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J. ;Arthkr, Esqrs., requested to act as Sec retaries. - The Chairman hviig explained the object bf the meeting, in a few brief and ,perttbebt explauatorviremarks. on motion -=Mon ofJames D. Tra'dewell, E sq., a com mittee, consisting of Metsrs. J D Trade welf, B F Taylor, Joss. A Black, C R Bryce, Tao S Scott,. and Dr. France: ':Lebr, was appointed to wait on Senator .BUTrEt and introduce-him to the assem blage. On mbtion of Co'. iracy Gregg, a * ttee :aa appointed to itatroduce nIlu usns enressive. of.the sese. o e very es'i .iithd C-agress of u! J States, curhanonly known asithe W ifoit Proyiso to the Three Millioun ;Loan .1'.: The 'Ch-ir app i-red the fon.. ,' :iang gent- n im the Co-n.ntittee, viz : Cu Maxcy Gres gi. Mssr.. J >hn Bryce. r 11. cLo ghlii. "ri, S ark. J S Boat. ,?Wri-lit, Joseph1 A B 3O'A1 H- Lyns llemiryA avi, John Ci wr1 J )dl Steve honr, J . E Sm'th, Jhn'I' Go.lswyni: it. Carroll. E Debeots. J I Ur; ey, It .O'2i it, S. .Weir an-1 Joo.G B3w.nan.. te aCorn n'tto. tupp tin'ed to asil an Senator BorlaKR. s-te.- a smort abi.hece. " retu bed acouei-io 1. by that gen 1eleI:n, who was greeted by h mout enthusisiuia weleum s, and upin'the'in troluction of the Hoa/rable Senator'to the tbsetin by the Coaimittee,.the htadijrein, a1r. DeSaus re, eidre-ed in ks illow: " St: It gives ma great pleasure to he the organ of my fellow citizens to receive n: welcome you up in this oceasintt. No wherecould-thisceretnony be moro grate fully performedJ 'than on .this spot, the theatre of your fortirer ju.liial labor's, they -. ebat bf'taat tribunal of which you.were an, -ornament. Here, wl~e e ybu perfbrihed the 'bkctions of the M-agistrate with such eignal ability, and by a conscientious im ' pdtial sad ilborinus dikehargo of the du ~/ tiesf Jude, won fur yours.L the gee 'ral applause. . JSince your-frzihefer to another theatre* hib portion of the phblic has looked erith do r.c1nate'solicitude to your course. The; ~i hrt bit e*iE 14Ission at Washington.! has )ret been lpng.enouib to disclose to us that we sball find in you, a wortlhy sare :s 'sor of the ableand p~atriotie- McDifie, and ~ths high minded Hugzer, and that the desti .esof the State have ben safely-oonfided 4o your hands. . -.hecomitts.the.o jsubmitted the foil ofring~ resolutions, whlich were un ani aInusy adopted: y. Rs~ed, Thbai the patriotism,3 zeal, dis: "ingised resoldtion, and - exalted ability. dii. .splyed hy on'r Seuntor, the Hon. A..P. Bntlcr, ~. atthe d.sefmarge of his trust in the counsels or ~lmation,during the last session of Congress. have won our unqualified admiration, and au th~,izi'uu to indulge the belief that his Sea '~'oataeareer will be alike-h'morable to himself d !atglonsoua. to the confederacy. 2. -&soLved, That with warui and confidant Jbiaris, we tender to hum our most co~rdial ac n kowledgmenlts for the especlal task, wich h6' ~>.Iriormed with noble eloquence and trium ha~lant ar aet -ia vindicating the Constitn 1*:-nonal rights , seuThat we rejoiceinflhe opportu nit of his presedce, to express oar- profound repc for him as a citIzen,,and our high ap ~ reciation of his nly services as a Senator, S-tdoffer tohim. as a portion of his constituen 'y, ouir most affectioniate greetings, 7 Col Gregg. in behalf ot the Committee, in a trdced the lollowing resolutions by a few. .Ypopriate prefatory remairks: TA~~r,'hat the. proposed eteluion of -iio~uthern Ststes from all terrtory .hereafter jbs'atiquired by the Uaaited States. is a plim bltonof the spirit of the conistitutional coim tiettnites the Stales. SThat submission to -stllr njust *n%)teentitutional assumption of power, hyb. tiien~s!aveholding States, would destroy the enllbrtffm of power betw6en the biorth :and the Soutfr alreay. endangred, would be alike Paafi ta the pac and projerity of every, seg - #*edataoks upon the domestic institutions of bs Sendh. &s.1ied, 'tat th iknowledgmnent of in-. ~pohiigging ~in ch&dtnlstoa, would rp degrading to'the