MO AT of the Conititution. From what I , have said, it will be!ieen that I agree with Mr. 13 u•! chanan, when he says in hisletter to dm de4 moeracy of Saks county, "That the subject of slavery by thck 'Constitution, is left to the Stotts 'whereat slavary exists but I cannot follow Lim in his conclusion, that therefore, the subject of slairi in the Trrituries of the Union, wherecit does, not exist, is beyond our control. 114 x we mayiawfully erect barriers .against its e4roachment ; and this is all,that the Proviso prVfessel to do. Surely, Mr. 80.- , elnnan wouldiot argue, that the Slave:States alone, have thi exclusive control of the sub ject of "slave4r, throughout the length and breadth of thejerritories of this Union. Yet it is such a cotitruction of the Constitution on- ,ly, that will warrant the conclusion he aims to establish. Ifthis'be the true interpretation 4/ frof the Constittition, why talk to na about"the ••Missouri Contromise," or anything else con nected with Stitvery? We have nailing' tn do with it. The Slave States will rightfully We pose of the sulOect as they may think . .No,` sir, this•ittnot the true intent and m of the Censtitlition, nor does Mr. Buie desire so to hi ; nfiderstood ; yet the con i usion lie would hate us adopt, can be suppor ..s:lAby other - conitruetion. It was slavery "rt the :St.ttits,' that* the Constitution was eft to the "States where it existed:" Here • the locus in quo--4tiere the limits and the biunda ries,,'withirt which, by the Constitution, eao Ste* for itself has the exclusive and supreme control over ihe subject of slavery. This is the "agtpemenj, our fathers made." IV this "solemn coiaptet" I eheerfallj; abide. \\thin theseititd boundaries" I hold tha, the , ;.- -General goy ~,. ment is powerless, & the Slates 4111 powerful Liyer the question of slavery.; i But sir, wheal t e - question is presented, of the ex c tension an prvpagation of slavery' over; - the TERIIrFOR sl o t' this Union, espeeiallylfree territory, I el4im the right for all the States, and the whole: - American people, to' be heard.— The settlemerit of - such a question, belOngs to the whole Union, and not tea part. Upon that s ail where slit 'cry does not exist, I cla in the right for the, merican people, to provide safe guards againsf its acquiring such existelice.— If this be uncenstiteional, then \ it AVl4l,meet and proper diet thedeinocracy should be fore warned. .., - .- i in scatem against it. .:. e, Sir, we are :not without examples_ano pre cedents for one guide. Our fathers at au ear-• ly day, 'had this same question in bead. It may be Frofitahle in these days of "cOnprai • anise' to see *hat compromise they glade with slavery. In 1 4 787, an Ordinance was passed) by which slavgry was forever excluded froni the territory north and west of the Ohio. —1 This Ordinance boUnd every foot of land then belonging to tie Nation. This is the "com promise" they'ernacle. The Northwestern Ter • ritory had beep ceded to the General govern ment by Virgibia, a slave state. The law of Slavery extensied over 'it at the time of the Cession, and ill some parts of it slaveiy actu-• ally' existed ;: . 'et upon every inch, did our fa thers impose the seal of Freedom. Here was ABOL IT lON-44 in States, but in Territory.— The law of Slivery was repealed, and the law of Freedom established. The Proviso does not even propose .',f.to do this. ' Its sole object is to prcserre thel:ew of Freedom; not to abrogate the law of Slatery. Abe first Congress under the Constitution, recognized the validity 'of the Ordinance of $7, acid famed laws to give it 'force and effe4. It hail received the votes of every Repire4btative from the Slave States.