11.6.TES OF ADVERTIS
rear lines or less constitute half a square. Ten litres
or wore than four, constitute a square.
Erilfsq ,oueday— --- 50.25 One sq., one day ....---so.bli
~ wee wee s.---• 1.00 " one week.--. 1.25
~ OUB 111011th ••• • 2.00 " one month.._. 3.00
three months. 3.00 three mouths. 5.00
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'' six months— . 4.00 ,' six months.— B.or
isone year.— . 5.00 lc one year... 10.00
E r Business notices inserted in the Loom. ooLoatrr, or
before marriages and deaths, FIVE worn PER LlNEbythe for each
insertion. 2o merohautsand others advertising year
liberalte, is will be offered.
113' The numberofinsertions must be aesignatedon the
ivertisement..
] Marriages :rid 'Deaths will be inserted at the game
esas regular advertisements.
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13 00 k5, Otattotterp, Sz,c.
SCHOOL BOOKS.--School Directors,
Teachers, Parents, Scholars, and others, in want of
School Books, School Stationery, &c., will find a complete
sesortment at B. M. POLLOCK & SON'S BOOK STORE,
Market Square, Harrisburg, comprising in part the follow
in
ANADSBB.—MeGuffey's, Parker's, Cobb's, Angell's
SPELLING BOOKS.—McGuffey's, Cobb's, Webster's,
Ton's, Brides. Combry's.
NNGLI3II GLIAMMARS.--Bullion'sf_limith% Wood
b r idge's, Sionteith,s „ , nart's, wells'.
HISTORIES.--Gnmshaw% Davenport's Prost% Wil
pips, Willard% Goodrich's, Pinnock's, (lioldsosith'S and
Mark's.
ABITHIdETIO'S.--Greenlest's, Stoddard's, Emerson's,
Pike's, Bose's, Colburn's, Smith and Duke's, Davie's.
JiLliGlßßAS.—.Greenleat's, Davies, Days, Bay's,
Bridge's.
DICTIONARTS.—WaIIter's School, Cobb's Walker,
Worcester's Comprehensive, Worcester's Pri4,
miter's Primary, Webster's High School, Webster s Quarto,
ACSdeune.
NATURAL PHILOSOPHDIS.—CoIIifitOdeII, Parker's,
Swift's. The above with a great variety of others can at
sny time be found at my store. Also, a complete assort
ment of School Stationery, embradng in the Ida le a com
plete outfit for school purposes. iny book not in the store.
procured it one days notice.
Er Country Merchants supplied at wholesale rates.
ALMANACS_—John Baer and Son's Almanac for sale ai
B. M. POLLOCKBOOK STORE, Harrisburg.
Kr Wholesale and Detail. myl
JIIST RECEIVED
AT
SCIIEFFER'S BOOKSTORE,
ADAMANTINE SLJTES
OF VARIOUS SIZES AND PRICES,
Which, for beauty and use, cannot be excelled.
REMEMBER THE PLACE,
SCHEFFER'S BOOKSTORE,
KO. 18 MARKET STREET. mart
N E
W B 0 0 K S I
JUST REOEIVED
"SEAL AND SAY," by the author of " Wide, Wide
World," "Dollars and Cents," ate.
"HISTORY OF NET ROMEO," by A. Stevens. LL .D.
For sale at SCLIEFFERS, BOOKSTORE,
ap9 No.lB Marks st.
JUST RECEIVED,
A LARGE AND SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OP
RICHLY GILT AND ORNAMENTAL
WINDOW CURTAINS,
PAPER BLINDS,
Of -various Designs and Colors, for S cents,
TISSUE PAPER AND CUT BO OK S ,
At Emy24l SORE/PEWS TORE.
WALL PAPER! WALL PAPER 1 I
iniit received, our Spring Stock of WAIL PAPER,
BORDKRS, FIRE SCREENS, &c., &c. Itis the largest
and best selectedissortment =the city, rangingin price
from six (6) cents up to one dollar and &quarter ($1.25.)
All we purchase very low for cash, we are prepared to
sell at as low rates, if not lower, than can be had else
where. if purchasers will call and examine, we feel
confident that we can please them in respect to price
and quality. 8.111 POLLOCK & SON,
ap3 Below Jones' House, Market Square.
TY. T T R, CAP, NOTE PAPERS,
Ai Peas, Holders, Pencils, Envelopes, Sealing W/IX, of
the beet quality, at low prices, direct from the manu
factories, at
mar3o SCHEPPER 2 S CHEAP BOOKSTORE
LAW BOOKS ! LAW BOOKS !!-A
general assortment of LAW BOOKS, all the State
Reports and Standard Elementary Works, with many of
the old English Reporta, scarce and rare together with
a large assortment of second-hand Law 'Books, at Tory
low price's, at she one price Bookstore of
E. M. POLLOCK dr, SON,
tu • Market Square, Harrisburg.
Illistellancoug.
AN ARRIVAL OF
NEW GOODS
APPROPRIATE TO THE SEASON!