South, and would lay the sure foundation for its ultimata ruin. Resolved, That the South has no safe and abiding place in this Union, except upon the terms of the original compact. That all legis latiyte ompromises, made by the weak with .theatrani, are ilusory atid dangerous. en pa. -ble ofikang repealed'at -any moment, by an irreogisible majority, and tend eto undermine the'rights anJ the just eduality with the other States,.garantied to ns by. the constitution, - Resolved, That in the solemn duty of the Southern Stats, merging all political differen ces; in, this great question of national exis tence; to upite in one determined and common effort, for the preservation of their institutions, andteirsconstitutoi'al rights. JudgeButiler'is requested to address the meetiirg,'and; the following is a brief summary of his eloquent remarks. JudgeiButler touched briefly upon the importance of the great politicat -topics of the' times immediately preceding his ente ring the.United States Senate.-Said that the Administration of Mr. Polk was full of great and 'eventful measures, amongst which was tbp settlement 6rfthe Oregon Controversy. rJt was portentous and threa teting in its 'consequences,-and he be l'eved,:thatmhe''country was more indebted for the satisfaeiory adjustment of it t, Mr. Calhoun than to any other Statesman either in Eurbpe or the United States. Said that by the adt of 4846 the doctrine of Free Trade had not only been recog nized, but in a great measure, established, and that the experience u'nde it went far to refute all arguments in favour of selfish restrictions, and that the progressive i.n: provements and the spirit of the age was against them, that he felt confident, under 3u administration hereafter could such doctrines ob aiu. lie made some remarks upon the U. S. Bank, goin to show that he currency andl commercial intercourse )f the-country could be better regulated aithont it. What influence these two measures had xerted on the Southern States was now 5eyoad conjecture: Atmongbt the other great measures more ntimately connected with the topics under onsideratiou-three States hail been ad itted into the Union, one of-which. was a overeign Republic. annexedby -reaty.i Pnat measure, was destined to. ie 13 sourdyb f impressive tonsequences, and.wbejher or.vwealbailvotiinnmust determfne and lacer aecircuItstaces. o Gper: np1eSUngst-as.a cot.ernt rrurqius l rg t, glegoiupted:%I ntpgini miiiotb na; asuchi she woul-Jw aays aa inflnuenc' the.p:p.icy gf fgreign na., Jspaid siectaljy of.Great Britai:i~tail!: lie Utitell Sfatis.. Liepimurtrayed. il.tlthe oseI gioncea of thi.'diireL reiuus she night occupy to. the Jaiiied..States, and; huughlthat'the 'war h.idgrowntoutoft. hyt aiannexastion.. *Said.ie had gong to. Waehitittoa under. a stronginplicatian to ujiprt the Adminiistration. jia all- the rreft.measures hottl past and prcspective is faras he un'derstobdthlem, . and he h-d 1odubeso with one ecbptiou-he could not .iv'e. tie President teave. to appoint a: ieutenant General in the person of Ths. I. Benton; as such was the; measure alled for by the. President. and it ivould javae had. a dangerous influence on the outry. and wouldhave been unjust to he army,-it would have; been a Legis aaive censure.upun Taylor and Worth oho hid been engaged in the active ope tions of the War. Whilst awarding tror,ds and mid:ls, he was uuwillitig that the brush of censure should. obscure the: disk of thir reputation. . From the hour. that vote was given, he anil those with wvhom he haps. acted, denominated vi'he aalance of power party," had been denoun :ed with bitterness. [a cniectiou with these .crcumstances, be spoke of the excha: uion~of the~lditor of,the Union fro~n the Sobr fthe Senate. Spoke 61' the piros :ription .of public inedling ini, Georgia hat by these he, with others hiad been ex ommunnitte.l-from *vhat is terahed the emocratic party. This *rauld 66t:change sis course. Democracy wvas a term cot Ioubtfu' and fallacious~imnport,be'P ireserved