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HUNTINGDON, PA.
Wednesday, February 6, 1661
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THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CoNvExrioN.
—While we approve the assembling
of a Democratic State Convention to
take into consideration our present
difficulties as a people, we do not ap
prove of the party spirit which shows
itself, not only in the resolutions of the
State Central Committee, but also
in the call of the Chairman. If there
is to be peace at all, parties as they
existed during the late campaign, can
not effect it. There must be conces
sions in spirit and actions by all par
ties to secure a satisfactory adjustment
of our difficulties. The Democratic
party, as a party, is a Union loving
people, but unfortunately, many of its
leaders are mere politicians; they
have acted with the disimionists, and
may continue to do so, and if not de
feated by the honest sentiment of the
party, their advice will but add fuel to
the flame. It is therefore very im
portant that the best men of the Dem
ocratic party be sent to Harrisburg on
the 21st, men who are ready to leave
their party sink to save the country.
TILE PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSIONERS
TO WASOINOTON.-All the Commission
ers appointed by Gov. Curtin, to meet
in Convention at Washington on Mon
day last, are Republicans. We were
at first disposed to find fault with Mr.
Curtin for making an exclusive party
selection, but, wo must take into con
sideration the fact that, if the country
is to be saved it must be saved by the
conservative action of the Republican
party. Thus far Republican leaders
have thrown everything in the way of
a peaceable and honorable adjustment
of our country's difficulties. If the
Commissioners from Pennsylvania fail
to agree upon some fair and honorable
compromise acceptible to the Southern
Border States, the responsibility of all
future difficulties must rest upon the
promiso proposition—if it is not ten
dered we aro prepared to predict the
consequences: coercion by the Repub
licans, and the Democrats refusing to
fight the battles of the Republican
party.
A Dark Night is Upon Us
The stars and stripes, a banner that
has commanded respect upon every
sea, and that has carried victory
wherever planted, has been insulted
upon the very shores it has so long
protected. A once tranquil, happy
and prosperous people, reposing in fan
cied security, never doubting that a
government that has existed for three
quarters of a century will continue for
uncounted ages, are suddenly aroused
by the alarm that the materials of
their fabric are fast crumbling away.
The defiant sneer, too often expressed
by the itinerant political haranguer,
that "nobody but fools talk.of the dis
solution of the Union," is no longer
heard. The question now propounded
by sober and earnest thinking patriots,
after fanatics and hot-spurs have made
a breach that they are unable to stop,
is, "How shall we save the Union ?"
"We have been reduced to our pre
sent humiliating condition by the com
bined efforts of parties or classes hav
ing no common purpose. One earnest
ly, yet covertly, desires the speedy
and effectual dismemberment of this
glorious confederation. Another, from
mistaken zeal, acting on the higher
law principle, denying the supremacy
of human enactments in temporal af
fairs, strives to require the government
to shape its policy according to their
distorted notions of Divine injunctions.
This class would prefer to " let the
Union slide" rather than fail in their
projects within it. Another class is
composed of persons who have no care
for the government further than it
serves their selfish ambition for place,
power and spoils, and whose patriotism
and love of country fail to entice them
beyond the precincts of the Treasury.
Can we be extricated from our' pre
sent condition without tarnish to our
National reputation ? If this matter
is settled, it must be by a wise and pa
triotic forbearance, just and honorable
concession and compromise. We ear
nestly hope that our Representatives
at Washington may rise above narrow,
selfish and exacting partizan prejudi
ces, and be actuated by the same no
ble, self-sacrificing and patriotic spirit
that moved our fathers when they en
rolled their names upon our immortal
Declaration of Independence. Should
our hope be realized peace may once
more reign in our land.
KANSAS ADMITTED.—The bill for the
admission of Kansas has quietly pass
ed Congress, and has been approved
by the President.
THE TONNAGE TAX AND THE PENN'A
RAILROAD.—We notice by our exchan
ges from Harrisburg, that a bill will
shortly be presented for the repeal of
the tonnage tax on the Penn'a. Rail
road, and from what has already been
said upon the subject, wo are-of the
opinion that it will be to the interest
of the tax-payers of the State that the
Company be relieved from - the direct
payment of a tax not imposed upon
any other company, in the State. An
unconditional repeal of the tax will
not be submitted to by the people, nei
ther will it be asked for by the ad
vocates of repeal.
