Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, November 14, 1851, Image 2
Meeting of the Central Southern Rights Association?Position
of the State.
We perceive that in some of the districts in
the State the semi-annual meeting of the Central
Southern Rights Association was expected
to have taken place here on last Monday. A
mong the measures provided at the meeting in
Charleston was the following:
"Resolved, That the Central Southern Rights
Association of South Carolina do consist hereafter
of delegates appointed by the several
District Associations, in the proportion of
twice as many delegates as the number of
Senators and Representatives to which each
election district is entitled; and that it meet
semi-annually, at such place as may be designated
by the presiding otiicer?the present delegates
continuing members until a new appointment
by the several district associations."
The semi-annualjiniitation prescribed in the
above would seem to have been intended to he
modified in some degree by the discretion of
the presiding officer, of designating the place !
of meeting, else the time would have been specifically,
instead of periodically, appointed. !
Neither is it usual or necessary to give that j
strict construction of ndayor ankour to a limi- j
tation which was obviously intended for a ;
term only.
In the astounding results of the late elec- ;
lions, there is every reason to defer our deliberations
for the developments?which we think :
the events of a few weeks must make?of the j
course our opponents, as well as our men duties !
and obligations to the State. We believe that
the warmest as well as the wisest among us
have concurred in this view. If we pause,
however, it is but to act with deliberation, and
to re-engage in our patriotic duties with renew j
ed zeal and energy. More than seventeen j
thousand of the voters ot South Carolina, I
in despite of the horrors of "war, pestilence, |
and famine,"' that were predicted to follow in
its wake, have solemnly and deliberately endorsed
secession as the true and only State remedy.
There is nothing in such a result surely to discourage
our hopes for the future, much less to
damp the ardor or deter a sense of duty in those
who have so gallantly breasted the storm of
the late contest, amidst all the threats and blandishment
that " power,gold, and rhetoric" could
array.
? 1 1 ... i
Justice,loo, to onr opponents uemaiius a temporary
suspension of operations. We must
know their course, in fact, before our own can
be made clear to us. They have promised
much to the people, and doubtless in many instances
with unfeigned sincerity. They have
made pledges, in short, which they must redeem.
They were ready to proffer as thev !
said, a better remedy than secession. It is j
well therefore to allow them the leisure and
reflection of a few weeks to suggest it. The re- j
suit perhaps may induce thetn to lead where they
would not follow?if so, we are friends, and not
opponents. Perhaps, like the Apostle to the
Gentiles, they may begin to preach the cause
they have heretofore persecuted?if so we believe
and labor wi?h them. Nor is this at all
improbable. They have never yet pretended
or dared to abandon, before the people, the idea
of resistance to past and present aggressions, j
They asked only that the State might not be i
"precipitated" into secession. They repelled '
the "term of submission"?they scorned the
charge of "denying the right or the ultimate
expediency perhaps of secession, but asked only
to be allowed to supersede it by a heller and
speedier, but as yet undivnlged, retndy.
If in all this they were sincere, a few weeks''
time is surely necessary to disencumber them !
of the strange allies and discordant materials '
with which the}' have been aided in the victory. !
The submissionists of Greenville,, of C'harles-r
TT 1 ns (III. !
ion, oi namuuig, twu ouvu v.?in./.v.v..? ... ?
veiling abolition procession in Cheraw ?these,
surely, are no weak or manageblc elements
and yet these must certainly be expurgated'
from confidence of any party which claims to .
control the destinies of South Carolina,
Powerful as they doubtless have been to check '
the spirit of the people, exasperated by every J
wrong and impelled by every motive to a con- I
test for their rights and institutions, yet they are j
powerless, we fear, for the "good" they have I
promised, and even for the redemption of the :
pledges they have given. Will they be allowed
by their own party to convoke the convention
which they have provided to assemble, with so
much deliberation, at the last session of the :
Legislature? Will they di&band their troops,
abolish their armories reduce the present rate of j
taxation, or hopelessly abandon their military ,
preparations? Or will they have the magnanimity
to acknowledge that secesssion, ultimate i
or immediate, is the true, the only, the indis- j
pensable, ay, and the peaceful remedy?
