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'will continue to verity until the whole will be fulfilled. Certain it is that Ie regarded the compromise line as utterly iuadequute to arrest that 1atal course of events which his keen sagacity anticipated from the question. It was but a "reprieve." Mark the deeply melancholy impression which it made onl his mind - " I regret that I am to die in the belief, dhat the useless sacritice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self government and happines for themselves is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons. and that try only e.-nsolatiot is to be; that I sliall ive not-to weep over it." Can any one believe, after listening to this letter, that Jefferson is the author of the so enled Wilmot Proviso, or ever fa vored it I And yet there are at this time strenuous efforts making in the North to fort a purely sectional party on it, and that too, under the sanction of those who profess the highest veneration fEr his char. acter and principles! But I must speak the truth; while I vindicate the memory of Jel'ersou frot so foul a -charge. .1 hold he is not blameless in reference to this sub ject. lie committed a great error in in. serting the provision he did, in the plai he reported for the government of the territo ry, as much modified as it n as It tcas the first blow-the first essay " to draw a geographical line coinciding with a utark ed principle, moral and politirnl." It originated with him in philanthropic but mistaken views of the most dangerous character, as I shall stow in the sequel. Others with very dilferent feelings and views, followed and have given to it a di ,icction and impetus. which:, if not prompt. ly and efliciently arrested, i ill end in the dissolution of the Union, and tte destruc tion of our political institutions. I have, I trust, established beyond con ttoversy, that neith: r the ordinance (if 1787, nor the Missouri compromise, nor the precedents growing out of them, nor the authority of Mlr. Jellerson, furnish any c.vidence whatever, to prove that Cuongre ss possesses the power over the territory, claimed by those who advocate the 12th -section of this hill. But admit, for the sake of argument, that I ata mistaken, and that the objections I htave urged against them ate groundless; give then all the force :whicb can be claitmed for precedeuts, and they would not have the weight of a feather against the strong ptesutnptio which 1, at the ou:set of my remarks, ehuwed to be opposed to the existence of the power. Preced, tits, even in a court of justice, can have but little weight ex cept where the law is doub'ful. and should have little in a deliberative body in any caso on a constitutional qtmcstion ; and none, where the power to which it has been attempted to trace i! does not exist, as I itave"shown, I trust to be the case' in.this 'instance. - But, f bile 1 deny' that the clause rela ting to-the territory and other property of -.anT~it Staes, confers any govern. mental, or that Congress possess absolute, spower over the territories, I by no means tdenyv that it has any power over thett. ,. ~'ttitt.f. bradtiial * - ~ j aehjection being t c rter against our slght'tdo so. r.e anlety Senator of - t6att iion~ ie saght at once to rise jiad iioi 'o'lay theobill on the table, or to dis poslo*f it in some other wvay, so as to pre vent the waste of time on a subject upon which we hiave no right to act. Assuming, then, -that we possesss the powver, the only questions that gemain are.: whence it is decrived.! aud, what is its extent? As-for its origin, I concur in the opinion -expressed by Chief Justice alarshall, in one of thte cases read by the Sep ator from -New York, that it is derivedf from the righut of acquiring tet ritory; amid I amt the -moro thoroughly confirmied in it from the 'fact, that 'I entertained the:..opintiona lotng before I knew it to be his. As to the right of acquirinig territory, I agree with the Senator from New York, that it is ema braced, without going further, both in thte war and iroaty powers. Adumitting, thett, what has aever heein denied, anid what it would be idle -to do so in a discussion, whtich relates to territories ac-quired butht by war and treaties, that thte Unined States have the right to acqutiru territories, it would seeaa