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THE NEWS.
JOHN J., CRITTENDEN.—There
is very little doubt that the President
intends conferring upon Hqp. John J.
Crittenden the position-•of Supreme
Judge' of the United States, in the va
cancy for which Judge Black was nom
inated. •
THE PRESIDENT DECLARES THAT ins
INAUGURAL MEANS PEACE.—President
Lincoln - said to. a Souther*gentleman,
who called on him to know how his
inaugural was to be understood, that
it meant peace. -
Missount CONVENTION.—TiIO State
is for the Union. The Convention, by
a resolution, declared secession a clan
gdrous political heresy. A resolution
was also unanimously adopted tender
ing the thanks of the Convention to
Senators Crittenden and. Douglas for
their efforts to procure peace for their
distracted country.
Wm:min.—A Montgomery corres
pondent says: Mallory, the Secretary
of the Navy, is making preparations
for war on a large scale. The city and
the Military are quite gay. President
Davis has taken a splendid white hotise
hero.
TREASON ENDORSED.—The Legisla
ture of Lousiana has passed a series of
resolutions approving of the conduct
of Gen. Twiggs in surrendering the
property of the Federal Government
to the Texas authorities.
THE SOUTHERN CONGRESS.—A des
patch from Afontgomery,' Ala., dated
the Bth, states that the army bill had
passed. The Committeereported that
50,000 men will soon be ready to take
the field.
PREPARING TO ATTACK FORT SUM
TER.—The Charleston Courier of Thurs
day last says the works in the harbor
have Made formidable progress within
the pa . gt few days, under.the direction
of Gen. Beauregard, in whose charge
the attack on Fort Sumter has been
placed. Three -soldiers, whose terms
of enlistment had expired, left Fort
Sumter on Wednesday.
the speech of Mr. Douglas in the Sen
ate on the Inaugural of Mr. Lincoln.
Senator Douglas is a patriot of the
highest order. He is for the Union,
and has buried the partizan in the pat
riot, and will cheerfully support the
President in every measure ho may
put forward to save the country from
civil war •
SEhVEh Hnr Rronr.—A few days
before the expiration of Mr. Buchan
an's term, he nominated to the Senate,
Jeremiah S. Black for Justice of the Su
preme Court. ' The Senate refused to
confirm the nomination of Mr. Black,
leaving the seat vacant to be filled by
Mr. Lincoln. We have no tears to
shed over the defeat of Mr: Jeremiah
S. Ile was one of the most proscrip
tive men in Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet,
and he can now take a back seat with
those he persecuted when he had it in
his power to do so.
ADDITIONAL PATRONAGE: By . the
passage of the : billff
. organizing . the
Territories
, of Dacotalf, Coloiado, - and
Nevada, the President will be called
upon to appoint three Governors, three
secretaries, nine judges, three district
attorneys, three United States niar
shals, three registers arid three receiv
ers, and. three - surveybri general. Ad
ditional land- districts.were. also crea
ted in Oregon and,-Washington Terri
tory by the last Congress, which will
require two new registers and two new
receivers of the public lands. -
President Lincoln's Cabinet
OA the fifth The Senate. remained in
secret session for_ an hour anti half,
and confirmed- the foll Owing Cabinet
appointments, which had been made by
the President:
Secretary of State—William 11. Sew
ard, of New York.
Secretary of Treasury—Wmou P
Chase, of Ohio.
Secretary of War—Simon Cameron,
of Pennsylvania.
Secietaly of Navy—Glgeo.n J. Wells,
of Conneetietttr .
Secretary of Interior—Caleb Smith,
of Indiana.
Post Master General—Montgomery
Blair, of Maryland.
Attorney General—Edward Bates,
of Missouri.
The votes by which these appoint
ments were confirmed were unanimous
for all except Mr.,,Bates and Mr. Blair,
four or five votes being cast against
,each, that many Objecting, to them be
cause they were unwilling that any
men .from the slave States should go
into the Cabinet. . '
)36Y. The 'shops of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. Company, at Parkesburg,
Chester county, are.ahout to be closed
and their contents •renioVed to the
new shops of the company ; at Harris
burg.
The Treason of Twiggs
- No act, says the Doylestown Demo
crat, in the insane rebellion which is
now going on in the Southern States,
has been received with as much indig
nation and disgust by the American
people, as the treason of Gen. Twiggs.
