Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, January 16, 1852, Image 2
THE BENTON PLATFORM.
We referred some time sinre to the action
of the Benton Democracy of Missouri. i:i nominating
Win. O. Butler for the Presidency, ami
Thomas H. Benton for Congress. The letter i l'i
of .Mr. Benton, in response to that meeting, lias
K..d ?twl *% 11 1 Kn incnilft/l fn.ni/tt'l'/Wl If
rtilCiil'u UliU Mill w iucuiwi wu?</t.....(
?s not only highly characteristic, but also iin- i
portant, because it distinctly lays down the ' Si>
programme of the position of the Ftvesoil jiar- . to
ty of the North in the coining campaign. In J
that letter Mr. Benton denounces the "uullifiers ; th
and disunionists" as roundly as the Union news- rh
papes; and insists on reading out of the Demo- j lei
cratic party those whom it thus denominates, ol
to make way for the genuine "Union Demo- '
crats" of the stamp of himself and the \ an | rei
Burens. Like the Union, also, he swears by i es
the name of Gen. Jackson, scotls at States' 50
Rights as "nullification," gives in his adhesion ' an
to the Baltimore Platform of 1818. and abuses ! ar
the Nashville Convention with equal zest and , es
relish. SI
This coincidence of sentiment between the j fol
organ and Mr. Benton, must be highlv grati- ag
tying to both, though rather unexpected to the 0!)
Mr Runtnn'^ l.otf.r !c m flinnantlv I I
i.mil. - ?I'l ? ;
abusive of the "treason" of the advocates of j en
States Rights doctrines, and of the "traitors" mi
who stood up for the rights of their section, as dil
the Union ever was, when countenancing and po
supporting the war made upon the Souther:)
States Rights Democrats by Messrs. Cobb, : ex
Foote, and Co.?or more recently in exposi- tic
sitions of the binding force and efficacy of the ! Di
Proclamation and Force bill on all the Dernoc- : SI
racy. As, in another instance, "solitary and j tin
alone" Dentin set his ball in motion against up
the Southern Rights Democracy ; but, like a St
snow ball, it has gathered as it rolled; until it pu
has become an avalanche, impending over the j off
heads of all who dare still to eling to the old j lie
faith of JefTerson, Madison, and Randolph.? ; Su
With the 'progressive' policy of the Jackson : Cm
Democratic Association, under the head of F. j otl
P. Blair, to entangle our foreign relations, and |
the Denton and Union programme of the pre j br;
script ion of all States Rights men and States j 01
Rights doctrines, to consolidate power in the j rei
hands of the North, the Southern Democracy j tin
are exposed to a fire in the front and in the 82
rear. I tio
Mr. Benton's endorsement of the Baltimore J wi
platform of 1848, is accompanied by an expla- I ov
nation of what he considers as "the Democrat- : ce<
ic ground in relation to slavery." We give his cei
own words: I cm
Four'hi 11. Adhesion to the Balimore platform I tin
? J t - .
of 1348 is another point on which 1 hold you j in
to be right, and the Nullifiers wrong. That to
platform contains the Democratic ground in br<
relation to slavery. The Nullifiers wish to en- 70
graft upon it a new dogma which was express- hit
ly, and almost unanimously rejected by the tlx
Convention which framed it, namely, that C'-m- ish
gress has no right to legislate upon slavery in
the Territories. This dogma, like all the doc- w;
trines of ihe school to which it belongs, is of \ of
modern invention, and only invented lor the j to
purpose of multiplying chances to find pretexts I cr<
to resist the laws of Congress, and for living ! go
. . * | ?
off" into that tiew confederacy which is to con- an
sist wholly of slave States, and to l?e christen- ! S*
ed "The United States South."' The Demo- j m:
cracy take the Baltimore platform as it was ; tin
agreed to?net as it was not agreed to?still is!
less as rejected?and above all as attempted of
to be interpolated by the dregs of the party it,
which made the effort, an.i so miserably failed j br.
"n it at Baltimore. ! co
The lauguage is too plain to be misunder- ! an
stood; and the object is obvious. In view ot
such coalitions and combinations, well may the j no
South keep a watchful and distrustful eye on of
proceedings and movements, so full of peril, not ; ari
alone to the rights of the separate States, but , th<
to the safety and even the existence of a por- j
tion of them.