To know the course of our opponents on all ,
these questions is necessary, both to the performance
of our own duty well and to the pres?
m ,m ,i.?
ervatton 01 our consistency, \w ?> t.um UK< .
State the wrong, nor would we do our o]?j)onents
the injustice?we would not do the sub
missionists of the State the favor of foisting j
these latter into party power, confidence, or ,
patronage, by an indiscreet forestalling of. or
an indiscriminate opposition to, their "as yet"
uttdivulged measure of resistance. We will endeavor
to do our duty to South Carolina, and i
nothing more nor /ess. If they lead inourdi-j
rection, we will follow them; if tlity diverge,
our conscience and our principles forbid its to
follow.
In this view, we have heartily concurred in 1
the postponement of the meeting ol our Central
Southern Rights Association to a period sub- j
sequent to tho approaching meeting of the Leg- '
islature. It may be that circumstances may i
yet unite all true and good citizens on one i
common platform of resistance. If so, we shall!
heartily rejoice. Rut if not, seventeen thousand j
free men in South Carolina are prepared to do
their duty; and be it remembered, that secession '
nt-on jis devL'looed in the late election-is the |
strongest, the best considered, the most deci- j
dedl v approved, single and active measure yet1
propounded to the judgment of the people of the ,
South. We know that the true resistance men '
among our opponents have to walk both a devious
and a narrow verge. We would not jostla i
them in threading it Will they come to us, or
will they fall upon a worse Charybdis? Will
they convoke the convention? Will they abide
ts decision, or follow its counsels? Will they,
in short, redeem their pledges to us, or fulfil
their promises to the people? The omens, we
confess, are not very favorable. Already have ^
we heard something of a change of name from
the "co-operation" to the "endurance" party.
Can this be so? Nous rerrons.
If the late popular vote is indeed to be construed
as the deliberate judgment of the people
against the right of secession, and in favor of
an acquiescence in Southern wrongs, then the 81
greatest revolution that has occurred in modern Cl
times will have been perpetrated without blows
or blood. The civil liberty, consiitutionai
governments, and federative leagues have received
a shock which must produce efTects to thrill c(
all popular governments throughout the civil- a
ized world. oj
Il'ihis he the conclusion to which the late vie- j }n
tory of tlie anti secessionists has brought them, |
let them apeak and proclaim it to their deluded w
followers. Let them raise the silver veil, and j|,
the hideous Mokanna stand "undraped"t o the
gaze of his astonished worhippers.
This article is longer than wc intended, hut j w
we felt hound at this time to state the reasons ; ^
which wc have no donht influenced the presi- 'i'
ding officer of the Central Association to de- hi
for its meeting. We have endeavored to glance w
at them, and we believe they will he regarded c<
good and sufficient by tlie members of the Ac* Sf
lion Party throughout the State.
South Carolinian. ^
KOSSUTH QUITTING THE .MISSISSIPPI
IN DUDGEON.
Pa his, October 12,1851. j s(
Tiie Austrian court has, it is said on good ^
authority, given orders 10 Huron Koller, the j
' ' C-~ * U.A AAM.t nf Sf '
amuassauor irum .-lusuiu iu mv
James, to demand his passports, and immedi- : w
atoly to quit London the moment Kossuth ar- J ,l
rives, ami is received publicly at Southampton. l3
Meantime a fresh delay has occurred in the
movements of Kossuth, and he has left the i
steamer Mississippi and landed at Gibraltar, j
where he intends to wait for a private convey- : p;
ance, by which he will proceed to England. ?