He was in command of the depart
ment of Texas, and hail under him a
force of nearly three thousand men,
infimtry, artillery, and cavalry, sta
tioned at some dozen posts. He was
not only entrusted with the command
of these troops, and the protection of
a long line of frontier,.but the govern
ment-had confided to his care public
property worth about one and a half
millions of dollars.. He was an old of
ficer, having served in the army since
1812, and the United States had raised
hint from ail humble position to one of
influence: In view of these facts, he
deliberately betrayed his trust and
committed treason. Not satisfied with
covering himself with infamy, he has
1 1
agreed to turn over his officers and
men to the State of Texas as prisoners
of - War, subjecting them to the most
humiliating terms ; How much his
conduct finds a parallel in that of Ben
edict Arnold, who negotiated with the
British to surrender to them West
Point with the garrison and dependen
cies. By this act he has not .only
made himsolf a traitor to his country,
but proved to the world that he is a
cowardly villoin, and - as such will be
considered by all honorable men. Had
he been an honest man, he would have
resigned his commission, but that
would have prevented him stealing
the public property, and thus defeated
part of his designs. We see it stated
that Captain Reynolds, Quarter Mas
ter at San Antonio, has turned over
the stores at that place, to the enemy,
and joined the rebels. He is a fit sub
ject for treason, and the service will be
well rid of him. He was dismissed a
few years ago for rascality in office,
and re-instated by Mr. Buchanan.—
We do not believe that the officers un
der Twiggs will agree to his treasona
ble arrangements. What say the vet
eran Bonneville, the gallant _Nichols,
Brooks, :McCook ? They will never
become traitors to their collar); and
their flag. As for Twiggs the brand of
traitor and coward is indelibly stamped
upon him, and future ages will only
remember him when they think of
Arnold.
Who Are Abolitionists?
' The late vote in the louse of Rep
resentatives at Washington, upon the
Corwin amendment to the Constitu
tion, shows eodelnsively who, of that
body are Abolitionists :
JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND TILE CON-
STITUTIO4, OF THE UNITED STATES
Be it resolved, By the Senate and
. . • t • s ntatives oftlieUnited
ring, that the following article be pro
posed to the Legislatures of the several
States as an amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States, which,
when ratified by three-fourths of said
Legislatures, shall be valid to all in
tents and purposes as part of the said
Constitution, viz :
ARTICLE That no amend
ment shall be made to the Constitution
which will authorize or give Congress
power to abolish or interfere within
any State with the domestic institu
tions therein, including that of persons
held to labor or servitude by the laws
of said State."
The above was the joint resolution
voted upon ; which is a proposition so
fair and just, as well as necessary to
restore peace to the country, that we
cannot see how any reasonable and
honest-minded man could oppose it.
We have the right to charge those who
voted against it with being Abolition
ists in the true sense of the word, and
in favor of Congress abolishing slavery
in the Southern States. We did' not
believe that sixty-five members of that
body would dare place themselves up
on this revolutionary platform, and
outrage the opinion and patriotism of
the country. - - Here are their names—
let them be remembered :
NAys.—Messrs. Alley, Asbley,Beale,
Bingham, BLAIR, Blake, Brayton,
Buflinton, Burlingame, Burnham, Ca
rey, Carter, Case, Coburn, Conkling,
Dawes, Fenton, Ferry, Foster, Frank,
Gooch, Grow, Gurley, Hickman, Hind
mand, Hutchins, Irvine, Kellogg, of
Michigan, Leach, of Michigan, Lee,
Longnecker, Loomis, Lovejoy, Mars
ton, McKean, Pettit, Potter, Pottle,
Edwin R. Reynolds, Royce, Sedgwick,
Somes, Spinner, Stevens, Stewart, of
Penn'a., Tappan, Tompkins, Train,
Vanderveer, Van Wyck, Wade, Wal
dron, Walton; Washburn, of Wisconsin,
Washburn, of Illinois, Wells, Wilson
and Woodruff-65.
They are about the same who voted
for Blake's abolition resolution last
winter. Among those who opposed
the Corwin amendment, we regret to
find - Mr. Blair, the Republican member
from this district. We do not believe
he presents the sentiments of his party,
for we have already heard indignation
expressed among his own political
friends at his vote. He has listened
to the no-compromise, radical teach
ing of the Tribune, and thus been pre
cipitated into the black gulf of Aboli
tionism.
kgir A young lady in Jersey City
died a few days since from improperly
treating frozen feet. She had been ska
ting on Central Park, where her feet
were frozen, •and returning home put
them in hot, water, which caused mor
tification, the loss of her feet, and
death within eight days. Skaters and
others finding their feet or hands fro
zen "should rub them with snow, if
procurable, or water as icy cold as
possible.
