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On ihc slavery Question, delivered in (he Jlousc of ltcpretentativrr, May 8, 1850. [COXCLUDKD.] T will hero digress, Mr. Chairman, to re- j ply to (i complaint which has been urged by several Northern gentlemen, charging that tho South has for a series of years occupied the Federal ofliccs. On reference to the past, it will be found to be true tlmt the South has held a larger share of the prominent officas of the Government | than those of the North. I am able to give a satisfactory reason for this fact, and to show w'icncc it arises. When a Southern man enters into public life, he is biought in by tho party to which he is nltA'hed, nnd he is continued in ofTicc, if be be n faithful representative, so long as .bis party continues in the ascendency, or until he chooses voluntarily to retire. In tho North a different rule prevails?rotation in olf.co is the recognised system with all pirtic*. Tho rub: mav be a cor ie.-t one in offices of prolit merely, but when applied to representatives, either State or Vedoral, the constituent can never be so well represented. Southern men, remain longer in Congress; they have therefore, better opportunities for the development of their genius nnd tnlei.t, nnd their cxpeiience gives them the advantage overnbler men who nr? without . experience; their services become more conspicuous, and whon individual nrc i looted for prominent stations in tlio Government, they nrc placed thoro because they lmve more national reputation. But Northern gonlkmen, whilst they h;tve observed this fact, with some manifestation's of jealousy, forget that nearly throcfoui ta of tho public expenditures!, of this Government fall into the Northern lap. 'J'he gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Harris) (nr tlir? firi-irt >10 1 ji.:.. , .... ...? w X UVIIW* U, lllia statement, and went into a minute examinalion for*tho purpose of showing that tho South had received more than her proportionate share of those expenditures, lie obtained the services ofnn experienced clerk in mtildng ihc calculation, nnd Le reports thrt in a period of ten years, out of nineteen millions for local appro-1 printions, nine millions have been given to tho South, while onlv ten mnlinnu lmvfi gone to iho North, The clerk has committed a pal pa bio blunder, and I wonder that ho has not been guillotined ere this , for his incompetency or infidelity. Only ', nineteen millions of dollars expended on local objects during a peiiod of ten years!, The gentleman from Illinois hurries to t' ihe census of 1840,,to learn here that j tins nppropiialion gives to every whito person in >ho North, $1,02, fitt'd at Iho j M.miiI. ? ! on r ..i * du, i mi)|u?u io nuveri to ft | few items only, which I suppose the cWk , did not eiiibraco in |iU calculations. They will show which section of the Union hire foraged most liberally from the public treasury. Tho expenditure for pensions .up to 1838 amounted in the Northern States to $28,000,000;* in the Southern States to $7,000,000. New York coniiibuted to the support of the revolution* i <iry war $7,f79,08tf, and hod rccoivcd in ! In J838, in pensions, $7,830,054. The publicJands donated to the Northe.'n States have hs?Lwortip; J&7,58>i,800; the same in the 025,000. Sincc the establishifffflrof thb Government, tho cost of eollflSURf; the rustoms hns been $53,000,OuOitJj^HJOOO,000 expended in iho North, arJEfipOO,000 in the South. Bounties ob^mckiuu fish, <fcc? in tho North, oxolus^ey, $10, 000,000. The forts on thoj9o;theiii poa?t havo cost, on each miM?Q838; on | tno kiuuMivru const 95<*5 per Irt 1840 thero wnsono Hght-hous^w every . - - y^S' *1 tun in lcbtcd to tlio Author of a pamphlet entitled ?I ho Union, pjvxt mul future?linw it work*, nnil Iiqw to nftvo it," for tntvny of uivse f((Vti?tfo:', < [ ' , . k i <- - fifty miles of iVbrthern const; whilst in tho ! <5>outh there was one for cveiy two bundled and seventy-six miles. Tho expenditures for internal improvements from 1824 to 1833, in tho North was $5,104,441; in tlic (S'outh, $957,000. From 1834 to 184.5, for tho snmo purpose, in the North, $7, 31,080; and in tho &)uth, $1,| 171,500. This much, sir, with reference to what the gentleman said about appropriations. I propose now to examine so much of tho same gentl-jmnn's speech as to tho rela, tivo number of troops furnished by the IN oil hand the &out.h in the late Avar with Mexico. I adopt his figures, nnd assume them to be corrc.t-. The South furnished | 47,040 