The Austrians may nab him yet, and carry ! tj
him hack, to undergo immediate and ignomini- i
ous execution, if he does not take care. Even i
kings, in ancient times, in passing through j
peaceful countries, have been seized upon and j
made prisoners, and kept in chains by their en- i |c
emies. This was the case with Richard Cotir j 11
de Lion, and it was in Austria, too, that he was 1
kept in prison many years, having been seized | S
upon while returning through France, on his ! B
way home from the ilolv Land. There are, j d
also, examples of more recent date. Kossuth j
is not safe unless in England or Ametica, and j jj
who he left the national steamer, lie left the ! l
protection ot America. True it is that En- j (j
gland possesses Gibraltar; but when he leaves i
that place in a private ship, he will be assaila- | (
bio. Fortunately for iiiin, Austria has no [ w
fleets or marine of any account, or he would j P1
certainly he arrested on his journey. j 01
Mr. Rives, our minister at Paris, told me, to- j tl
day, that ho had received accounts from the i rc
American consul at Marseilles, of the circuni- ! p
stance 1 have above mentioned. I knew it be- I u
fore; the news had spread among the Americans
like wild-fire. It appears that a misun- ej
derstanding arose between Kossuth and the
officers of the .Mississippi, arising from Kossuth's
proceedings at Marseilles. They were | 01
anxious, naturally enough, that he, while on j tr
hoard a national ship, should do nothing which l'
might compromise the national government, in ; k
respect to its relations with ;i irienclly power, j r?
Kossuth, it is said, took ofTence at these very [ w
proper representations, and left the ship and ' p
landed at Gibraltar. |
I make no comment on the fact. The ad- t|
dress of Kossuth to the democrats of .Marseilles, i j
has also given offence to his best friends in England,
and they do and say all they can to '
shirt oli' from him the ill impressions it has proproduced
towards him, and towards the cause I 11
of which he was for the moment made to he, as ( a
it were, the representative. It is very probable ; "
Kossuth has been led to an error of judgment, n
something like that of the lly on the wheel, ic C
the fable, when the fly, seeing the dust and f t<
hearing the doise, said to itself, "What a sensa- \
tion I make!?what a dust 1 kick up in the ! tj
world!" Such errors of judgment are very j (j
common anion" frail mortality. At all events, 1
* ' [)
the subject is pregnant, and the fact to be la- I '
merited. I
Kossuth, it oppoars, in his letter to the mayor
of Southampton, explains lire matter differ-1
entlv, and implies that lie left the .Mississippi I
because the captain insisted upon steaming di- J a
red for New York, without calling at South- t<
ampton. The report above referred to has | ?
been contradicted by a Frankfort journal; but j r
the contradiction is not worth much, and is
more diplomatic than true. The view I have
frequently taken in former letters, viz. that tire I
Frankfort Diet, so called, is in fact a ueneral o
government, is continued by the following fact. a
related in the Gorman papers. The nobles 11;
and aristocracy of Hanover complained to the i j.
Diet that hy a certain law lately passed by the
Hanoverian government, their ancient feudal
rights were curtailed and abridged; hereupon
the Diet has given its mandate and supremo j ^
command to Hanover that the said laws shall
be immediately revoked !?iV. Y. Herald's cor ,
rcspondcncc.
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A love of truth, a delicate regard for ftlie a
feelings of olbers, a simplicity of speech, an ' ii
inherent and retiring modesty, a regard for God d
and religion, a real love for what is really vir- j,
tuous, these constitute a beauty meritorious and |t
worthy of possession.' The sick bed will test,
it, but will shine brighter there; lime, with his i h
itching lingers, ca.inot steal it, Ibr it is locked j "
within ti treasury that never yet was robbed '
while all these were its safeguard and it can lie ! t'
improved every hour, yes, every moment, till j
it shall shine in the glory ol perfection. j ^
The .Mahometans suppose that shooting stars ' l!
are the firebrands with which the good angels "
drive away the bad when they approach too
near the walls of Heaven. j tl
A young gentleman who lias just married an tl
undersized beauty, says that she might have j
been made taller and larger, but that she is of
such precious materials, nature could not afford ri
it. | b
CAMDEN,"
KID AY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1851.