IMPORTANT BY TELEGRAPH.
QM
PROCLAMATION OF GOVERNOR HOUSTON
DECLARING TEXAS OUT OF THE UNION
—ACTION 01' THE STATE CONVENTION.
GALVESTON, Texas, March B.—On
the 4th inst. the State Convention
adopted au ordinance declaration Tex
as out of the Union, such being the
will of the people of the State, and
Gov. Houston has issued a proclama
tion to that effect.
The complete returns of the election
give the secession ordinance a majority
of 28,000 votes in the 31,500 votes that
were cast.
The Convention has also passed an
ordinance authorizing the election of
delegates to represent the State in the
Congress of the Provisional Govern
ment.
Also, an ordinance declaring that
vessels sent by the Federal Govern
ment shall not be seized.
It is said that Governor Houston
will neither resign his office nor take
the oath of allegiance under the new
Government.
The Convention is engaged in the
discussion of an ordinance defining
treason.
McCulloch has sent a detachment to
guard the upper forts.
The Southern Congress.
MoNTommy : Ala., March 10.—The
transactions of the Congress yesterday
were in secret session. It is understood
that the permanent Constitution will
be completed to-night or on Monday,
and a recess will follow.
It is also reported that the announce
ment of a commission to Europe is
premature, and it is believed that none
will be confirmed. until the conference
with the Federal Government 'at
Washington is concluded.
The Alabama Convention has adopt
ed an ordinance transferring the army
operations to the Provisional Govern
ment, with the arms and munitions of
war acquired from the United States.
It also transfers the authority over
the forts and arsenals to the Confeder
acy.
Letter from Major Anderson—The Cabi
net and Fort Sumter.
WAsimccrroN, March H.
An official letter from Major Ander
son received on Saturday, says he
had only fifteen clays subsistence and
wood on hand. The question has
therefore arisen with the administra
tion whether reinforcements shall be
attempted, or the fort abandoned.—
The latter course, it is thought, will be
adopted, from inevitable necessity, by
the advice of Lieut. General Scott,—
There is, however, a conflict of opinion
among the Republicans on this ques
tion and no conclusions have been ar
rived at in the Cabinet council.
Virginia Convention.
Ricumosn,Va.,Mareh.lo—Theinajor
ity of the Committee on Federal Rela
tions made a report, in part recom
mending that the Border States hold
a conference to determine their future
action, and to oppose coercion.
Ex-Governor Wise submitted a mi
nority report, giving a list of demands,
requesting the States to give answers
by October next, and in the meantime
that every step be taken to preserve
the peace, and that neither the Gov
ernment nor the seceded States shall
commence hostilities, the Government
retaining only a sufficient force in the
port, signed bythree members, for the
passage of an ordinance of secession.
Mr. Barbour, of Culpeper, presented
a minority report, declaring that the
Government must immediately adopt
measures to afford the people of the
slaveholding States full constitutional
assurance of their safety in continuing
further association with them under
the common Government. Also, re
commending the Convention to appoint
commissioners to confer with the au
thorities of the Confederate States.
The majority report embraces a se
ries of resolutions. The first re-affirms
the doctrine of State rights; the second
declares that any interference with
slavery by the Federal or other au
thorities, or by the people, is contrary
to the Constitution, and offensive and
dangerous; the third condemns the
formation of geographical or sectional
parties; the fourth demands a fair
partition of the Territories, and equal
protection therein; the fifth declares
that in a time of profound peace with
other nations, as now exists, and when
no symptoms of domestic insurrection
appear, it is unwise, impolitic, and of
fensive to accumulate within the limits
of a State interested in the irritating
pending questions of the deepest im
portance an unusual amount of troops
and munitions of war; the sixth in
dulges the hope of a restoration of the
Union and fraternal feelings; the sev
enth recommends the repeal of all an
friendlyand uneonstitutibnal legislation
and proper amendments of the Con
stitution ; the eighth concedes the right
of States to withdraw for just causes;
the ninth alludes to the position of the
Federal Government as disclaiming
any power under the Constitution, to
recognize the withdrawal of States;
the tenth, without expressing any
opinion of the power, desires to confer
upon the Government the powers ne
cessary to deal peaceably with the
questions involved, and, if necessary,
to recognize the Separate independence
of the seceding States; to make treat
ies, and to pass laws as the separation
may make proper. The eleventh rec
ommends the people of the sister States
to respond, at their earliest conve
nience, to the foregoing positions and
amendments to the Constitution to be
proposed hereafter, and in the event
that Yirginia fails to obtain satisfacto
ry responses from the non-slaveholding
States, she will feel compelled to re
sume her sovereignty, and throw her
self upon her reserved rights; the
twelfth makes it an indispensible con
dition that a peaceful policy should be
adopted towl4rds the seeeded*States—
no attempt to reinforce or recapture
the forts, or exact the payment of im
posts upon commerce, or any measure
calculated to provoke hostilities; the
thirteenth declares that the Conven
tion would regard any hostile action
on either side as hurtful, unfriendly,
and as leaving Virginia free to deter
mine her future policy; the fodrteenth
recommends a Cohference of the Bor
der Slave States at Frankfort, Ken
tucky, on the last Monday of May.
