The New York Herald Newspaper, October 21, 1856, Page 8

—— 8 THE DISUNION SAME OF THE SOUT Secession Democracy and the Exten- sion f Slavery. corToN AND COMMERCE. The Frigh of tur Northe a Commercial Doughfaces, Robert J. Waike + Letter and the Disanion Movements tv Vorth Carolina, Texas and Ekewhere all ef Apiece, &e., Ken, ao. The Convention of Southern Governors, (From the Ga, Sentinel, Oct. TREASON (*MASEING ITSELY, It has often been «).. <ed that & plot for destroying the Union was in ex a which democratic Gover- nors of the Souther: tangible prot of 1 » were the chief Me gy te No pas until now appeared, furious fire caters, wah kevo have song bragadocio. But the Fa ise Some time since the son of what was on the tapis. vernor Wise’s course it wad She the In an article praisin following — But Governor Wise 0 be bas commenced « °* not confine himself to words alone; We understand he has summoned the Governors af the v ‘southern 0 meet him in convention at Raseigh ‘orth Carolina for the purpos® of de viding on the course: | pursued by the in the pre sent terrible crieia. = ft w: | be an august cov aad we can jas.iy anticipate the na ure of the poliey whioh i: must adopt, The prognosticat..« . the Dele were founded on good authority. Severai be Gevernors probably met in Raleigh on Tuesday 'n.« and the people of ( may at this moment, se ta a«their Governor can do it, be committed to disun We copy the following despatch trom the Baltumore §) »:— Coummara, S.C ircu'ation here that the of the meet at Raleigh lo morrow to con y in the event of Col. Premoni’s 5, 1396. Reports are in fifteen Southern States w sider what steps are nces: election So, itseems the { -: act of the drama is now being Played out, and we are vlelged, or are about to be, toa ruibous measure, tne people of the South have time and again doclure r destestation, and to which a large wo.ority are at t \s moment oppose:!, conid their voices be Geard. Rit = a part of the plot that it shali be consummated be ur- wie people cam be heard. “It ts to de immediate,’’ -ays one Buchanan ieader—‘‘It will take place between November and March,” says anotuer. Why immediatey Why within the time apeciied’ Be- cause in that time no ew ction takes place in which whe ie can by ay possibility ceclare their scatments. © piotters fear the people. Is this a republican government? Was Governor Joha- ‘son elected ior this purpose? Was be elected to obey the insane bebest of Goverour Wise? By what right does he — ‘the duties he is sworn to perform, aad go preach- for Buchanan, sxc potting destruction to the beat rests 01 the people who elected him, ‘ar away at the North? We bave jong suspected that this was the “igreat principle’ he was vlected (0 represent, aad our suspicions gatber strr nyt aa time passes. Lf the people of Georgia will endure this, if x will sufler themselves to do Ie wo destruction, bound baad and (oot, by these reckiess Buchanan demag they are wot the free and gallant men we have thought them. We do not think \bey wil); the breed of sturdy old Union democrats and woigs is not yet extinct. Since the foregoing wus in type we have received the Rateigh (North Caroiva) Regitter, of the 15ta inst., in We Gad tho folinw ng arucie — Is Ir Trve'—We have heard something more (han aa inti- mation, that the Wise «nd pradent governor of Vi-giale is to @ few other aval at. Kaleigh, on the 16th ius: {ben and there to iy upon some vlon for eitecting the unmediate with drawal of ¢ ther from the Enion, and the eatab deracy in its ste: re that resuli to which all wise men have looked ‘oward with horror: Age these ad men— these politica! }: about to apply the ineecdiary torch to o' c ‘which uman wisdom erer €on. volves while it world wa taing is clearly i 4, a,” we have had e.ough of sack tbs time Wis tnere “leaiber and idicnlews exhibition the mailer was looked We ind the forewing. says the Register, m the last Nor folx Ame It waa tie first intimation we Lave seea of such trresonable movement. ‘Tue rumor ‘s contirmed There are at present io this city Gov. Wise, of Virginia; Gov. \dame, of south Caro- pa, and it is confidently expected that Gov Johnsoa, of Georg'a, aud perbaps orbera, will favor us with (heir pre. sence. They are ‘cor the ostensible purpose of at tending (po State F a for what, in realty, the state ment of the Seri. to fearfully indicates means this upuscal and extraordinary coavos Soutberu Govern ors if their object be as alicged—tf these digu ta: vested with Do oiher .utboriiy waa their own wabalow ed de-ires, Lave use’ Olod upon the sacred goti o° Nort Carohna to meditate upon stones 0 diauaion and trea soo, wo tell them, ne} peop'e of North Caroune (whatever its Breon i rador