Far from being dead, political Abolitionism ' q,
rears its head higher at this moment than ever j ^
before ; and from present indications threatens p.,
to control both the old parties, in case of their ;ll
re-organization on their former basis. No man !
can douht tliis who observes and judges lor ! r;,
himself. Rendered careless and reckless through . |)V
confidence, the old wire-pullers of the Albany j j.v
and of the Seward school, with their organs
and satellites, have shown their hands too \ gu
plainly to be mistaken. The tone of Southern !
presses of late proves that some at least of its j an
conductors have been awakened to the danger, j c0
Others soon will catch the alarm, and the real 1 m(
character of tlie individuals game now playing, j t|1(
will he exposed. I ;n,
The plotters against Southern rights and
Southern safety may exult for a time?hut let I
them look for the recoil of their own infernal 1 ^
engines of l'reosoil and consolidation. Under j (
that black banner no truc-soulcd Southern, and ; ?
many Northern men. will not march, hut rally I
to the rescue of tho Constitution, the rights of ""
the States and the safety of millions of our j 'J'1
people.?Southern Press.
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Patent Physic.?We fee! it our duty to 1
put the public on its guard against a pattent sti
preparation, by which we have been poisoned tie
and our life endangered. It is a preparation ga
that purports to be "castor cil" enveloped in a i nu
capsule of paste. Accordiug to directions we i
swallowed two of these portions, happy to ilis- ; .M
cover so agreeable a method of getting down a (5,1
nauseous dose. Of pure oil, the two could not ;
have contained more than would have been a ' tin
dose for an infant, but of the poisonous con- Tl
tents of the capsules, it was uearlv sullieient to tin
flave finished our earthly peregrinations. Wo of
had to cali in medical aid, and it was nnlv hv | 'I
rough treatment and seven 1 days confinement
to our bed, that we escaped the fatal conse- j t'i
quences of this foul imposition. These capsuls ! vis
undoubtedly contain crotion oil, the most pow- i \\
erful purgative in the Materia Medica, or some : tli
other highly acrid or deleterious oil. Nor is tli
ours the only care; a young gentleman of our ! pr
acquaintance has bean made ill by them. An- | qt
other gentleman of our acquaintance, one of V
the most distinguished of our citizens, was pur- ' p<
god to fainting by taking two of them, and to
equally dangerous results occurred in a fourth .
cases in the family of one of our friends. These
cases are enough to warm the public from u Pi
sing them, a;: 1 the apothecaries from selling j
them.?Columbus Times ol
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF |
THE TREASURY.
Tins document, wliicli lias boon unusually
laved, v.as communicated to Congress on |
e Oth iiiat The following is a portion of an
istraet of its contents, made by the Wash- j
gton Republic:
The total receipts of the country from all |
urcos, during the last fiscal year amounted
85^,31:1.970 87 ; to which must be added '
i,004,544 49, the balance in the Treasury on (
i' 1st of July, 1850. The expenditures da- j
ig the same period were $48,004,878 OS, !
iving a balance in the Treasury on the 1st
July, 1851, of SI0,011,04.j OS.
The receipts of the first quarter of the cur- j
nt year have been 815,501,511 83: and it is '
lima tod that the whole year wiil realize 801,- j
0,000. This is exclusive of the existing bal !
ce of $10,!) 11,645 68. The expenditures j
0 calculated at 850.952,992 59; leaving an j
lima ted balance on the 1st of July next, of
11,458,743 00. It is estimated that for the
[lowing year ending 30th June, 1852, the :
gregate means will amount to ?G3,25^,743
), against an expenditure of 842,802,209 19.
ie latter sum is of course subject to an in- j
ease to the extent of any appropriations that ;
1 v be made for this or the next fiscal year ad- J
ioual t-o tiie estimates submitted with the re- j
rt.
