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From the Carolinian.
ittiMARKS OF Mil. OllR.
Wc nro indebted tci ttoil. James L. On*
for n copy of bis speech on the slavery
quostion, delivered in the llouso of ltep*
vrxsmilutivn<* finmn. dnvs sinon Tt. is n flnn
effor^ and worthy of one of South Carolina';}
Representatives. Wo have but
room lor the concluding paragraphs, from
which our readers may form nn idea of
0 the wholes
Mr Chairman, I am admonished that i
my hour is drawing rapidly to its close: I i
therefore return to the subject from
which I digressed longer than I intended.
Whether slavery bo a sin or not, is a quel
lion with which this Government has
nothing to do. It is recognised by the
Constitution, and protected to the fullest
extent. lie who believes it is sinful,
therctore, and icels ft moral duty devolving
on him to extirpate it, should candidly
avow himself a disunionist, and
seek to dissolve this supposed sinful alliance.
If, on the contrary, he is ready
to abide by the Constitution, in letter and
spirit, then his warfare against slavery is
ended; he must ground bis arms, nnd
cease to amtate. It is a matter of indiff
crcnce to us \yLother you consider slavery
vitfUi ov wmnfp wo. nlrmo must be
the judges of its blessings and its curses.
Wc do not complain of your abstract
opinions upon that subject, but it becomes
a question of the profundest inter- |
est to us, when you make your abstract
opinions on (ho morality of thcinstitution
the basisyour political ac-tion <
The abolition feeling in the North is
founded in religious fanaticism?its vo
taric3, like fanatics in every ngo of tlio
world, arc guided neither by religion,
morality, nor jr.dtiee. The scripture ar-,
gument in f-?vor. of slavery is unanswo.ra- j
ble; but, still argumeutnovor reaches the
understanding or conscience of tho fanatic.
The history of the Orusadcs, which
involved Europe m blood nnd carnage,
well illustntes its folly nnd madness;
when kings nnd nations vied with each
other in their benevolent and Christian
purpose of expelling the Infidels from the
city of Jerusalem. When tlm phrenzy of
madness sears tho brain,. reason, the
groat helm of human action, fails to control
his motion; and here is the great danger
of abolition. The masses mny bo sin
core, but when they nttompt to enforce,
ns tlioy nro now doing, a supposed moral'
obligation through political channels,
without regard to the rights of others,
or tho supremo law of the land, cool-head
cd nnd discreet men must rise up in the
majesty of their strength nnd crush it,
or consent to give up our institutions,
nnd be crushed by it. Fanaticism is not
often sated until it has gorged itself with
blood Or ruin.
Tho dangcre to tlio republic e\ e?y patriot
desires may bo diverted, and tbo
. .union of those States preserved in its
yristitic purity. It is eqdenved to us by
n thousand tic3 hallowed by the memories
of the past, and excites in the mind 1
emotions little short of veneration. I do?
r sire it to bo preserved, but it must bo
$ preserved in its purity, if it is worth prc,?
serving at all, That man a]ono is a dis'
i'f unionist who will trample down the Constitution
nnd destroy tho rights of tho
States. I have spoken pln;nly, sir, of
tno perils to which wo are exposed, J
know that ray section of tho Union is de*
ceivcd nn?! deluded as to <Mie true situation
of this controversy. They l\avo
cherished with abiding confidence the
hope tlu\t tl'.eir northern brethren would
cease Iheir iftgjjressions and do them justi<
" 'I ho events which have trnnspirad
here, and to. which I have adverted
(W abater's speech and the laying of Hoots
resolutions on the table,) have added to
1,? 1 ...Wv. t
u.W( uvmmvu, j >*<1111 b.jum vu nav iroju
the .lethargy into which thtyfhnve been
-: >. ' . si, Owj&a ;<? , '
""'s '
betrayed. I (ell them now, in all can-1
| por, that I'eec no returning sense of justice
in the North. Tliey should appoint i
their delegates to the Nashville Oonvcn-1
tion; let them assemble there and delib- {
crato upon the grave issues which aboli- i
tion has presented?let them concentrate !
the sentiment of the South, and lay such !
plans as to defeat the ends of abolitionists. !
