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ASENTS FOR TH3 CAlfflTSEN JOURNAL
Col. T. W llv ci, Ja.-.H6oiiha.ia. L.inrr.?:cr Di.-t.
S. H. Roasr:a. B-'.. Laweriervdd, S. V
CI C. JIcC;-. jjuMSN. C&rth&ge, N. C.
W.C. Mot:;1:. S :j., i aniien, ". C.
At.d Posm.vt. rt air reduce:* J to hi 'as cur Agents.
The Columbus, (7a. Times devotes the following
manly article to the Democratic organ
at Washington. It contains much with which
n- *? i . ?i. ?i...
we cordially agree, ana us wnv i? num ^ imperil
of the times calls lor on the part of all
who represent the South.
THE " WASHINGTON UNION."
The.editor of this paper is a man, venerable
in years, under whose lead Virginia Democracy
for forty years, has teen let! to victory. The
standard to which he has teen enabled to rally
this triumphant army for so long a period in the
history of the Government, was the standard j
of State Rights. In hoc signn vinces. While !
true to the Virginia principles, laid down as
i-?A *ln> " earlier" statesmen of the
lauu 11mm no uj v..v ??
** Old^ Dominion," his power wjis irresistible,
am)Ms triumphs signal. At no time in the public
Kstory of the country, has there been stronger
need for strict adherence to Virginia doctrines,
than the present Never were the rights
of the States in greater jeopardy of being overslaughed
bv assumptions of Federal power, and
their very footprints of being obliterated by the
advancing tide of personal aspirations, and incongruous
party combinations; all looking to
the Presidency, and over looking true, Southern
principles trampled down in their progress.
In sneaking of the Washington Union, we are
compelled to do justice to the difficulties of its
position. Its location makes it the organ of a
National Democratic [tarty. It has friends and
supporters North and South of the Potomac.
It has the task to perform of reconciling impossible
prejudices between adverse sections, and
of maintaining unity where schism results, from
the irresistaWe force of circumstances. There
is but one platform on which Northern and
Southern Democracy- can securely and harmottiously
stand together; it is the old Virginia
platform of State Rights. The Constitution
. . i II J
ma oe nciu sacrcu uy cuuuuuu (/UIIOIIII, luv
Southern States must be let alone to manage
their own domestic affairs, and common interests
in common territories must be scrupulously
respected; or there is an end to the National
Democracy. Now the44 Union" has either to
show that the Northern section is ready for this
holocaust of its local prejudices on the altar of
a common patriotism, or it has to choose under
which king it will serre. It cannot at the
? same time, serve the god of principle and the
nuunmou of prejudice. It caunot^loss over antagonisms
on vital points of constitutional and
natural right, and blend in one triumphant party,
an organization having these seeds of rotten
ness ana aiscomem wuuui u. ?? c give uiv
warning now, and in time, that there are men
of the Democratic party at the South, who will
be privy to no such sepulchre^ whitening process
with a view to future Presidential and Vice
Presidential arrangements. These men have
consulted expedients and temporized, until its
following has brought their feet to "stumble upon
the dark mountaius" of ^Southern wrongs. They
have so adhered to their Northern brethren be
cause they believed tliat all of fidelity to a just
/ cause that could be found at the North, nestled
in the bosom of her Democracy. Northern
Wbiggen* had > jng since gone oyer horse and
foot to the Free Soil enemy, and there was no
hope there. But the time has come, when
Southern men must be just to the South, when i
they must place claims of her sons, her daughters
and their childreu to their protection, far
above the gratification of mere party 'triumph,
Though (ien. Cass should never be President
and Messrs. Foote or Cobb should never preside,
rirtule officii, over the American Senate,
these men aae determined to surrender not a
"jot or tittle" of Southern rights. The " Union"
deludes itself and deceives the North, if it proposes
to convince either, by publications from
Southern newspapers under the imposing head
of" Public Sentiment," that the Democracy of
the South will ever consent to stana on national
platform that is not securely based as the
Constitution and the just rights of the South.