SILK LINEN PAPER
VANE! "PANS!! PANS!!!
ANOTHER AND OPL&NDIO LOT OF
SPLICED FISHING R ODS!
Trout Flies, Gut and Hair Snoods, Grass Lines, Silk
and Hair Plaited Lines, and a general assortment of
FISHING TACKLE!
• GRILLS VARIETY OP
WALKING CANES!
Which we wiU sell as cheap as the cheapest!
Silver Head Loaded Sword Hickory Prioey
Cows! Castes! (lanes! Canes! Canes!
SELLER'S BRIM AND FANCY STORE,
No. 91 JURE= STP.BBT,
South side, one door east of Fourth street je9.
NUT COAL!!!
irr ONL Y $1.75 PER TON!!!..L11
TRKVEBTON NUT COAL for sale at $1.75 per ton,
delivered by Patent Weigh Carte.
PINEGROVB COAL, just received by ears, for sale by
feb2l LANES WHEELER.
("ARDEN SEEDS I I !-A FRESH AND
%A commas% assortment, just received and for sale by
feb2l WM. DOCK, Ja., & CO.
TIIST RECEDED—A large Stock of
ti SCOTCH ALES, BROWN STOUT and LONDON
PORTER. For sale at the lowest rates by
JOHN H. ZIEGLER,
73 Market street.
janll
FlBlllt FISH!!!
idACHERZL, (Non.l, 2 and 3.)
SALMON, (very ruperior.)
SHAD, (Mess and very fine.)
HERRING, (extra large.)
COD FISH.
SMOKED KEBRINO, (extra Dlgby.)
SCOTCH HERRING_
SARDINES AND ANCHOVIES.
Of the above we have Mackerel in whole, half, quarter
and eighth bble. Herring in whole and half bbls.
The entire lot 1118W-DIREOT vsox THE Maims, and
will sell them at the lowest market rates.
saplA WM. DOCK, Is., do CO`
CiIb.biPAGNE WINES!
BIM DE I.IOIqTERBLLO,
HEIDSIRCE. & co.
CHARLES wErinty.cx,
GIBBLT.It /C. CO
ANCHOR—BILLERT morssEux,
SPARKLING 14IIBC&TEL i
NUMB & CO.'S
TBRZENAY,
CABINET.
In store and for gale by
JOHN H. ZIEGLXR,
73 Market street
dean
mOKORY WOOD ! 1--A SUPERIOR LOT
Al just received, and for sale in quantities to suit our
elSlsBlll. by .TAHES H. WHEELER.
Also, OAK AND PINE constantly on hand at the
lowest prices. del*
.011 LY BIBLES, from 1$ to ea,
F
strong and handsomely bound, printed on good paper,
with elegant clear nen t7Pe___ L lidd at
main Chesp Boolitire.
CRANBERRIES I!! A
--___ SPLENDID LOT
just received by
octlo '
FOR a superior and cheap TABLE or
SALAD OIL go to
SELLER'S DRUG STORE.
TAE Fruit Growers' Handbook—by
W".lX4—wholesale asuiretail at
mdtgil SCREFFBWS Bookstore.
SPERM. OANDLES.—A large supply
ig 18 ILI just received by
Wht. DOCK. JR., & Co.
ELLER'S DRUG ST I RE is the place
_ to AM the tart aloortomat of Porte Wombs.
WM. DOCK. JS., & CO.
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VOL. 3.
Limo of era&
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
WINTER TIME TABLE
iN X .5.1 MMEN
FIVE TRIES MAY TO & FROM PHILADELPHIA
ON AND AFTER
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26Th, 1860,
The Passenger Trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad Cora
pany will depart from and arrive at Harrisburg ail
Philadelphia as follows :
EASTWARD.
THROUGH EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Harrisburg a
2.40 a. m , and arrives at West Philadelphia at 6.60 a. in
FAST LINE leaves Harrisburg at 12.55 p. m., and
arrives at West Philadelphia at 5.00 p. m.
MAIL TRAIN leaves Harrisburg at 5.15 p. m., and ar
rives at West Philadelphia at 10.20 p. m.
These Trains make close connection at Philadelphia
with the New York Lines.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, No. 1, leaves Harrisburg
at 7.30 a. in., runs via Mount Joy, and arrives at West
Philadelphia at 12.80 p. m.
HARRISBURG ACCOMMODATION leaves Harria
burg at 1.15 p. m., and arrives at West Philadelphia at
6.40 p. m.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, N 0.2, leaves Harrisburg
at 5.26 p. in., runs via Mount Toy, connecting at Dille
-
vile with MAIL TRAIN East for Philadelphia.
WESTWARD.
THROUGH EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Philadelphia
10.50 p. m., and arrives at Harrisburg at 3.10 a. m.
MAIL TRAIN leaves Philadelphia at 8.00 a. in., an
arrives at Harrisburg at 1.20 p. M.
LOCAL MAIL TRAIN leaves Harrisburg for Pitisbur
at 7.00 a. in.