be namte of Repaublican-there weare sme securities in the guaranties of'anurjtanizedl Republic-none ini an irresp.onsible Deamo. :racy'.indl ipoke tat 'length, tracing u ith :leatness the distinctiotis begweeti a con titutional Reopublic and the turbulent ac ioa of-irresponsible masses. I' the South relied upon the latter as ieveloped by the New York school of Democracy, she depended upon a broken reed, that would. wound :the hand that rested upin it. Said that. the Wilmnot ~roviso was buat an indicatibu of that, andl tre spoke of its origin, aind of the resolu tions passed by- nine- non-slaveholding States, whicht hadl been introdneed during its di~ussonin:C4&rebs. Thought that the different sections of the -country. enter taied different nodons concerning this mbisure, as he belibved tany of themenm berm of the -New England States were averse to the acquisition of territory at present, for the purpose of avoidina (any gita'tion which would -affecc the Uniion, but that they would ultimately be control led by a misgutded and ambitious consth tueny. Many of the North Weste~rn members at the present, 'had no very un friendly feelings tothe South,- but as states. men,-dre not-think or act.against th'e die tationef an aianitions&~turbulent anA war likecoatitueng. Tbty.have a :lust-'for territory, anel risk any consequences to~te.Oion in the aiisition of it.. G~wYr aeudb a cold anileeI, culatifg casuistry. was indifferentito any oter~cosge,nice% than would aect hier ogn:puhiaeressheS walstVpgwer (tsm.........a..ad@;eaPiand anahr ever mayhe the present temper of the times,- the day wQuld come when all these factions would make' up an opinion fatal to 'be security of the South-aud that the South must look !io herself for -atety, as any allianuce. with them would be wholly delusive. By firmpess and -unanimity alone the South may be able'to-maintain her position, b'ut destruction and iliscord would be the fatal elements of her ruin. Her statesman-of-all parties must look to the final issue with calmness and determi: nation. 'and made up their minds for esults. There 'Were many associationusconnec. ted with the tie of 'the. union which de served to be venerated and he boped:lit might stand all the-trials to which;t might be'subj'ectedibut in comparison with equali-. of rights as secured under the constitution it must run'all 'the risks incident to the maintainance of theie rights, no 1haiter what the consequence may be. if the South suffered her property to be' etnfis cated by unjust -Legislative enactments it would be an evidence of degeneracy.and the epitaphs upon the tomb stones of our. ancestry would rebuke her sons. These resolutibns were then an'animous ly adopted. Col. A. G. Sunmer oftered the folloiw ing resolution which was u'animously adopted. Resolved, That the recent cotrseaof our long tried and ever faithful Senator the Honorable John C. Calhoun meets with the approval and sanction of everyttrue hearted citizen of this community. The proceedings of the meeting were ordered to published in the papers of the townwith a request that they be published by the newspapers throughout the State. W. F. DESAUSSURE. . . . Chairman. f.7. Watti. - SeC'y' J. MS. TAYOR. REMARKS OF MR. CALHOUN, AT TE MEETING OF..THE CITIZENs OF CHAR -oN. Taciy oning, Mardh 9, 1847., Fellow.Citizei :-in complying with the request of your'committee to address you on the g'eneral state of our affairs, in connection with the IFederal Government, [shall restrict my remarks to- the subject of our peculiar :domestic institution, not only' because it is by -far.he-most-mA org hint. Iy s ab ' Senate:-ou the only other ishporant i mb jeet, th it xctsarr:e2.a 'I fullyccncur..in the address-of your committee,-antd the resolutions- accompat nying it:., The ftcts. stated. are u-tny1es?" tionable,attd the conclusions irresistibl,. -r . udeed, after all that has occurred du. ring the:last twelve mouths, it would be alnost'idiotic to doubt,-that ca large-ma" jurity of:both parties in ithe