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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
'i'he President's message isof reasonable length
and respectable execution. Our foreign relations
are represented iu a healthful and peaceful condition.
'I'he prosperity of the country is dwelt upon
w.th much complacency, and the President does
not seem to think that there is any suffering on
account of the existing financial policy of the
(Jovernment.
Nothing is said of the deep discontent prevailing
in the North in regard to the Fugitive law, '
or of the Disunion movements of the .South I '
Hut much is said of the reverence due the laws, J
fc/J i} lbs t, fed of the Adtuini trutii-a tea A
see that they be faithfully executed.
'I'he measures of the -last session respecting "
s'.uvery and the Territories are fully, emph uticalty
endorsed the President hopes they wtU ire ec '"I
garded as a final settlement of ?l11 the dangerous P
juedions which at one time menaced the Union, '
m I strongly advises that f.'ongrhss abstain from
disturbing them. Of course, the odious Fugitive
law is sustained, and we now know that it
I is .in Administration measure. f
The reduction of postage toJUirce cenfa, uni- o
iurm rate, on letters, and unification of the
r ites on newspapers, nre^MiiiaUy recommended . '
and it is suggested that it work well, the ,j
r itoon letters may hc^HjpMt reduced to two cents ft
'1'heoityof Wash i tijFris favorably tind grace- ?
fully commended to the euro of Congress, and an '
appropriation advised, for the purpose of supply(
ing it with water. p
Itiver an l Harbor Improvements are not ovor- i1
looked ; but the only part of the message which H
I may not have been written by a Democratic 1*resident,
is that relating to a Tarill Mr. Fillmore T
r. e mimends a modification of the Tariff of 1S4G, s
1-o as to substitute specific for ad valorem duties, t
bat still be is opposed to high imposts. t
Huch is a brief summary of the important parts '
of the message. It is well written,and is ambitious 1
neither in sentiment nor style Its most remark
acle feature, that, which will stamp the character
of this Whig Administration is, its full, unquali- t
fied endorsement and adoption of th?Texas swin- f
die, the Cass Non-intervention policy, and the <
abominable Fugitive Law of the last session of ]
no nt. i
nox-niNFiiinim. at thies a im;tv.
The Washington RrjwMir, towards the close of
n long aiticle in which it attempts to show that in- '
dividual* have no right to pronounce upon the
moral character of a law they arc commanded to '
[obey, makes the following udmissioM, which completely
upset all its previous arguments :
' It is also true, that it nny be the duty of an 1
individual, on Christian i rinciples, to refuse obe-1 i
ilience to a particular !hw. W? must 1 obey God i
rather than men,' :in<l therefore, if the law re- ,
?<|iiire l us to ilo something against the plain, express,
revealed commnnd of Clod forbidding us to
do it, we not only may, but should, refuse to obey. "
Thus the early Christians, being required to of- i
f r idolatrous worship to the statues of the Era- f
peror, refused to obey. Again, the Apostles, j
having received an express command from their
Saviour to preach in his name, continued to *
preach, notwithstanding an arbitrary order of the e
Sauhedrin against it. This was in one case a 1
mere offering of pa sive resistance?a mere declin- (]
ing tliemaelvesto obey , and little more in the other.
No active'resistanec was in either case thought
of?no commotions were stirred up?no forcible
opposition resorted tft or recommended?no attempt
made to defame or decry the governing
power, or to bring it into contempt or hatred with
the people. In one case, there was a simple and o
respectful refusal to do what Clod had expressly t
forbidden, and, iu the other, to forbear doing
what he had expressly commanded , and the persons
refusing suffered stripes or went to the 11
stake, not only without resisting, hut even rejoicing
that they were counted worthy to sutler iu
such n cause. And only in these and such like
cases?of plain, manifest certainty that Clod's law
is against human law?can active obedience bo
refused, according to th> theory of Christianity
or the practice of the early Christians."
This is a distinct, emphatic nssirtion of the o
liaramount claims of the llitrher I. isr " nmiintU ?
n 1 "H?" *
which (he Il>)?iHtr and kindred journals have in v
dulgcd in so much senseless clamor. The suprctn- a
ncy of the Higher Law, uud the alsedutc duty t
of every citizen to judge ot' Human Law for him- i
self, and disobey it, should it enjoin upon hint, in t
his judgment what the Higher Law fotbids, nr? t
plainly, unqualifiedly affirmed. t
The question arises, dors the fugitive Law i
command what is clearly in conflict with the Hivine i
Law? Recollect, each citizen, according to tho i
doctrine of the R'jwblir, mo t decide this doctrine
for himself. i
The majority of the l'coplo of the non-slaveholding
States have tieen educated in the belief
that the condition of slavery is morally wrong
They conscientiously believe that it iH a violation
of natural right and every principle of Christianity,
to hold a fellow-man in bondage?in a condition,
wherein, being regarded us properly by the
law, he can acquire no property; in which the
sacred relations-of husband and wife, are subordinate
to the relation of ownership; in which his
body and soul, his mind, his conscience, his atfoc
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iions, iiih earnings, nis hii, are hi ine hi?m<iiui? 1ih|h>sh1
of another Such a condition they beH'tc
inherently, unchangeably wrong; and,
therefore, they would be criminal in the eight of
<Jod, if they should hold a fellow-lniug, or aid
in placing him, in it.
Now. to nay nothing of things of omission en
joined by the Fugitive Law, it luakea a positive
requisition on them all, abouhl they tic called upon |
by the Marehal.to uid in r? placing a bumau being |
in precisely that condition which lliey believe to ,
bo morally wrong i o ottey the requisition ^
would be na much a violation of conscience an
to obey a law commanding them to assist in '
banging a man, did they believe capital punish- ,
incut immoral.
The requisition is as unconstitutional as waiihl I i
be the establishment of a certain form of religion j 1
Congress is expressly forbidden to pass uuy law j
abridging the rights of conscience; and our
Courts of Justice signalize their regard for these
rights, by never exacting un oath from the citizen
who believes every form of swearing wrong
Now, the Htpubiic, unless it lake the ground
that to aid in replacing a mj>n in slavery, is so
munifestly right, that no citizen can possibly feel
any conscientious objection to it, must admit
that the requisition we have referred to, is wrong, l
tyrannical unconstitutional, insulting 1
TH
THE liKFIT (HUNTS (IF TIIK UNIftX.