The foregoing resolutions do not,
probably, fully meet the **oval of
the Union members, because the legal
right of secession is apparently recog
nized,
Special Session of the Senate
WAsnmoroN, Mart& 6, 1861.
Mr. Dixon, of Rhode Island, offered
a resolution that the usual number of
copies of the Pre6ident's Inaugural be
printed.
DEBATE ON ME INAUGURAL
Mr. Clingman, of North Carolina,
said that, in voting for the resolution,
he did not wish to be understood as
endorsing the positions of the Inaugu
ral. If he understood it correctly, for
all" ofit was dark and obscure, the pur
pose which seemed to stand out clear
ly and directly, if carried out, would
lead to a war against the Confederated
States. The policy indicated was
therefore unwise, and should be avoid
ed. The President expressly declares
that he intends to treat the States as
if they were all in the Union, and re
ghrds the acts of secession as mere
nul
lities. Certain States, claim to be inde
pendent, and if the President acts as
he enunciates, there can be no result
except a, collision between them and
the Federal Government. It is plain
and unmistakable that he intends to
occupy and possess the forts, arsenals,
etc., in those seceded States, when we
know this can be done by dispossesing
the State authorities. The collections
of the revenues therein must also lead
to a collision of arms. After we de
clared our independence of Great Bri
tain, nobody supposed the colonies
would pay taxes ; in fact, they refused
to pay before the declaration of inde
pendence. He repeated that if the
President's policy should be carried
out, there must inevitably be war.
Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, could not
consent that the Senator's - remarks
should go unanswered. He had read
the inaugural carefully, with a view
of understanding what the policy
of the Administration is to be as there
in indicated. It is characterized by
great ability and with great directness.
On certain points a critical analysis is
necessary to arrive at the true con
struction. He had partially made such
an analysis, and had come to the con
clusion that it was a peace, rather than
a war message. He had examined it
candidly and critically, and thought
there was no foundation for a different
opinion ;7 on the contrary, there is a
distinct pledge that the policy of the
Administration shallsbe conducted ex
clusively with a reference to a pe,ace
fill solution of our national difficulties.
It is true the President indicates a cer
tain lino of policy, so to be conducted
as to lead to a peaceful solution, but it
was not as explicit as he (Mr. Douglas)
desired.
Ile then quoted from the inaugural
in support of his position saying that,
unless the means be furnished, the
President cannot execute the laws.—
lie thought the President, in his re
marks on this subject, was referring
to the future action of Congress giving
him power to enforce obedience to them.
The President muff have been aware
that in 1832 a law was passed to enable
Jackson to enforce the revenue laws
in the port of Charleston. The act ex
pired in two years. Was it to be sup
posed that Mr. Lincoln thought he had
more power without than Jackson had
with the aid of. , legislation ? lie re
peated, that when the President pledges
himself to collect the revenues and en
force the laws, unless Congress with
' holds the requisite .Means, lie is to be
understood. , that his. act is• dependent
tion of the inaugural; for the Presi
dent says he shall perform his duty so
far as practicable, unless his rightful
masters, the American people, shall
withhold the requisite means, or in
some manner direct the contrary.
•The President further says : " The
power confided to me will be used to
hold, occupy, and possess the property
and places belonging to the Govern
ment, and to collect the duties and im
posts; but beyond what may be neces
sary for these objects, there will be no
invasion, no using of force against or
among the people anywhere." The
President does not say that he will
take possession of the forts, but that
he will hold, occupy, and possess them,
This was equivocal language; but he
did not condemn the President for it.