non-slavehold ing States, have canoe to a fixed determi nation to appropriate.all the Territories of the United States, now possessed, or here after to be acquired, to themselves. to the enttre exclusion of the slaveholliug States; A-irsuminzghen, that .t( be, beyond doubt. tite grave, ;ad it) us, vital question is 'pre-; seiiteil 'fp icoinsideration : have they the power to carry this determiiatioh'itto ef fect? - It will be proper to premise. before I un dertake to-answer this question, that it is my intention:to place before you the aa. ger with which we are threatened from this determination, plainly and fully, with out oxaggeration or exteouation. and, hists, the advantages we bavo for repelling it, lbaving it t+ you. to determine what mea sures should he adopted for that purpose. 4 now return to the question, and an swer, Yes, they have the p:ower, as far as tmere ntumbers can give it. They w~ill have asmajority, in the next Congress, in every department :of the Federal '9ov ernent. Thbe adinissian of Iowa and Wisconsin, will give theta .t o aliditional States, antd atmajority of four in the Sen ate, which heretofore has beetn our - shield aguig~st this and tither dangers of the kind. We are already in a mtinority-in the House of Rlepresoututives and the Electoral Col lege; so that with the losh of the Senate, *e shall he in a mni iority lin every liepart meut of the Federal Goverhtment ; and ever must contienae.so, if the non3 slave holding States 'should carry into effe'et their schetme of: appropriating to their exclusive use all the Territories of the United States. But, fortunately, under our systern of go vernment tnere numbers.are not the only element- to power. 'Thero hre -others, which wouldi give us ample. tneans of d~e fending ourselves against the threatened danger, if we should be true to ourselves. ..We have, in the first. place. the ad'vatn tage of havibgetTe. Constitution on our, side,- clearly and unquesuionably, and in its etire'fabric; so much so, that the whole body of the insirument stands oppsed to their scheme of appropriating the Terr~ito ries to- themselves. To make good this asset'tion, it- is only necessary to retmind you, thet ours is a Federal, and not a Na-. tional, ori Constilidateds Goverornient-a distiinctiod essentiiil to correct underst aad ing of the Constitutioo,:stid our safety. Itought tiever to he forgotten,. or over looked.. As a Federal Government,.the States composiug ihe Union are its constit. ueats, and stand inr thei same -relation to it, in that respect, 'as athe indlividua'citi. zens of-a State do to itsgoirernmen,.nAs~ constituent mainberstofthe Union,salI th6: -Territor~ies and otnerproperty ofith5 Union ners: and not tot the Gover'menians aver.. toneously su~pposed 'by'somie. 4FbeGoa ernbient'isi buithe'agetnthi~sted wtth ihe'nithagenieht. .~Adn~ibhe th'eCdiistl utign~egpfesslydielarerthl'eT-ritayy to Malae~ ft'lflad~mht i th esiunit i or the States of the t aIeurich ire nonjnious espres-' I s0at alisen also Congtesu has no s mnire n ito ap prite the Territories i ofth - 5 U d Sta to the use of any por- r iia o. Ch S8at o the exclusion-of the v other appropriate the same d wv~ye'i.Fbs dor her public -buildings, 0 ortt ;or. -other property of the p i . t it has 'such a rigt, I no ene o re'to' assert; and yet, the bo :iassi . acdy pith'"s 'einare groutnftW1i e r by the Coastitu- o i '1ts~~->v thi olid foundation that I ti placed etgtio e slaveholding States al to a f(sltd e'iaa icipation in the Ter- 'tc ritesof a" Srtates, i'n opposition to thedieterima of the non-slavehold- C ig Stat (o app riate them exclusive- pi ly to t emselves. was'my ihtentiob'to re urge thein to a-v but t was upible to at do so, in cooseque of'th'ejreat pressure of business urig the last few days -of pI the seesibie. It-was felt by those opposed w to. us, thasr lf the iundation on which I at placed.'my resol'utons beiadmitted, the w conclusiocould tbt be 'successfully as- in sailed; anid hence te bold, but