion to all the practical details of rural econ
omy. Mr. A. next alluded to the institution of Fairs,
State and county to the benefits which had resul
ted from them the friendly emulation they had
stimulated the knowledge they had diffused the
kindly relations thejr had promoted. He referred
also to the agency of internal improvements in ele
vating the character of North-Carolina, and render
ing her independent a State indeed, and not a mere
strip of land between South-CTarolina and Virginia,
to whom she had been too long tributary. He trus
ted that the good work would not stop half-way, but
would go on until the position of the State should
be placed above the reach of contingency, whatever
should be the political future of the confederacy, or
whatever should be the result of the sectional agita
tion which now disturbs the harmony of the coun
try. To that agitation Mr. Allen referred modestly
but firmly, avowing his readiness, as a lover of the
Union, to do all that could honorably be done for the
preservation of that bond which has come down to
us from the patriots of the revolution ; but at the
same time his determination to unite with those who,
failing to obtain justice and an equal Union, would
prefer separation to slavish submission.
In the course of Mr. Allen's remarks, he referred
to a matter which struck us as beins especially per
tinent to the occasion that is, to the necessity ex
isting in the Uape t ear counties for the devotion of j
a larger degree of attention to the cultivation of the I
&oil, and a less reliance upon the mere products of
Ihe forest naval stores and lumber since agricul
ture is reliable, progressive, self-sustaining, while
the other business which had at one time usurped
its place, is necessarily exhausting and inevitably
tends to work itself out. He also urged with much
force of reasoning the propriety and expediencv of
directing attention to the drainage of the rich swamp
lands lying in large bodies in the various counties of
Eastern North-Carolina, referring particularly to
Goshen swamp in Duplin. Mr. Allen's address was
received with much gratification. We trust that a
copy of it may be furnished for publication. We
did not pretend to take any notes, and still less can
we pretend in this brief and desultory sketch to do
anything like justice to a discourse truly admirable
in composition and delivery.
At the conclusion of Mr. Allen's address, Mr. Pear
sall arose, and, on behalf of the society, returned him
his sincere thanks for his able and instructive ad
dress. Mr. P. then made a most amusing address
of his own, which he said he got out of a book, but
which a literary single gentleman of Duplin, con
tends that he made up himself, out of his own head,
for the especial use and behoof of him, the single
gentleman aforesaid, and others in like manner of
fending. Mr. P. then read out the awards of the
committees, but stated that they were very confused
and would have to be revised before publication. So
ended the official doings, a revised and corrected
copy of the result of which shall hereafter appear."
The Fayetteville Observer of Monday last contains
the list of premiums awarded at the late Cumberland
County Fair. That paper says :
" Nothing could have been more satisfactory to
the Agricultural Society and" its friends, and to the
citizens of this place, than the first two days of the
Fair, Wednesday and Thursday last. The weather
as most delightful ; the concourse of people from
the county and all the neighboring counties) was
greater than on any previous occasion, and included
a large number of ladies ; the articles exhibited were
both more numerous ana 01 a Deuer quality man
The Register and the Black Republicans.
The Register exults over the defeat of the Demo
crats in the free States, and consequently, over the
triumph of the Black Republicans ; for it is notori
ous that whatever may be the nature of the Opposi
tion in the free States, or whatever its names, the
Black Republican organization is paramount to all
others and is the controlling organization. The
Regixter asks
" How can the South lose, by the Democracy los
ing power ? Certain men may lose office and money,
but how the South can make a mistake in ejecting
the Democracy from power, is too hard a problem to
be solved by ordinary men."
We answer the Register with the following extract
from the recent speech of William H. Seward, the
leader of the Black Republicans, delivered at Roches
ter on the 25th of last month :
"In 1856, when the people of Kansas had organ
ized a new State within the region thus abandoned
to slavery, and applied to be admitted as a free State
into the Union, the Democratic party contemptuous
ly rejected their petition, and drove them, with me
naces and intimidations, from the halls of Congress,
and armed the President with military power to en
force their submission to a slave code, established
over them by fraud and usurpation. At every sub
sequent stage of the long contest which has since
raged in Kansas, the Democratic party has lent its
sympathies, its aid, and all the powers of the Gov
ernment which it controlled, to enforce slavery vpon,
that unwilling and injured people. And now, even
to this day, while it mocks us with the assurance
that Kansas is free, the Democratic party keeps the
State excluded from her just and proper place in the
Union, under the hope that she may yet be dragooned
into the acceptance of slavery."
