countries. It must be remembered, however,
that though (he free Slntes furnish part of our
exports, yet that which they do afford is scarcely
to much as the portion of our own products
u hicli goes to thorn for consumption. If, there- '
lore, we were separated, our whole exports to !
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me :>ioriii ana toreign conmries generally wouiti :
be equal lo ihe sum. Of course we shoud im- :
purl us much, and in fact do al (his time con- j
isume as much. A duly of thirty per cent, on
these imports (and most o! the rates of the pres. i
uul tariff law are h'gher) would yield a revenue
of nearly forty millions of dollars. As the price
ot almost all the manufactured articles are
regulated by the production of the great work,
shops ot Europe, where the accumulation ol |
capital and lalipr keeps down production to the j
lowest possible rales, 1 have no doubt but that
sum would be raised without any material in- ,
crease oftho prices which our citizens now pay. ;
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??ts initio, uiuieiurv, e*['^nu as iimh.i, ?s iiir ;
Government of the United Stales ever did in i
tinie ol peace up to the beginning of General i
Jackson's Administration, and still have on i
hand twenty five millions of dollars to devote j
to the making of railroads, opening our harbors
and rivers, and for other domestic purposes.?
Or, by levying only a twenty per cent, duty ;
which the Northern manufacturers found ruin- :
ousto them, as they said, undty-Mr. Clay's compromise
hill, we should he aT?!e to raise some
tvveniy-uve millions of dollars. Half of this i
sum would he sufficient for the support of our j
army, navy, and civil government. The resi- \
due might he devoted to the making of all such
improvements as we are now in want of, and ,
especially checkering our country over with j
railroads. JJulyecliiig the goods of the North j
to a duty, with those from other foreign coun- ;
tries, would at once give a powerful stimulus to '
our own manufactures. We have already suffi- '
cient capital for the purpose. But, if needed, it !
would come in from abroad. English capital* |
ists have filled Belgium with factories. Why I"
did this occur? Simply because provisions were ;
cheaper there and taxes lower than in Eng- j
land. The same motives would bring them
into the Southern country, since both the rca.
sons assigned are much stronger than in our
case. It has already been proved that we can '
manufacture some kinds of goods more cheaply j
than the North, in New Englond, too, owing ;
to her deficient agriculture, everything is di !
reeled to manufacturing, and the system is j
oi-ai.w.rl mi i.t .1 miinl which is attended with i
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great social disadvantages, so as to retard popu- i
Jul ion. In the South it need not be so. The i
climate and soil arc very favorable to agrirul. 11
tural pursuits. Our slaves might be chiefly occu j
pied on the farms, while the poorer class of our j
white population, and a portion of our females. 1
could be advantageously employed in manuluc- < i
luring. We should thus have that diversity in !,
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prosperity and happiness o! a people. ,
Our carrying trade would tor a time be in ,
the hands of the English and other foreigners. |
'i'nis, .however, would not he to our disadvan* !
lage, since Northern-shipowners now charge as |
much tor freight between New York and New I
Orleans as tlrey do for carrying it to Can.on,
on the opposite side of the globe. The whole ;
a uounl ot the freight on Southern productions, !
received by the Northern ship-owners, has, on i
a minute calculation, been set down at forty j
millions one hundred and eighty six thousand .
seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars ($40,- I
186, 728,). The whole value which the North ;
derives from Us Southern connexion tins been j
estimated, It}' komio persons most familiar with
these statistics, at more than eighty.eigla mil- :
lions of dollars. Whoever looks into the con- j
dition of the different States prior to the forma '
lion of the Union, and compare it with their I
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situation at nrsi, uuucr iow uuuci, up m iM? .. u. t
and tariff of 1816, and its successors, highly protractive
as they have been, will find the fuels
fully sustaining the opinions 1 have expressed.
Northern writers of elementary books, made
for school children, of course represent things
differently, and deceive the careless and ignorant.
.My opinions on these points have been
settled for a long while past, though 1 have not
heretofore been in a position where 1 thought
1 could exert any controlling influence, or effect
-i.-:?I.U l.u mvinrr nlli?r!tnP(>Tr)
any uesirawc >-j 6 0
them.
