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Gentlemen who had done him the honor to listen de
to him. knew that he had never discussed the moral M
aspect of the slavery question. It was in its po- ^
litical aspect that he had uniformly discussed it.
Aside from all moral connection incident to slavery,
he was opposed to the further extension of in
slavery as a political question, because he believed be
it to be wrong and anti-republican, and subversive ^T
of the interests of the republic, that auy great
interest, money or slave, or anything else, should <ft
control. This was a Government of the people, j D
o?,<l?Koi? tvivo n riirht to control according to their 11
pood pleasure ami sound judgment, and to direct eE
affairs for their benefit and advantage. He assigned
other reasons, and said that he looked forward
to the day when the South will rid them- ;
selves of slavery.
He repeated, there was no foundation for the
charge that the friends of freedom want to defeat | ^
the appropriation bills; they are loyal and true j
to the country, and only desire speedy action ou
the admission of California To defeat these 1
bills, and thus impede the action of Government,
would be treason There was no danger that ;
Congress will adjourn without passing them He j
did not believe there waa a man here who would
aid in their defeat. Let us take up the Califor- !
nia bill, act upon it, and, when the appropriation
bills are passed, go home. The taking up of the
bill for the support of the Military Academy was j
ominous of the fate of California, as there was a j
nominal, but not a firm, unwavering, determined
majority in favor of the admission of California ;
*0 m n>AOd?rp I
*"** - ?r * \
morning as showing that California would not be ^
admitted daring this session. The friends of (
California have exhibited an increasing weakness;
there is a falling off of the Northern vote. He
was pledged to vote for the admission of California
with her present Constitution ; and while he
would do this, he was willing to vote separately
on the other measures. In the vote he should
give, be held that he would be consistent. He
was not opposed to the admission of slave States
into the Union, but h" was against the extension of
slavery toterritory now free. He bad been pained
to see the efforts to create divisions in the Democratic
party, as he looked on its unity and nationality
to save the country from impending dangers.
If General Cass had been elected to the Presidency,
there would now be no difficulties; we
should have settled them on the platform of
non-intervention
In the election of General Taylor we have a
different policy. The people, North, East, South,
and West, are compelled to turn their eyes away j
from the President's mansion to Congress, with
iae Duj>e? ui Hecurin^c me ripiiis 01 me iiuriu
and South. The fault was, that the candidate I
of the Whigs was pledged to the two sides of the ,
question The gentleman from Pennsylvania f
(Mr. Wiljnott, clorbyi. in living contributed to
iut <4<-ws< or ooiaWf ,3c. AWwwr, aPt*.- *
fore, lies all the sin of the difficulties. The ooun- r
try owes its support to the policy of t tie Den?o- i,
crario party, from the coiunienceuioiitp/ the Goternmoc.tsititij
now.
I pledge myself, and go further 1 will support
the candidate from the North or from the South, I
because I look upon the Democratic party an per- r
petuating the Union. In conclusion he said be j
was willing to rote for the admission of California
to-day, or to-morrow, or next session. He r
was willing to Tote Territorial Goyernmeuts for
Utah and New Mexico, and to settle the boundary c
question, iu separate bills, on the responsibility of ^
those who bad sent him there. He was opposed
to the extension of slavery to Territories now 8
free, hut not to the admission of slave States. 0
There he stood. t
THE NATIONAL ERA. ;
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WASHINGTON, AUGUST 1, 1830 J
AliKNTS FUR THE ERA. 1
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We have ngencies for the Era in Boston, Phil- c
adelphla, and Baltimore. We intend as soon as v
possible to establish one in New York, as we have ^
just done in Cincinnati, as will be seen by refer- 0
ring to our advertising columns. "
JAV AM STUART. <1
We advertise in another place the reply of the ?
Hon. William Jav to the Itev Moses Stuart for -i
sale by William IlirneJ, til John street, New ,|
York. It is a complete user-up of the Reverend j
Professor, who is convicted by the Judge of utterly
misrepresenting the sentiments of his dis- j
4i-g? J?a J.ti r?t t .r I. * *
Or Mr. Benton's Speech on our fourth page,
will be read with interest. (
fT Grace Greenwood's Letters present the I '
most graphic sketohes of men and things in Con- (
gress that we have seen This favorite of the ^
literary public left our city last Tuesday, for
Boston, with a view of superintending the publication
of her poetical writings, by Ticknor, Reed,
& Field. 1
The proceedings of Congress are becoming <
so interesting that vie are compelled to devote to i
them a still larger portiou of our columns, to the t
exclusion of editorials as well as contributions i
? I
fj- Tho poem on our first page is from the pen |
of a Western young lady, who has not hitherto i
tried her wings. It is full of promise. i
i
OA/ill 1- _? Jiir 4
?? iii ?iv?v pviuc ?m uui ii iruuB ni umerriii ,
pout offices, where several subscript iona to the 1
Era are now running out, see to it that they are ,
renewed in time ? This kind of friendly atten- <
tion is required to keep up the circulation of a (
paper couducteti rigi<lly on the cash system, as j
the Ern is.
The President and Visiters.?it may be of c
sotne interest to strangers visiting Washington to
know that the President receives calls of ceremo- a
ny, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 8
12 to 2 P. M.; and calla of businesa every morn- *
iDg from 10 to 12. *
General Scott has been appoiuted Secretary 8
of War, and Commodore Warrington, Secretary p
of the Navy, till the arrival of the new Secreta- j,
ries.
The Contoy Prisoners have been released by
theCuban authorities,with the exception of seven,
two of whom are detained for trial, five as wito
neases p
Overland Emigration?Somebody writing s
from near Fort Kearny, June 1st, says, that up
to that time, 0,500 wagons had passed that point,
and on the opposite side of the river near 3,000? *
making nearly 10,000 in all?each wagon avera- (
ging four persons and a half. This would make a
the number of emigrants for Oregon, the Salt r
Lake, and California, this season, up to June 1st,
45,000. v
Vrry Discriminating.?The Wwhwgtoti Union
records with great particularity the Disunion
movements in the South, urging thein as an argument
in favor of the speedy passage of the Compromise
bill. It does not seem to be either in- 8
dignant or disgusted with them, and it is careful *
to charge the blame of them upon the fanaticism t
of the North. But, popular demonstrations in ti
the North in favor of Free Soil infiame its wrath. v
It can stomach Disunion in the South, but Free *
Soil in the North in hateful beyond measure. *
" From these alarming signs in the South, we
turn," it says, " with indignation and disgust to b
the movements of the Free-Soilernin the North."
