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- fl Ns liw ilPrihais h un. DUJOzP~3iIW oil,2515.VO.XL-~.3 THE EDGFHMLD ADVERTSEiR. 1 LSHED EVERY THURSDAY. W. F. -DURISOE, Proprietor. ARTHUR SIMKINS, Editor, '.'U3..-Two DOLLARS per year. if paid in advance--Two DOLLARS and FirrY CENTS if F not paid in six months ---and Tunaz DOLLARS if not paid before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions'rt distinctly limited at the time of su bing, will be consialered as made for an in period, and will be continued until .al, are paid, or at the option of the Pub lisher. Subscriptions from other States must be accompanied with the cash or reference to some one known to us. ADVEaTISEMENTS will be conspicuously inser ted at 75 cents per Square (12 lines or less,) for the first insertion, and 371-2 for each subsequent insertion. When only published Monthly or r terly, One Dollar per square will be charged. All Adverisements'not having the desired number 6 insertions mire'dQ on the margin, will be. contin ued until forbid-and charged accordingly. Those deiringi bthe year Ca1 ~11~S~4ltor >'"dfsinetly unde y #- are ponfined bi Wfrntheir it'-ranmt Advertise ne .piifoi ance. 5'1oi ~ ieugCiididate;tThres Dollars, Ia ~% ~advne "' For Advertising EsNtrays Tolled, Tw6 Dollars, to be paid by theTagistrae advertising. kit FOR ADVERTISER. T H CAROJNA he ot nns to w f the"' i ose opposedtoseparate: w '- oni haselaimedthe * po e a~ y -were, so par early iRomans, and such 1 Swis. There are, too, mueh great revil than national poverty, and among I national dishon'or and national sla- i - Certa.Editors in the State seem to re. gard'Uierticles of the writer in the News aifatiuwer-WAh pamphlet. The author of utledge,*to whose attention these ar 1*4gd have 6een recently brought, thinks 4--uite otherwise- and did not -design a"ply. Y 'eAj6Uoindas now made only to show, - that fa ihavingNveRrown the main prop of "Rut m',' the writer, by. the weakness of his attack, and by his own admissions, has.p trengthed them. If "Rutledge has, advanced, tlie- most startling statements" in relation to the fiscal' recs6 '6sf the State,. ariing fier.i porte-in of.separr#as - 4 be; "ft* afely%.t hais .$ st . s ~IiJ e most] absurd conclusions. Such,, among others, s ie the.Ioliliirig: First, that the contribu-. tion of South Carolinad $4ies underilIe' Sexisting.Tarff, doesinot exceed $500,000 an nua~.~~~ndly, that under the peaceful a separate State Government, ~~'~bo00 will'b cut off rm our exports, "and consequently from our import., and he.e'tli oldremain but* $3,000,000 femndht-o raise a revenue. But of these hereafter.- . The first point assailed bf the writer is in relation to the exports of the State. Upon naked assumption, without any appeal to documentary evidence, he controverts the facts and figures under this head, contained in the Pamphlet; estimating the annual value of the exports from the State, at $11,050, 000. "Rutledge," from statistical tables, furnished by public documents, states them to be from 612,000,000 to $14,000,000. He did not strike an average for two reasons maiinly: First, because the data upon which to base accurate calculations were not with in his reach. Secondly, because it was not necessary to the argument-an approxima tion to the true results bieing sufficient to es tablishL the poatitions'aimed at. Can reliance be placed upon the statements of the writer in the News? He does not furnish a particle of evidence. In a controversial dispute of this nature, could he expect his mere dicta to be taken as authorityi Are his statements any thing more thani gratuitous assumptions? Ho proceeds in this way, although lie seems to regard scrupulous accuracy in the matter essential to the argument ! Now his admission of $11,050,000 of State exports will fully sus'tain the hypothesis of " Rutledge" in regard to our revenue under a separate Government; but silnce rigid ex aatness is to him so important, let us inquire a little more closely Into the probable annual value of our exporta. The writer says, the quantity of cotton shinned annually from~ Charleston, the pro duce of South Carolina, amounts on the ave rage to 87.750,000 pounds, at an average p nts per pound edge" cs ti q.tity a bu his- calculatio ,I? iithe writer says, "tlie from a, exce ces," ~ erage'p Now-t th thewa ofralIdl statisties ')rter's $atu$n as to theW ~ivedr z3ut/M certainly n hvea Ce k t -tie-alii o he etai of r nryfor 1 p50,page 125, it