Beyond what may be necessary for
these objects, there will be an invasion,
no using of force among the people
anywhere. If it is the duty of the
President to enforce the revenue laws,
it is his duty to enforce the other laws.
It cannot be justified that the revenue
laws should be enforced, and all the
other laws which afford protection, as
a conpensation for taxes, shall not be
enforced
He thought there were two points
in which they could find a solution of
these doubts. The President says :
" Where the hostility to the United
States in any interior locality shall be
so great and so universal as to prevent
competent resident citizens from hold
ing the Federal offiebs, there will be
no attempt to force obnoxious stran
gers among the people for that object."
The President draws a distinction be
tween
the exterior localities. If he
has power in the one case, ho has the
power ill the other. If it is his duty
in the one ease to enforce the law, it
is his duty in the other. There was
no provision of layv which authorizes a
distinction in this respect between the
places in the interior and on the seat
board.
This brought him to the construction
of another clause—the most important
of all, and the key to the whole policy ;
but ho was rejoiced when he read it.
Ho invited attention to it as showing eon
elusively that the President is pledged
to a policy which looks to a peaceful
solution of our difficulties, and against
all others. Ho says : " The course
here indicated will bo followed, unless
current events and eXperienco shall
show a modification or change to be
proper, and in every en ,,- and exigency
my discretion will bo exercised aceor
cling to the circumstances actually ex
isting, and ;with a view and a hope
of a peaceful solution of tlio na
tional troubles, and the restoration of
fraternal sympathies and affections."
In other words, the President says that
if the collection of revenue will lead to
a peaceful solution, then it will be col
lected. If 'the abandonment of. such
collection will have that effect, then it
will be abandoned. So of the forts
and arsenals in the seceded States.—
He will recapture or not recapture
them, and will reinforce or not rein
force Forts Sumter and Pickens. He
is pledged, in either ease, to a peaceful
policy and acting with this view. If
this is not the true construction, why
was there not inserted a pledge to use
coercion, retake the forts, recapture
the arsenals, collect the revenue, en
force the laws, unless there was at
tached to each one a condition on
which the pledge was to be carried
out? But the pledge is only to do it
in order to secure a peaceful solution,
and for no other cause.
He submitted the question whether
or not the friends of peace have not
much to rejoice at. The inaugural
was much more conservative than he
had anticipated. It was more pacific
and conciliatory than he had predicted.
He repeated, that, after a careful ex
amination and analysis, he was clearly
of the opinion that the Administration
stands pledged to a peaceful solution,
and will do no act that would lead to
war, and not change its policy unless
necessary to preserve peace. He
thought the President had stated the
cause of the trouble, clearly and had
indicated a remedy.
The President, in a manner peculiar
to himself; proceeeds to show what did
not produce the troubles. Mr. Doug
las here quoted from the inaugural,
adding that according to this it was
the attempt to prohibit slavery or'pro
tect slavery in the Territories in the
absence of express Constitution pro
vision for eitheir purpose. If the Pres
ident has truly stated the cause, what
is the remedy ? It is to adopt a con
stitutional provision on the subject.—
The President speaks of such an amend
ment as to define the power of Con
gress over the subject. He gives us to
understand that there never can be
peace until the question is settled, and
that it cannot be settled except by an
amendment to the Constitution.
The President stands pledged to let
the people decide on the mode of
amendment. Ile will not interfere.—
Ho will not oppose it. If the the peo=
pie say that Congress shall protect
slavery everywhere, the President
is pledged not to oppose it; and so, if
the people say slavery shall not be pro
tected everywhere. If they shall in
corporate the Crittenden proposition,
he will not oppose it. He is in favor
of such amendments as will settle the
question forever by express provisions
of the Constitution, leaving the people
to decide what amendmens shall be
made, and he will accept them cheer
fully.
Taking this to be the meaning of the
proposition, he (Mr. Douglas) found in
it much cause for encouragement. In
the first place, it was peaceful, and not
aggressive. The President will do no
act of aggression; but all his conduct
will be with a view to a peacuful solu
tion. In the second place, as the diffi
culty is owing . to the absence of any
express provision of the Constitution
on the slavery question in the Territo
ries, he will advocate that the people
change that instrument. Whatever
departure Mr. Lincoln has made
from his partyplatform should be taken
as an act of patriotism, and not as an
act of infidelity.