anggest) #08 tol- low the lead of apy « jatical vealots, who weuld brook up ibis coasecr.tyé Uaion of ours, ia «trance of advance of apy positive aggressioa, .o ’ our guaraaieed right. pvasion of those rights, toe pouth wiil stand as ope man, beating back the ovader or sacrificing all in the attempt. Cur objections are aot, and never have been, (am the Amrit says.) to revistance to invasion or to the strongest unity of the South, ta reference ( things of almost too momeatous a consequence for morta’ orsin to comprebead—bet they are (oacctrse whicl would destioate ourselves, and amit (he etrife wittin oo + own Dorders. a we Py de rouse (bemerives to this mar, Jay nor the bow when these poi pantalt asa) over the reaulls oC mich the world may ages. Wild and ridiculous as the for they to mourn Grouch ecbemes mes az as thelr authors Let the pesple d : tmmeciate disso, eof over wheiwer the South acts in concert im this matter or io! We aball have mock to say upon this in our streets. Ip the meantime, will the 9’ .¢ the organ of tho kaders of tne democracy.) which is doudtiere, im the whole secret, answer us the following qvestions — me thee 1. By whore {nvitave Carol ae Why did they meet here ju of the Peuvsy!vania election’ ©. What aoee it say to this attempt to bitch our conser. ve, Union lo; ing old State of North Carolina to the oar rivion The Two Texas Senators tn Debate. HOUSTON FOR THE UNION—RUSK FOR DIECSION. (From ibe austin, Texas, Gavette, Ost. + We tay before our readers the following skeich of « duscussion which took piace between Generais Houston sod Rusk, at }, Of the L6th September last — The ¢\ ent which we lpg ago suticipated bas at lvet qusmapires Our Senators baye come to a joinder of tasue upon the policy of the government. We lad to bear that Gea. Rosk maintalned ihe cause of mocratic party with irresistibe argumenta, and that be proved fully amd clearly the unsoundacss of Mr. Fillmore on the Southern question. His meeting with Hooston is a eo.roe of bigh congratulation op the part of the democracy bere, ani, we well anticipate, over the whole State. We fee! that be is bound up with the est! mies of the democracy by those inseparable ties of prin- - which po time or circumstances Can destroy ‘We call the attention of the Know ‘Nothing party of ‘Texas to the declaration 0; ~am Houston—that the sonth sbould acquicece if Fremont is elected’ We ask our co- temporary of the State Times if this \s to be regarded as the sentiment of his party’ Tt will also be seen that Gen. Rusk taces the ataod that if the rule of a fanatical mejority 6 to warp We place of the constitution, that he wow! sirihy buck, Cee gh een i P= foe ld be the consequence. This it our stand. Gen. most emplatically the sentiments of the orth emea to time for the returns Soalisaiiy ot tema and tao party haner nis for 00 on occasion When such ignomine ss aad ab ect # »mis.on to the enemics of the South i* openly avowed by one of our own United States Senators, he desecrates tl: office Le (From the Nacogdoches Chroaicle Gen, Hovston and Gen. lask met io devate on the politioa. quertons of the g at thie + mo Tuesday evening \sst, whereupon Houston led 4 defence of the Missour! compromise, and an attack a the vebraska , to which he atiributed the present ex- on the slavery question. He also seversiy the action of the preent administration sad the present democratic party repudiating their piattorm and charging that th rey had also repudiated nsas [acifieation neat bill, Te was singularly ‘wild towards Mr. , and gave him for great ‘apd patriotism, and seemed to thin great pri ult wee ‘& batcheior, but held him responsible for (he actions and the pation of the party whieh nominated him—both of wheriy reps vo aa his reasons for support: ir. Fill diated, more that he had been tried and not found wanting that he only wanted a chance of veaerere with Mr. Fi an’ os he represented rine part of the very feeling and elo- Be ioesl Treaty Fe cays | enty years, in bis raat political patriotiem and integrity, ebraske bill be proves on the slavery questi ont that it ‘Tad igsOur\ Compr ve fmm prowine wae the right of Ht i 5 5 Hi i §. i : i . so apeks of hit Cmnld action upon the ard bis mid enforeoment of the tr aged bin with being one of {ihe exoltowent which wns disor “ ne reait ont, aad de aren. ton, Polk county, on M oie iu the aliernoon NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1858. atroyed, fanatical ays be would Fong back, though the consequence. General ‘Houston, im his rejoinder, entered into the compromise, history of the Missour! and claimed for it the eacredness of a compact, and eo ery rd not have been disturbed by after agitation. said Gen. Taylor and Mr. Pilnore'ware responsible or the Pg i BM tion towards Texas, and to indict Mr. Oueeveral counts. He entered into a defence of the principles of the American a, 4 paid a high com- pliment to the Jaden, ‘and copoluded. ‘The sy ot both ‘were in pl Pca tem- Per, and void of apy unkind persona! allusions. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS 1S A LITTLE. “own.” General Houston delivered another speech in Livings. ton, Pol county, which ig thus noticed tn the Texas Papers:— General Sam Houston addressed the people at Li last. He made two. the other in capt stealing, pi courage a the nights been vaoriunr. ep to conceal his He then paid bis respects to Gen. Pierce apd his admi- Distration, and denounoed many of the ents made by Gen. Pierce in reterence to Mr. I’i a Cab. net he said, that Me. Marcy, Secretary of State, was an able map, Dut that he was very wealthy, and it was said, he wanted a bank to put his money into. Mr. Campbell and Mr. Mol cliand, be said, were both Catholics; thi: was all he could say them. But he Mr. Cushing and Jefferson Davis with an unsparing severity; evinently regarding them as the leading, controlling ‘spirits of the Cal Cabinst. Mr Soul’, Gen. Gadsden and Mr. Betmont aiso came in for a large Share of Gen. Houston's abuse. Gen. Houston entered up mm a vindication of his Oregon, California and Kansas votes. Jn vindicating his Kangas vote, he took occasion to de- nounce Mr. Douglas as a mischievous \ittle ‘‘runt,’’ who had gotten up the Kansas bi’! to Kili bim (Houston) off from the Presidency. That the plan was to kill of bim (ilouston) and let Pierce cccupy the I’resideacy for an ether four years, ani then for 1 to succeed him. He very faintly endorse’ Mr. Bilimore: and we pre- sume he will vote for that geutioman for the Presidency. la the evening Col. W. A. Leigh, of Ilunts7ille, replied to bim, in what be thought an able manner, and when he concluded Gen. Houston was calied for, and he replied to bim in a epeesh of three quarters of an hour in length. An Appeal for the Union, LETTER FROM THE HON. ROBERT J. WALKER. New Yors Sept. How. Casxim Sater ayy orumns, DamocnaTic Commirres, PITTsRURG, PENSSTLVANIA. Gxstimway—In consequence of my absence! did aot receive your letter, inviting me to a¢dreas the Dem<crat- ic Mass Canvention, in your city, until it was too late, aud therefore could not comply with your request. I thank you, gentlemen, for your remembrauce of asane live son of Pennsylvania, and former resident of your city. I thank you stil more Le Fat kindly recollection of my father, aleo a native of Venusylvania, and your favorable allusion to his seryices ag one of the heroic volunteer soldiers of liberty in the war of the Revoiu- tion; and, at a much later period, as Judge of the Dustrict Court of the United States, at your city. ‘You ask me if I cannot attend your meeting in person, to communicate for publication my views on the pending Presidevtial election. We are approaching the close of a momertous 5 On the one side ie arrayed tne Democratic party. It ex. ists in every State, and over its united columns floats the tag of the constitution and of the beeen On the other side is found a sectional and ical party. com- posed exclusively of the States of ¢ Rorth. "the Father of his Countryj clearly foresaw the danger cree party, acd warced his country against its fatel te dency in bis, afwctionate serewall eddress. Bat bis solemn appeals and pro fore are 5 from our memory amid the wild uproar of geographical strife and sectional prejudice. The immortal Jackson, in bis valecictory, warned us against similar periis, while the elo juent appeals and parting admonitions 0! Ciay and Webster implore us to avoid the disasters of such a con- flict. These departed patriots all regarded geoeraphica: pariies as sealing the fate of the republic; but we seom to think there is such danger, and that, unlike ail tts predecessors, our government {s immortal and indestrac- uble. For the Grst time in our bistory such a party is now formed. It is composed exci of the States of the Nortb, and is Bo ad in violent — the Southern section of the line, clear snd distinct between the North ine the Same 4 iofamous that Congress must exclude them fom bat wast territory acquired yby common blood and Saeeee, and which is the jolut inheritance cf all ‘he States 0 Unioo. Lonisiana (including Kansas and Nebraska) w son, But the are no longer held berit any portion of that territory, acquired by the illustrious patriot ot Virguia, and saved by the immortal hero of >, With all the vast — os yin ga with’ Mexico, Two gallant sons of Virginia, Scott Taylor, were the leaders of those brilliant cat The blood of the South poure! ovt in