illb StItthe average price of cotton fdrthe r1850 was 11.3 as stated by Rutledge;" I r the last twenty years it his been 11 1-3; for the last ten years, 8.19; and for the last four years 8.91, or in South Caroli na, from the higher price of our Sea Island cotton, 94. The writer says, our exports in Rice never C exceed 130,000 tierces. What says the book ? n the Pat. Office Report, (1849-'50,) page 305, it is found that the exports in Rice. ] rrom Charleston in 1848 amounted to 1601 -C 330 tierees from a crop of 162,058 in kot; and that the ave cropfas 500- tiereos less ti:-,, Charlest data-takingi thse en Total . $14,470,350 bu This statement reacives confirmation from ral table of our foreign commerce published fit ithe Charleston Mercury, Jan. 14, 1851.- 2C will be ther6 seen, that the value of 86,- inj 85,523 lbs of Cotton, shipped . during the ri% ar 1850, was $11,088,305. By the same frc rtes, 87,750,000 lbs. wovuld be worth $1 1, 17,304. From the value exhibited by ,tjg mie table 147,60 tierqeEof Rice would ield.$2,950,317. his result, then, may be obtained: 1850. Cotton - $11,217,304. Rice - . 2,950,317 Other articles 1,710,000 -To.tal - $15,877,62 Though t1his. seln e(ial to tb b 6hi.aountof e'the State, yet o r-thf Year 1850 it may " oi Zirg the Charleston 3ircury .o . ast given, the foreign exports frd'm Charlbe. .on in 1850 amounted to $12,394,497.-beifl in increase of nearlga million and a hil19 0 lollars upon the foreign eigttein.d: Assuming the coastise exports toir#1Ww he same as 1849, viz:. $5,494,520, the ex orts from Charleston for the year 1850, were not less than $17,889,017. The year previous they were $15,838,19'. Take the year 1849.. otton, 87,759,000 lbs. 6.9 cents, includinga Sea Island - - - $6,054,750a ie 147,000 tes, at 30 per cwt. 2,844,600 Lumber and other articles - 1,710,000 Total - - - $10,608,350 This is evidently an under estimate for 1849: for the cotton crop of that year was uncommonly large, being 1,026,602,269. lbs. Allow one-tenth of the whole for South Caros lion, viz: 102,066,026 pounds, and thesex ports of the Staite for that year must have equalled $12,021,875.. This latter estimate is confirmed by anoth~ er mode of calculation. The total value of. ~ expoi ts, foreign and coastwise, from Charles ton for the year 1849, was $15,838,291. [Pat. Off. Rep. 1849-50, at p. 536.] What proportion of this amount arose from pro duts of other States ? Nothing of conse quene is exported from products of our neighboring States, except cotton and naval stores. Much the largest portion of this otton is conveyed over the Railroad from Hamburg to Charleston. The Chanrlestn Courier (See Pat. Off. Rep. page 537) states 1 that 141,139 bales of cotton passed over the South Carolina Railroad in 1849 from I~am burg and Stations on the Road. Of these, not more than 80,000 could have come from other States.* Eighty thousand bales at the avrage price for 1849, viz: 6.4, would give $1,792,000. Value the Cotton and other produce from other directions at 81,000,000 -this will make the total value of exports I of other States $2,798,000. The following1 rsuit is deducible; :110 qMexiqan Con Itupssed on of slavery, (ftera proper val the owners for r But the gov. pIth the terms of TOids* It seems also, nstitutioial,by the 61iejijently, in a'n aimendient was ,ohy which slavery. heinference 'hen ii,. of Gunna% mn'or the' any effect, iuprodn j; but, thatit.was n Costitution, and ist in 4ico, because dieggy the system d other- name, is an -enables mas. atr ineurring -the .i-pport. It is plain olished in Cali Poiatitution, and ad edis e ere, by virtue the lirovince came iciding to the no efae Coistitution at,i paramount ry, to that of our g couid be more more insuhing, way, to have bben eqo; so soon as teUnited States, sibj very again by the of o tion. Because,-if co yof all the States e true doctrine aws in that Terrl ny Southern slave crs N'-theoenjoyment privileges there, Slaves are pro g to the person, t charter of our rnia and New an i c by cdf the South, of tLa !i cr'h 1 nt this juuetere, insupportAble wrong. Californtia, after relinquishmeat, by .treaty, retained only i of her laws,s were necessary to the rvation of eivft order. All of her con itional or politieiaws, and especially, vhich-lvere reppgnant to the spiritof our stitution, had e'eased to be binding. That io rule laid down''gby all the writers on untitotml law. Viy, if all the laws of Mexico remained tige, in our-late acquisitions, they