There is po compromise that iliey will listen to
but one?the Missouri compromise of 1819
and 1820. In that they have yielded their
last inch. If the South and North cannot
enjoy territory in common, the only just and
equitable alternative is to divide it by a determinate
line. That line was drawn thirty years
ago. To listen to otncr compromises, is but to ]
debate a proposition to surrender some new
constitutional right, not yet given up. The
South has no occasion for compromises. She
ftfAf" nothing from the North but what is clearly
her own. The Federal Constitution is itself a
--- -a If tliut i>nnnnt work nil nr.
compromise-, aim ?.
count of the conscience of the North, it is not
the fault of the <3outh, anil upon that conscience
inust rest the responsibility of making the Federal
(Government an impracticable machine.
We say then to the Washington Union, that
the Democratic party of (Georgia, and, a large
and influential jHirtvm of the Whigs have reached
a point, in their history of concessions and
surrenders for the sake of peace, beyond which
they are determined not to go. They have
found t' at yielding does not purchase peace;
that their generens sacrifices are ouly met with
the horse-leeeh demands of "give." They be
1: tl.of ;tt iwiliticul Dos-er. Northern doni
IfC*U Hia. r J. r
inutioii, Southern abasement, and universal emaneipation,
tiiat tiie iNortli is steadily pursuing
under tlie smoke of agitation, and the hypocritical
cries of prounion patriotism. Ami believing
this, they have determined to make a
stand of resistance, to sever themselves from
/ill party ties; to unite for the South and to hold
It! men and parties, " its friends in peace, in
vat it* enemies/'
Let not the "Union" be deceived by the
calm that pervades the popular mind here. It
has been produced by a generous and magnanimous
reliance on the justice of the Northern
people, which they thought they saw awakened
two months ago. Recent events have shaken
this belief, and the conviction is forced upon
the minds that these demonstrations are but
faint and feeble efforts to arrest the tide of hostile
aggression that runs with resistless vehemence
and volume, over every consideration
of justice, fraternity and constitutional obliga
fion. Above all, let not the " Union" rely upon
the Democracy of Georgia for support in
any political arrangements, in which the rights
of the South are to be blinked, and her demands
for justice put aside, in the erection of a party
platform, founded on tlie principles of expediency
and a hollow truce.
SENTIMENTS IN CONGRESS REGARDING
THE SETTLEMENT OF THE
SLAVE QUESTION.
We take the following important extract fron
a letter directed to the Mobile Register by a
member of Congress. The opinion expressed
relative to the effect of Mr. Webster's si>eech
oti the South, is the same that we have long
since entertained. The prospect of adjustment
does not seein very flattering, but we are rejoiced
to hear that the South is united in Congress.
"Stand up to the rack," gentlemen ?
you need entertaiu no fears Ironi " the fire in
the rear."
"Housk of Rkprkskntatives, April 27.?I
read the proceedings of your meeting with interest.
1 have been anxious for some time to
express my views in regard to the Southern
Convention and the Southern cause. But the
difficulty in obtaining the floor in our House is
very great, and 1 have not persevered amidst
the crowd of competitors. After all, the speech
of Mr. Webster did the Southern cause more
real damage than anything that has occurred
this winter. He induced the oeonle of the
South to suppose the danger had passed, and
consequently they let down. NVehster has a
great intellect, but still he is not a great man?
because he wants die nerve and firmness to act
a great part on a great occasion. Clay has
not Webster's mind, but he has the nerve and
courage to act out his convictions. Clay took
the wrong chule at the beginning of the session,
lie now sees the error, and he has the indepeudence
to correct himself, iienton leads the
Abolitionists and deserves the gallows; corrupt,
ambitious and bold, he leads where the most
violent lunatic would not dare to tread. The
movements of Uio South, the apparent united
and decided feeling 'manifested in our several
Legislatures, brought about a spirit of conciliation
in die North and forced them to abandon.
apparently, the Wilmot Proviso. But 011 the
new tactics they have adopted, under the lead
of the Administration, there is apparent division
in the South. Every day they of the North
are becoming more emboldened, and 1 still believe
nothing can receive the sanction of Congress,
in the nature of territorial governments,
without the YYilmot Proviso attached.