copious ons, aud mingled freely with the blood of the = the mapy apd wei! fought te) Mexico. lant aons of the North, a heroic regiment of South Cardline Bas swept by the “geadly fre of the Mexican forces. Leader after leader, columa alter colump of that regiment fell mortally wounded, yet the survivors never wavered, and their arms were crowned with victory, Yet no son of Carolina, or o/ all the South, is held worthy to posses any of ibe sma)le+t portion of all that territory acquired from Mexico. From the whole coast of the Pacific the South is already excluded, — now tbe plat form of the sectional party of the North is this: The uni. versal Wilmot proviso—no slave ‘Territory, apd 20 more slave States North or Soata of the line of the Missouri compromise. ‘There shall be no division of the common territory, the North must bave the whole. Thereare dfteen ernand elsteen Northern States, seven tories, and a vast region yet to de or must all these, and’ all our future neq: ‘isttions. No matter what may be * “shalt bare jorth, command. but @ voice or vote of 4 State, Yor ut the North. the Territory, or when becom! ‘olce or vote in the matier, them merely at the mercy of a Northern majority’ nee the South so claims om the justice of tue North, sod is tt bot unjust to exclude the Sout from all the common ter- ritory of the Uni Bul tia fe Bot a mare question of jastice, but of con stitvtiona! power. The constitution was framed and rat fied by the States, each voting and acting for itself alon Thus we became “ (cited States,’’ a confederacy, not a central republic. A confederacy receiving al! its power from the , through an instrument called by them the conatitution, Caen therein only certain specified vers, and reserving all others. it ie clear, then, that gree can exercise such powers only as are granted by the onmtaton, and that sil their laws not based upon the delegat wee ae are founded on usurpatioa, and are absolute tenullt ow, the conatitut.on no pow. er to estabdiien or aboiis! Tamer in States or Territories. Stch is the opinion of tl and of a large minority if not a majority) of mel ‘orth. Bi 1, it is said, the North claims that ¢uch power ia tbe Territories is grant. ed to Congress by the copstitut.on. The South dealers the existence of apy such power. [low is the qnestion to be by Most clearly not by the Ncrth or the South, but preme Gouri the of copstitutional law, by the Su- tt \vefore hat Tine ts ine Paste dogrees and a baif on P Now, oe ee it — bat ave tbat ocean, tives twelve de; r and @ half to the North, That measure paseed tl nate, bot was voted down jn the Bouse by ty “maa ey, ‘Thus the North seized the whole coast om ths Pacific, nearly ¢ to our entire front on the Atlantic, The South ‘idea, but uniformly thereafter, most ieee regarded (he Mia- zour! Compromise aa repudiated b the North, rejected by their oo and denonneed by their ad ireases. The South next proposed to submit "hue diepeted question of the power of Congress over siavery in ‘Territories to the Oe yy YY rt of the United msn also peeved tee and was vote! down in the House by a Northern ‘Thit most wise and pa — submitted this question to the supreme tribanal it ‘ith full authority to expound instrument, repr Congress white tt the limits of the specific granted Peet thie peaceful and fins! arbitrament of thi proposed by the South, sr eet bythe Nori An J Decersery consequence bere ‘\tion= ty the North, the doctrine bape pole cor vention by the federal pte pd non ae While oo Rape J the and expunges the provisions violating ‘the constitution practically the North et derive great advantages from this measure. Of our seven organized Territories, in only one i there any eifort to establish slavery by law, and in this one exc case, of Kansas, the question would jong since have ” peace uy ect = but for the bs prepugned ta ph ae equality does not ro if other int ot i dion, with or without slavery at thelr pleasure, and Kenens cannot do eo ‘There |S another reayon, aot Gerstofere gdverted to, seoms to render it meee cme ieee of voters who are non-slaveboiders; to the ipatitutions of the to maintus I but ey the reasons before given, I do not believe Kan State. Nor is it important, if Kansas b ve: The North are in a ment jority Copgrese and the ckciereteottake ne ee weeny out all career of power and adhere to the principles of party does not we? the ¥ co! ise, but distiactly repudiates that measure, and there aball be no elave Territory, and mo more slave States anywhere or under any circumstances Cpe ito the Union, bow. ever cleaner weeatney a be the will of ibe rege such State or Territory, or Seuthern the location. ‘The very question then, on which this party rests, is