to follow hy ntecessary cotnse quetnce, that they have the right to govern thetm. As they piossess thte emiire right of soil, dominion, and sovereigntty over ithem, they miust necessarily carry witi thtemt the right to govern. But tnis governmett, as the sole agent atid representative of thte United Stases-that is. th States oh the Union in their federai character-muost, as such, possess the sole right, if it exists it. all. But if there be atny one di..osed to take a d:fferati view of ithe origiu of the power, I shall mtak'e tno piims with him, for whatever mnay be its origin, the conclu sion would be the same, as I shall preset. .ly show. But it would be a "reat error to conclude that Congress htas time atbsolutte power of go vernting the territoaries, because it has the sole or exelosive powevLr. The reverse is the care. It is su'ject to niany and im portant restrictions atnd conditions, 'f. n hich somlie are expmr-ssed atid others itmpiied. Atmong the former ttmay be classed alt the ge-neral and absolute prohibittonts of the constitution ; that is all those w hichi pro hibit thte exercise ini certaitt powers under atty circunmstancees. in thts class ts in cluded the prohibition of gratnting titles of niobiltty ; passitng ex post fiicto laws and bills of atttaiuder; the supetnston of~ the writ of habeas corpus, except in certaini cases; tmakitig ltans respecting thte estah htahtmer.t of religion,.or prohiiting its f(see exercise; atnd esery outer of like dlescrip lion, whicht conclusively- shows that the. p)ower of Congress over the territories is - not absolute. inideed, it is a great error to suppose, that either this or the State guvy ernents poiissess in ttny case absolutei power. Such power can belotng ontly to the supmremte ultimate power called slaver eignty atnd that, itt our systett, resides int I the people of the several States of thte Untiotn. WVith uts. governmnents, b,ath F'ed-1 eral and State, are but agents, or, mtore I propetrly, trustees, ant, as such, possess, not absolute, but subordinate and limited powers; for!ail powers piossessed by such governments muOst, from their nature, be trust powers, and subject to all the restric Among them, they a-re iestrictea to the uat ore and the"objects of ttie'trust; and heneo no government under our system, Federal or State, has the right to do'any= ibing inconsi'stent with the nature of the powers entrusted to it, or the objects for a hich it was entrusted ; or to express it in more usual language, for which it was dule tated. To do either would be to per vert the power to purposes never intended, tnd would be a violation of the coustitu tion, and that in the most dangerous way it could be made, because more easily lione and less easily detected. But there is another aid important class of restric tions which inure directly relate to the sub-, jett under discussion ; I refer to those imposed on the trustees by the nature and character of the party who constituted the tru-toes and invested them with the trust powers to be exercised for its benefit. In this case it is the United States; that is. the several States of the Union. It was they who constituted the government as their respective or trustee, and entiusted it with .powers to be exercised for their common and j.int benefit. To them in their united character the territories be long, os is expressly declaretl by the con stitution. They are their joint and com tmon owners, regarded as property ot land and in them severally reside the dominion tmd sovereignty over them. They are as much the territories of one State as another; of Virginia as of Now Yotk; of the Southern ias the Northern Sta'es. They are the territories of all, because they are the territories of the whole. Add to this the perfect equality of dignity, as well as rights, which appertain to them as members of a cummon Federal Union, which oil writers on the subject admit to he a futdameutal and essential relation between States so utited, and it must he tanifest that Congress. in governing the territories, can givo no preference or ad vantage to one State over another, or to one pottion or sectio'n of the Union over aother, wtithout depriving the State or section over which the preference is given, or from which the advantage is withheld, of their clear and unnqestionable right. and