The compromise committee will attempt a
irnnural tuOtlumpiit ? ltdmiriinir ( 'alifhrilia. iriv
6^"v'"" ' O ' o
ing territorial government to New Mexico
and Utah without the Proviso, and adjusting
the Texas boundary. It will probably pass the
Senate. In tliis sha|>e, in my opinion, it will
not pass the House. What can be effected by
a conference committee no man can tell. Put
this 1 well know, that nothing will pass without
Southern votes. Should an arrangement be
attempted aud fail, California cannot be admitted
without a resistance which will shake the pillars
of the capitol. Defeat it we will. EightySouthern
men, good and true, will stand and
persist in their opposition to every measure
which supports Government, till exhausted nature
will cry hold! enough! On this subject
you may rest satisfied.
1 want the Southern Convention to meet If
there are only twenty delegates, meet, and adjourn
to meet again. Conventions can be held
to devise the plans and means of attack on
Southern institutions, aud the country regards
- J II 1. !?..? .1.?.1.1 .1
it as all ngni ana wen enuuyu. mui buuuiu wc
South sjieak of union, concert and Convention,
to inuet and rejiel their attacks, the whole
country is startled. Even Southern men, or
ruther, Southern recreants, shrink buck as
crouching slaves at the frown of a master. 1
ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA.
Baltixorr, May 10.?The steamship Hihernia
arrived at Halifax on Wednesday afternoon.
At Liverpool, cotton had further advanced
1-8 a 1-4.; Fair Orleans, 7 3-8. The
sales of the week amount to 00,000 bales, of
which speculators took 38,000 bales.
Flour has advanced Is. Corn advanced 6d.
Co flee is dull at Liverpool and has declined 3s.
per cwt at London.
The news from the Manufacturing Districts
continues favorable.
The Queen was safely delivered of a prince
on the 1st of May.
The Parliamentary proceedings are without
interest, though the Ministry had again been
i .ft
ICll 111 tt IlllllUJ IVJ .
All was quiet on the continent Eugene Sue
had heen elected a member of the Assembly
from Paris, huving received full one half the
votes of the army.
The Greek question is not yet settled, nor is
it likely to be soon.
The overland mail had arrived from India,
bringing dates from Bombay of April 3, Calcutta,
March 23, and China, iMurcli 27.
At Bombay the import market was extremely
dull, and prices were lower. Little business
was doing in exj>orts, and activity had subsided,
as the merchants were waiting further advices.
mi _i ,.r ? f
1 neru Wll? iiu uiuui^u 1/1 uauc ab woiibvu*
The market for manufactured goods was lower,
but re-action was expected. Little business
was doing.
DYING EXPRESSIONS.
Don't give up the ship.?Lawrence.
Don't let that awkward squad fire over my
grave.?Burns.
I'oh, nonsense, don't talk to me of Christ?
Paine.
| See how calmly a Christian can die.?Addison.
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TTHE JJ )HJ3EHAILo
CAMDEN. S. C.
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1850.
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
Ucjwrteil lor the Journal.
Charleston, May 20, 9$ p. m.
The market is dull, and former prices are
easier. Sales six hundred and seventy bales at
11$ to 12 J. w.
fr-jyOur young friends must excuse our want
of miscellaneous matter in the way of light reading
in this issue. Our columns to-day are exclusively
devoted to political matters, as the signs of {lie
times and the necessity of the case demands our
entire attention to the absorbing topics of the day.
We will try and satisfy them soon, by giving to
each department its portion in due. season.
Our River
Has been out of its banks, overflowing the low
grounds. The back water in the creek below the
town, was so high a few days since, as to render it
impassible at the bridge over the creek. This
overflow succeeding the backwardness ol the season,
will, we li-ar, prove very disastrous to our
river planters, cutting off the coming crop very
considerably.
Destructive Fire in Charleston.