FAST LINE leaves Philadelphia at 12.00 noon, and ar
rives at Harrisburg at 4.10 p. In.
HARRISBURG ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves
Philadelphia at 2.00 p. In., and arrives at Harrisburg at
7.85 p. m.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves Philadelphia
4.00 p. m., and arrives at Harrisburg at 9.46 p. in.
Attention is called to the fact, that passengers leaving
Philadelphia at 4 p. m. connect at Lancaster with
MOUNT JOY ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, and arrive
Harrisburg at 9.45 p. M.
SAMUEL D. YOUNG,
n023-dtf Sant. East. Div. Pennks Railroad.
NEW AIR LINE ROUTE
NEW YORK.
, -
' • - .; g- , •-;,; _
i
Shortest in Distance and quickest in Time
BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES O.IP
NEW YORK AND HARRISBURG,
VIA
READING, ALLENTOWN AND EASTON
MORNING EXPRESS, West, leaves New York at 6
a. in., arriving at Harrisburg at 1 p. in., only 6% hours
between the two cities.
MAIL LINE leaves New York at 12.00 noon, and ar
rives at Harrisburg at 8.15 p. m.
HORNING MAIL LINE, East, leaves Harrisburg
8.00 a. in., arriving at New York at 6.20 p. m.
AFTERNOON EXPRESS LINE, East, leaves Harris
burg at 1.15 p. m., arriving at New York at 9.46 p. in.
Connections are made at Harrisburg at 1.00 p. m. with
the Passenger Trains in each direction on the Pennsylva•
ilia, Cumberland Valley and Northern Central Railroads
All Trains connect at Reading with Trains for Potts.
villa and Philadelphia, and. •at Allentcrin for Mauch
Chunk, Easton, &o.
No change of Passenger Oars or Baggage between New
York and Harrisburg, by the 6.00 a. in. Line from New
York or the 1.15 p. m. from Harrisburg.
For beauty of scenery and speed, comfort and accom
modation, this Route presents superior inducements to
the traveling public.
Fare betwe en N ew York and Harrisburg, Fry's DOLLARS
For Tickets and other information apply to
J. J. CLYDE, lieneral Agent,
dels Harrisburg.
p Ii.T.LADELPHIA
tiND
READING RAILROAO
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
ON AND AFTER DEC. 12, 1860,
TWO PASSENGBR TRAINS LEAVE HARRISBURG
DAILY, (Sundays excepted,) at 8.00 A. M., and 1.15 P.
M., for Philadelphia, arrivingthere at 1.25 P.M., and 6.15
P. M.
RETURNING, LEAVE PHILADELPHIA at 8.00A.M.
and 8.80 P. M., arriving at Harris' barg at 1 P. M. and SAO
P. M.
FARES s—To Philadelphia, No. 1 Cara, $3.25 ; No. 9,
(in same train) $2_75.
FARE.B:—To Reading $1.60 and $l.BO.
At Reading, connect with trains for Pottsvi2e,
Miners
villa, Tamaqua, Catawissa, &o.
FOUR TRAINS LEAVE READING FOR PHILADEL
PHIA DAILY, at 6A. M., 10.45 A. M., 12.30 noon and
8.43 P. M.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA FOR READING at 8 A.
M.,1.00 P. M., 3.80 P. M., and 5.00 P.
FARES:—Reading to Philadelphia, $1.75 and $1.45.
THE MORNING TRAIN FROM HARRISBURG CON.
NECTS AT READING with up train for Wilkesbarre
Pittston and Scranton.
For through tickets and other information apply to
CLYDE,
dels -dif General Agent.
PHILADELPHIA
AND
READING RAILROAD.
REDUCTION OF PASSENGER FARES,
ON AND AFTER MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1860
COMMUTATION TICKETS,
With 20 Coupons will be issued between any points
desired, good for tile holder and any member of his
family, in any Passenger train, and at any time—at 26
per cent. below the regular fares.
Parties having occasion to use the Road frequently on
business or pleasure, will find the above arrangement
convenient and erenomical; as Four Passenger train.
run daily each wry between Reading and Philadelphia,
and Two Train , est‘v between Reading, Pottsville and
Harrisburg. O. Sundays, only one morning train Down,
and one afterr err train Up, runs betweenPottsville and
Pbiladelphlr and no Passenger train on the Lebanon
Valley Brinell Railroad_
For thr above Tickets, or any information relating
thereto apply to S. Bradford, Esq., Treasurer, Philadel •
phis, it the respective Ticket Agents on the line, or to
H. A. NICOLLS, General Slain.
Mare 2T, 1860.—mar28.dtf
NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY.
ffiIIIMMILMMINMES
NOTICE.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
SPRING ARRANGEMENT,
ON AND AFTER FRIDAY, MARCH ler, ~1881. the
Passenger Trains of the Northern Central Midway will
leave Harrisburg as follows :
GOING SOUTH.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN will leave at-3.00 a. ro.
EXPRESS TRAIN will leave at.......•« . 7.40 a. 11l
MAIL TRAIN will leave at .. 1.00 p.m.