If he understood him, Mr. Lincoln
had sunk the partisan in the patriot,
and was entitled for this to the thanks
of all conservative men. He did not
want it to be inferred that he sympa
thized with the Administration, or in
any contingency that he and the Pres
ident would be associated. Ho expec
ted to oppose his Administration on
those great principles which separated
parties in former times; but on ques
tions looking to the present Union,
t e subject of — slavery by :in amend-
ment to the Constitution, if he under
stood the President's true meaning, he
was with him. He believed that he
had put the proper construction on
these parts of the inaugural, and he
believed the President was going to
live up to it. He would not surrender
this opinion until there should be rea
sons to change it.
The Union cannot•be preserved by
war—cannot be maintained by blood.
It can only be done by peaceful means.
ancifuture difficulties can be prevented
only by constitutional amendments to
settle the slavery question by express
provision. These two remedies are
clearly marked out by the• President
in the inaugural. He would ask the
Administration to live up to the line
of policy here indicated., So far from
taking any political advantage, he
would commend the act as one of high
patriotism—while he dissented from
the President, and would maintain his
own opposition on all other questions.
News from Europe
The steamship Bremen at New York
brings dates from Southampton to the
20th ult. There is nothing of striking
interest. On the 18th, the Palmertson
Ministry' experienced a defeat in the
House of Commons, a motion for a
modification of the income tax so as to
secure more perfect equality, having
carried by the opposition. On the pre
vious evening, Lord John Russell had
laid before the House the actual state
of negotiations in regard to the mari
time rights of belligerents, referring
to the undetermined attitude of the
American Government on the subject.
The Conferences on the Syrian ques
tion were opened at Paris, where news
had been received of new pei•secutious
commenced against the Christians in
Cochin China. The Bonaparte case
had been decided adversely to the
American claimants. The Italian Par
liament assembled on the 18th, and
was opened by the ring in person, in
a brief; judicious and courageous speech,
which the London Times refers to with
warm commendation. Francis II was
about to leave Borne with his family
for Bavaria. At Rome the National
movement was under full headway;
the streets were nightly illuminated in
rejoicing at the fall of Gaeta, and the
immediate overthrow of the Papal Gov
ernment was anticipated. A similar
demonstration at Naples had caused a
riot, in which the residence of the Span
ish Ambassador was assaulted by the
mob. The commercial news by this
arrival is not cheerful. Cotton, Bread
stuffs and Provisions were all languid
and tending to a decline, While Consols
were quoted at 913@,91i.
SEVEN DEATITS IN A FAMILY.-A
family named Pate, residing in Spot
sylvania county, Ira., near the Orange
county line, has lost seven children by
diptheria, within the last three weeks.
The father and mother have thus beep
bereft of their entire offspring, the
youngest, dying last.
11 . The Maine Senate has passed
the bill to repeal the Personal Liberty
Act, by a vote of yeas 17, nays 10.
Office-Hundrii.
Among the most serious evils that
afflict our country is the prevailing
mania for offfee, which forms one of
the most striking characteristics of the
American people, and which seems to
be an inevitable accompaniment of our
free Government and frequent politi
cal revolutions. It is desirable that
men should he Willing and anxious to
serve the nation when their aid is need
ed; but a serious loss is entailed upon
the community at large, and particu
larly upon the mass of individuals per
sonally interested, by the valuable
time which is annually squandered,
fortunes spent, bright business pros
pects blasted, and honorable and lucra
tive employments shamefully neglect
ed, and virtually abandoned, by those
who, in grasping at an unsubstantial
shadow of official preferment, sacrifibe
valuable realities. Now that a new
Administration has been established
in power, a general change among
those who hold subordinate positions
is naturally anticipated; and for every
desirable place in its gift there will be
a host of applicants, nine-tenths of
whom must, in the natural course of '
things, be disappointed, and with their
hearts filled with mortification, regret
the ardor with which they have pur
sued an ignis fatuus through miry bogs
and quicksands. Thousands of young
men commit the gravest error of their
lives by basing their prospects upon a 1
hope of obtaining what they deem de- .