Mr. Seward then goes on to say that " the Demo
cratic party must be permanently dislodged from the
government" The reason why this should be done
he says is, " that the Democratic party is inextrica
bly committed to the designs of the slaveholders.
Mr. Seward thinks that the free States would gain
every thing they desire, and that the South would
lose slavery by the prostration of the national Dem- ever before ; and the attendance at the Fair Grounds
ocratic party. He exults quite as much as the Reg- was very large, manifesting the pleasure which the
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N. C, and from Spartanburg, Union, York and
Chester Districts, S. C. Dr. Wiley of Chester Dis
trict, was appointed President; Dr. C. L. Hunter;
of Lincoln, Vice President; C. P. Mendenhall, of
Guilford, Treasurer; W. A. Williams, of Charlotte,
Secretary ; and B. F." Arthur, of Union District,
Corresponding Secretary.
The Democrat says of the Fair :
" The 4th Annual Fair of the Mecklenburg Agri
cultural Society was held on Thursday and Friday
last There was a very large number of persons in
attendance from this and adjoining counties, as well
as from South-Carolina. We were gratified to no
tice articles on exhibition from Lincoln, Gaston,
Rowan, Cabarrus, Union, Davidson, Guilford and
Caldwell counties, N. C, and from York, Chester
and Lancaster Districts, S. C.
The Fair was a complete success there being a
larger number and a better variety of articles ex
hibited than - on any former occasion. It is the
opinion of several experienced gentlemen, who have
visited a' number of Fairs, that the exhibit of cattle
and horses was equal to any ever made in this or
any other southern State.
The articles on exhibition in Floral Hall and in
other departments were numerous, and all above or
dinary. We were highly gratified to see the ladies
manifesting so much interest in the exhibition.
The Executive Committee and Mr. P. J. Lowrie,
Treasurer of the Society, and others, deserve thanks
for untiring efforts to make the occasion interesting."
The Mecklenburg Agricultural Society held a
meeting in the Court House on Friday evening.
Nothing of importance was transacted except the
adoption of a Constitution. The election of offi
cers and other business was postponed to a meeting
to be called by the President
Gen. Young, Dr. Fox, Wm. Johnston and Dr. J.
M. Davidson were appointed a committee to draft
By-Laws.
The receipts of the Society during the Fair
amount to about $450, besides donations amounting
to some hundreds of dollars procured through the
exertions of Messrs. Thos. W. Dewey, W. F. Phifer,
C. Overman and R. M. Oates. The Society is now
considered in a highly prosperous condition, and no
exertions will be spared to make its future opera
tions agreeable and acceptable to all citizens of Wes
tern Carolina, who will join in the annual exhibi
tions. It was ordered that the thanks of the Society be
tendered to the Charlotte Saxc Horne Band for their
entertaining music at the Fair Grounds during the
exhibition. We heard many strangers compliment
the band, and we sincerely hope that its organiza
tion may be continued, as it certainly is an orna
ment to the town of Charlotte."
uter does over their reverses m the free States.
And yet the Register asks " how can the South lose
by the Democracy losing power !"
Again, Mr. E. D. Morgan, the Black Republican
Governor elect of New York, in a speech delivered
by him on Saturday evening last in New York City,
said: "By the little paper ballot the choice of State
and national officers has been determined, and a heavy
verdict has been rendered against the national ad
ministration. New York has spoken in a voice strong
enough to be heard even in Washington."
We congratulate our cotemporary upon the com
pany in which he finds himself. How does he feel?
Mas Found Dead. We learn from a correspon
dent at Smithfield, that on the morning of the 8th
instant the lifeless body of a very old man was found
exhibition and the association gave, and preserving
that good order for which crowds here, and indeed
throughout the Southern country, are so generally
noted. We spoke of the first two days. Doubtless
the third would have been equally agreeable but for
the rain which poured down all day, and prevented
many from visiting the grounds, though there w'as
a much better attendance, of both sexes, than could
have been expected in such weather. Every thing
went off pleasantly. The members, and especially
the officers of the Society are highly gratified at the
success, so much better than they expected, of their
Fifth Fair, and will go to work with new zeal and
bright hopes to prepare for the Sixth.
