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Reported for the Baltimore Sun.
XXXI CONGRESS?FIRST SESSION.
Washington, April 20.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. Thompson,
of Pa., submitted a motion to close the
debate on the census bill on Monday next, at
1 o'clock. It was laid oh the table, on a vote
of yeas and nays, of 70 in the affirmative and
75 in the negative.
The bills for the relief of Brown and Tarbox,
and for the relief of James S. Graham and Walter
H. Finnall were severally passed.
The remsiinder of the day was occupied in
discussing the joint resolution authorizing the
President of the United States to accept and
attach to the navy two vessels offered by Henry
Grinnell, Esq., of New Yoik, to be sent to the
Arctic seas in search af Sir John Franklin.
Messrs. Savage and Bailey spoke against the
resolution, and
Mr. Baker, of 111., made some very eloquent
and pertinent remarks in its favor.
Mr. Hull, of Mo., proposed an amendment
which was adopted, providing that the United
States shall not be held liable for any damages i
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viding that no claim shall hereafter be made for
the use of said vessels.
The resolution was finally passed, and then '
the House adjourned till Monday.
Washington, April 29. I
The Senate took up the bill granting alternate
sections of public land to the State of Illinois,
to aid ia the construction of the Central
Ruiiro.icL
A debate arose which occupied the whole sitting.
Mr. King moved an amendment extending
the provisions of the bill to the Alabama and
Mississippi Rail Road. Agreed to.
Mr. Walker moved to strike out the provisions
for increasing the price of reserved sections
to $2 50, or the minimum.
Mr. King opposed this motion.
After a lonir discussion .Mr. Walker's amend
ment was rejected. The Senate adjourned.
In the House, on motion of Mr. Cobb, of Ala.
the bill granting bounty land to the officers and
soldiers of the war of 1812, 1813, 1814, and
1815; the Indian wars of 1811; the Seminole
war of 1835, 1830, <V-e.; and the war known
as General Wayne's, of 1702 to 1705, that have
uot heretofore been provided for, was made the
order for the third Tuesday in June next, and
for each succeeding day until disposed of. The
rules were suspended for the purpose, bv a vote
of 127 to 27.
On motion of Mr. Wentwoi th, the rules were
suspended, by a vote, on yens and nays, of 145
in the affirmative and 14 in the negative, to introduce
a resolution for the appointment of a
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investigation into all matters connected with
the present contract for executing the public
printing, the cause of the delay ill it* execution,
whether the prices are too low, and tfhat re
duction can be made from the prices oi t2?o
Jaw of 1819, to secure the prompt printing &c.
and what would be the profits at a rate of 20
per cent below the prices of 1819.
The resolution was pas&ed without a division.
On motion of Mr. Thompson, of Pa., the
rules were suspended, and the House resolved
itself into a committe of the whole on the State
of the Union, and resumed the consideration of
u:ii
we census um.
Mr. Moore, of Pennsylvania, Clark, Carter,
J. H. King of New York, argued in favor of
the constitutional power of the federal government
to gather the most extensive statistics
touching the moral, intellectual and physical
condition of the United States.
Messrs. Stephens, of Ga , Kaufman, and
Woodward ofS. C., argued against the constitutionality
of any act for gathering statistics of
the property and industry of the country, main
turning that the constitution authorized only the
taking of the census ot the inhabitants, for the
purpose of establishing the basis and quota of
representation; hut that if statistics of property
were required for the purpose of a direct tax,
they could be inure correctly furnished by the
States.
Mr. Sibly obtained the floor, but yielded to a
motion that the committee rise and the House
adjourned.
'I he House adjourned at 4 o'clock.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.
Washington, April, 1850.
The compromise committee agreed upon their
'"I l l fill 1 si
report on inursuay i.isr. ine ciiairman, ?ir.
Clay, was requested to present the views of the
committee to the Senate in u detailed report,
and also to prepare the hills in conformity with
these views. Mr. Clay, on Friday, retired into
the country, 1-iking with him any anienuensis,
for the purpose of discharging the duty. He is
at the residence of Mr. Calvert, near this city.
