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Xliirtj-First Congress?1st Session.
W vsHnvoToN, Sept 3.
lu the Senate the bill to establish the oiiice
of Surveyor General in Oregon, aud to graut
lauds to actudl settlers, was taken up aud debated
at length, when it was postponed till to
morrow.
The bill to suppress the slave trade in the
District of Columbia was taken up.
Mr. Clay explained it and urged its passage.
Mr. Foote ottered his amendment authorising
the authorities of the District of Columbia to
nuts laws on the subject of the slave trade and
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the abduction of slaves
Mr. Denny had opposed this bill, he said, in
the committee, but lie hoped the Senate would
dispose of it instead of going into a general debate
on a subject which had already occupied
so much time. The ordinary business of Congress
ought to be attended to; and a mouth left
for an iuterval in which we could go home and
she our families.
Mr. Hnnter said he should oppose this bill,
though with no hope of preventing its passage.
He believed that it would be an entering wedge
in nUIIdrtn ktr PnnnrPRS nf the slflV'P trade
between the .States. It would encourage a species
of sentimental legislation, which would result
in disastrous consequences. It would lead
to the abolition of slavery in the District
The slaves in Virginia were a contented race
aud their condition had been greatly improved.
For the black race he had the kindest feeling,
aud he would do what be could to promote
their comfort consistent with what he owed to
his own race.
Mr. Pearce moved to amend the bill by giviug
jurisdiction to the Criminal Court of this
District over case9 of violation of this law.
Mr. Clay sustained the original bill as reported
from the committee of thirteen. The
provisions of the amendments would be proper
in a general sjstem of laws for the district; but
there was no time now to elaborate that system.
These amendments, if we attempted
them, would defeat the bill, (^replied to the
Senator from'Virginia, (Mr. Hnmer,) and contended
that the righto of the South would not
be injured by breaking up the detestable slave
orisons in this District. The people of this Dis
trict would npt use these pens. They never
bought slaves from them. They did not want
them.
Mr. Pratt took a view of the existing law of
the district, and of the law as it existed in Maryland
at the time of the cession of the District
in 1800. Mr. Pratt was opposed to the bill,
and moved a postponement till Monday, as he
wished to attend an important election at home.
Mr. Phelps moved an adjournment. Lost
Mr. Clay replied to the Senator from Maryland.
The amendment of Mr. Pearce was agreed
to, so far as concerns laws to prevent persons
Irom the abduction of slaves. Teas 26, nays 17.
The other part, relative to laws concerning
free negroes, was agreed to. Yeas 24, nays 18.
Mr. Foote withdrew his amendment, as that
of the Senator from Maryland was preferred.
The Senate then adjourned.
t_ .l. tr iL?^??riTimnrour was bnnci*
ill uio o . ,
pall discussing a resolution rcpor>ctrljy
Mr. fjltrong from tlie committee on rules,
' proposing to appoint B. B. French, Esq., former
clerk, of the House, to compile a digest of
tlie precedents under the rules of tlie House.?
The resolution was laid on tlie table.
Mr. Fuller, from the committee on printing,
reported a resolution to print 5,000 copies of
the list of pensioners of the United States.?
This was under discussion when the hour (12
o'clock) arrived for taking up the special order.
The House then proceeded to consider the
Texas boundary bill and the amendment thereto
proposed by Mr. Boyd.
Mr. Daniel, being entitled to the floor, spoke
an hour in optmsition to the 1 exas boundary
bill, asserting that he would sooner vote for the
810,000,000 proposed by the bill to defend
Texas iu all territory she claims, than to give
it to dismember her. He advocated the non
interference policy iu regard to slavery in the
territories; and introduced ns & substitute for
the proviso of Mr. Root, the following in the
way of instructions to the committee of the
whole on the State of the Union, viz: "with instructions
to report with the said hills an additional
section declaring so much of any and ail
acts of Congress as prohibits African slavery in
any .territory belonging to the United States
which lies between the Mississippi river ana the
Pacific Ocean, and is not included within the
limits of any State, null and void from and after
the, passage of said hill, so as to extend the
principle of non-intervention to said territory."