I?i throwing out these views. Mr. Chairman,
I have not sought the utmost degree of precis- 1
ion hut i have no deubt but that all the lacts |
will be found on examination not less favorable '
to my conclusion than 1 have stated them. My ;
purpose now is simply to present to Northern
gentlemen such general views as arc likely to
be adopted by the South. Your course ot aggression
is already arraying against you all the
highest minds of the South?men of high intellect,
and higher patriotism, whose utter inditfer
cnce to all personal considerations will make 1
them, in the language of my eloquent friend
from Georgia, (Mr. Toombs,) "devo.o all they
have and all they are to this cause."
lint gentlemen speak of the dilficulty ofmak- i
ing the boundary; and the condition of the border
States of Maryland and Kentucky is particularly
referred to. Undoubtedly each Slate
would huve the right to determine for itself to
which section of the Coti/ederacy it would belong.
If these two States were to unite wi h
the North, then, as it would not be possible for
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them to change meir tuiiuumu m-uiaiivj
willi respect to slavery, it' they ever did, they
would, for many years at least, form a barrier
against the aggressions of the free Slates, until,
in short, the South would have become too
great and powerful to need such aid. I lake
it however, that their interest would lead thein
to prefer an association with the South. With i
reterence to fugitive slaves .Maryland would not i
be materially worse off than 1 have shown hoi !
to be, it she were not in fact Jess molested.
There would, however, he some great counter- j
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vailing advantages, one is in auvance 01 most i
of I lie Southern States in manulactures, and a
duty on Norlhejn imports would give her for i
the time heller prices 011 such things as now
come from the North. Baltimore would, perhaps,
from its considerable size and its capital,
become the New York ol the South. New
York itself must at once lose moro more than
half its for its foreign trade. Charleston and ;
New Orleans would expand rapidly. The like
might occur in the cities of Virginia. Even
the little towns on the eastern coast of my own
State would more than recover the trade which
they had prior to the war duties and the tariff
of 1616.
The northern tier of counties in Kentucky
would perhaps bo obliged to remove their slaves
to the South. Rut there would he to her advantages
in the change similar to those of iYlnry.
land. Kentucky supplies the South with live
stock to a great extent; Init she has to encouti
ter the competition of Ohio and other Noithwestern
States. If the productions of these
were subjected to a duty, she. might for a time
have a monopoly in the trade. I would do iu>
justice to these two States il I supposed that they
would Imj governed solely, or even mainly, hy
I*mi] >iinno of interest. Mm-vland and Ken
lucky are filled with as courageous, as generous
on earth; and, following their hold impulses,
they would make common cause with llieir oppressed
sisters oI the South, and, if necessary,
take their places where the blows might fall
thickest in the front of the column, with the
same high feelings that animated their ances
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tors on the haltle-fields of the Revolution.?
RaihH.rihnn thai tliov should seuarale from us,
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I think it far more probable that some of the
Northwestern free States would find it to their
advantage logo with the South. But we have
been threatened that the North will take possession
of the Lower Mississippi. The British
tried that in 1815, but found Andrew' Jack
s.mi nnd sonic of i lie Southwestern mililiu men
in the way. in the thirty-live years that have
since passed, those States have become populous
and strong, and would doubtless be able
to protect their waters from aggression.?
The Southern States, having now a free population
ot six millions, and producing in succession
such soldiers as Washington, Jaekson,
Scott, and Taylor, need have no serious fears .
off reign aggression.
I submit it, then, .Mr. Chairman, calmly to
Northern gentlemen, that they had better make
up their mind to give us at once a lair settlement;
not cheat us by a mere empty term, without reality,
but give something substantial tor the
South. We might acquiesce in the Missouri
compromise line, i should individually prefer,
under all the circumstances, giving up j
the whole of California, provided we could have {
all on litis bide ot it, up lu about the parallel ot
40 deg. nut lar fruui lite northern line ofthe
Stale ol Missouri, rather than its southern?
30 deg. 40 mill. We Wuu d thus, by gelling
the whole of New Mexico, and having the
muunlaing chain and desert on the west, obtain
a proper Irontier. We inigiit then acquire, at
some future day, whether united or divided,
possession ofthe country along the Gulf of Mexico,
well suited to be occupied by our slave population.
1 mean, that no restiiclion ought to
be imposed by Congress oil this territory, but
that alter it has been leit open to all classes lor
a proper period, the majority may then, when
they make a tilale constitution, determine for
themselves whether they will permit slavery
or not. The South will acquiesce in any reasonable
settlement. But when we ask lor juslice,
and to be let alone, we are met by the
senseless and insane cry of "Union, Union !"