The Company request rather a com
mutation than a repeal of the tonnage
tax. They offer, as a consideration,
the following inducements.
1. They will loan to certain lateral
or connecting roads which traverse
the counties of Allegheny, Washington,
Fayette, Westmoreland, Indiana, Arm
strong, Butler,Cambria, Bedford, Hun
tingdon, Blair, Clearfield, Mifflin, and
Centre, the amount of tax that has ac
crud since August 1, 1857, in ex
change for bonds, and thus aid in the
completion of all them roads and in
the development of the districts they
will pass through.
2. They agree to pay taxes to the
State upon all their property, in such
manner as is now, or may hereafter
be, required by any general law.
3. They agree to reduce. the rates of
local freight by deducting therefrom the
amount now chargeable for tonnage tax,
and thus give to shippers and consum
ers, of our State, of the articles carried
over their road, the full benefit of the
abatement allowed by the Common
wealth.
4. By the terms of purchase of the
old main line, the company is obliged
to pay only 0100,000 annually of the
principal of its cost until 1800; but it
is proposed to increase this payment
to $400,000 her annum, until the en-
tire price and interest thereon is paid;
and by applying this sum, with the
present revenues of the State, strictly
to the liquidation of its debt, it is con
tended that, without an increased rate
of taxation, our whole State debt can
be liquidated by 1885.
We have thus presented a few of
the arguments adduced in relation to a
subject which is now exciting much
interest throughout our whole State,
so that all of our readers, whether
friendly or hostile to the application of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
may form an idea of the nature of
their proposition.
When the bill comes up for consider
ation we shall give our readers all the
information upon the subject otiror
.ONT43O3IERY S . 110 POSITION. —We
learn from Washington that the propo
sition of Mr. Montgomery of the House,
to resign, that new members might be
elected fresh from:the people, to save
the country, has more than fifty signa
tures. But the signatures aro all
Democratic—the Republicans declin
ing to agree to. the propositions. Mr.
Montgomery represents the Washing
ton District, this State, and he knows
that the people would elect men who
would remove all danger of the de
struction of the Union in less than a
week after their election.
Mir The following are the Commis
sioners appointed by Gov. Curtin to
represent Pennsylvania in the Nation
al Convention which met in Washing
ton on Monday last James Pol
lock of Northumberland, ion. David
Wilmot of Bradford, A. W. Loomis of
Allegheny, lion. Thomas White of In
diana, Thomas E. Franklin of Lancas
ter, William McKenna of Washington,
and Hon. William M. Meredith of Phila
delphia.
The States that appointed delegates
to the Convention aro Virginia, Mary
land, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Rhode Island, New York, Massachu
setts, Illinois, Wisconsin and Ohio.
"Every candid man must at once observe
that if this Union is ever to be preserved, it
will and must ho done by the Republican
party."—Harrisburg Daily Telegraph.
We have no doubt the Republican
party has it in its power to preserve
this Union. The only question that
troubles the people is,lbill the Repub
lican party do that which is necessary
to preserve the Union, We should re
joice if we could assure our readers to
a certainty that the Union would be
preserved by the influence of the Re
publican party. Party is nothing to
us when our country is in danger of
being forced into a sectional and de
structive war.
lar Mr. Seward, on Thursday last,
presented to the Senate a monster pe
tition from the citizens of New York,
for the passage of resolutions being
substantially those recommended by
the Border State Committee. The pe
tition was signed by 38,000 persons,
and is 1,200 feet long.
"PEGGED ITT."—The Constitution
newspaper published at Washington,
has been discontinued. After Presi
dent Buchanan struck hands with the
Union men, he withdrew his patron
age from the Constitution and the re
sult is it has deceased.
THE SUNBURY AND ERIE RAILROAD.-
A bill has been read in the lower
House of our Legislature to provide
means for the completion of this road.
We give the bill in another column.
STATE CONVENTION,
TO BE HELD
AT HARRISBURG,
Thursday, February 21st, 1861,
Meeting of the Democratic State Execu-
tive Committee
The Democratie State Executive
Committee met in the Supreme Court
Room at Harrisburg, on Wednesday,
January 30, 180.