Of course, the advocacy of the Jefl'ersonian t|
Ordinance of 1787 is more abhorrent to our ti
enlightened and liberal neighbor, than a dissolution
of the Union. w
to
CoNNisTENc-y.?Mr. Hhett, the I?isuuionis?t, iu l*'
his notorious speech against the Union, denoun- ^
oee the Tariff of 1810, as involving the principle p,|
of taxation without representation, lie says j0
"The tariff act of 1840 is but a modification of u]
the tariff of 1842, passed in Congress against the cc
vote of every representative from South Carolina, rt
It contains, from beginning to end, discrlmina- ai
lions in tbe taxes imposed to benefit Northern
manufactures and productions, and differs therefore,
in this principle, in no respect whatever <
from the tariff of 1842. It is ten per cent higher "
in its exactions than the tariff of Croat Uriuiu, ^
or tbe tariff of 1832, ooerced by South Carolina K
Such a taritt. it was and is the unanimous opinion s<
of your representatives in Congress, is unconstitutional,
and you are nearly unanimously of the h
same opinion. Here, then, ars taxes laid upon
you by the representative* of other States, not
only against your will, but without any warrant
in the Constitution " ti
Would it be thought that this very bill, thus ti
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nounced by Mr. Rhett. &8 unconstitutional, and H'
furnishing one good r<-ason for a dissolution of fid
e Union, was supported by the united South op
irolina delegation in Congress, of both Houses, j Tl
IM6; R. Barnwell Rhett and J.C.Calhoun ?ei
ing of the number? The record, says the *t!
rrion, shows the following votes in favor of the H
riff of is|? John C. Calhoun, George Mc- Pi
uttie?of the Senate; Messrs Block, Burt, of
olmes, Rhett, Sims, Simpson, Woodwurd?the
itire South ('aroliua delegation in the House! H
? | bj
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. u
ai
The SeuateiB composed of men, elected by the
?, ,k ? [) ?r .1 1 tj.?.
?-?iiiin ui i 3, uv/i i uc t cvpic, wt iuc dc^ci 111 oiair%
i our system, it is an anomaly?nn exception to
le true Democratic principle It is uot a popuir
body?not a representative of popular rights
'he mode by which its members are chosen, and
leir long term of oftice, exempt them to a great
xtent from responsibility to public opinion The
louse of Representatives is the People's House
t is composed of members, fresh from their
anks, chosen directly by them, to represent their
dews and interests, and accountable every two
-ears to tbein directly for the manner in which
va/wA/J fVoiw /In/i' 11 > ) tV? Tiorvt.
ar tirancn o\ cuts iS'aiional Legislature, i tie
r'cop.e expect it to be the epeciwl g^rdiau of
heir rights, the true representative of their
icvereignity ; the leader in all important legislation
on questions of general interest.
Has the present House of Representatives sny
just oonception of its diguity and mission? What j
is it about? What has it done? It has been in 1
session two thirds of a year, and all that time i '
has been humbly awaiting the action of the Sen- j
ate. It has converted itself into a miserable ap- t
pendage of the Senate. It has no mind, no will
of its own. The Senate has been taxing its inge- '
nuity. under the lead of certain political leaders, g
to manufacture a great scheme for settling all }
Slavery Questions, and the House meekly awaits v
the result of its efforts, as if no duty devolved on r
it, but to ratify the decisions of the conservative ^
branch. Many of its members receive their eight y
iollars a day, for merely crowding the lobbies of a
he Senate, to learn from its superior wisdom ^
vbad to say and do. It is a disgraceful spec- 11
acle?a spectacle never before exhibited in our t]
'* "C"? ' t,V copies TJtsjw, arested,
until the aristocratic branch of the Legis- ^
ature has announced its will! Representatives 1
btriaiuing fiVm action, nntil Senator* hate taken g
ho initiative? Were they elect,ed for this? ti
)oes the Constitution make the House of Rep- f
esentatives the tail of the Senate? Has the 1
g
louse no self-respect, to regard for its own p
ights, and its influence with the country? t
It is a common remark, that a more timid, uu- n
ertain, feeble, inefficient House has never assent- ^
led in Washington. If it could not muster courge
enough to act upon the Slavery Uuestion, /,
ther questions of importance demnnded its at- ii
ention. Why did it not take up the subject of
?boap I'ostage?one on which the People gener- ^
illy have inade up their minds, on which they p
lave repeatedly required their representatives to g
,ct? Why did it not consider the subject of ll
^and Reform, nnother question of general inter- ^
ist? Roth those subjects were introduced last p|
reek, for the first time, after a session of ti
if nearly eight months?eight months absolutely tl
ranted! And the Appropriation bills?why w
rere they not acted upon ? All of the important
nes are yet to be disposed of! We recognise h
unong the members, rainy honorable, estimable, ti
ntelligent men, but we are speaking of the con- 8'
luct of the body of which they are members
iVe would discriminate in our censure. All the "
nembers are not blameworthy. There are a
iVhigs. Democrats, and Free-Soilcrs, who would w
lo honor to any Legislative Assembly. Who
hen are in fault ? w
1st. The Slanery-Ejctmsioniiti, who at an early w
>eriod resolved that no business of importance a
hrnucrht til iprmu
Vidly, Their Northern auxiliaries, the Dough- c
horn, who have steadily united with them in their *
novements. '
.'idly. A large class of irresolute, short-sighted,
itnid Whigs and Democrats, who, although in 1
favor of maintaining the interests of Freedom- *
ilways recoiled when a crisis came demanding ^
lecided action, and became paralyzed at the pros- '
sect of a sharp struggle. c
With this class rests the decision of the ,
mention whether anything shall be done this j
session or uot. If it pursue its present cow- n
trdly policy, Cougress will adjourn without I
vdmitting California ir providing government f
for the Territories. And this seems to be j
Ihc game in certain quarters. Mr. Bayly hus (|
innounced his purpose to push the Appropri- n
ition bills without regard to any other question; v
ind, in answer to an inquiry what was to become
r?f CHliforina, bis reply was, that was a subject
which was not under his care The decision of fj
he House the other day, in Committee of the
Whole on tire state of the Union, to lay aside the '
California bill, the subject in order, for the purjose
of taking up .he West Point Academy apiropriatiou
bill, shows that Mr. Bayly carries an
dFective majority with him. * J
Well?if it be the policy of the Slavery men
nd their auxiliaries to continue and increase
gitalion, they are pursuing the right course. If
hey are anxious to throw the great issue of Free V
toil into the next Presidential campaign, they
ai a- 1.. ?i-.. i)? .:n it- a n
u wrii iu hrrji tut5 (jurnuuii upen nil me next y
cssion, or the next Congress. California and
few Mexico may suffer detriment, hut Hunkersin
and Slavery will receive their death-wound.
, ftj
LOST BAILS. }J
We have received numerous complaints lately r
d the non-reception by subscribers of the Era tc
f the 4th of July. The following note from a ol
ubscriber will explain the reason?Ed. Era. ?'
Homrk, NKVV Yohk, 13, 1850.