volunteers; the North 24,712. The gentleman snys that this is not the fair way of making the calculation?that the amount of service rendered in months is "ihe fairest way of making the calculation." Ilis figures show that the iSouth furnished service in months 305,500 months; the North 300,400. This still gives ' ooulli ft preponderance Not contented, however, with this result, he sets out upon ft third of figures, thut ho I may t?ive the North the superiority. This I calculation includes nil the enlistments made during the war, as nlso for the ten I new regiments, and assume that two thirds of these enlistments wore from the I North; and when his calculation is footed j up, 'he North furnished service equal to ' 813,648 months, and the South equal to I O'i1* .525 months. Well, I go back to the census of 1810, and he, at least, can make i no obj vtion to the authority, having apIf) title cAiirno i*? *!%? ^ ? * 1 1 I , . - ? v...w v.- in mo inst uiuncn I of ids argument. I therefore take his j figures, and reply with his authority. If j the (South furnished 47,0*10 volunteers, according to population tho North should ! have furnished 1)8,1-18. They furnished 24,712?deficit of their just proportion 73,430. The South furnished sorvice of volunteers in months equal to 305,500 months. The North should have furnished service in month* onillll lr? fOf? mnnll.i. ' they furnished .'109,400?deficit of their ! just proportion 444,620. But if the enlistments are superadded to the above, it I will bo seen that tho North furnished in months equal to 813,048 ; this South i C27.G23. The North should have furJ nished servico in months 1,204,780 months?deficit of her just proportion 481,132. I enter into these calculations for the purpose of vindicating tho truth of the Houthrm Afl<liv*ec?fm* wo iu? uiu jnu |;U3U VI vindicating the truth of the Allegation's which have been mado by Southern ' members on this floor, that tho South ! contributed more thnn her just propori tion of troops in making the acquisitions from Mexico which tho North mean to exclude us from, eillu-r through tho Wilmot proviso or tho "non-intervention" j policy, in connection with the nretence 1 that tho 3/exicnn laws arc in force. lie went a little further, nml introduced nn estimate of the service by the North nnd South in the Revolutionary war. lie says, for tho continental line of the Revolution, the North furnished 172,430 men, nnd the (South 69,335. H is known, Afv. Chairmnin, to every one who is familiar with tho history of tho Revolution that i\ very largo proportion c:' tho troops that were engnged in that protracted and perilous contest jyere not connected with tho con'inentnl army. Tf ?i ? - .1 - * tut! ^ciibiuiiuiii uiiu mntio an ".ccurat-J examination of tho number of troops fvrnisljed by each of the States, ho would have found that Virginia alone furnished 50,72 (. Pennsylvania, with a population equal to Virginia, furnished 84.005; Now York 20,830; ifouth Carolina 31,181. South Carolina sent thirty-seven out of every forty-two of her cilizene capable of bearing arms, Massachusetts. thirty-two, Connecticut thirty, New Hampshire eighteen. I will answer with statistical facts the delusion existing in tho minds nf sftmn who heliovc thattho peounidry and social condition is More elevated in the North than in the Si'ith. Wo have heard that Virginii wfaJpllnVhlg?wan frilling fa9t into de:ay ; that her sisterft lmvo advanced rv prosperity and wealth whilst sho has been ictrograding?all of which is iiitnbuloii to her system of domestio servitude. Why, sir, tbU is but an assumption?n most unwarrantable assumption because it hns no foundation in fact. The abolitionist* make their proselytes bolievo tlmt Virginia is in a most dilapidated state?that her forests have all been destroyed?thrt faco of her fields furrowed in deep gullies?and that liop low grounds have bech exhausted by unskilful husbandry. Virginia has more wealth ncc&rdlng to population than any ono of the Northern States. The average wealth of each inhabitant, free and i njave, is $171; of (V$f ajotHC, *7H. JU j Kentucky the nverngo wealth of each inhabitant, freennd slave, is $:J19 ; whilst that of Ohio is but $227 ; Pennsylvania $219; New York #228. And, sir, the 1 productions of the slnvoholding States J will comparo favorable with the non' slavcholding. The advantage will bo found to be largely on the side of the j former in the valuo of those productions. The $outh produces more Indian corn, and the North more wheat; but the (South has n complete monopol)', by soil nnu cnmnte, id the production of cotton, sugar, rice and tobacco. Tho value of these four crops the lust year exceeds $125,000,000. 