Hon. William 11. Welsh, Chairman,
called the Committee to order.
A select committee of seven was ap
pointed to report a preamble and reso
lutions.
41.fter a brief recess, the Committee
made the following report, which was
adopted unanimously :
WIIEREAS, The dismemberment of
the Union, by the withdrawal of the
slave-holding States, now in rapid pro
gress, has been occasioned by a depar
ture from the Democratic construction
of the Constitution of the United States,
which holds "the equality of the'States
of the Confederacy," in respect to per
sons and property, to bo a fundamen
tal principle of such Constitution, and
by a contemplated abandonment of
the conservative Democratic policy
which has: for sixty years past, sa
credly guarded " the rights of the
States," and developed the resources
and capacities of the people by Demo
cratic legislation; thus guiding the
whole country to an eminence of pros
perity and renown :
And whereas, A speedy recognition
of the patriotic counsels and conserva
tive policy of the Democratic party in
the Administration of the Federal
Government, by the people of Penn
sylvania and of the other non-slave
holding States, is the only and sure
means of effecting a permanent recon
struction of a dissolving Confederacy:
And whereas, The organization of
the Democratic party of Pennsylvania,
hitherto " the Keystone of the Feder
al Arch," now harmonious, potent and
animated by a love of country, and of
the true principles of the Constitution,
is entirely competent, if called into im
mediate action, to restrain threatened
sectional violence and to materially
aid in reconstructing the federative
system on a basis of perpetuity; there
fore,
Resolved, That a Democratic State
Convention, to consist of three dele
gates
from each Senatorial and Rep
resentative district, three hundred and
ninety-nine in all, be held in the city
of Harrisburg, on Thursday, the 21st
day of February next, at 3 o'clock,
afternoon.
Resolved, That the several districts
are hereby earnestly invited to take,
in the manner most convenient and
agreeable to 1110111, prompt and effi
cient measures to insure a full, fair and
able representation.
Resolved, That the t't airman of this
Committee issue, immediately, a copy
of these resolutions to the airman
of each County Committee, each ab
sent member of this Committee, and
eonv
+t,....f_tAinitt.in . . uid facilitate this
matter, each member of this Commit
tee furnish the Chairman with the
names and addresses of Democrats in
his district.
The Committee then adjourned
Democratic State Convention
The Democratic State Executive
Committee of Pennsylvsnia, at a meet
ing held in the city of Harrisburg, on
the 30th ult., unanimously resolved to
elicit the views of the Democracy of
the " old Keystone" in reference to
the present terrible crisis of our Na
tional affairs.
The failure of the Republican party
to meet, in a proper spirit of conces
sion and compromise, the overtures
made for the adjustment of our Na
tional difficulties, renders it necessary
that the united. Democracy of this
Commonwealth should take prompt,
decided, and energetic action in the
premises.
We are in the midst of a revolution
brought about by the teachings of an
anti-constitutional party, a party sec
tional in its aims and sectional in its
principles. Six of our sister sovereign
States have already withdrawn from
the Federal Union, and others threat
en speedily to follow. The Democrat
ic party, ever faithful to the Constitu
tion and the laws, seriously deprecates
this deplorable condition of our com
mon and beloved country. The peril
now impending is the natural result of
a departure from the true constitution
al doctrines steadfastly maintained by
the Democratic organization for the
past sixty years, and can only be re
moved by the re-establishment of
those ancient and time-honored prin
ciples. It is not necessary to recall
the glories of the past—it is only nee 7
essary to be reminded of the dangers
of the present. Whatever the future
may have in store for the American
people—whether peace shall continue
within our borders, or our land be
rent with fraternal strife—it now be-
COmes the solemn and imperative duty
of the Democratic party, the only true
conservator of the Union, the Consti
tution, and "the equality of the States"
to give a full expression of opinion up
on the dangers which threaten Con
stitutional liberty, and menace the
rights of all the States of this Confed
eracy. Therefore, in accordance with
the unanimous recommendation of the
Democratic State Executive Commit
tee, the Democracy of Pennsylvania,
are earnestly invited to send three del
egates for each Senator, and three
delegates for each Representative, to
be chosen in such manner and at such
time, as may be deemed proper, to
meet in general State Convention at
Harrisburg, at 3 o'clock, P. M., on
Thursday, the 21st day of February, A.