sirable appointments by their zealous
support of the party to which they
are attached. They are often as un
fortunate if their anticipations are re
alized as if they are unsuccessful, be
cause in a few fleeting years a new po
litical change is effected, and after
having become to a great extent un
fitted for the ordinary pursuits of life,
they are unceremoniously ousted from
their coveted posts. In the lottery of
politics there - are few prizes and many
blanks, and while the former are occa
sionally drawn, the great body of ex
pectants obtain the latter. It is per
haps idle to attempt to' caution the'
thousands of active partisans who are
now busily engaged in preparing their
petitions, soliciting the aid of influen
tial friends, and playing in the most
approved style the role supplicants
and courtiers, of the certain discomfi
ture which in most instances awaits
them. There is an attraction about
their pursuit which cannot easily be
resisted, The list of national offices 1
in the Blue Book looms up like a spark
ling placer before them, from which
they will be sure to enrich themselves,
if, like California miners, they can es
tablish
better "claims" ,than any of
their competitors. Free rein is given
to their ambition and their imagina
tion. The former in many cases leads
to aspirations which are ridiculously
disproportioned to their actual talents
and political position, and the latter
induces them to magnify their impor
tance and to discern prospects of suc
cess which have no real existence.
While Washington is thronged with
hosts of eager office-seekers—rendered,
perhaps, more numerous than on any
former occasion; on account of the rad
ical change which is anticipated, and
the large number of persons thrown
out of their usual employments by the
prevailing business derangement—it
seems that Montgomery, too, as the
seat of the "new Confederacy" of the
cants for tao positions' nwii cli will be
created in the various departments of
the rebel Government. It is not im
probable that among the other motives
which have induced the' Secessionists
to percipitate a revolution has been a
desire to provide offices for themselves
and friends at the expense of the peo
ple of the South. At all events,
the
unusual spectacle of two capitals filled
with two sets of place-hunters is now
presented, and never before did our
country contain so many men who
were eager to quarterthemselves upon
its treasuries.— The Press.
The New Tariff Bill
The new Tariff bill is expected to
yield an increased revenue of $10,920,-
840 on the principal imports.
For the last year the importation of
woolens amounted to $37,937,000, and
the duties to $8,155,000. The estimate
is that the bill will increase these du
ties $2,276,000. The importation of
silks for the last year amounted to
$30,767,000, and the duty to $5,689,000.
The estimated increase under the new
tariff is $2,312,000. The importations
last year of manufacturers of flax and
hemp, amounted to $11,505,000, and
the duty is $1,728,000. The estimated
increase of duty is $575,500. Tho im
portation of iron, and the mannfac
tures of iron, amounted to $18,726,000
for the last year, and the duty to $4,-
458,000. The estimated increase un
der
the present bill is $1,123,500. The
importations of wines for the last year
amounted to $4,775,000, and. at the
present rate of duty3o per cent,—
the revenue was $1,434,000. We have
put it at 40 per cent., which, of
course, gives an increase of $477,000.
The importation of brandies for the
last year was $3,937,000, and the du
ties amounted to $1,181,000. The in
crease-under the present bill would be
$1,347,000. The importations of cot
tons amounted to over $27,000,000 last
year, and the duties exceeded $6,500,-
000. On the vast variety of fabrics of
mixed goods, clothing &e., the increase
is estimated at $849,000. These lead
ing articles amount to about $200,000,-
000 of dutiable goods, leaving 879,000,-
000 of mixed; a vast variety on which
the estimated increase is 4 per cent.,
making $3,160,000.
The total gains, therefore, on this
estimate aro 613,764,840. Deduct from
this the reduction on sugar and molas
ses—s2,B43,ooo—and it would leave an
increase of $10,920,840.
Propose'd Amendment of the Constitution
The following proposed amendment
to the Constitution has obtained the
requisite two-thirds majority of both
Honses of Congress, and will be sub
mitted to the States for their ratifica
tion :
Article XIII. No amendment shall
be made to the., Constitution which
will authorize or give to Congress the
power to abolish or interfere, within
any State; with the domestic institu
tions thereof, including that of persons
held to labor or servitude by the laws
of said State.
The Inaugural at Charleston
[Mint the Charleston Courier, March sth.]
Tnr, IMPOitTANT INauotram,.—The
anxiously expected Inaugural of Abra
ham Lincoln, President of the United
States, was pronounced on' Monday,
in the city of Washington, amid a
bristling array of bayonets, masses Of
military mercenaries, and all the 'ap
pliances of awe, and power, and intim
idation with which despots are wont
to assume the reins It was for Amer
ica and for free elective institutions, a
novel inauguration—the first, and we
devoutly trust, the last of its kind.
*** * • *
We find but a revamping of quota
tions fromparty platforms and railway
declarations, and virtually, nothing
more. •
In view of the solemn, practical fact
that seven States, including two of the
original founders of the Union and the
Constitution, haVe dissolved, severally,
connections with that Constitution,wo
find the President elect repeating the
stale truisms of Northern school-boys
concerning the indissoluble perpetuity
of the Union.