subver;ing the very foundation on s hich the Union ami Govurontent rest. It has no tnore power to du so thatn to sub vert the constitution itself. Indeed the act itself would be its subversion. It wotild des:roy the relation of-equality on the part of the Southern States, and sink them to the mere dependantsuf the North ern, to the total destruction of the Federal Union. [To be concluded in our next.] From the Georgia Consiitutionalist. GIEN. TAYLOR'S PILGRIMAGE. The steps-in Gen. Taylor's ascent from "tno party ground" to the sumit of the "Whig platform" were few in number, but astonishing in length and rapidity. We find his pcsition on the 1Sth of May, 1847, tis deti.etl: "In no case I per-anit rnself to be the candidate of ANY party, or yield myself to party schemes."-Leter to Jas. W. 'ay lor of Cincinati. and reudeted apparently "impr _by such uut,otks as the following, erected at' tho,respective dates suttjoined. "ldsig not :tn optose the imanifest wihof-the people. But I will not be the candidate oif atny party or clique.--Ad dressed to a citi::en of Lansingburg, N. Y. May 91th, 437. "Should I ever occupy the WVhite h ouse, it roost be by the spoinneous move of thec peo ple."- E dward Delony. June 9th 184A7. N. B. "Ii elecied to that ofilce, (the Presidency) it must be by the spotaneous move of the people at large, and without naeocy or Pz.EDoE ona miy part in any par ic.ular."-Gen. PeIer S. Smith, Phmiladel phlia, JuneC Glk, 184A7. "1 ami nt n illing to be tho candidate of aa y party."-J4 A. Birkey, IEsq. Pres. of Yat. Amer. C'on., Julyj 13, 1847. "If' I were called to the Presidential chair by the general roice of the people, ,v'ithotut regard to their political dfiferen ces, I sholdl deem it to be my duty to ac c'elpt the idlice."Dr. F. J1ronsonr, C'harles ton, S. C. .-Aug. J0, 1847. "I shall utlfer uo actice opposition to t he use of' myt namo1 in c'onneciti(on with t his responisible "flice, as long as they (my fel how citizens) continue to use it. thus inde pendent of party distinctions."---Messrs. Mlurph3y 4r Montgomery, A1. Jan. 23d, We may. however, obiserve that the Genmeral's lpositioti was growing utneasy on the 10th of' Auigust; for in the letter to Dr'. Br'osor', a portion of' which is qutotedl a hove. may be foutud the woad "exclusive by." mnodif'yintg his customary form of ex piressiont. "I tneed hardly add that I cannot in any case permtit miyself to be broutht before thte peopale exclusively by any of the poli iical piarties." Thus was " posirion No. 1," fortifiedl with seven--fold strotngh. Finding, how ever, that ihe position taiken was tnt suffi ciently --available," Gen. Taylor vala r'ously sallie<d forth on the 30th January, I84S. (a day ro be remtembored in the his tory of thi, Presidenttial campaign ats the lay of Gjen. Taylor's Hlegire,) and occu piedl "position No.2" His flight wats oni this wise: "Atnd if they (the people) think proper to bring tme befbro them for this otlice, thruugh their Legislatures, mass meet iuigs or Conventionre, I CANNOT oB.ECT neccomnmodasing man !) to their designa itnt th.-se bodies as Wh/ig, Democrat or N'ative. But in the same letter he assures Pc. er Sken Smith, Esq., and through h-imn h,e nation, that his fit"ght is now at an end. For, cotinutes lie "In being thus nomiinated, I must insist at the condition, and my positon ott TUts roiaT is immutable, (how on the other iointt?) that I shall not be brought for yard by them as the candidate of their iarty, or considered as the exponent of heir party doctrines. "Posaition No. 2," like its predecessor, s'as chosen with more decision than judg rent, wvas fortified, established, and aban loned. On February 6th we find the following eassertion, of it. "Such -has been the in lications cf the people, &ec. a's to ju:tify no, without departing from the course I nec mnarhed out to nursu o accepat a nomination f'roin a o tio should such be hel fort eney, from the. irbiga or Ddmec f rtn both. n~ithout being pledge- .our sidering, myself so, to "ad pin ions of either" , Prit1'"er -o the Dem. Cont. in Kent On April 20th, in thdsle ich mond Repnhlicau. he diei eepa ratey re-atfirms eaeb. is s. well known that,it' need, 6uo ted. Let us now see the hich he deserts '1'osiition o. which he had established himiself ably." The recantation of 2ril' ob a pologetic and reproach I oae. It seems to have been- wri . mar who, while'gning it bli'd, ng to what he supposed to ie tl Sons of his friends, has been sudd'e zed of hi 'proximity to a precipice ies' to his friends that he thought, lIo ing their direction, and y y wil= lin- to change. "I have ct.nsented to the y,'game as a candidate for the Piesi 'have frankly avowed my own dis y fit ness for that high atation,; ing, at the solicitation of Inaiiy of rymn taken my position as a can do not feel at liberty to surrend. .pisii until my friends manifest that I should retire from it. I en most gladly do so.