D., 1861, to take into consideration
the present distracted and divided
state of the country, "to restrain
threatened sectional violence, and to
aid in re-constructing the federative
system on a basis of perpetuity."
By. order of the Committee.
Wm. H. WELsn, Chairman.
Harrisburg, Feb. 1, 1861.
County Committee Meeting.
With a view to act promptly on the
recommendation of the Democratic
State Committee above, the Demo
cratic County Committee aro request
ed to meet in convention at the Jack
son Hotel, in Huntingdon, on FRIDAY
the 15th INI3RUARY, inst., at 2 o'clock,
P. M., to take such action in the pre
mises as to them may seem right and
proper.
GEO. JACKSON, Chairman
Will. STEWART, See y.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to Thu Press.]
WAsnixeroN, rob. 1
A Bright Ray of Light.
The following highly important
joint resolution was introduced into
the House to-day, by the Hon. Win.
Kellogg, of Illinois, who is known to
bear a close relation to the President
elect, Mr. Lincoln. When they were
read they produced quite a sensation.
They exhibit, on the part of Mr. Kel
logg, an earnest_ desire to do all in his
power, which, I hope, will be seconded
by his party, to close the rapidly-wi
dening chasm between the sections
North and South :
JOINT RESOLUTION
Resolved, by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
two-thirds orboth Houses concurring,
That the following articles be, and
and are hereby, proposed and submit
ted as amendments to the Constitution
of the United - States, which shall be
valid to all intents and purposes as
part of said Constitution, when ratified
by three-fourths of the several States:
Article 13. That in•all the territory
now held by the United States, situa
ted north of latitude 36 degrees and 30
minutes, involuntary servitude, except
in the punishment for crime, is prohib
ited while such territory shall remain
under a Territorial Government.—
That in all the territory now held
south of said line, neither Congress
nor any Territorial Legislature shall
hinder or prevent the immigration to
said territory of persons held to ser
vice from any State of this Union,
where that relation exists by law or
usage of such State, while it shall re
main in a Territorial condition; and
when any Territory, north or south of
said line, within such boundaries as
Congress may prescribe, shall contain
the population requisite for a member
of Congress, according to the then
Federal ratio of representation of the
people of United States, it may, if its
form of government be republican, be
admitted into the Union on an equal
footingwith theoriginal States, with or
without the relation of persons held
to service and labor, as the Constitu
tion of such new State may provide.
Article 14. That nothing in the Con
stitution of the United States, or any
amendment thereto, shall be so con
strued as to authorize any department
of the Government to in any manner
interfere with the relation of persons
held to service in any State where
that relation exists, nor in any man
ner to establish or sustain that rela
tion in any State where it is prohibi
ted by the laws or Constitution of such
State ;
and that this article shall not
be altered or amended without the
consent of every State in the Union.
,41rtiele 15. The third paragraph of
articie6l - 1 - nevtion of the fourteenth
ken and eonst s 'uedto"ftutribrild tlnd
empower CongTe'Ss to pass laws neces
sary to secure the return of persons
held to service or labor, under the
laws of any State, who may have es
caped therefrom, to the party to whom
such service or labor may be due.
Article 16. The migration or impor
tation of persons helS to service or in
voluntary servitude, into any State,
Territory, or place within the United
States, from any place or country be
yond the limits of the United States or
territories thereof, is forever prohibi
ted.
The Defence of the Capital.
Two companies of artillery arrived
to-day from Fort Hamilton. There
are now five companies of that arm of
the service, which, together with the
infantry and marines, make about six
hundred Federal troops in Washington
and its vicinity.
Orders have just been issued for the
enrolment of all citizens subject to
militia duty, in the District of Colum
bia.
WASHINGTON, FEn. 8.
New Orleans no Longer a Port of Entry.
A resolution will be introduced into
the house to-morrow repealing the law
creating New Orleans a port of entry,
and providing for the collection of the
revenue at the mouth of the Mississip
pi.
The Poses Congress
But few of the commissioners to the
Peace Congress from the various States
have yet arrived and it is not oxpect
ed that the Congress will be able to
get to work before Wednesday next.
Owing to the late day of their appoint
ment, the commissioners from Missouri
and other di6tant States will not be able
to reach hero until that time. A tre
mendous outside pressure from the
Border States, North and South, will
bo in attendance to influence the com
missioners in favor of compromise,and
a settlement of all difficulties.
Wanhington Thronged.
The city is thronged with strangers,
and it is expected that a large number
of people will visit the city during the
week than.,Anter before was drawn
hither, by their anxiety to have some
immediate action taken to keep the
Border States in the Union.
Good News from Alabama.
Reliable advices from Alabama bring
the assurance that the Secessionists
have been forced to yield to the over
whelming Union sentiment in the
northern part of the State, and recon
sider their hasty action so far as to
provide for submitting the ordinance
of secession to the people.
Fort Sumpter
The anxiety in relation to Fort
Sumpter begins to revive, in view of
the preparations looking to an attack
making by South Carolina. An officer
of the Navy, just arrived from the
neighborhood of Charleston, declares
that an assault will be made on the
fort in the next forty-eight hours. A
private letter from Sumpter states that
Maj. Anderson is fully prepared to re
sist any attack. The columbiads,which
wore not mounted when he took pos
session of the fort, are now all in read
iness to give a good report of them
selves. One of these guns was dis
charged the other night, to try it, and
all Charleston was immediately in
arms, the bravo South Carolina militia
believing for a time that Uncle Sam
had opened the ball.
Arrival of More Troops
Two companies of United States
dragoons arrived in this city this
morning at daylight. There arc now
so many troops here that Wasshington
begins to wear the appearance of a
military encampment.
Call for a National Convention
An effort will be made by a member
of the committee of five, to report a
joint resolution providing for the call
of a National Convention, for the ad
justment of the present difficulties.
The Washington Convention
The following are the resolutions
which passed both Houses of our Leg
islature, appointing Commissioners
from this State to meet at Washington
on llonday last :
WHEREAS, The Legislature of the
State of Virginia has invited a meet
ing of commissioners from the several
States of this Union to be held in the
city of Washington on the . 4th day of
February next, to consider, and if
practicable agree upon, some suitable
adjustment of the unhappy differences
which now disturb the business of the
country and threaten the dissolution
of this Union:
And, whereas, in the opinion of this
Legislature, no reasonable cause exists
for the extraordinary excitement
which now pervades some of the States
in relation to their domestic institu
tions ; and while Pennsylvania still
adheres to, and cannot surrender the
principles which she has always enter
tained on the subject of slavery, this
Legislature is willing to accept the in
vitation of Virginia, and to unite with
her in an earnest effort to restore the
peace of the country, by such means
as may be consistent with the princi
ples upon which the constitution is
thunded.
Therefore :
Resolved, dw., That the invitation of
the Legislature of Virginia to her sis
ter States for the appointment of Com
missioners to meet in the city of Wash-
ington ' on the 4th of February next,
be and the same is hereby accepted ;
and that the Governor be and he is
hereby authorized to appoint five Com
missioners for the State of Pennsylva
nia, whose duty it shall be to repair
to the city of Washington on the clay
designated, to meet such Commission
ers as may be appointed by any other
States, which have not authorized or
sanctioned the seizure of the forts, ar
senals or other property of the United
States, to consider, and if possible to
agree upon, some suitable measures
for the prompt and final settlement of
the difficulties which now exist: Pro
vided, That the said Commissioners
shall be subject, in all their proceed
ings, to the instructions of this Legis
lature.
" That in the opinion of this Legis-
lature, the people of Pennsylvania do
not desire any alteration or amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States;
and any recommendation from
this body to that effect, while it does
not come within its appropriate and
legitimate duties, would not meet
with their approval. That Pennsyl
vania will cordiully unite with the
tion of any proper constitutional mea
sures adequate to guarantee and se
cure a more strict and ninth' obser
vance of the second section of the
fourth article of the Constitution of
the United States, which provides,
among other things, " that the citizens
of each State shall be entitled to all
the privileges and immunities of citi
zens of the several States," and " that
no person held to service or labor in
one State, escaping into another, shall,
in consequence of any law or regula
tion therein, be discharged from such
service or labor, but shall be delivered
up on claim of the party to whom
such service or labor may be due."
New York Democratic Convention
ALBANY. N. Y. Feb. 1.
The committee on resolutions of the
Democratic State Convention, have
agreed to report, to-day, a series of
•resolutions entirely free from anything
of a partizan character, opposing coer
cion, and favoring the Crittenden COM
promise ; exhorting all men to unite
with them in submitting that Compro
mise to the vote of the people of the
State; exhorting the seceding States
to refrain from acts of aggression, or
any course calculated to plunge the
nation into civil war, and the non-se
ceding slave States to use their influ
ence with .- their brethren of the South
to that end. The Convention re-as
sembled at noon to-day. Speeches
were delivered by Lyman Tromain
and James J. Thayer, against coercion
and civil war.
The Committee on Resolutions made
a report in addition to the foregoing
summary. These resolutions declare
that it is a monstrous doctrine to re
fuse to settle controversies with our
own people with compromises. They
favor the adoption of the policy that
will give satisfaction to the Border
States, and favor the appointment of
a Committee to memorialize the Leg
islature urging the submission of the
Crittenden Compromise to the vote of
the Electors of the State at the earli
est practicable day. They urge Con
gress to provide at an early day for
Constitutional amendments, or in the
event of the Mitre of Congress to
take action, they urge the Legislature
to take initiatory steps for summoning
a general Convention to propose
amendments to the Constitution of the
United States. They favor a response
to the Virginia resolutions for a Con
ference at Washington, and name as a
Commissioner from this State Hon.
Millard Filhnore, Addison Gardner,
Green Bronson, Erastus Corning, Ho
ratio Seymour, Amos J. Parker, Chas.
O'Conner and Samuel G. Tilden. The
resolutions strenuously oppose civil
war, and urge the seceding and non
seceding Southern States to join hands
in staying the progress of dissolution.
Ir MEANB SOMETIIING.—OIIe of the
resolutions adopted by the Democratic
State Convention of Ohio is in the fol
lowing words : •
Resolved, That the two hundred
thousand Democrats of Ohio send to
the people of the United States, both
North and South, greeting: And when
the people of the North shall have ful
filled their duties to the Constitution
and the South—then, •and not until
then, will it he proper for them to take
into consideration the question of the
right and propriety of coercion,
IMPORTANT BY TELEGRAPH.
Important From Washington.
The Convention of States.
WASITINOTON, Feb. 4
The Convention room is closed to
the reporters of "the press, who are
not to be admitted until a vote of the
Conference is taken on the question of
admiSsion, after its organization. The
Virginia delegation are desirous that
the whole proceedings shall be con
ducted with closed doors to the press
and public. There is a Committee of
Secessionists heie from Maryland" to
protest against the admission of the
Maryland delegates.
SECOND DISPATCH
1 P. M.—The Convention is sitting
with closed doors.
Hon. S. C. Wright, of Ohio, is in the
chair. A committee on permanent or
ganization has been appointed. The
Conference has refused to admit the
Press representatives. It is supposed
that ex-President Tyler, of Virginia,
will be the permanent President. The
Conference adjourned at halfpast.one
to meet at noon to-morrow. All the
States were represented that have
elected Commissioners except New
York, Tennessee, Missouri and IlBMA&
Eleven States were fully represented.
Mr. Wright, of Ohio, acted as tem
porary Chairman, and Mr. Howard, of
Maryland, as temporary Secretary.
A motion Was made to admit the
representatives of the press to the
floor, but it was laid on the table, to
proceed to a permanent organization.
A committee, consisting of one Com
missioner from each State, has been
appointed on permanent organization.
Ultimatum, of the Southern Coninrision
ers,—Senator Douglas. A Union
Letter.—Withdrawal of the Louisiana
AS'enators.—Slidell on the _nib Confed
eracy.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—Senator Dou
glas has written a letter to day, to
Tennessee, respecting the charge
brought against him by the Memphis
Appeal, to the effect that he was in fa
vor of the secession of the Border
States. In his letter, the Senator pa
triotically and eloquently urges the
State of Tennessee to resist the tide of
secession which has swept over the
Cotton States, and by her prudent,
conservative action to save the Feder
al Union.
The Southern Commissioners to the
Conciliation Convention in sesfsion here,
have held a caucus to-day, and decid
ed upon an ultimatum to be presented
to the Border States. They say that
if this ultimatum is not speedily acted
upon, they , will be forced to withdraw
from the Convention, and thus end all
hope of a peaceful adjustment of the
tronbles which now afflict the land.
Senators Slidell and Benjamin, re
presenting Louisiana, withdrew from
the Senate to-day, after reading the
ordinance of secession adopted by that
State. In his farewell remarks Mr.
Slidell gave sonic details of the plan
for the new Southern Confederacy, and
said that the Constitution of this new
Government could not be interfered
with. He added that the navigation
of the Mississippi river would remain
new 'onfederey would be fully pre
pared to resist all attempts at coercion.
Special Despatch to the Patriot nod Union.]
WAsur:oroN, Feb. 4.-4 P. M.—The
city is full of Federal troops. I un
derstand that the representatives in
the Peace Congress from Virginia and
Maryland will propose to the Govern
ment to withdraw every soldier from
Washington, pledging each of those
States for the safety and quiet of the
city till after the inauguration of Mr.
Lincoln.
Louisiana,
Seizure of the Mint and Custom-House
at New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, February 1.--The
United States Mint and Custom-House
were quietly taken possession of, yes
terday, by the State authorities. The
officials continued in their posiitons,
having taken the oath prescribed by
the ordinance of secession, to-day.
North Carolina,
Volunteer Companies Forming
RALIEGIT, Feb. 2.—The State Con
vention is the leading topic of discus
sion.
Several members of the Legislature
have gone home to prepare for the
canvass.
Volunteer companies aro forming
throughout the State, to bo ready to
act in any emergency in support of the
Federal Government, except in case
of coercion.
Kentucky Legislature.
An Appeal to the Seceders
LoufsviLLE, Feb. 2.—The Senate has
passed, by a vote of 25 yeas to 12 nays
Mr. Fisk's resolutions appealing to the
Southern States to arrest the revolu
tion, protesting against Federal coer
cion, and resolving that when the
Legislature adjourns on the Gth to be
to the 24th of April, to hear the re
sponses from our sister States, and to
the application to Congress to call a
National Convention.
Michigan,
The Senate Refuses to Appoint Commis-
sioi ens
DETROIT, Feb. 2.—The State Senate
yesterday rejected a resolution author
izing the Governor to appoint five
Commissioners to the Washington
Conference, The vote stood—yeas 15,
nays 16,
No UNION - EXCEPT OUT OF TIIE UNI
ON.—The young ladies of Burke coun
ty, Ga., have offered a very strong in
ducement for young men to " sesesh."
At a large and enthusiastic meeting
on the 20th ult., the following resolu
tion was adopted, it is to be hoped not
unanimously:
•' Resolved, That we, the young la
dies of Burke county, do henceforth
reject with a haughty scorn and proud
disdain, all civilities from any gentle
man who refuses or neglects to join
the ranks of any Southern State that
shall, in her sovereign Capacity with
draw her allegiance from this uncon
stitutional Confederacy, holding it to
be self-evidmit that a dastard's glove
can never win a woman's love or de-.
fend her honor,"
Message of The President Transmitting
. the Virginia Resolutions.
To the Senate and House of Representa
tives of the United States.
I deem it my duty to submit to Con
gress a series of resolutions adopted
by the Legislature of Virginia on the
19th instant, having in view a peace
ful settlement of the existing questions„
which now threaten the Union. They
wcre.delivered to me on Thursday, the
24th instant, by ex-President Tyler,
who has left his dignified and honored
retirement in the hope that ho may
render some service to his country in
this its hour of need.
These resolutions, it willbeperceived,
extend an invitation to all such States,
whether slaveholding or non-slavehold
ing, as are willing to unite with each
other in an earnest effort to adjust the
present unhappy difficulties in the spirit
in which the Constitution was origi
nally formed, and consistently with its
principles, so as to afford the people of
the slaveholding States adequate guar
antees for the security of -their rights,
to appoint commissioners to meet on
the fourth day of February next, in
the city of Washington, similar com
missioners appointed by Virginia, to
consider. and if pradticable, agree upon
some sort of adjustment.
