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<jtr , fT^ 9 v ' r / ^ ^ _ p ^ ^ spa^ I | '" ' * . r- , - ; I ' - - TWO DOLLARS FEE ANKBM, Land of the Soutll, Our Klas's Infurlrd for Tlicc. PAYABLE IN ADVAM'K. BY CHAttLES H. ALLEN. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH-CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 185fc VOL. VII... NO. 10 1 . ' > \ ' - 23^: . " " ! ......... . (Original.) TO JULIA. Air-" Irinh timigranC* Lament." . w; rn ftftway from . '&> < . w|tb l.h^u K My nimd is wandering btlcfc, still, Wbcro my native flowers bloom. mm *... ,$? ? Hut till my henrt Ib iajl. Iove, >VA l?n?, deserted thfcigt - .v ; " " . My life igsomowhstrJlonged, Juliu, My cheek is paler now; And everjince we parted, lovo, There's a shadow, on my brgwr. ... l'*n Mttiog in my: room, Julftt, K ; ' ** *> _ With noone by riiy side; K. ' *;) ~ltow changed the light of-other days; ?';,g , TO,??Iifo, 'The night Is dark and dreat,^S8U^5^^:K> ? No stara are in the sky ; - " 8. E'en now I am douled, love, ; Tho light of thy blue eye. .-V . It shone on me hi other days, *M'> : V jffi A wrfk and mellow liglu ; >'* <- But now'tis goue, add 1 atq left .j' ^ ? Atoue iu sorrow's iiight. t cannot say farewell, Julia, '. > - ; Forin that whispered wo:d v. - There is route dispuir, by-wfcich "* : Tho depths of soul arc stiraud.. , " v; . . > -But I can say " GCod Bye/VWc, J. \ Tho'a shado^is on my brow j : it ' :.'_v Ajad still I can't tell why, love,: V. ' f, - But my heart is sadder nrtw. CHAHI-eston. H.J.M. ' SPEECH Prw^ent's MessageConstitutioDs ftf California-?^ M& OKR said: Mr. Cuaiiman1 propose, in the brief hour me, to iexamine and present what I )^.v. jOOIlOciye w- uo'Aivi intiriJ bi-ULimeiib u^uu uic t "yammo*, o^*p?7j tLo inevitable results ^Kjthatsentiment, I believe, sir, there is -^jHRca misunderstanding, both at the North ' ,the? South, as to the extent and cliaracthai' feeling. 1 know the misappre' ' "that existed in that part of the counwhichi I have the honor to represent, and ^^Kr*a^He8ire io iay-before ray constituents and the !. ?B)pIe of the Soyth tho result of my obser' Son?, since I have been a member of this ^figggfRt> use, 90 that they may be prepared to judge ^^SjSjjStueproper means of meeting,counteractspelling that sentiment. poison the niiuda of tho masses of thqir . , newspapers aud periodicals,. wBiqli are cirv euloted in great profusion, not ,only in the iion-elavelioldinff States, but, are thrown -uMii/lmiiti nttft* fno fi/mfli rtli ftiA maila Hpurpoee of .piloting Ihe thorij of disin the bosoms of our now happy Oldinciting tliein to the perpetration loody Buenos,of St, Domingo. (^licijc ies of the American Arifi-Slaver^Sa iot content -with a general combinaainst the institutionsj. of ,.thei South, somponent part of the American and ? Anti-Slavery Society, in which thev ith the zealots of foreign countries in ifct crusade. Aeiynsli their brethern o1 ith. Most of the avowed abolition I? liUWUVLT, U)U UiCUL U1 ir?UikUt? Ul Kt They seek to emancipate oar slaves -it? true, but concede tE*\t it cannot be done consistently with the Constitution; the} therefore declare an uncompromising war a ^j^fict the Constitution and the Union; whiU others, who intend to effect the same end fj&iwro not the candor to own it, nnd hypocri rtically profess an attachment to the Constitu tioo which they are really, seeking to' des i Another evidence of the extent of aboli a twin sentiment in the Northern States is. tin fjf| Kw, L^fatoiire of 0 \ ||p? quired from Mexico. One would suppose that when a Senator avowed that, acting as a Senator, he recognised a higher obligation than Iris oftih to support the Constitution of the United States?an obligation which re'quires-him to violate and set aside tho pro visions of that sacred instrument?the Legislature of his State, then in session, would have promptly branded Jlfich a declaration with the infamy it descries. Such a declaration, it is known to the country, was recently made in the Senate by the Senator from New York to whom I have alluded?byt the lffgisjiiture of that State adopted no resolutions condemnatory of this sentiment.. They did,' however, pass resolutions, with : great unanimity, susuumng niuy uic uitra positions Of tlifeir -distinguished?no, notorious l^enator. Resolutions havo been adopted in :every non-slaveholding State,, instructing their Ropresentotn^s, in Congress to vote in ;-fjay.or of tho Wihriot? proviso, and in'oppoa^J't^nj iii.inany.cajsw, to the adiijissiori'of any 'bther aiave states.