had * ous liberty- there-no liberty of co.. nce, and, pactically, iso Constitutionl dom; for I am auren there is none in ico. low I must again ask, if the limits of 'ry, in tii United States, havet)een irre ably fixed, in the councils of heaven, wfy, ot the quitfop of its receptid or rejee iin thd Territories left'to b'elfettled, asA' Id 1;bytheir own inhabitants- Ifo 1_ . I that there shall be no more slav t4s' le Union, wvhy will men, wit)i theirjnflated: tyinterfere wIth his high behests? Why ethe Wilmet .Proviso:?, , Why uirge the ssion of California,andbaeome particeps inis with a reeklesrard domineering inistration? Why wav'e the sceptre of er over our heads, and insult our weak sif nothing is to be accomplislied by it' re was, and there isanm end to be gained. idents are to be maltiplied, until they ome law, anci until ithey eMtablish the ciple, that slav'ery channot be tolerated in iRepublic. It is to be restrained within h narrowr bounds, za not only to force nu us a system of grdi'al emancipation, to enable the free-shlInmajorities to over us, ini tic council~'f ihe~n'tion, 'and tourtstal political eidtlition. fall thie States in th'e Confdderacy, and y foot of:landl, owend by the Govern t, from the Gulf of Mexico and the atic Ocean, to the iirsof. the Pacific, e to become slave tIvtory,.this instant, old not increase .mnunber of slaves, le United States, bya ngle unit. Every y is opposed to thoegimportation -of nae as from Afiaad a-perfect ne escence, througol wiJSuth, in' laws prohibng" o'The tilityodf the No #thetiseno slavery,'rises from' 16fsh poliey to l. tliirown majoritie sat~dest the libiiof the Gdtrnment-aid tarog to th0outh at their feet. STAR REDOUBT. OUNG ladies wvho are accustomed to d newspapers are always observed to sess most wining Ways, most amiable psitions, invariably make good wives, d always select good husbands. A F NonloDY takes notioe of our faults we sily orgn t them ouree Mr. Paulding's Letter. The letter of. the Hon. James K, Paul ding, in ans-wer-to an invitation from the Correspondent Committee of the South ern Rights Association, to address the Public Meetiig -be held on the 17th inst., is of so remarkable a characterithat the Committee have felt it due to. the Associ ation, aia to the people of the hole State, to .deviate -from the usual rule, and- publish it in advance of the occasion. The au fh6rh -long been sequestered from the turmoi-bf public life, and has thus the position of -an unprejudiced spectitor; while bis abundant experience, during a I6jidiireer of distinguished service, makes hiin a.most competent judge. His emi nent ability, his consistency of opinion, and his unsullied and unsuspected integri ty, unite'in giving the utmost weight to his views of public affairs at this time. Mr. Paulding has never yielded a step before the tide of fanaticism, or compro mised a principle for the momentary suc cess of party. From the commencement of this sectional controversy, he has stead fastly and earnestly urged upon the North to do justice, and upon the South to sub mit to no sacrifice of. their full and perfect equality in the Union. He has not hesi tated to maintain that it was better for the North, as well as the South, that the Con federacy should be dissolved, than that its fundamental principles should be changed, and its constitution subverted. The North has refused to. listen to his wise 'counsels; it remains to be seen If the South will be stilu ihore fatally ind perversely deaf. We trust that the press of this-State, nd the Southern Rights press, every vhere ,will aid in giving circulation to this admirable letter, from one of-the mot lisitinguihed. and --most-u.PAght of the public men of.the Union. In this charac er alone, Mr. Paulding has a right to have is deliberately expressed opinions on a reat public question madeknown to the vhole people of thie Union. As a citizen )f the North, who*,in a position that isi be rond all suspicion of sel6shness oe pieju. ice, gives to the cause of the? outh the; yreat weight of his calm approva iup )ort, he las peculiar claims - to ou atten. ion, a'nd- his Wdrds deerve to he treasui'ed. . daarvMAt stillpin GE-rLEXEN:- our 'I' dirccte' ne at New York, convpying an inVitation o address 'A meeti of:the citizens. of bharleston Districtfb be held in Charles on, South Carolina, d6 the 17th inst. has ust reacliedme at thisnplace;wyhere I now aside. For the compliment thus tepdered, and he. linguage in whigh