Mr. McDowell,of Virginia,obtained thefloor
and spoke an hour. He said that he should
irot have addressed the House bad it not have
been for the introduction again of the Wilinot
proviso?a thing so hateful in itself and so universally
obnoxious to the South. He maintain
ed that it was utterly powerless for any good
purpose, and powerful for infinite mischief, lie
m objected to any such restriction to slavery in
V the territories as unconstitutional and peculiar^
ly offensive to the Southern States. He viewed
the proviso as a disunion project, although
it might not have been introduced for any such
a purpose. He exhibited, in a powerful argument,
the inequality and injustic of the proviso.
He viewed it as a project that practically determined
the qualification and character of the cit
izetis of the United States who shall occupy the
territory: that it proscribed a portion of the citizens
of the United States.
Mr. McDowelhvas proceeding in an eloquent
appeal to all sections of "he Union to settle, ou
a just basis, all the questions now agitating the
country, when his hour expired.
Mr. Holmes obtained the noor and proposed
to yield his hour, or any portion of it, to the
gentleman from Virginia, to enable him to conclude
his speech.
This was objected to by Messrs. Giddiugs,
Fowler and others.
Mr. Holmes then proceeded in his remarks.
He showed the deleterious effects of emancipation
in the West Indies upon the planting and
commercial interests there, and argued that
those interests would be as injuriously affected
in the United States by the abolishment of slavery.
Mr. Williams, of Tenn., obtained the floor.1
Mr. McClernand,ot 111., withdrew his motion
to commit the bill. r
Mr. Williums; of Tennessee, moved the previous
question. (
The (.'hair, in answer to an inquiry", said if c
the previous question was sustained, the House 1
would be brought to a vote, first on the amend- j
incuts and then on the passage of the hill.
The question was then taken by tellers to as- c
certain whether there was a second for the pre- c
vious question. >
The House refused a second, yeas 76, nays a
92Mr.
McLane then submitted a motion to re- t
fertile hill.to the committee of the whole. He t
did this with a view to have a test vote. He
was satisfied that if the bill was put in a condi- r
tion of amendment it would be lost He there- \
fore viewed this as the best mode of testing the j
strength of the bill, and to ascertain whether j
the House intends to pass it He was prepared
to meet the question; and prepared to vote 1
for the pas-age of the bill. He concluded by
moving the previous question. r
The Chair stated that if the previous question
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was sustained it wouiu nrutg mc uuu^ w ? i
vote, first on the motion to commit, which be- j
ing rejected, then on the amendment and the t
bill itself. . [
Mr.Tinton, at this stage of tlio proceedings, r
moved that the house adjourn The House i
agreed to adjourn, yeas 92, nays 78.
b thk House, on the 4th inst, the S|>ea- j
ker announced the special order, and that the i
question in order first was the motion of the
gentleman from Kentucky, (Mr. Boyd,) to re i
consider the vote by which the House had re- <
jectc-d the hill of the Senate for the settlement f
of the Texas boundary controversy.
Mr. Boyd said he had no remarks to make. (
His object was well known in making the molion
to reconsider. It was that the vole by J
which the bill was rejected, and the vote on his <
amendment, shall be reconsidered. He there- ]
fore moved the previous question.
The Speaker, in response to an inquiry by (
Mr. Allen, stated that the previous question will 4
have exhausted itself whether the motion to
reconsider prevail or not. If the motion to reconsidered
prevailed, the question would recur <
on ordering the bill to be read a third time.
Mr. Inge moved to lay the motion to recon- 4
sider on the table. The question was decided j
in the negative?yeas 71, nays 125.
The previous question was then reconsider- j
ed on the motion to reconsider, and the main
question ordered. j
The qestion was then taken on the motion to ,
reconsider, and it was determined in the affirmative?yers
131, nays 75. i
So the motion on the rejection of the bill was
reconsidered.
Mr. Grinnell, of Mass., moved to reconsider '
the vote by which the amendment of Mr. Boyd |
ii.m lili.iir tcri-Stnrinl irnvprnmcnt fur new Mexi- i
K.V..?...b b~.~ ? V .
co was laid on the table, and on that motion,
called for the previous question.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, moved to lay the motion
to reconsider on the table, which question
was taken on yeas and nays, and determined i
tff'lth/'r/CJjl'fttv*- -JMMIB nSj <myg 10S. 1
The question recurred on tho motion oTITf; *
GrinntII. The previous question was recon- j
sidered and the main question ordered, which ]
was on motion to reconsider the vote reject- }
iair Mr. Boyd's amendment. The question wa6 |
taken on yens and nays, and carried in the affirmative?ye^i
106, nays 09.
iMr. Boyd now obtained the floor, and wished
to offer an amendment to the first section of
the bill.