Every Southern State should be fully
represented there by her ablest Constitution
loving sons. That convention,
sir, will meet, although it is probable that
the confident expectation of a compromise
will prevent its being ns numerously
attended as it would have been some
months buck, Inc people believing that j
the necessity of its convening has passed ,
awny. T fear, sir, they have been deluded
in the hope of compromise, so indns .
triously instilled into their minds for the
purpose of defeating uho Nashville Con- |
vention. That effort has bsen partially i
successful; but the convention will never |
the less assemble, and the South will not ;
readily forget those by whom they have j
been deceived* Sir, it has been fashion- j
able to denounce that convention, and to
disparage the purposes of those who called
it. For one, I am not ashamed of that
convention?nothing could mako me
ashamed of it, but the failure of the
South, or of those with whom my honor
is more immediately bound up, to attend
it. The ends of that convention
were high and holy; it was called to protect
the Constitution, to save the Union,
bv taking such steps as might prevent, if
possible, the conmmikii&tion of measures ,
which would probably lead to the destruction
of both. Had the purpose been
disunion, thoso who called that convention
would have waited until the irretrievable
step had been taken, and nothing
left to the South but submission or secession.
The present is a critical juncture
of political affairs; there is a propriety,
nay a necessity for ^oxithern men to commune
with each other. I, for one, wish
that harmony may mark their, delibcra
tions, and that the result of these dclib- i
erntiohs may bo worthy of the occesion |
aud of the cause for which fcjjiey will convence.
From tlits Pciullcton Messenger.
lcttuu i?no\r mu oa. t.nnifn
ok tjie hank.
Washington, Jan. 11,1850.
My Dear Sin: I deeply regret.to
loiirn lh?t. Innr^ic /lun^ni* H\o Rnnlr
v""',6v;
question will cause division and distraction
in our district; in consequence of a
division of opinion among its delegates.
Should sucli be the case, it would be unfortunate
indeed, at this time, when the
unitod energy of all the South is required
to save us from the greatest of calamities.
a<i.A i<a> ?i? '-c -
1I1U unit/ into Willi", WIIVII, II \Vt5 illO ever
lo assert our rights ns mombers of the
Union, it must now bo done; nnd then,
if wo should fail to cause ILq North to
respict and regard them, we must tako
| their protecfion in our own hands nnd
! keeping. To draw off tho attention of
| our State at this timo. by subordinate lo!
cnl questions, is to jeopardise our safety,
j and tbat of the wholo South. It must
not he fnrvnUih. "lint. \vn rifn in tlin "nn
?0 ' ,,v " "l,v Tml
of the great controversy with tho North,
and that whatever is calculated to dis|
tract and weaken us, will wenkeu tho entire
effort of the South. Tho abolitionists
know this, and henco their efforts to do it
I by circulating documents so freely and at
such groat expense among us to produco
that cffocf.
Entertaining theso views, I do hopo
that the candidates will comc to some understanding
to leave all questions in rof
erence to the Bank out of approaching
election.
Astotho question 01 the expediency
of the Bank, or whether it should bo reohartered,
I do not feel called upon to
give an opinion. Although opposed on
principle to all Banks of issues, I have, as
one of the Representatives of tbo people
of Carolina, in their Federal oharacter,
at all times abstained from interfering
wiin ino locni Danks of tlio State. I
have over left all quostions in relation to
them to ijc luiiiou by those, who for
the timo r.r.3 charged'with the governmont
of tho State, not doubting but that tfmo
and cxperieme would provo tho correctness
of the views I toolc on the subject
of bnnking.
But while I am on principle opposed
j to Bankh of isiftio, I have n'ways been
awave of tho great difficulty and the oxl
tremo caution ihijt is necessary to wind
up Banks whore tlicv have lona existed.
I With the view to overcome this difficulty
' and to avoid the embarrassment and disI
tress incident to winding up, 1 proposed
i when the charter of the Into Ihtnk of the
j United Stales was aboui to expire, torej
charter it for twelve year*,, with such pro|
visions a.s would counel it to unwind it".&
;vvjs$
< *" M',r
; r> pi
| self to a great extent. It is now admit
ted by the well informed, that if what I
then proposed had been adopted, tho
groat catastrophe of 1837 would lmve
been averted. Thinking as I do, Iafn decide.Ily
of the opinion tlttit the Bank of the
State, if not re-chartered, shtftdd be allowed
ample time nnd means to wind up
gradually and cautiously. I, in addition,
doubt tho propriety of deciding the nues
lion whether ft should l>o rc-chartercd or
not at this time. Should the *S'outh be
bound, ns I think it probable she will be,
to take her defonce into her own hands,
we nmy need all the aid and credit which
the banking system of tho State will bo
able to afford, in the undisturbed pOSSeSfcinn
of rtmnnc oiwl llm unolxifori
fidonco of llie public in tbcm. IIow tho
question can best bo kept out of the canvass,
you and other friends in the District
can best determine. Tho press
could do much towards it, by showing
how adverse tho ngitation woul1 be to
the great and vitrl question now agitating
tho &tatcnnd the whole south, and
by making an appeal to tho patriotic to
interfere to preventit. 2'ho candidates
might come to nn understanding to leave
it out of the issue, and public meetings
might pass resolutions condemnatory of
all agi tation on the subject for the present.