unsuccess- lip ful'aitetajiil, to assail the foundptioe -itself, pt by coiteiadi g'that~irrs's a National or tic Consolidifted .Govienmedt, in which :the or States would stand to' the 'Union, ds'the 'c coutiies.d the Sties,-and be equally d'es- m titute dfalfpolitid4 rights. Such a con- 'sa ctusion, ifht'could . established, would, ed indeed, place-us an ur peculiar domes- vi tic instintiionc'i e namercy of the non- ve slavehbnding fate but fortunately it can- th not be maintained ithout subverting the ea very foadation of ttr entire political sys tem, an i enyinga "i most incontroverti- at ble lactasnneote with the foundation th and edhbptaon'of ;qa Constitution. p But'ittdary be d, what do we gain at by havino Coaj isution ever so-clesfiy' c on our side, vthen titijority'ip the hou-' pi slaveholiiotSat a nd pre'piired to deny" fo it? ',6 , j su aaiy be the case; still pc wecaiino ilto'g ntich by the advan- at tage itgiv's ite. peak from long expe- ac rignceg 1litave nh 4nown truth,prompt- ct ly advocatei ih lit of truth, fail to b< succeed'i the et !Aready there :are p, many.h eoli edand pitriotic ciii- or seus ttaW euSi t ho agree with us on bl ineieaseithe - nwhat isof no se liule impoitanebiuiluce a" still greater Si 'number to-.hesitate, alid abate sorhewbat w in-theirconfidence in former-opinions, and: w thereby-prepara the way to-iveifull -effect Al toanother advantage which we'possess. hi To understand what it is, itzwill-be neces- ,ic sary to ekplai ~ .-the -motive and ;ti object-of this 'cru on the part-of the. de non-slaveholdiug States, agdiiit our pe- at culiar domestic institution. an It is clear: that it does not originate in any hostility of interests. ' The 'labor of a our slaves dues-not conflict with- the profit tie of their capitalists, or the wages of their to ojwratives; or in any way injuriously af- on fect the prosjierity f those State's, either as on it relates to- their population or- wehlth: fge On the contrary, it greatly increases bobt. op Its product-those which mainly stimulate sir and render-their capital and labor profita ble; while our slaves furnish,-at the same a time, an extensive and -profi:able market tie for what they make. Annihilate the pro- to dudts of their labor-strike froim'the list the en three great articles, which . are 'almost ex- iso elusively, the:products.of their labor-cot- 'ste ton, rice-nd- tobacco, and what -would of become of thaegreat shipping, navigating, all commercial and manufacturing-interests of the non-slaveholding Statesl What of St thuir Lowessand. Walthams.; "their 1New in York and Boiston, and other: tnanufactu- Ia' ring aend commercial -iies'1 What, to bo enlarge the qluestion, wotild become - of' pu the expiorts and imports of the Union it- ly self:; itsashipping and tonnage, -itsim- thb mnetse tre.yenue, in the disbursements of pa w Wiech dnillions'inthose. States, direcily or sul indirectly, lI~e &iul pro'sper? 1'ortunate- fre ly, thon,' the crusade against our . domed- to tic institution does hot briginate in hostil- 'i ity of intterests. If it 'did, the possibility hb of arrestius the''thrbaisned danger, and the saring 66zrselves, alidri of a diisrtupturu 6f tic theiunionl, wouldbe alibgether hopsless; soi so predominant is the regard for interest fir in thoje States, liver all other' considera-, i tions. ' as Nor does.it oigin~ate- in'an~y apprehen-. nc sion, that the slaveholding States would by acquire an' undue prepionderance in the sit Union, 'neless irestited to 'their present th limrits. If even a fitli sliare of the Terri- th tories shiould fall to our lot, wecould-never qi hope to outweigh-,- 6y any increased num- th her ofgliveholdag Statea, Athetgreat pro- tei ponderahee'wftich' -their 'nujnbers give to di ths 'non slaveholditng States, ihe H-ause bt of-Representtitves and-theElectoral:Col- TI lege. .'All welcodid hopeL for ivould 6e, ce to preservehintequality to the Senate, or, is atimost;-2 todqutire a-prepondeiance in es hatebranchofthe &iverndtent. "-'- th