Office-holders, in big wigs, and with
solemn utterance,proclaimed the same
doctrines eighty years ago concerning
the indissoluble allegiance of theAmer
lean colonies to the 'Crown, and the
Divine right of King, Lords, and Com
mons.
It was established and proven that
the separation of the Colonies from
the Crown could not be effected—it
was, at least, proven to the satisfaction
of a large majority of the dominant
section and empire.
The result is before the world in a
g rand movement which showed that
State maxims of traditional interest or
kingcraft stood repealed before the
free voice of an intelligent, brave, and
resolute people.
We shall not quote passages of,this
inaugural to express our dissent rom
our assertions and sentiments in de
tail. We refer our readers, for :the
present, to the words and the text, re
peating our opinion that its utterances
fall far below the demands of the oc
casion, and give a crowning proof of
the total want of qualification in the
Northern President dect, even could
we admit him the possession of the
proper motives and purposes.
The Union, as it was in 1856, can
not be preserved or restored, or re
constructed, according to the plan in
dicated in this ill-omened inaugural,
and if any Union of all the States once
united could be established, or' pre
served, under such a policy, it ' would
be to the-deadly injury of both sections,
and to the utter' extermination of all
vital principles and essential elements
of republican limited government.
We have too much faith in our race
and history, and in the lessons of our
fathers, and of the founders of Anglo-
American liberties, to believe. that
this inaugural can be accepted as the
sensa of the American people, North
or South. If it means anything devi
ating from the lamentably anomalous
and pitiable condition which marked
the expiring weeks of the preceding
Administration it means war to the
extent of President Lincoln's powers
or influence. It is our wisest and best
policy to accept it as a declaration of
war, and -to await only for our - own
opportunities of meeting. that issue,
which, before - Heaven and Earth, we
can proclaim was not of our seeking.
judge,
and act for themselves, their sir&Tand
their posterity, and they must act
soon.
The men who went to war against
a preamble, and those who went to
war for the rights. of seamen, without
owning a ship, and the men who
marked - Buena Vista and Contreras
and Chepultepee, in the list of great.
battles, are prepared to do and suffer
much in defence or search of honor,
but they are not prepared for that
most vulgar, irresponsible, and odious
of all governments, the absolutism 'of
an accidental majority—and that is
the result of Mr. Lincoln's inaugural,
if acted out in the shaping of political
destiny. We believe that a large por
tion of the North will not suffer such
a result—we know that the South will
Let the argument proceed ip the
next logical and necessary steps—an
appeal to arms. We are as well ready
as any free people can ever be expeet
ed to be found in advance of the actual
onset, and that argument, once applied,
will bring us new forces and resources.
We are ready.
The SoutheniConlederaoy.
WASHINGTON, March B.—Messrs.
Crawford and Forsyth, two of the rep
resentatives from the Southern Confed
eracy; are daily expecting their col
league, Mr. Roman.
'uel" solicitude is ex-pressed as to
the termination of their business with
the Government.
4essrs. Crawford and Forsyth haviY
as yet made no official communication
to the Administration, owing to' the
sickness of Secretary Seward, and an
informal intimation that a tittle• time
would be agreeable.
The commissioners have' been as
occupied since their arriVal in
consultation, and unofficial intercour
having reference to the object of their
mission.
T-
2FIE STi(UGGLE FOR PlailE.-A Wash.;
ington correspondent of The Press of
Monday, says:
"New that the curiosity-mongers
have quitted the hotels and the Avenue,
and have gone home freighted with the
pleasant memories of the inau,gura,
Lion, and the crowning fete of the
Union ball, the arrivals have - been
mainly from the anNious expectants of'
office—patriots eagerly desirous to.
serve their country for any given
amount of compensation. The mono,
tart' crisis has doubtless contributed
to swell the throng of place-seekers;
who come up to the capital from all
quarters of the country.
These patriotic gentlemen must•
learn to possess their souls in patience,
and not give way too suddenly to their
feelings. The fiast changes will be
made in the Public Departments, as
the Chiefs of the different Bureaus
wish to be certain that they are sur
rounded by men faithful to the Con.;
stitution and the Union, and not by,
traitors in disguise. It will be some
time before the business of the De,
partments will move along smoothly,
and, until this takes place, the appt?int,
meats in the customs, post office, Mint,
navy-yards, and other public places,
will not he made.