On Thursday, the Grounds were visited by a Bat
tallion of Military, consisting of five uniform compa
nies, all of this town and county, under the command
of CoL Leete, of the 33d Regiment, with Majors R.
M. Orrell and H. L. Brantly.
At this time, whilst the largest crowd was pres
ent Joel Williams. Esq.. President of the Society,
wad the Annual Address, in which he introduced
on the road side between Mitchener's Depot and
Smithfield. A Coroner's Tnquest was held, and the many views and observations of his own experience
verdict of the iury was that he came to his deatn oy as an intelligent ana successrui rarmer.
a dispensation of Providence. He passed the night
previous to his death at the house of Bryant Smith,
Esq., where he was kindly provided with money and
wearing apparel. He informed Mr. Smith that "his
name was Weaver; that he had relatives in Moore
county, and was on his way to Edgecombe. Noth
ing was found upon his person by which, he could
be identified, save a Bible, in which was written the
name, John Weaver.
The Secretary, John P. McLean, Esq., with his
usual prompt attention to the interests of the Socie
ty, has put in shape for publication the List of Pre
miums awarded by the several Committees, which
will be found in another part of to-day's paper.
We learn that the receipts during the Fair were
about $600. ' "."
On Thursday the Railroad Company invited the
,Ui f tAke a free ride over that part of the road
ri;.K la (vimnleted. - A larere crowd, filling twelve
cars, accented the invitation. The trip was enliven
a
The deceased was decently interred in Smithfield, ed by delightful music from the Saxe-Horn Band.
the funeral services heme performed with due so- The Charlotte Democrat of -Tuesday contains
lemnity by Rev. William E. Pell, of the Methodist list of the premiums awarded at fhe'late Fair of the
Mecklenburg Agricultural oocieiy., : iuc piciuiums
tram n-nrafflnA in silver wire instead of money. . This
E. Church.
Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving will be ob
served in the following States, by the appointment
of their several Executives, as follows: New York,
New Jersey, and Pennsylvania on the 18th Novem.
; and in North-Carolina, Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland,
is a somewhat new feature, and We like iu A pre
n ium of a book or silver eup, or goblet, or pitcher,
is a more permanent ' evidence of excellence than
moner: and should be, we think, more highly prized.
nrinff fh Fair week at Charlotte a Southern
Illinois, Iowa, Alabama, Mississippi, Michigan, Mis- Pomological Society was organized, by dekgates
souri, Wisconsin. Vermont nd Mi on the 25th from New Hanover, Guilford, Lincoln, Cabarrus,
November. : ' Gaston, Bowao, Iredell, and Meckienburg counties,
A Specimen of Black Republican Rnle.
The following, from the New York correspondence
of the Richmond Enquirer, will give our readers
some idea of the reckless disregard of justice and
right with which the Black Republicans of the State
rule New York City. And yet New York City ex
periences tender mercies at the hands of this party,
compared with what the South would be doomed to
endure under Black Republican rule. The corres
pondent says : '
" It is now useless to speculate. The Opposition
beyond this city, and suburbs, have the whole State,
Congressional and Legislative. And, although this
city is Democratic by a majority of 18,000 or 20,000
yet it is doomed for another season to Black Re
publican rule, vested in an Albany junta. It is no
thing more than a provincial town, to be ruled, taxed
and robbed, by an unscrupulous domination of par
ty, put in power by the Abolition votes of the inte
rior. They appoint commissioners of police for us. "
They appoint officers for, and control our Quaran
tine system, by which the merchants and ship own
ers of this city are robbed of about 150,000 per an
num. They appoint port wardens and harbor mas
ters for us, whose united salaries amount to about
90,000 to $100,000 per annum. They give us com
missioners for the Central Park, another set of com
missioners for a new hall, another set known as ex
cise commissioners. They also compel the city, af
ter paying for the support of its own free schools, to
pay a large sum for the support of free schools in
the country. The large sums derived by the Black
.Republican officials at Quarantine, and by the port
warden operations, afforded funds with w'hich they
fought their recent political battle, with the view of
perpetuating their oppression on a city where a large
majority utterly repudiate their principles. They,
in other words, rob the commerce of this city and
then spend a large portion of the money to secure a
continuance of the plunder. Yet, while their hands
are in our pockets, they cry out to all outsiders.
" freedom, freedom," look out for the slave power,
and other such like clap-trap."
Summary of the Census Returns of the City ef
Raleigh, to June 17, 1858.