— The article int.!, it, excluding" Slavery, bad been i i "incorporateda similar Ordinance, drawn up by Mr. jeffergon, in 1784. The language of . the ''Proviso, is substantially the language of the Ordinance; of 1784, as drafted by Thomas Jefferson. ''...:; • Sir, the h4tory of the Ordinance of 1787, , when contrasted with the opposition made to the Proviso, 4 xhibits a melancholy and alarm ing change it(the public opinion of the , Soutb, between thattday and the present, upon subject of slaiery., The fathers of the Repub lic saw and ickaawledge:d the evils and dan gers of this i'; Institution. They covenanted not to interfeie with it in the States where it existed ; but;'in Territories, its existence even, did not stay'heir hands. They looked for -ward with arptions solicitude to' the day, when 'slavery, left; nmolested in its early limits, would wear ifs° t out. by the laws 'of popnla ) Coo, and thefo cult natural eauScs, then in active operate They made no 'effort to weaken the fbree Of this law, or tostporie the Tesult,of these causes, by widening be field 1 in which they. wer'e to operate, and th s, put ting off to a :;-',more distant day, our nal re . demption fr# the curse of Negro Slarery.— Now, the etkrnal perpetuation, and utilimited -extension of Lavery, has become the, eading, if not the '"of:0 idea" of the South. n order to perpetuate Slavery, for all coming me, its limits must tie extended, as the slave ern's i tion increase . 'The old lands, exha ed and made barrenby slave' labor, must be a ' ndore ed for new slid virgin soil ; otherwise tle slave . 'becomes valfteless, and emancipation o neces sity follows. t.,.. The value given to slat - labor, by the new end fertile regions open for it, serves also iii, give value o' the Slave in, the ; old States—th 4 retarding the progress of gra4ndal ~,e . emancipatieff in them. If slave labor prof itable on thii Western sido of this e tinent, 'for the prod fiction of the staples .of co, ton,)su _gar, tobacco; rice &:.e. ; although thesii staples can no long oi be produced or only to 01 limited extent, in tlili Atlantic States; still the glare of those States is madeyaluable, as ail article of stock to $e there raised, for the miarket in the distant rest. Slavery is a questin of in terest. It-fill exist so ronz, and no lelnger, as it. is a souretof profit to the master. Keep it -within tiveilimits, -and in time, there will be such an abtOdance of slate latiOr, fro thein erease of slaie population; and the fi ld of its ; ' profitable latter will, at the same time; become . so narrewect. ' circumscribed, that the Slave ceases to btf",ofli ne to his master, ' aa , he 10 glad to get rd f him upon any teinns.' 'lt - 1 .- i was to' suchiresu fa, that the "great Mtn ofthe' . "South ; in tbe great daf of - the Smith', '4444 -withilitaletil and hope. That 'Slavery shiotild' not escape its early doom, by an extensiotrof' ' 'l6:b - OrderOhey sealed up againit - its by the', Ordinance Of 1787, he entire Territ9ries of the Nation,.o We hade p inade a wide departure,' from the &ridden. in which our fathers itetotit, Sinde, 7 /‘ - sttoed in our National career, we 'hive added co tie dominion of Slavery, three -fold, and inatponed'for a century the day of our deliver4ce. I Lakin : 6 • exception to the. WeqUisitiontthat - Slavery has 'heretofore made.. • Territories *ere . pulchasedfand annexed,,in which it existed, at the time of suchi)nreham• acid aneez4on. - To bare atoliihed i$ intiOk - TerriteriespOt seem Are Wdepart*e_ from' ..Ikat-strict.itrutrality, which thelgeneeid got ' eemuent ero IhOund.to maintaii uptithe ink jeett'; thoixo the eonititutitnid - iight.lie tell de, I cannot 4044, The South ' uotwitbstaudiei .44 ',tr. 4., .4_41 . , AI rid aeceutiott ,of littre iTerrito4=-4ilt eoni tent toleave'theliusten ! *leie .the gontiti tittion hits le ft it; c to htit.;‘'iStnies in:l6l4li 'ei iste," ItiCeks its forth r ixtension! over newinia / fertile regions, *here at yet, there arcane states, and where Slavery as yet has no existenee,..;:- It is to aid iiiithii great work-this glorious enterprize, that the summons is ,undo tnithe DlP:;moerticy of-Pennsylvania tti "buckle en their armor," andlie prepared in ;time for the cii r '4, r! tiackin g conflict. ,I do not Tbeliete they iwnt do battle is such a cause. neiictint - promP. sea neither bon* or renown. The General who offers to lead us, will fail to gather laurels fruit' Such afield; and to the common' soldier, small indeed will be the .reward. Why this , call was made upon the Democracy 'of Penn sylvania, lum at - a_loss .to conceive. It can ! not hp, that the Secretary of State, desired to 'incoorate the doctiine, of ,the "extensi on of Slavery over , free Territory" into the Dena I erotic creed. • If so, .t for one will' submit to ,no interpolation upon the creed. Who made him a "Judge in Israel 7" The practice has been too mach encouraged heretofore, of. permitting a certain class ofistl-' /,deism), to make every question that arosei aa- Janie a party character. The South, haying within her borders a ntajority of the Demo-,I eratie party, has from time to time, forreedup-1 on As, as party issues, questions having not the slightest referen le to party priocipl.