-Capt. J.; . 3 - Who thesefriends are.:. fp-our article endeavored to show,. as the conditions on which he we ore the WV,i: Convention. And now with regard t 'iften as serted, and powerfully sui .position against pled ges-asserted.at t-con stantly repeated. and held fter the surrender of Position No. 1. It is useless to bring fo . otatiofts to shew what was for so . 'time the burden of his letters.;."i ioi wad strongly asserted. howe er,i w of the extracts already giveu to7 diferini purpose. Referahnve tri"Mr Delony. June 9th 184 sal at to the Democratic Convention ruary 6th, 1S48 In the Delony e1t refnses a PLEDGE it any partictl. We willingly concei t te has no given sufficient and Mltic ledges lbut he has given none"';;' Has he not declare; tip a Whig? With regard to now a tter '-thi decla"ation may not bii Bl;3ut upon all points, on the Whi s settled, what more could be ask lnt?rl In the Allison letter'. go upo the exercise of the v ,ot:mtnerel3 as far as the Whigs i sep'. fartiet than would he ace i t.-Souatherc Whigs-as far as the Provisoist! could wish. Also ' .. "Upon the subject ' S theest rency. the improGve ." eat-bigh ways, rivers, lakes i What more cuu.i d l The President-tha ' plwer i: law making, ad Ge w.- nut,,,i elected, will-"not:.t iu.1y. pov!e; at his cornmaudi bi : 4 etatt ""tl"uIeh isli s er o ti0on ufeyes b dest reqtiest of Louisiana. -also"i ise to liedistinctly nnderrstooc td'feIs no cih;ed hilpositionl. From the Charlestoafqiurier As I intend to state not.bttg but what beieve to be true, I wiusi to.fortify'm) assertions by docutment,- affd> bee you it itsert the enclosed to prova.hat Genera Cass is av'twedly true ta1 the Southert doctrine. The preseot.:d' rion in the'de mocratic ranks, is fanndedupon the sitn pe fact that Geni. Tayloris a slaveholder and, nIbhough from a higly tariff State. ant an avowed whig, is betteriand safer th; a democrat who is not a illaveholder. I so, then the domocrats. ofyhe Nortit ma: also refused to v'ote for any of their part. whois a slaveholder, andithus the whigt will always succeed. Noir'he takes m: life, taking that whereon I'live." If Tay lo:- and the whigs restofe. the "bill o abominations" in the sharpe of a tatiff what becomes of our, slaves ? It is the worst sort of emnancipatidn' to steal away the fruits of slave Ilabor. flanters beware how you desert the par,ty ibat has accomi plished all you asked, for one wvho does not think you worthy of a lfinite avowal of principles-I will give s&meu more proof anoon. A x UNTERRtIFJED DEMOCRAT. Gen. C'ass on veryj. It'wc uuderstand the o(iginal and ge~n uine principles of the Cirnstitution, and the ap)plicattion of them to lavery, we are not mistaken in saying t lt the following delaratiuns of Getn. Ca are up to thet Southern marks. If elec' d P-esident, i will be upon these doctri'ies. that he wil adtinister the governmerg so far as p)laced in the nnds of the Exctiive. Hbow di those pledlges cont rast wvimt mere hopes o1 the Sooth, utnder the ho id doctrine pro mulnted by General Tl lor in his ahau dnment of the Veto P4 wer, where he proposes to leave all thrsu things to the irrepotsible tnajority of1Congress. We have neither the right nor the power to touch slavery where it exist.-Gen. e ongress has no right lo'say, that there shall be slavery in New-drk of that there shal be no slavery in Ge4ria, not is there any humaun'power but.tll people of those Sates-Getn. Cass. - The principles invol tgo the Wilmot Proviso should be kept a t of the national legislature, and left to til~e people of' the confederacy in their re etive local go vernments.-Gen. Cass Let the people regn ae. their internal oncrns in their own og -Gen. Cass. Leave the pteole, wh 'will be affected by this -luestion), to ad pt.