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rosicrzoiv 'or 'MEL SLAVEHOLDERS
VI - . find; ins the . '.Washiniton Union of the
28ih.inst., the full proceedings of the Convert
tion•of * Southern Members of Congress, on the
subject of Slavery. The ,Fiddress of isir:Cardiottir,
which wee substituted for that offered by Mr,
was finally adop!ei, by a vote of 42
• 4fat, 17 nays..'.Believing• that a majority of our
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-&01(0111 e. tp . thc exclusion of tonr usual variety of
matter.' It is it very' 'able document, and
ity:;_l ten, a clear end argumentatise style.
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There' are Many truths asserted in this address, to
no person can take 'exceptions; bui there
much sophistry, special pleading,. and petty
arrogance, mixed up with what would otherwise
be nnObjectionable, that % . ve cannot subscribe to
the address, as a whole. We trust, howevii, that
• ourfsladers will give it, a cat eful perusal:
'The Address .o . l' Southern Delegates In
Congress to their Constituents.
• We, whose names are hereunto annexed, address
you in discharge of what pe believe to be a solemn
duty, on the most important subject ever presented
for your - ponsideratiom We allude to the conflict
between the two great sections of the Union, grow.
ing our a . diffetence Of,feeling and opinion in re
. ference to the relation existing between the two
• ' races, the European and African, which inhabit
the southern4eition, and the acts of aggression
- , and encroachment to which it has led.
• : The conflict:commenced not long after the at
kucrwledgment to our independence, and has grad
.pally inereased unlit it bas arrayed the great body
• ,of the North against the South on this most vital
• subject. -In the progress of this conflict, aggres
• • Sion- has,followerl aggression, and encroachment
-encroachment,. mail they have reached a point
• .vvhen a 'regard ;for your peace and safety will not
• , permit us to remain longer silent. The object of
this address is to give you a clear, correct, but
brief account of the whole, series of aggression and
• .•enecoachmenta.on.your rights, with a statement
of the Al/intent ; .*•whieti they_ expose you. • Our
objeCtf•:ici".. Making it is not. , to cause excitement,
but ta tiut• you in fall possession of all the facts
- and rircuinstance-s neressary_fis a full and just con
- iegitiOn.iifa - deep seated disease, which threatens
great skitter to you and the whole body politic.—
We ITC on the inspression, that in a popular gov.
eroment like ours, a true conception of the actual
charadtek and state of a disease is indispensable to
••,elfectisig a.cure. - •
We have made it a joint addiess, because we
believe that Vie magnitude of thasubject required
that it should assume the most impressive and
".-. soleinn roma, . , • • , • ,
Not to go further back, the difference of opin
ion and feeling ip reference to the relation be.
tween,the two races disclosed itself in the convert
tian .that framed the •constitution, and constituted
use of the greatest difficulties in forming it. After
• .•.00DY efrotts,•it was overcome by a compromise,
.which .provided. in the first place, that representa
' tires and direct taxes shall be apportioned among
• thi States iacording to their respective numbers;
- lid that, in ascertaining the number or each, five
slaves shall be estimated as three. In the next,
. - .that slaves escaping into States where slavery does
' not exist; shall not be discharged from servitude,
but shall be delivered up on claim °Ube party to
ea Whom their labor or service is due. In the third
:1 4 .puee, that Congress shall not prohibit the impor
, .•.I;tation , of slaves before the year IS08; but a tax
not exceeding ten dollars may be imposed on each
imported. .And finally, that no capitation or di
rect tax shall be laid, but in proportion to federal
manbers; and that no amendment of the constitu
.son, prior to 1808, shall effect this provision, nor
that relating to the importation of slaves.
• :;-So satisfactory were these provisions, that the
:second, relative to the delivering. up of fugitive
slavei, was adopted unanimously, and all the rest
except the third, relative to the importation of
slaves until 1808, with almost equal unantnity.-
- ',They recognise the existence of slavery, and make
a-specific provision for its protsetion where it was
• Arupposed to be the most exposed. They go fur
ther, and incorporate it, as an important element
in determining the relative weight of the several
, States in the government of the . Union, and the
respective burden they should bear inlaying capita
• "tion and direct taxes. It was well understood at
• .!the time, that, without them the constitution would
::not have been adopted by the southern States, and,
• of course, that they constituted elements so assen
tial to the system that it never would have existed
, -without them. The northern States, knowing all
this; ratified the constitution, thereby pledging
their faith, in the most solemn moaner, sacredly
to observe them. How that faith has been kept
• • and that pledge redeemed we shall proceed to
show.. _
•'• ;With lei/ exceptions of no great importance, the
...pouth• bad km 'cause to complain prior to the fear
1819-;-a. year it is to be feared, destiaed to mark
: train-of event, bringing with them many, and
great, and fatal'disasters, on the country and its in
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atitutione. With it commenced the agitating de.
•batnen the queilion of the' admission of Missouri
.". the Union: - We shall pass by for the present
••• • ••,thil'question, and others of the same kind,directly
- *:growing out of it, and shall proceed to consider the
effects of that spirit of discord, which it roused up
:,..Ixlween -the two sections. It first disclosed itself
- :in -the 'North, by hostility to that portion of the
constitution which provides for the delivering up
fliftiie 'slaves. Ia its progress it led to the a.
• • •.-aoption:' of knetile. arts, intended -to render it of
r.jyon,effect, with so much
success that it may
• -.4%.,e'legarded riot as practically expunged from - the
s7C:iiintrtiftition. How this.has been .effected will 'be
• :next explained . , ' •. • -
7 . Mir CiaMful examination, truth canetrains ns
`tb 'faYilhat .it bas been by a clear And palpable
evesioa: of the 7tonstitetion. It is impossible for
itnyrprovision to be moielree from ambiguity or
_,.doubt::lt is . in the - following words: , No,person
Mild to service,. or labor, in one State, under the
thereof, escaping into another State,, shall in
• •• ”kunttequenbe of any .law or regulation therein, be
I.e:discharged - from such service or labor, but shall
..:;his delivered up on claim of the party to whom
such' service or labor may be due.".. All is clear.
t 'Thein.is not an uncertain or equivocal word to be
• :,:tioae r anct what shall•be done, are fully and expli.
• ?:iitratt 'forth. The former .provides that the fu
;.. lititiviilave shall not be discharged from his ser
, '.vitude by any law:or regulation of the State where
~itt- h a is found; and the . -latter, that he shall be de.
livered up on'claim of his owner.
• ' We do notdeetn it necessary to undertake to re
fate the sophistry and subterfuges by which so plain
a provision of the constitution has been evaded,
and, in effect, annulled.. It constitutes an - essential
pact of the constitutional compact, and of Course
of the supreme law of the, land. • As such it is
binditig on all the federal'and State governments,
the &Mei and the individuals composingibem.-
- Thrsktied•obrigatiodof compact, and the solemn
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injunction of the supreme law, which legiildora
and judgiii• - loth federal and ' State, areAcildut - try
oath to sopiiiirt, all unite to enforce - its fulfilment;
acconling`lo.llii plaid meaning:AEl. true intent;--
What thaC:' - tneanitg: and intent tat theie was no
diversity of inunion - M the tiptter- days the re.,
pub*, prior to IS)9.,,„Citngr*,.Stitelegiplattiris,
State and federal judge ?rind magistrates , atid-riect
.ple. all spontaneously placed the sameinterpretk,
tion on it. During that period none interpoted`
I..impediments 'in the:way of-ther . owner - seeking to
recover his fugitive slave; nor did any deny his
right to have every proper facility to enforce his
claim to have. him _delivered up. It. was then_
nearly . as'issi rOosiiii ; rine found - in a Ty:Tr:them'
State asnifeifikind in s'nefghboring southern State.