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
Our Market.
There has been an active demand for cotton
nee our last, with at) upward tendency in priis;
extremes 5 3-4 to 7 5-8.
flalVinrm'a WorlrQ. TtfO. 1.
,, ,
We are under obligations to Mr. Young for a
>py of this valuable treatise on Government and
discourse on the Constitution and Government
T the United States, by the late Hon. John C. Gal.
onn. The work is published for the benefit of
[r Calhoun's family, and will, 110 doubt, meet
ith leady sale, 011 this account, as well as for the
ustriousand lamented authors sake, it will make
valuable accession to the Library. Mr. Calhoun
it'i us is good authority in Government matters,
[is language and ideas are so plain, as to be easiunderstood
by every one who has read or
sard his speeches, which are never adorned
ith beautiful words and glowing metaphors, but
)mc at once to a plain, practical and common
:nse view of things as they are.
We in vile attention to me advertisement ot
fr. Young, in another column.
Daguorrean Hall.
We have visited Mr. Sq titer's Room, and find
line capital likenesses. Those persons with
horn we arc acquainted, are excellent pictures,
ml may be recogniz?d at a glance. Mr. Squier
as awarded a prize by the South Carolina Jnstiito
last winter, for the second best Daguerrco- j
pes.
Fair of the S. C. Institute.
Ry reference to an advertisement in to-day's j
aper, it will be seen that t te Rail Road Compa- i
y will carry persons to the Fair and back within !
it- 17th and 24th inst, for one fare.
Methodist Church Suit.
We see by a telegraphic despatch in the Charlesm
Mercury, that Judge Nelson gave his decision
i the .Methodist Church Property Suit, 011 the
Ith inst., m favor of the Methodist Church
outh?that they were entitled to a share in the
000k Concern?and a decree was issued accoringly.
We arc glad to sec that this troublesome case
a- at length been decided. The Northern Church
ave employed every possible means to deprive
C_...l rti .1. . C A1...!- 4 - 4U~ *
le ooutumi i/uurcu 01 uk-ii nguus?mi; must i
arnod and able counsels have been engaged,
ho have used every means and artifice in their
ower, \vi hout regard in some instances, to law
r justice?never hesitating when it answered
icir purposes best, to abuse, villafy, and misrepisent
the Southern Church, all for the unholy
urposes of worldly gain, filthy lucre. Verily,
hat a world we live in.
There has always been on the part of the Xorth n
Church, the grossest inconsistency in this
latter?they have professed to eschew the using
r touching "blood money," as they term, the conibutionsof
slaveholders, for fear, we suppose,
lat a curse might rest upon them, but always taing
care to get every dollar they could, without
>gard to the origin of the same. Consistency
ith them may well bo termed a jewel, of rare and
riceless worth. In the division of the Church
roperty, (the common right of each acquired by
ie South as well as the North,) they have cxhib-1
ed to n most extraordinary degree, this spirit
ml have absolutely denied to the Southern Melodists,
common justice. They attempted to filch
cm lone widows and orphans, the spare pittance
llowed by the provisions of the Church?for the
laiutenance of thu'families of those who have died
1 the work?who have fallen in the rice fields of
Carolina and Georgia, whils't preaching the word
) the negro in his lone cabin. What have the
[orthern people ever done to relieve the condion
of these beings? Nothing?worse than noting!
l'ity this had not been all. Verily, for a
ret* nee would they make long prayers, and yet
evour widows houses.
Head Ache Remedy.
At Dr. Workman's Drug-Store may be found
n article called Aromatic Vinegar, which is said
i be good in casesof head ache, &c. It is a pleaant
cosmetic, and will do no harm, if it does not
I'lieve the pain entirely.
Democratic Review.
This excellent Magazine for November is on
ur table. We have not had time to examine it
ttentively, but presume, from a glance at the
ible of contents, that as usual, the Review is well
lied with good matter. The present number is
mbeilished with a likeness of General John E.