-v.r Mr. MeLariahan askedyif the gentleman froin South .Carolina had observed that the "legislature of Pennsylvania had receutly laid iiponJthe table,, resolutions in favor of il' Witi ' tY'^"2 >'<5 iite ?y jiiijol j. rovisu j. Mr-Orr. I have ; 'and -I honpr the patriotism of your tcotasto^ in coming to tlie rescue.of the Constitution jn these perilous times. Instructions, such as I lmve spoken of, di J pa& the Legislature of Pennsylvania two years ago. X repeat the assertion, that every nou-slaveholding State has passed resolutions of an unmistakable abolition character. Yet the unceasing efforts of - the press here, and of newspaper correspondents, are directed to iuduce the people of the South to j^l^ t .Ins ing up of fugitive slaves. "What is the con stitu tional provision upon that subject: in o person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be. discharged from such service or labor* but shall bo delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may,be.due." Some of tbe Northern States have passed laws imposing heavy .penalties oni any state officer who may aid the owner in recovering hia.runaway slave. The State officers of all the States swear to support the Constitution of the United States as well as the Constitution of the State in wliinYi t no rpwulna Nmr if lllft OnTl stitut:on of the Cf. S. requires thr.t. a perfou held to service shall bo delivered U]>f and a State officer refuses to obey that provision, decs he prove faithful to his oath ? "And is not the penalty, imposed by the particular Stato a compulsion upon the officer to commit peijury ? This legislation reflects truly the feeling of the Northern States upon this subject. When a slave escapes, friends receive him with open arms, and clandestinely convey him beyond the reach of his lawful _QP.nor<--. jJLQjo slave, perchauce, is overtaken, or hunted out~oTms Slcret hiding place, the owner pciili his life, through the lawless violence of the mob, in reclaiming his pro: nertv and in ataeriinor riulita solemnly orftar , antied to hiin by the Constitution. Tho laws and popular tumults against the master, tc which I have adverted, clearly indicates the settled, deliberate purpose of the Northern i States to'.cfepr^re us of "our rights iu that spe aesof property.'-... . . ; Northern seutiment on the subject of hb , olition speaks trumpet-tongued iu the politi[ cal privileges 'conferred on free-negroes in ' some of the Northern States. Maine, New i Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,.Rhodt f Island, and New York, all ^xtencf the right - of suffrage , to the African. At the last I State election in New York the free negroe; , held tho balance' of. power between the tw< s political parties. Representative^ OjJcTJ lfi'ii r floor receive tho votes of this dcvrradeTl class - and the success 6f republican institutions ii 5 made to depend upon the judgment and in, telligcnce of the negro sovereigns. The aim - of the abolitionists looks first to the emnnci * pation of our slates throughout' the South - and then is to follow tlieirlfevatibri to all tin social and political privileges of the whit< - man. The thick-lipped African is to morel j up to the same ballot-box, eat at the sam< i table, and sit in the same parlor; yrith th< y. white man. This, the Abolitionists wouh t say, "is a ^consummation- devoutly to b - wuhed for.", v . ' Anotfier'evdicnee, sir, of the progress an< 3 mtoieaftce of this sentiment is to be foandii - the separation of two of this most numerou t and respectable Christian denominations 11 i, this country, (tho Methodist and Baptist. ^ -v . ;k!