But - passed Oily; Atell the provision is I de
funct, except : perhaps in' two States.
• When we take into consideration 'the import
once and 'clearness of this provision, the evasion
by which it has been set aside may , fairly be re.
garded.us one of the most fatal blows ever received
by the, South and the Union. - This "cannot le
more. conciselyand correctly stated than it has
leen by two of the learned judges , of , the Supreme
Court of the United Slates. In one of his decisions j•
Judge Story•said: " Historically, it is well known
that the object of this clause was to secure to the
iitizens of the
.slaYeholding States the complete
right and title of ownership in their slaves, as
property, in every State in the Union, to which they
might escape from the State wherein they were
helkin servitude." " " The . full recOgnition of this
right and-titie Was indispepsable to the security:of
this species of property in all the slaveholding
States;' and, indeed, was 'so vital - to the preserVa.
tion of-their interests and institutions, that it can
not be doubted-that at constituted a - fundamental
article, the adoption of which the Union
Would not have been formed. Its true' design
was to guard against the doctrines and principles
prevalent in the non-slaveholding States, by pre
venting them from intermeddling with, or restrict
ing, or abolishing the rights of the owners of
•slaves."
Again. "The clause was therefore of the last
importance to the safety and security of the South
ern States, and could not be surrendered 14 them
without endangering., their: whole property in
slaves. The clause was accordingly adopted in
the constitution by the unanimous consent of the
framers of it—a proof at once of its intribsic and
prectical necessity."
~ Again. "The clause marafestlY contemplates
the existence of a positive unqualified - right on the
part of the owner of the slave, which no State
law or re"ulatiob can in any ivay regulate, con
trol, qualify, or restrain."
The opinion of the other learned judges was not
less emphatic as.to the importance of. this provi
.sion and the unquestionable right of the 'South
under it. • Judge Baldwin in charging thatjury,
said :4 "If there are any rights of property which
can be enforced; if one citizen have any rights
of property which are inviolable under the supreme
law of the State and the Union, they are those
which have been set at nought by some of these
defendants. :As the owner of property, which he
had a perfect right to possess, protect, and take
away—as a citizen of a sister State, entitled to all
the privileges and immunities of citizens of any
other States—Mr, Johnson stais before you on
ground which cannot be taken from under him—
it is the same ground on which the government
itself is 'based. If the defendaiats can .be justified,
we Lave no longer law or irovernment.' Again,
alter referring more particu larly " to the provision
for delivering up fugitive slaves, he said : "Thus
you see that the foundations of the government
are laid, and rest on the right of prOperty in slaves.
The whole structure must fall by disturbing the
corner-stone.
" These are grave and solemn, and admonitory
words, from a high source. They confirm all for
.which the South 'has cver contended, as to the
clearness, importance, and fundamental character
of this provision, and Abe disastrous consequences
which would inevitably follow from its violation.
But in spite . of these solemn warnings, the viola
tion then commenced, and which they intended
to rebuke, bas been folly and perfectly consumma
ted. The citinns of the' South, in their attempts
to recover their slaves, now meet, instead of aid
and co-operation, resistance in every. form;'resist.
-once from hostile acts of legislation, intended to
baffle and defeat their claims by all sorts of de
vices, and by interposing every description of im
pediment—resistance from judges and magistrates
rand finally, when all these fail, from mobs corn.:
posed of: witites and blacks, which, by threats or
force, metre the fugitive
'slave from the pos
session of his rightful owner. The attempt
,to
recover a slave, in most of 'the northern States,
cannot now be made without the hazard of insult,
heavy pecuniary loss, imprisonment, and even of
life itself. , Already has a worthy citizen 01
Maryland lost his life in making an. attempt to
enforce his claim to a fugitive slave under this pro
But a provision of the constitution may he via
lated indirectly as, well as directly, by doing an
act in its nature inconsistent with that which
enjoinedlo be done. Of this form "if violation
there, is a striking instance connected with the
provision under consideration. We allude to se
cret combinations which are believed to exist in
many of the northern States, whose object is to
entice, decoy, entrap, inveigle, and seduce alaves
to eicape . - from their owners, and to'' pais them
secretly and,rapidly, by means organized lar the,
purpose, into Canada,• where they will be beyond
the reach of the provision. That to entice a slave
by whatever artifice ' 'to abscond from his owner
into a
,non slavebolding State, with the intention
to place him beyond the reach , of the provision or
prevent his.. recovery, by concealment or other.
wise, is as completely repugnant to it as its open
violation'would be, is too cleaeto and of doubt
or to require illustration. And yet, as repugnant
as these combinations are to the true intent of
the provision, it is believed that, with' the above
exception, not one of the States within whose .
limits they exist has adopted any . meainres to
suppress thern,or to punish those by Whose agency
the object for which they were formed is carried
into execution. On the contrary, they have
looked on and witnessed withindifference i . if not
with secret approbation, a great number o f slaves
enticel from their owners and placed beyond the
possibility of recovery, to the great annoyance
and heavy pecuniary loss of , the bordering Southern
States. •
When we take into consideration the great im
portance of this provision, the absence of all un•
certainty as to its true meaning and :.intent, the
many guards by which it is surrounded to protect
and enforce it, and then reflect how completely
the object for which it was inserted in the consti.
tution is defeated by these twofold infractions,
we doubt, taking all:together, whether a more fie-..
grant breach of faith is' to be found on record.
We know the-, language we have used is strong.
but it is not less true than
_strong. • •
There remains to be noticed another' class of
aggressive acts of a kindred character, but which;
instead of striking at an 'exptess and specific pro
vision of the constitution aims directly at destroy.
ing the relation between the two races at the sout‘
by means subversive, in their tendency of one Of
the ends for which the constitution was establish.
ed. ;We refer to the systematic agitation of the
question by the abolitionists; which, commencing
about 1835, is still continued in all possible forms.
Their'avowed intention is to bring about a state
Of things that will force emancipition on the_
South: To unite the , 'North:. in:fixed hostility to
slavery in the Stinth; and to excite discontent
among, the slaves with•their.condition, are among
the means employed to effect it. With a view to
bring about the former, every means are resorted
to in order to render 'the South, and the relation
between the two races there, odious and hateful,
to the North. For :this purpose societies and
newspapers are everywhere establiihed, debating
clubs openel:l, lecturers employed, pamphlets and
other publications, pictures and petitions to Con
gress resorted to, and directed to that single point,
regardless of truth or decency; while the circula
tion of incendiary publications in the Soutb, the
agitation of the subject of cibolition,in Congress,
and.the ,employ m ent of emissaries ' relied on
to excite discontent among the slaves. This agi.
cation,
and the use of:these means, have been con
tinued, with more or less activity, for a series of
ears, mit without doing much towards effecting
the object intended.. We regard both' object and
means to be aggressive and dangerous to the rights
of the South, and subversive, as stated, of one of i
, iindiana and Illinois. ,
tThe case Priggya. ilfe'Counzionweelih of. Venn
sylvania
The ease of 4ohnson vs. Tompkins and others.
Mr: Kennedy, of Hagentowa, Maryland.
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this ends for which the , constitution Was-establish
ed: Slavery is a domestic institution.` 3i belongs
to the States, each-foi itself, to decide whether it
shall be established Ornot be.establish
ed, whether it should hisabolisbcdr : -o nnt.: Such
being the clear abd unquestiOnable right ofile
'Slates, hectstaxily. :. , that would „be
flagrant act of aggieSsicin on )3 State; .destinnilVif
of its rights, and,Aubversive of its independence,
for the federal governinenl, or one or more States.
or their-people, to undertake to - force on it the
emancipation of its slaves.