— This was done on the Texas question. Sir, I was in favOr of that,measure. I earne.itlyad- " 1 vocated it before the! people, and voted for it in Congress. I have Ito regrets for aught I.done. If it were to be done over, again, I should do the same : but it never should have been n; ade a party. question. the principles that di4de, as by a broad boundary, Democracy from li:ted erelistn, existed long before the question of Texas Annexation ; v neither are they subject to constant mutation. Yet the annexation of Texas was made a test of party fidelity. Be; cause Mr. Vim Buren would not square him self by this rule of party discipline, he tins 'struck down ,tit the Baltimore Confention,:u-n -der the operatidii of - -a two-thirds rule. Ido not complain; of the choice that Convention made; Indeed, the apprehensions I entertain ed of Mr. Van Buren s defeat, at that time. reconciled rob to Mr. f'olk's nomination. But sfr, 1 never Could reflect upon the fact, without shame and!mortification, that a great Beim mat* Statesman of the North, -whomwe had made: the Standard-bearer and Representative i °four principles, should be struck down by the South, becatthe he halted upon a question, in no way affecting the established and fixed ririn aiples or oar. creed. If Northern men:- or themDemocrats, will longer stand by in si lence And see their. best and ablest men-immo lated by the South, - for not marching'up tolany and every issue they cboose,to make, then in deed, is the Northern Democracy, but the ad - linnet and tool of the South. , Sir, I entertain no hostility to the South.— I have been taught in her School; I hate fear - ned my political faith from the lessons of her great Statesmen. Upon most of ihe great questions thit have divided parties— particalar- ly those affecting the powers of the General government, and the rights of the States, I be lieve the South has been right. I claimo be' a Democrat of the Jefferson schoor—a S ates Right Ilepublican—a Strict Constructidnist, "alter the most straitest sect!" I revere the Veto Message of General 'Jackson, as a!text book of party principle, while I repudiate the doctrines of the Proclamation. But sir, 1 be cause the South has been eminently correct on, most great questions, that gives to her no right to force new issues upon the party. it . the South can succeed, in making the "extension of _ _ Men, lung maw slavery over free Territory." a party qhes tion; as she did the re-annexation of Texas, it will make horucthing of a change in the Party relations of men. If all who oppose this "new I test and touch-stone of party fidelity, are to be converted into Whigs, certainly those who pup port it, will be transformed into Democrats.— It is.fortunate for Silas Wright, the noblest democrat of his age, that he died, before' this transformation had taken place with him.— Henry Clay, after straying in search of strtinge gods, for a quarter of a century, will return to the fold of the parjy. Tinder such a test he might become the candidate of the Demodratic party for President in 1848, and thus home men! be caught in a trap they had set foci oth ers. I trust ever to be found standing firm upon my principles as a Democrat., I Value that;, & have thus far maintained them theeugh life ; 1 but I will adopt no such issue, as that now .attempted to be imposed upon the Democ racy of this State. I will submit to no such teats Let those receive the yoke who choose td wear it. It shall never gall my neck. Great Storm at Glichmati Oct, 26—P..M • IVs have been visited by a great storm, wl4Ch has caused the destruction of an immense amount of property. It hati rained 'almost con tinuously for three days, overflowing the Conn try for miles around. Along the little Miami, ! which is higher than it has beet] know for! years, the damage done, is beyond parallel.