-it upon their own respousibility, and i 'iheir own man I am apposed to the e isee of. any jur isdiction by Congress O ~ 'the subject of slavery.-Gen. Cass. - 1 do not see in the 4istitution any grant ofasuch a power 1o deagress.-Gen. C'ass. The atoms which cam lo* a man are believed to be changedl 'ery forty days, and the bonecs in a fuw trionthts. a. EDGEFIELD C. H. VEDNE"SDAY. JULY 26, 1848. SONS OF TEMPERANCE. The GRAND Divsioa of the Sons of Tem perance of South Carolina, ill meet on Thurs day t!-e 3rd of August, in the Illl of Washing ton Divisicn in this place. A public address will be delivered by G. W. P. James Tupper. Dinner to the Volanteers.-To-morrow the = Dinner to our Volunteers takes place. Let ns all endeavour to attend and to honor the brave Boys as much as we can. Above all things, let us deport ourselves with that sobriety and orderly conduct which so well become the gient occasion which will call us Forth. In this manner we will but honor our gallant friends, the Volunteers. Reduction of Rail Road rare to Charleston. In order-to accommodate the Volunteers and others who may wish to attend the grand fe'ti val.given in honor of the Palmetto Regiment in Ciarleston, the Rail Road Company has reduced the fare to $i: going and returning. The Volunteers go free. The Wather.--This place and the section of country north of it, to the termination of the District line, had suffered considerably from drought The crops of corn on many plaua i tions were greatly injured, and seemed as if they could scarcely recover. On Friday night last, a good shower of rain fell at this place and in- the neighborhood. In conse,quence, the crops have been revived. In several sections of this District, the rains had pteviously been abundant. We noticed recently in some of the South Carolina papers, very complimentary and ap :tropriate accounts of the hospitable treatment, I experienced by the members of the Palmetto Regiment..from citizens of Georgia, as they passed through that State,ou their return home. It gives us great pleasure to read these notices. We feel grateful to Georgia, for her kindness and.respectful attention to any portion of otr gallant Regiment.- Doubtless our people.gen eially,: appreciate the hospitality of our sister - State e;tenled to our suffering soldiers, at a time:wbenit was needed. r We!ar' indelited to the Iloii : C. CA.. Sapofli peech ntile'Oiegon fl.1 inthe,, neat eisb.IQRpg - bA9infy$nOtaol erableportion ofi t this sped ,19.t a excl tns!bt other matter. t I .Arcely.ne essryVtcrialletiwn to-tis speech, as our readers will doubtless.peri'sfit with mucli-earliestness and itnterest. Col. M. L., DonAa, anad Majuor GaEIIG, of -the 12th Iafatry, tarrived at New-Orleans- onm Weednesday the 12th ianst. fromt Mexico, in the 1steameR James L. Day, oan their way home. Mions Docras.-At the late commence ment of the Philadelpthia Medical College, thme degree of M. D. was conaferred on the follow ing gentlemen froim this State, viz. Theo. A. St okes, John E. Badget, John C. Caalho'ann Jr.. James Ratm.,ay. Jesse Graham, Win. H. White and Warren G. Lomnax. We call the attentiona of Planters to the ad. vertisement of Mr. 3. D. Hammaelt,T).ie cer-. tificates attached, we are informned. ate from several of theo most experienced Planters in Georgia. We are regnested to say that Mr. T. Wilson, at this Office, is the Agent of Mr. -H. Planters wishing to obtaitn snperior Gins, can have them delivered at their doors at thae maanufacturer's prices at Crawfordville, Ga. Pulie Meetings .-At a ameceung of thme Denmo crats of the first Congressional District held recently at Yar kville, r e olutions an favor of the election of Generals Cins and BUTLER for the IPresidency and Vice Presidentcy were adopted. At a lurgeand highly respectabale meeting of that Denmocratic party of Charleston, held on ~20th ianst., resolautioans favorable to Generuls TAnLon anad BurLV.a ft)r the Prcsidenacy and Vico Presidency were passed. At a large and respectable meetintg of the r Democtats ia Winyaw. Georgetown District, resolutionms in favor of Generals CAss aand -Bu-rr.ett were adopted. Wee will publish foil accounts of the pror.eed ings of these mneetinigs as soon as we have -room. We have received a catalogne and circaular of the Johnson Feale Senminary at