GOING NORTE
MAIL TRAIN will leave at 1.40 p. m.
• EXPRESS TRAIN will leave at 8 50 p. m.
The only . Train leaving Harrisburg on Sunday'will
the ACCOMMODATION TRAIN South, at 3.00 a. m.
For further information apply at the office, in Penn
sylvania Railroad Depot. JOHN W. HALL, Agent.
Harrisburg, March Ist-dtf.
DRIED BEEF—An extra lot of DRIED
BEEP just received by
nog WM. DOCK, JS., & Co.
BURLINGTON HERRING !
Just received by WM. DOCK, ds., & CO
ocl
EMPTY BOTTLES !—Of all sizes
and descriptions, for sale low by
deo° WU. DOCK, 75., & 00.
HA_RRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1861.
ltiterellantoup.
TAKE NOTICE!
That we have recently added to our already full stock
OF SEGARS
LA NORMATIS,
HARI KARI,
EL MONO,
LA BANANA.
OF PERFUMERY
FOR THE HANDKERCHIEF :
TURKISH ESSENCE,
ODOR OF MUSK,
LUBIN'S ESSENCE BOUQUET,
NOR THE HATE:
EAU LUSTRALE,
ORYSTALIZED POMATUM,
• MYRTLE AND VIOLET POMATUDI.
FOR THE COMPLEXION :
TALC OF VENICE,
ROSE LEAF POWDER,
NEW MOWN HAY POWDER,
BLANC DE PERLF,S.
OF SOAPS:
Bazix's FINEST
MOSS ROSE,
BENZOIN,
UPPER TEN,
VIOLET,
NEW MOWN HAY,
JOCKEY CLUB.
Having the largest stock and best assortment of Toilet
Articles, we fancy that we are better able than our com
petitors to get up a complete Toilet Set at any price de
sired. Call and see.
Always on hand, a FRESH Stock of DR MS, MEDI
CINES, CHEMICALS, ite consequent of our re
ceiving almost daily additions thereto.
KELLER'S DRUG AND FANCY STORE,
91 Market Street, two doors East of Fourth Street,
sepB South side.
JACKSON & CO.'S
SHOE STORE,
NO. 90X hiARKET STREET,
HARRISBURG, PA.,
Where they intend to devote their entire time to the
manufacture of
BOOTS AND SHOES
Of all kinds and varieties, in the neatest and most fash
ionable styles, and at satisfactory prices.
Their stock will consist, in part, of Gentlemen's Fine
Calf and Patent Leather Boots and Shoes, latest styles;
Ladies' and Misses' Gaiters, and other Shoes in great
variety; and in fact everything connected with the
Shoe business.
CUSTOMER WORK will be particularly attended to,
and in all cases will satisfaction be warranted. Lasts
fitted up by one of the best makers in the country.
The long practical experience of the undersigned, and
their thorough knowledge of the business will, they
trust, be sufficient guarantee to the public that they
will do them justice, and furnish them an article the
will recommend itself for utility, cheapness and dura
bility. [jan9] JACKSON & CO.
JUST RECEIVED!
A PULL ASSORTMENT OF
HUMPHREY'S HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS
TO WHICH WE MITE THE
ATTENTION OF THE AFFLICTED!:
For eats at
SOMMER'S BOOKSTORE,
sp9 . No.lB Market et,
WE OFFER TO
CUSTOMERS
A New Lot of
LADIES. , PURSE:S,
Of Beautiful Styles, substantially made
A Splendid Assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S WALLETS.
A New andjElegant Perfume,
KNIGHTS TEMPILARS' LBOQUET,
Put up in Qat Glass Engraved Bottles.
A Complete Assortment ofil
;HANDKERCHIEF PERFUMES,
Of the best Manufacture.
A very Handsome Variety of
POWDER PUPS' BOXES.
KELLER'S DRUG STORE,
JO/ 91 Market street
REMOVAL.
JOHN W. GLOVER,
MERCHANT TAILOR!,
Rae removed to
60 MARKET STREET,
Where he will be pleased to see all his friend .
oetB.4ltf
CANDLES!!!
PARAFFIN CANDLES,
SPERM CANDLES,
STEARINE CANDLES,
ADAMANTINE CANDLES,
CHEMICAL SPERM CANDLES,
STAR (surzatoa) CANDLES,
TALLOW CANDLES.
A large invoice of the above in store, and for sale at
unusually low rates, by
WM. DOOR, Ja., & CO.,
janl Opposite the Court House
GUN AND BLASTING YOWDER.
JAMES M. WHEELER,
HARRISBURG. PA.,
AGENT FOR ALL
POWDER AND FUSE
MANIIPAHTURED BY
L E. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO.,
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.
trzr A large supply always on hand. For sale at mann
facturerhs prices. Magazine two miles below town.
Kr Orders received at Warehouse. non
SCOTCH WHISKY.—One Puncheon
of PUNE SCOTCH WHISKY just received and for
solo by JOHN H. ZIEGLER,
jan2 73 Market street.