Mr. Cor-.vin expects that ample means will
ist on the 1st of July, 1853, for the redempin
of the loan of 80,237,031 35, then due.?
iring the past year, reductions amounting to
_(U?7 853 11?exclusive of the payment of i
li Mexican indemnity?have been effected j
on the public debt, which now amounts to
>2,500, 35)5 20. The report recommends the 1
rchase of sound State stocks, when it can be
ected favorably, with a view to the redemp>n
of the public debt as it becomes due.?
ch a course, it is remarked, will save to the
n'crument the large premiums which must!
aerwise be paid.
The receipts from customs in the year em- |
need in these accounts are set down at $49,- !
7,507 02, and for the first quarter of the cur- |
it year at $15,501,511 83. It appesrs that
3 gross exports of the year, amounting to i
117,517,130, the exports of domestic produc- '
its amounted to $178,510,555; but Mr. Cor- [
n regards the latter, which exhibits an excess '
er the previous year, as having been influen- i
d by accidental and temporary circumstan- !
3 Of these, the principal was the deficient j
ip af cotton of 1819?50; but it is assumed |
U the ahulidant crop of the present year will,
all probability, restore the aggregate value !
near the ordinary average. The exports of
.uidstufls and provisions have fallen from $08,
I, 921 in 18-17, to 821,918,G53 in 1851; the
ter amount exceeding by only $2,881,118
; value of the exports of 1810, when the Brit- j
i corn law was in full ?'< rcc.
The total amount of specie exported last year
is $29,231,880; while during the five months
the present year the exports have amounted j
not le>s than $27,59-1,230, and the same in :
i i - r
rased ratio continues, i lie production 01 j
Id in California is noticed in this connexion,
d is stated to lie equal in amount to from j
">,(100,00(1 to 100,000,000 a year. Infor- j
ition in possession of the department justifies j
> belief that this product will not be diuiiu- j
ied for many years lo come. In consequence j
this circumstance, and others growing out of
the report recommends the establishment of <
Hitch mints at New York and .San Francis- !
, and the discontinuance of those in Georgia
d Nottli Carolina.
The report concludes with a number of mi- i
r recommendations, not the least noticeable j
which is that in relation to the revision and '
rangeinent of the numerous laws respecting I
i navigation and commerce oftlio U. Slates j
Tin-: Fiimxi; into rim Pkomutiikds.? The
ttragfi Discontinue*/ //// Lord Talinersfon.?
dispatch from Washington states that des- i
tches have been teceived from our Minister
London, covering his correspondence with
ml Palincrston upon the subject of the out- !
ge upon t!ie American steamer Prometheus, I
being fired into bv the Hrilish brig of war
(press. Lord Palmerston disavows the con- ;
ct of the captain of the Kxpress, and gives 1
cii assurance of the feeling of his Govern j
;nt as to apparently prelude the possibility of!
y misuuderstaudiiig arising between the two
I* ?" I!. n f f f?r?l P?il_
II II II It IO ill^V UliUt I Ctvwu lUill A III- I
?rston will :it once give practical effect to j
e Clayton and Buhver treaty, by withdraw- j
? from the musquito protectorate.
Pork packing, for the season, had closed on I
e .'Jd inst, at all the houses in the vicinity of j
juisville, except one, (Jackson, Owsley and j
).) who expected to slaughter tint about lbl)0 j
ore. The total number killed thus far, sums
i l'JO.O'J- egaiust 107,000 for last season.?
eluding the estimated addition of 1500, we j
ve still a deficit for the present as compared
th last season, of over five thousand hogs.
The Cincinnati Price Current of the 1st inst.
ties that the total number of hogs received
ere up to that date amounted to 28'2,8'TJ ainst
'205,235 the previous season. The total
inber last season was 1107,000.
The number of hogs transported East, from
ay to December lfith, was 31,019 including !
859 dressed hogs.
Up to the loth ulf, there had been about ten j
ousand hogs slaughtered at Indianapolis.? 1
ic number of hogs packed there will be about
e same as last year, with an increase in weight
Iii>/iIk.i ti\ lilti.i.ii rmr until
Ill/Ill I n V. iw IJHV V t. . v, V V*
I'lio Louisville Courier oftlie '.id inst. remarks; j
Advices from I lie West tend to strengthen j
e confidence of packers and dealers in pro- ;
-ions, and the tone oftlie market is firm.? [
'ell informed gentlemen in St. Louis express
e belief that in the whole region of country
e hog crop will he fully one third short, and
ices at that point have gone up in conse- |
lence. The falling off west of the Wabash,
alley, in numbers, this year, will he lullv ?10
r cent. The increase in weight on the wes- j
rn rivers, however, will he JO per cent.
Alobamti Dnnorrary.?The New Orleans :
icayune of Wednesday says:
"The Mobile Democrats had an uneasy time ;
'it at their meeting on Saturday ovening, I
\
called to appoint delegates to a State Conveniun
lor the purpose of sending representatives
o the Baltimore Convention lor the nominaion
of candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency. Although the call was addressed
only to those who were in favor of (he project,
the Southern Right's men, composed of Whigs
and Democrats who are opposed to the re-organization
of the Democratic party, met in sufficient
numbers to vote down the regulars and
take control of affairs into their own hands.
The regulars withdrew to another place, and
organized under the same officers, passed their
own resolutions, and authorized their chairman
to appoint the delegates to Montgomery."
.
A MELANCHOLY SCENE.
4 tUrx tvoci <\t\ fork comn linn t
/t M II" ??C40 \M? iliw OIIUIV
writes to the Lynchburg Erprms as follows,
relative to the drowning of Airs. Killer, in the
canal near Richmond:
We left the wharf at Richmond a few minutes
after six o'clock, with a crowd on board ;
had proceeded between two and three miles,
when the attention of all was arrested by sudden
and loud cries on the deck. My first impression
was that the boat was on fire, and
pressing through the crowd as fast as possible,
1 got into the open air, when I first heard distinctly
the cry of "a woman overboard!" The
boat was Hearing the shore, and as soon as it
got In leaping distance, I jumped, with Capt.
rt.-. tl,a l>nt,L- mul pin mnidlv down
1 ?ILUIII'til, vii uiv? uuiin, uum ..... . .. r j ..
the towpath about a hundred yards?many
others followed; but by a dim light from a
boat below, 1 discovered that there were two
persons ahead of us?one 011 the path, the other
in the water. The latter was a young man
by the name of Tims or Tilths, who deserves
the highest praise for his intrepidity.
Seeing him struggling near the opposite
shore, we called to know whether he had found
her, at the same time urging one of the servants
from the boat to pot forward with a pole to his
assistance. .Mr. Tims answered faintly?"Yes,"
and almost at the same moment, after a fierce
struggle, I saw him go down. The servant
had swam, in the meanwhile, near enough to
reach him the pole, which he convulsively gras
pod, and after some minutes, was brought with
difficulty to the shore, neatly drowned. The
unfortunate woman however, was not with him.
Her hold on one of his feet had been loosed by
the effort to pull him on shore. The water in
the canal running swiftly at this point, (.'apt.
Ynteman and myself ran some thirty yards
down, calling on the boat below to hasten to
our assistance. In the meanwhile we were deceived
twice by portions of her dress, which
hail been detached, and were floating 011 the
surface, which we drew out under the vain
hope that they might still be connected with
the body.
Disappointed in this, we knew not what
course to adopt?nearly all the passengers had
collected together on Lite bank?but no one
could even guess where the body lay. The
' 1 1 ? ?!.!?, n.n.?.ni? I'm-iii&liimr
bojii neiow ciiniu uji <n una uiuiiivui}
additional light and assistance. Capt. Yateinan
ordered one on board to draw up the line
under the hope that it might come in contact
with the body and raise it to the surface. This
actually happened --and after a short time it
was brought io the shore, taken up to the Packet
Boat, and every effort made to restore animation,
hut in vain. She had heen too long,
(about 10 minutes) under the water, which was
extremely cold. Unfortunately, among so many
passensers, there was not a single physician,
and our littie medical knowledge extended
no further than to have her wrapped in warm
blankets, placed near the stove, and rubbed
briskly for some hours. These efforts proved
unavailing?death had secured his victim.
Several circumstances make tins visitation
peculiarly painful She was* a foieiirtier?the
wife of Capt. James Killey, of l!i.*> British merchant
service?had j ist reached Richmond in
the morning, and was on her way to join her
husband, who had purchased a farm in the county
of .Mercer, and was engaged in preparing a
house for her accommodation. Two interesting
hoys of six and three years of age, heronI_)
children, were with her; and an English
gentleman and his wife, under whose protection
she was travelling, and whose grief and
distraction excited the sympathies of all. while
they bore strong testimony to the virtues of the
unhappy woman. But what most deeply
touched the feelings, was the delicate condition
of the sufferer. Keating that the stifling
air of the cabin would hasten her confinement,
she got up from the Ladies' Cabin, saying sh*
would "go In ihe door, and gel. a linle. pure air"
?and, being unacquainted with the narrow
pars way in front of tiie second cabin, stumbled
and fell overboard. The splash was hoard,
but supposed to have proceeded from somethingthrown
from the kitchen ; until her cries,
as she first rose, some twenty yards in the rear
of the boat, revealed the secret.
In conclusion permit me to say that I have
never scon more sympathy in any crowd. All j
offered their services. The captain of the boat, j
with his hands (one of whom, .Mr. Tiins, merits
the gratitude of every human heart, and who
was finally restored to life) did everthiug that
could be done. A subscription was immodi
ately raised to send the two interesting and intelligent
children to their father, and to give ,
decent interment to the body?which wa> (
brought up to Lock No. 2.">, where a kind
hearted old gentleman, Mr. Moshv, (who was
oil hoard,) generously offered to take charge of
it, and attend to the last sad duties. The children
were also left, with the gentleman and la- 1
dy already mentioned, (Mr. Win. Ilolroyd and 1
wife,) ;inil otir Iii-ai ts men to near meir |n>-iui.iy |
cries as the bout moved oil"; for, until then, i
though oftentimes enquiring for their mother, i |
they had not heard of their loss. j
Ct'sTauds without Lilies.?One quart of I .
sweet milk, four table spoonfuls of (lour, and j .
two of sugar. Season with nutmeg, or cinnamon
if you prefer it. and salt to your taste.? j (
The milk should be put in a pot over a brisk i
lire and when boiling the Hour must be stiired
in, after being mixed with cold milk to pre- !
wilt its lumping. As soon as thoroughly seal
(led add the sugar, salt and spice. It may he |
linked either in crust or cups.?This is a line 1
custard, and by many preferred to that made 1
with egg5.
CAMDEN,
FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1C, 1852.
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
Agents for the Journal.
Messrs. R. E. .Seyle, and S. C. Burges, are our J
General and Travelling Agents, and are author-1
ized to collect debts due us, and give receipts for
the Camden J9urnal.
Our Market.
Great activity has prevailed in the cotton market
since our lasi, with a further advance in prices.
We quote extremes at 6 to 8 1-8,
Sons of Temperance.
The following are the Officers of Wateree
Division No. 9. for the nresent Quarter:
J. J. Workman, VV. P.
D. It. Kennedy, W. A.
C. S. West, R. S.
P. A. Woods, a. R. S.
C. A. McDonald, T.
J1. R. Arrants, F. S.
L. W. Ballard, C.
R. J. iMcCreight, A. C.
Z. J. Dellay, I. S.
J. B. Kershaw, O. S.
W. H. R. Workman, P. W. P.
Hon. William Aiken,
Will accept our thanks for his recent kind at.
tention.
The Weather.
We have been on the look out, for several days j
past for snow, but as yet, have seen none. It has
been announced in one of our exchanges that}
snow had fallen in Camden. This is a mistake, j
The weather has been, and continues to be, exceedingly
cold.
The Kossuth Mania.
The cause of Hungarian liberty is, we fear attracting
attention to the neglect of justice and liberty
at home. It is a good maxim to be just
before you are generous?let us discharge our obligations
to those around us, before we lavish our
generosity upon strangers, whom wedo not know
Kossuth is a great man, and may be a worthy
patriot, and deserve al! the sympathy and kindness
which has been shown him. Admiring thousands
ol all grades and characters have shouted
his welcome?from the highest to the lowest, the
lettered and the unlearned, Senators and the noblestofthe
land?have ail joined in one general
welcome to the great Hungarian chief.. This is
the case with every distinguished foreignirwho
visits our shores. Every candid man must admit
that there is too much of this kind of Man-worship,
in the great American Republic. The same
fault exists, and always will exist, with republican
governments.
Our Government professes to be a Republican
Democratic one: but how easily have the pririci- j
pies of genuine liberty been perverted, and evpn !
o-?r blessings and advantages may. in the end,
prove our ruin?the elements of despotism are already
at work, and what is to be the result remains
to be seen. Reckless inobocrasy, headed
by designing and ambitious demagogues, will
bring to pass the worst apprehensions of the
friends of genuine liberty. The signs of thetim?s
teach us this, and no prophets eye is neces.-ary to
foretell its coming. The masses do not think, and
are led on by the wiil of those whose ambition will
not hesitate to employ any means to carry out
their ends, without respect to justice or truth*
The American masses are governed more by their !
zeal, than hy reason?always pursuing some ignis i
fntiius, some visionary ohjoc: and not satisfied to
pursue the honest avocations of quiet life, by i
which the moral and soma character of the na- !
tion would be elevated. How very different now
are the people ol the United States from those j
who peopled our land when American liberty was
first proclaimed to the world. The race of men
in many respects have degenerated. It was necessary
in those days that a man should give
proof of his worthiness to occupy high places in
the land, the fact that he was successful only on
a few battle fields, did not of necessity make him
ruler over all. Now-a-days, chance has more to '
do with President making than any other means? !
popular applause has a powerful influence. The
great principles of political liberty, dilated upon, ;
and enforced by the logic and eloquence of a Web- j
ster, as a general proposition to the unthinking
masses, afford* the finest field tor operations to the
ambitious demagogues of the day. To harangue
popular assemblies, there is nothing more pleasing 1
and powerful?no weapon in the hands of theskillful
can be used to greater advantage ; the idea has
done much in all the ages of the world to produce
changes of governments, and revolutions of political
principles. Under this pretext, Louis Napo'eou
has swayed the people of France, and j
fashioned them alter his own notions. He will '
continue to control the destinies ofthat nation until
some other pretender shall rise by popular clamor
and eject him from his throne.
The masses of the Northern people have an imperfect
idea of this doctrine; their universal be-; *
tievolencc and philanthropy, induces them in car-1
rvinp out. as thev suppose, the great principles of ]
politic.il liberty, to interfere with the rights of'oth- ' i
. rs, which at once destroys its virtue. Neverthe- I
less,the idea is there; they are bent oil accom- !
plishing the political liberty of the world, and of
ill men ; hence, discord and strife must be the re-: !
mlt of all this popular clamor, unless averted by
i Providential hand. It is even so. Why shut.
mr eyes to the truth ? The doctrine of interven-' j
' mi soils the Northern masses?tliev have nrac- 1 i
liccd il loo long fir I lui r < n good, and that of the , j
Soiitn. Hail they in good f.iitli carried out the
principles upon which the Union was established,
ivi' might now haven Union, instead of a connection,
geographical only. There is no union among \
the Northern and Southern States, and why seek <
a connection longer, with those whose very na- 1
lures, pursuits and dispositions are the antipodes
of ours?
The extraordinary attention that Kossuth has met
with, the magnificent levees, the unbounded admiration
and applause which has everywhere met
Itis car, is enough to turn the head of any mortal
man. lie is emj hatically the king of lions, and
if these extraordinary manifestations do not affect
him, he is good proof. The speech of Kossuth at
the great Congressional dinner on the 7th inst.
shows him to be an able man. He is motions.
and wiil no doubt prudently avoid any course
which would indicate interference with our institutions.
His manner of speech, or raher his
matter is such as is well calculated to arouse the
sympathy of the people of this country in his behalf.
Butjhow he is to derive any practical good
from our sympathy, we are at a loss to discover,
lie is mistaken, if he really supposes that there
are no Arnolds left in our country. It is poetry
only when the noble Magyr says: "I dare confidently
affirm, that in your great country, there
exists not a single man through whose brains has
ever passed the thought that he would wish to
raise the seat of his ambition upon the ruins of
your country's liberty, if he could. Such a wish is
impossible in the United States. He is greatly in
error?there are tens of thousands who would, tomorrow,
sacrifice their country's good to secure
theirjj own elevation. Men are to be found everywhere,
who entertain such principle-?thee
are bought men all over the country?men who
have sold themselves into the hands of tyrants.?
Kossuth says: "It is in the garden of centralizazation
whore the venomous plant of ambition
thrives." If he can find a governmrnt which is
becoming central and consolidated faster than
ours, we would like to know it. It is the very
"garden of centralization" itself, and we have the
very essence of the plant which grows therein
every day so profusely expressed at the great national
distillery, that it seems almost impossible
for any man, however honest he may be at home,
to come in contact with its influence there without
becoming contaminated. The allurements of
office, and the applause of the multitude, have a
charm for those who are not made of the sternest
stuff. Our country will soon have but little to
distinguish it from any other, unless the right kind
of intervention at home takes place. We believe
titnj will show the bloodiest picture yet in the book
of fate, unless the people of the Southern Statos
prove true to themselves. The immense tide of
emigration to this country has completely turned
the elements against us. The promiscuous crowds J
which have and are daily swelling the Northern,
Western, and even Middle and Southern portions
of our country, are calculated to exert a very unhappy
and fatal influence against the peace and
perpetuity of our institutions.
We believe common justice would dictate that
the bettor course for the people of this country to
pursue is, to look at home, and remedy the evils
here, before they attempt to extend aid to strangers?dealing
in abstract principles?whilst at our
very doors such inequalities and evils exist. We
have no objection to Kossuth receiving all the attention
which the infatuated people of the North
are disposed to give him, and if their sympathy
can do hint any good, we will not deny him thah
but, as for the government of the United States
intervening between two nations as far off as Hungary
and Austria, it seems rather ridiculous. If
the Government desires to exercise this right, (if
it he a right) why not practice first on Spain, and
do something for poor Thrasher? Let us be just
and fear not?ask nothing but what is right, and
submit to nothing which is wrong?let charity
firet begin at home.
Corp d'Etat.? As all newspaper readers
are not French linguists, an explanation of this
term mnv ho acceptable. It.means. litcralt<\
.i stroke of State, as cnup dr (Trace means a
stroke of mercy, cnup de solcil a stroke of the
sun, Are. The pronunciation is koo da-tah.?
It indicates a hold, determined act of higherlaw
statesmanship, regardless of approved rules
and usages.
EARLY AT WORK.
The prospectus of a new paper has been issued
in New York, by A. Gyurman and F.
Wutscbel, Hungarians, who accompanied M.
Kossuth to this country; and to it is appended
a recomendation from this distinguished gentleman.
Opposition to slavery, advocacy of {
the land-reform doctrine, &c., are avowed in
the prospectus. Rut in the Washingten papers
of Thursday appears a denial on the part
of Kossuth that his sanction has been given to
the declarations of the projectors of this paper.
The facts are said to be simply that Mr. Gvurm:in
annlied for advice how best to occunvhis
time :?n?1 serve tlie cause of his country, and
that (Jov. Kossuth replied to this effect: " You
are a distinguished journalist; folio >v yur profession,
and you will thereby obtain opportunities
of serving your country."
In this authorized denial it said :
" As Gov. Kossuth has no connexion, direct
or indirect, with the paper in question, and no
control over .Mr. Gyurman, Gov. Kossuth cannot,
on account of his advice to that gentleman
to serve his country, be without gross injustice
made responsible for Mr. Gyurman's occupying
himself with a question of domestic
American policy, injuriously to the interests of
his own country, and in diametric opposition to
(?ov. Kossuth's decidedly expressed opinion as
to the duty and policy ef non-interference in
such questions."
The above is but confirmatory of what we
said a day or two since. Although Kossuth
liimsclf may repudiate such designs as are con- f
templated by two of his fellow exiles, yet from
ill that lias yet occurred it would seem that
his sympathy movement is greedily seized on
jy the abolition fry as a popular movement io
forward their schemes.
ALABAMA ON INTERVENTION i
We are glad to see, says the Mobile Regis:er,
that the Senate of our State has taken decided
ground against Intervention doctrines of
Kossuth ; and trust that their unanimous vote