13ut compart, flic productions of individual States. Michigan and Arkansas were admitted into the Union about the same time; Michigan is one of the most flourishing of the northwestern Slates, washed on ; three sides by navigable waters, and en- ! joying an extensive system of internal iu|>iutvuii'iiio , iimi uer crops insi year i yielded to each inhabitant $21 60. The crop of Arkansas yielded to each white | inhabitant $101; and if the slaves arc counted as persons, the vaidc of the crop was $81 50 for each inhabitant; so that the production of Arkansas, with a fertile soil, though not a genial climate, nearly trebles that of Michigan. I RUPTURE BETWEEN ENGLAND, FRANCE AND RUSSIA. London yesterday was in a state of the most feveiish excitement. It was known on Thursday that the French ambassa.1 xr i"\ j I'it % uur, m. jL?iouyn ub i riuys, nau leit the 1 British metropolis for Paris, on n day of : nil others when the courtesies of diplomacy were most strictly observed?namely, the anniversary of the Queen's birthday; and it was also known by the papers of the following morning that the Russian ambassador was absent from the dinner party which Lord Palmcrston /ravo to the ambassadors in honor of the event. These two circumstances combined produced in political circles some uneasiness, in consequence of the turn which it wus feared the Greek disputo i had tuKcn. j^xpianations in both hous1 cs of Parliament were accordingly sought for and given by Lord Lnnsdowne in the Lords, nnd Lord Palmeixton in the Com: mons. The former described the recall J of the French ambassador as 'an event of j impoitance,' but he subsequently denied that it v.ns of 'grave importance,' and intimated that the French go\ '.rnment required hia presence in the National As reinbly, to give such explanation as the cas-c required. Lord Pulraorston, judg; ing fro tho few sentences which fell ! from him, seems to havo treated the , affair less seriously. 'I trust,' said tho . Noble Viscount, 'that nothing can arise out of these circumstances likely to disturb tho friendly relations between Fngj land and France." The Times of yesterday, which evin! tlli> ?nmn (Tin#? nnoo fm- #1%.. .vMuuvmi A\jg Vliu l Secretary that a nameless personage docs for holy water, showed in a leading article that nvitters were far more alarming ly entangled th?n the 'explanations' of the previous night would induce the public to suppose. It is nredlcss to inquire | from whom the Times derives i?s infor! mation, but it is evident that the Foreign ! Office is infested with traitors, and it ! seems to us most discreditable that a paI 1 * ? ...?% I pur wmen wcar8i.no ministerial hvory, I and is literally, in all other respects, the | organ of the ministry, should, in itsnnxj ioty to stab a member of that ministry, : who is obnoxious in its eyes, carry its vin! dictivenoss to nn extent which is really i ealoulatcd to embarrass tho relations bo; twecn tho two countries. Tho funds, ' which are always tho test of public feel' | ing on theso occasions, experienced a : decided shock. Consols which stood f tho previous evening at 08 1-8, immediately declined, but they subsequen'ly rallied, and clofed at 05 to 05 1-8. Tho explanation which Lord John Russell gave last night, in tho House of Commons, does not throw much lighfcon tho matter; but aa fur it goes, it exhibits the soreness which the Stonch government feels at what is olWlWy regardad as our cavalier troatment of its representative, tho Huron do Gros, at Athens, j Lord John stated that this would have | wen luny and satisfactorily cleared Mp if I tho B.tron had remained at Athens three j daya longor. It is also clear, from tho ..((mission somewhat roluctantly wrung | from tho primo minister, that If Lord 1 Palmorafrm llllfl irnf. in li!u nncormmn ? . ..WW <? J/'/.JiJ VUOIVU C?v tho time ho gavo his explanation tho pro. vidua evening the letter frorn tho Frer\oh &ecretnty ?V>r Foroign Affairs, recalling M. Drouyn d> I'lluya from London to Paris, and assigning as a reason tho insult put upon the French government arising out ol llio (J reek dispute, that tho letter *** m V of recall had been nevertheless read to him. It would he too much to say that the explanation of Lord jPnlmereton the previous nigl.t was disingenuous, foroflicial explanations of the kind are ofteu very enigmatical; hut certainly the cool and composed manner in which ho treated the subject showed either that he thought thf? nft'nir ivmilrl Mnw rwn~ i-:~ .. - - VT VI , \Jl Lllilt 1119 own nerves were not easily shaken. An accomplished diplomatist requires tho boldness of tho lion and tho cunning of the fox. Has Lord Palmerston both, or oi)ly otic of these qualities? The worst feature of this ugly business relates to the proceedings of the National Assembly on Thursday, where the announcement by tho Foreign Sccretnty, that ho had recalled M. Drouyn do l'Huys because of the insult England had put nnrm n?