I confess I hail this movement on
the part of Virginia with great satis
faction. From the past history of this
ancient and renowned Commonwealth,
we have the fullest assurance that what
she has undertaken she will accom
plish, if it can be done by able, enlight
ened and persevering efforts. It is
highly gratifying to know that other
patriotic States have appointed com
missioners to meet those of Virginia
in council. When assembled, they
will constitute a body entitled in an
eminent degree to the confidence of
the country.
The Federal assembly of Virginia
have also resolved " that ex-President
Tyler is hereby appointed by the con
current vote of each branch of the Gen
eral Assembly, a commissioner to the
President of the United States, and
Judge John Robertson is hereby ap
pointed by a like vote a commissioner
to the State of South Carolina and all
other seceding States that have sece
ded, or shall secede, with instructions
to respectfully request the President
of the United States, and the authori
ties of such States to agree to abstain,
pending the proceedings contemplated
by the action of this General Assembly,
from any and all acts calculated to
produce a collision of arms between
the States and the Government of the
United States."
However strong may be my desire
to enter into such an agreement, I am
convinced that I do not possess the
power. Congress, and Congress alone,
under the war-making power, can ex
ercise the discretion of agreeing to ab
stain from any and all acts calculated
to produce a collision of arms between
this and any other Government. It
would therefore be a usurpation for
the Executive to attempt to restrain
their hands by an agreement in regard
to matters over which he has no con
stitutional control.
If he were thus to act, they might
pass laws which he would be 'breed to
obey, though in conflict with his agree
1/141t,
Under existing circumstances my
present actual power is confined with
in narrow limits. It is my duty at. :ill
times to defend and protect. the Feder
al property within the seceding States,
so litr as this may be practicable, and
especially to employ the constitutional
means to protect the property of the
United States, and to preserve the
public of this the seat of the Federal
Government. If the seceding States
abstain from any and all acts calcula
ted to produce a collision of arms, then
the danger so much to be deprecated
will no longer exist. Defence and not
v
aression'has been the policy of the
Administration from the Leo- is inning..
But whilst I can enter into no en
gagement such as that propwed, I cor
dially commend to Congress, with
much confidence, that it will meet their
approbation, to abstain from passing
any law calculated to produce a colli
sion of arms, pending the proceedings
contemplated by the action of the Gen
eral Assembly of Virginia. lam one
of those who will never despair of the
Republic. I yet cherish the belief that
the American people will perpetuate
the union of the States on some terms
just and honorable to all sections of
the country.
I trust that the mediation of Virgin
ia may be the destined means, under
Providcncb, of accomplishing this in
estimable benefit..
Glorious as arc the memories of her
past history, such an achievement,
both in relation to her own fame and
the welfare of the whole country, would
surpass them all.
JAMES BUCHANAN
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 28, 1861.
Secession Scripture.
The telegraph relates that the bust
.of John C. Calhoun, which has been
placed at the right hand of the Presi
dent's chair in the South Carolina Se
cession Convention, bears the follow
ing perversion of Scripture
"That which is written, execute
quickly; the day is far spent, the night
is at hand,"
Upon which the Cincinnati Commer
cial remarks that—" This reading the
Bible backwards is quite in charae,
for for those who are taking a long
step towards the dark ages. South
Carolina piety has seceded from the
established reading, which is : Tho
night is far spent, the day is at band.."-
No wonder. They are fulfilling
another Scripture, which says "Ye
love darkness rather tha,l light, because
your deeds are evil."
And while we are upon the Scrip
tures, it is as well to observe that the
firepart' of the aboVe motto, " That
which is written, execute qUickly," is
the secessionists' gloss of the words of
Jesus to Judas Iscariot, an the night
he betrayed him--" That thou doest,
do quickly."
And, as if to complete the parallel,
the Scripture goes on: " Judas, then,
having received the sop, went human-
Wall out, and it was night."
When traitors quote Scripture, how
curiously it is that they providentially
stumble on Judas Iscariot.