Anderson C. H., So. Ca., Jualy 1848. This institautiona now nunmbers about 70 pupils. The Princeipal, is Mrs. Many E. DAmiE.. Other teachers, including one in music, are attached to it. All the branches necessaty for a couplete educition for yoaung ladies are tatught. The institution is called after the Rev. Wit. B. JonrssOxr of tl1is place. It is under the control of the Baptist Denomni nationa; but thae peculiar doctrines of the sect are not taught to the exclusion of oilher Clhris. ia believers. The Teachers are of different Denoniinations. Andersont Vilhage is situated near the base of the motuntains and is quite healthy, The price of Board in the Village is very low. Commencement for thme presenat year, will take place na FrIday-the 28thiinsi., itn connexion with which, there will be a public examin.ation of the Pupils. Tbe Commencement Address, will be delivered on Friday by thme Rev. Wit. B. JoHnsoN, The public generally, are anvited Baule and Terrible Saughlcr in Paris.-Unt the.22d of June, Paris was the scene of tumults, and afterwards of terrible battles between the National Gurds on the part of the constituted authorities,nnda portion of the people who had organir.ed an extensive insurrection. A frightful loss of life was the re.mlt, but the insurgents after a severe struggle were put down and the Government was triumphant For partienlars, we refer our renders to extracts which will be found in our columus. Onr Cotcmnpuraries.-ThIe Hamhurg Journal has recently been enlated.and its appearance much improved. This is an evidence that it is in a prosperous condition. It is conducted by Titus. KEr, E5q. t The Southern Chronicle is published at Co lumhia. by EDWARD 11. BatrTT. and edited by Jotx Gt.ass. Subscription price, two dol larsperannum. The papersupports General Taylor for the Presidency. The editor iro clains his faith in the followmig cardinal doc trines of the Democratic party. " Free trade, no debt, separation from batik. low duties, a strict adherence to the Constitution, economy, retrenchmment." The Telegraph is published at Columbia. and is edited by EwrN DELEoS, htely con nected with the Savannah ltepublican. Mr. DELeou is well known in South Carolina, as a gentleman of considerable literary attainments. His paper is quite a useful one, and is exceed ingly prompt in transmitting news. The Pen'ileton Messenger is published at Pendleton, by F. BUar and J. W. BRInwir.. It is edited by F. BURT. It has recently been considerably enlarged. and it pmesents a very neat appearance. Dot.btless it will continue to be a valmable paper. We do not now remember any recent chan.. ges which hayc taken place among the con ductors of newspapers. or in the typographical appearance of the latter in our State. We will with pleasure notice any others if we have omitted them. For the Advertiser. Ma. EDItrn-1 do not feel competent to discuss the merits of the Bunk of our Stare. I am quite contented to rend the eaanys of "Anti.Delt." --A Voter." and "Vox Populi." and all other similar writers on the one hand, and also those of'-Fair Play" in the Mercury on the other. These communications - p'o and con deserve deliberate and respectful consideration. But in your last. paper, --Old Saluda" obtrudes himself into the arena, but for what purpose is yet uudis covered. In the first ptace. he congtatu lates the above tentioned writers apan their strength and infuence, and says he is induced to write because they "set themselves up as the ipse dizit of old Edgefield." Ipse diit literally means "he himself said so." Substitute this mean ing, and his article reads ihus:".they -.Pet themselves up as the "Ae-kimself. said so of old Edgeield." 