SB..jt, if it originates 'leithor in the one ic nor thezother of thiesbythat :are the "real to molivde and ohjects offlieit'usade against tii onr institutions:?'lanswbr,-this,:ic will .th be uecessary to explaim whataro-the feel- al ings and views of the' people bf-thenon* as slavoholdingbtatissa'areference-to it, wiith o 'beir offectsotntheit .prty' operations, es-g peciallyK ittelition it :-hePresidehtial' a election. ' " --u ' KT~hefmay, in .rifdceans the' sibjeot- t under considleraionrbes4ielded into four- -e classtlesO6,llIs Abbitionistsiproper- sp -the rAbid fanatiel whorigard slatorygss sinr-and thus road~~ieteesit theiro i tigliet etyKd old it ~p avotenlioids qtitatrJ on and- the Union-consiltkite one class. t is a'entall one, not probably exceeding Vo per cent of the population of those tates. They voted, if I recollect cor mtly, about 15,009, or at most 20,000 otes in the last test of their strength in to State of New York. out of about 400 DO votes, -which would give.about are er cent. Their atrep'gth-:in. that State, would suppose,: was fully equal to their ve'ggestre gth in' the non-slavglloiding tates generalfy. * Another elass .cotisists f the great body of the citizens of those tates, constituting at least seven-tenths of io whole, and who.. while they regard every as an-evil, and as such are disposed t. i iin restricting: aqd. 'dztirpating it, hen it can be dune cnarisiatedtly with the onstitution and withiureilangering the: ,ace or .prosperity of the country, do not t gar.l it as a sin, to be 'put down by all tJ every means. t Of Qhe other twb, one is a small class,; rb'aps not exceeding live per cent of thei hole, who view slavery as. we do, thorec i an institution, an.l the only one, by' hich the two races, so dissimilar as those 1 habiting the slavelioldiug $tales, can. re together nearly-iit etlizki :nu'nhers, in t ace aud 'prospejity, and that its aboli- a in woulid end its the extirpution of one: t the otherrhce. If they regard it as a tvil,?it is in the abstract, just asgoverh t ent, with all its inflictions, ani thou- 3 nls of other things, are evils. when'iew- c in the abstract, but far ;therwise, when, ewed in the concretdbectise they pre- r tnt a greater.a'hitisat: if evil than what t ey inlict,-'s istltcase of slavery as it ists with ie. Tie-reaaining class is much larger, but c ill relatively i small one, less, perhaps, r an twenty per cent of the whole, but I isesing great activity and politiqal in- :t eh'ee in proportion tbt it's numbers.': It f uists of the political leaders of the res- .t ctive parties. and their partisans and i lowers. They, for the most part, arp. irfectly indifferent about .Abdlitioii,. and 5 e ready to take.either side,Tabr qr against, 1 cording to the calculation of'the political auces; their -great ani leading object a ing to carry the elb'etions especially the e residential, and. therel'y receive the:bon- . s and. embltiehts, incidentto, power, ith in the. Federal and .3tate,.Govern veral elasses:ie thbe .non-slaveholding' j rates, ii reference to sla'evry, as it exists 1 ith us. 'It ti manifest, on a.survey of the < hole, that the- first class-that is, the I bolition party proper-is the centre which I is given the impulse, that has put.i mo- 1 in this crusade against our domestic in- 'f tution. Itis'the only one that has any t cidledly hostile feelings in reference to it, t id which, in opposing it. is aetuatei by I iy strong desire to restrict, or destroy it. s But, it may. he asked.. how quo: sb'small , class rally-a large spjority of .both phr-' s s in the non slaveholding States to come tl the determination they have, in refer- I ce tb our ld-nestik itehstintio.u -14is the t ly.one -that has any,,decidedtyi"iostile v fligs'in relrenrett'it, and 'which,' in a posing it, is actuated by any strong de- v e to restrict, or diestroy it. ' ' 5 But, it may le asked. how can so small a :lass rally a large majority of both par- e s in the nn slave holding States to come. u the determination they have, in.refer- si cc to our domestic institution? ' To au-, -ti er this question.