The chair ruled that tlie amenment was not
in order to the original bill, pending the question
on the amendment
Several appeals were made to Mr. Boyd to
admit amendments, lie refused, and demanded
the previous question.
Mr. Meade gave notice of his intention, if
the previous question was not reconsidered, to
move to commit the bill. |
Tn.? n.-wl nvA.,;nna nnnt. .
J I1C Ijursiiuii ttoo |/UV| aim uic pivviuua v^uvu- I
tion was not seconded?ayes 88, noes 99. I
Mr. Toombs obtained the floor, and moved
the following amendment to the amendment of <
Mr. Iloyd, providing that no citizen of of the i
United States shall be deprived of his life, liber f
ty or property, except under the judgment of t
his superiors under the laws of the land; and t
that the Constitution of the United States and 1
and statutes thereof as are not local in their (
nl.d.onlur nnit flio cominnn InW it existed
prior to 1776, shnll he the exclusive law of said i
territory, on the subject of African shivery, until
otherwise provided."
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Mr. Wentwoith obtained thefloor.aml moved .
to commit the bill with instructions.
Mr. Featherston moved to amend the instruc- f
tions by substituting for them to strike out all !
of the original bill, after the enacting clause, and t
insert: "that the boundaries of the State of
Texas, as defined and established by the act of
the Texan Congress of Dec. 19, 1866, for that 1
purpose, are hereby recognized by the Govern '
ment of the U. States.'' 1
Mr. Featherston demanded the previous ques- (
tion. It was seconded, and the main question
ordered.
The Speaker stated, in reply to an inquiry, .
that the question would be put on the amend- .
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ment 10 mo WSirUCUUIlS llivvcu iry uiu gruuc r
man from Mississippi, (Mr. Feathcrston,) then
on the motion of Mr. VVentworth, to commit
with instructions, and then (the latter motion
falling) on the amendment proposed by Mr.
Toombs, of Ga., then on the amendment of Mr.
Boyd, of Ky., as amended or not, as the case
may be.
After much confusion and innumerable in
quiries and points of order, "J
The question was taken on the instructions }
of Mr. Featherston as reported above, on a vote
by yeas and nays. They were rejected?yeas
71, nays 128, The question recurred on the
motion of Mr. Wontworth to commit with the
instructions he had moved, and inserted above.
Mr. Inge called for a division of the question
so as to have a separate vote on the motion to
commit and on the instructions.
The chair said the question was not divisible.
Mr. Inge then called for a division of the instructions
themselves, so as to have a separate
vofcp on each distinct branch of the instructions
of Mr. Wentworth. ' '
The Chair decideclihat the instrnctions were
lot divisible.
Mr. Inge appealed' from the decision of the
Jhair, ana trie qaesnon oeing put "snan tne ueiision
of the Chair stand as the judgment of the
rlouse," it was determined on a count, in the
iffirmative?yeas 87, nays 76.
Mr. P. King demanded the yeas and' nays
m the question of affirming the decision of the
sbair. They were ordered. The question
vas taken, and the decision of the chair was
iffirmed?yeas 101, nays 86.
Mr. Wentworth made an effort to withdraw
he latter portion of his instructions, but objeeion
was made.
The question recurred on the motion to comK511
?/Uk M? Wonfu'Artli'a inafptwtinns
vhich question was taken on a vote by yeas
ind nays and decided in the negative?yeas 80,
lays 1*21.
Mr. Disney made an ineffectual atttempt to
lave the previous question reconsidered.
The question now recurred on the amendnent
proposed by Mr. Toombs.
Mr. P. King called for a division of the quesion.
The question was then taken on the first
nanch of the amendment, "providing that no
:itizen shall be deprived of his life, liberty, and
>roperty, except by the judgment of his supeiors
under -the laws-of the land," and it was
igreed to without a division.