=l In a numberof instances, barns have been swept away, and thousands of bushels of; grain,' destroyed. The fences for fifty miles along the rivers have shared in the general destrUction, and there is Tin telling at the present time, the extent of the damage done. The bottom! lands have been overflowed, and the little Miami, for i . nules, nowforms a broad lakel , Tile ()hie river at this place is seVerdl feet above high water inark, and is still risinglat the • rate of one foot and a half per hour. SeVeral F gardensialong the river in front of the city are already covered with water. , The small tribitary.streams are swellen to overflowing, and in their mad career spreading destrqc ion around. It is next to impyisible to fo& any estimate of the amount : f the 'damage "done . It; is ` unquestionably th i l most 1 1 .. . _ severe stet- '.—Cr ii es ! ' . Ferns , - .ThC Wa shiaroni Union confirms the statement, that orders have been Sent out to all Mr. I Triet froinlieSicolandiays :—"Weus littictioubt, that 60 otheragent wfll be Sent out , ' mid 'ntr propositionsinadit by the q' United- gratis fol. peace.l But: u We stated the other day,. if MeziO desires peace she, mast me for it. ' ilf Maim) has any propositions toluske,they will of Ouree be reemited and subMitted to !beton iidevatflon and action of °tit government{" I hi. F 84/ rao 'DOru.--Pavid Darn*, lan old and elkimpate" I citizen of Stow4ownihip, 8 '' county. 0..; war *digging a we ll the oth er ;, when soddenly the bank/ tli! - ved is Ilion aor t a " =burying him I,weatptive feet uudar lif. ter fir e boursof ititealse ezertionliad 'ex eitol4-the71,044 the lot . . flifid- ft deed., : , ( 1 ~T. + la. uaL. r:Gß:~"~"A:.=:Pand unscrupulous in their use, ; : their principles - are 3 obnoxious to the interest , and ' sentiments ofrOarge majority of the poo p e of tho eountry. , ,! Against the ig schemes arid: machinations an ..I!wealth' of i the 1, 1- party, we have nothing. to interptise - . but the n- simple _principles of pornocra q ,"-ana. their uni• a versal adaptation to the, rights and interests of 1 the masses when honestlynnd faithfully ad ' ministered;' 'To concentrate the! force-of thou principles, and giVeihem practical effect, oR nqatrzvriciN- rs rworiieNstana , ::among: doss win-believe in them: so as to impure concern of action We should- hereaftery44.o-beretoOre , adhere le the , establialhed,autiortmgnized, 01- ges of tholittryiln refereneo , Ito:. nomination , both STATE rintikATioNArr They havo her tofere proved sncet aguttneatut of unitiu. , t :Democratic. party,: and securing tite triumph its princip ea, and mi kciod 'nasals can vowl' 3 , given - for , eir abandertmentz „,, ',- is In fact e altinii§tr,readyteK distrust the ly sincerity ' Of tholie'Who*fesuPteltacme.V l9 n- who - NV - 61M Vent:ire iluggetiertbatlAtr party usages itiftr,pritinitilettlottght; f o g s * got :dealt , 'seciurelhel'eleciltufbFanyintarYi34 - outtnit . 1 41 f distitignialt6CWlthettfteferetiveitenbiidpoliti dal .sentiinent 6'411 , 4 beetreontenaieg for !it prineiplekthe iMeendaney , -of '? Which, its have ; been i%essentild - to their luipT p nests inaeolidencev-- :Am:tare:we , pre• t pared liana to turn round, just when our .-rdia :st(r eti Italie been attained;; anti-stein suotessful la* 4eratleii,'and'say theyetintanry' of thereon °. .tiryc'twe have been playing the park of ients heretofore, 'andlve . etrel 'y ou to ' I T , pre* all yourL inirtremanhuition, antalp - tratiiiiitithe,WwbOAtrielit* grentiniantt 4, . I Issue, • oat c i ty, meal 1 0. , resolved -. a.' or , oewere in f VI 0t e affected y , y. II tat zo l r F dorsi Cure pep , Illnovio. Qerto inky I: he Demee , atie 1 , o not intent to i l .will the North enhsyleanian. iThe 'tars .of our i a ar -; 1.4r0 is 4- int ! y„ .. . native and li t o it, an lova a theid ready to a ', ite rights, even I " 11 :9- Aoki Bt Rire libe ail ion to ' our I , c fly with it ir Oboe em a ke uts tgrante , 197 ; Mai' 14; Rhod L , placu4set : 92 ;- Ohio, 9';' 1. , Diitriet yliklo,lB ; -Smith Oar, ~ Ifixtu.94l4!: is. our duty so to us the Tictory ye a to mike, it rbdound to the land, and i have aehie, Il U