7But most commonly this phrase.means'"mere assertiori:"- His wtritin;,then wvould"thu ..make. t.bealtset. '"ipse dirit" becomipergoit ,~~i to- all, rule -and in:violtmion, of, tamtpon sense, to say..notig oftaste. andl bea!jty. .But -tOld Samludma" speaks.of' thesewri. ters as "n-goimg to comamanderize the State and do mthe thing up.Brown." Sumch vuigarisms as.these are.indecmmt in .con vereation, but whmm writte-n antd pu&blished, they becomne intolerable and deradinmg to an elevated and enlighmtened public senti ment. Furthertmore, "Old Sainda" says if you destroy time Banik, he becomes a "used ,up' mao," and argmmes that the taxes would le received only in "specie or the notes of specie payiug bunks." "The batnks." he says. "having suispenided. of course their bills would not be taken." Thus you per ceive the people wtould not be able to pay taxes at all (he argues)-not in specie, because oif tho stuspemision of the private banks, and nt inm uheir bills, because of the same reasoo, the Tax-collector cotuld not receive them. Altho'ugh this argumment hans nt reason) itn it-still, its slight plausi bility might mnislead somea who aire tax payers. under the delusion that sucht. a state tof thitngs mig?hm possibly occur. This arguument supposes the people to hold bills or notes ont the private banks-amid be cauise thesLbanks refuse the specie, it then supposes IMhmlder of these batik bills to have no further rediress. This is utterly false; and if made with candor, shows a wonderful degree of ignorance. Bly a constitutionatl law of onr general government, the legal currency-tht imn which alone debts canm be dischmargted ac carding to law, nre certain gold, silver and copper coins authori:ed by Congress. T hese are money. Bank notes may be the rep. resent atives-but never the substitutes fof specie, without vimolaing a funmdamnentatl law of this countiry, amid introducin's a pol.. icy fatml to our political, commercial, amid even bauking interests. Bank notes or bills therefoire, are pilacedl upon tIhe same footing with promrissmry niotes of individuals; amnd having a five dol lar bill uponm the Bank of Hlarmurg, you may sue beftore a Magistrate and recover judgrmemmt anid levy upon the sp)ecie of the iank or the private property of the stock holders-out of which you may, according to law, coinpel the shterilT to raise the spe, cie. T1he airgumnent, therefore of time Tax collector's refusintg time hills of suispendmed banks. fulls to the ground. For time spmecie may he always be ftorced from the tmaker -whmether a bank or an individual. CAN DORt. For the Adverttser Ma. F-oiToR.-In p-issing thrmough the country, I have been. surprised to find the "Tlelegraphi," an excellent and ably coo ducted newspapjer p)ubl ished ini Columnbia, so sparingly distributed among time people of this portioni uof the State. If it be desirahle to. have the current and imppomtat intelligence of the day iu a condensed and readable formt, I can as sue my lellow citizens thai nom papier pub lished in theo State will more certainily meet their wishes. The genieral andl well knownm ambility. comabinied with the indomni Lable perseveranmce of the fouder of this paper' are sufficient of themselves to re comtmeud it to a reading and intelligent commrunity. But to mauko this paper still inore acceptablo,to the,.utIc.,f3t. Sill has called to his assistane Edg Leon l.q., who now presides overtia editorial dlepa rtmoeu: and thouKih idritig, yet he is experienced, able, highly accm' plished and thorough going. lIdepei,. dent and fearless. he submits to the litical dictation of no party cliiue. 'o6 comitpromihses of the Constitutioii form ih rule of his political action, and the is inter-st4 of his country are iutermit. led wi%ih mite warmest impulses of'his' heart. Old. unietnportant. and in a'ct. ob.i solemn issues, he duoes not stop, or indeedK n ish to recognize. but hastens at once tii - pour out his energies in vindication or his country's rights, by defendin:, with a stout heait and resolutu will, her sacred institutions. The efforts of such a mau a, _ such a cause, we cannut fail to apprect. ate. Besides. this newspaper has the id ditional advantage of a cectral locality; r by the iri-weekly departure of the mail. from Columbia. it is admirably adapted for the speedy dissseminasion of whatever A is useful or iuteresting in she cu,-rent newt of the day. We may also expect oee. sional scraps of literatusre, as Mr. De enn: is no less a':co',plished as an eleg3ut scho" Inr than as a hold and vigurous defendert of Suutheru rights and Southern institu tion-. VIATOA. Spanish Oak Grove, July 25th. Correspondence cf the ChurlestIm Cotitie WAsHtcGTON, July 15.T Congress closes another 'week-witheio making any sensible approximation totWi teritibt0"t of the session. The' corn= promise Committee is now the object of universal atmentiou. - The comprom6ie will, it is said; be,sup. ported' by forty Senators, at least.; sbouid: oe Senae