We present below, as matter of general interest,
and as convenient for reference, a summary of the
Census Returns of the City of Raleigh. The matter
is well condensed and carefully digested by Mr. John
Spelman, by authority of the Board of Commission
ers, from the Returns furnished by the Board.
The Washington "States" and the Richmond
" South.'
Washington, Nov. 9. Arrangements were con
cluded to-day between Mr. R. A. Pryor and Maj.
Heiss, for the consolidation of the Richmond South
with the Washington States. The new paper will
be under the editorial charge of Mr. Pryor, will be
the organ of no person or clique, but devoted to the
general interests of the Democratic party, in accord
ance with State Rights.
The States is a Douglas paper. We may look for
strife between the States and the Washinton Union.
The latter is the organ of the administration of Mr.
Buchanan, and will be sustained by the American
Democracy.
The more we see of "party" as a political organ
ization, the more we have to deplore. Salisbury
Watchman.
Very well, then, brother Bruner, as you have seen
only one side of " party," suppose you come over
and join us and see the other side. You will then
be able to form a better opinion' about parties and
party spirit We are not sure the Democracy will
take you in, but the prospect of your being received
may be worth the trial.
Our observation, however, has convinced us that
the very bitterest party men are these same " no
party" men like brother Bruner.
The Baptist Convention. Our City has been
favored during the present week with the presence
of a number of persons in attendance on the Baptist
State Convention. The attendance of ministers,
delegates, and others is large, and the meetings have
been quite interesting. On Thursday night the
spacious and elegant new Church erected near the
Capitol Square by this denomination, was dedicated.
The dedication Sermon was preached by the Rev.
Mr. Burroughs, of Richmond, Va.
f3f But few members of the Legislature have
arrived un to this time. Friday morning. We have
had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Moore, of Martin,
and Mr. Badham, of Chowan ; and we learn that
Messrs. Pitchford and Drake, of Warren, and Mr.
Dancy, of Edgecombe, have arrived. A large ma
jority of the members may be expected this evening
and to-morrow.
. Cotton is seeking market this season with almost
unexampled rapidity. The New Orleans Bulletin,
-of the 30th ult says: "One train of cars on the
Jackson Railroad, brought yesterdy to the city sev
enteea hundred and fourteen bales of cotton."
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Of the Aggregate white Population, 634 were born
in different Counties of this State (other than Wake);
270 in other States of the Union; and 75 in foreign
countries, as follows (leaving 1,539 as the popu
lation born in Wake county, of winch 757 were born
in Raleigh,) :
Born in other Counties of the State:
Franklin, 98
Granville, 56
Halifax, 48
Orange, 47
Johnston, 42
Chatham, 36
Warren, 32
Cumberland, 29
Craven, 26
Nash, 20
Wayne, 14
New Hanover, 12
Randolph, 11
Northampton, 10
Caswell, 10
Person, 10
Edgecombe, 9
Hyde, 9
Rowan, 0
Guilford, 7
Sampson, 7
Gates, 6
Lenoir, 6
Bladen, 5
Perquimans, 5
Alamance, 4
Cabarrus, 4
Pitt, 4
Chowan, 4
Moore, 3
Born in other States:
Virginia, 174
New York, 24
Pennsylvania, 15
Massachusetts, .... 15
South-Carolina, ... 13
Maryland, 10
Connecticut, 10
Tennessee, 4
Born in Foreign Countries:
Rockingham, 3
Mecklenburg, 3
Washington, 3
Anson, ,.i 3
Bertie, 3
Beaufort, , 2
Davie, 2
Duplin, 2
Forsythe, 2
Martin, 2
Montgomery, 2
Pasquotank, 2
Rutherford, 2
Surry, 2
Stokes, 2
Wilson, 2
Yadkin, 2
Catawba, 1
Camden, 1
Carteret, 1
Currituck, 1
Davidson, 1
Greene, 1
Iredell,
McDowell,
Robeson.
Stanlv,
Tyrrell,
Union,
Hertford,
New-Hampshire, ... 3
Vermont, 3
Georgia, 3
New-Jersey, 2
Arkansas, 2
Alabama, 1
Delaware, 1
Wales, 3
Switzerland, 2
Barbadoes, 1
Nova Scotia, 1
Germany, 33
Ireland, 16
England, 10
Scotland, 6
France, 3
Total number of Families, 629541 whites, 88
free colored.