it isee'n;uvey d. eggu to accept:my ak m cfiipanied.y , gts h a nnot -.omplj *,,'qurvishes. Distance and p Urden.n of1>ear .bear r ot y ferspaci yU forjj pel me to de i l totaly unfitte ptinltir at e theorpssthe ba on4cwa i^s est unutfa D pronterests, safety ~ p~ljiab e Stlate o m y inste anisb - n~ cession, wrested - from a minori y .sequences, it wvill ro04e be pose, prosperity md hap e-vry existence, f the Union, an . mars htia e resorted to in attempting to obtain-re Iress for the past, or.security for-the fu ure. - ' Such being my view of the stibjestf m, and always have been, -of opinio~ tat the stand originally taken by Sp6h arolina, zxnd most of te Southiern~t , n oppositiorito thd rincipes~i n that seesf me~asures, was- notiI usiibe mde bya roper ie ard fortei haand theii honor; and hat an .abaildanaientoofthe position they hen alumed,: and A -acquiescence in esures they- repeatedly declared they wouldy7esist, 'at all hazards and to the ast'xtroniity," unless accompanied by a rn6-'kn6wledgment of having been *ongn the first instance, would, in the a t~of the printed resolutions ap 1eddto your letter, be " what they ould not submit to without dishonor." f such an abandonment of all previous pledges and declarations were the result of a subsequent conviction of having greatly erred in making them, it would be honorable and magnanimous. But such ~ppears not to be the ease; since even the advocates of' acquiescence still con tinue to assert the principles on which these pledges and declarations were based, as well as the wvrongg which first called them forth. The Associationi is, I believe, right in its second resolution-declaring its belie that the co-operation of any of the South ern States with South Carolina, either ii resistance or secession, is at least impro bable, so long as the infuence and patron age of the General Government are ar rayed against State rights. Nor do I sec any reason for believing that any probable change of administration will produce i change of measures; since, as you wil perceive, from their repeated declarations all parties in the North unite in denouncing slavery, and maintaining the Constitution al right of Congress, as well as its inflexi ble duty, to prohibit its extension to any State that may hereafter be admitted int< the Union. From all present appear ances, the principles embodied in the Compromise will continue to be the basis of the future policy of the Government It seems also probable, that the State which have submitted to past, will be equally quiescent under future wrongs. 9 Having thus briefly stated my views with regard to your first and secondI will now revert to your last and most in portant resolution, namely: " that failing in a reasonable time to obtain the co operation of other Soufhern States, Soth Carolina should alone withdraw frour the Union." . It seems rather late in, the- day,*o be called on to combat the old exploded doc trine of passive obedience and non-resis tance, the assertion of wibich. cost, oab: monarch his head,,and sent'.notheriiito perpetual exile. Yet, as thatdoctrine has lately bn revived by some of the high est names of the Republic, it calls.for a passing notice in connexion vith a sub ject of this lettdr. -It seems s g too, that this long buried nmh'?s*; xthkl* e eeived its death wounds in th'eAo rtevo lutions of England-and rershtd have been -dug up andresnscmt ybyl ds tinguished DemocraticRpub I taes men. Froni all but the dakeo n of the civilized world,this poiondI phantom has bedtibiished, ' it^ wot'd appeir, only to find refuge in. jhawhich professes to be the most fred and-enligi: ened. There is not an u'E6pean writer 9r statesman, or theoist, of any edtfAb" lished reputatOn, that would nown fldrOe vonhilf juf1qj on the part of-. equal nembe Vi.-s on federation of States, would require more, space than is proper for -m to4 occupy, and more time than you can sparen this. occasion; nor- do I deem it neessery. The right of resistance by forc, as re spects States and communitiesis only y xtension of the individual right-of selffence, whichvtis a law. of nature, ident antiparaiount to all laws,-and all) constititions;i;hich cannot'be alieti at~d or surrendered by the adoptiiuof ay system of social 6rganization. Thig doctrine is estabjjg4 e beyond c61rover 8 .un rd-un e b en.a ya. ihep6hdoccasiou arises, n all authorities. It is true thA whe vriters. who assert or& igtiof reistanceehave- at p . ~fne iiprase liai'w~re