be full, iot the minority-leeUt oppose it. M r. Westcott diFa." will cer tainly oprose it, tbut I knoof noothri Southern Senator who is now committedA against it. Mr. W. thinks it williggrjws vale the difficulty, and iucrease:an excitw ment which wou l, otherwise, evaporaf& in the ~Presidential election. As-iothe-' terriwurial governments, Mr. W. stated;isv his speech, that he did not think.thenmnee cessary at present. --Louisiana and Flori da were in the -possession of the. United States several years before the territoriali governments were:establishd- .: 'The House will, iasnow eeriai,ike sist the compromise, after it shall pass ebbt Senate. -The near" approach.ofkheaelese tions in the Northein-Sttes=tbed if members td be re-elected' and the vaiitnd' increasiug,'agitation: and-:difusion, of ths auti-slavery'"doctrines,-'wilH causer thin r t6he'sitate: ,LTbey..already ;argue thatsa compromise'awll not, settle -the,questiot; -' nor allay; the :ractiions excitment 4hihik the Van Buren party have got up.- o It is now apprehended by the Northern whigs, that iWthe 'Buffilo Convenlou should'-nomnateMr. Van Brengthaeot of New-Yurk-wiilcbe givento-.irinais the electin be> brought,into; tte Hoood.,l .Ther proceedings:'agsiastnGeu Scott "haao. beeowabaudodeil.oi tAmpubhlipihdre. . is to be ive h ri ' c3a b a 0O&e: r. - gress of both paries y r, tio d e bjefrecdi4hst digbti thsey edd Seu*pufflf'aed?ofrowigch trust, ir &eBaifWioryte6Cohgre'e ssdtb the where edudtry. M1r'Olagton,'ae6-ie man of sth'1Jdmmtteegve a tIIstoftfro the proe~eodmge anid votesofithe Cornhire showing ih at the Wilmor proviso was moved-'ad -rectd, aud- various dther measui-es were propoutidedand -re.iderat; when the'Committen agreed to rieport-a d bill giving slhe terriiuriat' Governmens.-to Oregon.-without any restriction asstohilave ry, aud temporsary governments-to (Sali fornia and New Mexico,'withtout restricsida - as to slavery. b)ut -leaving she rsuhjct. itn ease of arty complaint by ' the holdei's of . slaves, or sy-the opponents of' slavery, to redress through the Judiciary of ste U'nited Stases. In other words, they leave the subject to regutlate itself, according ra'ttlie taows of nasure. of com-nerce and of cli mate, and of economy. if she people want African slavery, they can hevedit, and we well kntow that where it is useful, the people will have it; and, whe,te is is nest, they wilt repudiate it. Bat if -either party to the quession shall take an ecep tin to the regulatiots which the people tmny mnake, they are to have recourse: to tie United Stases Court, for the settlement of the question, accoirding so the-Constitu sion of the United States. Six members of ste Committee, includ, inig Mr. Calhousi, agreed to the bill, -and two were opposed to it, to wit: Mr Clarke, of R. I. and Mr. Underwood, Ky. t have no doubt that the bill will be resited-iu hoth Hlouses, hut stilt it may be passed. It appears to) me that it will be satisfasctory to nearly all the Southern mne--for it disclaims the right of Congress so interfere in she question, and submits it t.o thedleci sion oft the Federal Judiciary, as a con stitionaul question. Corresp'ondence ofthke BalLinore Sun. \VASUHzNGTON, July 18. The facts in regard to the Court of in quiry anid Gen. Scott are simply these. On Trhursdtay morning last the Court, consiir.g of Geoerals Towon, Cyshiag, asnd Cot. Belknap, met in this city. Gen. WVhising detailed in place of Cushing, bad not arrivcdl; but Gen. Pillow presented the court wish a paper to she eflect of withdrawiog the charge he had mado against Geit. Scott. This paper wassta kent to Gen. Sco:t by Geua. Towsoa. Gen. Scott inisisted that Gen. Pillow had no control over the caso, an d could not with draw his charge without the approbatin of she Govermnens, and demanded an in vstigation.. Ge~n. Scott also roceived from the Sec reary of War, a notification of the same F)urpurt. .Thus she case stands. Mean imne the Court stands adjournod until..Au ~ust .1st. Last Friday General Pillow left ,.ole- . naui's for hsis homse in Tennessee... Yesterday, after an executive session of ix hours, the Setnase succeeded in con rming GeneralsQitmash Pillow, Cush,. sg and Price. Day after to,mrorrowjthe hree first namsed,go out of service under he la w.. Gen. Price beintg oan duty ins the ar wvest, holds over.