HATCH & C 0.,
SHIP AGENTS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
138 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
DEALERS IN
FLOUR, GRAIN, PRODUCE, COTTON,
WINES AND LIQUORS,
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
nocB-418m
D YOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS,
PHILADELPHIA,
NANIFFROTURE
CARBOYS, DEMIJOHNS,
WINE, PORTER, MINEB.A.L . ,WA.TER, PICKLE AND
.PRESERVE BOTTLES
Or EVERY DESCRIPTION.
U. B. & O. W. BENNERS,
oel2.dry 27 South Front steret, Philadelphia.
T C 0 S Tl!!
BOTTLED WINES, BRANDIES,
AND
LIQUORS OFEVERY DESCRIPTION!
Together with a complete assortment, (wholesale and
retail,) embracing everything in the line, will be sold at
cost, without reserve.
janl WM. DOOM la., fr. CO.
HAVANA CIGARS.—A Fine Assort
ment, comprising Figaro, Zaitagozona, La Buiza,
Bird, Fire-Fly, Etelvina, La Berluto, Cepa°lio of ail
sizes and qualities, in quarter, one-B!th and one-tenth
boxes, just received, and for Sale low by
TORN 11. ZIEGLER,
jan3l. 78 Market Street.
ELLER'S DRUG STORE is the place
11 1 ,.. to buy Domestic Medicines
CRANBERRIES—A very Superior lot
at ease.] WM. DOCK, 7a. & 0013.
Ely Vatriot & Union.
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1861.
SLAVE TRADE AND COOLIE LABOR
(From the London Times, March I.]
The public sentiment upon the subject of
slavery and the slave trade seems at last to
have entered upon its rational and, as we may
hope, its permanent state. A hundred and fifty
years ago, we were fighting for the privilege of
conveying negroes over sea. Having obtained
all we desired on that score, we then apatheti
cally pocketed the profits, and positively re
fused to think of how those profits 'were ob
tained. A generation later, and we grew
uncomfortable in our gains, and our ears tingled
and our consciences grew uneasy as the wails
and groans of the stifled negroes came home to
us with perpetual and importunate repetition.
We were some years awakening, and Wilber
force and Clarkson, and all the fellow laborers
of these men, had much to do thoroughly to
arouse us out of that uneasy state of somno
lence. But at last we did awake, and we
awoke in a frenzy. The state of this country
when the full guilt of slavery came upon it was
nothing less than a frenzy of remorse. Before
that passion, everything went down. Many men
yet living can remember when George Canning
failed to obtain as a concession the abolition of
the power to flog female slaves, and young men
can remember when it was thought little less
than blasphemy to suggest that even a black
man might very reasonably be expected to do
some labor. Between these two extremes the
public sentiment has violently vibrated.
In the paroxysm of the first remorse the
guilty Englishman saw slavery in everything
black. The phantom of that complaining negro
was ever before him, and he would shut his
eyes and scream if you did but talk to him of a
negro at work. He sacrificed everything to
his sore, quivering conscience. He was ever
upon the watch to find out something more to
sacrifice. He sacrificed his great West Indian
interest not only recklessly, but with an osten
tatious eagerness. He cast his own twenty
millions down to rid himself of the remaining
evidences of his crimes as penitently as Judas
offered the thirty pieces of silver to the Jewish
authorities. He poured forth not only his own
money- and the money of those over whom he
held influence, but he lavished the life of his
own kith and cin to appease that accusing con
science. On the coast of Africa, in the per
fidous sunshine of "the white man's grave,"
amid the beautiful and deadly luxuriance of a
tropical vegetation, he placed his own country
men to pine and die that he might comfort
himself with the satisfaction that he had atoned
for the great sin he had committed against the
black man. For a full generation there was
nothing he would not pay, and nothing he
would not vicariously endure.
Every great excitement has its recoil. The
generation of crime had been followed by the
generation of remorse ; the generation of re
morse is followed by the generation of reflec
tion. We who now occupy the earth are less
affected by the crimes of grandfathers or the
remorse of our fathers. We begin to feel less
affright at this spectre of the writhing negro.