Total number of Married couples, 455 05 white,
50 free colored.
Total number of Widows, 129115 white, 14 free
colored.
Total number of Widowers, 31 30 white, 1 free
colored.
Number of Births within a year to date, 126;
Deaths during the same period, 64.
Among the Occupations of the population the
returns show: 231 mechanics (of these there are
26 free colored); 77 laborers (32 free colored); 79
merchants (including grocers); 88 seamstresses (10
free colored); 58 washerwomen (all free colored);
36 clerks; 23 lawyers; 21. printers; 20 farmers;
20 teachers ; 9 physicians ; 7 druggists ; 6 minis
ters of the gospel ; 6 editors ; 6 hotel-keepers ; 4 bar
bers (2 free colored and 1 slave); 2 dentists; 1 bro
ker ; 1 judge ; 1 member of Congress ; 1 contractor;
1 "gentleman"; 1 sportsman; and 86 loose women
(6 free colored.)
Total number of Dwellings, 618; Stores, 98;
Churches, 8 ; Schools, 5.
Number of Church Members, 962, as follows:
Baptist, 240 ; Methodist, 226 ; Presbyterian, 180 ;
Episcopalian, 126 (communicants); Christian Church,
130 (60 black and 70 white); Catholic, 60.t The
colored members do not appear to be returned ex
cept in the case of the Christian Church.
Pupils attending School, 197, (St Mary's not in
cluded.) Number of Fire-places, 2,040 ; Cords of Wood
consumed in a year, 15,850. Number of Grates, 95 ;
Tons of Coal consumed in a year, 989.
Probable cost of Lights for a year, in houses,
stores, churches, &c, $11,775.
In all this enumeration, except in the first Table, the
slave population is not taken into account, as the returns
do not classify it.
t This number includes all the members of Catholic fam
ilies baptised.
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Mr. Winthrop, Mr. Choate, and other' old
line Massachusetts Whigs voted, in the recent elec
tions in that State, with the national Democracy and
against the Black Republicans. They are not pre
pared, as some persons in the South are prepared, to
exult over the "downfall of this pro-slavery Demo
cratic administration." They prefer their country
to party, and are therefore found for the time being
with the national Democratic party.
Petersburg Express Correct Yock Figures.
Our generally accurate cotemporary of the Express
has fallen into error by the misplacement of a
"space" or the bending of a letter in the Daily
Progress1 Raleigh Correspondent's letter of a late
date.' The number of "loose women" in Raleigh
is thirty-six, not three hundred and sixty-one, as
given by the Express. The typographical error in
the Progress was palpable,' being printed thus
"361 oose women" showing at a glance the man
ner of its occurrence. We are certain, however, the
Express would not wilfully misrepresent
The Memphis Bulletin of 2d inst, says: "The
receipts of cotton on the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad continues to be unusually large. .The amount
received daily ranges between 1700 and 2100 bales."
WHAT A CHAS OK ! Tha Wiflhln o-tnn TTninn V...
for months past been denouncing. Judge Douglas as
a traitor to the democratic party. Since his triumph
in Illinois, the Union is discussing the propriety of
yielding to Judge Douglas on the only two pomta
as to which, according to the Union, he differs from
the democracy, and of "allowing to him m. Kio-h nn.
sition in the party 11"
success converts a rebellion into a revolution, but
we never before saw it confessed that success con
verted a traitor to democracy into a democrat The
party finds that it can't afford to lose Douglas.
jratciieviibc voserter.
Our cotemporary of the Observer is mistaken, as
the following article from the Union of the 5th in
stant will show :
'4 We have published nrettv full rennrta nf th
elections of Tuesday last Our readers will have
learned from them the general fact that the demo
cratic party has sustained important losses in all the
States where the elections have been held, except
only in the State in which its leaders have denoun
ced its action as fraudulent and in violation of its
faith and its principles. With a few exceptions the
party has been beaten wherever, in these States, its
candidates did not endorse the action of the black
republican party in Congress last winter and con
demn that of the good and true democrats in that
body.