Nobody can doubt Mr Webster's greatness of
ntelleet; but, no a statesinnu, he certainly is not
haractcmid by any remarkable breadth of view
r elevation of sentiment. lie seems seldom to
orget that he is first and foremost, the attorney
?f + c Trading Classes. Their views, their sup>oned
iuterests, generally determine his policy.
We have been accustomed to believe that the l
Union was formed "to establish justice, insure !
lomestic tranquillity, provide for the common dc'ence,
promote the general welfare, aud secure the
ilenings of liberty to ourselves and posterity." j
We know that the necessity of providing means
For the payment of the public debt, and for the
relief of the business interests of the country, were j
potent reasons in favor of n Union j but he who
attaches paramount importance to these, does injustice
to the memory of the wise men who founded
the present Constitution.
These remarks sre suggested by some observa- J
tions which fell from Mr Webster, in his reply
to certain merchants of New York, who lately
waited upon him in that city to do him honor. j
" There were crises," he said, " in public affairs, i
when it was necessary to revive and reanimate an ^
attachment to the Union, aud to recall the principles
upon which it was formed, and the motives
for which it was formed?and one of these crises
was now. AnJ, in his opinion, there was no place I
for this revival so becoming as among the men for j
rchom th> Union mis fonwil, ami trhost i nriutitct con- !
tmiuil and in- L moii.
"The Union was created for many purposes.
One was to pay off the national debt, another whs
to secure the proceeds of the public land for the
payment of that debt. Vet others were to make
us one people, ami to giro us peace at home and
respectability abroad.
" Hut it will be found by those who investigate
the matter, that tlx mum patpott for vhtch U nuts I
formed n ns to tiul and to protect trade ami commerce
/low the "main chance" looms up in all his
speeches! It is the money value ot things which
first Btrikcs his calculating mind. His theory is,
that the Union wis formed for merchants anil
shopkeepers?its great purpose being, to help
them make money.
Now, Trade is a good thing in its place?one
of the necessities of Society, constituted as it is?
best taken care of, however, when most let alone.
Ilut there are other things better than Trade.
I'eace, external and internal, Security, Freedom,
Justice, IMucution, Religion, Humanity, exempjon
from Anarchy, from Despotism, from Forign
Aggression are not to be named with the
ivorable or unfavorable balances of a merchant's
,'gcr. They are all infinitely more important
J.'lll I liiar. 111IM tvtlBOXUVVU, nut Buhvir^iaitvC, "lit
araniount reasons for the formation of tho Ainer:an
Union.
Tin: press IN THE IMTEI) states.
A town of twenty thousand inhabitants in New
Inglutid has three daily newspapers, utid u copy
f one of them costs one penny.
This is a fact very well worthy of cousidration.
Paper must there be free front excise
cstrictions, and the stamp and advertisement
utios must be trivial, if they exist at all. Knowldge
is not taxed in the Western Republic, fiscal
Iwtaclcs are not there opposed to education by
he press The facts are significant of abundaut
tental activity.
Rut much has been said about the moral dcravity
of the American press. As a c; eap press,
i is accused of being, in m? ny instances, an obI'enc
tyranny.? London Slant/aril of Frmloni.
The Stand/ml, tacitly admitting the accusation,
irocecds to show that a cheap press is not neccsarily
corrupt. We liave heard quite too much of
he 'moral depravity," the "obscene tyranny" of
\merican newspapers. The charge, undenicd by
be Standard, when brought against our newspapers
generally, is grossly libellous. We have long
>een in the habit of looking over some six hutiIred
of them, religious and secular, of all secions,
and we assert that, generally, due re
ipect is paid to religion and morality in their
minions. There is not one obscene paper on our
list of exchangee. Licentiousness is confined to
incitements we often otsjerve violence oTifeifiiur*
itiihi, carelessness in the statements of facts, an?L^
perverse sophistries ; but, apart from these exhibitions,
common to all countries, there is, to Ray
(he least, quite as much regard manifested for
virtue and decorum, as is evinced by the best class
if Knglish journals.
Nor 11ooH the cheapness of our press impair the
value of its issues. Where so many newspapers
ire printed, it must tie expected that there will he
nany editors of an inferior grade, hut this does
lot prevent the issue of many papers of high inelleotual
character. We could lay our finger
ipnn not a ftw. which, in the strength, scope,
ipirit, and style of their editorials, will suffer in
10 degree hy comparison with the most renowned
brcign newspapers. If arrangements were made
?y (Joverntnents for free exchanges, within
lertaiu limits, between the journals of their repectivo
countries, the American Tress, and the
inglish and Kuropean Press would understand
me another better, and he loss apt to do injustice
0 each other.
ANOTHER PLATFORM-HINTS AT UOLENTK.
The Washington Union is terrified at the idea
f iMminion. hut it is extremely anxious to make
he most of the excitement in the South It will
lot allow the agitation to subside without a strenious
attempt to wring further concessions from
he North, and to reestablish the Slave Power,
t rejoices at the triumph of the Union men in
ieorgia, hut is in trepidation lest they should
ail to erect a new platform for the North. "This
lection," it says, ' will enable the friends of the
Compromise to shape their own course, and recmmend
their own platform to the South .If
hey abuse their power?if they do not use it
rith wisdom and energy?if they do not lay down
1 platform which should unite the South, and
v? n the North itself, in carrying out the true
irinciples of the Constitution?that victory will
urn to little hut dust and ashes. Hut can they
'nil to do their duty ? Can they mistake the path
0 it? Will they not stand up like men-men
levoted to the Constitution as well as the Union?
ind say. with all respect, In the firmest and yet
in the most conciliatory language, that thry m>
iriltini; to sc> i i On Compromise, which hos
'/ ii mlojitr</, hut u;urn ,'/< i/nt.ss unihrti'imliHf that
>t i.* to t~ elm-it out tit c<?<)(/ fntlh?that th> Fnfrtic
Shtvr loir it not to hi /lis'nth-it ? 'hot noil,J ion m to
1 nisi in our public councils, nml no further n.o^rrstion
/p In nil. m ill' J I or thot I to SootJicm Still 11 ret// ffltt'
thi ir un it rr lrrts into their own linnilt, nn,l resist oil
such incTOitchHunts nt i t i ry ho curd nml to tin Inst
ejtfi uniy ,r1
The malcontents of (teorgia may say just what
. I I I 1. ...i Ik... ...1
iiirj J'lr.inr, uii'i imih uiii nutu tuvjr ??-f m mj.