DkakSik: We have been unfortunate again y
nth regard to our Em. You have ere this seen j,
he account of the great storm and flood which P(
ccurred in the eastern part of the State a week 0|
go last night, and by which means a serious rail- V(
oad accident occurred between Utica and Al- p
uny, at which time important mails were loet ni
11 the river, and have not been reoovered.
Yours, truly, S. B. Hitchcock,
? * ~ Sf
NEW HAMPSHIRE RESOLVES (IN SLAVERY. f
tc
R'sohxl, That w hilst the people of New II imphire
regret the existence of sentiments in Couress
unfavorable to the immediate admission of
California into the Uuion, the settlement of disracting
national questions, and salutary legislaion
for the country, they repeat their firm cou- .
lotion of the wisdom of those who framed the 1 1
Irdinance of 17S7. uud can ncer consent to the .
xclusion of any State from the Union on account
f the adoptiou of its provisions.
Resplctd, That the People of this State are f
ound by no compact, express or implied, to suf- r
-r the introduction of Slavery into territory now ?
-ee?and that they are unalterably opposed to
le erection of any territory without its prohibion
by positive law.
Resolved, That the union of the States is of initiiuable
value to the people of New Hampshire, fr
i America, and to the cause of civil liberty p
iroughout the world. g0
Rem!ltd, That the advice of the immortal
fashington in his Farew ell Address to the peo- Ba
e of the United States, to avoid sectional divisns
and animosities, and to frown indignantly th
[>ou every attempt to alienate one section of the
mntry from another, is deserving of profound .
sj.cct and veneration from all patriotic oitiiens ;
ad that no existing circumstances will warrant
ur disregard of that advice at the present time. wi
ktsolml, That we regret the systematic atsinj.ts
of many misguided persons to alienate one (jq
pction of our couutry from another, and that
lew Hampshire deprecates any action in Con- 0,1
ress or elsewhere which may have a tendency or th
rrve to endanger the Union of the States in
The above resolutions passed the House of vo
epresentatives of New Hampshire, July 13, f0|
*50, by a vote of 127 to 80. ^
Mr. Clay says the ssntimeut of the People of
16 North has undergone a change Represents- us
vss delude themselves with the sams idea The to
E NATIONAL ERA.
ashtngton Union la oontinually boasting of the
elity of the Northern Democracy, and its
position to the Proviso. It is all a fiction,
he Cass Legislature of Connecticut, at its late
ssion, endorsed the Proviso, and failed in iu
tempt to elect a Hunker Senator. The Maine
ouse of Representatives has endorsed the
roviso, and just returned a warm supporter
that measure to the United States Senate?
id. above, we have the resolves of the New
ampshire House of Representatives, (controlled
y the Old Line Democracy.) in favor of the " inmous
Wilmot Proviso." O, what a retribution
sails the Doughfaces 1
F or the National fcra
TO JOHN (J. WMTTIER.
Ob ' Whlttirr, thou nobl* son of song'
Earth ( toiling millions, struggling to b? t'rss,
Yuru with fond hope end gratitude to thee,
As one whoee lore of truth, and courage strong
Shall help to hatter down the walls of wrong,
And hasten on the glorious reign of pace,
When strife, sn 1 hats, and murderous war, shall cease,
And men no more at Error's eall shall throng
Usurping Might has triumphed far too long,
And thou hast labored with heroic real,
In fear and hope, with earnest pen and tongue,
Kor Klght, and Truth, and for our Country's w. al,
And one and all bid thee in tiod's name still go on
A. Ct'KTIS.
J'Jftrsont Ashtabula Co , 0., July 2'J, IS.10.
DRAWING IT MILD.
The National E a, which never misses a chance
o assail with deadliest energy a Whig from the
'ree States who flinches from the support of Free
Jail, thug meekly announces the disastrous vote
>y which the House refused a seat and a hearing.
0 the Delegate from New Mexico:
"The House last week was chiefly occupied
nth the consideration of the report of the Coraaittee
on Elections, against the admission of Mr.
Smith as a Delegate from New Mexico and Mr.
iabbitt as a Delegate from Utah. The report
r?8 sustained, and admission refused to both genlemen.
The vote was chiefly a sectional one,
?fr. Gentry being the only member from a slaveolding
section voting for their admission. The
louth carried the day by the aid of its usu il
uxiliaries from the North, and of two or three
Northern men, who, notwithstanding their gener1
fidelity to the interests of Freedom, could not
ee their way clear to act with their associates on
iis particular cjuestio"^. __ .
TVe .art, from New
dexico will be able in time to take his place as a
Representative of the State of New Mexico."
That is all?no list of the members from free
liates who voted to reject Mr. Smith?no intiruaion
that they were all of one party, and trhith pary,
(and a habitual reader of the Era, who relied on
hat paper for his political information, would never
uspectthc right one)?no call upon the friends of
"ree Soil to keep those enemies of Freedom out of
he next House?but a false statement that but one
lember from a slave State voted in favor of New
dexico, when two did so, (both Whigs.) and a
:)\\t aw 'vKin.r nnnlriffv for thp twonrthrpp North
" """" "" ft ? ? , . , ,
rn men who, " notwithstanding their gnt^ral fidtlUy
> Frtfdom," voted to stifle the voice of New Mex30,
and turn her over hound and gagged to the teller
mercies of her enemies! And yet some would
ke to have it believed that the Era is a fair, candid
aper, earnestly devoted to the cause of Human
'rcedom, and entirely impartial between the two
re^it parties of the country ! The fact is very far
rom this. The Era dislikes Slavery, but the
Vhig party monopolizes its hatred. It has fair
hafts for Slaverv, but poisoned arrows for the
riends of the National Administration Had
wenty-five Whigs from the free States voted as
hose twenty-five Locofocos did, their names
'ould have bpen paraded and the consequences
f their recreancy to Freelom fully portrayed
1 the Era. Hut Locofocos may vote so, aud
live their iniquity skillfully cloaked and parally
apologized for in that paper. The People
lftll know this.?Netr York TrVrune.
As we are anxious that the People shall have
ght, we quote the article from the Tribune. The
tore the People know of the Era, the less they
ill agree with that paper.
Now, we beg tho deur People to remember that
e publish only a weekly, and that sometimes
e cannot say all we want to say, in one number,
ml so must postpone our remarks till another
uore especially when it saw our columns crowdd
with the Letter aud Notes of that good and
iaoch Whig, Horace Mann. It would have
>eeu charitable, to say the least
For the benefit of the dear People whom our
mpulsi ve cotempornry is going to tell " on us," we
tad marked for publication in our columns, beore
we saw the terrible threat of the Trihunr, the
'olloiving extract from the valuable Washington
lorrenpondence of the New York Evening Post:
"This mode of rejecting the petition of New
Vlexico. and denying her incontestable rights, by
aying the subject on the table, seems on its face
i mean anil sordid evasion of a just responsibility
?ut I will say nothing more upon that point.
vi r. ciiDitn wan rrjcnni njr ritrvrn niHjnrnjr. mil
n order that a proper accountability may attach
o all who thus basely betrayed the cause of freeloni
and of the great popular right of representation,
I have made the following analysis of this
ote.