I had a letter from Mr. Burt on the
! samo subject as yours, and as you arc on
i intimate terms with him, and as I am
much engaged, I must request you to
; consider this lcttej addressed to him as
well as you. I have no objection to its
being shown to any friend you or or i.o
may desire, or using its contents freci),
but without publishing.
I continue to enjoy good health, fully
, as much so as when I left home.
The &outh is more firm and better united
than ever. The session will be storI
my. Disunion is a common topic of dis;
cussion in all circles.
Truly, J. C. Calhoun
i? i.1
ftJUII. XV. J .
THE GALPHIN CLAIM.
The Senate was not in session on Friday
last find tlic only business done in
the House was the report of the Committee
on the Oalpliin Claim, submitted by
Mr. B?vtt From the report we lean.
that Mr. Crawford was, as agent of the
claim, to rcceive one-half of thewholc
amount, but the committee report that
they had not been able to discover any
evidence that Governor Crawford ever
availed himself of his official position, or
of the social relations it established between
himself nnd the other members of
the Cabinet, to influence tho favorable
determination of this claim.
mi. _ , i -i .i - . . ' ? * *
jl lie report snows mat uie principal ot
the clnirn, $48'518 09 was paid in March
1849, and states how it was dispose! of.
The interest on this for upwards of 7.1
years, and which has been paid, is $191,
352 89, of which George W* Crawford
received $94,170 44.
The report concludes with the following
resolutions;
1. Resolved, That the claim of the rep
rcsenuuivcs 01 ueorgc uaipinn was not a
just demand agninst the United States.
2. Resolved, That the act. of Congress
made it the duty of the Treasury to pay
tho principal of said claim, and it was
therefore paid 'in conformity with law
and precedent/
3. liesotved, That tho eot aforesaid
did not authorise tho Secretary of tho
Treasury to pay interest on said claim,
and its nnvmonf. wnn nnt 'in iiAnfnvmilv
r v ""v
with law and precedent.
The first resolution was ngercd to hy
Messrs. Burt, Disney, Featherstone, Tackson.
and vtfhnn; and disagreed bp Messn1.
Conrad, Breck, Orinnell, and King.
The second was agreed to unanimously.
The third was agreed to by Messrs.
Burt, Disney, Featberslon, Jackson, and
Mann: and disagreed toby Messrs. Breck
Grinnell, Conrad and King.
The report was signed by Messrs; Burt
and Jackson.
rru~ A - 1 .* t
mo mpuri wai* maue 1110 spccuu order
of the dny for tho I our th Tuesday in
June next.?Telegraph.
FURTHER DETAILS BY TIIE HIHEItNTA.
EsatANn.?Tho most striking ovent
of tho wMk ia tho birth of another royal
r.. ;., ~i ? ?i
iuw| ttiiiuh vwiv jjiutiu at j ?ui;i\iny mi in
Palace on tho morning of Wednesday
last. The young stronger nnd the royal
parent ore, tho official Bulletins tell us,
"progressing favorably." In compliraont
to tho most illustrious warrior of tho
age, tho third son of her Majesty is to be
callcd Arthur. Albert, and Alfred, and
Arthur, form a pretty alliteration.
Tho following is the official announcement
oflhc royal birth:
Hcckinoham Palace, May I.?This
Wyorning tho Queen was safely delivered
of a prince. In the room with her Ma*
j jesty was his Itoynl Highness Princo Al:
bert, Dr. Locock, and Mrs. Lilly, the
' monthly nurse; and in the rooms adjoin
! ing were the other mcdical attendants,
j Sir James Clark, and Dr. Ferguson, and
' the ministers and ofllccrs of state sum!
moned on the occasion. Several of the
nrivv rnnn^ilWci wnro in
Letters front Athens state the Greek
question was further from adjustment
than ever; indeed great fears were entertained
that hostilities would soon recommence,
On Thursday, JVay 2d, on a motion in
Parliament, relative to the duty on Attorney's
certificates, the Ministry wore in
a minority of 10?an unimportant ques
tion, but, in connection with others,
showing the continual loss of strength on
the part of the 3/iimtry. In the House
of Commons, Monday, April 20, Mr.