Sir, 1 ain disgusted with it. When it comes
Ifisin Ninrlliarii rrunt lonws.i ll'llfl >1 l'l> ullMirk*
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irig Uit, il tails oa my ear as it would do if
a band of robbers bad surrounded a dwelling,
and when the inmates attempted to resist, the
assailants should raise the shout of "I'eace?
union?harmony!" If they will do us justice,
we do not need their lectures.- As long us they
refuse il, their declarations seem miserable,
hypocritical caul. When the-so things come
from the Southern men I have even less respect
for them. Even the ino?t cowardly men, when
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iiiivuieueu wiui personal injury, uo not usuuuy
announce in advance llial lliey mean to nullmil
to all die chastisements which an adversary
may chooso to inllict. And iliosc persons
who seeing (he aggressive altitude of (he North,
aHd its numerical power, declare in advance
that for their part they intend to submit to whatever
the majority may do, aie taking the best
course lo aid our assailants, and need not wonder
if the country regards litem enemies ol
the South.
If Northern gentlemen will do us justice on
this gicat question, we may consent to submit
to lesser evils. We may acquiesce in a most
oppressive revenue system. We may tolerate
a must unequal distribution oi the puul'C expenditures.
We may hear the loss of our fu.
gitive slaves, because the Legislatures of the
Northern Slates have nullilied essential provisions
of the Constitution, without which the
Union could not have been formed, because
mere pecuniary considerations are not controlling
with us. We may even permit such porv.._.i
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tlUIJO VI IIIU 4IUIIIIUJU its UIC UL'2lliUlU Ul
proper self respect, to send up here occasionally
representative whose sole business seems to
be to irritate as much as possible Southern
feeling, and pander to the prejudices oflhc worst
part of the Northern community. We may allow
thul the Northern Stales shall keep up and
lostcr in their bosoms abolition societies, whose
main purpose is to scatter tire brands throughout
the South to incite servile insurrections,
and stimulate by licentious pictures, our negroes
to invade the persons of our white women. Hut
if, in addition to all these wrongs and insults,
you intend to degrade and utterly ruin the South,
then icc don't go it. We do not lovo you, people
of the North, well enough to become your
slaves. God has given us the power and I lie
will to resist. Our lathers acquired our liberty
by the sword, and with it, at every hazard, we
will maintain it. But before resorting to that
instrument, 1 hold that all constitutional means
should be exhausted. It is sir, a wise provision
ot Providence, that less torce is required to
resist an attack than to make it. The Constitution
of the United Slates has been well framed
on these principles. While, therefore, a majority
is necessary to pass a measure, onc-filth
of the members may demand the yeas amfcnays.
Ill Sllill!- I )l,?r?'fnr,> i.f i.nu nf
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a majority can make, while this constitutional
provision stands, a minority of one filth or more,
if firm and sustained hy the people at home, can
stop iho wheels of the Government. If it is
ascertained that no proper settlement can be
gotten ol the territorial question, it would he
in the power of the Southern members to defeat
all the appropriation bills, and bring the
Government to a dead halt. Perhaps it might
be well to give such a cup to Northern gentlemen;
for 1 well remember that when ttie civil
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u|>t>iu|'iiaiiuii mil was unuerconsiuerauon, wnn
the amendineiit from ttic Senate known as
Walker's, which would have settled the question
of slavery in the Territories, a number of
Northern gentleincq resolved to defeat tho bill,
and all other business by constantly calling for
the yeas and nays, if they did not succeed in
striking out that amendment. 1 recollect perfectly
that, while I was pressing a I'ennsylva
ilia member to vote against striking out that
amendment, which was the pending motion, a
member of high standing from Massachusetts
said to me, "You need not give yourself any
trouble about this matter; if we do not succeed
in changing it, we shall defeat it hv hating the
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yeas and nuys on motions to adjourn, and calls
of the House, till the end of the session." From
similar declarations made, to me by a number
of Northern gentlemen, 1 went through the
House, 1 had no doubt but that, as he said,
enough had agreed to have enabled them to
effect their purpose, if the motion to change
the character of the hill hud failed. It is not
long since, too, another citizen of Massachusetts
(Mr. John Davis) defeated the two million
hill then pending in the Senate, by speaking
till ihe end of the session. As Northern
gentlemen have, therefore, been accustomed
to this mode of resistance to such measures as
boo rll/l n/il lilra I Inl/M it tlirsf I Kni/ Wiilil/I KoriL
ly complain of this kind of retaliation.
I tell gentlemen that if we cannot in advance,
?
and as noble minded men and women as existed
get a lair settlement of this question, 1 should
lie pleased to see the civil and diplomatic ap-.
proprialiou hill, the army and navy hill, and all
oilier appropriations tail. We should thereby
make every officer, and evfry expectant of publie
money interested in having justice done to
the South, it would be far belter to have this
temporary inconvenience for a year or two,
than that we should have a bloody revolution,
or souiethinrr worst'. I hold it Iti hi' the dutv
of every Southern Representative to slay here
and prevent, till the close of our official tcrin,
the passage of*any measures that might force
the people to any unjust submission. In the
mean time, the Southern Slates could, iu con
veution, lake such steps as might be necessary
to assert her right to a share iu the public territory.
If this interregnum were to continue
lung, it might lorce both sections to make provisional
governments, to become permanent
ones in the end.
Hut it is advised in certain portions of the
Noilheru ureas that the members of that section
ought to expel such at interrupt their proceeding*.
Lei them try such an experiment. 1
leu gentlemen that this is our slaveliolding Territory.
We do not intend to leave it. It they
think they can remove us, it is a proper case
lor dial. In the present temper ot the public
mind, it is proable that a collision ol the kind
might electrify the country, as did the little
skirmish at Lexington the Colonies in their
then excited stale. Such a struggle, whoever
might prove the victors in it, would not leave
here a quorum to do business, Gentlemen may
call this I reason?high treason?l he higcsl treasuii
thai lhe world ever saw. Hut their words
are idle. Wo shall defeat their movement against
us. Hut even if 1 thought otherwise, 1
would still resist. Sooner than submit to what
they propose, 1 would rather see the South, like
i'oland, under the iron heel of the conqueror.
1 vvoulJ rather that shn should iind the late of
Hungary.
It was but the other day, and under our own
eyes, I hat the gallant Hungarians asserted their
own independence. Though in the midst oi,
and struggling against, those two immense empires,
that could bring more than a million of
armed men into the field, they were successful
at first in beating down the power of Austria.
It was nut until some of her sons became traitors
that Hungary was finally overpowered,
borne down and pressed to death by the long
columns and gigantic strength of Russia. It
necessary, let such be our late.
" Hotter do
Where llic extinguiblicd Spartans still are free,
In their proud charnc! of Tliorinopylte."
Rather let the future traveller, as he passes
over a blackend and desert waste, at least exclaim,
"Here lived and died as noble a race as
ever the sun shone upon." If we wore to wait
until your measures were consummated and
your Cuii, like that of a greut serpent, was completoly
around UP, then we might be crushed.?
Seeing the danger, we have the wisdom and
the courage to meet the attack now, while we
have power to resist. We must prove the vietors
in this struggle. If we repel the wave of
aggression now, wo shall have peace. The
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.A UOllllOIl IMS, Ut-ICUlCU UUIUIC lilt kUUIIllJ uil IUK
main issue, will not have power to molest us.
1 have thus sir, frankly spoken my opinions
on this great question, with no purpose to menace,
hut only to warn. Gentlemen ol the
North ought themselves to see that while sub
mission to what they propose would he ruinous
to us, it would not in the end he beneficial to
their section. Seeing then, the issue in all its
hearings, it is for them to decide. They hold
in their hands the destiny ol the existing Goveminent.
Should circumstances divide us, 1
wish that you may prosper. From all my
knowledge of the elements of your society, 1
,1.^ |Q.
nave my uijuijid* i um ?o oumi| uhuwi
vor of I'roviiJencc, in all events lake care of our*
selves, I have no fears. In conclusion, I have
to sa): L>o us justice and we continue to stand
with you; attempt to trample 011 us, and we part
company.
We cannot fail here to acknowledge, and we
do it with pride and pleasure, the prompt and
noble manner in which Western Virginia has
identified herself, by the votes of Iter sons upon
this subject, with blastern Virginia and with the
South. She has shown that Virginia is "one
and indivisible" upon questions connected with
slavery institutions, as with all others. She
stands by tho side of the East now as aIio did in
her contests with foreign foes. Tho warm and
generous Southern blood has not been chilled
by the mountain breezes. It courses through
the veins, and inspires me iienns <n us ^uuam.
und hardy ?i rHce of men as the sun ever shone
upon. Lei the East remember her heroic and
taiihful sister. Let her bind her interests to her
nu-n with links of iron, and irrapple her to her
soul with "hooksof steel." Let the sons of the
Commonwealth adopt as their motto,?The
Rights of the States?The Union of the Slates
?The Union of Virginia!?Rich. Republican.
We received a priratc letter last evening,
from an esteemed friend, informing us that he
hud just made a visit to that venerable patriot
Ex>Governor Johnson. Wo are informed that
' 11 ? .inn liia tlpnlth.
the "good oiu mail is recovoin?fc ?
and that he is able to be about. Can Union-?
can I'inckney congressional district?can South
Carolina send us a wiser, a more faithful or
better citizen, to the Southern Convention,
than David Johnson, should his health permit.
Spartan.
THUS OTOTHAIL,
CAMDEN, S. C.
| TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1850.
MR."CLINGMAN'S SPEECIT ~
i fIMio VVnohlnnrtnn rnrrponnnrlpnt nf Hip Pliorlpc
| ton Courier writes as follows of Mr. Clingman's
| speech: "That speech has not been and will not
be answered by the Northern men, because they
could not answer it in any t^rms but those of a determined
defiance?which theV ore not prepared
to adopt." Our northern brethren will find, if they
prosecute their plans, and still insist upon their
aggressive measures, inany more true Cl-ngjnen
to the South, who knowing their rights will dare '<
maintain them at any and every hazard. We have
j already arrived at that point where forbearance
j ceases to be a virtue. If the Union can be preserved
cpon fair and honorable terms, gladly would
, we see it, but "delays, always dangerous, are
i sometimes fatal"
I
THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.
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j ii is a mcr, as was reinarKeo u- us ine oiner uay,
the Nurth has a great advantage over tht^South,
by the immense circulation of newspapers and other
publications, such as perio icals and miscellaneous
books. These pour in upon us as a flood, to
| the exclusion, we fear, in a great measure, of our
own, making an easy channel through which their
principles may be insidiously conveyed. There is
not, we venture the assertiou, a Post Office South
where Northern publications are not received in I
j some shape or other, which, if not all openly opposed
to our institutions, arc, many of them, strongly
tinctured with the prejudices of a Northern birth?
| of a misguided and misapplied philanthropy, or a
wild fanaticism and wicked interference with matters
which they have no right to disturb. They do
not so much seek to benefit the condition of thos'
in whose causo they appear to be deep'y interes*
ted, as to secure their own selfish ends. There is
! not a more certain and effectual means by which
the seeds of sedition can be sown amongst us at
the South, than hy an indiscriminate reception of
emanations from the Northern press. Our publications,
on the other hand, scarcely reach the north;
| We are almost entirely phut out-^the voice of the
I Southern press is but faintly heard. Confined to
the cities and large towns, and by the time the
mass of the people get it, we are misrepresented,
ridiculed and villiticd, without the means of selfdefence.
We are ourselves, to some extent, to
blame for this state of things. Northern Weeklies,
Models and Fashions, have been preferred and
liberally patronized, whilst Southern enterprise,
in this regard, has been suffered to droop and die.
A few years only has elapsed since nothing perfect
could come only from the North. A glaring mark
of our weakness has been the encouragement
given to wandering professors, who have found at
the sunny South m..ny green spots^ where they
have practised their sciences successfully, and afterwards
have ridiculed our credulity. We do not ;
condemn the whole Northern press?there are a j
<** ? knnAPuKIn ovnnntinnc hilt an mo which hnt/P 1
promised to IIerald forth the rights of the South |
aro not altogether consistent. With 6ucl., we
desire "to part company."
THE PANORAMAS.
Why don't some of those grand classical Panoramas
which have been figuring so largely in o.Iter
places, come to Camden? We would like to
take a peep at a few, and believe they would bo
liberally patronized.
"The Union is safe. The Northern members
arc backing out from the Wilmot Proviso. At the
beginning of tlie session, Root's resolution, or auy
resolution carrying out the Wilinot Proviso, would
have passed by a large majority.
" The delay occasioned by the dilfibulty in ma- !
king a speaker and clerk was a public benefit, by j
showing the members that the passage of the proviso
will work off entirely the two regular old line !
parties, and substitute sectional parties. About
twenty-three Northern members, mostly Whigs,
united with the southern members in laying Mr.
i Root's resolution on the table. This will quiet the
! matter in the House. Tho northern Whigs are
now disposed to favor the Piesident's proposition ;
or, in some way, to evade or defer the slavery
question. !on."
" Ion" should know that the favoring of the Pre
sidenl's proposition is by no means a tiling1 to ingratiate
the Northern Wlilgs into Southern favor,
or to form the Union phalanx stronger. The 1'resident's
proposition is all the North could ask?is
all the South could lose. Northern cunning has
many ways to gain its end. .Y?/r, to save the Union
they would make the greatest sacrifices?they
would give up their long-r.hcrishcd scheme, the
Wilmot Proviso, and fall back?be content?with
the President's proposition. What lose they in
that proposition 1 A measure wmcn nas in 1010 ior i
its effect the deprivation of every Southern right, of
principle or interest, bold in its form and flagrant j
in every feature, is relinquished?and for what? |
For the preservation of Southern rights, ptinciples, !
honor, or interest ? For equality and a right con- I
struction of the constitution ? No; but for a mca j
sure accomplishing the same effect, embodying '
; the same principle?with no other recommcnda- j
tion than the gloss attached to it in its passage
through the White House. A mighty concession i
indeed !?the concession of a coward afraid to !
meet you on the field, but who attav ks you while j
Bleeping on your couch. We suppose mey win
even concede to Clay's resolutions. The entire
object is to produce an apathy relative to the Sou.
them convention, and after it has passed, to renew
again their diabolical acts. Let the South recollect|
?i.a? ?lio haniier of compromise is one on the folds I
of which is inscribed " Victory to the North?De- j
struction to the South."
TO THE FEW PAPERS SOUTH OPPOSED
TO A SOUTHERN CONVENTION.
1 1 * t- ? ""mkni. Jo vflfi i fpw Vlllt
W e are giau iu ecu mo uumuoi i?
how there should be that few, we are at a loss to
say. There are always some men willing to say
toother men, "thy servant is a dead dog;" but
we little supposed such puny souls were found
among the editorial corps South. Where, in the
shade of reason, do they find an argument against
it? Has the time not arrived ? or would you wait
and see your house in ashes before endeavoring to
extinguish the flames ? Years ago, when first this
?Mwwt?w??ga?atfp???i?p?Mi
troubled question was hinted at in the Legislative
Halls, a member remarked that on the presentation
of Abolition petitions, or a bill to restrict slavery
in the District, the South should immediately
dissolve the Union, and settle the question where
cannon were the orators, ano powder and lead the
arguments. Southern members called him fanatic
cal, as well as Northern; but bad his counsel
been taken, no longer would we have been subject
to the unconstitutional insults of the North. And
now, when every man in whose veins courses a
drop of p trio:ic blooJ, would destroythe Union or
Northern aggression,?would to save the finit and
appal the last, meet in a Southern Convention,?
some Southern editors "see no necessity for a
Conveirtion." What!?would you calmly sit still
anu seethe constitution, upon which your rights
depend, or at least the rights of the South, thrown
aside, your liberties destroyed, for which your fa.
there fought, and be made the vassals of those who
pride themselves in holding in bondage nrifcn as
white as themselves! If so, yield l.ke dastards
born for a slave mart. The Southern convention,
we believe is the surest preservative tor the Union.
Let the North see that the South is not so tame as
to be their vassals, and that our talk is not all blu*?
ter, and the Union may be preserved. But the
North has shown her character, and such a broth*
erhood wc for one are not anxious long to acknowL
edge.
HIT Mr, Gnyarre has been nominated to be Secretary
of State of Louisiana, and the Senate lia?
confirmed the nomination. Mr. Gayarre is widely
known as the author of a ' Romance of the History
of Ijouisiana," one of the most beautiful ana
interesting works of the day. He has also been a
member of the House of Representatives from
Louisiana.
Editorial Gleanings*
" You raise my dande*," as the goose said when
the boy pulled him throueh the hole by the tail.