-it is necessary to go~oite n p further, and explain the babituil state a parties in those, an-l, indeed, in almost a the States-of the Unio. . d There are fte of, the not-slaveholdiog a stes,perhap not totre than two or three, "o which the rties are tint so niely ba-. ied.. as to seake the result'of elections, a t State and 1'ederal, so doubitful, as to r, tit in the ptiwer of a sm-',ll party, firm- ti linked toget her, to t s:rn the elections, by t' -wing their weight itnto the scale of the tl ty, wichl may most favor its views: t u is the Ah.*,lition party. They have, t im the first, mnndetlbeir-viws paariuuimt ti the prrty strtuggles of thie day, and thrown g mir weight where heir'views 'could be~ c t pruomotedl. By pursuing-this course, n mir influence was ;eaon "fltiin the flec- ni ni, an'l, rin cboseq'mence, to gaitn 'theta f t became the obje~ct of party courtshaip: i it by the Whigs:; but for tlte Inst twelve r aths, tnore eagerly by the Democrats, v if to make up for .lost time. They are: w openly courted by hoth b% achz striving their'*eai to win their tfoor by ezpres- e g their'earnest desire to exclude wyhat e my call slavery from all- tho territories 'of g a United States, acquired or to be ac- a ired. No doubt the Mexican war, and g a apprehension of large acquisition of I ritor~y to the -slave-holding Stateh,-.has. c ,emuch'.io -produce'this state of things; I *t of itself 'it would .ht've jbeen feeble, t ze mnain cause or motive, 'then? to this a usade aguinst our dlomesticainstitution, t to be ut ced to the all-absorbing? inter- s t, which both parties take, mn carrying e e elections, especially the.Presidential. c deed, when we reflect that the expendi re of the Federal Government, at allc ns great, is :aowe~inwelled pirobably to erate of seventy million of dollars ann-.', ly, and ihat the influence of its patron e.gives it great sway, not only oever its *. n, but' over the State-electidbu, which es in additionto 'control ovq fa vast not or gatronage, -and .the control of i Federal patronage4 'with all itiremnlu ets-and honori-sentre. in the:Prestdent i r'te .United* States,,it is' not 'at all sur- 1 riig, 'that both' parties should take' inch absorbtngjinterest in thie Prestdenh - a electioniacting, as bothi d, odtntle ricp 'oun-g polin h of Goverinent on their -followers, 'a tie reward of partizan services. n such r '' state of things, it is not a nfaiter for wonder, that 'a'Course of policy, so well eallated to cociliate arpartyiike'rhe Abolitioaistig. asstiasof excluding slavery from the teid Cones, should be eagerly embraced bfy both parties, .In the -nslavhokloig Stards: when by securing their support, each ciil culates on wining the rich and glitferib. prize of the-I'residency. In this is tob otrud the-motive-and object-of the prbwat :rusade against our domestic 'institttit d - >a the part of political- leaders and their - Partizans in those States. - . It would.be a great mistake to ?uppsk ' :hat it is thelleeLIiggrous,icaiseorig nates inainly-i 'mere party consideritions 4 a connection with elections. It will .beidia hat account but the more so,.unlegegii. Ieed, it shoild bg imet by 'us with promg. itude a'nd .u'nmnity. The atisorbiig >ver-ridlag interest, feitby both partieseo arry' the. electioas, .especially- -the Prei leutial, wd-uld igive such an impulse' heir efforts tocottciliqte the Abolitioniat's, - t our expense, if we should look on wle pparer indifference, as would ealistitn ;. heirt"favgvr the large portion ofthe io laveholding -States, estimated at'evet enths of the whole,. whieb are'i yet *arll fiected towards us, and utterly dish'earten lie small but intelligent class, .which,-' a et, is perfectly sound. The formerwoutd - - onclude, in -that csse, that we ourselves t'ere ready to yield and'wurrender otr do nesti institution, asibderea'sible4 and that .. , he don-slaveholdiog Statesulmight carry heir determination