Cockburn asked the noble Socrctary of
Foreign Affairs, in reference to the case
of the steward of the British bark Mary
Anne, who had been seized and imprisoned
by the authorities of Charleston; for
no specified offence, but that ho was a
man nolor. whether the noble lord had
! used any endeavors with the Government
! of the United States to prevent British
j subjects from having their liberty inva*
,1 :? ?--> >
| ucu mm |)ui?uu5 iuv;<iict;i(iieu uy so scnn!
daloim ft violation of tho principles tliat
should regulate tho interoourso of civilized
nations?
Lord PriTfncrston regretted that tho
subject to which the honorable and learned
member had drawn tho attention of
the House was by no moans new to tho
Government It wna a frtct that there
existed a law in Carolina and Louisiana
by which free men of color, whether foreigners
or citizens of some other State
of the Union, were subject to imprisonment,
with a view to their ultimato removal
from the territories of these Sta'es.
Tt wocn'f nnoAccn? *? lw?> * ? ''?"
*W V VVV.OOt\l J IUI J J ill 1 IKJ CA|JlUa3 UH5
opinion which every member who heard
him must entertain with respect to such
a law. In 1847 her Majesty's Govern
ment caused a note to be presented to the
Government of the United States, remonstrating
against the law as not only
inconsistent with the established policy
of tho first articles of the treaty of 1815
between Great Britain and tho United
States,mnder which all sudjects and citizens
of the the two countries were to be
permitted freely to enter, freely to reside
in and freely to quit the territories of each.
To this nolo Mr. Buchanan, then Secretary
of Stato for Foreign Affairs of tho United
States, gave a verbal answer, to the
effect that the Federal Government had
no power to induce the legislature of the
tftate of Carolina to reveKo tho law; and
tk:r
tlllU) 11 bliv? 1^1 lUOll V/ V/?^I IIU1CIIU 1II.,I^U'U
on its right; Uie Government of the United
/States would find the question so impossible
to deal with that it would be
obliged, however reluctantly, to tako advantage
of the stipulation contained in
the treaty of 182*7, and put an end to tho
treaty of 1815, Upon giving twelve
months' notice. It did not appear to hor
il/ajesty's Government that any commensurate
advantages would under such circumstances,
result from further pressing
the matter.
I
Ireland?The most cheering reports
nrc roceived from nil part of the country
as to the appemanco of thd crops;
France.?There are continued rumors
of tho intention of Louis Napoleon to resign
his office in case he is not warmly
supported by the Assembly. The matter
is talked of very generally, and considerable
credit is given to it. The government
party aie consequently in a good
deal of alarm.
Russia.?A conspiaacy among the '
Husf.tan and Polish youths at Warsaw,
V?V tllft lnet sfna-mor nrrnirt vn- I
"'I "J --- --
ferred to. 3fany nrrcsls had been made'.
The- Constitutional ccrespondenco
states that th& arrival of the Emperor Ni- ;
eholns k expected at Warsaw. jPhc tnru
events have taken at Erfurt has given
rise to much discussion. There is a good
deal of talk about a Europenn Congress
to bo convoked it is said at Warsaw.
Turkev.?-A totter from Constantino_
1 lV-i W - * r?/*i !
I pie 01 cne lum cays mm r una Jwrenai
was expected on the 12th from his extraordinary
mission to tho court of St. Petersburgh,
on tho subject of tho Poliufi'w
fugoesr. Ilia arrival will causo a cliangO
inn th 3 Ottoman Cabinet. Tho President;
of tho Council of Justice, Arif Pacha, will i
bo dismissed, and AliPacha, Miniit-rofj
Foreign AflVuru, appointed in his placo. |
FuadEflfcmli will no raised to the rank of I
Pacha, and will bo "Mlnistor of Fbfceiffn I
Affairs in the place of Ali Pnchn.
IcBL.YNp.?A Republican movement
has taken place in Iceland, and the Danish
Governor is reported to have been
driven away. The commercial monopoly
of the Danish governments the <?a\?oof it.