Camforma Gold at the Mint.?The amount
of California gold received at the /Mint in PhiladelI
* _ 1 ?1 litIA OiA A?kf> ASA -
pira uiiringuie year in*y, was 90,0/0,010; mine
New Orleans Mint, ?716,000.- The gold coinage
at t he Mint in Philadelphia city for the year, wu
87,943.1332; silver coinage, 8922,950; copper,
811,934; total, 88,913,256. The first California
gold sent to the Mint was in December, 1848, by
Mr. Carter of Boston.
Human Advancement.?" Resolution," rays
writer, " is omnipotent." And if we will but so.
lemnly determine to make the most and the best of
all our powers and capacities, and will but M seize
and improve even the shortest intervals of possible
action and effort," we shall find there is no limit
to cur advancement.
The wild woman of Texas has been seen agaip,
and strong forces are engaged in an attempt to capture
her.
Revivals of religion are going on in all the Methodist
Churches in Cincinnati.
The Anti Slavery Society passed a resolve, in
Faneuil Ilall, Boston, against the poet Longfellow,
on aecount of his verses in favor of the Union
nf kin llinotro in Vntv Vnrlr is eeiit Ia
JJUIIUII) Ui mo mvauv m i?v?r avim) io oaiu tv
have made over six thousand dollars by the perfonnanre
of the "Serious Family" alone.
Deaths in Philadelphia recently for one week,
134?consumption 14.
Tha'C were 66 deaths for one week, recentIj in
Boston?by consumption 10.
A colored man, at tho west end, says he goes for
dis union, hit or miss "
For the Caindcn Journal.
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OTO.XEi- I1ILL, li\.\UAXTER UISTKILT, f
February 4, 1850. J
Messrs. Editors: NVo would like to know
what has become of the Representatives of our
District, as we see the Members of the State Legislature
in other Districts have given notice
of the pending election on tho first Monday in
April next, to elect electors who shall choose
delegates to the Southern Convention, accordin
"to a resolution at our last session.
Yours, Arc. P. T. II.
Corresponch-nce of the Dailv Carolinian.
Chahlksto.v, Feb. 10, 9 a. m.
Gentlemen: Our cotton market yesterday during
the fore part seemed to have come to a
stand, the weather was bad, and buyers otherwise
unwilling to enter the market while later
accounts were momentarily looked for, and the
transactions, in consequence, up to half past 1
o'clock p. m. amounted to but 126 bales. Immediately
after that lime, however, 600 bales
changed hands between two parties, the later
accounts by the Kuropa possibly known by the*
buyer, as they were afterwards published at $
' 11 * ^ - ? XT aiiio lo if iitet fk*
O CIOCKItline FiVtMIIII" n. >. ,.,v
the sellers got th-ir previous asking prices, and
as it now turns out, perhaps ns much, if not
more, than they would have been able to real*
ize to-morrow. From what I can learn, the
reported advance of 1 4 at Liverpool has not ....
i? ,t,? ornnptnfIons of holders, and it
i'uiiiu uI' iu ihv *~jx - , was
doubted yesterday whether any adranc*
would in consequeuce be the result in our mar.
Icelj 1'ricos yesterday ranged from 12 to 12 l-4?
The following are the particulars ; 8 bales at
12; 80 at 12 1-0; 19 at 12 1-4; 133 at 12 1.2;
463 at 12 2-4.
There was but one arrival yesterday?the
steamship Republic, from Baltimore. Ther
Northerner, for New York, was detained be*
yond her regular limo of leaving yesterday af.
ternoon on account of the heavy sea on the bar*
She left the wharf this morning at 5 o'clock.
The Court of Appeals, now sitting in this city,
gave its decision yesterday in the case ot the
Slate against J. W. SutclifFe, who about a year
ago was tried in the Court of Common PJeaa
lor arson, and lound guilty. Sulcliffe'a Counsel
had fit.si moved for a new trial, which he after
wards*abandoned, and instead claimed for
his client the benefit of clergy, on the ground
ol'a technical omission in the indictment. Thi?
omission as far as I was able to ascertain, consisted
in the leaving out the word dwelling; tho
indictment charging S. only with burning a
house, instead of a dwelling house. The Court
sustained the ,claim of tho prisoner, and tho
sentence, which otherwise would have been
death, was commuted to imprisonment and fine.
Judge OWeall, in pronouncing sentence on the
young man, delivered in n most feeling manner
! one of the most able and impressive addresses