If the democratic party has triumphed in Illinois,
it has been at its own etnense in rnneidontinn nf
joining in the black republican clamor against the
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barren and ignominious ; it is a triumph over which
the black republicans have reason to exult, and do
exult more than the good and true democracy. The
platform of the party in Illinois on the great slavery
question, in the canvass just ended, differs but little
from the Buffalo platform of 1848. It was the lead
ing tenet of the Buffalo platform that Congress might
prohibit slavery in the Territories and debar from
these common possessions of all the States the citi
zens of half the Union. It is the leading tenet of
the Illinois platform that the subordinate agent of
congress, me territorial legislature, may do this
thing in the manner most becoming an underling
and tool, by indirection, bad faith, and perjury.
We repeat that a victory, won upon a charge of
iraua ana aennquency 01 principle, against the de
mocracy a victory won upon a piauorm or doc
trines differing but a shade from the ndiou nlntfnrm
of Buffalo, is not a victory over which we can re
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joice, or irom wnicn we can expect any advantage
or honor to the great party in whose service we
labor.
It is notorious in Illinois that an anti-Lincoln ma
jority in the Legislature just elected is not per se
a Douglas majority. In a letter from
ent who had just traversed the whole State, written
on the 1st instant the day before the election, he
sets forth the true state of the case : " I have just
returned from a trip through the State. I find that
there are hosts of good democrats who will vote for
Douglas candidates to beat Lincoln, although they
have no confidence in the 'Little Giant' The elec
tion returns will not therefore give a very good in
aication ot nis strength. It was the impression
among leading democrats at Springfield that Douglas
will not, under any circumstances, be returned,
even though his friends be in apparent majority in
the Legislature. They believe that among them
will be found a sufficient number of members elect
ed to beat Lincoln who will refuse to vote for Dou
glas, and thus prevent the election of either."
THE BRUTAL AND BLOODY MANIFESTO OF
SEWARD THE TRUE ISSUE IN 1860.
Politicians have been cavilling and groping about,
and parties quarrelling and breaking - up, because
there was no great question before the country un
der which to draw the broad and distinct lines of
party organization, and upon which the popular ver
dict shall be rendered in 1860.
But there is now no more rooin for cavil. A grave
Senator one who has had a" long experience, who
is looked upon by his followers as a calm, sedate
and profound thinker, who is held to be the Mentor
of the Republican party has announced the princi
ples under which that party will go into the coming
Eolitical conflict, and the ends it hopes to attain.
1 a recent speech, which we publish elsewhere, Mr. i
Seward rallies his political friends and partisans to
go into the conflict and decide whether the'eotton,
rice and sugar fields of the South, shall be ultimate
ly tilled by free labor, or whether the rye and
wheat fields of New York and New England must
be surrendered to slave culture and to the produc
tion of slaves. The Uuited States, says Mr. Sew
ard, " must and will, sooner or later, become, either
entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free la
bor nation." Such is the brutal and bloody pro
gramme laid down by senator beward as the plat
form of the Republican party, and which that party
accepts. Before such an issue as this all other is
sues sink into significance. The Kansas humbug,
the squatter sovereignty fallacy, the petty quarrels
between the adherents of the Administration and
those of Douglas, the cries of a protective tariff, of
a new naturalization law, and the thousand other
petty party questions of the day, are all ephemeral
in their nature, and will disappear before the great
social and political conflict . which this programme
inaugurates.
We call it a brutal and bloody programme, for it
is nothing more than the announcement of a fierce
war that is to be made upon the social and political
organization of the Southern States. The pretend
ed alternative, that the North must give up its rye
and wheat fields to slave culture if those of the
South are not given up to free negroes, is all hum
bug. Such an alternative can never by any possi
bility occur. We have all the life, all the energy,
and all the intelligence that belong to an unmixed
race and homogeneous population. In a national
point of view, we have all the activity, all the trade,
all the education, all the wealth, and the greatest
part of rascality of the country. The idea, there
fore, of the South ever forcing its institutions or its
niggers upon us is perfectly preposterous.
But we can make a war upon the South ; and if
the North is united in so doing it must succeed.
And this is whatlr. Seward wishes to attain. We
must not only retain the right of self-government
for ourselves, but we must insist upon attaining the
right of governing the South according to our ideas,
and not permitting them to govern themselves ac
cording to their own. At our behest the entire or
ganization of society in the Southern States must be
changed I must be made homogenous, like our
own, or like that of Saint Domingo and Jamaica.
At present they have no defence against our forcing
them to effect this, if we have the will to do so, oth
er than the Constitution. But the Constitution can
be changed by a two-thirds vote, says Mr. Seward ;
and if we Northerners do not change it and make
it a free Constitution, the South will go on annex
ing territory, and will eventually make a slave. Con
stitution of it We must, therefore make a savage
war upon the South, and win the victory in 1860.