,1
Klwood Fisher.?This man, said to
bo tlio contemplated editor of tlio Southern
organ at Washington, is a writer of
great taleuts and versatility. The New
York Herald say? that he was formerly
an eloquent abolition lecturor in Ohio, if
so, wft hope he won't bx allowed to t-ako
the editorship of the peper.
Thk Hstatk vs. d. .). iiuiiLOOit.?An.
interesting question in connection with
this ease, was discussed yesterday afternoon
before bis //onor Judgo Jackson.
The question aroso on an objection by defendant's
counsel to the array of tho
Grand Jury. They contended that stock
holders of tho Central Railroad and Bank
ing Company were disqualilied propter
aff'cctum from acting upon the case as
members of the Grand Jury, and that the
same objection applied to every citizen of
Savannah, inasmuch as the city in its municipal
capacity was a stockholder in tho
C ompany.
It wns replied, that the objection might
bo trood in a civil, but not in a criminal
case, where tho State, and not the 7iank.
was the parly prosecuting, and further,
that it' th 3 positions of the defendant's
were right th on tho State of Georgia,
being a stockholder in the <S'tate Hank,
could not prosecute any man who robbed
it, because every citizen in-tho State
would be interested in tho case. It was
further answered by the counsel for tho
prosecution, that no ease on the c rim inn I
side of the Court, punished by fine, could
be trie J, if the objection was sustained,
inasmuch as the people of t'io country
whero tho offence was committed would
be interested to the extent of the fine denounced
by the law.
, The decision of his honor has not yet
hnnn imiwIa WKnln W moT* Kn If tu
I .v w..v ^
probable the caso will bo carried up to
the Supreme Court.
Law and Bartow and the Solicitor Gen
oral for the AState; Charlton and Ward
nnd Delyon for Defendant.?Savannah
Republican, May 18.
Baltimore, May 20.
President Taylor has de'sqatched the
new steam-frigato Saranac and the frigate
Congress to Cuba, to prevent, the
Innding.ot the invnding forces under Gen.
Lope?:. Tlie sloops of war Albany,
York town, and Vixen aro nlso on their
way toCubafor the same purpose.
Advices have been received from Havana
t> the 12th. The Cholera was
said to be raging, the deaths amounting
to fifty per day. The new Captain Gen
orai had arrived from Spain. Forts tvero
being erected, and active defensive measures
taken in every diicction. A fire had
occurred in the principal business part of
the city, which destroyed property to
the amount of a quarter of a million of
rlnllm-Q
The Rothschilds.?Tt is sniil tlint the
fortune of tlic Rothschilds is not less than
seven hundred and thirty-five millions of
francs, or twenty-nine millions four hundred
thousand pounds British money,
about 0110 hundred and forty-five millions
of dollars,
h T?\Tt'ij u n rv\Ti.,T.,T>T.''vrri'r?
ujui rjiviv ij \J \Jr xiijLvi . 1 > D.
This body, sitting at St. Louis, hasclccted
Dr. Hascom, cf Kentucky, a^
Bishop of tlie Methodist Episcopal
Church South.
Wcnoticc in t',o proceedings the passage
of an act for establishing a new conference
in Western Virginia, to include*
all the territory in Virginia not included
in the present Virginia, North Caiolina,
and Ilolstcin Conferences.
Tho Conference has also referred that
pari of the address of Bishop Andrews
relating to Northern cncroachmonts on
Southern territory to a select committee,
with tho view of publishing n popular'
address on the subject. This committee
was suhfioniinnt.lv jmnminp.nd as. follow*-.'
Dr. M. M. Henklo, Mr. Crawde, and Dr.
JJoylo.^?Telegraph.
A-nothf.ti Treaty.?Tho New York-'
Tribune learns by special information,*
that a treaty has been concluded at Wash
ington, between J/". Hois le Uomptc, tho'
French Minister, and Aft. Clayton, subatantially
like the treaty mado with Si.//onry
Bniwer, in rolalion to tho Nicaingun
question.
LarOR Piano.?A largo piano; with'
a donblo set of key.*, upon whioh four'
or six poriormcrs can play at once, lias
boon made by a manufacturer in Now
York, and is to bo. sont to the'World'*
Fair'in London, in 1861'. It is Mild to^
bo of superior tone and of gvcat power.
By telegraph we have the information'
that tho steam ship Ospery, arrived tit
Philadelphia nt 8 o'clock on the 19th fasti*
all, well.
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