We learn by the Mercury that a large fire occurred
in the city on the morning of the 17th,
commencing in a cotton shed on the south side of
Adger's south wharf. In a short time the buildings
on both sides of the wharf were in flames. A
large amount of valuable property was destroyed,
including the handsome range of offices on Vanderhorst's
wharf. The Mercury says:
The amount of cotton destroyed is about six
thousand bales, and the total loss including buildings
may be estimated at from four to five hundred
thousand dollars, a large portion of which is insured.
A young gentleman who was sleeping in one o
the stores, was severely burnt in the face and
hands in attempting to escape.
Congress.
Since the presentation of Mr. Clay's " noble report,"
as the Washington Union terms this subterfuge
to quiet Southern men, nothing has been
done in our National Legislature of note or interest.
In another column will be found our Wash*
ington correspondence, which will give us a run
siing account of the running business they are doing
at the capital.
Death of Mrs. Whilden.
This excellent lady, wife of the Rev. B. W.
Whilden, formerly pastor of the Baptist Church in
this place, now Missionary to China, it will be seen
Irom the following notice., winch we turn in the
Charleston Mercury, has departed this life. She
has gone from the field of Missionary labor to roam
the Elysian fields of glory. "Yea, saith the Spirit,
write. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord,
for from hoiiceiforth they rest from their labors and
their works do follow them."
Death of Mas. Whilpen.?Under date of Feb
ruary 23, 18.50, the Rev. George Loomis. chaplain
to Seamen, writes to the office of the American
Seamen's Friend Society:
"The wife of the Rev. Mr. Whilden, of the
ooumern napusi ooaro, was ourieu at vviwmpna
on Thursday. It becomes my duty to preach the,
funeral discourse 011 the occasion, to-morrow, sn
Canton." J X
Death from the Bite of a SnaW:
We regret to learn that Mr. Uriah Williams was
bitten by a rattlesnake a few days since, two or
three miles above this place. Having been to
market and returning home, he stopped to camp,
and in attempting to remove a log of wood from
the ground, was bitten on one of his fingers, which
caused his death after reaching his home in Lancaster
District Mr. Williams is said to have been
an excellent man, beloved by his neighbors and respected
by all his acquaintances. He was an
M honest man, the noblest work of God."
The Edgefield Advertiser
Conies to us neatly dressed in a new tuif. We
wish our neighbor a great deal of success, and
trust a liberal patronage and increased subscription
to his excellent Southern journal, may reward
him foi his trouble and expense.
The Sumter Banner
Is now edited by J. S. G. Richardson, Esq., under
whose able editorial management we hope it
may continue to advance.
The Deaf Mate.
This is a semi-monthly paper published at the
North Carolina Institution for the Education of the
Deaf and Dumb, located at Raleigh. We have
received the 18th number, from which we suppose
it to be a useful and interesting sheet The subscription
price is $1 per year.
The Carolina Watchman
Is also included with the Charlotte Journal
among the number who are afraid to meet the
issue. They have taken occasion to "mark" us
as " disunionists." and in " hot haste," &c. We
have no time just now to reply, but we will do so
infuturo. We console ourselves that "Salisbury"
is not " North Carolina" exactly, nor is the
Watchman the only paper in that good old State,
nor are the editors of the said Watchman the only
" real friends ot constitutional liberty." What say
our Whig neighbors to the compromise report of
Father Clay 1 All right of course. The Watchman
is " marked" and laid by for after considora
tion, and if lit; should bo fortunate enough to escape
a more severe " marking" than we shall give
him, lie may regard himself as lucky.
JdF" We observe an item in the Baltimore Sun
stating that the General Conference of St. Louis,
has elected Dr. Bascom a Bishop of the M. ?.
PKiirpli. Struith
fd?f An idlo man's brain is the devil's workshop.