Such is the programme of the Republican party ;
and they will endeavor to carry it out
It, therefore, behooves our merchants and our
manufacturers, our farmers and our mechanics, our
men of wealth and our laborers, to consider well
what would be the result upon themselves and their
own interests if this brutal and bloody programme
should succeed. The interests of the North and the
South are bound together by indissoluble ties of
sympathy. AN hat injures the one must pernicious
ly affect the other. Our commerce, our manufac
tures, our railroads and great ways of intercommu
nication, depend in a large degree upon the untram
melled markets of supply and consumption in the
South ; and upon those depend the value of our la
bor, our lands and possessions, all our material in
terests, and the development of our moral powers.
No great injury can be done to the organization of
society without destroying its power both or pro
duction and consumption. The social organization
of tne South xbmj be compared to piece of clotb
composed ef equal parts of linen and cotton. Ab-
9iMd remicaera nay aay mat sucn a mixed cloth u
pot so good as one composed entirely of linen, which
is a stronger; and 'more valuable material, and that
we should soak the Wxtore all linen, in order to in
crease its value. But a mixture of linen and cotton
is better for certain purposes tthan all linen would
be. Besides, if we draw ' out or destoy the woof,
which is composed of cotton, we leave only a tang
led web, which' can serve no purpose until it u
again woven into cloth. So it is with the South.
IU social organization of black labor, directed by
white intelligence, is better for the material and
moral interests of itself and the whole world, under
its conditions of climate and soil, than would be a
society composed entirely of the white race. And
if that organization is once destroyed, the whole
web of society there must be reconstructed before
it can serve any useful purpose to civilization.
Jfew York Herald. -
. Later from Europe. "
New York, Nov. 9. The steamship" Kangaroo,
with Liverpool dates to 27th October, has arrived.
The English Press are indignant at France forcing
the surrender of the ship CTharles Gorges from Por-
Lord Elgin has returned. He has completed a
satisfactory treaty with Japan. Trade with Canton
is stagnant Shanghai was quiet
Considerable excitement prevails at Constantino
ble regarding the presence of the steam frigate Wa
bash. The Porte protests, as she largely exceeds
the limits in guns.
The U. S. steamer Wabash had prepared to with
draw. The English papers, in their indignant cry against
France for coercing Portugal in the case of the sla
ver Georges, severely censured the Derby Cabinet
for not interfering. The exact amount of indemnity
Portugal engages to pay France for the slaver had
not been fixed.
India news is unimportant The rebels were de
feated with great slaughter on an island in Gorgro
na. The general Parliamentary elections in England,
resulted in the election of four Liberals.
The Cambridgeshire stakes, at New Market, were
won by Eurydicc Prioress came in sixth.
Five companies of marines were to embark from
France for Canton, where, it is said, the French in
tend establishing themselves on territory formerly
belonging to France.
The Gawlior rebels were still at Scronge, and it
was thought they would attempt to cross the Nerbud
da. Liverpool, Oct 27. The sdes of cotton for the
last three days amount to 14,000 bales. All grades
have slightly declined. Breadstuff dosed with a
declining tendency, and slightly lower. Provisions
have a declining tendency.
Cotton has declined Speculators and export
ers took 1600 bales.
Manchester prices were slightly lower. Flour
choice brands firm; lower and middling qualities
have declined 6dals; Southern 21s 2d, Ohio 22s
a 24s. Wheat very dull ; best qualities nominally
unchanged ; inferior grades slightly lower, and of
fered at considerable reduction. Corn is very dull ;
European has declined 6d, and American is nomi
nal. Beef is dull, with but little inquiry. Pork,
bacon and lard are dulL Coffee is quiet Rosin is
duU at 3s 1 Id. Spirits turpentine firm at 39J a 41s.
Consols 901 a 90.
Health of Air 10 Orleans.
New Orleans, Nov. 8th There were thirteen
deaths from yellow fever on Saturday. A good frost
was seen in the city on Monday morning 9th inst
Frost.
Augusta, Nov. 10. There was a killing frost
here last night Cotton was skotched if not killed.
Health of Savannah.
Savannah, Nov. 8. There were six interments
in Savannah for 48 hours preceding Monday even
ing, 8th instant, of which five were from yellow
fever.
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