Members from free States who voted to deny
cpresentation to New Mexico
Maine?Klbridge Gerry, Nathaniel S. Llttleield,
Cullen Sawtelle?.1.
New Hampshire?Harry Hibbard, Charles
I. Pcaslee?2.
Connecticut?Loren P. Waldo?1.
New York?Hiram Walden?1.
New Jersey?Isaac Wildrick?1.
Pennsyi.i.ania^-sMHo M. Dimmick, Job Mann,
ohn Uobbins, jr., Thomas Ross, Win. Strong,
amea Thompson?<>.
Ohio.?John Iv. Miller, William A. Whittlety?2.
Indiana?Wm. J. Ilrown, Cyrus L. Dunham,
Willis A. Gorman?3.
Illinois?Thomas L. Harris, John A. McClerand,
William. A. Richardson, Timothy R.
oung?t.
Michigan?Alexander W. Duel?1.
Iowa?Shepherd Letfler?1.
This leaves eighty votes from slave States
gainst New Mexico. Among the negative votes,
^losc in favor of the right of representation of
lew Mexico, ninety-four in number, I find just
wo members from slave States?Houston of
elaware, and Gentry of Tennessee The two
igether make eighty-two from slave States, out
F an entire delegation of ninety-one, showing
uly nine absentees from those States, or one in
>n. The statement above given, of twenr-five
ayes and ninety-two noes from free
tatcs, shows that twenty-three votes out of one
undred and forty were abseut, or one in six. Of
Aurse only nine of those men could have paired
T with the supporters of the pretensions of ela?ry,
and the remainder are equally guilty with
lose who actively oo-operated with them. The
umcs of those twenty-three absentees sre
Thomas J. I). Fuller. Me; Daniel P. King,
lassschusetts; Julius Rockwell,ditto; Jas Wil?
V,,? n. k:-? II T).m v, 1.
u, nvn . miiipKuiic , uniirjriuuiwii, it. . u. ? ,
iideon Reynolds, ditto; William A. Sackett, dit?;
Peter H. Silvester, ditto; AndrewK. Hay,N.
eraey; John Van Dyke, ditto; Joseph W. Ca y.
Pennsylvania Moses Hampton, ditto; Lewis
Levin, ditto; James X. McLanahan. ditto,
lenry Nes, ditto, DavidT Disney, Ohio; Moses
longland, ditto; Samuel T. Vinton, ditto; Nalaniel
Albertson. Indiana; Jos. ft. MoDouald,
it to; Kdward D lUker, Illinois.
For them, and for the twenty-five before named,
invoke the reprobation and proscription of their
matituents. I (ro into no despicable inquiry as
i the party politics of these men?they are all
aitors and delinquents to the aacred cause of
eedoui and the rights of the people, enemies to
ic just and true doctrine that " taxation withit
representation is tyranny," recreants alike
principle and to policy."
We stand corrected. There were two Whigs
oin slave States: Houston and Uentry?but
elaware is sometimes classed with the free States,
metimes with the slave and that is why the
ime of its representative did uot catch our eyeNo
Whig from the Free States voted against
e admission, but twenty-five so called Democrats
d. We said, two or three Northern men, notIthstandiug
their general fidelity to the int> rests
Freedom, could not see their way clear to act
th their associates on this occasion We allud
to Mr. Strong of Pennsylvania and Mr. Walof
Connecticut, whom we believed to be sound
the issues involved in the Slsvsry Question,
ough on this particular vote, they were wrong,
our opinion. As to the rest of the Democratic
ters in the negative, we have not a word to say
r them. They are generally men whom we
ve held up to pnblie reprobation
The editor of the Tnl>unt oaunot underetand (
He is a partisan ws are not. He belongs i
th# Whig organiiation, we belong to none. 1
, WASHINGTON, D.
We on haw no interest La exaggerating the delinquencies
of Whigs, or cloaking those of Democrats.
As to whether the Era is candid and truthful
or not, we are quite willing the People should
judge. If thej decide that it is not, that will not
change our own opinion , if thej think that it is,
we shall hare the pleasure of agreeing with themThat
is alL
TREASON.
A member of Congress furnishes the Washington
Union with extracts of a letter written him
from Texas. Thej announce that there will be a
called session of the Legislature about the 12tb
of August, with a view to take effective measures
to enforoe the jurisdiction of the State over San
ta Fe. The writer lays :
"I must confess that it is a question of great
import to us, and one that should be well conoid- |
ered, jet I can see but one course left to us ; j
which is to maintain our rights, or sink with
them , and such is the universal feeling here"
'' The course of the Administration in this
matter has sealed the fate of any compromise
that can pass the Congress. There might have
been some chance for a settlement of some kind, |
if they had left the matter alone as it stood at
the laet session. Mark my position ! Texas will
never submit to any compromise until after the
United States has unconditionally acknowledged
tier rigut to the , "
He says an armed expedition will probably set
out on the 1st September.
" There will be no lack of volunteers. Several
gentlemen have already undertaken to raise
and organize companies. If the expedition ever
gets to Santa Fe, there will be some hot work.
Traitors and rebels will fare badly."
While the territory of Oregon was in dispute
between this country^nd England, had England
marched her troops into it, with a view of expelling
the United S/ates, it would have been an act
of war. The United States olaira New Mexico
as territory twlonging to the Union, and this
claim is believed to be valid by three fourths of
the Americaa People. Texas claims it as a part
of her territory. While in dispute, should the
latter, disregarding all peaceful and constitutional
means for settling the controversy, raise troops
and march them into the territory, for the purpose
of taking possession, and excluding the Federal
Authority, she would commit an act of war?
and this is treason, as defined by the Constitution
: " Tim ton against the United States shall consul
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hering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."
The penp\? of Texas may believe what they
choose about their right to New Mexico: the
great mnjority of the People of the Union believe
she has no right to it. If she attempts te
enforce her belief by the sworn, ene imposes on
the other party the duty of resistance by the
sword. She becomes a traitor to the Union, and
deserves the fate of a traitor.
Were no constitutional mode provided for the
peaceful settlement of the controversy, she might
be justified in the judgment of mankind in resorting
to a revolutionary remedy j but there is a
tribunal for the settlement of just such controversies,
instituted by that Constitution, which the
authorities of Texas are sworn to support, as the
supreme Law of the Land. The judicial power
of the Supreme Conrt extends to all " controversies
in which the United States shall be a party."