Vool. l'rice !jj(3 published by Kettell &. Moore,
lew York.
More Trouble.
Spain is coming out, and '* Uncle Samuel" may
et have to call on the boys to set her right. It
ppears" by telegraphic despatches from Washigton
that the Spanish Minister lias denianed,
under instructions, that our Government
ivite back the ^Spanish Consul to New Or ans,
bring him in an American naval vessel,
alute his consulate, restore bis effects and those
f other Spaniards, or the Spanish Minister will
emand his passports. Mr. Webster lies refused
tie demand.
,-4/"The Virginia Conference of the Methodist
Ipiscopal Church South, closed its session in Alxandriann
Thursday night, and adjourned to
leut at Fredericksburg on the 30th October, 1852.
The increase of members within the bounds of
io conference during the past year was over two
lousand members.
Debt is a horse that is always throwing its
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wer. roois riuc mm ujuv <nm -ridle.
Java Coffee raised in North Carolina.? The
editor of the Milton (N. C.) Chronicle was recently
shown a parcel of Java coffee, fully matured,
that grew in Dr. John T. Garland's j
yard, about a mile from that town. It looked '
as natural as the imported article. The shrub |
that produced this coffee is only two years old, ,
and bears proliticaily. The tree sprouted from ,
a grain of coffee which was planted on the ,
north side of the house.
The receipts and expenditures of the United
States Government for the quarter ending Sept.
3d, are published as follows by the Washington
papers. Receipts from customs, ?14,754,909
34; lands, ?581,892 82; loan of 1847
(treasury notes funded) ?13,150; miscellaneous
sources, [?249,027 25; total; ?15,599 41.
'Phu nvnonrlilnrnc u'Aro?oiimI mlcnnllonnAnc
and foreign intercourse, 83,560,820 19; on
account of Indian department, 8882,873 92;
pensions, 8923,002 51; army, &c. 83,057,904
55; fortifications, 8110,343 87; navy,
82,270,308 34; interest, &c. on public debt
and treasury-n?. tes, 88,597 94; redemption of
stork issued for fourth and fith instalments of
Mexican indemnity, 8287,596 76; reimbursement
of treasury notes, 813,250; from which
deduct repayments on account of interest on
public debt, 812,898 18; total, $11,101,80581.
MORE ULESSIXGS OF TIIE UNION IN
PROSPECT.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Journal of Commerce, under date of the
6th inst., writps as follows:
" It is believed that Mr. Secretary Corwin,
who is now preparing his annual report on the
state of the finances, will present strong views
and propositions in favor of such modifications j
of the Tariff as will afford adequate protection |
to iron and other domestic products and man- ;
ufactures.
The Pennsylvunians arc very aclive on the j
subject, and public meetings are held by men j
of all political parties, for the purpose of pro- j
moting the measures for the encouragement of
the iron interest. It is well known that a strong
efibrt will be made, as I have heretofore stated,
in behalf of some scheme that wil afford relief
to the iron interest exclusively.
They suppose that this interest will conciliate
the favor of politicians; and that both parties
in anticipation of the Presidential election,
will go their death on the iron.
Gentlemen of intelligence, favorable to this
interest, recently represented that the New England
manufactures and calico printers would,
at the next session, withdraw their objections
to the exclusive protection of iron?sacrificing,
in fact, to that idol, the interests of iron consumers
in New England, without any equivalent
in additional protection upon fine cottons,
on prints, woollens, &c.
Having heard this statement, I mentioned it
in a recent letter in your paper, and I notice
tiiat its correctness is denied in several Boston
papers, and particularly in an article in the
Dnilfl Advertiser. It seems, therefore, that |
the New England manufacturers will take the j
saint stand, next session, that they did at the !
last session, wncn they counteracted the exclusive
movement of the Pennsylvanians."