Editorial CorretpOMUfiM ?f Mm JonrnaL
Washington City, May 13, 1850. 1
Again am I in the city of "magnificent distances,"
?of gayety and political strife. This has been a j
great day. At ao early hour we went to the capitol.
and after one more, we squeezed a few feet
within the Senate chamber?just fat enough to get j
a glimpse of the old Kentucky orator, who to-day
made one of nts speeches. After the morning ,
business was over, a motion was made to revise
the judiciary of this District, which had lately gone i
so far as to expel Afr. Afay, one of the most tal- '
ented members of this liar. It was laid over to be 1
the esperial order of the (lay for to-morrow. Mr.
Clay then rose and made a motion that the com- '
mittee bill be taken into consideration, which was |
agreed to. This speech was a great one?great in ,
many ways. It was interesting to see the old Sena- j
tor of 74 with his long and venerably white locks '
floating over his shoulders, but his form slill erect i
and proud as in the days when the blood of youth- '
tul vigor coursed his veins. It was an effort wor
thy of a better cause?but as is too often the case '
in these latter days, our politicians know too. well ]
the meaning of the word policy. His exordium
was pointed and plain?merely an introduction to
the bill?which he took occasion to say he hoped .
would be passed. He first spoke of the population j
of California; saying that it was large enough to ;
constitute a state?that it made no difference ;
whether they were permanent settlers or not: they I
were settlers now, and in all probability would still <
continue to be so. 2d. The boundaries. He urged '
the necessity of admitting California with her J
present boundaries; said that some members of
the committee were for a line to the Pacific along J
the line of latitude 35? 40' north, to be free south
of that to recognize slavery, but it was lost; still, ,
said Mr. Clay, the South should yield to it, for \
Congress should not legislate at all on slavery? <
neither recognize nor prohibit. Because in this I
case the prohibiting is already done the recogni- {
tion must not be done also. 3d. Union ofthe bills. 1
Ilere he gave Mr. Benton some killing thrusts. He '
said the President had recommended the admis- ,
sion of California as a separate measure. He came 1
here intending to coincide with the Executive as
far as possible, but he came with a determination (
to decide for himself also He thought that if the ,
President would give them instructions now, it |
would be something consistent with the commit- I
tec bill. The Senator from Wisconsin had used *
the term " tacking," There was no such a word i
in American constitutional law. It could be found 1
in English law. It was there a restriction upon 1
the Aristocracy. But lie would inform the Sena- 1
tor we had no " tacking" here. Would the Senator
from Missouri send him Hansel, vols. 2 and 3. (
He would show him lie was right 4th. Slavery |
did not exist in California. This was all indirect
opposition, as Mr. Clay must have known, to the
truth. That there are many slaves there now, no ,
one can deny. The provisions of the fugitive |
slave bill, under the report, were that the owner i
should gel an afCdavit proving the slavery of the !
negro. He should then be given up, and carried 1
back by the owner; and if lit sustained his case '
at home, the negro was in his master's possession
? mi... ~I?. nvtui.ili.il nmi* tlifl
Uglillit x lie ?U\e.1 Iiiueuir) 11/ uc v.%roiiutu vtvi ?uv
Territories should have nothing to do with slave- ,
ry. He closed very prettily on the "glorious
Unionbut I could have wished Mr. Clay to gain (
glory by some other method than bringing the i
South still firmer to degradation. Whether the i
.bill of' the committee will pass or not, is yet unknown,
even by those who # know most of* the
matter. I heard a Northern Senator say that Mr.
Webster would support it?that Mason, Hunter, '
Soule, Downs, Davis, Clemens, Butler and Klmore
would oppose it. How it will be, cannot jet be
told. There is too much to fear, however. Many
-r "l.o tJmitliurn Sonatnps will votp fur it. and the
WJ UiC UVUUIUIH MVMWVW.V n ... .- ? --7 ?
South, already weak, will bo in this?, "the test question,"
weaker still. Just having arrived here last
evening, I can give^voul?ut a laarejetto?-liereaf- i
ter I promise you better. P.
Washington, May 15, 1850.
Yesterday almost nothing was done in both
Houses; all seemed waiting for time to digest
the speech of Mr. Clay. Some appropriation
bills wero up in the Senate. A resolution, offered
in the House to limit the delate on the Cal- ,
ifornia question to the 2d of June?amended
to the 14th hut not passed?finally passed to
utno debate thereon on the second Tuesday in
1' ?