*A/lnrtA/l ?1 ?1 .J.V.I > IIOIVV) |.IVUU\,VU Hl? fJIUitlUSl pOS- j siole excitement nnd delight, followed by cries of 'bravo!' nnd the clapping of hands, and other demonstrations which showed how palatable the act was to the National Assembly. In this unseemly manifestation, tho leading ment of all parties in the Assembly nro said to have joined. It is difficult to say, in tho present position of Louis Napoleon, what pait his necessities may compel him to act. The question will be speedily and amicably settled if tho vindication of French honor be his object. But if ulterior ends are to be attempted, a quarrel arising out of circumstances in themselves so trivial, i may lead to results which are fearful to I contemplate. Wo await the issue with u)ic, Him i? iinuuii iuar.? vy inner nnu Smith's Times, May 18. A Third P.vrtv.?Major Noah whose political sagacity and ripened experience render his suggestions and predictions j very valuable, seems to think that the i old basis of parties cannot continue hercJ after even in the event of a settlement of j the vexed question now agitating Conj gross and the country.?Telegraph. | lie thinks that a third or Constitution^ ! nl party, will be formed on tho ruins of ; the former organizations, which have i dono their work and had their day. At | tho close of ono of his recent editorials, ! the veteran thus speculates: "Tlv.' speeches of Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Clay, and Mr, Webster, on slavery, were | I mereiy arguments m favor or right on the | one hand, and grounds of settlement on I on the other. There was room for patriotic appeals, for solemn warning, for just ndmonitions, but the principle involved was but slightly referred to; and when a settlement was proposed which , looked as if both sides were amply proI tected, it gave satisfaction to neither Tho South wants a different arrangement, which the North will not consent to* We must, tneretore, look for no extraordinary demonstration of Parliamentary ability | while this local question is pressing like an incubus upon us. Another view of this subject presents itself. Suppose tho wholo question is settled, apparently to the satisfaction of both sides, can parties settle down ill i harmony upon their old platforms, and | sustain their former lines of Division? Wo j think not. A high tariff, a national bank, j a uistrlouuon 01 mo public lands, nnd i several subjects which havo heretofore | divided pnvties, cannot again nttnin nny i lending ascendancy. Tho struggle, un- I dor whatever name it may bo carried on, J will bo a strugglo for power for placc, for position. Tho old ground of principle I cannot bo again ocoupicd, beyond the sup I port of our national institutions, in which > support no diflroronco of opinion exists: I If wo settlo tho Slavery question, tho j wounds of tho South are cicatrized not, healed. I Na PtAllfllAvn %v?nr* "fill ~ -w ^vvivuviM uuiii niii woi vuiu lur ? freesoil man, abolitionist, orWilmot proviso man. Their own position, and rights will always bo paramount to party usages. They may not insist on a Southern man for President; but they will vote for 110 man tunt has evor been hoatilo to tlio (South. In tho North tlio flros of ?boH? tion 'will still hum, fanaticism will fan tho I cnribers, and politioal npostuoy will pro- j [ vide tho fuel. I Under such a politioal state of things 1 I we cannot see how tho creation of a third . or constitutional party is to bo avoidod, A largo no tion of the whigs and whig press of tho North still cling to abolition, and man)' loading democrats of the Northern and Eastern States aro tainted with tho same doctrines. xnc wings ot lUo South havo been drivon from the ranks of their brethren in I tho North on tho slavory question, nnd they never apain will oordialty assimilate. The South, if not too ultro in tho settlement of tho pending difficulties, Will hcreaftor vote together in a solid