The qoestion was then taken on the other
jortion of Mr. Toombs'amendment, and it was
ejected?yeas 64, nays 121.
The question was then taken on the amend"
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nenl oi flir. Doyaasamenueu, uuu ugicvu
;o 011 a vote by yeas and nays, of 106 in the afirmative
and 89 in the negative.
So the bill providing territorial government
"or New Mexico was passed as an amendment.
The question now recurred on ordering the
Jill to he read a third time. The question was
ictermined by yeas and nays?yeas 97, nays
107.
[Great sensation in the Hall?almost the
entire House standing on the floor while the
L'lerk is in the process of reading over the vote.
Mr. Howard moved a reconsideration
The Chair stated the motion to be out oi
jrder.
Mr. Howard appealed from the decision oi
:he Chair, but before the question on the apjeal
was taken,
Mr. McClernand moved that tho House adlourn.
The question was taken on motion to adjourn
and decided in the negative?yeas 71,
lays 128.
Mr. Carter withdrew his motion to reconsider
the vote bywhich Mr. Boyd's amendment
ivas rejected.
The question now recurred on ordering the
lexas bill as it came from the Senate, to a
:hird reading. The question was taken by
peas and nays, and decided in tbe affirmative.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Snn.
Washington, Sept 3, 1850.
The House undertook, to-day, io grapple
with tho difficult and complicated subjects
which have hitherto baffled tbeir wisdom.?
That " defiTrOus ofcomhig-to wmie
adjustment, upon 9ome reasonable terms, the)'
uad proved by the overwhelming majority
igainst the rejection of the Texan boundary
t>i!l and the general assent given to the motion
to take up the subject and continue its consideration
till it is disposed of.
The speeches made to-day arc in evidence
that Southern sentiment is not retrograding on
this subject, but advancing at a race-horse
speed, and with a forty-horse power. Mr.
Daniel, of North Carolina, made a stronger
speech on the Southern side of the Texan question
than any made yet. He was ready to
/otc ten millions to enable Texas to defend her
territory, rather than induce her to surrender it
ind he was for the South in the Union, and for
the South out of the Union. This is pretty well
(or North Carolina, esjrecially considering that
:he Suite gave two votes for the Texan bill and
:he Compromise in the Senate.
Mr. McDowell, of Virginia, who has generally
been considered and is very conciliatory
md moderate in his views and course on this
subject, spoke quite as dccidely against the
;endency of Northern policy to aggression on
Jie rights of the South as any one has done.
Hie had not, when his hour expired, come to a
jonsideration of the merits of the Texan bill.
3EN. QUITMAN?TEXAN TERRITORY.
How Gov. Quitman of Mississippi, would
ict in the event of the Federal authorities sendng
an armed force into New Mexico to restrain
the Government of Texas, and prevent
ts exercise of Government authority over the
erritory east of the Rio Grande, has been for
some time a question of issue between some ot
he Mississippi edjtors. The Governor himself,
n the following letter to the editor of the Vicks)urg
Sentinel, tells what his course in such a
mntingency would be:
Jackson, Aug. 18,1850,
My Dear Sir:?Your note of yesterday cnllng
my attention to the comments of the Vicksiurg
Whig, upon the article in the Sentinel of
riiursduy last, was received last night.
I find nothing in your articlo to justify the
lomments of tlie Whig, especially as the Mississippian
of the 19th of July had defined my politico
upon the subject 1 therefore, see no
eason to avail myself of your kind and obliging
)ffer to deny that you spoke by authority from
ne. Desiring no concealment, 1 have no oboction
that it should be known, that I believe
he title of Texas to the territory claimed by
ier on this side of the Rio Grande to be indispuable;
that the forcible seizure of any part of this
erritory by the National Executive would be a
vunton act of despotism, which should be
itcmly resisted by Texas; that as the evident
>urpose of this movement is to converts portion
jfher territory to free soil, the Southern States
ihould make common cause with Texas; and
hat in the event of a collision of arms, or great
langcr thereof, I would deem it my duty to
convene the Legislature of this State, and re*
;ommend to them the adoption of prompt and
itficient measures to aid our sister State in the
naintenance of her clear rights against Fedeal
usurpation. Nor have 1 a doubt, that in
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so doing) I shall confolim to the will of the tj
great mass of the people of this State. o
"I remain, very respeetfolly, h
"Your friend and ob't serv't, g
r J. A. Quitman. n
"To C. F. Jones, esq. v
Editor of the Vicksburg Sentinel.'! b
Tfflljg j(Q)TOBHAiL. " I'
CAMDEN. S. C. j
TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10,1850. ?
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Hot Heads. a
We are often met with the remark, in con versa- v
tion with men of other States, "Ah, that will do c
for you hot headed South Carolinians." Now b
what do they mean by that?do they mean that v
we have more at stake than themselves, or that 5
we intend to have nearer our own? One or the k
other they must mean. But what are we 'hot /<
headed" about? Why in demanding our rights, c
But we ask, do we ask more than our rights? We p
/Inf.- 4l?nra fA al?ntff o oinfflu SnctOMPO tfl Ifhiftll U'P fl
UCIJ ?,?.?? n have,
while we show many in which we have been v
content to take lose. What are South Carolinian ii
"hot heads" asking now ; anything more than their t
due? Tim answerofall must be, "they are not" e
Then why call them "hot heads?" better call your- [
i selves ucold hearts." And unless you rouse soon, t
add the appellation of "tame spirits." We defy
any one to show when South Carolina has asked [
: on ihis question more than her due. And are the i
rights of North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, &c., t
less than hers? they cannot be. Then if we are s
only asking our rights and you call us "hot heads," i
what a base concession must "cold hearts" be ma- I
king. We do not ask you to think more of us, ei- t
ther personally, as a people, or as a State?but we s
ask you to think more of the legacy your fathers c
left you, than to stand off and cry, "you hot head- f
ed South Carolinians," while the enemy are de- J
cr>/-.;u?<T vmir iiiterpstp. It will be but little conso- 1
T" f ?
lation to crv "hot heads" when yoti see Carolina t
r in proud assertion of her rights and principles, and 1
you yourselves the degraded vassals of yankee <
rule. If the assertion of our rights, and the deter- 1
niination to maiiffnin them, make us "hot heads," 1
it gives us hearts also, too warm to yield to yankee^ n
mastery. S <
Mark Them. (r I
1 We calmly and anxiously appeal to the south- ,
em people to attempt the abolishment ol Yankee <
. Newspapers in the South. They are scattered all (
over the country?and each press is to the sound- 1
nessof our people, as an upas tree would be at ,
, the door of each subscriber. Withdraw your sub- ^
scription from them. Will you pay an Abolition t
Vai.tuotn cat?>r vnnr nolitical food, depend upon ?
* ui'?wv ? ? J * "I -- ' * ' V
it your political health will be bail?and we fearlessly
make the assertion that there is not a paper j
in the South, edited by a northern man, but what ,
i? in the germ Abolition. They may try to smoth- (
er it down for fear of detection, but the insidious f
Joetrine, in under currents, is at work. Purge (
the press, and you renovate the body politic. * ,
From Texas.
The Charleston Mercury of yesterday, contains a
a despatch from New Orleans, which says: "News 1
from Texas has been received. The Joint Com- 1
mittee of the two Houses have reported in favor
ofraif ing 3000 troops to march forthwith for San- '
ta Fe. Reports of the passage of Pearce's bill
had reached Austin. In reference to this, it was
said the Legislature possesses no power to dispose s
of the territory of the State?that the subject must ?
be referred to the decision of the people. Gen. y
Rusk was re-elected Senator, by 56 to 8 votes." rj
" I knew Ouit cow would swallow the Grindstone
? * Ion" says he always put dowagj?)0 votes a- ^
gainst the Texas bill?that he never encouraged ^
the country to hope for its passage. We know he y
sung some verv long psalins about all the bills be- j
ing amicably adjusted. We know more too, that |,
was in favor of this same insidious bill. It is a ?
very easy matter to predict after the thing has t
transpired.
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HTIt is thought that Congress will not adjourn j p
before the first of November. t
8! ' ' a
Jennv Lino's Mouth.?Kah-ge-ga-ga-bowh, the ,
Indian chietj who heard Jenny Lind in Liverpool ^
writes in raptures about her, and says she has a .
mouth like Iienry Clay's. ?
If so, we are not ambitious to Kiss her.
The South-Its Dangers and Resources. ^
An Address delivered at the celebration of the Bat- ?
tie of Fort Moultrie, June 28, I860; By Gen. '
Wm. E. Martin. ^
We have received a copy of this address. It is r
no common effort, but worthy of the subject and
occasion. We would be glad to lay this adinira
ble speech in extenso before our readers, but our ^
limits will not allow it. There is much food for .,
thought contained in this address, and it must be (
of peculiar interest to every true Southron. ji
Tt is a pity those croaking bipeds (Northern ab- p
olitionists) could not see and appreciate all there- ti
in contained; but this is an idle wish?they will not
believe though one arose and went to them from T
the dead. With Northern fanatics, whose mad- e
ness has already shown its head in the capital of u
our government, it is in vain to talk now. Lan- ^
guage, reason, common sense, argument, justice
and humanity are disregarded and have shared the p
same fate. If wo cannot be heard, let us be felt?
let our actions speak louder than words, in terms s
which cannot be misunderstood,?let our ar- h
guments, hereafter, produce stronger and ileeper ti
impressions than words in the halls of Congress, s
which fall unheeded from the lipg of Southern 8
men, as it were upon the "dull, ciHfer of death." P
Gen. M. says?" If we look for?Wigle moment a
at tie true state of our controversy, it would bo f
seen that enough, and infinitely more than enough, j
has been inflicted on the South, to justify, if
it had occurred botween foreign powers, a re- a
sort to war. The unju6t imposition of a tax of n
three-pence a pound upon tea, was the immediate c
cause of our first war with Great Britain, and the o
refusal to render satisfaction and provide securi- a
; in relation to impressed Seamen, ta ah the ekusjf
f the lash; If out injuries are calcula^ed'tiy dtiK "
irs and cents?alone," th% will be foundurliave
welted in amount, far bejmpd any point ever submitted
to by a nation or pebple who have eithei the"
nil or capacity to protect themselves. A raemer
of Congress (Mr. Clingrp^n,) on the-Jloor of
lie House ot Representatives, has esthnatedjh^t
5,000,000" of our property has been toot jn fug?V?
ve slaves. A distinguished Sena.;or (Hon. A, P.
lutler, in the Report on the Jrugiti veSlaye Iful,; ,
ets it down at at 200,000 dollars aribnally. One
itizen lias lost hie life m rescuing his'property,
nd the instigator went unpunished;, .another
;as compelled to enter into heavy' recognizanes
for drawing a pistol upon a .colored person,
reaking open his chamber at midnightand now
ritliin a few days, a member of Congress from
South Carolina, after having three of his slates''
;idnapped at the seal of gotentmenl in. tlace Itrry
rny, is obliged to send the remainder home tt> e?-v
ape a similar fate. Nor is the injury coafined tcTj
ipcuniarv loss. Every oiie who brfs the control
if slaves, has experienced, in thepties e^?cialiy
rhere many of them read, a restless spirit, morer'
mpatience of control, an univewal discontent;
he loss of all thatfeudal attachmeut which exists
d in earlier times," when the institution was hi
iractice as it would now be if not tampered with.
7runc7ilhj patriarchal. I ?
But there, js a feature .of this interference K> re-.
>ulsive to all the feelings of a freeman, aud so re- i
mgnaut to a sense of delicacy, nat ural to all mqjl,' \
hat it is indeed more wonderful that it has been. I
o tamely submitted to, than it would- have been \
fit had already led to commotSol^nddvil war. I
<i F1 u do to the domiciliary inirtuua^^fch is both i
he meann and the end of this agitation. The conn l
ilitution oftlie United States provides tliat each"
- ~ '? ' V. f
ritizen may entertain such views, and practice
>uch form of faith as to hiin seems pro4>er.. .'Ana
retasystemis deliberately pursued and with'impuiity,
by which the servant at your fireside is made.
he spy upon your words and yOnr actions, ttrhe
eported lor comment, to make up materials for
carrying on tne war. u ttie south were as recti*
ess as the North has showqjierself she could be^r^this
time, have put aiveiid tothis tearing, har assing,
insulting quarrel, as once done by a noble
3a ul before the gates of Rome, who, tired of watchng
the scales with their almost equal poising, at
ast cut short the whole by throwing the sword jno
the scale and letting it kick the beam." General
VI. concludes as follows: "We will hope on to the
nid ; we will yet trust that that kind Providence
vhich has watched over our count 17, will pro*
erve it still; that that constitution, tduch. was
rained in wisdom, may not be destroy.t^pn folljr;
hat these institutions which have bethi^^fe pride
if the world, may not, inthdir downfall, jastify the
Miemies of liberty in their predictions, that man ?
ncnpnl)b? of self-government?^tliattfrat noble bird
vhich has perched in victory upon our standard
hrough so many a hard fought figldy who^e^ings
iow extend over.a republic inore^ast-.tuore^ppwirtul
and more enlightened thaju any of ancient; or
nodent days?may not be brtugltl down to. tlw
lust front the height to which he haesonrpd: and
:ivive an, wueu me is eoumg-. aivaj?iuai mere
nav not he a horror greate* than death jt*ilf ih the
bought, that the arrow which has pierced his
leart was guided in its flight by a feather phi eked
rom his own. wtng."
.
order to appreciate tbe following, it is
lecessary to be*'acquathtfcd with the dramatis peruiut.
\Vc enjoy, that pleasure w ith the facetious
.uthor, Dr. among tlie "Sous."
Ve copy from the Age," a spirited
I'emjierance papiir.pO^^wfrat Raleigh, N. C.?
A* AUVl isaiHJ oat ,in
nude of unclean spires, and Jija-/Jpuutotinnce
vya fallen, his soul tfcis and,v*ud his heart
vns heavy within. him, for the . Sipps of-Teinjernnce
had spread tlieinsoIveB ; through tlie
Diigth and breadth of the land, and the lovers of
trong drink came not up to his tent as aforeime.
2. And he oonuiyiaed <#$}{& himself..and
aid, this thing I wiU do. i will sjienk to the
moplo in clooked and deceitful words, and
urn their hearts from the Sonsrot'Temperance,
Ltid straitway they. will eome ng to my taberinclo
and eola^h their . ht^rta vv iUi jny good
mugs; ana whisX^y amt ttwu sbiUi c;tn?e tneir
nces to sliiue, yea they slutU flow dowa their
cards, even to the borders of their gatWnts.
3. And the tbin? pleased hem-greatly, and
isheart was made.glad thereat, (for Isaac was a
uuniiig man, and learned iu all the wisdom of
lie.Magicians, who dealt with uuclean spirits.)
Lnd bo thought thereby, to put away iu his bug
aahy pieces of.gold, and shekels of. silvor.
4. And he poured out uu offering to the
iod of strong drink;.in .a tiiccop. of cunning
workmanship, and drank it opto the last drops
hereof?and his soul was joyful within him,
nd he lifted np his voice ami said, great is the
iod Alcohol widhis higt? Prfest, wbo dwellcth
11 the city, called Raleigh, even the. .man Tem le
who writeth hitter thitegs^^v-s^ffeltagmnst
liese'Sons of Temperance."
5. And his horn WasV exalted, for fesaid
within himself, the dwellers pw Browo^reek,
veil down to tlmX'reSk called Lick, shall count
p once more to the Tafeottacioi fare builded,
nd bow themselves down ip, myldols of Whisey,
and my Idols of RqiSi,&fia,I even 1>
r<ix great in tlie land and niynaoie shall bo?ared
in the congregation of tbe Righteous.
G. And he willed unto him his .disoipfes and
pake unto them in this wise!- (io yeihio all themd,
into region lying about the stream which
ion call Pinchgut, eveu to the borders of Grasy
Creek, and speak to the people thereof, and
ay grievous tlihigs of the S<jhs of Telbpenlhce,
leradventure thev will believe vourlvinsr words.
,nd these my enemies shall be covered with
hatne, and my Tabernacle, sjhall be enlarged,
,nd ye shall sit under the droppings of my ]
'wr.v-. ... r,.. J
7. And they did as they were. commanded, J
nd many believed their report; and thev tarried I
ot, but returned to the porch of the Taberna]o
of unclean spirits, and told the keeper there f,
how they had stirred up the people and that
Prophet had' arisen amon^ the people, even