We have purged ourselves completely of the
guilt of his abduction and his other wrongs,
and we can feel ourselves entitled to look upon
any other man who has succeeded to the com
mon obligation of eating bread by the sweat of
his brow. The flood tide which had flowed
upward, roaring and foaming like the "bore"
of some bell-shaped fish, retained its power of
flowing after the great impulse had ceased ;
but years ago there were some who ventured
to say that, after all, the earth must be tilled,
and that the great law of Nature which doomed
man to labor must apply to the black man as
well as to the white. Their voices, however,
had little chance of being heard, for there was
enough of vehemence in our old conviction to
urge us not only to persuade but to coerce all
the rest of the world to feel as we felt and to
be penitent as we were penitent. We lavished
our money, we concentrated our efforts, we
exerted all our influence, we compromised our
political relations, we coerced the weak, and
we went to the verge of making war upon the
strong, in order to bring the rest of the world
to join with us in our crusade against the traf
fic in mankind. Never was there in the his
tory of our race so magnificent and so disin
terested an enthusiasm,
When the great book of history shall become
so vast that far-off generations shall be unable
to seize any other than the tallest events in the
great vista from which they emerge, this work
of England must stand out and challenge ad
miration, as something to which the story of
past ages has no parallel. We English alone
have been hearty in the cause. We have
shamed some by our example. We have bought
others by our largesses, and we have deterred
others by our power; but of all the people of
the - earth we alone have labored, with gold and
with arms, for no other object than for that
point of conscience which is to us our "idea"—
to put down slavery and the slave trade. Yet
we have not succeeded. While we have been
starving our own colonists, and suffering our
West Indian possessions to return to jungle in
very fanaticism, suspecting that slavery must
lurk under every contract for labor, other
countries have eluded their engagements, or
have openly resented our interference. Por
tugal has required all our attention to keep
her at all up to the mark; Spain has impudently
repudiated all her promises; France has changed
the name but not the substance; and Amer
ica has continued the odious traffic at sea,
under the pretext of a jealousy of her national
honor, and has, to her misfortune, nursed sla
very at home and acknowledged it as a domes
tic institution. After all our sacrifices and all
our efforts, the most zealous opponents of sla
very were fain to come down to the House of
Commons on Tuesday night, and to propose a
resolution, ~T hat the means hitherto employed
by this country for the suppression of the
African slave trade have failed to accomplish
that object."
Now that we can calmly review all that has
been done, we find that we have been led away
by our generous impulses and have wasted our
strength uselessly. Like the charge at Bala
klava, "C'ese tnagnifique, mais ce n'est pas la
guerre," it was wonderful, but it was altogether
unpractical. Great as we are, we are not pow
erful enough to coerce the world. Strong as
we are, we must submit to the laws which uni
versally influence human conduct. After all
our vain efforts we are reduced at last to admit
that we must be content to attract mankind by
their interests, and not pretend to govern them
by fear. France claps her hand upon her
sword if we presume to ask whether she has
slaves or free laborers in the hold off the Charles
et-Georges. Spain laughs at us if we pretend
to prevent her from importing as many slaves
as she may want in Cuba. America threatens
war if we attempt to liberate the live cargo of
a vessel covered with the. stars and stripes.—
We have discovered at last that commercial
competition will do what fleets and armies are
utterly incompetent to perform. Not very
long ago, when ve, from time to time, urged
the claims of our West Indian colonies to some
substituted free labor for the slave labor they
had lost, we were met by the indignation of
our Anti-Slavery Societies. Perhaps there are
some remnants of that superstition, which is a
great religion degenerated, wherein the same
dogmas are still repeated; but on Tuesday night
the modern Anti-Slavery men came down to
ask the House of Commons to believe that "the
true remedy is to be found, not in countenan
cing immigration into countries where slavery
exists, but in augmenting the working popula
tion in countries in which slavery has been
abolished;" and "that the failure has mainly
arisen from our having endeavored almost
exclusively to prevent the supply of slaves,
instead of to check the demand for them."
At last we are condescending to reason upon
slavery and the slave trade as we reason upon
other human affairs. At last we are coming
down from our high notions of destroying any
thing we do not like by the sword and the can
non shot—although there are some fanatics, as
the debate showed, who still lean upon these
means—and are intent upon humbling ourselves
to the commonplace notion that the best way of
destroying an objectionacle system of labor is
to undersell it. Africa; populous as it is, is not
so populous as China, nor is it so populous as
the coast of India. Africa, necessitous as the
people may be, is not so necessitous as the far
East. There we have a hungry civilization
which may be moulded to our purposes by good
treatment more cheaply than the savagery of
Africa can be oppressed by coercion. Both in
India and in China we have the materials for
a competition which may render the slave trade
an extinct, because an unprofitable traffic. The
old anti-slavery party will probably for some
time still oppose all white emigration, unless
it should compel their free black proteges to
work by the competition that emigration must
create in the labor market; but we are happily
getting beyond this stage of folly, and are
learning to look upon this subject with the
eyes of common sense. We have a treaty with
China which enables us to carry to the West
not only Chinamen but their families. We have
behaved so well to them that we have gained
their confidence. While other nations may
kidnap them by tons, we can obtain volunteers
by thousands; and if our laws are observed,
and our shipowners and planters are honest, we
are not far from the period when we may see
the prosperity of our West Indian colonies re
stored, and the slave trade extinguished without
a cruiser or a fort on the coast of Africa, and
without the sacrifice of even another million
from the British Treasury.
THE NATIONAL CRISIS.
We clip the following extracts from an arti
cle in the last number of the London Athenaeum.
The writer is reviewing the "History of the
Constitution," by Curtis ; "A memoir of Abra
ham Lincoln ; " and Helper's " Impending
Crisis :"
The manner in which intelligence of a rup
ture of friendly relations between the States
composing the American Union was received
in this country ought to silence those politicians
who represent us to the people of the States
as cherishing a malignant antipathy to them
and their institutions. That intelligence came
upon us as an overwhelming personal disaster.