into 'Ql1 effect, withoo-t" "''1 azard to the Cosiitaition or the Union reven disurbii 'he harmony and e-. f the county. Ideed, such has already een our s jpareat indiference,;ti't: tliene pinione have been expressed, even'oh th' Loor d( Congress. But,'if 4ae .should hls w.'e ought-if we,. by ohr 'prounpritedd, nurgy, and unanimity, prove that-westand eady to defend our eights, and=to maintain;} or perfect equality, as imembers of- fr o Jnion,''be- the .eensetjuedi'ea-what thy ". may : and that the immedieje andn-; s ary effect of couting Abolition vote', ither pasTy, :IoitdM .be to los ours .a'vry iferebti-reult. would certaily fotio - l'hat largeiportion of tfie~niite altdi lttes; .who, althoughi -;co iddr - ofrtitoverthieo'wnsil itir C'tah7 a " telf;1 would akQ ias WHih'-al ? r r ur assailants F-*iile "th'e ion ion, Who are already witi us iouldSra . y to.'the 'rs'ele,. ThenecesseafR4fbet " sould; be, that'the party leaders add thelr- Z '4At. col eta~b at edr otet-G=2Ullowersy who expet to'receive-the PriZ1=f uileetob h i ft e io ti .. -: R2ksft lential election, by the aid of- the AboI* vof a~* iiM V onists, seeing their hopes blastEd b 'thyb ' . AhGa ss of our votes; 'Wbuld droptheir' colft-" " r. hip, and leave the part ,reduced to -iui - dicance, with crn, - 4&end would be, " ' e a bould we act in the ira nor-indiated,-- --r a to rally-of a new parryin'the non-5lav6- r d oldimg States, more pbwetfulthan either - f tIhe old, who, on this great questid roul be faithful to ail of'thelompomises . - y r 7 ud obligations of the: Constitution, and ,t rt rho by uniting iith us, wouldaput a-fisnal 'aflus op to the far ther kgitation of this dangers us questioh. iucb would'be the certaik . * , : T'ect of meeting, with promptitude'and-";, nanirnity, the determihation of the nabe - a'veholding States tol ppropriate all the: rritories to their own use.' That -it has &. i ot yet 'been so met is certain;and the ext question is: Why' has it' not- been' . ad what is the cause of this apparent ' _ ifference in referebce-to a danger so men. -o ing, if hot promptly and' unitedly met. niour part ? . . : - = , In ansering tiis important nestion, ' a m happy to say, that t have se decr a., ,aeon to attnbiute this - want'of prohwptl- ..., ide and unanimity to any division of'eL dielt; or real inditference, on the patt tf,4 io people of .the slaveliolding Sraeeeie ..,, seir delegatestin Cougress. "On 'the eap ary, as far as my observation' eitbiads, lore is not one of their members of Can-. ress,:who has given any certain'indini:ion f eithiet.' On' the trying; queuiioae'on ciedl with the-Wilmnot p'rovisio,ithhikotes. f the nembere from the slavelieiding tates, at thei last and present sessions, raro unanimious. To -explain Iiceat is mally the .cause, I must -agai-'-reenr-to rha'. has already been stated; the'eabsorb- a % ig iterest felt' in the elettioh, hspecially 'M 7 se Presidential, and the coentrofling inliu- ' aadx nce which pay leaders and their follow' rs exercise over them. The great strug- " tt le between she parties is, 'which 'sball ' ucceed in electing its'iland'tdate ; in . con -_ mquence ofwh ichblsfes.dential:e)eetion - n as bedome tbe parkmomutquesi'.n,. Al thers -are held sabbordinate to it .by t;1 tadera and their follower. It z0,epende oa ~" ' temn to deterrnine wheither .arg quesui. -, Itall be admitted into 'the iuu.ue betie~ ,~ Is partieis, iir the /President 'al contes%4, rhether it shall he :parti7ally orraid icluded. Whether.4t sh all he o'-es-l4.ibe - t'- - thor, is decided entirely lin refetemed't4 its avorable or~gnfavorab.le herais he iderations ofits~gibcrsiontass.' rpety he institutibner br sfety44ee~h j ury,, qothing caog'more:. tro-gly straegthe ruth owshat;'[have ,ta' ourse of -the .parniesaig 1nestion.whrieb now c'Mnme your adte1WLed Uhuthgohudnie .can he- wore' utarel i"~ :onnected- with : '-pamd aid1 be.Umni. it is &9pL one Wl~thb" h .' nany ,~. fdtbie ti lishlig pobabill'i ebdgle ou . ac t h e b i r b i t ~ i t k t s~