sec- tional; its candidates are eectionel, and anticipating no electoral yote from the South, It looks for euecess exclu- sively to the North. Nay, more; it assumes the exclusive Fight of the Noth to decide this question, and ri jecting by ang li Le aie the whole for the North—discards ihe of the Territory, elther before or in gs te, and also the arbitrament of the Supreme Court of the United States. It is conceded that, under the constitution of the United States, slaves are property and whether they may or may not be held as auch ie Oe ca Sancuso of volves Pro) ey # & judicial question. But the the Union is to be superseded by the cor and {hose rizhta of property Such a doctrine is not only sec- tional, og gressive aut beliigerent, but agrarian and revo- lutionary. It is an overthrow of the constitution, of all its gtarantees, and of every conservative principls on which it ts founded. Suche govermment would not bea constitutional republic, but an elective despotism. But it ie eaid the North are the mejority, and such is thelr will. Sic volo sic fubeo, stot prot 18, Bat the vot and will ofthe French people mace Napoleon the (reat first their Cougul and then their #mperor, and the votes and will of the French Cg oie made Napoleon II. first their l'resident, and then clothed bim with the imperial purple. Such was the will ofthe peor le; but with us the constitution is the supreme law, and so declared in that instrument, as framed and ratided ‘by the people of eneh State. That constitatioa, after withholding ail but the apecifically granted powers. distributes their exercise be- tween the legislative, executive and judicial authorities. Tt created and rendered paramount to Congress the de. cree of the Supreme Court of the United States. It gave to that Court the power to expound the law, and capecialiy that supreme [aw called the coustitu- tion. jut this Court is superseded by the refusal of the Nortn to submit this question to its dect sion, and the substitution of the will of a Northern majority. If constitutional gvarantees and judicial decisions are thuz to be overtarown, through the vote of the people, by Copgrees, why not also in the States, by the State Legislatures, and the dectrine established that all rights of property in the Territories are he'd subject to the will of the ino tu the election of Congress; and al! rights of property in the States to the will of the people in the eh tiom of tte Legian, If the constitution is to be disregarded, judicial tribunals superseded, and queetions invoiving rights of property decided at the bal. te trae people, in one case, why not tr all others? The jotran i tated tbe ied to one apecies of pro- perty in Kansas to-day, may bo extended to all property everywhere tomorrow. It may be e led to houres, rents, veszols, railroads. debts, stocks and all otber property, aud may jubject them all to division or confiscation by the dec! of the people at the ballot box. If it is Tight for the North, by the vote of the ma. jority, to deprive the South, who are a minority, of ail territory of the Union, and tosu- judicial tribunals on disputed points of constitu. Uonal aw ipvolving rigbts of property, wil: not the eame principle apply to the State Lezisiatures in each of the Scaus,and the tenure of all property be decided by the le wt each successive election. truth is, the black republicaa platiorm is revolutionary and agrarian. It iavolves principles which must trike down the tenure of all pro. perty, in every State as well asin every Territory ot the Union. It discards the peaceful arbitrament of the Supreme Court of the United States, the great conservative feature of our imstitutions; to Ld the constitation and all its guaseatees, and substitutes tn their place an elective despotism, by which copnot trust them with the decision lo tutional question. It is bul whore trade end penn by bays and rivers, by rail- roads ond canals, is with the free States of this con- fede Bu vch a tribunal cannot be trusted, in executing tbe functions assigned to it by the cunstitution, because ‘it pumbers from the South a majority of one, performing ite bigh duties after full argument upon both sidi vnvestigation and research, calm and deliberste, unla- fluenced, so far ag bumapity caa be, | passion of preva. dice, enlightened and incorra; far surpassing aay a ae aD: jamiliar w con yxampination of all its provi- by the great and distinguished jurists of our coun! Mt gack 4 tribupal cannot be trusted, because it hoids jentally, at this time, a majority of one from the age auch 4 question be more wisely referret to the popular suf- froge, where the Norin has & ajorsy of fy four in the constant'y and raj ting; will this ecstreversy