It was received by us with consternation and
profound sorrow. The threat of secession had
been so frequently thrown out that we had
learnt to look upon it as an empty menace.—
Secession seemed so suicidal to the one and
destructive to the other side, that spectators
felt secure the South would endure any provo
cation rather than secede—felt secure the North
would hesitate to convert a troublesome friend
into an open enemy. Nor in the present posi
tion of affairs has this view been altogether
given up. We confess that we cling to it still,
believing that the importance of union, mani
fest to none more than the inhabitants of the
States themselves, will even yet lead the way,
as in previous cases of internal conflict, to
compromise and arrangement.
There are signs that North and South would
gladly extricate themselves from a position into
which they have peen hurried by intolerance
on the one hand and resentment on the other.
They see that with the sacrifice of the Union
they surrender their eminence amongst the
nations of the earth—that their prosperity,
unprecedented in all the annals of the past, is
incompatible with hostile tariffs and hostile
laws. The suggestion that two Unions can
exist side by side, ii mutual amity and confi
dence, can find defenders only among those
who are ignorant alike of history and human
nature. Only let this unhappy struggle be
prolonged, till two confederacies have definitely
taken form, power, and national existence, and
two more hostile neighbors will not be found
on the face of the globe. Every day some new
diversity of interest,some fresh point of collision
will arise to embroil the kindred powers, and
each question of dispute will be argued with
that bitterness of animosity which proverbially
characterizes family quarrels. Suspicion,
jealousy, and rivalry will produce constant
strife, and, with such antagonists, the sword
will be more in favor than arbitration.
To maintain their independence and enforce
their rights, each Union will have to maintain
a standing army, and, a necessary consequence
of the institution, an increasing army. Ere a
generation has passed away, such republics will
in this respect approximate to the condition of
France and Austria. And in a republic the
existence of a large permanent military force
leads, sooner or later, as surely as day closes
in night, to the overthrow of freedom, and the
establishment of an armed despot. More than
once in the life of the United States of Amer
ica, their federal constitution and individual
institutions have been preserved to them by the
absence of a large standing army. These con
siderations must have full weight with all the
honest and enlightened citizens of North and
South. The fanatics of the Free States and the
penniless incendiaries of the Carolinas may
persevere in howling for bloodshed and devas
tation ; but the thoughtful and trustworthy
members of both parties will, we confidently
believe, agree, in the name of humanity, to
make all objects secondary to the preservation
of the Union.
By the determination with which both sides
continue, under great temptation, to abstain
from acts that would render reconcilement im
possible, they declare, in the most forcible man
ner, their anxiety to be once more friends. The
men of the North say, in effect: "We are sorry
yov've left us." The men of the South reply :
"Give us security, and we'll soon be with you
again." Still the game is a perilous one. An
attitude of defiance must sometimes be main
tained out of a sense of dignity, though it was
first taken up in haste, and has been repented
of with sincerity. And nothing is more likely
to goad the South into an obstinate perseverance
in their present position than a reiteration of
the charge that they are mere wordy brag
garts. A more foolish calumny than this was
never uttered in the heat of political warfare.
That which is grandest in the history of the
American Confederacy is to be fuuud in the
biographies of .Southern men. The South has
her faults, but cowardice and trickery are not
amongst them. The author of "A Memoir of
Abraham Lincoln," whose scanty and barren
pages have no strength save that of acrimoni
ous partizanship, sneers at the "bluster" of the
hot blooded South. He may be assured that
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the English, to whom he especially addresses
himself, by no means attribute a preponderance
of trans-Atlantic "bluster" to the South.
Of Mr. Lincoln, we read : "Not by birth,
not by the sword, not by the influence of
wealth, not by intrigue, not by the clamor
of the mob, not even by remarkable superi
ority of talent, of eloquence, or of learning
—but by untiring energy, by unswerving
integrity, by uncompromising courage, by
kindness of heart, by genial humor, by
strong common sense, by respectable talent,
and by moderate eloquence, has Abraham
Lincoln commended himself to his countrymen
and won himself a place among the Princes of
the earth." The eulogist tells us a few other
important particulars about "honest old Abe."
Twelve months' schooling constituted his entire
education. He stands six feet four inches in
his stockings. 'When a young man, living with
his family in Macon county, he "with the help
of John Hawks, a relation of his mother, in
one day split three thousand rails." He is
also "reported to be a regular attendant on
religious worship, and to be a pew-holder,
though not a communicant, of the Presbyterian
Church in Springfield, to which Mrs. Lincoln
belongs !"
To split three thousand rails in twenty-four
hours ; to be a pew-holder in a Presbyterian
church What qualifications for an American
President !—What a change from the opening
years of the Republic ! The early Presidents
were all gentlemen of culture. Indeed Wash
ington, - whose mother made the ordinary error
of a common place woman in saving the money
I that ought to have been expended on his edu
cation, was singular amongst those contempo
rary statesmen in not enjoying the attainments
of scholarship. And Washington bad higher
claim on his country's regard than that of hav
ing, with the help of a maternal relative, split
three thousand rails in an incredibly short
space of time !