,But it ; is, sound
maxim in politics, as well as /aw and:air:train, thia
no ; one has a right to do that indirectly which he
cannot do` directly;, and it may lie added with
equal truth; to aid ; Or abet, or countenance anoth
er in And yet the abOlitiohisti of the
North, openly avowing their intention; and resort
ing to the most efficient means for the. p urpose,
have been attempting to bring, about a 'state' - of
things to force the southern States to emancipate
their slaves, without any act . on the-part of any
northern State to arrest or 'suppress the means by
which they propose to accomplish it. , They have
been permitted to pursue their object, and to use
whatever means. they please; if without aid or
countenance, also with Ont resistance or disappro
bation. What gives a deeper shade. to the whole
affair is the fact, that one of the means to effect
their object, that of exciting dis2ontent among our
slaves, tends directly to 'subvert. what / its preamble
declares to be one of the ends for which the con
stitution was ordained and established—" to insure
domestic tranquility"—and that in the only wiy
in.which domestic tranquility is likely ever to be
disturbed in the South. Certain it is, that'sn ogi
tation so systematic--having such an object in
view, and sought to be carried into execution by
such means—would, between independent nations,
constitute just cause of remonstrance by the party
against which the aggression was directed, and, if
not heeded, an appeal. to arms for redress. Such
being the case where an aggression of the kind
takes place among independent nations, bow mrch
more aggravated mast it be betweerrconfederated
States, where the Union precludes an appeal to
arms, while it affords a medium through which
it can operate with vastly increased force and ef
fect? That it would'be perverted to such a use,
never entered into the irrnagination of the genet..
ation which formed.anCiitlopted- the vonstitution;
and, it it had been supposed it would, it is'certa in
that the South never would have adi2pted it.
We now return to the question ollhe admission
of Missouri into the Union, and shall proceed to
give a brief sketch of the occurrences connected
with it, and the consequences to which it has di
rectly led. In the latter part of 1819, - the then
territory of Missouri applied - to Congress, in the
usual form, for leave to form a State constitution
and government, in order to be admitted into the
Union. A bill was reported for the purpose, with
the usual protisions in such cases. Amendments
were offered, having for their object to mike it
a cooditition of her admission, that her 'constitu
tion should have a provision to prohibit slavery.
This brought on the agitating debate which, with
the effects that followed, has done so much to e,
ienate the Sonth and North, and endanger our
political institutions. Those who objected to the
amendments, rested their opposition on the high
grounds of the tight of self-government. l'hey
claimed tbat a territory, having reached the pen.
oil when it: is proper tor :it. to form a .constitution
and government fur itself; becomes -lull) , vested
with all the rights of self-government; and that
even the condition imposed on it by the federal
constitution, relates not to the formation of its
constitution and government, but its admission
into the Union. For that - purpose,, it provides as
a condition, that the goverrunint mast be 'republi
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They claimed that Congress has . no right to add
to this condition, and that to assumeit would be
tantamount to the assumption: ofthe right to make
its entire constitution and government; as no Hui.
itation *could be imposed, as to the extent.of the
right, if be admitted that it exists at all. Those
who supported the amendment denied these
. g,counds ' and claimed„the right of Congress to im
pose, at discretion, what conditions it pleased: In
this agitating debate, the two sections stood array
ed against each other; the South in favor of the
bill without amendment, and the North opposed
to it without it. The debate and agitation con
tinued until the session was well advanced; but
it became apparent towards its close, that the
people of Missouri were fixed and resolved in their
opposition. to the proposed condition, and that
they eerfainly ' woukl•reject it,- and-adeptri ennsti
ninon without it, should the bill :pass with'the
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conditiOn. Such being the case, it required no
gteat effort of mind-to perceive, that Missouri
once in possession of a. constitution and govern
ment, no simply on* paper, but with legislators
elected, and officers appointed, to carry them into
effect, the 'grave 'questions' would be presented,
Whetter she was of right a State or Territory; and
if the latter, whether Congress had the right, and,
if the right, the power, to abrogate ber constitution,
disperse her legislature, and to remand her back
to the territorial- condition. These were great,
and, under the circumstances, fearful questions—
too fearful to be met by those who bad raised the
agitation. From that time the only question was.
how to escape from the - difficulty. Fortunately,
a means was afforded. A compromise (as it was
called) was offered, based on the terms, that the
North should cease to-oppose the admission 'of
Missouri on the grounds for-which the South Con
tended,'and that the provisions of the ordinance of
1787, for the government of the north-western ter
ritory, ahould be applied to all the territory oe
quired by the United States from France under the
treaty of Louisiana north of 36 30,.excopt the por
tion lying in the State of Missouri. The northern
members embraced it; and although not origina.
tins with them, adopted it as their own.lt.was
forced through Congress by the almost united
votes of the North, against a minority consisting
almost entirely of members from the sonthern.
States •
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Such was the termination of this, the - first coact,
under the constitution,' between the twonections, in
reference to slavery in connexion with the territo
ries. Many hailed it as a permanent and final ad
justment that would prevent the recurrence of simi
lar conflets; but others, less anguine, took the oppo
site and more gloomy view, regarding it as the pre
cursor of a train of events which might rend the
the Union asunder, and prostrate our political sys
tem:',One .of these was the experienced, and sa
gacious Jefferson. Thus far time would seem to ra
ver his forebodings. May Maya returning Benda of jus
tice end'a protectieeProvidence, avert their final
ftilelinimt, • -
Par many years the subject of slavery in ieforence
to.the territories ceased to agitate. the country: In
dications, however connected with the question of
annexing Texas, showing'clearly that it was ready
to break out again, with .redoubled violence,' on
some futureoccasion,. The difference in the ;case
.of Texas was adjusted- by , extending the Missouri
compromise line or SS 30, from its terminus, on the
western boundary oPtheLotilidacia'puichatie; to the
' Western boUndery 'of Texas. The agitation again
ceased_fora short period.
The war with Mexico soon followed; and• that
terminated in the acquisition el New Mexico , and
Upper California, embracing an 'area liquid to about
ime-half of the entire valley-of the Mississippi. If
to this.we add the portlon'of Oregon acknowledged
to be ours'by the recent treaty: •with” England our
whole territory on the Pacific and west oldie Rocky
matintainswill be found to be in extent- bui little.
less thao that valley. • The near prospect ofso great
an:Addition rekindled the excitement between' the
North and South' in reference to slavery. in- its
.eon
aexion,with the territories, which has ttecomes.aitica
those on the Pacific were acquired, more universal
and intense than ever. • ' ' ' •
The effect ha been to widen the difference be
t tween the two sections:and tegive a more ,deter
,l Mined and hostile Churactei tii'their, conflict. The
' North no longer reipecti the."Missisuri' compromise
,although adoptedby .their .almest,onanimous
vote.: Instead of compromise, they avow that their
determination is to exclude slaVerl, from ' all the ter
ritories of the United:States, acquired or to he.' ac
quire , and of: purse to prevent t he, citizens ,of the .
southern States froovemigration with their property
in slaves into any of them. Their object, they el
lege; is to-lirevent the extenaien of slavery, and ours
to extend it, thee making'the 'istsucs between them
and 'ea to be the naked'questien, - Shall slavery beex
tendesfor not r , We do ncitdeern it necessary, Wok
ins to_ the object, of this -addresa, to examine the
question so fully discussed'at the lost session, wheth
er Congress has the right to exclude the citizens of
the'South,from immigrating with their property into
territories belonging to thecOnfederated States of the
Union. What we propose in this connexion is, to
make a few remairks on what the North elleges, er
reneously, to be the issue between us and them.
So far-from maintaining the' doctrine which the
issue implies, we hold that' the.lederal government.
has no right to extend or restrict elaveu, no 'satire
than to establish or abolish 14 nor hits it any, right
whatever to distinguialrbetween the domestic. inatii
Unions of one - State or aettion'and another, in °Me
to favor the one, and discourage , the other. As the
federal repreactitativeS'eflitschAthili MI the States, it
is bound to deal out, within the Sphere OCRs powers,
entia dais este!. Justice and !ffver; toT, To act
otherwise; 'to undertake to dititriinioate;Serween the
domestic institutions otene and adother, would be
to act in total suliversdon of the'end foi which it was
esiablisbcd 4 .-to_*theeitritet4pretectuv: - "and guar-
EntertaFaingthosehpinionc vlask. not as
the North alleges we do, for the extension ofslavery.
That would make a drecrimination in our favor as
unjust nation constitutional as th oil iscrim inatiodthey
ask against us in their raven., DU not for therrinor.
flit the federal goverathent to determine whe.ther:4t
domestic inatitulions is s goodor' bed; or whether it
should be repressed or preserved. -It belongs to es, -
and 'us only,,to - deoide.auch What'then
.w.e.de ittaiet_Obiiii,not to extend aavery, but that
Nutshell tiethe prohibited iron inimigratiog,with oar
property, lath the Terntories ofthe Vatted, States
because we are slaveholderat or, in other words, that
we shall not on that account' be. disfranchised of
privilege postman& by all others, eitizene and Sir•
eignera, without discriminational' to.charecter, pro
fession, or color. All, whethersavage, barbarian,
or civilized, may freely enter and remain,' we only
. - •
being excluded.' • • -
We rest our claitn,eot only on the high' grou nds
above stated, hut also • the solid foundation of
right, justice, and equality. • Tho territories imme
diately in controversy—New Mexico arid' Cali:ornia
—were acquired by the common sairifice and elTerti
of 'all the States, towards which the Seuth contribu-.
ted far more than tier full share .of men," to say
nothing of money, and is, of course, on every prin.
ciple of right, justice, fairness, and equality entitled
to participate fully, in the , benefit to be derived from
their acquisition: But as . : impregnable as is this
ground, there is another not less so. Ours is a fed
eral government---a government in which;not
.viduals, but States, as distinct sovereign communi
ties; are the constituents. To them, as members of
the federal Union, the territories belong, and they
are hence declared to be territories belonging to the
United States. 'The States, then, ate the joint own
ers. Now, it is conceded by all writers on the sub
jectitliat in all sach.governyients their members are
all equal—equal in rights and equal in dignity.
They also concede that this equality constitutes the
basis of such government, and that it cannot be de
stroyed without changing their nature and character.
To.deprive, then, the southern States and their:
zena of their fall share in.torritories declared to be
leng to them; in contmon with the other States,
would be in derogation or the equality belonging to
. them as members of a federal Union,and sink theirs,
from heingequals, into a subordinate and dependent
conditicib;• • Such are the, solid , and impregnable
grounds on which %Serest our demand to an equal
participation in the' territories. • . • . •
But as solid and impregnable as they may be in
the 'eyes of justice, they oppose a feeble resistance
to a.majority determined to engross the whole.: At
the last session of Congress a bill was passed catati
, fishing a territorial government for Oregon, exclo
' ding slavery therefroni: The President gave his
sanction to the bill, and sent a special message to
Congress assigning his reasons for doing so. These
reasons pre-supposed that the Missouri compromise
was to be; and would be, extended West of the
Rocky Mountains bathe Paeifie Ocean. And the
President
.intimated his intention in - his ensilage to
veto any future bill that should restrict slavery
south of the line of that compromise. Auuming it
to have been tho purpose and intention of the North
to extend the Missouri compromise line - aa above in
dicated, the passage of the Oregon bill could Only
be regarded ds evincing the acquiescence of the
South in that line. Bot the developments . .ce. the
present session of Congress' have made it manifest
to all that no such purpose or intention now °sista
with the North to any considerable extent. Of f the
truth of this, have ample evidence in what:has
occurred already . In the Souse of Representathres,
where the popular feeling! are soonest and most in
tensely telt. ,
Although Congreas has been in session a little'
more than one month, a, greater Dumber of meas..
ores of an aggressive character have been intredu-.
ced, than have been for years before. And, qlint
clearly discloses whence they take their origin, is
the fact that they all relate to the territorial aspect
of the subject of slavery, or some other of a na
ture and character intimately connected with It. ,
The first of this series of aggressions is a resolu
tion introduced by a member from Massachusetts,.
the object of which is to repeal all acts or' ans of
act which recognize the eziatence of slavery, or
'authorize the selling and disposing of Ahura in this
District. On question of leave to bring in a bill,the
votes stood G 9 for and /32 against leave. The next
waa a resolution -offered by a member from Ohlo,:in.
structiog the Committee on. Territories to report
forthwith bills for excluding slavery from California
and New Mexico.t It passed by a vote of In to
SO. That was followed by a bill introduced byin
other member from Ohio, to take the votes of he
inhabitants of this District on the queation whe ther
slavery within its limit, should be abolished.
Tho bill provided, acconliog to the admissioii of
the mover, that free negroes and slaves should vote.
Oa the question to lay the bill on tke mble, the voles
stood—for; 101ir1jirtiitist,i9". 4 "to' this succeeded
the resolution of a member from New. York, in Itie
following worda ' •
•
, f Whereas the traffic now prosecuted in this me
tropolis of the republic in human beings, as chattels,
is contrary to natural justice and the fundamental
Firinciples of our political syitem, and is notorio6s•
iy a reproach.to our country, throughout Christen
dom, and a serious hindrance to the progress of re
publican liberty; among the nations of the earth.--
'Therefore , — •
• ' u Resolved, That the Committee qn. the Dietriet of
Colombia be instructed to report a bill, as :goon ias
practicable, prohibiting the slave trade in said Dis
trict:”
On the question of adopting tho resolution, the
votes stood 93 for;'and 83 against. 'Hi Was fullo'n,
ed by a member from Illinois, who offered a retai n tion. for abolishing slavery in tbo Territories, and ill
places where Congress has etelusive pinion of leg
islation; that in, in alt forts, magazines, arsenals,
dock-yards, and other needful buildium purchased
by Congress with the consent, of the , legislatore:of
the State.. .
This resolution airaaE passed over undcr the rules
of the House without being put to•vbte.
The votes in favor of all these measures were con
fined to the members from the Northern States.;--
True, there are semi patriotic membere from that
section who voted against all of them, and whcise
high sense . of justice to duly adpreciated ; who in
the ptogress of the aggressions upon the South,bave.
by their votes., sustained the guarantees : of the con
ablution, and of whom we regret to say, many have
been sacrificed at home' by their patriotic course. •
•
We have now brought to a closeinarrative of the
aeries of acts of aggression and encroachment con
nected. with the subject of this: address, Including
those that are consummated, and those still in pro
gress. They-aro numeroutri'great, and dangerous,
'and threaten with detitruction the greatest and Most
vital of ell the interests and institutions of the South.
Indeed, it may be doubted whether there is a single
provision, stipulation, or guaranty of the constitu
tion,
intended for the security or the South, that has
not been:rendered almost nugatory, -It may even
be made a seriotakqueation, whether the encroach
naente already made,' without the aid of any other,
would not, if permitted to operate unchecked, end
in emancipation, and that at no dibtant day. But be
that as it may, It hardly admits of a doubt that, if
the aggressions already commenced in the House,
and •now in progress, should be consummated,
such• in the end would certainly be the conse
quence.
Little, in truth, woaldbe left: to be deine alter we
have been excluded (tern all the Territories r inclo;
ding those to be berealler,aequired after slavery is
abolished in this District and in the numerous places
all over the South, where - Congress has the exclusive •
right of legislation, and'after the other measures
proposed are..coneammated., : R.very outpost' and
barrier Would bit cirned,ead nothing would be left
but to finish the work of abolition at pleasure in the
States themselves. This .District, and all places
over which Congress has net Mayo power or legisla
tion, would be aiyhtins for Iligitivealcives, where,
as soon as they placed their feet,. they' would be
come, according to the doctrines, of our northern
assailants, free ; 'unlese there sbotild be some peel
five enactments to:prevent it.
Under such a elate, of things, the prebability is,
that 'emancipation would soon follow, without any'
final act to abolish slavery. Tbo depressing- effects,
•ot ouch measures on the white moo at the South, and
- the hope they would Create Jo the black of a speedy
emancipation, would produce's state or feeling in-
Consiatent with the mach longer continuance of the
existing relations between the two. Butbe that as
it may, it is certaikvie emancipation did not follow,
as a matter of zoom, the finer act in the•Statee
would not long , be delayed. The itant of 'constltu- "
tioual power would oppose a feeble resistance: The
great body of the North is united against our pecu
liar institution. • Many believe it to be sinful, and
the residue,with inconsiderable excep ti o ns , believe
• .
, .
• Volunteers from tho;Sinutlr-Itegimenta
• Battalions
Companies
Total number of Volunteers from the Sontht-45 i 1D64
- Volunteers from the North—Regiment! • 22
Battalionsi ;.. - 2 .
• . ..•• Companies . ..71#
Total number orVolunteere flmnt theVorth '23,034
Being pearly two on' the
_port of the South one fo
on:the part at the:North. But taking /silo 4onsider4:
.ation that the population of the North -hr two•thiula
grenter than the 4ilyttr o latter
than - iftii*firneiiiier4aipioportion of volnateeie. •
••
t Since iepaitted to the House • '
it to im.wrcingr: - SnClibeing the cane;it - would
cute a very stiperficial, knowledge of human nature,
to think that, after aiming at abolitiorisysteinatically_
for MX Many years, and. pursuing it With. such tinsertl-:
phlous - disregard. of laws and constitution, the Ana-.
tiert whit beveled the way and forced the great hody
of theNortlito follow them,:ivoullieri-the fin
ishing strokti.4.)nlytomaleed to.ho given,
suapendlt, or permit any constitutional scruples or
donaiderittione of justice to arrest it. To these may
lieradded an aggression, though . not yet commenced,.
long Meditated and threatened—to prohibit what the
;abolitionists .tialithe infernal shwe trade, meaning
therelly,the transfer or slaves from one State to ano
ther, from Whatever motive done, or however effect-.
'ed. Their object would seem to be to render them
worthless' hr crowding them, together where' they
arc, and thus •hasten the work of emancipation.
There is reason for believing that it will soon fol
-low those now in progress, unless, indeed, some de
cisive step should betaken in the "meantime to ar
.
rest the whole. • ' •
..The question then is, Will the measuresol agreit.:
sion proposed in the House bo adopted ?
..;
• They may not, and probably will not be this see...
sloe. Butwhen we take into consideration that there.
is a majority now iq - favor of one of them, and.
a strong, minority in favor- of the other, as ihr.a"
the of the flotum has been taken ; that there
will be in all:probability a considerable increase in'
the next Connreas of the vote in favor of them, and
it will be largely increased in the next, succeeding,
Congress, tinder the census to be taken next year,
it amounts almost to a certainty that they will - be
adopted,onless some . decisive means is taken in ad
vance to prevent it.
But, if oven these conclusions should prove erre
neons--if. fanatacism and the love of power shotild,
contrary to their nature, for once respect constitu
tional barriers, or if the calculation' of policy should
retard the adoption of these measures, or even de
feat them altogether, there would still be left one
certain way to accomplish , their object, if thedeter
mination avowed by the North to monopolize all the
territories, to the exclusion of the South, should , be
carried into effect. That of itself would, at no dis
tant day, add ,to : the ',North sufficient number of
States to giveher three-fourths of the whole; when,
under the color of on amendment of the constitu
tion, she would emancipate our slaves, liowever op
posed it might be to its true intent:
Thus, under every aspect, the result is certain; if
nggreaston be not promptly and decidedly met.
How it is to be met, it is for you to decide. ' '
Such, then, being the case, it Would be to insult
you to suppose you could hesitate. To destroif the
existing relations between the free and servile races
at the South would lead to consequences enparaller
ed in history. Thcycannot bo separated, and non
not live together in peace or harmony f or to their
mutual advantage, except in their present relation.
Under any other, wretchedness and misery, and de
solation would overspread
. the whole South. The
example of the British West Indies, as blighting as
emancipation has proved to them, furnishes a very
faint picture:of the calamities it would bring on the
South. The circumstances under which it would
take place with us would be entirely different from
those which took place with them, and calculated to
lead to far more disastrous results. There, the gov
ernment of the parent country emancipated slaves
in hercolonial 'possessions—a government rich and
powerful, and actuated by views of policy, (mista
ken, as they turned out to be,) rather than fanata
cism. It was, besides, disposed to act justly towards
the owners, oven in the act of emancipating their
slaves, and to, protect and foster them afterwards.
It accordingly appropriated nearly $100,000,000 as a
compensation to them for their /WINS under the act,
which sum, although it turned out to be far short of
the amount, was thought of that time to be liberal.
Since the emancipation, it has kept up a sufficient
military and naval force to keep the blacks in litre,'
and a number of magistrates and constables, 'Find
biller civil officers, to keep order in the towns And
plantations, end enforce respect to their former oWn.
are and their overseers, and to preserve the social
and •political superiority of the
.white race. But,
notwithstanding all this, the British West lodia pos
sessions are ruined, iuipoverished,miserab le, wretch
ed, and destined probably to bo abandoned to the
black race. Very different would be the circum
stances under which emancipation would take place
with us. If it ever should be effected, it will be
through the agency of the federal government, con
trolled by the dominant power- of tho northern
States of the confederacy, against the resistance and
struggle of the southern-
It then only be effected by the prostration of
the white race; nod that would necessarily engender
the bitterest feelingi of hostility between them and
the North. But the reverse would be the case be
tween the blacks of the South and the people of the
North. Owing their emancipation to them, they
would regard them as friends, guardians and patrons,
and centre, accordingly, all their sympathy in them.
The people'a the North 'would not fail to recipro
cate and to favor them, Instead of the whites. Un-
der the influence of such feelings, and impelled by '
fanaticism and love of power, they would not sop
at emancipation. Another step would be taken—to
raise, them to a polifiead. mad. social *equality. with
their former, owners, by giving them the right of Vot
ing and holding public offices under the federal go
vernment. We see the first step toward hie thebill
already alluded to—to vest the free blacks and.slaiies
with the right to vote on the question or emancipa- -
lion in this District. ' But. when once raised to an
cquallty; they would hecome the fast political asso
ciates of tho North, acting and voting with them on
all questions, and by , this political union between
them, holding the white race at the South In *com
plete subjection. The blacks, and the profligate
whites that might unite with them, would become
the principal recipients of federal offices and patron
age, and would, In consequence, be raised above
the whites of the South in the political and social
scale. We :would, in a word, change conditions
with them—a depredation greater than has ever yet
fallen to the lot of a free and enlightened people,
and one from which wo could not escape, should
emancipation take place, (which it certainly will, if
not proventedo but byfleeing the homes of ourselves
and ancestors, and by abandoning our country to our
former slaves. to become the permanent abode of
diserder, anarchy, poverty, misery and wretch
mlneas.
With such a prospect before us, the gravest and.
most solemn question that ever claimed the atten
tion of a people is presented for your consideration:
• What is to be done to'prevent it 7 It is a question
belonging to you to decide. All we propose is : to
'give you our opinion.
We, then, are of the opinion that the first and in
dispensable step, without which nothing can be done,
and with which everything may be, is to be united
among yourselves, on this groat and moat vital ques
tion. The want of union and concert in reference
to it has brought the South, the Union, and our sys
tem of government to their present perilous condi
tion. Instead of placing it above all others; it has
been riiade subordinate, not only to mere 'questions
of policy, but to the preservation of party ties and
ensuring or party success. As high as we hold 'a'
due respect for them, we hold them subordinate to
that and other questions involving our safety and
happiness. Until they are so held by the South, the
North will, not believe that you are in earnest in op
position to their encroachments, and they will con
tinue to follow, one after another, until the work of
abolition is finished. To convince them that 'you
are, you Must prove by your acts that you bold' all
other questions subordinate to it. If you become'
united, and prove yourselves in earnest, the North
will be brought to a pause and to a calculation of
consequences; and that may lead to a change of
measures and the adoption of a.couree orpolicy that
may quietly , and peaceably terminate this long con
flict •between the two sections. If it should net,
nothing would remain for you but to stand up im
movably in defence of rights involving your all—
your property, prosperity, equality; liberty; and
As the assailed, you would stand justified by all
lawi, huMan and divine, in repelling a blow ao.dan.
corolla, without looking to consequences, and to re
sort to all means necessary fur that purpose. Your
assailants, and not you, would be responsible , for
eousequences. • .
Entertaining these opinions, we earnestly entreat
you to be united, nod roe that purpose adopt all lleetF
eery measures. Beyond this, we think it woutolot
be proper to go at present. - ' •
'We hope, if you should unite with anything like
unanimity, it may of itself apply a remedy to this
deep•seated and dangerous-disease; but, if such
should not be the case ; the time will then have to
come for you to decide what course to adopt.
We examined, yesterday, speeimens of pure Cali
fornia Gold, in duet, brought to, this city byMr. ED
•sOlv Witter°, who resides in the Mormon City of the
Salt , Lake,' west of the Rocky Mountains. From
Mr. W., wo learned many" interesting facts in rela
tion to that portion of the country, which we shall
endeavor tolnesent to our readers to 'morrow. .
A PRENIUM PRIZE TALE.—We have received
from our Mend Miner, cc The Prairie Flower, or
adventures in the Far West, ,, by Emerson Bennett.
It la ai exseedingly interesting book, full of thrilling
incidents, and replete with gorgeous description's of
places and things. Bay it.,
Johnson arrived On the Telegraph
*o. 1; on
.Tlitirid . ay morning, and the" . came after
jtoon-.lel_l4:4:V:lfikildpgtorl by way of Brownville;
11FE11i
. M. F. Spencer ie in Wheeling,, gnIE bey
• ' 1 "; •••
. .
~~<,_..:
Gamornt Gold.
rm=l
LOCAL - 2
Fotrwru W Pirezte:"Edh •" We walked
through the building . erect4 by the Epee! .Direc
tan, of the
_Fourth Ward. 1- ` 4 eVeitt . ":suritideti on
entering to eeo"t&e lilieral4, - orange for
the little children who-4meg upon the Wird • for
edecation-whose future destinies depend upon the
training which the mind receives while young. The
first room (east end) is intended for the , Ward Meet
ings, Elections, &c. It is filled with benches, very
neatly.anit conveniently - made, •With -ss-pigeou
hole t!.between.enckseacfbr books, &c. This 'room
centrolled by the :Misses TurnzfirOuirr,-- :
The Asecond story isltteci up'for.the:ho.y;a.,depart
me t. There is a iii*Mifor the , teaehersr and a
nett little desk and chair foreach We count
ed ninety '13614. hy,73 Feet.- The
teacbers• aro Mises Osooon & Mellmmay. The
third story
s ill arraaged in the same style, Intended
for the girle. The teachers are Miss JONES and Mrs.
MeWntslrcv. At each - end of these - two
. rootos
(second and, thirdstories) is a recitation room.'
The Schools will be opened'on Monday: " We call
attention of the Citizens of tho Ward to the Card of
. " .
the Directors in another column. •
The cost orthe building is $7,146; of 1119 Far-,
niture about $6OO. The desks were ma'de hy, Mr;
Witty; the chairs by Mr;Condell. A marble blab, in
front, on which is an inscription of name and date,
was presented by the Directors—Mesars.- W. W.
Wallace, R.E. McGowin, Israel Wiggins, C. B.M.
Smith, C. Yeager and A. G. Reinhart., •
.htsvoit,s Ormer.—Thursday Morning.—There
was a lergepartyiip for examine:ion.- The , * French,
man with: the wooden leg , ' who made such on eat::
eiteraent on Fifth street on Wednesday evening wait
among them. • He talked away in his own" tongue*
his defence ; but not a word could be andtiatotie;
We did not notice what, was done:with hum * 4'iNip•
gro was brought up charged with' i4rattei.
said he had been left by the " Telegraph
and Was in search of a house where he might lodge.
Re wag suspicious character r and - had on a coat.
Which very Much resepitilidthese worn by ;the of
comers who left on Sundiy,:;: - 4 : ls said that a- onto.
ber of cc - Soldier coats” . ..liVerif lost, and omin:seem
ed to be a probability that hehid One of tkim. Be
was put aside for further hearing.. A .wreck of a
woman wag brought up charged with .vagrnacy.and.
drunkenness. -It seemed that her husband 'and her
self were both addicted to liquor, aisdthatithisiiitiiii
children ecattered abroad depending tipotithe:cliar:
ity of strangers. The unfortunate woman plead
hard for relettae, and was after some time discharged'
with some good advice from the hlayor. TWO bait
were up, they having applied to the Captain for
lodging the night before. One or them belonged to .
McKeesport, and was permitted to start an his way ,
home. The other went to the hill. An Iriehman
brought in his step son whom ho charged with lay
cent' of some kind. We judged from the borstal).
pearance and from the parent's conversation to him,
that he has not been used well. From the fact that
he offered'a ten dollar gold piece to nman tor n cebt
we judge he did not know what be was doiegiwhen,
he took what did not belong to hiM. *
Petee Frortr.—A few weeks . ago we nikted . ii
Prize Fight that came off in Birmingham, betweeii:
some people who lives in Hand street. Vire were
yesterday informed that a regular and'' , honorable 1*
fight was indulged in somewhere near the city; Elk
two young blow:ls—citizens of this place. - We did,
not hear their names
. ; but if we do we will give
them to the public. • -
We see no' reason why' this practice of fighting
.with fists shoild not be prevented by laws as rigo
rous as the law against duelling.'
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'STADE .Urn.r.—The stage, 44 Accothniodation,"
belonging to Snodgrass' Line, was .upsetatg, cocloci
on Wminesday Eitornipg,•at Ligonier, Westinore
land county.. Zoe man had a collar bone brolten,
and a tiny was badly hurt ;Ann no-One was da - e ••••
oaSly wounded. The neighborhOod was very much
alarmed by the screams: of two lady iinsiangers•
and a report was started that the whole party-had
•
The stage - airieed hcre'-on,the;next
tVe
attended 'the Colonization 'Meetleg Tut,
*Mit Common Chureh, Allegheny City, last evening.
It ,- Was , not largo Addresses iv'ere .defiiered by
Rev._ Efall, Audge - Lowrity. arid Rev. - Dr.-Elliott;:; We
last nighiMade outer-little abStract of the speeehes,
but found it impossible to :get it inserted.- ; We mays
pubgah It to-marrow..
';lt in ,fact that-aa -many fighta , take Place in.
one day now as' occurred in 'a . week Onejeir. ego
noiveitlisianding , the - eriminal Conn halbecome
more, severe npon, such . offentea: ' New, w hat 'in
the cause 1. We, can discover one only
that is the tntamoun example set by certaieicharac•
tars represented on the.stage '
Wir After the notices of the stoleikgoods appear
ed in the papers of yesterday morning,-severarklo
thiets and dry Reeds nierehantivisited the Mayor's
office in search of articles ihej. have at various titans
missed. Many went away without :finding anything
they could shinty - - : -
,Wrto AEE ITIE OWNERS P—Amorig the otheitOod
at the Mayor's offico, there, is a mull' arid a daguer
rotype miniature of a child. 'The muff wea.found
in a bookie in Virgin alley , ; the minlatniewaajaken
from a vagrant named liana kiddlei who acid ha got
it : -in Allegheny. : • . • •
,
oar We have been requested by the Managers of
_ ,
the Orpban'a Ball to awn' thatin dentiequetineOtthe
i
~tuat amount of tickets being , disposed' of, that they
have engaged the Eagle Salotui and an estra.band of
of amain: .;
star Col. Black's speech in defence of the:Fac•
tory girls is receiving yeVecommeniintions frearthe
press - east: and west. The two- extrabta which we
Published aragoing the rounds. , ,
!XErßrewees'Paioraina.la attracting fine' aadlpu
ess. JTftsrpaintiegs ,are grand.. We hope , out Oiti
zees will not fait to'visit them! while -ori!exhihition
I 'Rallis • w
Apol crowded nightly, and o-do
not wonder at it, forthe.lecturea and exhihiticiiis of
pre. Cutterand Cutchepn fare very entertaining and
instructive. ' • •
Barr lit again a otreloherrih 1) "
° 0 °Y • Po l ice.
Seta a good otßeer as are all who now.ad tor
. „ .
IhrpticultAsylnl-Soiree.
,
Tars to YEre Manz Jit-the grand-;Soiree - for,:the
hehnfitjyf.the jt;hAlthe.trortby'•of,,the
cause and of o arcity . : We do net . norir
•
ellodo to if,
ter 'theMere. purpose of malting an appeal itibehelf
of it to the ppblic.' We knoiithat hondrida:lvill`;oe
there, and that shiy, will fully enjey.themselven,
"Cimaing.the glowing haute with. flying feet.",
Mr. NPAren; of Wheeling, with, his - far-famen;vic*..
lis;will he there. and - preside over the dance; im
parting a charm to the amesements of evening,
with his never-tailing smile of gliOlihlll3l62'.. NJ ono
is more Aleseredly popular in his v o cation thata:Mr.
M'Afee._ His voice ityclearAnd Sall, and can he
heard in the remotest past , 'of the room: 'Hie per.
sonal friendit alone will forni,a/largeytuisembly, and
is not his friend that known -him t llesides thii he
has generously volunteered : his services on the pres
ent occasion, as he always Aloes- on *emission* ef , a
similar nature.: The ether .itielciatie;'Witli one of
whon;paiticolatliE.Soszfil 4#7li, E , ;4.,'late
tain - of the Siagai,a;*id . knew') for hii, many
gOodqualities, are men of worth, and have also vol.
unteered their services.
WO arp'titttletitect to'4ay, that an
sullatanttlit tityripei btin'it;vld,ed;
served up in the, nurse of the ;evening. , - int beet
wpy, tie ,-, etrictly preiforied-Aiithe;tOtito;
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Mews by Telegraide
Reported for the Zdonthig: Past.
CONOR.EIIitEIIoNAZi
Wessettorots, February 1,1849. '
SENATE. • -
lirthe'Setate - i-1116 - Athellobi-fretnibe - Chinmitteo
on Ways and ;Vienna, rmießfdia!big •Telatt'Seto tho
coinage of' gotd !.
This being privattibill 7 dityravrtnFrerr of tal i pee
.int?rits,t/tyestypassed,
Mr.l3 art, frent-theiudiciaryCcimmittee, reported
•.• . • .
a bill increasing the' salary er . the' Marshall of the 1
West4riiDistitia of trgiula;; laid over, after vari
oes amendmenta had been -offered and discussed.
:HOUSE—
The Efouse,aftef•Mereing.businesii;, went into
Committee on theitaial iipProprtation Bill. -
.Au am s endofeht waSi4reed te,"aboliihiag the spirit
ration, and allowing four cents increase of pay, per
'day, in lieu.
.• No other business of ImPortinco Wits . Vansiated,
Itheti.the Nom adjourned
. NEW YORK.
I '1 • • , T 1 ;tad ' p.
Flonr.,The market is.steady- but •a ctive; itt
prices there is no quotable change (rile'. preivietur
quotations. The demaod is for haute 'constimptiou. ,
Grain—Holders of Wheat aro 'asking- ,previous
prices. - .
Corn.. Tho demand, for Cern is confined entirely
to- lots for cocsarriptiort, fort: the, supply of which . ..
sales are making to a moderate esteat pC 60C r
prime yellow; and 56c for prime white.
Lard. :Sales - at 0107 c. , ; -
Provisions isonchazged.
Money Market.. Sales of treaiury notesat 1,071 • ;
01,04 ;:sales of Ohio 6 peueent et1;01 finales of "
Ohio at 7 per cent at , •
NEW YOns, Pobrnary 1-6 P.; M. •
Flone...The - sales to-day have :been Moderate,'
comprising 1050 tibia- of Genesee, -- Of prime vialuy,
at 6,00 per bbl.; salestof Western at 6,44 per
gales of Ohio at 6,60 per bbl.
Grain.. The 'market to-day--was ituictivek ,prices:
were unchanged. . • • ;
Provisicins..There is a regular "trade. deutiad,
. with - Saks of Mess. Pork at 13 1 12013„25 per barrel;
sales of'Prime at 12,60012,62 per bbl.'.'
Sales at SQS}.
Lard..6.alea to a moderate eztetitiatßi s aii/;•_aales
of Mess Beef at 12,25512,50 p
Bacon is, unchanged.
Cotton... The market is drooping and prices have
declined ; the 'market closed heavy; traneactio as
to-day were limited.
Whiskey—Bales at 231 per gallon inhhd.. - Bdeal..Tho market is quiet, with sales at
2,6703;00 per bbl. • •
Bye. Flonr..Moderate - sales wore media to-day at
3;12(a3,25. • ' ' -
Money Market.. The MOttey market _stringent,
and the Banks discount very sparingly. The Stock
market is dell, and pp - e - es tend downwaJd. Es
change on • London is dull, *ices) the sailing of tho
steamer. •
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PRILATiELPLIIA MARKET: • .
- • • February 1,.6 e„ it.
rhe-Weatherlo-day has been unfavorable (de out
door transactions: .
measure..:..;: The' rain put a check to opera
tions in a great easure,.. ,
Plour..The Holders genitally
ask . previous pricea ;*eotiii4;.l.liiviteser,Wcialn accept
easier rates than curientipotewhg, - Soycre mani
fest but litslo dispositlift : to ;iterate for exporting
purposes. .rt. is held at 5,12 per blix -
e' market to day iiiia:..iitirticatia mlea
Were confined to small parcels of:PitiMelted Wheat
at 1 ,:001,12 per bushel. Sales.9l.Coria .at 55c., for
Prime Yellow. Sales of Oats - at 34625 c."; R.ye
there is a fair demand at 65P 68c.
Proviaions;.The market today is unchanged, ei
ther ati regard's pricee''er=demaed. • ~ • -
Cottoe.':The market is still unsettled,' and cermet
.
quotations cannot begiveu.
Money Market..Saleit or Treasury Notes at. 1,08.
HAWAII* 3ifik4KET
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nc; - Bettuto Feb. .1 . e
Flonr..The sales te:day • have • been- riioderilte,
comprising _Howard street. at 4,8701,94:tr. -btd.
City Millais held at 6,ooperbbl.
Grain. :The' weather to.day '!.1211 Very wifiiyokable
for out door busioeiti. 'Sales of corer — rit-650 for
'Pilate ** Sales of Prime -White at.4.7o4Be
bushel. Wheat--Salesof Primo Red at 1;12a1,16:
p bushel. Ryo-7 7 Sales
.at '6oc. . Sales of oats at 30.
Groceries.. The
,parket to.clay . Wait ottchuiged',.
both as regards prices ordain:toll."' ••• - , '
Prolvisions--Theiii was ti moderate'butrinisii.dose
at foriner prices:
-There is no change in. other orlieli,ts ,Itria. ll ,/ , • 1 1)**
lion of, in the market. '' -
. . . _
: • . MARKET...S.'
• . . • : • Feb: 1;6 P.M:
•Frour.. Moderate sales were to-day at. previous
prices. - • '
Crain. -The market for grain 'is riithout . Oange,
either Ili regardspriees Or demand..
. . Wbiskny,..Moderitte sales were'snade tr•day at
'16;015; per gal.
Baion..Sales of shoulders at 4c.. per tbl,
Built Meat-r Sales of aides in bulk at 4i. •
Lard—Sales of 300 bbls at fit • per Th. country
packed. •
Pork.. The sales of pork are to 'a Moderato. ex
tent including 200 bbls-SIO per bbl. • :.:.`*
Groceries:.There is a steady trade demand-for
Sugar and prices are firm. Coffee—There is ap in.
increasing demand, and priceshave advantedi-hold
era are firm. • • •
Molasse.s..Tbe demand is fair 'but prices are-on
changed, we note - salts Or - ISO bbls at 2416281 V'
Steamboat Telegraph No. 1.. •
. . January . 31, 1841
Al the suggestion of some forty or fifty passengers, on
board of the Steamboat Telegrnph, No. 1, at 7 o'clock.
Mi.-Burdsall celled the meeting to order, and' neminwed
Col. R. hf JOHNSON, President, who was unanimously
elected. • Upon taking the chair, the President. made a
neat 'and pertinent 'speech. ' John Leach, ,of Sk
and' Samuel C. Grace of Baltimore, weie appointed Sec
retaries:- After whiel . : * •
On ',motion, - Julio :Rea, -of-Philititelyibiar,.Elessrs..
Grove and ..tturdsell, were , appointed, a, t;'oniniinee to
draft Resolutions, which were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, -That we tender our worm' and: sincere
thanks to Capt. Usual' the accomplished and-attentive
Captain; also, to Capt. J. , Hart, the ever polite and cour
teous Clerk of the Steamer Telegraph, for their unifoim,
constant and courteous treatment and attention during
our trip just yOmpleted, from Louisville to Pittsbtrigh,
and that we cordially unite in recommending this steam
er to the traveling public, as one of the most safe and
comfortable boats on the river. Her. table groans finder
every variety of embalm:Mal asst delicious ./0041 that; the
country aLforas;or the ingenuity of Cooks eon invent.
Resolved,: That the. proceeds- of this meeting , be pab
fished lit the Pittsbur gh Cincinnati awl Louisville papers.
The:meeting, Wier the presentation of the resolutions,:
was severally addressed by Col.. Johnson and:otters,
making the time pass pleasantly and agreeably Wong,
..Al lU oiclock, the meeting adjourned, sine - - •
Sigitidia behalf of one 'hundred and thirty-nine pas
sengers, --; • Ifeb2l • • • ft: bl, JOHNSON.
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POuntrlllceting.. • , . -
To TIALVOYNNIOIONISS ON TUN COUNTY OP,ALiEOIX6r - : .
GentirmenThe underaigued citizens and iahabitaits.
. of Me' Countr. of Allegheny, having understood • that A.
Bill is now' before the Legislature ot. this state having in.
contemplation a division of this Counly. atilt/eying as.
. was do '
that nineteen-twentieths of the ; peop of Ade
gheny. County. are optiosed m, each dinston, we, would
the reforicrequest you to call a Publii..Meeting.or 'Meer-
Ings, suet' time and place as youstany deem proper, - in
order that there may be. nu ..esprestlion - Pohlie
moat on this subjeo.t. . Speedy action is rediusito; , : i.
Very respectfully ; • - . • •
IVilsOahrCaildless, . Wm. M. Man5ha11,..... 4 .
M. Shinn, . • -.H. Nixo n T.l. Bigham ; •••
Geo. E..Applaion s . • Thos..awl,
A. Washington , • James " ' •
, hl.-Buckmtuiter, Sam Roseburg, _
• John A. . , raniuthrik, •
Wm. M'Candle,ss i ?Win: Wilson, • • • '
James Dunlop, . ; J. Knox„', •
Geo. S. Selden, . •.• , • :
•
C. B. M. smith; x• W. Loomis Wm ~
lienderson, - . ." ) . E./kJ-Teal, •
• Joel hlohler, ' ' John' Layton, •
- Arthur McGill , '” ii Cord;
' John .
: • %Vat. Douglass,. • r'
Samtiel - 0. - Young, ' '" '- A. - Hobson, . .
Chits. H. Paulson, • - Rtq' kCo
Wm:Harris • . • ' nenderscits
Sam!, Gortniy, • I no. H.
Thos. Steel, • '
•• - • James ' W; Barter; ;
Alex: H : ' ' • Robert
-Geo. P. Gillman' • Rohr. Woodt.
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MEI
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01MCS Guny- Castiststirortruz; .>
'. . • ••• Pittsburgh, Jan. 30,1849 • °I-
In pursuance .at the tbregoitig, we; the 'Underingued,
Coinll2lls3lollClllofiltiii County of tillegherm. y equc , - The
citizens of the Conn:FIG meet at the new Conn House,
- ern Saturday nexti rho '34 day of PebnilifYi at 1 o'clock,
p. is, (or the purpose of obtaining. publicszpre ss i ork • o r
their views in chummier. • •
JOSEPH T., MARK.9I
THOMAS. PERKINS, CommeeiC
, 2a271 W 4. .I.,Ts -- ) - OE -- --.--.- I .—bast, on 'ts meet, plum i
while curly .I.llp Dog:- ' She .ittriiyerf front
Curran's Tailor Shop about 4 o'clockyirsqer- -
day afternoon: - As rho bran much prizad hy, thei,owrifir,
a:Orral reward will. tre - giv,en,natd . iniany,lhanksi lau
beineretarnedlo thLs'otrice. 1., ' . . . :. '7(02 .
.
N uozetr: . LOST—A Newfoundlawirtip, , abourfou r
.rnanthe black, leleePt vhive" 01 :1 the
brenet:And a. small strip er white on' the
Lima,' Pe;entileenring-him a the °Mee of:the Post,.
will be suitably `awarded. , b2.3t24
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