^ I \IJJl** T;. ju?\*r\ rt^. Jt 4 }j* tM'tln iversal popularity, of the doctrine of free-soil ?the legitimate scion, as I before remarked, of the abolition stock. The popularity of that doctrine is hot to be judged by the independent free-soil party organization. Those who candidly avow the opinion are few in number; they refuse to co-operate with ei: ther of the other parties, and hetice a separate organization ; but the ma.*s of the Northern people comprising the two great political parties sympathize in sentiment and feeling with the free-soilera. It is idle to dis guise tiio tact, iuo speccucs delivered by Northern Representatives sinco the commencement of this discussion is a thorough vindication of the truth of this assertion. They hi ay bo well arranged in two classe*, one of which broadly asserts that the North has been guilty of no aggression upon the South?that the South has no just cause of complaint against them?that our demand to share equally in tho common property of all the States is an aggression upon the North :?that our fugitive slaves are always promptly surrendered upon the demand of the owner. This is the language addressed by them to Northern constituencies; they do not appeal to them to quiet this infamous agitation 4.1. ' J.. 1 A\ il. tuey uu IIOU ii'uiiuu Litem ui tiiuu i-uuaututiotiul obligations; and thus their course can have 110 other effect than to fan the flames of fanaticism until they shall bum out the vitals of the Constitution and Union. -The other class show equally, in their 1 speeches, their attachment-to the doctrines of free soil." Every Northern man of this class who has addressed the committee on this subject, cxcept my friend from Indiana, [Mr. Gorman,] and my friend from Pennsylvania, [Mr. Ross,] is in the same category. Their speeches open, generally, with a violent philippic against the South. They charge us with arrogance, and some of them 1 I sore in hot haste in volunteering their servi| gfcs to march troops into our midst to force ; us to continue in the "Union if we should chocse to secede from it. They tell us that tuey are in lavor or non-intei ventiou. yv hat docs this non-intervention amount to ? If it were a bona 'fide non-interference with our rights, it would be all the South could ask? all that she has a right to demand under the Constitution, But this much she docs demand ; and, depend upon it, she will be appeased by nothing less. Some of the Northern non-interventionists deny that Congress has the power to pass the Wilmot proviso; others maintain the position that Congress, has the power, but should not exercise it, and straightway offer the excuse to their constituents that it is not necessary to pass it?that the. Mexican laws are in force, and they exclude slavery. This is the opinion entertain ca oy vcnerai \^ass aim an uie non-micrvcntion northern Democrats in this house. uot this a heavy tribute which non-intc-rvcution pays to free-soil ? It is tantamount to saying, we are in favor of the end which the proviso aims to accomplish, viz: the exclusion of the slave States, from all the territory acquired oppose its a ^wc propose to 5Mj 'r-u?t eflbctu?% i producing. irriti^^i^^'aJwf^^^^^ it, sir, such non-intervention r^ays a heavy tribute to rtbolitioflism. - Another, and perfiap, Jin Chairman, the i moft pregnant indication of the progress of > abolition sentiment, is the remarkable condii tionof things that now exists throughout the country in relation to the admissiop of California intp the Union. I venture to say that never in the history of. this Government.has any important question been presented i for the consideration of Congress where parr ty lines wefe all broken down a? they have > been on tliis question'. - ft is in- A'dthuiistra tion measure?one which certainly reflects t, but little credit upon its wisdom and patriots ism. Parties have but recently emerged ? from the heat of a presidential struggle, and i upon alf other questions,save this alori#,which , hare been introduced into this House at. the i present session, partisan gladiators have wag cd as fierce a ccmtest as in days of yore- Iri rpimlnr nnrl nKioftinnnUo ou itia PnllftimlA proceedings have been, but one solitvy B^, prescntutive (I refer ugnip to my friend Mr. a Ross) from the free StatesJ)a<* avowed hira3. self opiK?cd to its admission into the Union; 1 parties are broken down?the North.is maki ing it a sectional qaesfioii. Northern Whigs 0 and Northern Democrats, TVIhig Frce-Soiled 1 and Democratic' Free-Toilers all rally upd'n 0 this common ]>latfo*ni^. ,#nd,;the emulation between them is great wno'ah'al lbe foreipost 1 'in introducing this" embryo Stale into tlio i Union. Some of ihe objections , to its ad* mission into the UtiionJ Twill briefly notice, a No ceovus had.been takcn either by the au\ ll j\ n ? kn tl./\ rvia n^nn^^K gress, but by a military ofliccr, who, by virtuo of tho commission lio bold under tho Government of ibe Uuitcd States, exercised tbeTunctions of civil governor, llis ukase direcicd that tho convention should consist of 37 members. After the convention was ejected, it nsSwiibled, and, by a vote for which it had no authority, not even from the mili tary dictator, it increase^ the number of delegates from 37 to 79, atid allowed the ad ditional number, without referring it. Jo the people, to take their seats, they .being the defeated candidates at the election. Iu my judgment it was tho duty of tho President to have censured the oflicer who thus exercised the high prerogative of military dictator. .If tho President had desired to carry out tho will of &>ngvens according to his . n; P.S.i ..... i i Lii.iL uilHXTr uyiliu UUL JJilVC CSCajXrU punishment, for Congress at its last sessioh positively refused to allow the people of California to do that which'the military governor, by a military order or proclamation, bearing striking analogies to an order, instructed them to do. Who arc the people of California? A world in miniature?the four quarters of the globe arc represented there. No naturalization laws having been passed, there was no legal impediment to their exercising the right of suffrage. The whole proceeding?not having the consent of Congress, the rightful legislature of tho territory?was illigal and revolutionary. I repeat, Mr. Chairman, that with all these irregularities we find every party in CoiVgress from tho Northern Suites ill ia\oroi uio admission or vjaurornia into tuo Union?and why? For no other reason than that slavery lias teen excluded by her constitution. It" hor people had assembled under lawful authority, with an ascertained population equal to the present ratio of representation, they alone would have had the power to determine tho question whether slavery should or should not exist within her limits. If that decision had been to exclude slavery, no murmur of complaint would have been heard from any Southern man ; but 1 undertake to say here, if slavery had been tolerated, we should have found, just as unanimous a sentiment in tho Northern States against her admission into the Union as we now find in favor of that proposition; and L do not make this assertion without good foundation. "When Florida applied for admission into the Union, a large minority in Congress voted against it. when every initiatory step had been regular, on the isolated ground that she was a slaveholding State. I- have other evidences, Mr. Chairman, of Northern sentiment upon tho subject of binvery. The speec h recently delivered by the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts, J.YL' Wolvster.) nnO the notion of tl><? TTouso in laying upon the bible the resolution of the gentleman from Ohio, in tho early part of tho session, has induced tho belief in the South that a sense of justice had returned to their Northern brethren. These appearances are deceptive. It is an illusion which I deeply deplore. The Svuator from Massachusetts made a truly patriotic speech ; but what did be propose i All tbat be offered ?H3?,-to..give to tlie Soutb ber elearly-detiued ^It tip'n by bis voto ana voiw. speech been received in the State of Massachusetts, of which he is the proudest orna*meiit I. Her legislature was in session; and fearing lest that sjjeeeh might contain the balm to heal tho divisions of the* country, otratffLficnv unw *\r?i?ar\r? tvoo nnurA/l A *V%r% - ! IUW W.O wound. Resolutions were passed, taking tho strongest anc|. most offensive grouyd,, Tfyey did not instruct Iiiiu, it is true, for (tie dominant party do uot assume the right to instruct; byt that Senator has not been sustained by his immediate constituents. A few have elt: dorsed his sentiments, but a large majority of the people and of the press of'Massachusetts, have condemned him. He has not been more fortunate here?one after fjnoth__ _ # iC/; "taJy/-?-il* 1*- V er oi iuo ju.-u^pcuuaeua (wiegauou. HO, dressed the committee, all assuming positions adverse to those taken by Mr. Webster.-;* The only hope of aid in this Hduse tookdffl departure to-flay, Wh?n the honorable gentleman who preeode&roe'(Mr. Wmthmpj-annonnccd himself in favor of G^mSw^wlori wwtatesmanlike plan of-fettling the existing . .difficulties. Daniel WewteV once spoke and ;could speak for ,,Now Jcnalsnd. The wares of fanaticism 1j$v<$e ov?*;iIie Iriie&pi the* Pilgrim Fathers, and'^We sweeping of) the influence find power" of her test and brightest men. When hb genius has proved itself impotent.to stay this onward wave in the minds of those he has so much honored, upon what ground can the .&jnih real hCT;fo^.gjfoM. M Mfcty to tbb Gov i.Jrm- ...J-'Jtri _ ?* 1?1 ! : ^ ^r^no aciion or me uou?(j m la^iiijj ivvute tittle in their devotion to?| - of that measuro . nro Northern iwuUwen^ effcct abolitiou in the- States, through the legislation of this Government, without violating the Constitution; and they admit, further that they will do it by indirect means, but ti'Qir constitutional scruples forbid direct legislation ill abolishiug slavery. Now, sir, I have a great contempt for the morality or honesty of that sort of reasoning which would make an act unconstitutional if executed directly, but satisfies the conscience that it is constitutional if done in I directly. ' . The institution of slavery beiJlga " hational shamo and a ilatiohal disgrace" in the opinion of the North, and having the power to abolish it by indirect means, the legislation of this Government (for the North liave the majority) is to be hostile to our institutions. yVethen presctit this auomoly, that S.Government established by wise and patriotic men for the security and safety of the persons and property of all its parts?a Government which derives its sustenance by taxation upon nil its parts, is to depart bo far from the purposes ot its creation as to destroy, by its hostile- legislation, the property of one-half of tliti States composing that Government '7 and that, too, when the States thus threatened are in such a hopeless millilPltl* in Prinnrrnco tluit. tl?nv nra iirt'iKli* tr? ,j ... ? protect themselves against the hostile, unconstitutional legislation. The value of our slave property is some sixteen hundred millions of dollars; this is to bo destroyed through a majority ? The rule for construing the Constitution, which is fast being established, is, that the majority have the right to rule, aud whatever construction they give is the true construction. Such, Mr. Chairman, is uot our reading or construction of that instrument The Constitution is to protect tile rights of minorities ; majorities have always the ability to protect themselves. If they have the absolute right of making and construing, then there is no necessity for a written constitu tion. If the will of the majority is absolute, it is the strong against the weak?the law of i force which existed between individuals- bei foro Governments was instituted. If the 1 power now claimed for the Northern States | is persovered fn, it requires no spirit of proTiliecv to foresee that it must end in disunion. I The institution of shivery i* po intimately I interwoven with society, and is so indispenj sible to our social, political, and national | prosperity, that it will not be surrendered so ! long as there is a Southern hand to stiko in its defence. We intend to preserve and perpetuate it. Wo have another demand, and that is, that we shall be allowed to enjoy ouf* j property iu pence, quiet and security 4 I tell i Northern gentlemen to-day, that five years ! will not elapse before they will be required to make their choice between non-intervention and non agitation through Congress on the ono hand, and a dissolution of this Government on the other; and! tell Southern r>0Ati1<> if tlltu Mffltntmn 13 AAntirtiin.'l /iiirimr rvv|"M * vuny^uMwuM to winmuyu | that time, their pence antl personal security | will t quire them Id choa 6 between scccMion and negro emancipation. Sir, I do not desire to bo considered an alarmist; but if gentlemen will recur to ihe history of the country, they will learn that the anti-slavery JfjVlY -was contemptible and insignificant, f ngjv grown to be a great colossal ^ ov^rshadomiiuf:: is as rapid in last ten, you wiij find nq. Northern represent tatives.wno will ?o*far pujtrage the scntimcut of his constituents ns to oppose even the abolition of slavety in the States. : I will hero digress, Mr. Chairman, to reply to a comnlaifiV jvjiich* has beeij urged.by several Northern geiitlemen, charging, tliftt the South has for Hi series of yeai^qccupfeir the f ederal offices/ On retureiicetffUie paaf, it will bo found to >be toj^^h^^the Soutli fices of ^^xj^eiTtn^OT^tban those of the , North**vIam able to a satisfactory reason jufFilm fact, and to show whence it arises. \Vft9na|outh erni^an onU-m into public life, i' f&& brought iu byjhe party to which lie is J&^Hed. atfii liois con'ti^ea in office, if he I Hfe ? faithful representative, so long as his i party continues in the ascendency, or until ' ufefc^chooses voluntarily to retire. In the ? j&irih n diff&reiitf rule prevails?notation in '(^}p6M;the.recognised system with all par[ ties. The rule may b* a correct one in ofi ficea of profit merely, but when applied to ? A- -.1 oi.?. __ W.J I iL. t- representatives, euner ouue ur ruuciiu, tuo F coD8tiuent can never be so well ^presented, f Southern ttien/?*raaia longer in Cougrw?; . they have thtsrfcfbre better opportunities for j the development of their genius ami talent, . arid their experience gives then) the aavah, tage .over abfer meu who are without expe. rience, their services becomo mow conspio* uous; and when individuals are selected for [ prominent stations in the Governthey t ,ar# placed there because they have more K national repqtatioD. But Northern gentle ; jiuo uw-wj 51tl* ^ person in the North fcl 02, and at the South $1 90. I propose to advert to a few items only, which I suppose the clerk did not eml^rnve iu lib calculations. They will show which section of the Onion liaa foraged .ropst liberally froT&ihB public treasury. The expenditure for pensions up to 1838 amounted . v m the Northern States to $28,000,00p '* *1-.. O.?.1 L'1.1 /- en nnn nun XT 111 iuu ouuinvrii oiiul'3 w^^uuujuuu, ,l\cnr. York contributed to tlio support of the Ret volutionnry war 97,179,98,3, niul had fts* ceivcd in 1838, itt peilsions, $7,850,054.., , The public lands donated by Congress fu , ,'V tlio Northern States have ,been iVqrth $7,584,899 ; the same in Soutfi $4,025,000i Since the establishment of the Government, -__x the cost of collecting tho customs has been. 1 C. ' $53,000,000 ; $43,000,000 expended in tho ? North, and ?10,000,000 in "the South* Bounties on pickled fobj jkdj in the UCofetJij' exclusively, $10,000,000. Tho forts on tho Northern coast liavo cost, on each mile, $838; on the Southern const $535 per mile;. ' ? c In 1840 there was oiie fight-house to eVet-y. fifty miles of Northern coast; whilst in tho iSoiJtli there was one for every two hundred - >? and sevchty-six miles. The expenditures for internal improvements from ilS'24ityi 1833, in tho North, was $5,194,441in thti South $957,000. From 1834. to 1.845, folf the same purpose, in tho North, $7,231,039} and iu the South $1,171,500. M r, ^ This fiittch, sir, with, reference- to what Clio. gentleman said about appropriations. I proy>? 7 pose now to examine so much of the geutf$?y>-' ' man's speech a? to tho .re!ati%TfjfttW?U8f of. ' ' troops furnished by the North, and tho " in the late war with Mexico. I adopt hii figures and assume them to be correct. Tlio South furnished 47,049 volunteers; the North 24,712. The j^etitJemcjn says that this is.not. tlio fair way of making the calcu-> lation?that the amount of service reudored . in months is " tho fairest way of makiug the calculation." His tiguras show that tho, South furuished scrvico in months 305,50Cj months; the North 309,400; This still gives tho South a preponderance. Not cont tented, hjjwflvef, with this result;, he sets out upon a third series of figures, that ho maygive the North the superiority. This calculation includes nil the enlistments made di^ ,' ring the \?Rr, ns ul$o for .-the ten new regiments ; and sissunies that two-thirds of thes^ enlistments wero from the North; and when his calculation is footed up, the North fur- * nished service equal to 813,048 month, and -,v* - "' tlm South equal to 027,625 months.' Well; I go back to the census of1 1840, and he, at y least, can make no objection to the authority* ' linking, appealed to this source in the first branch of Iiis argument. I therefore takp. ^; hi* figures, reply with his authority. If tlio N South furnished-17,049 voluuteers, according, J to the population" the North should liavo ' ( furnished 98,148. ^h.cy furnished 24,712? deficit.of their just proportion 73,430, .-C T / ' The South furnished service of volunteers * in months equal to 305,500 taonths. TliaNorth should have furnished/1 service in . V " months e,qual to 754,020 month's f thejAfurV nkliedf 309,400?deficit of their jifitfp.xj-. - portion 444,-020. But if the enlistments Are ^ >' superadded to the. above, it .will be seed thajjf" the North furufslicd in months equal, v V m a /? J A - a1- - O-l-il- nnh nn- rnt* * Af '4' ' A oio,u+o; me oouiu oz/,ozo. iiic * should have furnished service in motitltW deficit of lier jj^ist pro^ -^^0^^ made by Southern m'embr? ^on tTiis tWit the S^uth cuntri\)nted ^iore liinn. lxer/ . jifit proportion of troops in making the ac? . *', ? 7v : quLsjtio^i ^ from Mexitb Which jtlio ijN-or^H.-> jj ' ; inea%tp^cludo ua.^i:orn, either through the - ft -WiJidot prdvis,c?^iffo^iw)t-intcrvep,twrS'> f . . policy, in connection AVUir,t}t<^r<rtenco that . the Mexican I.1?8 are In forca^-^Ie weiflr / . ? 'a little further, and introduced. ([ v.jji inut? of the servico bv thj-Noith and.tire uhi? South iu the Itevolulfuuary war. i ^ J for the cutinetital line of tLo IteVohttapjo! -$> tho North furnished 172,430 men, It is known, Mr. Chairman,' to every ',' *'[* # '** who ie famili.-a* witji the history of tjie olutiou, that a very largo; proportion OIjtljd* ~*^u riv "^. troops that>cre engaged in that protracted v and perilous contest were not connected with the continental army;. Jf the frqntjqj man hadipiade an accurate examination of. ? < the number of troops fnrnished by each of thOj. -M" States, he would have found that Viginiaw.. alone furnished 50,721. Pcritraylvania.yritii a population, equal to Virginia, furnished 34,005; New York 29,830; South Cmjjfi? ua 31,131. _ South Carolina sent thirty,-j$evgn out of e^nly forty ty-^wcy of, hep citi/e|is pable of bearing arms, JSLweaciiusetw uuTOj" \yfo, Connecticut thirty, New Hampshire eighteen. .. . ' \ I will answer ^rith ftatistical facts tne 4c' lusion existing in^lbe minds of some, wj(io a believe that thq p^'uniary and.ftocial coud;rtfon is more ?fev^d'jtvV$to iTorth than irt the South. \Yenavq heard that. Virginia nfras si^?gVrjv?l? felling fast into de?>y; that... her sister Statsfe have advanced in prosperity'