If a suit in this Court be deemed too tedious, there
are other peaceful modes of settling the difficulty;
but if Texas reject all these, if she plant herself
upon the ground that the United States must
" unconditionally acknowledge her right to the
country " in dispute, or she will draw the sword
against them, then, beyond all doubt, the hour
has come for testing whether the Federal Government
has the will and the ability to protect
itself, to maintain the rights of the Union, to
preserve the Constitution, to suppress and punish
Treason.
If conceasion is to be made at all, never let it
be made to the demands of Treason. The man
who urges the Federal Government to abandon
tion of a State in arms against its authority, is
himself guilty of aiding and abetting Treason.
Texas should be taught that the United States
of America have a little more ability to maintain
their rights than had the United States of Mexico
, that though rebellion against the latter was
crowned with success, rebellion ngainst the former
must cover her with infamy.
MR. HAMLIN RR-ELKCTKD.
We are pleased to hear that nearly all the
Free Soil members of the Maine Legislature
voted for Mr. tiumlin, and thus secured his reelection.
He is an able and trustworthy Senator,
1 I-1 1??1? 1_ . 1.1 * *T I t n ,
itnu uin re-ciecuun is u uiow hi j luustrism.? r4a.
Era.
Hallowki.l, July 28, 1850.
To tli? Eilaor of the National Era:
I have the pleasure to inform you of there-election
of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin to the United
States Senate, which took place this day, in the
Legislature of Maine. Mr. Hamlin had 77 out
of 150 votes in the House, and 15 out of 29 in
the Senate. Every member was present except
one in each branch. One Senator threw a blauk
vote. On the final ballot, Mr Hamlin had nearly
nil the Free Soil votes in both Houses. These
were thrown for Mr Hamlin, not on the ground
of pledges or promises on his part to unite with
us politically, but on the ground of his position
in the Senate on the questions growing out of
Blavery, and our confidence that he will maintain
those positions, and adhere to Northern free
principles, in the midst of the generation of
time-serving political traders with which the nation
is now infested. It remains to be seen
whether he will fulfil our just expectations. He
has an opportunity, should he survive to serve out
the term for whioh he has been elected, to signalize
himself as a steady and consistent friend of
Freedom and of true Democracy. There are
plenty of spurious Democrats now-a-days, who
are distinguished only by the name they beAr,
and which is very far from being expressivejof
their real characteristics. The times demand
now that true typs of Democracy which adopts
" Liberty, Equality, Fraternity," not for its motto
only, but for its corner-stone and foundation. I
regard politics, parties, public Affairs, as in a
transition state. Great events are taking place?
great changes are going on. It is a day of Progress
Providence is at work. The problem of
Liberty and Humanity is about to be determined.
Happy is he who shall bear a part in hastening
" the good time coming."
" THE II11>HbK LAW."
Last Friday, Senator Pratt of Maryland runde
a furious onslaught upon Mr. Seward, denouncing
his doctrine conoerning "a higher law," imputing
to him sentiments that he had never expressed, and
threatening him with a resolution of expulsion.
Mr. Hale read the Senator a lecture on "the
higher law," which he will not be apt to forget,
and told him that if he were diepoeed to venture
upon such a resolution as he had suggested, he
wished to be included in it, for he was a very devout
believer in " the higher law." Mr. Chase
called upon Senators to stop talking ami threatening,
and proceed toads: there had been plenty
of declamation?let them show by their <W*
that they are in earnest.
Mr. Seward gave utterance to a sentiment
which every man, not a fool, or an atheist, believes?and
that is, that the Law of God is higher
than all Human Law. He whodenies this, is fit- 1
ter for a Lunatic Asylum, than a Senate Chamber.
THE INTENDED PROCLAMATION OP GENERAL
TAYLOR.
The Washington correspondent of the Louisville
Courier says:
" It is no longer a State secret here, that General
Taylor had in ooorse of preparation a proclamation
or message in regard to New Mexico
and California, which nothing but his sudden and
severs sickness prevented him from communicating
to Congress on As 3th instant. In it he reviewed
his past isimsnsdstinis and reiterated
them ; urging at the same time the admission of
both into the Union st ones as States He further
reviewed the nature of the dispute between Texas
and New Msales, and avowed a determination
to stand by the latter against the encroachments
of the former, with all the military power of the i
Government, if It hssnms necessary It is need- I
less to psoulat* what would have been the effect i
C., AUGUST 1, 1850.
of inich an Executive document upon the country,
in its present distracted and eioited condition.
If, however, a civil war could bare l>een avoided,
and with it a final separation between the slave
and free States, 1 have not the comprehension to
see how."
It is very easy "to see how." Texas, haviDg
had some experience of "old Rough and Ready,"
would have kept herself out of harm's way, and
contented herself with shedding ink, instead of
blood. Such a proclamation would hare been a
wet blanket to the fire-eaters.
LEGISLATING ODER MENACE.
We have long since ceased to expect independent,
high-principled action from the present Congress.
It has lost its freedom , it is in subjection
to its feurs. By dint of great swelling words, and
fierce threatenings, the slaveholders have rendered
it so nervous, that it shrinks from doing
anything at all, lest it should in some way provoke
their resentment. The crack of the whip
resounds from day to day; and honorable members
spring to do the bidding of their overseers
What Mr. Hale once said in jest about the
United States being annexed to Texas, is beginning
to be quite a prevalent opinion in Congress.
Texas, through her two Senators and two KepOaw
eral Government, "Hitherto shalt thou come,
but no further; one step beyond the line our
-word has marked, and that step shall be thy
last: sink or swim, lire or die, beyond all doubt
the Union shall be blown sky high."
It seems that the Government of the Union has
been transferred from Washington to Houston,
and that the Legislature of Texas is henceforth
to give law to the United States.
Texas will permit no questioning of her claims,
allow nothing for an honest difference of opinion.
Believe or be damned, is the alternative she presents.
She has a claim to the territory east of the Rio
Grande; so have the United States. She has no
possession, never has bad possession of the territory
the United States conquered it, then paid
for it, took possession of it, and have held possession
of it ever since.
" That's neither hero nor there," cries Texas,
" we lay claim to it, and will have it, cost what it
may."
" But may ?? 7;-vj
" No, it is insulting."
" May we not urge our own claim ?"
" N<v it intolerable aggression."
" Will you not agree to submit iherttmVeat to
the Supreme Court?"
"Never? What! submit the rights of a'Sovereign
Stste to the decision of a tribunal belonging
to the United States!"
" Well, suppose we treat with you on equal
terms. We have a claim and possession; you
have a claim, and no possession. We are the
United States ; you, a single State. Still, we will
deal with you as an equal. Appoint commissioners
; we will do the same; they shall meet, consult,
and propose such an adjustment of the controversy
as they shall be able to agree upon.
Will you consent to this ?"
" No ; we stand by our rights?that territory
is ours. We will not by implication allow our
title to be drawn in question. If you want it,
give us ten millions. True, you have already
paid some millions for it, but not a copper went
into our treasury."