It is not fur thoin or thoir adviser, the I'mon editor
to give law to the lluion, to huihl platforms
for the Nohh, to make the union of tho States
dependent upon the perpetuity of certain acts of
t Jongress.
We have ha<l >|uite enough of thin miserable
dictation and menace. It in the discipline of the
plantation, und may <lo for slaves but not freemen.
That paper, not content with advising fJeorgia
to place Congress under houds for its guod behaviour,
is unscrupulous enough to hint at violent
methods for restraining certain nou slaveholding
members of that ho-ly. Speaking of the course
jf Thaddeuf Stevens at the last session, it says?
" After the Ailjustmrnt which was made at the
last session, by which it was hoped that peace
would l?c restored to the country and all agitation
would tease, it can scarcely be expected that the
iaiue violent language, or any scheme of agita'ion,
will how /? lol-rut-l in Ciht^nf*. lit ?ti?"<
>/" ii/fin A-si/ thiit it more [hcv>U tour** than'hilo./umt
iifi/Ktils or mrii. v/ firtietls of tht. wwijh'i* rs
will ! *.rotary to nprru iiiiUiiiioh, iihiI prtui iv
ill- trtiiffiiilloi/ c) ii,-- H'jmhheP
What does the editor of the Vhioh mean by
this language ' Would he raise a mob to overawe
Congress? Would ho invoke the pistol and
howie knife against the freedom of Itebate?
Would he set on foot anotlier Southern t'aliens
to dictate to the National Legislature and say,
hitherto ahull thou come and no further ?
y
E NATIONAL ERA,
Oh, this lorer of <: peace and harmony!" How
prudent and fraternal his counsels I The U>non
ought to know that such language, if understood
(0 he sanctioned hy any respectable portion of
Southern men, is preciely calculated to conrerf
even indifferent members into agitators. It will j
not do to presume upon the cowardice of human
nature.
vnoTitCDti iim vinYKT*
Jl''1 ' WUltHiWillOl HI
Wo woro surprised to notice a day or two since
in a Northern Whig paper the assertion that
there is ' no l>isunion |-orty in the North." We
rr-i'i the paragraph with Tory much the same a<l-1
miration with which we should have read the as- I
sertion that there is no Disunion party in South
Carolina. There i.t a party at the North, who
are not only combining and cooperating to effect ,
disunion by the nature and tendency of their
measures and doctrines, but who openly avow
that such is their immediate and direct object? I
W-i\hiHston R'lmblic.
The lltpuhhc then proceeds to quote from the
reports of Conventions of Abolitionists, who believe
with Mr. Garrison, that the Constitution is
' a covenant with Death and an agreement with
Hell ," magnifying their numbers for the sake of
makiug out its cise.
We differ radically tarn Mr. Garrison in relation
to the Constitutioff^fct there is a bold lrank- i
ness about the man which disdai^^HMeture
He UDd his friends are not apt M^^^Ve their
niimcricar force, and they are not aflln to mis- >
lead the People concerning it.
The Rrji'ihlic says "this party is composed of
the Abolitionists aud anti-slavery men " This is
notoriously uutruo. Of the three hundred thousand
voters for Martin Vau Iluren at the last
Presidential election, many were Abolitionists, j
all were auti-slavery men, but not one was a Dis- j
unionist?that is, a believer in the doctrine of j
Mr. Garrison in relation to the Constitution.
Ilia party comprises a very small proportion of
j the anti-slavery men of the country, and we are
not aware that it has increased, or that it ever
attempts to use the ballot box It is represented
by the LJ?trator of Boston, the National Anti-SlaStandard
and the North Star of New York, the
Pennsylrnma Fr'.rtnan of Philadelphia, aud the
Ai ti-Slav-ry Du^lt of Ohio?all of them weekly
papers, au<l with an aggregate subscription much
less, we presume, than that of the Nnv York
Ermtn? Post alone.
The few thousanJs who entertain this Disunion
Ji-ci/ii/O, aaBO\ failfcv be .mi to constitute ^
party, for they rely alouc upon moral influence,
and think it wrong to vote or hold office under
the Federal Constitution How grossly unjust
to compare these doctrinal, philanthropic Dm-*
unionists, with the demagogues and politicians of
the South who are aiming by ull the usual party
instrumentalities to briug about u dissolution of
the Union!
No Northern Legislature has passed resolutions
contemplating Disunion in any contingency. No
Northern Convention of politicians has assembled
to plot Disunion. No Northern political party
has ever threatened or harbored the project. No
Northern statesman or politician has broached or
countenanced such a scheme. There is 110 Disunion
party at the North?hut, thcro are many
men there who, if compelled to choose hetweeu
Liberty on one side, and the Union on the other,
would promptly s-acrifice the latter It is because
they believe that Liberty and Union may be one,
that they are Union men A few more measures
so atrocious as the Fugitive l'ill would turn their
love of the Union into hate That abominable
measure alone has done more to make a large
portion of Northern citizens calculate the value
of the Union than any wrong ever done or
prompted by the Slave Power.
Till' I'NIflN MKKTINKS.
I ne >1111011 inet'l :i* Iilt-JT HI r r inni i. > im,
North, are not intended to put down lite spirit of
disunion in thnt section ; lmt. In operate agt'mst
the Free Soil parly, and to give assurance to the
liar system < Jenerally, the money-interest is at
[the bottom, and this, in conjunction with party
considerations, and help from the uflicc-holdera
rontrives to inak'' very ellVctive demonstrations
of pitriotiem and devotion to the Uniou.
The meetings, with one exception, have been
held in our large cities, where ollioe hohlers, demagogues,
an l trades people are most active -anil
in which large assemblages can be got together
for almost any purpose They have never been
spontaneous?the unpremeditated result of popular
feeling?but they have been got tip with much
contrivance and great labor, and at no small expense.
No one at the North, we suppose, understands
them to express the sentiments of the People generally.
They afford simply a fair idea of the
views and policy of those specially engaged in
manufacturing them.