It is something even to have the vultures act '
as spies and checks upon each other. But let '
1 ' I -1 - *L. 4!^ J ?U,. |
It l)C onserveu lU.'ll U1U upjiriiu-, nuu urn- |
cunning tlint comes from appetite, never rest
and are never appeased. The question of
unequal taxation is by no menus,, bounded
within the present tariff, heavy and unequal as j
it is. On the contrary, there are immensely
powerful interests at tiie north that claim to be
[ on the verge of ruin, because thay do not receive
sufficient protection at the expense of the
agricultural sections. In their greediness they
havequarelied with each other, but the love of
gain will teach them to unite, and the South
will soon have to meet the combined forces of
the plunderers, on the question of making radical
changes in the present tariff, which will of
fectually break up all our foreign trade in coal
and iron, and in all manufactures of cotton
and wool. The "Union" has not yet exhaus- j
ted its blessings?Mercury.
The Congress of the United States, by its
act, giving force and effect to tiie miscalled
Constitution of California, indirectly but positively
prohibited the entrance of the slaveholder
with bis property, into that territory; while
all other nations, kindred and people are welcomed
with open arms. The Yankee with the
most baleful curse, morally, politically and socially,
which ever b.-lei the human race?his
body and soul destroying rum?the Turk, with
lii< li-ir.-m in which is immured his ten. twenty
or forty female slaves, who are held in worse
than Egyptian bondage, to minister to the
worse than brutal lusts of their Mahomedan
master; the Pagans of all nations, with their
idols and anti ehristian customs; the unparj
dnued convicts from the jtcnal colonies of the
old world, and the most savage barbarians, unreformed
of their cannibalism, are all tit subjects j
to become honored and respected citizens of I
that most desirable Eldorado; but the South-j
ern slaveholder never. Upon him the ban of
his own government has been placed. He
i alone, of all tiie citizens of the earth, is unwor- j
thy a place and a part of the territory, won by j
his valor and powers. Is it wonderful, then,
that in four of these States, at the late elections,
1 there were found one hundred and fifty thouj
sand intelligent voters, who repudiated their
I government! Is it not much more strange
that in those States there could he found a single
freeman, who was willing to tolerate it Ion\^l
,
1 hat the above is not an exageration, we
have the most irrefragable proof, one item ol
which we find in the correspondence of the
, .New York Commercial. It is in those words:
! " The Chinese ham: opened a temple for their
. pay a n worship in the City of Han Francisco."
Thus vcu see, slaveholders of the South, you
j are degraded, by the acts of your own government,
to a position below that of heathen idol
a tors! \?Cher aw Uazclle.
" Well, now, I've got the hang of this business,"
as the culprit said when ho fouud himself
at last on the gallows.
[Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.] (
Washington, Nov. 10.
Unanimity and cordiality seem to prevail
among the members of the Administration.
They have no difficulties among themselves
personally, or as to their policy. They have A
:io party measures to propose to Congress, and V
is to their foreign policy, generally, there is |
nothing in that, which is to excite any opposition,
on the part of Congress. They will meet
with little of that bitter hostility from Congress,
which some previous Administrations have en- *
countered. .Mr. Corwin may make some stereotyped
remarks on the policy of protecting
American products and manufactures; but
there is no probability that Congress will seri- m
ously consider any project for the revision of ^
the Tariff. No member of the cabinet is yet
so formidable as a caudidate for the Presidency,
as to excite much jealousy or envy, Mr. Fillmore's
prospects as a candidate, are not brightened
by the result* of recent elections. In fine,
the present Administration, has no heir appafonf
4r\f tko enn/mocinn onrl to 1 t #1A vao
I till 1VI UJV OUVLVOOIUII) UIIU UIVI V 19 lltuv i UU"
son for expending much powder in battering it
down.
Congress will be much engaged, as heretofore,
when on the eve of a Presidential election,
in intrigues for or against this or that candf- -g
date. The Whigs being in a minority, and ^
much divided among themselves, will hold theal- ^
selves aloof and look on upon the game. The
Democrats, with their large majority in both
Houses, and having majoritiesin nearly all the
States, will have occupation in the selection of
Presidential candidates, and in arrangements
for taking the reins of the Government. Al- ^
ready, they look even beyond the election to
the selection of members to the next Cabinet.