sta t es justifiable, because it 3disIsbeptible of definition. It is a rmatter of feeling, and can neither be anal yze~d or defined. An eminent American statesman, high in office, and a candidate for still higher honors, whose opinions I- wishi to treat with all due respect, haslately attempted to establish a broad distinction between Revolution and Secession; in, other words, the right to resist, and the right of retiring out of reach of the necessity of resorting to resistance. His position, if. I rightly comprehend him, is, that though a people or State may have a right to resist by force in certain contingencies, they have none to retire peaceably beyond the reach of injury and oppression. It seemed they have no alternative; they must either peaceably submit, or forcibly resist, for ~they cannot get out of the way. It fol 'Jw~s that all radical changes in the po ~liidal relations of a State with a Con feerationI of States, must necessarily be brought about by violence and bloody contentions. Those who cannot live to gether in peace, must not part in peace; they must resort to the right of the strong est, and fight it out. Thus the extermination of a portion of our fellow-creatures, perhaps our coun trymen, is an indispensable preliminary to all great political changes ; and heca tombs must be offered up oni the altar of Liberty, before she can beCome a legiti matte goddess. The establishment of this principle, conceding the right of Revolu tion and denying that of Secession, would, in its application to the case nowv under consideration, leave no resource to any member of this Confederation, under the most intolerable oppression, but civil wvar, with all its aggravations. It leaves openi no appeal to the great tribunal of reason, justice and humanity; the right of the strongest is the right divine ; and dissen sins amr a Confederation of Christian r States, caniy be adjusted' like those of the wild beasts of the forest, by i i death struggle. I am aware that this has been the almost invariable paetce 'of mankind in every age and country ; but never till now do I recoilect seeing it as serted that it was the only justifiable mode of settling controversies among 'States and nations; and it is with no little regret I see this doctrine sanctioned by oner whose opinions are of such high authoity among a large portion of the Americat people. I have dwelt more emphatically on this topic, because I consider the right of secession as by far the most important of all the questions involved in the present contioversy; and the' tak:On7sWon of the most insidious,aswl a ous blows, ver levelle' the States, 'alld''f nho i fr ~ ip4 .ested in th issue sint o4 A now the ^ placed in a p 04 It regard't ioo exeinyof the Statef*South Carolina exercising this righidtfsecession, either now or at :auy future 'period, it would, I conceive,. be presumptuous in one so far rempyed from the 'scene of- action to ofler his'diinion, or intride his advice. In such'ac South Carolina must act for herseffa' rely on herself alone. 1 wonly 0 bl serve, that in taking-tejio 'decisiven that of withdr-awm'ingfrom'the Unioib unanmib among ier citizens, or some thinaig ne approachig it, seemsjni pensable.' Itappears,however, thatmny distngusL men among. youggaq reputation is n ,tionaIqvhospmiosre entij d-to great weight and iwheilists heretofore takenthe -le'dbpp Compromisebelieve *thsitathe secessidn'irnot:yet com;. operation of.a:t lest' itjo .Sbuthern .-Statisiabwl s~ wa th bAn i%lAA est to.ivatfor, airtheri Pizwi F ,.. at leasto seef wether -they .wila attempted and if so,: whether tbev A' auce such co-operation.~Yhose views coincide with the ud - ed by nite -re ain be se . unti thet-~ Id n y '~etngte- i~gh?. ofseissionij .the? ixjkdibn~cyo i-*se ir'g . did e2th result., Shobdt 1e thatanvery ikr m vo diivei 'med - ofiSouth'CAir a, orany o on state, I trustI :should notabe-foun in& Soaftetpi44i~hen tle ad- eading on -~ A few Yit Im y fotbe niin if I know my and the i' felingsof my hbatI am a bette~ to thesUnfion than 'many of th6 while loudly profesiingtheir devotion, steadily~pursuiing aoufseo poic tha has iteady.alienateda cobeii. tion of its citizens, and wl as1 el bring about its dissolution. It is unej the influence of this attachment, ithI have lent my feeble aid in opposition to that policy. Neither force nor coercion can preserve a Union voluntarily formed on the basis of perfect equality ; nor do' I blieve it possible to preserve or per petuate this Confederation by any at tempts to extend the powers of the Gen' ral Government beyond the limits~ pre-' scribedI by the Constitution, strictly con strued, agreeably to its letter and spirit Thle first attempt to coerce any one of-its members, will be the hand-writing on the' wall, predicting the speedy and certain fate of the Union. It is not to 'be pre-' sumed that great States, many of them equal in extent to powerful kingdoms,' and~ inhabited by increasing millions of free men, jealous of their rights, brave,'high spirited, and energetic, can be held to.' gether except by a voluntary coheion. 