The real sentiments of the People arc to be inferred
from the numerous, spontaneous meetings
in process all over the Free States, called to denounce
the Fugitive I/aw, from the concurrent
voice of the eouutry press generally, and from the
i-* - -i- /tu;A NT.. ? v?'.
rCHUiis ui Hie uiic i-rxuuub hi wiiiu, nun i ura,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
These alt speak out trumpct-tongued ag .inst
"the deep damnation" of that odious measure.
THE INCREASE (IF ROMAN CATHOLICS.
At the time of the emancipation act in Britain,
some twonty-cne years ago, the Roman Catholics
constituted a very insigniticant portion of its
population Now, vre learn that they number
Ml churches and 7*7 priests in England and
Walts, 'J't churches and lit) preachers in Scotland.
In addition to these, they hate 11 colleges
in England and Scotland, r>l convents, 11 religious
houses. \'< bishops in the colonies, and V7 bishops
an I archbishops in Ireland.
Their increase in this country is marked, but
it is the result chiitly of foreign immigration.
Tho appointment of an Archbishop and the establishment
of a Hierarchy in England, have caused
inteusc excitement in that country, and the English
Church is already beginning to look to the
Government for some prohibitory measures
against I'npul encroachment. The Non-Conformists
although abhorring Unman Catholicism, ask
nothing from the Government, which they eon;
shier equally interdicted from putting down false
or establishing true doctriue, uuless under ciri
cuinstauces which affect the general JLiberty aud
the public peace. The lin/ah r, their lend.......
: 11 a? - c - a
iii^ pi_)\ ini"v win ruiiT iui-u nu conii'?ieracy
wiih I In* clergy of the Church of Kngland,
for the agitation of this question," that they
; "will leave the Laughter to fight sgiinst the
Mother,"'an 1 that ' the question whether m
atfrcting Popery or I'.nglish Prelacy is one ami
can he settled only on one principle." This
principle must tie the entire divorce of Church
and Stale. On that principle we have .settled the
1 question in Aineriei so that the establishment of
a Roman Hierarchy in this country passes unnoticed
hy the Puldie, who have something tuore
important to attend to, than the new title conferred
on Itishop Hughes In the said Rlshop,
we Americans recognised n busy, enterprisiug
gentleman, who could preach a tolerably good disI
course, and w.is somewhat fond of meddling in
politics. His transmutiilion into an Archbishop ;
will not improve, we presume, either his politics
| or preaching, or make people regard him as at
all dirterrnt from the rest of his fellow-citizeus, in
! common with whom he may vote, If he please, ami
must olwy the Laws generally, whether it please '
hitn or not.
The Aki ntu.-itor may exact certaiu ceremonials
from those who adiuit his spiritual domination,
but nobody is obliged to admit it ; and iu his re- 1
latioua to Society and the Government., so fir as
rights are concerned, he stands upon the same
| level with the scavenger or hod carrier.
A Hritish paper seems puzzled to know what .
our President will do with the new Archbishop I
It says
u He [the l'ope| has actually raised the See of
New York to the dignity of au Archbishopric, I
WASHINGTON, D. C
ha that he is making a clran breast of it, both to '
b'ngtsnrt and her children The result of this |
erection of New Nork into an A rchiepiscopate, is
tothrow the Hishopsof Boston, I lartford, Albany,
and Buffalo, into the position of suffragans. For
this boou it is hoped Jonathan will be duly grateful.
The jV'.w York llrnht trumpets the fact,
and exults in it, and the Boston Pilot echoes the
rail.
" What will the President of the United State*
do with the said Archbishop ' Will his Highness
pass by him in contemptuous silence?''
What will he do with him? Why, he has
nothing more to do with him than with Patrick,
his-waiting man. Mr. Hughes, if he has any business
with the President, can visit the White
I louse on the appointed days, and take his turn
with the rest of our republican brethren. It seems
strange to us, on this side of the Atlantic, to see
our trans-Atlantic friends thrown into such turmoil,
by the announcement that somebody in
Home, called the Pope, has seen fit to style somebody
else an Archbishop!
THK PUBLIC PRESS l\ WASHINGTON CITV.
We hare spoken at large of the pro-9lavery influences
to which the Administration andCongress
are continually subjected in Washington city.spccifying
particularly the political press of this
place. As it is impossible by a mere description
to convey an idea of the pro-slavery character of
our political journal?, we shall present to our readers
an abstract of the contents of those papers for
several successive days.
Tuesday, November 26.
The Union. ? A report (occupying four oolumns)
of the proceedings of a meeting of Hunker
Democrats and Whigs, held at Manchester, IN'ew
Hampshire, to testify devotion to the Union, hatred
of Anti-Slavery agitation, and attachment to
the Fugitive Law. An editorial leader, two columns
long, on "Abolition wolves in sheep's clothing,"
in which some extravagant notions of
Theodore Parker, assumed to be characteristic of
Abolitionists, arc exposed and denounced " Another
Mare's Neit."?The editor repels the charge
that he has conceded anything to the detriment
of the South, and maintains that the Mexican
laws do not exclude Slavery from the Territories"
Arkansas," ? Quotes the extravHgunes* of Governor
Roane's Message, and informs the President
that he intends to publish certain portions denouncing
President Fillmore's Message threatening
Texas with the military power, in the hope
that, "in preparing his Annual Message,
may assist to suve him from some declarations'
which some of his advisers are supposed to be
" M - -/ - Ttm. - *
The editor quotes with horror the proceedings of
the Quincy Mission Institute against the Fugi
live Law, and invokes the country "to frown
down such wicked and mischievous fanaticism."
" Interesting?1?Copies from the N>ir York II- nth!
tho proceedings of the Mississippi Legislature,
and draws from them the inference that Congress
must act instanter, and crush the nest-egg of Abolitionism,
or wo betide the Union! "Fugitive
Slave Caul' ? Refers with delight to a fugitive
slave case in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where, though
the kidnapper failed to make good his claim, yet
no violenoe was manifested. " Corr^sj^nJ'nc-.P?
Letter from the firm of Lippincott, Grumbo, hi.
Co., Ilooksellcrs, Philadelphia, denying that they
are Abolitionists, that thpy are hostile to the
rights of the South, or knew anything about the
offensive features of the National Comic Almanac,
a few copies of which they were so unfortunate
as to send to the South They append the
certificate of the printer of the Almanac, who is
extremely sorry that a little good-natured caricature
in the Almanac should have been taken to
heart, by the .Southern brethren. (Tho puppyism
of this Grumbo concern is sublime ) Two Rcrnps,
' ne a sneer at Thompson, the other a shout of
triumph from somebody in New I lampshire, at
the treatment he received in Boston. Two brief,
commonplace miscellaneous articles complete the
Union for to-dny.
Cornpromise Speech In lull. Union Meeting at
Manchester, New Hampshire, in which the "old
fogies" were magnified. Itesolves of the Nashville
Convention ''Laying Down the Law" ?
1-eirig u-lge < irier s charge in Pittsburgh in favor
of the Fugitive Law. "Slaves Unwilling to
ho free" a glowing account of some eighty slaves
in Tennessee, who, having been willed free hy
their master, protested, prayed, cried against
Freedom and returned with shoutings toslivery.
A few miscellaneous articles complete the contents.
I
Tiik l!srrnt.ic, tiik Si-kcmi. Okuan.? Mr
Crittenden's Opinion. A weak criticism on the
malignant Oisnnion speech of Lang-ion Cheves,
of South Carolina. Judge CJrier ami the Fugitive
Law?in which the Judge is praised for his
boldness against fanaticism. Copies an article
from the Charlottesville (Va.) AdrocaU, lauding
the President for his zeal in behalf of the Fugitive
Law. A doughy letter from Senator Cooper.
Cinotes the Boston Courier against the Abolitionists,
Frco-Soilers. Disunionists, and in favor of old
Whig Principles. An article from a Kentucky
paper, extolling Mr Clay. An article front a
Whig paper in Ohio, denouncing a Locofoco pa- i
per'a denunciation of the Fugitive Law. A tirade
from the Boston Tiiin cri/tt against'Jeorge Thompson.
A scrap of history, announcing that Thompson
has come over to this country to promote a
dissolution of the American Union. Some miscellaneous
extracts of no importance
c? r>_..... i 1? ft
O'M llir.ui l urn. u ill^'iun ^UOVCS ."SpeeCH,
ten mortal columns An editorial philippic against
Clay ami Webster for denouncing the Nashville
Convention. Eulogium on Ltngdon Cheves. An
affecting account of the departure of n slave from
his master, who stopped with him at Pittsburgh
The Nashville Convention and the Mississippi
Legislature?the action of both commended, and
greaj hopes expressed of Georgia. A few items
complete its day 's work
Wnln>sJaiy, Aovun/'i <!7.
Tin: Union.? Houston's speech iu the Senate,
six columns long, on the military occupation of
Santa Fe " The Ponton Slave Case''?the editor
is uot /mi- satisfied with the President, or the Attorney
(ieneral, or the claimant, or the negroes,
or the whites A case ought to he made, ho says,
so that the law may be tested in Boston. " Whit's
iu the Wind I? Is pleased with an editorial of
the N-ir 1 'ork Tri/nitf, deprecating the discussion
or agitation of the question of the Fugitive Law,
during the ensuing sessioh?knows uot what to
think of it?hails it, however, as evidence of returning
reason ? advises thut Southern members
allow n? debate, listen to uo debate, about the
Law Corrects a mis-statement about Mr. Clay's
speech, ami is pleased to see that lie would dissolve
the Union, should Congress attempt to abolish
slavery in the States. Publishes an announcement
by n Bond, United States marshal in Illinois,
to prove that the Fugitive Law will be re
sported in that Stale. I>eniee certain charges by
the New York I leralJ, ami cannot conceive of .my
state of tiling that would justify an alliance with
the itii|>rint:i|>1etl gang of Abolitionists anywhere.
Repels with indignation the charge of the llvrniug
Post and Colonel licnton, that it was at any time
consenting t<> a modification of the Tariff la delighted
with the classic elegance of the New York
P.xpresH, in styling the radical Whigs "Woolly
I leads '' (iives the tinale of the Nashville Convention
Publishes a communication, whoso author
hails the breaking of day at tho North, and
is in raptures with the Union meetings in that
quarter. A communication from somebody iu
Petersburgh, Virginia, recommending the South
em members to let the Northern do as they
please uhout voting on the Fugitive Law, and,
should it he repealed, to declare the I'nion dissolved
F.nterUins its reader* with an acoount of
proceedings at a dinner given to Mr. Cobb in
(ieorgii Two miscellaneous articles finish the
day.
Nationai IvrFi.i.iavNi ta.? Mr.Clay s speech
at Frankfort, with an article glorifying it. An
appeal iu behalf ot Union Association*, North and
South to put down fanaticism. Reports of the
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proceedings of the Nashville Convention and the ;
Midhiwiippi Legislature. ,l Girut Union M'fwjt" ;
Cummuiti"?copies the grandiloquent report of
the veracious Commercial of Cincinnati, of a
Uuion meeting in that place, got up uudor the
auspices of Judge it cad and Wiekoff Piatt, of
fragrant memory. A short lamentation over the
Massachusetts election. An article from the
Ashtabula (O) Telegraph, trying to identify the
anti slavery movement with Nullification, Die
union, Ike. An article from the Baltimore Patriot, j
showing the North how agitation is alienating
from it the trade of the South. A few miscclla- '
neous articles.
The R serene.?Mr. Clay's speech. A long
editorial, trying to show that the Whig party has
been defeated in Massachusetts because a faction
sought to introduce anti-slavery prineiples into
its creed, to make it a "contemptible Abolition
party," and that its hope of resuscitation depends
upon its fidelity to the Compromises of the Constitution
and the Fugitive Law. A long, complimentary
article from the North American, Philadelphia,
on the.Colliu's Letter of the President.
Three others of like character from Alabama and
Georgia papers. Complimentary article on Senator
King of Alahama Last day's proceedings
oi me .vasnvuie Convention Items ratoruMe to ,
compromise. News, kc.
Southern Press.?One pig* filled with extracts
from newspapers, calculated to inflame the ,
Southern mind,to misrepresent the North, to em
bitter the feelings between both sections. An editorial
commenting sarcastically on the opinion of j
the Attorney General, Crittenden Another, ex- j
posing the Abolition tendencies in parties at the
North. A satire on Union meetings. "A Traitor
or Treason "?an article from the True Democrat,
(Cleveland,) on the Disunionists of South
Carolina. Hughes' report of his slave-catching
mission to Boston. Speech of Judge Berrien.
"The Union's Hysterical Apology for Clay.''
All the items, of the inflammatory, Disunion sort
Thursday, November ?8.
Tut Union.?The argument of Mr. Curtis of
Boston, in favor of the Fugitive Law, three columns
long. The Southern Convention, another
column. " Thanksgiving Day "?in which the
Union is pronounced to be in immiuent danger
and in need of fervent prayer. " Cheves' Disunion
ypeech '?an editorial review, nearly three
columns long, in which the editor pledges himself,
that, if the Fugitive Slave bill be disturbed if
further aggression be attempted, and this agitation
go on, he will go for secession, should redress
bf obtained in no other wav. Oeowria?
the editor rejoices at the victory of the Union
men in Georgia, but insists that the Convention
should lay down a Southern platform, the viola
tion of which ahull be deemed sufficient cause for
Disunion. "Abolitionists and their Foreign
Emissary "?closing with the elegant remark
"What a display of ivory desecrates his glad
meetings ! It must be equal to the elephant's golgotha
on the island of Spitzbergen!" " Abolition
Spirit"?in which a facetious remark of the New
York Evening Post about Senator Footo is treated
as serious ; while, in a short article against the
Southern Press that follows, the editors are twitted
with not knowing whether an article be intended
" for wit, irony, or argument." " Congress
"?Southern members are reported to lie
moderate hut firm?Thaddeus Stevens is denounced?the
editor speaks darkly of a fearful contingency,
viz: that it is possible " a more efficient
course than the eloquent appeals or earnest protests
of the newspapers will be necessary to repress
agitation "?quotes also a characteristic articlo
from the Pennsylvania). "Truth from the
North" ? an article from the New Hampshire
Gazette, showing that the North would lie
more injured by Disunion than the South. An
announcement that Indiana is all right on the
Slavery Uuestion, because Judge Huntington
has charged the Grand Jury in favor of the Fugitive
Law Hughes' account of his mission to
Iloston after the Crafts. A doughy letter from a
)V? n H-Miij'pitll r rnnn RH mmu wt 'V||}(!mn
An extract, from a speech of Itcpresentnlive
Green of Missouri, declaring that the South
must not yield one inch at the coming session.
Extract of a letter from Judge llerrien. declaring
that he is neither a Disii'Usnist nor Submissionist,
and goes for putting down all agitation about
Slavery. Letter protn Savannah in favor of compromise.
Judge Gricr laying down the Law about
rri.~ ii.:,.. A ?? i
, r ugitivrn. iuu unai uuiuu mceuu^ ai j>OMioil
i Only two or three miscellaneous articles in the
j r?p?*
Nation a i. Intei.i.tof.nck*.? Keport nearly four
columns long of the Old Hunkers' Uuion Meeting
at Manchester, New Hampshire. A shout
of triumph over thercsult of the election in Georgia,
in fivor of the Union and Compromise. Notice
of tho threats of Governor Koane of Arkansas.
IV Kond. United States Marshal for Illinois,
commended for his proclamation of fidelity to the
Fugitive Law. Article from the Public Ledger,
against Disunion. Notice of a Compromise I tinner
to Speaker Cobb. More miscellaneous matter
than usunl.
Kurt-Hue ?An editorial on the fearful state of
things among the Fire-Eaters of South Carolina,
calculated to frighten the President. Union meeting
at Wilkesbarre, Pa, in favor of the "Fugacious
Hill,'' and all that. Mr Mann, although
elected, pronounce 1 to be chosen against the will
of a majority, which iscluitned in favorof the Fugacious
l>ill anil all kindred measures. The President's
letter of sympathy to Dr. Collins, of
Georgia?two articles from free State papers*
praising it. An article from the Pittsburgh Joinmil,
eulogizing Judge Grier. the champion of the Fugacious
Kill. Appropriation urged in favor of
African Colonization. A little more missellaneous
matter than usual.
Soi riiKKN Press?White Slavery, by an Englishman,
from the Huston Post. A Clingtnan meeting
in North Cnrolina. Grumblings from the
Mir shall (Texas) R.jmhUcnn, nguinst the acceptnuce
of Pt-arce s bill. Mobile Jfrgufzr, down upon
the President's sympathetic Dr. Collins letter.
Quotations of proceedings at tho North rgainst
the Eugiiivc Kill. Georgia terribly abused for
,ln,.ltninff t,. ln.i.l r.tf in ^VAiulinn hilt A Confident
hope cxthat she will follow in that lino.
Satirical comment* on I'oston, nnd it* Frce-Soili*??.
Denunciations of J udge Sharkey and Senator
Foote. Reprobation of Yankee influence at the
South. Keligion desecrated to the purpose* of
Fanaticism. Quotations from Northern Free
Soil papers Ridiculing the Union meetings.
S itire on the radicalism of the North The Richmond
Republican stigmatized f<>r concurring in
opinion with the National Era anil London Times
about (dare-running off. in the event of Disunion
The Union men of the South denounced
for being found shoulder to shoulder with the Em
and Abolitionists in defence of the Union Alabama
claimed for Disunion. Two or three brief
items of no particular interest.
Frulujt, Nov ml* r
No papers issued, and then fore a relief from
the one idea.
Saturday, Nornnl* r 'to.
Tiik Unio*.? Report of the Webster Union
meeting in F.tncuil I lall, occupying a solid page
and a half, lacking a half column. Charge of
Judge Huntington (of la) in favor of the Fugitive
I,aw, a column an i a half Account of a
reception given to Cass, Cobb, and Dickinson, in
New Vork city. A defence of its position, threecolumns
long, against the assaults of the ultra
nun in Mississippi, in which the editor pledges
himself to go with him who goes furthest, should
the adjustment measures of the late session be
disturbed, aud in which he says, "let the foul
grave robbers who seek to disinter it (the Slave
ijuesliou) t>e handed over to Jack Ketch for ,
reward'' "Heads I win, tails youloeo" The
editor triumphs over the Southern Prtst, rejoices
in the success of the Union men in Georgia,
wants them now to take the ground of "aland
futt, hands off"?says, for the nine hundred and
ninely-niulh time, that the guaranties of the
Constitution, and ths late Compromise, must be
observed by the North, or the South will kick out
"" ?
>0.
of the tracts, and clow* with the novel announce- '
ment " A "ingle misMep at this awful crisis, and !
we ore plunged headlong into the fathomless
abyss now yawning at our very feet." "Georgia
election."?Something more of the same sort.
" Geographical Parties." The editor declares
that our bickerings spring out of " this cursed
warfare on Slaverythat "it must be stopped/'
that' natire and foreign incendiaries must be arrested
in their course," and announces that a
Whig member from the North is prepared, the
very moment a movement shall be made to disturb
the measures of the late session, to "nail the
monster to the table."
Boston lauded for its Webster demonstration
Governor Seabrook's message referred to. Notice
of a resolution in North Carolina Legislature in
favor of non-intercourse, and the North thereupon
admonished. Eighteen out of nineteen columns
of this number dedicated to the most inflammatory
appeals on the Slavery question.
NaTio.vu, In i ei.i.ii.enc kr.?Seven solid columns
devoted to a report of the quieting speeches and
proceedings of the Union meeting in Philadelphia,
and six columns to the report of the quieting proceedings
of the Union meeting in Faneuil HallComments
upon Nashville Convention, Mis- !
sissippi Legislature, Union meeting at Nashville.
&c. Governor Seabrook's Disunion message. |
Fifteen of its seventeen columns, current matter, !
devoted to the Slavery Question.
Rf.pubi.ic?Seven ccluthns given up to the '
Webster Union meeting in Funeuil Hall. "Lib- |
erty and Equality?The editor invokes against !
the free blacks the hatred and competition of the j
whites. Webster Funeuil Ifall meeting lauded- 1
More than three columns bestowed on the Disunion
Message of Governor Seabrook, who is
threatened with the military power of the Union
in the event of an overt act of treason. About
twelve of its fourteen columns of reading matter
devoted to the Slavery Question
Southern Press.?Got mislaid, but was full to
repletion of Slavery, and scarcely anything elseSunday
and Monday, Ike. 1, it.
The Union.?Speeches of Cass, Cobb, and
Dickinson, at their reception in New York, in
favor of the Compromise and of the Fugitive
Law, four and a half columus. Governor Seabrook's
measage, three columns. " Wilmot Proviso
Redivivus'?a denunciator! of the FreeSoilcrs.
" Foreign Emissaries at a Discount"?
Thompson agaiu abused. An article announcing
the purpose of fhe" doughfaces to smother agitation,
and recommending a National Union and
State Rights Society, or a Non-intervention AsaoAatiun.
Mr. Cobb says the Uuion haugs on th?
Fugitive Law. Compromise Meeting at Augusta,
Virginia. Necessity of Union among Southern
meu to defend Southern rights. Several items
on the Slavery Question. One column devoted
to miscellaneous matters.
The National Intei.i.k.-encek.?Gen. Quit- |
man's Message. South Carolina ami her Position.
Letter from General James Hamilton in
favor of tho Compromise. The Cass and Cobb
reception at New York. One page and four columus
occupied by the foregoing. Three columns
more of reading matter, nearly one-half taken
up with paragraphs on the Slavery Uueston.
Uritbi.ic.?A long report on the rules of the
Supreme Court. Of the remaining nine columns
of reading matter, seven are devoted to the Slavery
U,uestion.
Soi tiifhn Pkkss.?Klcven of fourteen columns
given to the same subject.
\Ve have presented tallies of the contents of the
four Dailies for five days. The otuht.rn Press
was established for the purpose of agitation, and
ia faithfully fulfilling itw mission. It is doing all
it can to array the two sections against cuch
other. Hut what shall be said of the other three
pipers? Agitating to suppress agitation! Fighting
for peace! Arguing the necessity of stopping
argument ! Denouncing the One-ideaism of Anti-Slavery
fanaticism, while yielding themselves
up?o 'he One-i'leoi?"> Pm.si.nioif f<>? ? I
Seeking Harmony by proclaiming Discord1 Laboring
to ullny excitement by the most inflammatory
appeals!
Reautiful consistency!
Tho Washington Union is the worst agitator in
the country. Nothing that can produce a sensation
escapes its eye. The exaggerated reports of
tho Telegraph are detailed with a fond nartion.
larity, and commented on with thundering and
lightning Kerry extravagant Hontimont uttered
in the North is magnified, and every ultraism of
the South enlarged upon, in the most exasperating
style. The editor is like a man on hoard a horning
vessel?ho curses, he prays, he shr.eks, he
tires alarm guns, his eyes stand out with horror
Verily, his readers, if they put faith in him, must
he kept in a perpetual panic, looking hourly for a
general blow up.
Amidst such influences Congress meets, and
must legislate. Po not the People see how it is that
their will is so oficn disregarded ? Their representatives,
when they arrive here, lose sight of
their constituents. They find themselves moving
among grim phantoms of Disunion and Civil
War. The heavens are hung with portents, and
strange voices arc constantly stunning their ears
with prophecies of unutterable woes impending
How happens it, that the Whig and Democratic
parties, the majority of each of which lies at the
North, have never been fiirly represented here,
by journals which would not permit theinselveR
to he enslaved or intimidated by the Slave Power?
It is time for them to establish organs which shall
dare to be independent of mere class or sectional
interests
BISHOP SOI LE STUMBLING.
l>i*hop Soule, who could not unite with the
Northern Mcthodits in their anti-sluvery policy,
but joiucd the Church Mouth, does not find it easy
to please the uncompromising gentry of South
Carolina. In a recent letter, in which he recommended
that the 9th section in the Hook of Discipline
be left out, he gave utterance to the following
sentiments
I have no sympathy with Slavery in any country.
or in any form ; I have a tUsp sympathy tt-uh
the slarr s, and not less with their mouters, in our
own country , and as a minister of the Gospel of
/ > 1 .>...1.1 .IA All ?... XAM.A. *A t I. A
v^urin.j wuuiu 'iv t*it IU 111/ |?mn IU fuuimMi- uic
higher interests of both."?Jin hop fault s Islttr,
Oct.'25, is:,o.
The Fui'Jitl'l (S. C) Herald denounces these
sentiments, and asserts that they are "entirely
ni, variance with the TivWs of South Carolina
Methodists." If this be true, then wc must understand
that those Methodists have a sympathy
with Slavery, but none with slaves or their misters!
The Hmthl must be hard run fur something
to find fault with. I'.ishop Houlc is us orthodox
on Slavery as John C. Culhouu was
RKi'l BLim DIPLOMACY.
Euiir Bi iiri 11 says?
" It does strike ine as directly misrepresenting
the dignity and duty of the great American Itepuhlio,
when its represtutatives at foreign courts
put themselves into cooked hats and mongrel military
coats, nnd Mights' of hodiddlcl plush, aud
hung with long awkward swnrds. which they
Would he aahamrd to wear at home, mid t*ke upon
then other airs and lioyish gewgaws, in order to
dance attendance on either royalty or aristocracy.
I hope the People of the United Stales will look
to this matter and will demand that those whom
they scud abroad to represent their nation's dignity
shall comport themselves consistently with
their high vocation, au<l don no livery before
Kings or Qiieeus, or the minor potentates or principalities
of Kurope,on any occasion. So strongly
does the impropriety of this deportment take
hold of my own mind, that, if | were President
of the United States, I would send no minister
to any foreign court which should require him at
any time to appear in any other than that plain
civilian dress which the Constitution and customs
of our oountry prescribe to him who receives the
nation's guests at the White House in Washing' 1
ton." t
That is capital There is common sense in B. 1
The foreign ministers at Washington on grssi '
days of reception here, appear, not in our dress, I
but the uniform of their respective countries, t
Our ministers abroad ought to have lbs '
VOL. IV. I
the taste, and the independence, to wear in the j
courts of royalty their own country's costume j
It would seem, too, that formerly, (we know not '
how it is now.) our consuls were enjoined by u,e 11
Government to bedeck themselves with extraor 1
dinary furbelowe. The Wf.*tminster Urvittr, in an
article on Consuhr (Establishments, quotes fro,,,
a French writer a circular from the American I
Secretary of State, dated August Nth, lNl.r?, from S
which it appear? that "the United States consuls 8
are not only resplendent with golden olive leaves 3
embroidered on their uniform coats, hut ' sjoutez B
a ccla, qn'il est entendu que la monteur do 1'epec, E
les boucles des aouliere, et dca j irretieres devrant B
pi re en or. au en metal tiore." B
The reviewer adJs, u It must he a grr.it eight S
entirely to view serious Jonathan going ?h.\,! || I
his ?oW zarit.rs P fl
We should infer from this peep hebind the 8
curtain, that our ministers abroad are compelled 8
to mike fools of themselves by some ridiculous I
regulation of the Department of State at home 8
We hoj?e somebody will look into the matter, and E
let the People know whether any regulations exist I
in said Department, obliging the representatives fl
of their Sovereignty to don the livery of Foreign fl
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CONGRESS.
The second session of the Thirty First Congress
commenced Monday, December 21, at 12
o'clock.
Mr. King of Alabama, President. jirotm., called
the Senate to order Mr. Cobb, Speaker, took the
Chair in the 1 lonse.
Forty Senators appeared in their seats. There
were no Senators from New Jersey. South Care
lina. Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas
Kentucky, nnd California.
Mr. Berrien and Mr. Dickinson were appointed
a committee to wait upon the President jointly
with a committee from the House, consisting of
Messrs. Milliard. McDowell, nnd Doer, and inform
him that a quorum of cich House was in
session.
The annual message from the President was
soon after received, read, and ordered to be printed
; after which, the Senate adjourned.
In the House, one hundred and seventy mein
bers were in their scats.
George W. Morrison from New Hampshire
elected in the place of General Wilson, and John
B. Danner in the place of Mr. Nee of Penneylv^
nia, appeared, and were qualified.
Mr. Tuck presented the papers of Mr. Porkins.
contestant for Mr. Morrison's seat, and they were
referred to the Committee on Klections.
An hour and a half was then occupied in choosing
scats.
The President's message was read, and a motion
to print 1.1,000 extra copies, and refer to the
Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union, was adopted.
The House then adjourned.
The members of both Houses seemed very Iran
qnil, not appearing to understand that they are
on the brink of a yawning gulf, ?s the Union informs
them
Tuesday, the House elected Mr. Gurley chap
lain, ami then adjourned.
The Senate, nfter the introduction of some
resolutions of in>|uiry by Mr. Hale, adjourned
MR. WKBSTKK AM) TUB IIENOCRACV.
The K'piMtt sneak in? of Mr. Wtdisters re
turn to Washington. aAer his tribulations in the
Hast, says:
"Mr. Webster's recent experience has been
remarkable. Within the last twelve mouths
Massachusetts has deserted her political loader ,
her champion for five-and-t weuty years the man
who has done inore than any other to spread prosperity
oxer her towns and villages, to increase
wealth, to vindicate her nunc, and stun noun- _
"|>oii her annals. A fragment of the Whig pirty [j
ot Missncbusclts hare abandoned Mr. Welwfor, ?
ad havi- consequently abandoned the .State to a H
coalition of Democrats and Abolitionists. t]
' The Whigs of Maeaachusetfs are oru-hed by U
an uuholy conspiracy, which, had they stood to <j
their nationnl platform, they would have triumph* I
antly overcome. As it ia, they must pas* through J
the ordeal of repentance, and retorn to that high I
and honorable path of patriotism which Mr I
Webster a course hits |>ointed out. In the mean I
time, he and his friends may rejoice in the grate- I
ful manifestations of public regard he is receiving 1
on every side. I-.'vcn the bard old Dmoorasj of I
tbetiranite State has thawwl out, an-l many of H
its most atubborn sons, Including Isaac Ilill, have j
reoeutJy given him unequivocal tokens of their I
admliwtion for his reoent ooiirae. In New Vork, J
at he passed throngh the city a few days since, I
some of the old Tammany men came to the Astor I
I loose to shake hi* baud, and to express their 1
gratitude for his patriotic views" I
Well?Tammany Ifall aud the Granite De- I
moeraey art, doubtless, sincere in their gratitude j
Wehster has Jone them serviee, by overthrowing I
for the llret time within a generation, the Whig I
iynaety in Massachusetts Antici paling further j
ervices of the eame sort, no wonder Isaac Hill I
rod Captain Kyndcrs are ready to give him the J
fraternal hug. Doubtless their embraces will I
imply repay him for the lose of the affections of I
hie old Whig friend* in Massachusetts? I