The next will not be a business session, though
there will bo business enough to bo done. It
will be emphatically a talking session. The
Democratic members will have much influence
in the designation cf presidential candidates at
the national Democratic Convention next spring.
Upon the uiscretion of their management, in
this respect, will depend the harmony of the
pnrtv, and. perhaps, the question whether there
shall he another presidential nomination Dy a
National Convention, or even another presidential
election.
The vastly increased extent, and population,
and revenue of the country have rendered the
patronage and power ol the government so
great, that the Presidency will, henceforth, be
contended for with morj earnestness and less
scruple than ever. This is the rock on which
we are more likely to split, than on the qoesdon
which lately agitated the country. There is
nothing pending in any of our foreign relations
which is likely to produce any difficulty. The
negotiation with Spain as to the Cuban affair,
and the matters growing out of it is drawing
to a favorable close.
I understand that the administration will accede
to the terms on which the Spanish govern- *
incut proposes to release the American prisoners.
They are to denounce any act of indignity
towards the Spanish Consul, and remunirv,
ni.rl tliu Snon'eli rocidpIlK of New
in . an, ...... a..v.
Orleans for their losses in the popular commotion
I hat occurred in that city. This, it is said,
can with propriety and in conformity with usage M
be done, through an appropriation by Congress,
which the President will ask for. The Stato
of Louisiana or the city of New Orleans may,
meanwhile, choose to take this obligation upon
themselves.
Senator Clwin, who lately arrived from California,
confirms, the account that the question
of the division of that State into two Strtesis
now seriously agitated. He thinks that the
people will ultimately decide in favor of this
measure. South California may then be admilted
with a Constitution tolerating slavery.
The South would not agree to her admission
upon any other terms.
MEXICO.
It is evident that the republic of Mexco is
in the last stage of political existence. An
exhausted treasury, a large debt, without credit,
disaffection in her members, she totters to
her tail. iMor has she any ot vitality remainin*,'which
sometime? resuscitate States which
exhibit signs of declension. She wants the
substratum cf prosperity and vigor?her people
are as much disunited as are the members
of the republic. Her statesmen |D0ssess generally
little or no civil capacity beyond the talent
of administration?her commanders no ability
for attack or defence. If Santa Anna is
recalled, he may infuse some temporary energy
in the government. He will at all events
silence the pretensions for ascendency in the
jealous rivals and competitors for supreme pow- f
er. Hut his genius cannot rejuvinate these deraying
powers of a country, which has been
for half a century in progressive decline. The
first step would be to re-unito the States, if
possible?to reconstruct the union. This is
impracticable now, that the vicinity of the American
population shows, that States better
governed present an example of prosperity,
which the Mexican Republic has never exhibited
in either of its separate members, The
central authority of Mexicp yields them no
protection, advances no interest which would
not be better promoted by union with their
North American neighbors. The federal government
of the Mexicans has lost that respect
1 * 1 | _
which is the tomuation 01 aiiacnmem auu u- ^
bodience. Its complete disintegration seems
inevitable.?Evening Neics.
The Largest Crop of Cotton ever vet
Announced.?The following extraordinary
statement has been made to us by Col. Queries,
on whose authority we give it to the public.
Mr. 1). W. Queries, son of Col. Queries, whose j
plantation is on Oyster creek, in Brazoria county
has made this season four hundred bales of
cotton on one hundred and sixty acres of land, *
ami with twelve hands! About three hundred
bales of this cotton have already been picked,
but the picking is still going on, and when completed
the amount will not be less than four
hundred bales. It is not pretended that the
whole of this has been picked out by the same
twelve hands, for during the picking season,
Mr. Quarles employed a large number of hands
to assist him, whoso labor will cost a hundred
or more bales, so that the net proceeds of the
twelve hands will be two hundred and seventy