June.
You have heard, perhaps, of the teacher, in
jEsop, who brought his bundle of sticks to his
pupils, and requested them to break thein all. ]
They gathered round, and taking op the bundle
in ioto, utterly failed. The old " Wiser" then
took the bundle, separated a stick at a time, and ,
thus broke thein all with ease. Thus do the
North act toward the South; stick at a time ;
she breaks in upon our rights, making no definitc
issue, enough to rouse the lulled South,
but Still enecung tier purpose mure suii-m. it
is vain for the South to expect anything like a |
retrocession on the part of the North. And it
is not a little surprising that the Southern people
should look so much at speeches, and so ,
little at effect What was there in the speech
of Mr. Webster for the South? What!?if he j
had taken still further Southern ground?will
speeches save us? 1 repeat again, it is not the
speech, but the effect produced; and what was
the effect of Mr. Webster's speech? Not one
vote was changed?not one; and the entire
Massachusetts Delegation is even now inoro
determined than ever.
I have just heard, not an hour ago, a mem. j
her of Congress say, that it is the extreme of
folly, madness, to expect anything from the
Government; that it is in the hands of the |
V.u-tli whn nrn. und will w'eld it as an instru
meat tor our political degradation.
I will just here mention a fact relative to the
speech of Mr. Wobster, which is not extensively
known?half private?yet it should be known.
Before making that speech, a Southern Senator
sought an interview with Mr. Webster, and furnished
him the data upon which he made his
speech?the object of which speech was to
form a great Eastern Political Party. The
original thirteen States, it is evident, have gained
their summit. The Southern States have
mmmmmmrnutmssm
been represented as the natural allies of the
old Northern and Eastern States. The infgWy
tide of population flowing into tlie Western
and North'Western States, will souu plaee the
balance of political power into the hands of
these people; the devotees of radicalism of every
kind, which would result in utterly breakin
e down the nower of the old States; and, as
Mr( Douglass remarked (he other da)', not only
dictate laws for the old States, but enforce them.
With a view to this, Mr. Webster made a MM'
terly effort to consolidate the powers of the old
States, which has proved u splendid failure?
the reason of which failure is the determinations
of the North, the entire North, to destroy our"
political rights.
The fate of the Confpwmiise Bill I believe
(and with a great deal of pleasure, too) is seal'
ed. 1 do not believe it will ever get out of the
Senate, and certainly will never pass the House.
The administration party under their gallnal
leader, l ruiiiau omitn, win oppose it, aw no
will every Southern Senator?mind, I meat*
Southern in feeling, not location; and that vote
[ feel sure will defeat it The evidences on the*
part of Southern meinliers to establish here a
Southern press, has had a wonderful etflectThe
Republic, the redoubtable organ of the
lulministratiou, has bursted?at least BufUtfc
md Sargent have quarrelled and both quftiKitchie
and Burke have dissolcetl their union
ind now the " old man of Virginia" *\vill tVigie
t re-entrance into the Southern ranks, in ordof
to throw cold water on the movement foreshiklS^liiitr*
n iiMioa Wlmf vl/ttl thn
miuiiciiiii^ a i^vuuiviii jii wgo* *? ua? ??u? hiv
South do ? Has she calmly made up her miud
:o yield to a degradation unheard of before 1
Surely it is not the chivulric South, the land of
stout hearts and noble deeds, that will, thus in
the zenith of her glory and while she yet has
power to cotnjuer, strike her flag and basely
field. Would to God that every Southern man
jould stand in these halls, if only for a single
lay, and hear and see what.he does not now
iK'Iieve, the determination of the North to degrade
the South, and not one would ever ciy
Dutagain "the glorious Union." rlhis humbug
of the South not being able to dissolve the
Union, and lieeome vastly benefitted thereby,
is a droam which she lias but ty- awake from
to laugh at her own folly.