There are to he hut three hills, as I understand.
The first hill embraces California, the
Territoral government, and the Texan proposition,
thus disposing of all these topics in one
act.
The second hill alters and amends the fugitive
slave act of 18D7, jn such a manner as to
give effect to the constitutional provisions on the
subject and at the same time to comply with
the reasonable feeling and opinion of the North
eni people. The provisions are simple and
efficient.
The third bill exteuds the law of Maryland,
as it existed five years ago over this District,
and by the provisions of the same, the slave
marts of this District will be broken uo, and the
introduction of slaves for sale prohibited.
Here is the California scheme. It was agreod
to unanimously?at least no dissent was expressed
by any of tho committee. I am confi
dent that it will be supported by two-thirds of
the South.
The amount of United States stock transferred
to foreigners during the week ending
yesterday was 8030,000. Nearly a million
was transferred to foreigners during the las
fortnight, and at an advance of at least eighteen
per cent
The California fever has reached the public
offices in this city, and a stampede is threatened
" he twelve hundred clerks. Three or
fo ,'ent clerks with salaries of thirteen
aiK. - teen hundred dollars, resigned during
the last week and are gone to seek a belter lut
in the land of promise.
The well known and intelligent translator of
the State department, Mr. CJreenhow, who
sometime ago published a valuable memoir upon
California and Oregon, has resigned, and is i
about to go to California. Mr. Clayton has j
appointed Mr. Walsh, who was formerly charge .
de affairs in Brazil, to the vacancy.
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THE COMPROMISE.
All the compromises which have ever been i
1 ?t.? nnnctinn hlLVH liOPll U!7aillSt I
Iliauc UII UIU aimvij -Qthe
South. We are sick of compromises.? ;
They have heretofore been made, ostensibly, j
and perhaps, in reality, to preserve the Union.
As much opposed to them as we are, we would
nevertheless be willing to make another. Thai
which has been foreshadowed from Washington,
we esteem 110 compromise at all, except
on the part of the South. The North would
yield uothing but a preposterous pretention.
She has no right to exclude slave-holders, from
the new territories. Hence, in waiving the passage
of a Wihnot Proviso, she merely yields
the exercise of the power of in >gh', not right,
not just ice, not a Constitutional prerogative !
In the first place it is proposed to admit California,
as now organized, and seeking admission
info the Union, as a sovereign State. Of course
that will be against the South.
Next, it is proposed to pay Texas a sum of
money in consideration of her yielding her
claim to New Mexico, cast of the Rio Grande,
to the General Government.
That will, of course, he against the South,
for she will contribute her portion of the millions
to 1k? paid, to make New Mexico a territory,
only to be admitted, after a while, as another
free State, to add to the political strength
opposed to the South. Southern men, who can
favor that, if they are disposed to maintain the
rights of the South, will have to give up common
sen'se and practical reflection *to some
magic spell, the origin and influence of which
is beyond our limited comprehension. We can
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stringent laws for the recovery of fugitive slaves.
If sovereign States will interpose to prevent
their recovery now, in violation of the Constitution,
will they be more apt to yield to a mere
law, passed by Congress, under that instrument,
which is now the supreme law of the land. Yet
we would be glad to see the law passed.
To abolish the slave trade in the Disrict of
Columbia, as proposed, is certainly not a very
friendly comment to the institution of the South.
What good will it do the South to establish
territorial governments in New Mexico and Deseret,
maintaining silence us to slaverv, when
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insist that it is nmr excluded from them by loir.
This is the feast to which the South i.s invited,
by the terms of compromise which we find
floating about in the papers. These propositions
may inspire some with the divincst flights
of hope, and joy, ami admiration. They cannot
aiiect us in that manner, for, we simply
ask, what will the South gain by them ? and
the reply is?nothing.
I Jf two individuals had an equal right to a
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piect o. i'IVJ.V . v, --- - ,
would one of them feel, when told, " we have
settled the dithvu'tV for you?it is true, one of
you gets nothing, J;ui your rights are not denied,
and your honor is impeached shake
hands, be friends, ho happy." -'^e XV011'1'
a little all over most too glorious iPi- this life!
If tlie justice of man did not, tlie street* (,j rc'
conciliation would make him almost hapj'J1*
enough for the elysian fields. .Such an arrangement
as the above one for the South, ought to
make her happy enough to be willing to give
up, at least, two or three Southern States, to
1 i!.u iVee-soilers. 11 that could not bring her
! down, her poverty, weakness and danger in a
few years would. ?Augusta Republic.
Surgical Operation iiv Dr. Mott.?-We
find the following brief report of an operation
by Dr. Mott, at the University, a few days ago,
in Noah's Times:
A young man had a tumor growing out of
one of his nostrils. Jt came, in time, to till the
whole cavity, and so extensively and firmly attached,
that it was impossible to null it out with
forceps, as is done with polypi. The worthy
professor put on his considering cap, and studied
out an operation; and then, to make all sure,
lie jmrformed on a dead body. Satisfied of its
practicability he began, l'irst, he made a
straight incision from the inner corner of the
eye to the mouth, through the upper lip: then
dissected the llesh from the hone, so as to turn
all the tleshy part of the nose over upon the
other side of the face. This done, lie sawed
through the bone, and by a nice piece of carpenter
work, laid open the whole extent of the
nostril. The tumor was now exposed, cut loose
and easily extracted, and the patient got well,
without any disfigurement, but a line where the
tleshy parts were re-united. This was an ingenious,
hold, and most successful operation.
"What a censorious liar!" exclaimed old
.Mrs. Partington, as she read in a certain newspaper
an account of a new counterfeit which
was said to contain three women and a bust of
Washington 011 each end. "What," said she,
"General Washington on a 'bust,' 'tis not so,"
and the old lady lilted her specs and declared
she had known the old gentleman for the last
thirty years and she never heard of his being on
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a mi si?inucn ifss wmi mra: wuhiku,
A Nkw Riflk--P. W. Porter, of Memphis,
has made a self-loading rifle. It has a revolving
wheel perforated by forty chambers. The
discharge of one chamber loads the adjoining
one. This is an improvement 011 Colt's revolver,
and will bo of great benefit to the California
adventurers.
TMM JOTMHAIU
CAMDEN, S. C.
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1850.
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
Reported for tlie Journal.
Cakiileston, May 2.
Our Cotton market continues quiet, the
Cambria's accounts having 110 effect. Only
70 bales were sold to-day, at 12 cents. VV.
ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA.
Baltimore, May 1.
Tlie steamship Cambria arrived at Halifax on
Monday afternoon. Cotton had advanced one ;
ti - i.?? ao nnn
t*l!?IIUK 1I1U WCCA a Bclil'a iuiiuuui- fcu ia?,uvv .
bales j
The necounts from the Manufacturing Dis- ,
tricts exhibit very little improvement. The ^?ri-!
ccs of manufactured goods do not keep pace
with the enhanced pi ices of the raw material, j
and several factoiies design resuming short
time.
The Havre cotton market is steady, and quotations
are unchanged.
The contiuentia', news is unimportant. Order
prevails throughout France.
The Por.e is positively returning to Rome.
A large French fleet and the American squad- :
**smi ah/v nF 'lk,l.v<.r. T ferhtii !nmn tf'ifp I
,,n' ill V til/ JUl'llVIO 1IWIII AtrUIKV j
that a triumphal arch has been erected in honor 1
of the Pope. ,
An interchange of friendly correspondence :
had taken place between the Biitiah and Aus '
j trian Cabinets. Austria says she will not be i
the first to disturb the peace of Europe regard- '
j ing the attitude ot Prussia on the-German question.
The news has unsettled all the Northern
markets.
Congressional Convention.
On Monday next the Delegates from the vari- j
ous Districts meet at Camden to elect two delegates
to the Nashville Convention from this Congressional
District. We hope they will select men
who feel the importance of the trust, and will not
be afraid to act. We want no .men there who
can be lulled to repose by such doctrine as was
contained in Webster's speech, or that are too
fond of the popular " Nationality." We should
know no "nationality" unless coupled with "equality,"
and love no Union which compromises our
rights. Pass the Nashville Convention, and like
the bird when the trap has fallen, we may expect
the tender mercies of the fowler.
May-Day.
May-Day has come and gone again. With its
glittering sunlight and fragrant flowers, it threw its
charm over earth as an angel glance from the
fount of light,?a beautiful sentence in the book of
time. The storm cloud and chilling winds have
hid themselves behiiK 'he heaps of frozen snow,
in the icicled North -?d the whistling breath of
winter has lost itselt .nto an echo amid the mountain
crags. They are gone; and the flowers have
come, like earth-stars, to stnile in the gentle face
of spring?the bright flowers of May, that hang
over the rivulet's stream, and seem to embosom
themselves in the silvery wave below; and the
zephyrs sigh to the bright shadows they never
can reach. Like the zephyr, too, is many a gay
and joyous heart bright as the May-Day it is enjoying,
and like the zephyr, seeking a shadow.
Oh! what a world of smiles and happy thoughts
encircle the hours of May-Day! Nature is joyous
and glad, and the birds, in their own peculiar
language, sing to the sun-rays which bring summer
upon their beams. It is natural, then, that
the young should be glad to see May-Day. Would
that the May-Day of the soul lasted always?that
the flowers of thought might never fade.
The Nicaragua Treaty.
This treaty, which seeins to have Ireen the es
oecial business of Mr. Bulwer, we hear was ottered
I tQ the Senate on Monday the 22d u!t. It has not,
up to ti'.e - mc of writing this article, come officially
to light, bu' we have got the substance;
which, if correct, win g'-'e Mr* Cla-vton' wc V '
siime, an unenviable nouTr'u,J'' ^in Mofcfjuilo
Territory, located in Nicaragua, was *u''j?ctt0 a
certain claim of the British Governmeni. *a"
lidity of that claim was worth about as much as
the claim of the Mosquito king to the throne. The
Nicaragua canal, of necessity, must pass through
this territory; and though the privilege of making
the canal was guaranteed to the United States by
the State of Nicaragua, yet this British' claim interfered?at
least in Mr. Clayton's view. The ca
rial wumust have: but the question comes up,
how far is the British claim to be considered in
the matter;?a claim without foundation?highly
resembling the right she had to force the Chinese
to buy her opiunt. We had received the permission
to make the canal from the only power that
had any right to permit in the matter. But what
has Mr. Clayton surrendered to the English to
cancel their mosquito claim, to this Mosguito territory,
inhabited by a fi.w thousand mosquito nelrroi's.
ruled over hv Sambo Samosa. the mosouito
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king? Tlia New York Herald says lie lias guarantied
lo the British Government, on the part of
the United States, never to annex Canada, take
any more terrritory from Mexico, annex St. Domingo,
Cuba, or any of the West India Islands.?
4 treaty indeed. It is the evident destiny of the
United States (or in case of separation, of the
Southern Confederacy) to own down to the Isthmus,
and all the West India Isles, or for an indedependent
kingdom to be formed in Cuba; a land
which, if blessed with a good government, would
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HUH IIV Il\?ll UN uailll. It! .*?*?. VIHJ lull uuc, fit
one fell swoop, given away this extensive paradise,
where eternal summer reigns?where the
palm and olive, the orange and cocoa-nut, and
the luxuriant fruits of a tropical clime abound?all
to compensate the English government for yielding
up a supposed claim to a small extent of Mosquito
territory. But 'tis in keeping with the glori
ous deeds of the present administration.
Virginia Election.?The returns, so far as
I heard from, indicate a gain to the Democrats,
.
Editorial Gleaning*.
Jeffrt.?l4ie following anecdote of this celebrated
)heviewer\vill be keenly relished fey all who are :
favored often with the luxury of Jrtroof reading:
Wilson his printer, was prodigiously prodigal of
commas, and in re-jnarking a proof sheet, would
frequently fill the margin with his favorite stop.
On one occasion, he wrote opposite a passage:
" Mr. Jeffry, is theft; not some obscurity here?"
"Mr. J. perceives nfe obscurity here, except such
as arises from the quantity of commas, which !
Mr. Wilson seems to keep in a box by his side, to j
pepper the proof with instead 01 sanu.
Plank Roads.?The President of an Eastern :
plank road, in answer to some questions as to the 1
weight allowed to be carried on the road, answers |
that no limit is given, the only difficulty being to |
have wagons built strong enough to carry the i
Weight that two horses can draw. One pair of|
horses hauled, as an experiment, ten cords of
wood for several miles.
A Ball ?>f File.?'The British brig Alcyone,
from Glasgow, arrived at Boston, reports off Cape [
Cod, while the men were aloft reefing theforetop- !
sail, in the middle of a snow storm, a ball of fire i
larger than an 18 pound shot, struck the main-'
niaet. ami without anv unusual noise, such as an
explosion, the mast was split in lour pieces and
went overboard with all the yards and rigging at- j
tached. The Alcyone had previously lost her .
mizenmast
" That long, lotc, black Schooner.''?The euspipicious
looking era ft which was seen a few days i
since in the vicinity of Charleston, reported by |
Capt. Mygatt, of the fishing sinack Majestic, proves |
to be the Adelaide, of Baltimore, frsm Pernambuco,
bound to Baltimore. She put into Charleston
on the 24th instant, to procure a supply of wood
and water* Capt. Smith having died at Pernarabuco,
she was in charge of the mate.
The Washington Monument, being erected at
Washington city, is to he graced with a latin inscription.
A cotemporary, with whom we heartily
agree, thinks it would be much more appropriate
to inscribe it with the language of its builders,
and the one which Washington himself spoke.
You Don't Say so!?The Vicksburg Whig, of j
the 2Uih ult., says: -wesioji me jiick u> announce
that a boy was struck on the car by a
snowball yesterday morning."
Quite PorijLAB.?Some of the New York (lancing
masters have introduced a new cotillion,
i called the " Kissing Cotillion," the peculiar fea|
ture of which is, you kiss the lady as you swing
| the corners. All the beaux like it, and so do the
; belles?the dance we mean.
The population of France is 33,255,181.
Mr. Clay retired on last Friday, into the country,
in order to write the report and explain the
measures shortly to be recommended by the compromise
committee. He is at the mansion of Mr.
(leorffn Calvert, in Maryland, and will probably
conclude his labor to-day.
Daniel Webster was present at a meeting in
Boston lately, and made a speech, in which he
made the declaration that the slavery agitation
was a ghostly phantom.
The Texas Seal of Government ?The Houston
Tqlegraph learns that Austin is chosen by a considerable
majority over all other places for the permanent
seat of Government for the State of Texas.
One of the consequences is, that property in
that place is rapidly rising in value.
Monument in Texas.?We learn bv the Houston
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Mercantile Advertiser mat -me u.\as muuumental
committee," which was chartered, with
full powers, by the last Legislature of that State,
have determined to erect a historic monument on
the banks of the Colorado, near Lagrange, over
the decimated remains of the Mier prisoners, and
of those who fell at Goliad, Alamo and San Jacint<>?to
which place of common interment the
remains of all are to be gathered.
Henry Clay, jr., son of the gallant Lieut. Col.
Clay, of the Kentucky Volunteers, killed at Buena
Vista, has been appointed a Cadet in the United
Slates Military Academy.
The first plank road in Kentucky has just been
undertaken by a gentleman in Louisville.. It is
to connect that city and Oakland.
The skeleton of an Indian has been dug up near
McKee's Rock, on the Ohio below Pittsburg. Sundry
metallic articles and trinkets, some of Indian
and some of European manufacture, were found
along with the remains, but all much corroded by
time. It is intended to secure the skeleton in as
perfect a state as possible.
Eulogy.?Gen. Hammond has notified the City
Council of Charleston of his acceptance of the appointment
to deliver a eulogy upon Mr. Calhoun.
Wheat Crap in Texan?The Northern Texas
papers represent the wheat crop, in that section,
as very promising.
'The public schools of Natchez educate 555
children.
From tli?s New York Express.
Washington, April '24.
nleasani rumors are fiediming to find circui.
r '--"u *4 i?? that tlio President has staa
ion j member of Congress, (who, in
led to a proud"* , j M } J . 1 ,h
Iiaa 1ri:(,V'a,t;- to the Territories, he
California bill is dovetail * p
will not sign it, but send it back' .Jf f ' ?nma
I have had private intimation of n. tjjj
days past but have forborne mentioning
now, when common report makes no secret of it.
Benton lias had a conference with General Taylor.
This is looked upon as suspicious. There
is mischief brewing, and there may be an explosion
of some kind on hand soon.
However, the compromise committee, in the
meanwhile, is working industriously. There are
many differences of opinion, it is true, but I can
assure you that the very best spirit prevails. Both
sections will labor on, until this important compromise
is executed. Spectator.
We hope it is true;?not that Geil. Taylor has
had a conference with Benton;?but that he will
veto the compromise bill. It matters very little
for what cause?whether to save the South from
the degradation and ruin which the passage of the
bill (as it has been reported, viz: the admission of
California, with its slavery-restricting Constitution,
and the formation of territorial governments
for Utah and New Mexico with nothing said about
slavery) will entail upon it. or to forward the cause
of Mr. Benton. The passage of that bill will write
the doom of the South. Veto it, audit may not
? ...
pass. Kemember Uie dying senumeius uj v,?ilioun,
to " make California a test question." They
have about tliem an awful prophecy, which the
South would do well to regard. Mr. Clay may
retreat to the country to makeup his splendid ruin
pill, but such medicine cures by killing. It is a
favorite plan of Mr. Clay's. So was the emancipation
plan in Kentucky. IIow far, then, is he
consistent if there is any thing in favor of the
" ' " i t _? rr? rp_,.i?_
aoum 111 Ills mil : jutri vjcii. jlujiui vciu iij miu
we will think inoro of him?no matter for what
reason he docs it
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For the Camden Journal ' rMessrs.
Editors; I noticed in your papor of tire
26th ult., an article beaded "our railroad and it*
new President." The tone of the article seem*
captious, and the reasoning altogether unsound.
Because the Camden and Columbia accommodation
trains do not pay at half price, the President
has directed that the rates will be the same as at
all other points, viz: 4c. per mile; and for this he
is condemned and sneered at. and it is brought
against him that he has left a " dark place in the
Bank of Charleston," Ac.-Ac. to be placed at the
head nf the road?that "lie takes a ride occasion
ally,'1 &c. Now, after all, what has Mr. Conner
done to warrant the charge made against him, or
have the citizens of Richland, Sumter, and Kershaw,
to complain of! I don't believe that Kershaw
dots complain o<" the change, or that Sumter
or Richland has a right or a reason to do eo. What
are the facts? Kershaw built the road.- Sumter
gave the right of way?nothing more. I am not
aware "that there are one hundred shares owned
in the District. Richland threw cold water on the
whole enterprise?scouted the idea that the road
could !>e built?and is said to hare intimated
through some of her greatest capitalists that the
?*' "? 5?? tr? l?4ltlt to build ft.
IllUtlCV HOO liUl 111 kui'JUMMiw. ?-? ,
and the result is easily come at by seeing what
stock is held in the Branch Road by Richland and
Sumter. And now, when men here, merchants
and mechanics, planters and overseers, have
strained every nerve, some embarrassing them-,
selves, to build this road, the people of Sumter
and Richland are to go at half price to Columbia,
make their purchases, and return, bringing these
same purchases-as baggage?consequently free.
This is known to every one who lias travelled on
the road; and forsooth the citizeu* of Camden,
merchants, planters, and others, who have built
the road, are asked to let the people of Sumter
and Richland travel just tor next tning to noumig.
The question is asked, was this road made to accommodate
the peqple, or make dividends for the
stockholders 1 I say that the road was built lor
the convenience of all within its rauge, and to pay
dividends; but certainly not for the rzcfturvebenefit
of those who have done nothing towards its
construction, and surely not to carry the legitimate
trade of Camdeu to Columbia.
A Considerable Stockholder.
For llie Camden Journal.
Messrs. Editort:?In continuing my remarks
on traits of character, &c., permit me to say
something of New York. TUatState was early
settled by the Datch, whose religion was
rather of an easy kind. Their object was to
make money and aiuass great wealth?and as
their religions notions were moderate, so were
their politics; and when they were forced to
fight, it was always owiug to their northern or
southern neighbors that they were brought into
the scrape; their disposition was essentially
peaceable. They cared but little for measures,
but went strong for their popular men,of whieh,
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politicians might and did tako every point of
the political compass, and yet lie sustained by
the people; and they have wonderfully sustain*
cd this character to the present time ? witness
Martin Van Bureu, who was ope while a Northem
man with Southern principles; now he is ft
Northern man with'no principles atoll, but still
he is about as popular in New York as ever he
was. See, also, the difference in the coursed
pursued by Seward and Dickinson in the pre*^
ent Congress; hot it is all right with the NewYorkers.
The masses know nothing nor care
nothing for politics. The one,a heterogeneous
mass, from all parts of the world, and will forever
remain aliens and-strangers to all that is
beautiful iu a free government la a foreign
war with any power whatever, that State could
he relied on; hut iu a difficulty amoug the
States, no calculation whatever can be made on
her. Her geographical position might tie her
to New England; hut she has not the elements
of religious fanaticism in Iter to m^kelmr willing
to engage in war against the South. Indeed,
if her leading men were such as Dickinson
is, they could carry the State for the Sooth
and the Constitution with all ease. .
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Maryland was nrsi stuiw ojr tuwiuuvauiv
lies, and was perhaps the first spot on the globe
where true and free religions toleration was
granted. Tliey were a plain, honest, repobfican
people, hospitable, with highly cultivated
minds. This character they still maintain.
'1 'I my are not noisy politicians, bnt in the hour
of trial the men of Maryland will bo. found in
the right place. Her politicians have always
been moderate and conservative, and perhaps
as much pure republicanism is enjoyed under
her coustitution, as is possible to be enjoyed by
any people.
Virginia, as eveiy body knows, was settled
bv full-blooded Engiuh, from among the first
families of the Old Coantry. Their religioa
was of the Episcopal order, and was of a lib*
ernl kind. There was no fanaticism about
them; they gave themselves little. trCI'ble about
their souls. They brought ministers with thenl,
whoso business it was to do the praying for the
Colony, while the people were engaged hi hunting
gold, clearing land, and building towns,
't'hey were ardently attached to the mother
country auJ W0?fiN*nve sti]i remained so, had
the king kepi The Colony
was settled from y **S^othonty of a
charter from the throne,' ah.. THU
never were under, uor never would acknowledge
any fealty to the Parliament; and on this point
the Virginians, to a man, broke off from all
British connexion, and were th# leading spirits
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111 ttie Kevoiuunn, mai uiugm uiv www u?? m?lesson
on self government. This State hasraised
some of the greatest mon that ever any
country was blessed with. She still maintainsher
high character for great men, and an unwavering
devotion to republican measures. It .
requires no political prophet to tell where Virginia
will be found when the South is gathering
up her friends. North Carolina, in politics
and religion is more nearly assimilated to New
York than any other State in the Union?-as
may be proved from the fact that Bhe has now
in Congress one of the bravest spirits there-?
c.litttrman : and as if to show what a nnntrvLat
could bo made in men, that State hasalgoShui-.
ley in Congress. Excopt Now York, no others
State presents such a contrast in her represent
tatives in tlie National councils. The geographical
position of North Carolina will keep'
her right in that day that the South makes up1
her Jewels. Onr op tub People. \
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