We do not say that pew-holding and rail
splitting are pursuits that would unfit a man
for the Presidency. What we complain of is
that nothing more is known about Mr. Lincoln.
Whatever he does, or leaves undone, whether
hi policy be of arms or peace, the world will
be grateful for it if it results in the preserva
tion of the Union. But our reliance is rather
in the good sense of the people than in the le
gal knowledge displayed by the new President.
Mr. Lincoln is reported to have said at Tsai
anapol s :
"By the way, in what consists the special
sacredness of a State? I speak not of the po
sition assigned to a State in the Union by the
Constitution, for that is the bond we all recog
nize. That position, however, a State cannot
carry out of the Union with it. I speak of that
assumed primary right of a State to rule all
which is less than itself and to ruin all that is
larger than itself. If a State or a county, in a
given case, should be equal in extent of terri
tory anti equal in number of inhabitants, in
what, as a matter of principle, is a State better
than a county? Would an exchange of names
be an exchange of rights? Upon what prin
ciple, on what rightful principle, may a State,
being no more than one-fiftieth part of the
nation in soil and population, break up the
nation ; and then coerce a proportionably larger
sub-division of itself in the most arbitrary
way ?"
We must express our astonishment at the
use of such language by a lawyer. The Ame
rican Union is a combination of independent
States, leagued for the accomplishment of
definite objects, and free to retire on the con
ditions of their union being violated. Whit
right can a State have to secede ? Why, the
same right the colonies had to revolt; and a
much stronger right—that enjoyed by every
partner in ajoint stock company. What, asks
the President of the United States, is the differ
ence between a State and county? Surely no
one who needs to be informed ought to be in
Mr. Lincoln's place. What is the difference
between the relation of a State to the Union,
and that of a county to its State? Why, just
this—a county has no existence whatever apart
from its State. The State was the primary
institution, and the county acquired from it
only a conditional individuality. Whereas
the Union, instead of giving birth to the States,
was their creation. Far from being the parent
power, it is their offspring. Apart from them
it. ceases to be; - whereas apart from • it the
States continue to be separate communities
with distinct constitutions, as they were long
before they created that impersonal power—
the Union. Indeed, the analogy breaks down
at every point.
Mr. Helper—whose "Impending Crisis" ha's
been largely circulated in the North—proposes
to abolish slavery from the Statesby compelling
Southern proprietors to transport their slaves
to Liberia, award them their freedom, and out
of their own purses pay down for their ad
vancement a sum of ready money. "Their
masters," says our Abolitionist, "if unwilling,
ought, in our judgment, to be compelled to
grant them their freedom, and pay each and
every one of them at least sixty dollars cash in
hand." If Mr. Lincoln indorses Mr. Helper's
views, his right to the title of "Honest Old
Abe" will rest on disputable grounds.
THE CHRISTIANIZATION OF NrcraoEs.—The
four millions of negroes at the South are the
most civilized and most christianized of any
four million of negroes ever known to exist upon
the face of this earth ; and any rational person
must know, if he knows anything about the
negro, that if the supremacy of the white man
over him were abolished, he would soon relapse
into his original condition of savagery. The
Educational Journal of Forsyth, Georgia, gives
the following as the number of negro ' 6 slaves"
connected with the different churches South ;
Connected wi th the Methodist Church South are.. 200,000
Methodist North in Virginia and Maryland 15,000
Missionary and Hard Shell Baptista. . .... ...157,000
Old School P resbyterians 12,000
New School Presbyterians, 5upp05ed............(1,000
Cumberland Presbyterians 20,000
Protestant Episcopalians 7,000
Campbelites or Christian Churches 10,000
All other sects combined . , 20,000
Total colored membership South 46,5,000
If is a safe calculation, remarks the same
journal, to say that three for every one con
nected with churches attend divine service. on
Sunday. lathe extreme Southern States there
are more, for the owners and overseers require
them, in many instances, to turn out to preach
ing. Then, 465,000 multiplied by 8, gives us
1,395,000 slaves in attendance on divine ser
vice in . the South every Sabbath.
Millions of dollars have been spent, and
hundreds of valuable lives lost, in the attempt
to Christianize Africa, and yet slavery—;4b
honed, cursed, and reviled institution of isla
v ery—h as brought us five times the number of
negroes into the church that all the missionary
organizations of the world combined.
These nets are food for reflection. Self
righteous and abOve the way of humblo godli
ness, as political preachers generally are, one
would suppose such practical results would
stagger their self-conceit and overweening con
fidence, that they arc right iu denouncing sla
very and God wrong in permitting it.;
Ripe Strawberries were on sale at New Or
leans on the Ist instant. At Raleigh, N. C.,
on the 7th, the peach trees were in bloom,
garden peas in flower, and cabbage plants quite
large enough to transplant.
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