In the House nothing was done to-day. In
the Senate Mr. Douglass said he wished to start
3ome test question, and therefore moved to hiy
the entire Compromise Hill on tiietable. Lost
by a vote of 24 for, 28 agaiust. Mr., Webster
roted iu the affirmative, jUso Mr. Yulee, of Florida
Mr. Yulee afterwards explained bis reasons:
that there was nothing for the South to.
compromise, and he was not in'favorof die
committee, for which be received what .Wr?
Fuole no doubt considered a severe castigattou
from Mr. Foote. He (Mr. Foote) is now openly
denounced by Southern members. I have never
beard better freesoil speeches than those of
Messrs. Ulayana route, una jiu.lgiog jrum iHr.
dale's manner lie was well pleased. Mr. Jefll
Davis then ottered an anieiidinent to the bill*
providing for tJie protection of the profits arising
from slave labor in tlie territoiies. This lie
said was to unmask Senators?those -who profess
to be Southern men, and yet hold that die
admission of California is no grievance to the
South. JefTerson Davis is a master spirit, and
never was man more devoted to the South, lie
is the man upon whom th? mantle of Calhouu
should fall.
May 16.?After the morning.business was
over, the amendment of Mr. Davis was token
tip. Mr. Foote as usual, got the floor and occupied
the entire space of an hoar nnd a quarter
with a strange mixture of eulogistic matter ou
Mr. Calhoun, frce-soilism ami his controversy
with Yulec, of yesterday. After he was called
down by the Vice President (Mr. King of Ala.
who is Vice President pro teni. during Mr. FH-.
inore's absence,) Mr. Clemens obtained the
floor tor the purpose ot making a speecn. no
made the assertion at once, tiiat Mr. Footo. occupied
different grounds now, from what he did
some time sinee?which assertion he fully sustained
He submitted to a motiou to go iuto
executive session, and will finish his speech on
Monday next Would all the South were as
true as Mr. Clemens is; we would have little to
fear froin Northern aggression. There are
here from tlio Sonth 55 men?Senators and
Representatives?from the elevated position of
Clay to the degraded level of Stanley, who are
untrue to the South?and of this number, not
one hut what has been spoken of for some go
vernmentai omce, except a lew paurY qotu&
who follow in tlio wake of the largor
is a dreadful state of affairs. Let tho ory of
' the glorious Union,'* as some of tho submission
ists ol tho South use the term, be successful, ami
in two years from to-day, the Sooth will scarcely
have a corporal's guard here. Agaiu I say
to the South, there is no chance of safety thro*
the General Government?they have the pou\
er?they will maintain and enforce it, utterly
regardless of the most sacred rights of thu
South?nor oan the people of the South bts
come sensible of this fact, as they should be,
unless they were here. They laugh at tho
Southern Convention and say- yes, the North
say?and not in isolated instances either, "that
it is useless for the South to talk of resisting
Northern aggression; she is divided within her??n/1
oon rlrt nnfliiitir ^ \ nrl )iaw f flair
DViIj UliU V/UIJ hvvhikqI "v? ?? * mui? ?mw
South, in the face of alt this, what are they going
to do ? Will you yield ? Will you basely
yield? A member of high repute from the
South, tho other day, asked, " if in case the
rest of the Southern States, as States, take no
no ground of resistance to the high-handed
ineasuros of the North, will South Carolina*
assured that she will be seconded by a large,
portion of the people of the other States, (and
he pledged himself for the entire support of his.
District,) openly, manfully and determinedly
raise the standurd of resistance?" South Card
liuians, what will he the answer? I imagine
I already hear it; "we will, to a man." Virginia
has said, and still says, that no body of
armed Northerners will evor pass her confines;
the people of the other States will no doubt act
likewise?for wo must recollect that the reason
for the non-action of the States now, is tho
want of an issue, a rallvintr noint and their cm.
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vernment by politicals wire-pqHera, who make
the facilities for allien the grand object?Jtho
good of the States the seooudary. In couclu*
sion, let me sav, it is consummate folly for the
South to talk about hor constitutional rights.?
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