'This Confederation may be likenedii the great system of the universe, and it is, only, by the benign and gentle infloenies of attraction, that the bright stars of our* constellation can be kept in their or.bits. Those wvho attempt to bridle or spur them, will, in the end, fare like the rash- ~o who aspired to direct the chariot ofth sun. I am, gentlemen, your ob't serv't, 3. K. PAULDING. To F. D. Richardson, H. H. Raymond, W. H. Peronneau-Committee, &c., Charleston, South Carolina. AGREEABLE MA.-One who 'has a bow and a smile for every body'abrdad and beats his wife at hotne. om lesto Value of ex tateso iie u at on a to the true r 'i be safe to es ttt for 1849 at an 100. To obtain, howe' our years taken, the nada on the first estimat Take the year 184 ,otton 87,750,000 lbs ave ne pric 7.613, including Sea Ila price in South Carolin tiee 160,330 tes. [Pit. .1849-250] at 3,10,p )ther articles - Total Take the year otton 87,750,0 year in S land Cot ice 14 ther artiel , a Whe it is co *This will appear from a probable estimate of mor olina Cotton sent to-Charleston frdn Ilam rg and A ugusta-embracing the main portion thar dd in Pickens, Andeian, Abbeville, Edge- an Id, and a part of Lauiens and Barnwell Dis- her ots. Allowing an inerense in production of per cent. on the census of -1840, and deduct- Snel F balf from Barnwell, which may go by the prew ,er. one-fifth from Edgefield, and four-fifths m Laurens, that.probably go to Columbia, this ;uit is obtained :l! rangeburg and other Stations 5,000 bales Coi b~eville -- ':- ,- .- 29,233 . i - 8,055 . Pikkens - 3- - 355 into Barnwell - - - 4 ,6 Edgefield.,- - - 21,321 effe Laurens- - 4,000 -M rel, i. Total - - - - S73,628 sele oake away 10,000 or 12,000 bales -shipped free mjamburg and Augusta to Savarmah, there if n upwards of 61,000 bales of South Me irolina Cotton to be deducted from 141,139 3 les. This is believed to be an under-estimate slaN South Carolina Cotton that passes over the ad. -A few, yei a go 60,000 bales passed in vfo ke year throughiimburg le. is n dor CAUSE OP QUARREL, will ~~O-CnIrzNs :--Tie~argument of tl~e in I o'utn of the Cogipromise system',thaVt' ar - e~oil arid did riot exist urg 1c~nd Nety ifex'eo~ by virtue of 'ad [exican laws,vasft '','n& nnswered, with crh gnl ability, by 'ERREN 'of Georgia; adi >whom the count * :Indebtedibor g~nost pov atriotic speech, an ottfo-iol neu nd eloquent vindicationi ab-into His, Tb ad Mr. CA~uoUN's sj gsA enildered Pre gether, form the cor rdfee ever be4 ade for, any people. ~ -~ator from pri outh.Carolina m' e~n ed the thi: gamemnotl of"i ar~eitinguished su( enatofram.Georgia shbuld, at least, have up< een called the Achilles of the fight. If he bu ris not really the Achilles in boldness, he ridi ertinly deirved that appellatidb, from the eflR killwith which he used his weaporn. To- I -ther, they have wholly exihassted the a- ev~ uent tiand to them, and our ther Nost me 1enaor, Judge.BUTIEs[, ia novledge t iyibigations, for much-I have been: able WE o piesent to youn in r enot, Indeed, i have not aimed gyrinit ~ut~have in ibored to express:cltidrly the..views, ieir be ave forced me to the cnclusions Ishall gi rrive at before I close.-'. q As I was saying,thepositionof r- i;th hat slaverv had been abolished inNeo ho o and California, previously to theuicqasi~ o the United States, and did not exist ehre, y force of the Mexican statutes, was i6 ucessfully encountered by Mr. BERtRIN N~ nd Mr. SOULE, and, I thinh, entirely over brown. The first decree of abolition in Mexico, itre pears, was made by GUEREEUO, in 1829, vh was then Dietator, and who, while in- dji ested with the highest powers to accomplish an particular object, transcended the limits of fat s authority, to exercise the functions of the whole -people in their several assemblies. rhis act, trjorefore. was a usurpation-was ea: