■ f yr. '■:?OB,NtiV, : y ! . '\ n , 1-os' V jtTJ -{O' , 1 P4H,Y.pnESS, i - Titian. 4 SuWcnborsopVof tiieOitr'*t Su piiAisif »«K Kjomx Months; lu&d-v»009 v»009 for »h» iimo oiilorud, ' > ■ ■ :' g.Ji? ; .... •/ ’;;' . Msiled lomburitan out of th« Gitr otTmuußoiv IJuupikjufiißjriin kdnsn'M. >- - .'.' . ; „ u GAS PIXTUBES. Ac, ■^iJiLApEr^iiiA >; Works. '**i..: v.-V'.-d -' '• o ia - ,Jk V/WAfIUtXJt,- W,:». MISKRy. -v W. O. B. MXRSItZ,, UAHOFAOTyRfiRS, store, Jojia cammat. street, PHILADELPHIA., ; &: :'cenj Ji», aid Jrrojd way, mew: yobSc, .\foohl respeoUally Inform the poblio that thej oonti- nue to manufacture ell kinds,of «A3FJX'rUfiEB ( GIRANDOLEB, ;Andthatth«ir taros and varied stook, comprises the • simplest'as trail as the most elaborate patterns, design ed by;tfa«ir French artists, They &Jso continue to keep .altheirstote. ; „ - * - 1 ii- Wo. m BRQADWAY, c alarge and full assortment of their manfactured goods. • Dealer* and others ara invited to call and examine. -nS-m '‘ • •.. • *...«, , < CARPETINGS* -Oils CLOTHS, Ac. FALL’S IMPORTATION • j •• > • ■ . ■•; ' 'Ol . I ’a' R J? J 3 T ; l^N;;Q : ,s{ ... TO BE CLOSED OOT AT ; j REDtJOED PRICES; ! = BAIEY & BROTHER, ! f »20 CHESTNUT STREET,- '. j 1 Will this day rrduce tlia rricß of the entire balance ef ■'their etoelt of - . ! •’ CKOSSLEY’SI” - . -j ; ' “DICKSON’S,” i. ' - • ' "HENDERSON’S” . . Xni ! iothet-niakera of VELVET, TAPESTRY. Md ’. BRUftSEIXCARPETINGS,,in order to doM tiii> ts»- ' Km’eiiDlxirlalihn. tfe have iilio On hand awludidaa aortmantpfSurer,THßEE-PLY add INORALN BED ROpIACARraTS.RMeh iiall foir. a» tf .. "■ £J ARP BIN OTI OS. , \ j \^r®A3^'> : : ' '{; . H0.,'9*0 OHESTinJT STREBT, -’iij, :: wim. this day i ;/ as h o or; thepa i o s j " t : X ; Of.their, entire Stock of 1 MOROSSIiE Y’S” BBtl S S B L:S T-RIB S' , ; to" ' !■ - c4h^^bmi&iH)iifcAß' v A- : yard; . 1 ?/-”-■ "/OiV 1 ' vS'ti; ■'l it; Jmfltulffiir|4lthe : b^..^r &&&£*&» a .>a .*iC 4 -s 1-N ‘{W T- i*' - K t- -I 1 i‘ 'V ' - '!■ ■ fiS :- 'V. FAJPER HANGINGS, Ac. I . qpO CLOSE business; ’We offar from now to the end of tho year our .LARGE STOCK OF - ;.?PA®ER';HAN ; GINGd , >/;AT GRKATIiY REDUCED BATHS. Pereous wanting their Houses Tapered, oan set treat 'JJ’SAMAINS ’ T '• - Ry,calling early on 1 HART, MONTGOMERY, k CO., j ’ ’’ 'nl7-tf NO.'39BCHESTNUT BTREET. CHINA AND OirfiENse’AßE. GKANITE AND CHINA j ; ; VINtfER SET.% TOILET SETS, \ PBESSED QLABB QOBIJBTB, TUMBLBRB, Ao., AT LOW .PRICES. WEIGHT, SMITH * dO., NO. S NOETH FIFTH ST. oIS-*frrilf ; 5 ' XABIfiET WAHE. ; If OGUXET & HUI?TON> .. —DBS K S -i ; .'akd. o* bi hrt >urnitu.r ! is ■’ i*r ’H0.469 SOUTH THIRD STREET. - • : Baofcand School Furniture, Extettei on Table*, }■ Jgok»M»»7WardrQ^».»to.,. -- , . ~<, *-8m '::*4sAmMT jjo» buxiard i ; r'v. WteOOBkW GAMPION, * s ' booth second street, / ~.'T m ©cmnwtioo with their extensive Cabinet BtieinMe, are : r I(3K^JvW£ h cljßHs6NB,' v r Jiwfih m*.*nmou&oea by aU -who have need them to be t: ' T / aS finiihof tbeeo'Toblee theroanv v ■ ttctarir* refer to th«r uumerow eatrous tornasnoot the > :-uaxottf Vho are laminar erith toe character, of their ; % -Wqrlh - - ~ .JflMm,. DRUGS, CHEMICALS, &c. j-' IJWW wn*ws :;** : ':/ , do.j 1 t i 'K°RIfHISkBT CORNER • '■ ;A' WDBTH AND BACK BTBBKTO, : WHpLfi.SA’IiK DBOGGISTS, ' - IraaGrterttmd WIN DOW GL ABB, PAINTS, As,, invite the »tt«iuioo or : goijntry meßohants !, To ttieirTvi« »(oo)[ Of OcxKii.whloh thei offer M th» toyiMd-!B*riwtr*tW>/: \~‘l '•,’. ' ~'. w»-tf LOOKING-GLASSES. . ;|jPoiaNo QMBSSB; \! - Noiir )««»<»* lid.«K*t ud «l*ul M»ft ■’ '• l -,‘' , -'‘' / : - r/'l'hooiftfne ei,4Bo?sr, -. | ../ ■ Wm«rT »sMe uwl *rttj ikwition, a&d'AVHM mutt ; :^ ,^, fexXK)KlNd-(^I,A8 g B 8 ;:V . ''} • <: *-V; ;-i' MWKIHB OiABS&S '• , ,■ ■ •. v TnUaidlatlw.bart.tMl.,mil la th, moat MtwtutUl f«roß»wilWM.M.mM^wtuwillirOHfwiT.. law <4, Aadi VAI,r(UT ft»mM lot M ! : a 'nos, , ■ i''; ■'' •;; i* a vi. ea t irm.s *p bbk t j ■ ■ A" • '.*»*•'*« Kirtr V«*w> FHILAPSkPHU. it r i i i ■■. ■ .■ .: n P H OTIC 0 0 A liO It 11l KS, ['l\TfsW9 "®iiUßikHJATißii.oojaloyi'-./. <^., '-'* / MMwf>etar>d>adfor»4toW i • ;! ’4^i^^»»7HoAM'W : i4Aaist stribr, l, ’o' i ’- :<; - ,i ''' , ' :l " ji.jySv^afeafe-iwiiDßD AV.i- ' i,f' >«>. VrHA*P BCHUYt; ti, w.-j-■£«:'; •••/ «EKKB9r.'.> •; K i mK&t- YOL. 3.—NO. 93. 2'wiss:l,er&fiorileo. Have for e&le a Urge enpply of a A V A N A ; B R A N ,D.S TOBACCO, SNUFF, PIPES, &o. GERMAN SMOKING TOBACCO, AND CIOAHB. 0c34-3m , • •• * , t ' * ; MERIK O. ’ : : m BOOTH >KONX BIIUCBZ, • -Hsa in (tore end bond>an!t - i ’Ofiiiif'ftirY^'a'Larfo'Aeioihojent'ef' . , [ ‘ 1 '.Old ARS, . ,; . ' Received diieet from an.il fivojrEl Brandj. 'iAIrE’THE' BEST-BRANDS, 'AT LOW -fB. prino a, .T. FLAHERTY! Whofler of Oiaatei Stmt, adjototni Girard Kouee. f WATCHES, JKWELItY, Ac. gliiV E.R WARE. WM. WILSON & SON InHte - epeol&J attention to their atook of SU/VE WARBiWlubh u novr nnutuallf Target affording a va rietr hf pattern and design unrarpaseed by anr hdase the l/nlted states, and bf finer duality than is manoW tored for table use in any part vf tbh world. BRONZES, Ac.,' Ac; 'Oar Standard ;of -Silver is 935-1000 parts pure Ikb gtorling. 025-1000 • “ Akerfcaiiand Fren0h.......900-1000 «, ■ Thus It Will be seen that we give thirty-five parts purer thah the American and Frenoh couzi and ten parts purer thanthe English Sterling., We melt all our own Silver* and our Foremanbolng oonueotdd with the Aofimng De partment of thel/nitedfitate* Mint for several years, we guarantee the quality as above (ftU), which is the fintst that cam hi made to bi lervicenble, aud will resist the notion of, aoids much better,than, the ordinary Silver mMeu/aetufid, i b.Wi ooMraaVtoTH and dinsKRY bib.| If. Br-AnJ fidsness of Silver manufactured as agreed upon', blit poeiiivily no*e inferior to fYench and Ameri * .canttfindard^l- , » , - . - Dealers supplied with the same standard as need in xmr reUil dej^ime^k Fine fiilrtf ' ; !h&rs; 10-1000 parts pure, eonstautlr on ‘ •’ •• p* > au34-Sm IS. JARDJEN A BKO., , iF .MANIIFAOTDRBRS AND, IMPORTERS OF SILVER-PLATED WARE He,AM CHESTNUT Street, above Third, (up stairs,, * - . Philadelphia* flihling aad p(atlng os all kinds of metal. eet-ly HARDWARE PACKAGE HOUSES. JJANDY & BRENNER. NOS, S 3, S 5, AND *T NORTH FIFTH STREET ' PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, AM£RICAM MAKCFAOTURFD HARDWARE* GERMAN, BELGIAN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH HARDWARE AND CUTLERY, .CeenoenetanMron hutd.Urge .took of Good, to cup , . ■ t ■ »1, Unrdwus Denier.. BUTCHER’S TILES, '.By the each or dthervrlu. , BOTCHER’S EDGE TOOLS, , ' ' . : BUTCHER’S STEEL OF-VARIOUS KINDS. WRIGHT’S PATENT ANVILS AND VIOBS, HA RP’S R E PEATB R PISTOL, r -; .4.- i. .WEIGHING ONLYAH t)UNCEa~ ‘ i - SHARP’S NEW' MODEL RIFLES AND PlBTo|s, xpwaSd f. uansT* mo*«e'BVjr!tnßß* o,?. B&Bitifhx* «w»-tf PACKAGE HARDWARE HOUSE.—Wo would respeotfiiUy call the Attention of theGeno ral Hardware. Trade to our extensive Stock of BIR MINGHAM HARDWARE, which we offer at a small advance by the package. .Order* for direct importation solicited, and Good* de livered either m urn city, New York, or New Orleans, 7 W. G. LfeWIF & Son, W COMMERCE Street. ' . . . . . (mporMof and Conuntuiou Merohaati, , And Axent* for Foreign and Domestic Hardware. ", ~* auJB-tf HOUSE-VURNISHING GOODS. QOODS FOR THE SEASON. BRONZED FENDERS AND IRONS, STEEL FIRE SJiTS, FOOT WARMERS, BLOWER STANDS,.PLATE WARMERS, HOT WATER DISiIES, Ac., &c„ . XT TUB , • ' . HOUSE-FURNISHINa STORES, NOS, 622 AND 1326 CHESTNUT 6TEEET. JKQ. a; muephey & GO, olg-wfmtf - . - “lIOTERS AND RESTAURANTS. Briggs house. . Corner RANDOLPH and WELLS Street*,. WM.F. TUCKER k 00., Proprietor*. TMUBBAY HOUSE, . . "A, , . • . , NEWARK, OHIO, . Js the largest and beat arranged Hotel in centra Onto, is centrally located and is easy of access from all the routes of travel. Itoontalnsall the modern improve ments,and ever/ convenience for the comfort and ao opmmodatioa of the travelling public. The Sleeping Rooms are large and veil ventilated. The Suites ol Rooms are yell arranged and carefully furnished for families and targe travelling parties; ana the House will U taitu Afir.tolu. .uU,Sat Proprietor*. HPHB UNION, * arch street, above third,., UPTON 8. N*;w£oMKlt? iSI ' U ‘ The situation of thm IIOTEL |s superiorly adapted to the wants ofthe Duamess Public} andto those in search of pleasure, Passenger Railroads, which now run past, and in close proximity, afford a cheap and pleasant ride to all places of Interest iu or about the oitr. J j 23-dm (V|EB. WINSLOW, lU an experienced nurse and female Physician, presents to the attention of mothers her , SOOTHINO SYEUP POE CHILDREN TEETHING, which greatly facilitates the processor teething, by soft ening the runts, reducing all .inflammation; will allay Depend, upon its mothers, itwill give rest to yourselves AND HEALTH TO YOUR INFANTS, we have pqUp and eoldi * this article for over ten rears, and can'Ey, in ©on w (idonceand truth of it, Whrtyetavripyet geen K aide Jo say of.any other & ttineljnswu Never did bu we know, an instance of tattusnution to any one Jv who used it. On the eon* trary, all are' delighted W with its operations, .and iMaktatermspr highes) ooinmendation of its mnjTj •m enbcUanamedical vjr © tues. .We speak in this oatler 'what ye do fc know,” *after ten yews* experience,and pledge onr r* reputation for the fulfil fiaentof what,we herederj elate* M almost every instance where the infant W is suriennr from pain and fcawnawiK § PfDßSEßinNawynglttjid 71 and hoe been used with eever-feilinjyeuQoessinW It not' only W ?lsl?from ’ pam, but ln rijtorates the stomach and * bowels, corrsots Acidity, na gives tone anaeneigy to the whole system. It «mm™« o vulslons. which, ft not! jj speedily remodied, end in death. .We believe it the \1 bestapd surest remedy in hMttung or from any other rT cause. We would say to ever/ mother who Eos a child suffering from any of the foregoing eomelnints. tfc donotlet yourprcjudloes, tor tlL® ;preiUd[eeg , oi Others, stand between leMine .uoicßS we fact & simile of CURTIS A PEA* Rtfloi NSW Yorg, isop ” the outsidewrapper, the world, Prinoi- IMEDIOATED VAPOE BATHS. ibilii, Coughs and Colds, Female. Diseases, Ac. Ao, Especial accommodation* for Ladies. 017 Bra pr FAIRBANKS’ PLATFORM SCALES JP$« Forsyte by FAIR HANKS A. EWINO. • 1U CHESTO UT Street, Fltiln. m FAIRBANKS’ DAY, COAL, AND Ml CATTLE SCALES. For tale by .FAIRBANKS'* EWING. 715 CHESTNUT Street, Phila. B* HOWE’S STANDARD SCALES.— #s■ STRONG to ROMS PATKNT.-Coal, Cattle, and Hay Scales require no pit. Platform and Counter Ralls instead of Kmra as on othei ■oaies.' Call and .examine before purchasing elsewhere, »a«,&lm M „v W - ■ ■ lliSouth SEVENTH Street, Philadelphia. <&sti»Uron liiiSd Perfumsrrjia'ffl wli'™«*‘ '.- ...... ' ... . ..' .. ... - . ...... . ' . . . .. . . . CIGAHS, TOBACCO, Ac, .125' NORTH THIRD STREET, C IGA R S OF THE DEBT AGENTS FOR GAIL * AX, WM. WILSON A SON, For the nld of «H ktnda of Alto ncrosTHts or SHIP GHAIKi And other kind* in every variety, sols ase snt ron : MEDICINAL. SCALES. FUKS. FURS, .AT OAKFORD’S. . Aro the’ ohoapost anil heat to he found. RICH DARK SABLE, HUDSON’S BAY MARTBN, -VERY DARK MINK SABLE. . ROYAL ERMINE, ' EXTRA .FINE CHINCHILLA, STONE MARTEN, PITCH, Ac., -MADE INTO CAPES, HALF-CAPES, TIPPETS, ' ' • i« ’I MUFFS, ' AND MUI'FTEES, ' Ae wo Import our SKINS direct, and Manufacture all our.FUßßo'n. llio', I’REMISES, we aio enabled to sell, them very oJteaPi and are.determined to close "out our entire stook, previous to removing into our '■ NEW STORES, 1 ! r : ' . AKD QTEEETB.. ‘ , C ,";;.,.;Bsis':pfic)M igupwAßDs.- "otfA:^:'-bk-ic®OßE>»’&’«oNi. - ■. , , ■ 514 CHESTNUT' STREET. DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. Q A R D . SOMERS & HNO DORAS S’, 34 S. SECOND, AND 83 STRAWBERRY STS., have in store a large stook of CHINCHILLA, ESKIMO, FROBTEP TRICOT, and BATIN-FACED BEAVER CLOTHS. ALSO, SATIN-FACED DOESKINS, and HEAVY PATENT FINISHED CLOTHS, FOIt LADIES’ CLOAKS AND MANTLES, ANX> GENTLEMEN’S OVERCOATINGS. 028-tf CLOTHS 111 SNODGRASS & STEELMAN, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, &0., . NO. 52 SOUTH SECOND STREET, . ABOVE CHESTNUT, Are daily receiving additions to their already large stook of FALL GOODS. Comprised in part of BLACK AND COLORED CLOTHS, " “ *« , BEAVERS, “ CASSIMERES AND DOESKINS, PLAIN AND FANCY CASSIMERES, BILK, VELVET, AND CASHMERE VESTINGS, Ac. N. B.—A variety of Cloths and Beavers suitable for LADIEB* CLOAKS and MANTILLAS, all of which will be sold at reasonable prices, sM*tf S. STEWART & GO., JOBBERS OF AUCTION GOODS, 90S MARKET STREET, ABOVE THIRD, Have now m Store a full line of BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, BROCHE AND OTHER SHAWLS, SILK MANTILLA VELVETS, Or all grades, and all the new fabrics in Dress Goods, to which we invite the attention of CASH AND PROMPT SIX-MONTH BUYERS, s9-3m gITER, FRIGE. & GO.. IMPBRTBRB AND JOBBERS OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. 816 MARXIST STREET. «l3m. ]J| r WILLIAMSON A GO, WjtOLIiSALtDEAIjKftS A«ll JURIUfRS IS - DRY GOODS, HO. 485 MARKET STREET, (And 414 Commerce itreet,) MTWHBK FOURTH ARS FIFTH, ROXTII 81DI, Our stock, eepeoially adapted to flouthorn and "West ern trade, is now large and complete in every parti cular. aug-tf COMMISSION HOUSES. PROTUINGUAM & WELLS, 35 LETIXIA STREET, AND 34 SOUTH FRONT STREET’. OOTTONADES. Suitable for both Clothiers and Jobtars, m large variety. SUMMER COATINGS AND CAMIMBRKTTS Mado by Washington Mill:!. Orders takon for theso desirable goods for Spring trsdo, n!7-tf _ JJENRY I). NELL, CLOTH STORE, NOS. 4 AND 0 NORTH SECOND STREET. OVERCOATINGS, CHINCHILLA, NOSICOWA, FROSTED, ANDFLAIN BEAVERS, Also, CABSIMKRES, VELVETS, &c., Ac., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. n!7-tf JELLING, coffin, & COMPANY, 110 CHESTNUT STREET, AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF A- & W. SPRAGUE’S PRINTS. In great variety, including Chocolates, Turkey Reds Greens, Blues, Shirtings, and Fanoy Styles. BLEACHED SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS. Lonsdale, Maionville, SlAtersville, Hope. Washington Union Mills, Blackstone, Cohnnnet, Johnston, Belvidero, Fhmnix, Smithville, BROWN SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, AND OSNABURGS. Matonoa, Virginia Family, Groton, Ettrick, Eagle, Manchester, Meo’s A Farm’s, Black Hawk* Mercer A, Warren A, Farmers’, Riverside, Carr’s River, Klwell. CLOTHS. Bottomley’s, Foraaroy’a, Glenham Co.’s, and other makes of Blook and Fanoy all wool and ootton warp Cloths m groat variety. * DOESKINS AND CAB6IMERKS. Greenfield Go., Saxtons River, Lewiston Falls, Steam’s M. Gay A Sons, Glendale, Berkshire Co.» and others. SATINETS. Steam’s, ’ Ayres A Aldrich, Taft k Capron, Minot, Charter Oak, Crystal Hpringi, Swift River, Carpenters’, Florence Mills, Carroll’s, Dubring’s, Conversviile, &o, BJLKSFAS.—LonsdaIe Co.’s,Smith’s, and otlior makes, plain and twilled, of all colors. Fanoy Negro Stripes and Plaids. Jewett city and Irene Strlpos, Denims, and Tickings. Rhode Island and Philadelphia Linseys, Apron Checks, and Pantaloon Stuifs. Shepard’s and Slater’s Canton Flannels, FisherviUo Co.’s Corset Jeans, Ac, aufl-dUepl-sepl-fw&wtf gJUIPLEY, HAZARD, & UUTOIIINSON, NO. Utt CHEBTNUT ST., COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOR THE. BAI.R OF PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. «8-,m MOOTS AND SIIOKS. pjAZELL & HARMER. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. NO. 138 NORTH THIRD STREET. A foil unorlm.nt of City made Root, and Shoo, oon .taotly on hand. .10-tf HATS, CAPS, Ac. 1859. FALL TRADE -1859. O. H. GARDEN & CO.. Manufacturer* of and Wholosale Dealers in HATS, GAPS, FURS. BILK AND STRAW BONNETS, AND STRAW GOODS. * artificial fLowe rs. FEATHERS, RUCllfes, Ac., &0., NOB. 609 AND 602 MARKET STREET, ; Southwest corner of Sixth. 6XTBNSIVB TERMSr LOWEST PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1859. ® jje f resr. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18,185?. POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IN THE TERRITORIES; ■■■■ " 1 " ■- )■ * i REJOINDER OF JUDGE DOUGLAS TO ' !* JUDGE BLACK. Tho Washington Constitution y iho central organ of my aasailants, contains tho Altornoy rejoindor. Ho has lost his temper without suDt* cionLcnuso.- If tho lawyora throughout tho coun try are all laughing at him for gravely assorting a aeries of legal propositions, overy ono of-which has boon decided against hiui by the Ipuprotpo Court of tho’ United Stales, ho should rembinhor that H was his own officious conduct that brought himlnto this uuonviahlo pogUiou. Tho ,vpjjsy.was of his own.spokiog. I have nover oom moncod or provoked a’ political controversy with any Democrat;' and my Invariable rulcf Ip to loavo all questions of law v to the judicial trilunils; law wag ne should riot have of leamlng whloh bo did not i>ossesH. If, on thoMn trary,* bo did kAOiV that tho Supreme-Court of‘the United States, and nearly all the Stato cohrts, and all foreign tribunals, have decided tho law' to 'bo prefhely the reverse of what he stated R to bn, ho Bhould congratulate himself and‘ fool grateful for his escape wilh 60 lonlont a punishment. Hero is n spooiihon of tho rrotriessnoss with whlohaumn somotlmos sponks when he allows hlskwotimloil prido and the vinlonco of his passions to atiao tho promptirigg of his oonsoionoo. Spouktng of my reply, Judge Black snyfi : t “ Thoro is scarcely a aonlonce in this wlinlo pnm phlet which doc* not cither pronounco an otrur or olso nmnclo a truth.” This is a medium ssmplo of tho stylo and cha racter of tho Altornoy (loneral’g rejoinder. Throo newspaper columns of disrepntable ’imputations and oqulvooal disclaimers, noarly ovory alternate wn tonco pregnant with offensive fnuondocs, and suc coodou with anologctio ftasurnnccs that he did not wish to bo understood as saying that tho truth had booh intentionally mangled, or tho law Mowlpgly misstated, Judgo Black soems to bo uhdor fuo iiaprossiQn that it Is as much a matter course for nn honoflt wan to wangle tho truth as foehlih* self to blunder in tho law every time hobpom his. mouth, and that Ignoranco of both fae£ and law is sufficient exouso for propounding error and* mangling truth. Ho should remember thAt uotthor pompous pirotonsion ft> groat learning In tho law beyond what is written- in tho books, nor lHe‘*pos session of a high ofiico, no mattor how worthily hr unworthily filled, can. justify, anj % gentleman In thrusting nirasolf officiously into a controversy with which he has noconneotion, ofliomlly or personally, and, without provocation) dealing "charges and offonSivo Inucndoes, without spe cification of the alleged facts, or proof to sustain his unfounded imputations, liod ho known me well enough.to appreciate tho Impulses of my heart, no would havo Known Le could have pointed out And established any ono error of foot: or !tfw in my reply, I would.havo folt more pripo and ploasuro In making n prompt correc tion than in porsevering in tho wrong whon con* vinood of my orror. When I deemed it'my duty, in'sclf-dofence/nt Wooster, to denounce his inisrepresenUtlhiui of my position, I Aooompaniod tho dopunclation. with dW tinct specifications and proof to sustain'them satisfactory and conoluslvo that, although no ljaf since replied twlco, in his appendix and rejoinder, ho has not ventarod to deny any ono fact, or Ques tion any ono specification, nor attempted to rollovo himsolf from tho public conviotion of hftvlug as sailed without provocation, and traduced without justification, a man who had dono him noothor In jury than to fiml nothing in bis previous career particularly worthy of cenßuro or apploase. Wl|h out further notloo of these potty porsonal mattcrs, wbioh injuro thoso only who indulge In tbom, lot us eoo how tho main points In controversy now stand. - In ray reply to Judgo Black I produced and quoted iho dooisions of tho Supremo Oourt of tho United State*, In which tho following propositions woro solemnly and nutboritftUvoly as tho law of tho land: \ = \ Ist. That tho stato of slavery is a more munici pal regulation, founded upon and {limited to iho range of territorial Jaws: / t ! 2d. That tho laws of one State pr country ban have no forco cr offcct In another t oetfrom its *cne, express or Implied. , , i 3d. That in tho affirming or denying or rife tinning tho operation of tho foreign laws, or laws ofw&* State or country In their application to lb* courts will presumo tho tacit adoption of -uiom by tho govornmentof tho place whoro thtyarc Anight to boonforced, pro. policy.or rt’OludlolAl-to Its ‘ Tho Attorney (ioneral tho o</ivofifDfi*ii{kf- U»«»cr-pTopo*UIoTW, Dor* doWno ouher admit or deny that tho courts bare bo'de cided. To admit their correctncsswontiLneoeAsa rUy involve an abandonment <>f his position and a confession that ho had been wrong from tho be ginning. To deny them would bring him in difeot conflict with tho authority of tho court and expose him to an Inovltablo conviotion by .tho reedrd. Forced Into this dilemma, and Impaled between these alternatives, cither of wbioh Is ftitfil to his reputation ns a lawyor, tho Attorney Ooneral passes In sllonoo by tho decisions ef tho court wblah I’brought to his nolleo, and reasserts hls original position with tho unanimous opinion of tho Supremo Court of (lie Unitod States, ns delivered by Chiof Juctieo Tanoy, In tho oaao of the Bank of Augusta vs. Earle, which I have quoted In my ro ply,‘with a roforcuoo to volumo and page, 13th Do lors, 519. Judge Flock asserts that “aright of property, aprlvato rotation, condition, or lawfully existing in one State or country, is not changed by tho more removal of tho parilos to another coun try, unless tho law of that country bo in direct conflict with it; “ and that such right “ depends nn tho law of tho placo whoro ho oamo from, and </e -pends on that atone” The dootrlno of tho court Is that tho taw of ono State or country can havo no forco or effoet In ano thor without Its conaont or tncH adoption, and that its validity dcpondß upon such “consent or tacit adoption,” and upon I lull atone, and not ui>on Iho authority of tho Stato or country from which the 7>arty romovcil. Horo is a radical, Irreconcilable difioronco of opinion botwcon Judgo Black and the Supremo Court of tho United States, I brought this dlfloronco of opinlonto tho notice of Judgo Black in my reply, and, in vlow of it. connnondcd to hie consideration, in rospoctfui term*, the following words of wisdom from his own pen : “ In former time* a auction of constitutional law onco doomed or tho Cupreine Court wns rasnrtlcd Huset Hod by all *xe*pt that little hand of ribald inAdtlr v'h o meet pertodiealltt at Jiuiton to blaephtuu the rrheion and plot rebelht-n agapmt the laws of the country!" Judge Black line not attempted to rocoucilo hi* opinion with tho decision of tho conrt. No nmn In Ins senses can fail lo porcoivo that if tho court I* right Judgo Black I* inevitably wrong. Although the wholo logal controversy l botwoon Judgo Black and my*olf turns on this ono point, I did not choose, in my reply, toofftot my individual opinion against hie, or to bring tho two Into comparison. Aa tho question nt iasuo could only bo dotonnined by authority, I said : “Of course I express no opinion of iny own. uinco I make it a rule to aoquiesoo in tho decisions of tbo courts upon all lognl questions.” And again, in concluding what I hod to say on tho legal points at issue, I nddod : In all that I have said I have l>eon content to n*- snmo tbo law to bo as decided by the Supremo Court nl tho United Hlntes, without precumincj that inr nnii viiluul opinion would cither etrengtbon or invalidate their decisions.” If Judgo Black could reconcifo it witii his digni ty and sensd of duly to net on tho same assump tion, there could bo no controversy botwcon him nnd mo in regard to tho law of tho enso. Accord ing to tho doctrine of tho court, a whito man, with a negro wife and mulatto childron, under a mar riage lawful in Massachusetts, on romovnl into a Ter ritory,could notjmaintnln that interesting “private relation,” undor tho laws of Mnrsncbusotls, with out the conßont or tacit adoption of tho Mnsoichu -BctUlaw hy tho Territorial Government. On tho con trary, if Judge Black’s view of tho axiomatic prin ciple of public law ho correct, this disgusting and demoralizin'? system of amalgamation mnybo In troduced and maintained in tho Territories under tho law of MasartchusoUrf, in detlanee of the wishes of tho pcoplo nnd in contompt of all Territorial authority, until “ they cot a Con stitutional Convontjnu or tho mnculnory of a Stato Government in ibelr hands.” It la true thatJndgo Blnok limits this right to those pi aces whero tharo is no law “ in direot conflict with it hut ho also says in tho same pamphlet that tho Torritoricii “have no attribute or sovereignty .about them,” and, therefore, aro incapable t»f making any law in conflict with this “ prlvato re lalton ” which 5a lawful In Mnnrnohuaotta. According to tlio dootrino of tho oourt, a Turk, with thirteen wives, undor a mnrrlngo lawful in 1 his own country, could not movo into tho Territo ries of tho United States w!lh hla family, nnd maintain his marital rights undor the laws of Tur koy without tho consent or tacit adoption of the Turkish law by tho Territorial Government. In nccordnnoo with tho Black dootrino, (I use thotorm for convenience, and with ontiro respect,) polygamy iuay ho introduced into all tho Territo ries, maintained undor tho laws of Turkey, “ un til the pooplo of a Territory gut a Constitutional Convention or tho machinery of a Stato Govern mont into their hands,” with oompotont authority to rnnlto laws In confliotwith this “ prlvato rela tion.” According to tho dootrino of tho court, tho pett ier with his clocks, tho liquor dealer with his whlskoys. tho tuorchnnt with his goods, and tho master with his slaves, on romoval to a Territory, ennnot hold, protoot, or sell their property under tho laws of tho Ktntos whenco thoy came, reaped ivoly, without tho consent or tacit adaption of thonc laws by tho Territorial Government. According to the Black doctrine, howovor, any one person, black or white, from nny State of tho Union, and from any country upon tho globo, may removo into tho Territories of tho United States and carry with him tho law of tho State or country whonoo ho enmo for tho protection of nny “ right of proporty, private relation, condition or status, lawfully oxisting in such Stato or country,” with out tho consent and in defianoo of tho authority of tho Territorial Government, and maintain tho aamo “ until thoy got a Constitutional Convention or tho waehinory of a Stato Government Into tboir hands.” This is tho distinct Isstio between Judgo Blnok and tbo Supremo Court of tho Untied States. It ia not an issuo between tbo Attorney Gonorai and myself, for, in tho boginning of tho controversy. I announced my purposo “ to assumo tho law to bo ns decided by tho court, without presuming that my individual opinion would either strengthen or invalidate their decisions.” This brings mo to onnsider tho third proposition established by tho oourt in the cases which I quoted in my roply. Under tho application of this rulo to tho Terri tories'} it noc9S?arily lollows that “ a right of proporty, a prlvato relation, condition, or status, lawfully oxietlng in ono Stato or country. Is not chnnqed by tho moro romoval of tho parties to a I’lorntory.} unless tho law of that [Territory] bo in diroot conflict with it.” If, thou, it Be true, as assortod by Judgo Black, that “ it is rmsciaEnY ho to it k the status of a negro carried from one part of the United State* to another u —that tho master’s right to his slaves, undor tho Stato whonce onmo, Is govornod by the same rule as the right of tho Turk to hie wives undor tho law of his conn liy> and tho right of a whito man to his nogro wife under tho 'lnw of Massachusetts ; and, as ovory other “ right of proporty ” and “ prlvato re lation,“ it follows of nooosalty, that, In the obsonco of any positivo rule upon tho Bubjeot In the Terri tory, affirming or denying or restraining the flpo rallon of thoso several lawß whioh tho immigrants havo brought into (ho Territory with thoin, tho ju dicial tribunals willpjY<«W the tacit adoption of t/tfm hj the Terntorial Government-, unless they .aro repugnant to its policy or prejudicial to its interests. But still it must bo rcmoinborcd that, when thus “adopted by tho Territorial Go vernment,” according to tho presumption of tho court, their validity in that Territory depends upon such adoption', and upon that alone, and not upon tho authority or sovoroignty of tho Btato or country whoro they originated. Herein consists tho palpnblo, fundamental error of Judgo Black, which I pointed out to him in my roply, and es tablished it boyond incredulity or cavil by tho de cision of tho Supremo Court. Is it posslblo that ho could not boo tho error when pointod out to him? Or does ho no( cpnsidor the Supremo Court of tho Unitod States dompetent authority to detor mine'the'rulo of lavr upon tho subioct? If hls doolrino bo eouud, ho oannot cscope tho conclusion that polygamy and tho amalgamation of Uio black and whito races by warringo, and every other “ prlvato rolation lawfully existing in , any Stato or country,” in or out of Christendom, no inntlcr how revolting or dobaslng, may be in troduced into tho Territories in deflanoe of all Ter ritorial authority, and, maintained tbero until tho pooplo of tho Torrltory “got a Constitutional Con vention or Uio mnohlnory of a Stato Government into thoir hands.” The-limitatlon, and the only ouo which ho admits on this right—to wit, that it exibta in ovory cnnntry aud pluoa on earth, “ un it w the /mo of that country be ui direct conflict rt'ith u” —is annulled and swept away in tho Terri tories by hls othnr position, that “ they have no at tribute of sovoroignty about them,” and aro Inoa pablo of mulcting any law* “in dlreot conflict with” “a right of proporty, a prlvato relation, coudUlon, or statu r, lawfully existing in another fitato or country.” To show that thoro Is no possibility of my misunderstanding him or misrepresenting him in Ibis respoct.it ii only necessary to remind tho rotidor that Judgo Blnok illustrates hls proposition by referring to tho fact that inarrhigos lawful In tho country whoro they occurred arc deemed Inwfiil In all others; and tbnt children who woro legitimate whoro born aro'doomed logitimato wherever they go; nttd thon adds, that “U Is preoisoly so with tno statu « of a nogro enrrlod from ono part of tho United States to nnothor.” 110 places tho quostlon of slavery in tho ssmo category with marrlngo and ovary othor “privftto rolatiun,” and Insists that they all depond upon tho tamo rule; that what* cror may bo tho rights of the ono in tho Torrito ri°J» “ H i 3 precisely so ” in respect to the othon, and that nil of them aro alike beyond tho reach and control of tho Territorial Government, am] must remain unchanged under the laws of tho Stato or country whenoo tho parties oamo until tho pcoplo of tho Territories aro permittod, by Con gross, to asaumo tho functions of sovorolgn States. Theroforo his denial of tho right of a Territorial Legislature) to cnaot a law in direct conflict with tho law of slavery in tho State whonoo tho mastor come wilh lus slavo involves a likodoulal of tho right of Iho Tcrriiorialo Lglslaturo to puss a law In conflict with tho law of inarriago In Massa chusetts or In Turkey, whonoo tho whito man oiul , grated with hls black wife and mulatto ohlldron, or tho Turk with his dozen wives, and as many children by caoh. Tho ground upon which ho places Ids denial of tho right of a Territorial Legis lature to mako laws upon tho suhjoot of slavery, marriage, und every “rightof proporty, prlvato relation, condition, or status, lawfully ex isting In another Btato or country,” If tenublo, precludes tho possibility of making laws upon any rightful suhjoot or legislation whataoovor Jto places it upon tho ground that to legislate upon thoso subjects Involves the oxoroisa of sovereign powor, and assorts that tho Territories “havo no attributes of sovoroignty about them.” I have novor doubted that if did require tho oxnretso of fovorelgu }»wcr to legislate upGn Uio objects re ferred to, or upon any othor subjeot. I went su far in my u reply” hi i to quote from tho opinion of tho Supremo Court by Cmof Justice Marshall, that “ all legislative powers appertain to sovoroign ty.” Sloco Judgo Black insists that tho Ter ritories “havo no attribute of sovereignty,” and, consequently, do legislative powers, no man who om(or?cs hls position can for au instant contend that tho Territorial Legislature can mako any la\v in Conflict with polygamy, or tho amalga mation of the htack and wldto races by marriago, or any other “private rclutlon. lawfully existing in another Slato or country” whence tho parties oamo to the Torrl|ory, Tho conclusion, theroforo, Is in evitablo that, according to tho dootrlno of Judgo Black, and all who agree with Idm, slavery po “9y Juarriago, every “right of properly, prlvato relation, condition, or status, lawfully existing in another Stato or country.” all stand on thn same footing, and aro govornod by tho samo rules, and may ho introduced Into tho Territories of tho Uni ted States in defiance of all Territorial authority, and maintained there under tho Inws of tho Stato or country whonoo tho parties came, rospeotlvoly, “until tho pooplcof tho Torritorii** shall get a Con stitutional Convention or tho machinery of a Stato Government Into their bands.” Having ascertained how ho establishes all of theso institutions, rights, nnd privato relations In the Territories, In opposition to tho wishes of tho poople, and boyond tho power of tho Territorial Government to restrain, roguluto, or control the same, let us noxt Inquire how and by what means ho proposes to protect the rights whioh he assorts to exist? It is worso than mockery to congratu tato a man upon tho possession of n right whito you deny him all tho remedies which aro csoontlal to its enjoyment. Aright without a remedy is n hurdou—a u a olcss, worsolcss thing. Judgo Black denies, in Ids rejoindor, that ho over said that tho people of tho Territories had a right to thoir pro perty without tt remedy. Hoar him : “I never Mill (list mi mnnmnmt to a Territory hn,l a nslit to Ills uroporlv n r'm/tty ; bill lnihmt that lm mu'll look for )iih remedy to the law of Ins new domicile." A technical denial, with ft montal reservation, for the purposo of making tho public bellovo, with out exactly nuying it, what is not true, U unworthy of tho Attornoy (ionorulof tho United Btntcs. Jlo probably never did say, in those preclao words, “ llmt on immigrant to a Territory hod a right to his property without n remedy,” but he has pro* muigated n doctrine, nud labored hard to sustain It, which, if truo, loads inevitably to that prooieo result. Is it not so 7 It will bo recollected that in bis “Appendix” bo indignantly repudiates tho “ nbsunl inferonco,” which tho public had drown from hU pamptilot, that tho oourU could or should afford any protection to slavo proporty in tho Ter ritories by the application of those judicial remedies which lawfully existed in tho States whence tho master romoved. Kopudiatiog tho dootrino that Congress shall or can intervene for tho protection of slave:! or any other proporty in tho Territories, denying that tho Territories havo any powor to lo glsUto upon tho sulrioot, for tho reason that “ thoy havo no attribute of sovereignty about them,” and rejecting tho “ Absurd Inference” that any judi cial romedios, lawfully existing in another State or country, can do lawfully or proporly omployod for tho protection of proporty in tho Territories, what |)o?siblo ukurdv is tboro, what remedy can there bo, for tho violation of this right of property? If tlioro be a remedy, Uisto bo presumed that tho Attorney General of tho united States, ns tho highest law officer in tho Government, is nblo to tell us what it is, whero it is to bo found, and how it is to bo applied. Having employed two months of his valuable time, to the ontiro oxolupb»n of logs important although official duties, in the preparation of threo pnmpn lots iur tho purpose of establishing this important right,” and having, uulucktly, ueod such argu ments and enforced suoh rules of law in support of tho right as prooludo tho possibility of tboro being any lawful remody for tho violation of such right, l took tho Uuerty, in my “ reply,” of calling tho Attention of tho Attorney Gono ml lo tho fact that, if bis dootiiuo wa* sound, bo had cHtnblißhcd “A ninnr without a iikmkdY.” In his rejoinder ho denies that hr ever \utU so ! Is this suoh an answer an tho publio have a light to expect from tho*Attornoy (loneml to an objection urged in good faith, and which, if well taken, is fatal to bis cnllro position? Gan any dootrino bo sound which establishes a legal right, and, at tho same time, precludes tho possibility of a legal remedy for Us violation f Ho says further: ** If it Btiali o\or r.omc to that, Mr. Dniicln* inn> rest assured that a foincily will be found. No Government wm imhsibly exist wh'oh will allow the rkht of property tn i r o uuproleeted; muoli less can it mifler such a right to I* exposed tn imfrienill) legislation.” I tun asked to lmvo faith in tho word of tho At torney General “that a remedy will ho found!” If ho is unablo to toll whero its remody is, upon whmu shall wo roly to find it? If the Attor ney Oonorat of tho United States docs not know of any lawful remedy, what Authority has ho for tho assurance that ono will bo found? If bo docs know, Is he not bound, as a patriotio chiton and a high publio funotionary, to toll, when ho assures ua that “no Government can possibly exist which will allow tho right of pro perty lo go unprotected?” Ro it seems that tho very existence of tho Govornmont depends upon tho discovery of a remody for tho protection of proporly in tho Territories, which, wo nro told. Congress cannot furnish, which tho Territorial Legislature cannot cnaot, which tho “axiomatic principle of public law ” does not supply, and whieli tho judicial tribunals cannot applv in pur suance of any known law, but wbiob, thanks to tho Attorney General for tho consoling assurance, will certainly bo found ! It is fairly possible that (ho polygamist with Ids multiplicity of wives, and tho nmalgnmntlonist with his hybrid family, mid all utters who hold similar “privnto rela tions,” would bo nblo to onjoy nrd maintain their domestic rights in tho Territories with out any “ Judicial remedies,” innemuoh ns their rights nro ml foutided on a voluntary arrangement* which wus entered Into by tho froo consent of nil Iho parties and is supposed to bo ocmcntod and consecrated by mutual affection. But it is entirely different with tho right of a master to his slavo, which is foundod Upon an involuntary arrange 7iient, and can only bo onforcod by municipal law subjecting tho will of tho slavo to tho authority of tho master, and compelling implicit obedionco to ins lawful commands. For this renson It has been hold by tho Supremo Court of the Unltod Suites that “tho statoof slavery is a mere municipal re gulation, foundod upon and limited to tho rnngo of Territorial Inwß.” llow, thon, con slavo property bo protected in tho Territories? According to tho aoc trlno of Jmlgo Black it is not possible to furnish it any logal protection, either by tho notion of Congress, or by Territorial legislation, or by tho application of “ judioinl romedios” from other States, or In ftny other mode known to any law which tho Attomoy Gonornl hasyot been nblo to disoovor. notwithstanding hla assuranco that a re medy will be found. ! By tho dootrino of tho Supremo Court, howover, ns I understand It, tho laws of other States and oountrlos inuy prevail and bo enforced In the Tor* ritorlosiy the consent of tho Territorial Govern moilt, oxpross or impliod; and the Territorial Legis lature may pass all laws, and provide all romedies neocsssry to tho full enjoyment and protec tion of slavo proporty, and ovpry other “ right of property, private rolation, condition, or status., os thoroughly and complotoly as any Stato Legislature. In the organic act of each of our Torntorlcs, Congress has recognised tho right of (he,Legislature to oxorcise “ legislative power” over “all rightful subjeotaof legislation,” as fully nnd completely as tho Legislature of any Stato oan exercise the same powors, and subject to no other limitations and restrictions than that imposed on all tho States—to wit, tlmtthcir legislation must bo “consistent with tho Constitution of tho Unitod States.” But if it bo truo, as contondcd by Judgo Black, that tho Territories cannot legislate upon tho sub jeot of slavory, or any other right of proporty, prl vato*relation, condition, or status, lawfully exist ing In auotUcr Stato or country, it nccossarily re sults that tho Territorial Legislature cannot adopt tho laws of othor States or countries for tho protec tion of suoh rights and institutions, and conse quently that tho courts cannot presume thotooit adoption of such laws by the Territorial Govern* mpnt In tho absonco of any power to adopt thorn, Horo, again, wo sco that tno doctrlno of Judge Black, If it docs not conclusively establish a right without tho possibility of a remedy, Is certainly oquivalont to tho Wilmot proviso in its praotloal results, to far as tho institution of slavory Is con ccfnod. I demonstrated this proposition to him in my,“ roply,” so conclusively that ho did not ven ture to deny it, much less attempt to answer the argument in his “rojoindor.” I do not doom It necessary to notice, in detail, the many strange and unaccoantablo mlsroproson t&tlons in his “rejoindor” of the matters of fact and law sot forth in iny “ reply,” to whioh bo was professing to respond. Ono or two Instances will suffice os spoolmons of the manner in which the Attorney Gonoral Is in tho habit of disposing of authorities whioh stand as Insuperable obstacles in tho path of his argument. In my “ roply ” I Juoted the following paragraph from Judge story’s onfllot of Laws, to show that he, at loaat, thought the law was procisoly the reverse of what Juugo Blnok supposed lt to bo: 1 “There is a imifonnltr of opinion amnnir foreißnju* rinlHAml foroifin tribunals m rivuu; nooffeat to the state yfslaverjpfa partr, whatever it may havo been in the ronntry of hia birth, or that lq Which he had l>een pre viously Domiciled, unless it m also recogniud l>ytk* lair.% tf the country of hts actual (tomidle, and where ho is found, anditiSsomrht to t*e onforesd. (After oiling various auUiotiUe#, Judse htory proceeds:! la Scot land the likni doctrino has broimolemnly adjudjod. Tlie tribunals of rnince have adopted the same rule, even in relation to, slaves commit from, aud lwhm*in* to thoir own cnlomoe. This is also the undisputed law of bnElaml. ’ Now for Judgo Black’s roply to thoso passages from Judgo Story: “ Thoso passagoj (will tho reader bclievo It ?) tnorely show that a slavo becomes free whon taken to a country where slavery is rot tolerated by law!” Substituting the words “ not tolerated by law” for tho words “unless it Is also recognised by law.” Judgo Blnok reverses Judge Story’s manning, and makes that lonrned jurist declare tho law to ho precisely thb reverse oi what Judge Story stated it to bo! “ Will the reader believe tt ?” Not content with changing the language and reversing the monning, nnd citing it, in its altered form, as evidence that I had misapplied tho quota tion, tho Attorney General has tho audacity to ex claim In parenthesis, for tho purpose or giving groator emphasis to hia allegation, “win the reader boliovo It?” Judgo Black oannot avoid tho responsibility which justly attaches to snob oonduot by tho protonce that slavery was prohi bited by faw in Scotland, England, and France, for tho roason that tho reports of tho cases show that tho laws of those countrlos wore silent upon tho Bubioct, and that the decisions were mado upon tho distinct ground that thora was no law tecogntsing slavery, and not upon tho ground that it was prohibited by law. Nor can Judgo Black’s raodo of (roaring tho quotation whioh I made from tho opinion of tho Supreme Coart of the United States in tho case of l’rigg vs. tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, upon tho direct and prcoUe point in issue, bo con sidered scarcely less reprehensible in the eyes .of all honorable men. What ho sxvs, nnd all ho says, in TOgard to that decision, Is as follows: “ Tho quotation from tho opinion of the Sapremo Court, in I’rigjc v* Pennsylvania, is mado with tliouihe rashneM., and with no nearor approach to the |M>int. The piiblio will <lo}ihtleii« somewhat surprised by Judgo Douglas’ unique mode of dealing with books. J‘i»r in/seir, lam inexprcssilily aoiozcd at it, ] liar cno right to auproso that ho intended to insult the fntelh f ence of hisroiiders, nr to impose upon their ignorance, iv linking a parade of loarning or research which bo did not possess. But how shall we account forquota tionsliko thoso? lam obliged to leave tho riddle un read.” • ,My “ modo of dealing with books,” Ay quoting them truthfully, without (hanging the language or perverting the meaning, is “ untqao ” In uio estimation of Judge Black. Ho thinks “ tho pub lic will <joubtloBs bo somowhat surprisod,” and, for himself, says, “I am inoxprosribly amazed it!” ThU confession will doubtless explain tho reasons of Ids modo of dealing with books and quotations. I siuoeroly wish that i could conscientiously say of him what ho h&s said of me in tho following sen tence: “ | have no right tosupposo that h$ intended to Insult tho nitollißenoo of his readers, or to impose upon Uveir by (iiakinx a parade of learning and roncarch which he did not pomess ” Unluckily for himself, ho h&s not left “ the riddle unread.” "ia cloaain*. and Agreeablo duty, by presenting to tho public flomo of tho bonofiolal resalto of tuts disoussloQ. Tho Attorney General has boon lbrcod by tho ex igencies of tno controversy, step by step, and with extreme reluctance, to make several important oonfc.riouH, whioh necessarily involve an abandon ment, on tho part of his olionts, of various perni cious heresies with whioh tho country has boon threatened for tho last two years. I'lltST. THAT BI.AVF.RY EXISTS IX TIIK TERHITO IUKS HV VIRTViJ Of THE COXBTITUTIOX OP TQB tI.MTKD HTATKB. From tho day that Mr. Buchanan sent to Con gress his Looompton messngo until tbo day when my articlo was published in Ilutper'* Maga zine for Soptembor last, ovory Domoorftt has beoa branded ns a political hcretlo, proscribed, excom municated, and outiaweilj who would not aeknow lodgo that slavory exists in tho Territories by t<ir tnr of the Countitntion of the United Staten, In that article, without assailing any ono or Impugn ing any man's motives, I demonstrated be yond tho possibility of cavil or depute by any fair-minded man, that if tho proposition was truo, as contondod by Mr. Buchanan, that slnvory exists in tbo Territories by Wrtuoof tho Constitution, tho conclusion is inevitable and irresistible, that it is tho imperative duty of Con gress to pass all laws noee-'-sury for its protection ; that tboro is and oan bo no exception to tho rule that a right guarantied by tbo Constitution must bo protected by law in all eases where legislation is essential to Us enjoyment; that all who consci entiously bellovo that slavery exists In the Terri tories by virtuo of tbo Constitution, are bound by their consciences and their oaths of fidelity to tho Constitution to supjwt a Congressional slave code for tbo Territories; and that no considerations of political expediency can relieve an honest man, who so believes, from tho faithful and prompt per formance of tbia imperative duty. BC also demonstrated, in the same paper, that tho Constitution, being uniform throughput tho United States, is tho saino in tho States ns in tho Torrito' rics, is tho snmo in Pennsylvania as in Kansas; and, consequently, if slavery exists in Kansas by virtuo of tho Constitution of tbo United States, it must of necessity exist in Pennsylvania by virtue of tbo same instrument; and if it bo the duty of tho Federal Government to force tho poonlo of tbo Territories to sustain the institution of slavery, whothor they want it or not, merely bocauso U ex ists there by virtuo of the Constitution, It becomes tho duty of tho Federal Government to do the snmo thing in all tho States for tho same reason. This exposition of tho Question produced con sternation and dismay in the camp of my assail ants. Their hope was to soouro tbo confidence and favor of tho South by conceding thoir right to plant slavery in tho Territories in opposition to tho wishes of tho pcoplo, and in defiance of tho Territorial authorities; and, nt tho ,-tuuo time, satisfy tbo North by withholding ail legislative protection nnd judicial remedies, without which tho right becomes a naked, worthier tiling. My exposure opened their eyes to tho dan gers of thoir perilous position, nnd made it obvious, even to their comprehension, that thoy could no longer successfully maintain tho ground they then occupied. Afraid lo advance and pursuo Ihcir dootrinca to their logical consequences, and ashamed to retreat and return to tho imprognablo position of popular sovereignly, which-they had so recently abandoned, they began to look about for some new expedient torollevo themselves from the awkward dilemma into which they had been driven by ono short articlo ill Harper's Magazine. Just at thiscritionl moment, howovor, a suggestion was inado Which It was supposed would relieve them from tho necessity of adopting either alteruativo, and, at tbo same timo, produce tho same results which they had vainly anticipated from their former ptnn. It was suggested that a very promising young lnwyer In Georgia, a youngor brother of tho Secretary of tho Treasury, had employed hlsloi suro timo, during tho interval botwoen his casos in court, in writing a book on slavery, in which ho had oxplodcd tho uoctriuo that “ tho state of sla very was a mere municipal regulation, founded upon and limited to tho range of Territorial laws, as erroneously decided by tho Supremo Court of tho United States, and by the highest judicial tribunals in most of tbo Statoa of tho Union, and in Great Britain arid upon tho continent; and in lieu of this old-fashioned, dootrino, bad demonstrated that tbo axiomatic principle of publio lnw would cnabio tho ownor of a slave to removo from ono country to nnothor nnd carry with him tho law of his for mer domicile, and, under its sanction, hold his slaves In his now domicile without tho consent nnd m dcfianco of tho authority of tho country to which ho had romoved with his slavo. “ Whut n happy conception,” as a substitute for the dreaded doc trine of a Congressional slavo codoon tho ono band, and on tho other tho deserted dootrino that “ tho people of a Territory, like thoso of a Stato, shall dcoido for thcmsolves whothor slavery shall or shall not exist within thoir limits.” Of course,' ©now theory was instantly adopted and ft copy of “Cobb on Slavery” immediately procured, and tbo duty ossignod to Judgo Biaok, ns tho highest law officer of tho Government, to proparo an essay illustrative of tho beauties of tho now system, with authority to dony in tho boldest tonus that anybody “ on this sido of China” ever thought or said that tho Constitution of tho United States establishes slavory in tho Territories or any where olso. llonoo wo find, on tho eocond paeo of Judgo Blacks pamphlet, thoso emphatic words : “ Thk Constitution certainly does not estab lish SLAVER* IN (TUB TXRRITORISS OK ANYWHKRK yi.SK. Nobody ix this country kvkr thought ok said so.” This confession is ample reward for all tho labor that tho articlo in Harper's Magazine cost mo; protesting, howovor, that I am acquainted with no rule of Christian morality which justifies gontle* men in saying that ” nobody in this country over thought or said so,” In tho faoo of Mr. Buchanan’s Silliman letter and Looompton message. This con fession is presumed to have tho sanction of tho Prtsldent'nnd his Cabinet, and thereforo may bo justly regarded as an official aud authoritative abandonment of the pornioious heresy with which the country has boon irritated for tho last two years, that rlavbrv xxisra in thk Tbukitoiurh BY YiBTUB or THK CONSTITUTION 01* TUB UNITED Statrs. It is true that, for the purpose of cover ing thoir lotxeat and, concealing their discrepan cies, thoy havo resorted to anoxpediout no loss ab* TWO CENTS. ml?’ M? „ cnlirc, y limitless, because in direct ton i.t "I th tho well-established-principles 6f ■public r£i,?“? , ” m ' ,1 . cjb y all ‘he judicial tribniaUin .5° « however? but an act of ample I r-vrf , Thora “ B. B. Cobb, whose book iZ .sT h # [ Kro “l ability and research, (al ? t Hf°? t< ? ) t*fliot, on some points, with the toost eminent jurista and tribaoalsio this country thn „ sa y that his book does pot justify BlMk b d lnrorencca dr ‘wn from it by judge -nw notl l or po.mioal heresy, which U in substance, although not in terms, abandoned in Judea Black’s rejoinder, u ",T"y ™* TRaaiToaiEs nava *o arranurn or SOVSBKIOXTV ABOUT ur It will bo recollected that in my Harper article *i, * w I ,arn^ between our Territories and tin) American colonics, aijil ghowcil that each pos floflgod tho exclusive power of legislation in respoot to tqoir internal polity; that,' according to our American thoory, in contradistinction to the Euro pean theory, this right of wlf-govemmcnt was not derived from tbo monarch orUovernment, but was inherent in the pooplc; and that under onr American system “ every distinct noli deal community, loyal to tho Constitution and the Union, is entitled to all tho rights, privileges, and Immunities of self-go vernment in respect to their Internal polity, sub. joct only to tho Constilution.ofthe Uolted States.'* » r ®P|y» Judge Black argued that this claim in volved the possession of sovereignty by the people of tbe Territories; that “ they hare Do attribute of sovereignty about them that “ they aro public corporations established by Congress to manage the local affairs of the inhabitants like the government of a city established by a State Legislature ;** that “there is probably no city In the United States whose powers are not largor than thoso of & Fede ral Territory;’’ and. in fact, adopting the Tory doctrine of the Kovolntion, that all poUUcal power is derived from the crown or Government, and not lohorent in the people. In my reply r showed that the people of tho Ter ritories do pass laws for the protection of life, liberty, and property, and, in pursuance of those laws, do deprive the citizen of life, liberty, and pro perty whenever the same becomo forfeited by crime; that they oxerciio tho sovereign power of taxa tion oyer all private property within their limits, and divest the title for non-payment of taxes; that they exercise tho sovereign power of creating cor porations, municipal, public, and private; that they possess u legislative power 1 over “&U right ful subjects of legislation consistent with the Con stitution and the organic act;” and I quoted the language of Chief Justico Marshall, in delivering ‘be unanimous opinion of tho Supremo Court, that f tr ' trtf poire rs appertain to sovereignty." Now let ua lee with what bad grace and worse manner, and yet how completely the A tternev Gene ral b'lelx down from hi* main ]>o.*itiou, that the Territories “ have no attribute of sovereignty about them:” Kwj hail-crown boy in the country who has tiyen »he usual amount or itiidv to the Bncliab tonrue.orwho ha* occasionally looked into a dictionary .knows that the soycrcieirtr of a bovermnont consists m its nm-ootrei table mot co exercisa the bieha*t power. But Mr, Dou- Plfw tries to clothe the Territories with the 4 attributes pi soyerntsnfy,’ not by proyins the supremacy or their juristhohon in any malter or thin* whatsoever, bet merely by shnwiuc that they may tie. and some of them have been, authorized to Utiilait within certain limits, to exercise the mht of eminent domain, to lay and col leot Mrrt for Territorial purpoees, to deprive noitixen 01 It re, ittirrtft, or prrjur/y t as a punishment for crime, arm tofrrafeecrpOTrttioiu, Ail iAi.l true cnongk, bat it does hy no means follow that the provisional govern mentor a Territory is, therefore, a sovereign in anv scuso of the word. So ho surrenders at last. This disousrion fur nishes a signal example of what perseverance can accomplish. It has taken a long timo to drive the Attorney General into the admission that the pcoplo of a Territory arc clothed with the nw uAKiao power ; with the right “ to legislate withto ccrtainlimlts; (that is to say, upon “all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the Consola tion with 4f tho right of eminent domain, to lay and collect tuxes for Territorial purposes, to deprive a citizen of life, liberty, and propCTty as a punish ment for crime, and to crcato corporations. I atn not quite sure that “ every half-grown hey In the country who has given tho usual amount of study to tho English tongue, or has occasionally looked into a dictionary,” does fcnow that these powers are ail “ attributes of sovereignlybut I atn very confident that no respectable court, jurist, tr lawyer, “on this side or China,” (Judge Black alono excoptod,) ever oxposod their Ignorance by questioning it, much less had the audacity to deny it. Since the fact is admittc/l that thu Territories do possess and may rightfully exercise thoso “ legis lative powers” which aro recognised throughout Uic civilized world as tho very highest attributes of sovereignty—the power over life, liberty, add property—l shall not waste time in disputing with the Attorney General about the name by wblch ho chooses to call them. It is sufficient for my pttr j>oso that I have at last forced him into tho admis sion that tbo law-making power ovor all rightful subjects of legislation appertaining to life, liberty, and proporty, resides in and may be rightfully oxerciscd by tbo Territories, subject only to the limitations of the Constitution. This brings to my notice anothor important con fession in Judge Black’s rejoinder, intimately con nected with tho preceding, which U: That it is 45 IXRI'LT TO TJIE AMERICA* FBOrtE TO StTrOgß THAT TUB PEOPLE OP ASY OBGAXIZED TebRITOBT . WOULD ABUSE THE SIGHT OP SKLP-HOVKIUUt&XXIE. IT WKKE COXCBPED TO • ThU last confeffilon, token in connection with the prerioos admission of tho power, removes tho lest vestige of any substantial objection to tbe doe tribe of popular sovereignty In the Territories. Unable to make any plsuriblo argument against it, in the oiw and upon principle, as explained in Harper's Magazine, Judge Black expended alt tho powers and onergios of his intellect in his first pamphlet to render tho doctrino odious and dotestablo upon tho presumption of its probable practical results, lie argued that it might result in “legislative robbery;” that “they.may take every kind of property in more oaprice, or for any purpose of lucre or malice, without process of law, and with out providing for compensation;” that they “may order the miners to give up every ounoo of gold that has been dug at Pike’s Peak;” that they may “ Uconso a band of marauders to despoil the emi grants crossing the Territory.” •Thojie were tho argumouto employed by tho At torney General, in the beginning of thu contro versy. to rendor tho doctrine of popular sovereignly odious and dotestablo in the oyesof all honosttneu, and to prepare the minds of tho people for Iho favor able reception of bis new doctrine, that property in tho Territories must be protocted under the laws of tho State whonco tho owner removed. Very soon, howevor, tho lawyers begat 4 to amuse themselves and tho public by exposing tbo folly and absurdity of tho pretence that the Territorial courtscould apply the ju licial remedies prescribed by tbo Legislature of Kontuoky or of any other State, Becoming oehamed of his position, Judge Black wrote an ap pendix to his pamphlet, in which he declared that while tho “ titio which tbo owner acquired in tho Btoto ” from whence ho removed must bo restricted in the Tnrrttory, “THHAnstmb inference which sorao persons have drawn from It is not true, that tho master also takes with him the judicial bexe men which were furnished him at the place where his title was acquired,” and that “ the respective rights and obligations of the parties must be pro tected and enforced fy the lav> prevailing at the place where thty are sitpjtoscd to he violated .” By this timo it was my turn to reply, when I showed that his doctrine, if truo, established a riout without A itKMKPY, and if tho people of the Territories could not bo trusted in the manage ment of their own nfltirs, and in tho protection of life, liberty, and property, they could not he relied upon to provide the remedies! This reply was made in good faith, and believed to be pertinent to tho issue and fatal to his position. Instead of re ceiving it in good temper, and obviating the force of it by fair argumont, if itwere possible for him to do so, he dies into a rngo, and denies that ho “ said that an immigrant to a Territory had a right to his property without a remedy*'' and that “ it is an tnittlt to the American people to suppose that any community can be organized within the limits of our llttton who will tolerate such a state of things Listen to bis patriots indignation at the bnro suggestion that tho people of tho Territo ries cannot bo trusted to guard and protect the rights of property and provido tho remedies : •• I iiovnr jeiiil that an immigrant to a Territory had a right to his property without n remedy; hut I admit that he must look for Jus reined; to tha law of (us new domi cile. It is tma that he takes Jus life, his limbs, his repn tation. and inn property, and with thorn he takes mv llunß but his nuked rieht to keep them and enjoy them, lie leaves Uhe judicial remodies of hia previous domi cile l*etiim! linn, it is also true, that, in n Territory just boKinnuu to to settled, he may need remedies for the \ indication of Ins ri« tits above all taints else. In ins new homo there may tobamlaof base nianimlors, without coiisoiOLOO or the fear of Uml before their ejes. who nro ready to rob nud murder, and spare nothin? that man or woman holds dear.. In suqli a time it is quite possible to imaeirto an Abolition Legislature, whofre member* owe their scats to .“Sharp's pflo* and tho inmie> of tho Fmuratiou Aid Society. Verv possible n Leitislfttnre so chosen nmrht employ itself in passinr laws *».friendly to the nehtsof honest men ruid/riea.Ny to the lntsmess of the rohtor and the murderer. I con cede this, and Mr. Doughs is entitled to nil tho comfort it affords him. But it is nn insult to the American people to suppose that anv community enn be organizes within the limits of our I'niou who will tolerate such a state of things.” Why did Judgo Black insult tho American pco plo by supposing and assuming that thoy would do theso things if left free to regulato their own in. tornal polity nnd domestic affairs in their own way ? It was deemed a necessary expedient, in order to render popular sovereignty and its advo cates odious and detestable. Why then did ho, in tho course of tho eaiuo discussion, turn round and ray that it was an insult to tho Amerieau people to suppose that tho people of tbo Territories would do thoso things when allowed to rogulato thoir own affairs In their own way 7 This, too, was, in turn, deewod a necessary expedient, In order to avoid the horu of tho dilemma into which he had been fairly driven, 8n«l escape tho odium of an attempt to doeoive tho Southern people, of which ho had been fairly convioted, oi advocating a “ right irtthout a remedy To what dosperato shifts will men resort or bo driven when thej deliberately abandon prin ciple von expediency ? No more striking or humiliating illustration of this truth was ever given than this controversy presents. Kach change of ground, overy shifting of position lias boon dono as an expedient to avoid what at the tiuio was deemed a worse alternative. The ground on which Mr. Buchanan was electod, thaU“tho pcoplo of a Territory, like those of a State, shall decide for themselves whether slavory shall or shall not oxlst within their limits,” was changed, and in lieu of it tho position assumod that “ slavory exists in tho Territories by virtuo of the Constitution,” as an expedient to obtain tho support of certAin Southorn ultras and fire-eaters who had al ways opposod )>opular sovereignty, on tho sup position that without such support Mr. Bucha nan’s Administration would bo In a minority in tbo two housosof Congress. Tho confession that “ tbo Constitution certainly does not establish slavory in the Territories, nor anywhere else,” was made, and tbo position that slavery may b© protected la tho Territories under the laws of other States assumed, as nn expedient to avoid the ne cessity of supporting a Congressional slave cod©. Tho confession that tho people of the Territories mny exorcise legislative powers over all rightful Bubleots of legislation pertaining to life, liberty, and property, was made as an expedient to avoid the odium of advooating a right without a remedy, by showing that the Territorial Legislature might lawfully nnd rightfully pass all laws and prescribe all judicial remedies necessary for the protection of property of every description, slavery included. Tho declaration that it uan insult to the Amerioan people to suppose that the pcoplo of the Territories, when left free to mahngo tneirowu affairs In their own way, would be guilty of “legis- THE WEEKLY PRESS. wDl be sent to Sabaoriberi bj . majl(p<wannum,iffadv»a£s#,)at.. fUO Three Copies, “ ' u 000 Five Copie*, ** ** 8 M Ten Copies, « " !«• TwentyCofiea,** , (to one address) *4O Twenty Copies, or over “ {to addreas of each Subscriber,) For a Qub of Tfrastty-pde or extra copy, to the *etter-u? of the Clab. KF* Postmaster* are reuoestad to act as ageaU &r Tub Waagtr Pazis. CALIFORNIA PRESS. Issued Semi-Monthly ia time tor the California Steamers. lativo robbery,” would confiscate private property, seize it in mere spite, Ac., was deemed a oeeesary expedient for the purpose of proving that the peopto might safely be trusted to furnish the protocaoo and provide the remedies,' without which Mares could not be held, and slave property protected in the Territories under the laws of other States. I shall not reopen the discussion of the Bred Scott decision, hut rest that part of. the ease upon a few extracts from a pamphlet recently published by the lion. Reverdy Johnson. It will be remem bered that Mr. Johnson was the leading counsel in the argument (on what Is sometimes called tbe Southern tide) of the Bred Soott ease, and that his argument became the basis upon which the opinion ?v c ?. u ri rests. It mar be presumed, therefore, that he baa some knowledge of the points argued and decided in that case. Although Mr. Johnson’s Tmmphlet was pnblishcd, circulated, and for sale In U™ I 1 “I* before the publication of Judge Black a rclomder, he has not ventured to take any other notice of it -than a scurrilous attack in his organ, when he is known to be in the habit of praising htmself and bis own productions as* safline and belittling his adversaries. With these extracts from Mr. Johnson’s unan swerable argument, I shall close all 1 have to say for the'preseht in relation to Judge Black: f 4 (i has. however, bean tboa*ht, end this, too, br kcq tlcraea of anquestiemed ability, that tbe Busrese Court, tathsc&seaoofteirrererredtn.itbe Bred Scott ease.) ha* decided that such eovrrdoes not reside ia a Terri toriitl uorersment. This, it te submitted, is a mlsooe* ception of the decuion. The siu*ls cnesticu before the coart ia this connection was whether Camnrees poes«»e«.the power to prohibit the introduction of stave property into a Territory? In nibor it adversely, the court does not »y or urtiawte, that sack property in a Tcmtqry has other safezuards, or that the owner ia entitled to any further protection in its enjoyment, than exists in regard toother kinds of property. A sentence nrtwo from the ephtioii of the Chief Jcsbee via. itu believed, make this phua. * • » • 44 This beinr obvionslr the doctrine of the eoeit. it necessarily follows that whatever a CoestitatiAsal Go vernment can do m retard to any other kind of proper ty it can do in regard to this. )f any other kind may be I rxcluued. tins may be excluded; ir any other kind may I re more or less, or not at all- protected by taciabtiov. I the same is true as to this. If anv other, after its local I introduction,.can be upon poblic Vrotxnda, excluded or al»Uihod, it im »Uo tbe C3*e as to this, it is but same ness. identity or title, ahd 'protection, which the wrrt maintauw, not in tariff or paramount—that all stand ou the same footiDg, liable alike to the same rnstrietioas *outled to the same guarantees. Property to exempt it •to® TefntonaJ legulasive power/ What is thereto juasa it the peculiar and miute doty of sooh n power to fextslnte for tta adrninoa or wrotaetioii? If it bs bat property.and, as such,en!v embraced by coostitstiewsl suarsnteee. it mast share the condition of aft Kher pro perty. and, therefore, be snhjeot to lestriaurw power. If this is aot true, the Temtonal stale would be mtmret without lavs—be oaa of nature. Tfm siero and prosperity of tbe people depend npoa laws defijuax and re relating empattr. Without inch apevwrcfo reity itself woo Id he in a great decree oat of the pafaof protection. But if the power exists, it mat depend upoq those who possess it; bow they wiS. in sar particular case, exert it, or whether they w»U exert it at all. These mnst rest with their in telligence and sense of duty: Consreas has no power bat to reeormse the Territorial Government, a power which is theirs for lie nma rrmou that prone the power in the first instance to ereatoit. Nor ea» it beproperlyxoid that the aathority time contained tor ex tt upon the assumption that sorereicnty * insides with sueh a people.' i( by norereienty i* here meant an abtomta and paramount power overall ether power, it certainly is. not posers* d.' Bat if it is used ia n restrict ed sense, ss involving only tbe power to do the things supposed, when lecsteiive power is created to them in rt.Mjon.toAfceirown internal eoneeras. cobj«ct to the prohibition to be fonod in the Coustitotioa, and which, in the Ungaaze of the court is another passage of the opinion, in some instances 4 it would be mors urhtMs to commit* to them, a* brine the most * competent to determine what was best tot their own interests.' them certainly rooh sovereignty is theirs. And this, *ad this only, lithe rovsreiinty contended tor by Jadae Bong las in bis article in Harper.” *•••-*• 44 Am ha* beeiTseeu* this doctrine is not only not ineca ■istent with the opinion of the Supreme Court, but maintained by ttt primcirUt," Turning from Judge Black to Dr. Gwia, It is but respectful to say a few words upon bis letter, which illuminated tbe'columns of the central organ of ray assailants the day previous to Judge Black’* rejoinder. The identity of language, thought, and stylo, which pervade? the twu productions, white rejecting the idea that they could have been writ ten with tbo same pen. furnishes conclusive evi dence that great men will think alike when in the same pen. Tor example: Dr. Uwin says; 44 Tk* dtftrout sstwfxx ’JJb, BorotAs sso tw* Dswocratic pa art, sustained by this deeistoa of the Supretaa Court of the United States, ir this,'* kc~> *c. Judge Black saya : 14 The tckflle disputt (as far s* it is a doctrinal dtaputo) TiErwfntx Ma.DorcLAs a sen rax Bxwocxatic pas it tut substamuallp ia iktse iita prerotititut 4o- This coincldenee, without weavying (be render with other examples, will suffice to shew the unity of purpose and harmony of dengn with which my assailants pome me. To sepa rate 4< .Mr. Douglas” from the 44 Democratic party” seems to be the patriotic end to which they all aim. They may as well make up their mtnda to believe, If they have oot already been convinced of the feet by the bitter experience of the last two years, that the tlciag outsit be done* I gave them notice, at the initial point of this erusade, that no man or set of men on earth, save one, could separate me from the Democratic party; and as i was that one, and the only oue who lid tbo power, I did sot Intend to do it zeysel t, nor permit it to be doo« by others ! English Opinions orihe Jlarper’s Ferry Outbreak* (From the London Times, Nor. 1] Of eo arse there esq be bat one Issue to (h£i fital i*h and wicked enterprise. The insurgent* will, 17 f»to, giro a wanting to aU who may dream a scheme to be formed and canned out is not the less threatening. When a few Papists planned the blowing up of the English Parliament, the ehaaees of success were desperate, but (he act showed that there existed elements of danger in the Btate. Hot can It ho doubted that with skilfol and audacious leadership, the colored people of Virginia would bo capablo of inflicting terrible calamities on their masters. With men who would sot their tires on the cost, and who cared tor nothing provided liberty, or at least revenge, were gained, an insurrec tion would be formidable. The blacks of this part of the Union are more instructed than far ther South, where slave life is one round of toil; there are a great number of molattoei, many free negroes, and a good many poor whites, some of whom might be expected to take part In any out break. All ibis population has, by contact with the more civilized regions, acquired knowledge and feelings which, perhaps hardly exist in Ala bama. They, know enough to become discontented with their condition, but not enough to feel the ut ter madness of a struggle with the American peo ple. Our correspondent expresses probably the common opinion when ho says that the plot was widespread, and that tbe premature outbreak has probably saved the country from a deluge of blood. The Insurgents, we can easily believe, thought that the seizure of a Government establishment, and the possession of rifles and' cannon, would encourage the.wbole population to rise against their masters. Fsrty-eigbt hours mijght have been enough to make half the plantation* m the State the scenes of the foulest crimes. The isolated and uaprepared fami lies in tho-country districts might have been set upon by their maddened slaves, and the whole sys tem of slavcholding been so shaken as to necessi tate some plan oi abolition. This, at least, seems to have been the design of tho leaders. That they eoald have expected to con quer the United States Executive In a servile war, and to turn Virginia and Maryland into free States through victories gained by rebellious negroes, seema out of tho question. America is not like one of our own bland colonies, where the.ncgroes out number the whites many fold. Io the districts where this outbreak took place the whites are pro bably superior In number to the colored population. They are all armed, and accustomed almost from childhood to the use of their weapons. The cir cumstances in which they are placed have given them an aptitude for something tike millteo or ganization, and they have continually before their eyes the necessity of preserving order among the African r&oo. Wo may be sure that after the first surprise the white men in every American State would take prompt and efibotual measures to crush rebellion, though probably not soon enough to prevent the commission of many atrocities. This fact add 3 much to the guilt of the men who organized this scheme. Nothing but sick ening and oootless slaughter could come ofit; first, tbo slaughter of white families by their slaves, ami then tho bloody revenge of toe exasperated masters. We will not affect to indulge the hope that the Commonwealths of Virginia and Maryland will be moved by this event tolake into consideration the extinction of slavery. Patting aside the fact that such outbreaks generally steel the heart instead of softening it, and that the yoko Is likely to be prewed down more heavily than ever on negro neeks, theroarc the great inducements of gain and fear to support the system. Cotton is produced now in vaster quantities than ever, and the value of negro labor t 3 continually rising. The price of nogroe* is nearly double wnat it was some years back, for tho increase by breeding does not keep pace with the demand for the newly-settled coun try. As long as Virginia supplies the dealers of the South with profit to herself, so long will owners keep a firm grasp on their human property. {From the London Daily News, N0v.2.) It may be some time before w e can know with certainty tho origin and coarse of tho insurrection at Harper’s Ferry, but whether it is the work of free blacks or slaves, whether a conspiracy or an outbreak of sudden rage, there can bo nothing wonderful in it. however regretfully it may be re garded by the best friends of humanity, while and black. ilarfWr’s Ferry is particularly well and very dar ingly chosen, if chosen at all, as the seat of an in surrection. On the frontier between Virginia and Maryland, at tho confluence of great riven, and the junction of State railways, and the cen tre of a net of telegraphic wires, it would have been a post of groat importance even if there had not been an arsenal from which a great negro population might be armed. If the recent mooes of the masters and the Stato politicians had been less fierce, and their language and acts less oppressive, we might have Bored that tho parties might h&re come to fair terms De fore much mischief is done. As it is, we cannot but dread the reflection of the tyrannical temper of tho masters in the vindictive conduct of the slaves. lho shown wonderful pa tience, and, on'occasion, a very remarkable gene rosity; but tho Maryland slave-traders and free negro haters have not appealed to the best, but to tho worst, parts of human nature in their recent dealings with thoir precarious human property, and there may well bo apprehension of the result. We mean only as to what may have been done in the first outbreak. No doubt the rising would be immediately put down by the Federal and State forces. This is to hoped on every account, for the doom of slavery in the Republic, especially in tho frontier States, and, above all, in Maryland, is so clear and so closely impending, that every breach of order is likely to be a more misehief— an Impediment, and no furtherance. If tha mas ters were wise they would know bow to turn the occasion to advantage for getting rid of their burden and curse “but Maryland slaveholders, who cannot bear the presence of the free negro on any foot of soil in the State, are not wise, and. they will doubUess make the worgt of their own case. Death oi Prominent Citizens of Ala* bama* Montgovxrt, Ala., Nov. 17.—John B. Murphy and Win. Parkin, prominent business men of this city, died on Wednesday last Death of Ex-Gor. Gilmer, of Georgia* AcarstA, Ga.,‘ Nor. 17.—Ex-Governor Gilmer died at Lexington, Georgia, after wrerii menth*’ illness.
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