body, j and t\YQ-Uv*.rd9_of tl\o Northern deiuocva cy will join them in the formation of this new constitutional party, presenting, as wo think, a democratic constitutional party, the elements of which will bestiength union and success. "NVc shall then hear of no more discussion on slavery in Congress. Lati and Important front Jiuenon Ayres.?A letter from Buenos Ayres, dated .nprn lam, connnn9 the account that tho English forces have abandoned the block ado of the ports, accompanying the act with an acknowlegement that they were wrong. They have also given up all tho vessels captured by them during tho blockade, and to pay for all tho property they took. A French Admiral has just arrived at Buenos Ay res, who was said to bo fully empowered to settle all the difficulties so far as the French were concerned. Tho .i..n <uuinvio uviW villi;* Singular Scene?Royal Actors.?A. singular scene is represented to have occurred at the Roynl Palace at Madrid, which show how a hen-pecked husband is usually treated, whether of royal or simple blood. The King had been for several days pressing his royal consort in tho most earnest manner to froe herself from, as he termed it, the "slavish subjection" in which she was kept by her ministers The Queen resisted, and sent for General Narvaoz. A scene of some violence is said to have taken place between the three, in which the Kiner dc clarcd that on the day of Ifer Afajesty's accouchement he should quit tho Spanish territory, and publish to tho nation a manifesto, explaining his reasons for not choosing to be present at the birth of tho royal infant. Divesting the business of all courtly form, and speaking plainly, tho King denied the legitimacy of the forthcoming scion of Spanish royalty. In this emergency a council of ministers wiw held, and it was decided, in order (osavo the Queen's honor, that the King should be prevented from quitting the palace. His Majesty was, therefore, placed under arrest. Sentries were placcd at the. door of his apartment, and ho remained a prisoner for four hours, when he capitulated, and consented to ride out with tho Queen in an open carriage in tho evening. The conduct of this imbccile mar. i3 a' tributed to the intrigues of tho Carlists, who noi only wish to overthrow tho present ministry, but to cast doubts and impediments in tho way of the succession to tho crown of the issue of Queen Isabella. Tho crisis is considered, to bo over for the present. The Census Iaxxo for 1850.?This law has been published, and it is very comprehensive. The information which it proposes to cmbracc includes popula lion, profession, color, occupation, placo of birth, number of marriages, deaths, the pei sons who can read and write, deaf, dumb, blind, insane, fugitives ami manumitted, tho acres of land improved and unimproved, the cash value of each farm, the value of farming implements and machinery, the live stock, tho produce during the year, ending Juno 3, 1850, and tho quantity of each particuInr (Ka n?'A/l?rt?a ? 1 .... vivivi vuv \jl uiuustry mid the values; names of towns, countios and cities; the aggregate valuation of real and personal estate, tho amount of taxes assessed, tho number and charactcr of the public schools, the extent of public libraries; tho number class, and, circulation of tho periodicals and newspapers; the number of criminals; the coat of labor,' the average price of board to a laboring man per week, tho average wagon of female domestic per week, tho averago payment of a carpontcr per day, thfl iiTuiiigc *ji i\ uuy mooror, U1Q average wages of a farm hand, the number and value of tho churches* and indeed every specios of social statistics winch can make thoso tables valuable as sources of public ^formation and ro-? fgrence, A Thuk Lawyer.?Alexander Hamilton was once applied to as counsel by a ivinn Kowlnrti iKa ?* M1UII www ^HUIUKIIIOIIIJI Ul buvurill orphans, who would, on coming of age. sncccod to a large and valuable ostatc, of which thoro a material defoct in the title doods. known only io their guardian, who wanted to got the title vested in himself. Hamilton noted down tho faithloss executor's abatement, and thon said to him; 'Settle with these unhappy infants honorably to the last cent, or I will hunt you from your skin liko a hair.' The advioij wasstiiotly followed, LlTKftARr.?Miss Fennimnro Hnrtno.iv daughter of the cclebvaled novelist of that name, is about publishing in Landpti a now work entitled 'Rural 'Ioum in tho United States.' y " ,<? flft* * <***; ^ JSr V i ? c*