" But, suppose, since you refuse every reasonable
mode of settling the controversy, we, being
in possession, and with a claim, to say the least,
as strong as yours, choose to continue in possession
7"
"We will dislodge you at the point of the bayonet
; and for every drop of blood wasted, we
shall hold you responsible."
Modest, most magnanimous Texas! Men of
spirit in the North, reading the newspapers at
home, may feel contempt for this bullying; but
1 too many of the Representatives whom they have
I ami hrimainn* anil thaw
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are willing to do anything to hide themselves
from her wrath. The poor creatures are the victims
of a morbid imagination, and even the Washington
Union has power to work them up into an
agony of apprehension. It is filled within and
without with lamentations and warnings It sees
sights, and hoars voices, pregnant with evil omen
The South is red hot with excitement; the elements
begin to melt with fervent heat; for
Heuveu's sake, gentlemen, be quick with that
Compromise, or this glorious Union, with all its
wondrous associations, will be in ashes!
On what a slender thread hnngs the weight of
our far-famed Union! Emancipate a few hundred
slaves in the District of Columbia, and it
falls. Prohibit slavery in free territory, and it
falls. Admit the free State of California by itself,
and it falls. Refuse to yield to the claim of
Texas, ousting the United States at the point of
the bayonet from their possessions in New Mexico,
and it falls. Reject the Compromise, and it
falls. In short, do anything, not precisely in
harmony with the views and interests of :'the
Chivalry," and the Union, with all its precious
freight of glorious recollections and still more
glorious hopes, will be wrecked.
The latest horror held up to frighten Northern
oowarde, is a Disunion speech by a Mr. Rhett, of
South Carolina, formerly a member of Congress,
in which'he distinguished himself chiefly by the
shrillness of his voice. All the newspapers here
seem panic-stricken with his daring; and even
Mr. Clay took occasion, the other day in the Senate,
to denounce him as a traitor. We do not see
any special reason for alarm. Mr. Rhett is only
giving utterance to sentiments which he and a few
ndgetty demagogues like bimself, bare harbored
for years. Without talents to acquire national
distinction, they hare just enough to earn, by hard
labor, sectional notoriety. Why not let them
talk, and act too, if they like? We do not believe
the country will be relieved of these pitiful
outcries of danger to the Union, till some real
attempt at Disunion has been made. For one, we
are quite willing South Carolina should try the
experiment. The right of secession is incontestable?but
it is a revolutionary right. Let her
exercise it, and see how many States she can induoe
to follow in the lead, taking R Barnwell
Rhett aa their Magnus Apollo. If she and other
States are prepared for Disunion, they are not
prepared for Union; end it is manifest that our
present Government, with such disaffected members
opposing it, can only act by their sufferance.
This Slavery question is a pretext with the Disunion
agitators. Its settlement wonld not allay
their discontent: they cannot be great men in the
Union , they may be, out of it. Concession will
do no goed, but harm. It will only embolden
them to make more audacious demands Have
we a Government or not ? This is a question
which we are willing to see determined If it
must waive its authority, abstain from the exercise
of its constitutional powers, whenever any
Slate may choose to threaten violent resistance,
then it is a Government not worthy the name?
il i? in foY-t no Government xt all.
OI K RELATIONS WITH PORTIGAL.
Fiovt the Wii.tAif^ron Corespondent*, of th* New
York Courur and Km/uirer, July 24.
Various nnd conciliatory efforts were made
during the last and preceding Administrations, to
procure a settlement of the well-eetablished and
iong-standing claims of citisens of the United
States against the Government of Portugal. All i
these efforts resulted unsatisfactorily, and finally, (
from a tone of evasion, one of hauteur was assumed.
Finding that no arrangement could be effected, 1
General Taylor instructed Mr. Clay, our Charge
d'Affaires, to makes peremptory and final demand, I
allowing twenty days for consideration. When |
these instructions wore sent out, orders were communicated
at the same time to Com. Morgan, in '
command of the Mediterranean squadron, to at- '
tend at Lisbon, Ibr the purpose of receiving Mr. Clay,
if it beeeine m ueesary for him to withdraw <
from the mission. No orders of a hostile charac- ,
ter were given or oould be given , and this formal
method was adopted for the purpose of signify- 1
log to Portugal the degree of confidenoe which 1
this Government reposed in Its diplomatic agent, (
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upon whom an indignity had been attempted. It
vu Oameral Taylor's intention, in the event of a
refusal to adjust the claims, to submit the whole
subject to Congress for its advioe and notion. Of
course all the foreign speculations relative to reprisals
are absurd.
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
PAEis./s/y 11,1850.
To the Editor of the National Era:
On Tuesday last, I had the pleasure of hearing
Victor Hugo's eloquent defence of the liberty of
me press. /\ uooie cause sou a nooie aavocme
Had not the cause been condemned in advauoe.
the advocate would have gained it. Hia style of
eloquence ia worthy of the Frenoh Assembly, the
first forum in the world. Polished and sonorous,
every sentence fell from the lips of the orator, as
it will be transmitted to posterity. The personal
appearance of Victor Hugo is highly prepossessing.
Above the middle height, well formed, the outlines
of his person elegant and voluptuous, rather than
severe, his manner oompoeed and graceful, he does
not disappoint the anticipations of those who have
admired him in his works. His blond hair and
ruddy complexion do not bear the marks which
half a century rarely fails to make. Like his rival^
Montalembert, die seems to have bathed in the
fountain ot wnWja! vonth. A stranger would
noiBuppose nim to be older than thirty ot thirty- <
five, although he is now between fifty and sixty.
He scaroely seems older than his two grown sons,
the editors of Evenenmtt.
The Right were evidently determined to put
him out of countenance, and salute his appearance
at the tribune with an uproarious burst of hilarity.
What peals of sardonic laughter' Montalembert, i
the great Jesuit leader of the Assembly, clapped
his glass to his right eye, after the manner of a
London cockney, stepped his yellow nankeen pan- |
taloons with great emphasis, as if to say, in true
Diok Swiveller style, my eyes' what a go! such
a chap as that at the tribune. Taschereau, whose
business it is to lead in interruptions, wriggled
on his seat, grinned horribly with his unfurnished
mouth, and emitted indescribable soundsMinister
Baroche turned his broad back to the
orator. Minister Rouher sometimes scribbled, but
generally occupied himself with admiring his white
hands and pretty rings. General Changarnier
crossed his long thin legs, and rested his lantern
.(ace ou his hands, while eyes were,
fixed languidly on.the orator. M. Thiers and
M. Barrot were both absent The general aspect
of the Right was by no means encouraging. On
the Left, therw *? fcfldently a lively interest
There was the venerable Arago, the chief of modern
science, the military figure of Colonel Charras,
the pensive and intellectual faoe of Lamennais
the philosopher, the sarcastic and fiery Michal
de Bourges, the pale ami fierce looking
Lagrange, apparently oonsumed by the revoluG
nUkin A i tko Al?tl> ami f\f tka
nuuarjr mco nuuiu. n? * uc iui iuvi vu>* v?* ?uv
hall, is Eugene Sue. There he site with his elbow
on his desk, and his round moon fhee resting
on his left hand. lie is very neat in his person,
for you see that a wristband of Bnowy whiteness
hides part of his very fair hand, and his short
blond hair is curled somewhat foppishly on his
head, which we ask his pardon for saying is as
round as a bullet. His figure is full, too full for
elegance, but his movements are far from awkward,
and he appears quick and energetic. Report
says that he is an excellent horseman and
skilful hunter. He listens to Victor Hugo with
the interest of a man who knows that attention is
a tribute due to genius. Lamartine is not there.
He has gone to Asia Minor, to take possession
of the manor given him by the Sultan.
Why should 1 add that the eloquent appeals of
Victor Hugo were without effect. You, who are
a passed high master in the science of liberty,
know that the law against the press was necessary
the moment the law against universal suffrage
was passed. The one implied the other. Class
privileges, corruption, and injustice, may be sustained
so loug as they are hid from publio view ;
b? iknfft &jr like kitioous
night birds before the light of day. Convince the
intelligent poor man, if you can, that he should
submit to be a paria in society, that he should be
willing to intrust his fortunes and dearest interests
to tankers, rich Jews, and men incrusted
with selfishness and corrupted by luxury. You
cannot convince him, and if you persist, you must
kill him or put out the light of his intelligence.
I know that there are in the United States many
avaricious Christians of tender consciences, who
>ould wish to compound for the sin of holding
slaves by instructing them. This is pitiable feebleness.
The Southern slaveholder and the
French Reaction know that the only safe way to
nernetrate onnression is to do it in the dark The
former forbids teaching the slave to read, and
the latter destroys the press. This is the inexorable
logic of tyranny, whether it is in Europe
or America.
The institution of the jury must next be modified
so as to conform to the laws on suffrage and
the press. If a privileged class has alone the
right to vote and to print, it must have that of
judging and punishing. This is the wanting term
of the proportion. The jury must go next, and
I would risk the favor of your readers on the
prediction.
What shall i say of the new law against the
press, except that it will destroy nine-tenths of
the French newspapers, and plaoe the rest at the
mercy of the Ministry for the time being ? Those
that survive the stamp-tax may be prosecuted for
a dozen offences in one day, and found in one article.
On each prosecution, the journal must
depoeite in advance one-half of the highest fine i
that may be imposed for the offence. As the trial
may be postponed for any time, and the number
of prosecutions is unlimited, the Ministry may
demand a deposits of several millions from the
publisher. What oapitalist will risk his capital
in publishing an opposition paper, on conditions
so hard as these ?
There are members of the legislative majority
who regret deeply having entered on the high
road to reaction, for they tremble for the consequences.
But they cannot stop now. You remember
the fable of the horse, which, to gratify
his animosity against the stag, permitted the man
to mount him and hunt down the stag. After hie
enemy was killed, he found it impoeeible to disembarrass
himself of his rider. This unfortunate
beast is the type of that repentant fraction of the
i
majority.
The Reaction is becoming more and more hardy (
Last Monday, M. Rouher, the Minister of Justice, ]
called the Revolution of February "a veritable ]
catastrophe," and President Dupin did not call <
him to order, nor did the majority disavow hin
This insult to the Revolution which drew him J
out of obscurity was unbecoming, to say the j
least, in the Minister of Louis Bonaparte, the re- <
turned exile. But it indicates very surely the J
determination of the administration to patch up (
some sort of a royalty for the benefit of Louis
Bonaparte. The ingratitude of the President i
to the Republic is only another proof that men
without intellect are, almost without exception,
men without heart. The next revolution will no 1
doubt burn oft a good deal of the dry stubble '
left standing in 1S48. A tier crops will be much
better. t
Whom do you think the royalist journals blame *
for the passage of the law against the prase 1 You |
could never guess it, if 1 should give you fifty E
trials Listen to the Union, a Legitimist paper
u Cursed be those madmen, those turbulent and c
absurd tribunes of demsgogism, those charlatans ^
of freedom and liberalism, to whom God hasgiven, j
m a final punishment, the mission to veil in
Franoe the status of liberty Will they be sat
Isfied at last, and will they recognise that nothing ||
is wanting to their glory, when hj extravaganoes
and follies they shall havs ruined the respectible
and sacred cause of the prees in France 1" j,
A right hearty curse Perhaps yen swppese it is r
lirected against the authors of the law. Not at 41
ill, but against the oppocUlon. Just ss the abo- ?
litioolste are abused by Kentucky aleeeholdesf as t|
the oause of the continuation of slavery In that 8
ins State. 61
VOL. IV.
An incident, which ooonrred lent Friday at the
gate of the Elyale National, haa afforded qnite a
prolific thomo of oomment to the correspondents
of London papers, but produoed no aensatioa at
Parie. A lad of seeenteeu, who had been pacing
to and fro before the gate for an hour or two, advanced
suddenly to the sentinel, and requested to
be taken into custody, as he intended to kill the
President. His request was complied with A
subsequent examination has proved him to >.
quite insane The oue in only interesting ,1H K
shows the tendenoy ^insanity to Uke its hue
from the preoccupations and anxieties of the pop
ular mind. Sefelage at Berlin, Robert Pate at
London, and Walker at Paris, are diseased and
purulent secretions of the social bodj, and thrown
to the surface by a quickened circulation. It ia
worthy of remark, that the Governmental pra*
does not seek to make political capital out of this
caprice of insanity.
The great conspiracy of Oran. in Algiers, is
now admitted by the Government journals themselves
never to have existed. They announce
that nearly all the prisoners have been dbcharged,
and those retained in custody are on!y
held to answer to a charge of having been connected
with reunions not permitted by law. The
whole affair was, as asserted in my letter of lut
week, nothing but the explosion of an old jealousy
between the military and civil governor of the
Province of Oran. It has been pressed into ser
vice by the Minister of War, who now declares
it impossible to change the military government
of Algiers That fine colony is therefore <foca??
to a longer term of the blighting rule of gentl*.
men in epaulettes. Twenty years of this rule
have resulted in the dissipation of several hnn
dred millions, in the destruction of the whole system
of education among the Arabs, in the demolition
of the agricultural and commercial prosperity
of the country, and in the increased hostility
of the natives. All the efforts of the French
Government?its premiums for settlers, its dona
tions of land, cattle, and farming utensils, its free
passages from Franoe, its supplies of provisions
for a year?have snooeeded in placing in Algiers
a French population of less thau thirty thousand,
which must be protected by an army of three
times that number.
General Febrier intends to renew his demand
for th? liberation of Abd-el-Kader, who has been
in prison since the winter of 1847-'H. Your read
ere remember that this heroic chieftain surrendered
only on condition of beiDg sent to Egypt and
liberated there Instead of performing this con
dition, Louis Philippe treated him as the United
States did the Indian chief Osceola?shut him np
in prison. He has remained there up to this day,
through all the vicissitudes of the revolution, and
there he will probably remain until, as Osceola
and Toussaint L'Ouverture his spirit shall throw
off the Wy/"- * -?
" As a vila fatter,
Broken and oast away."
The repeated defeats of the Ministry on the
prelimary question* of the bilt tftf the msyors,"'
hive not destroyed its hopes. A paper demand
ing the reinstatement of this bill among those
to he acted on immediately, is in circulation
among the members of the Right. About eighty
signatures have already been obtained, and as
soon as the number shall have reached three
hundred, the demand is to be laid before the Assembly.
The new lists of voters have been made out
What the number of the eliminated may be in
the departments will be known in a week or two ;
that at Paris is already known. The whole number
of adult malecitixensat Paris is about 350,000
The old electoral law, by its requirements
of residence, and its disqualifications of bankruptcy
and crime, left of these 244,000 voters
This number has been reduced by the new law
to 74,000. Thus there are more than 250,000
citizens deprived, on one pretext or another, of
the right of suffrage, lu the purification of the
lists, the opposition has, of course, suffered all
that the Administration could make it suffer under
the law. Spite of this, the Reaction party is
far from being oontented with the results. Some
of their presses assert that the majority of tbe
74,000 voters on the new list are socialists. This
is doobtfnl, bnt the general discontent of the
royalist parties with the result shows that they
are by no means reassured as to the result of the
next election at Paris. The strength of the Republican,
or. as it is here oalled, the Socialist party??!**
principally among the commercial and manufac- i
taring classes, who are by principle and interest op ^
posed to change and a repetition of the revolution
But these are the very classes which are most
steadily domiciled in the same place. The Royalists,
on the contrary, have many of them their
permanent residences in the country, and change
their town one to suit their convenience daring
iho winUr : i>a t*\AAnatH??>AK)A numhpi* mf thpu*
are roune men. of wood families nerl?n> \mt
without professions, Attached to the pleasure* of
the capital, but having a permanent abode nowhere.
These, together with large numbers of
priests and domestics, have been excluded from
the lists, and represent a large Ions suffered by
the Royalist parties It must be said, in honor
of the mayors oL .rged with the preparation of
the list in Paris, that most of them have per
formed their duties with impartiality. The At
srmhlie. National* makes this the subject of a firfi
our article in its last Monday's number. It says
that "under pretext of a judicial execution of
the text of the law, the public functionaries, the
majority of whom are rrtf or mixed, repulse with
a smile on their lips all the voters of the moderate
party who did not satisfy literally the con
ditions of the law " " Things have reached such
a pass that with the new law we are in verity
marching blindfold." " The great error of the
present day is that, under pretext of impartiality.
men strike their friends as well as their enemies.
They say that the laws, being made for
all, are obligatory for all. In peaceable times
this is true; but in the beat of a contest, men
should philosophize less after Montesquieu's fashion,
and accomplish a little more salutary re
I'iotchuu. w iico rne |ii<k*non is io me aociery,
the good grain must be distinguished from the
bad. This parable is as old as the Scriptures."
The unblushing depravity of this article hss
not met with the blame of a single one of the
royalist presses.
GERMANY.
The most important news from Germany is,
that a treaty of peace is concluded between Prus
sia and Denmark. The treaty is to be signed by
all the German Powers. It is almost certain that
several of them will refuee to sign it?for instance,
Austria, Bavaria, Saaony, Wurtemberg, and
Hanover. But as none of these will send any
troops to assist the Duchies of Scbleswig-Holstein,
their refusal, intended to injure Prussia,
will be of no importance; for under a protocol
which accompanies the treaty, the Prussian troops
are all to evacuate the Duchies, and leave them to
struggle against Denmark as they best, may This
is the termination which, in writing from Berlin
rix months ago, I indicated as the only one posai
ble. It seems the fate of Prussia to abandon all
its allien, and fail in ail its plans The treaty
leaves open a door to the intervention of Russia
in favor of Denmark, so that the Duchies have
little hope. They have a good army, however,
uid will fight manfully. Hostilities are expected
to commence in a few days.
The effects of the Congress at Warsaw oon |
tinue to be seen in Germany. The Duke of
Mecklenbourg-Schwerin has dismissed his Chum I
tiers and abolished the electoral law with a stroxe
if his pen. The liberal ministry at Hanover hss
iwice given in its resignation, which has not yet
seen accepted. The liberal ministry of Wurtsm
t>?rg has been replaced by an absolutist oae. and
:he Chambers have been dissolved. In Hesse
Darmstadt, the last liberal minister- has bren
farced to resign, and hi* place given to an ab?o
lutist Everywhere io Germany the Prlnoea an t I
Kings are retnraing to the state of things which
Misted prior to 18-iS
The existence of the Prussian Union ha* been
prolonged for three months by a decree of the
College of Prinoes; but the probabilities are no*
itronger than ever, that it will be abandoned. A
rirculer has been sent to the different Governncnts
pirty to it, demanding a final decision
This does not show that Prussia even has mooh
sonfidence in the duration of the Uniodb
The Austrian army is now being reduced It
rill lose eighty thousand men.
OTHER NEWS FROM THE CONTINENT.
The Federal Assembly of Swltsorlaod met last
reek. Its election of officers shows the majority
0 be soundly democratic, not withstanding the
scent elections at Berne end Zurich
The prime minister of Piedment has declared
he policy of his Cabinet to be frankly liberal
>nd opposed to the Reaction which is now destroyng
everything liberal is Enrope. He sTirmed
?ie readiness to stand side by aide with Lord P?>
nerston in dafending the liberties of the people
Order* have been gives to the English 'w**11
raising in the Mediterranean to unite at Malta
Their ulterior destination is sot known.
England has also preferred heavy claims against
'ortugal, and insists on payment
The lest nsws from Lisbon U, that our rtpresatntivs.
Mr. Clny, had d?amisd payment witb1
n specified time, under penalty of oompulsios
y our navy. Yours, fitc., W.
Dura or Bsioadisb Ge.ncbal Mason?W*
sum with isgret, that a telegraphic despatch was
snsived yesterday by General Jesup, announcing
he death of that distinguished officer end eaoellest
inn, Brigadier General (by brevet) Richard B
itasoa, or the United States army, whe bad relrnsd
from California, lis breathed his lest is
t Louis on the night of ths 2Mb, u vletim to tks
holers.? UW*
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