be more w' oy Lgl ad ofthe North, a single eer ical tons, infiamed by sectional passion atd prejudice, —= by aang 4 editors, and husting orators aud mitbout” patriots mal aiken tee pa Wag wi m, Ww with or without fanaticiam, with or without mature in. the Vos? ah eat er ous 4! os and high dwell only upon their faults, ‘whisk are the lot of our common bumanity. Nor is this all. A direct appeal is constantly made to the lccal Ag} of the North, to the spirit of avarice love of power and domination, which cehrtemntsly exist, more or lees, in age apd country, and the North are told it ie thetr interest to monopolize forever, eat children, the whole of the common territory of the ‘nion. Under there circumstances, {s the popular suf. {rage of the North that calm, wi ight’ ned, unpre judieed, distpterested tribunal, to which should be ed the decision of the great queetion involved in this oa- troversy’ In & matter involving the rights, interests and property of the South, the North 1 asked to be the sole jadge in its own eave, and to decide this matter in ite — Jape) by ite own exclusive suffrage, No man re. oo . tuffrage more than mysel!, universal suf irae ie country, on all merely political questions, within the limite of the conatitut'or. But judicial ques tiong, Involving rights of properiy of incalcalable wae, our fathers, in founditg the government, for the welfare and aa‘ety Of all, dieearded the French idea of their elec \tve despotism im 1852, or of their popular assemblage ip 1789, unrestrained by contervative checks or constita tional ‘antees, and deciding throtgh the popular yote upon rights of property. Thvision and contiecation, followed by sack, by pluader and the guil’otine, were there the inevitable ond similar doctrines would €00n produce here he want sams dreadiul catastrophe. No man respects the press and tbe pulpit more than myself, in ¢ echarging their appro priate fonctions, they Mare the bighest vocations carth—the one for time, the other for eternity. No one deems more vvcful than myself addresses to the ple from the hustings by able orators on Cy cal Wo pee <_" judicia) questions, involving pa of yuirit partial investigation, should pot race an aro a ~~¥33 thie: cae, the sullrage one fection of ‘nion, incited by interest, or Lakin i ‘waked to for iteelf, and in its own favor, by ex. clustve electoral vote, against another great Teotien of the Bot thi Te called ‘republican’ platform is not only —— 1A arian, La Z aeee rectional on) array 0 Nor pouth and & esallirg ibe bulwarks of the i expoees me the Union to nent peril. It ie the ja ‘ion that makee the Union, ant the subversion of the constitution is the overthrow of the Union. It is revolution becauee it changes in fact our form of government. The parchment upon which the constitution ia isinnored, re stil! remain, the ky 4 forme may still be admiai but even thise will soon follow, until nota —— maine of the wrement formed 0 the patriots and of the revoruion, If there are howe ‘ee believe hatte Cnion can ‘ong be preserved when the bave been subverted and the serene adicial tribunal S the Union expunged or 09! tod, their delusive oper, their dreams of domination and power, will"soow vanish. We have TOW tot, ol & sectional ‘and S| eee based upon a 8 n- ing all \lustriows Wockingnow, but we have a party “carocaing revesenonary, subjecting ai to division or tion, and pn ng su judicial tri. pura T indulge in no menaces a the Union; make no one On AFUdject Of such fearful im; Hut this , that the South will not and ation, they will not be deap tied by the in the common territory Rot constitutional guarantess, ut ft ie tbe union Of the constitution of sovereign i hasten ‘vinces—of the South. wnabor Ube sub submit to will adopt the last alternative, separation, ted ‘a im Thy spiel, Independence, Net me share, ford of the lion heart and engle eye; mig stepa I'll follow with my bosom bare h rolling eons should lower along the aky Whether reviding North or South, whether in pvlig or FF of the petvate He may bart atrte Rave over been devoted, vo the consiitation and preserve the Union. A love 1 our constietonal Union bexists overy pulsation of ay heart, and is entwined with every ligament of my frame. Amid all the cares and enjoyments, the duties and re sponsibilities of iife, ithas ever been and my chie! picasures and consolations, = it fe couaomnelate the present position of my an ualelding scroll reall rengvascin sate “snd prosper, ze r }VADCIDS peas ty. I love to look upon her as she is, and as she is to be, if the constitution and the Union can be malatain- ed and perpetuated. view her now, with « con- mercial marine ly more than doubled within the last ten years, reaching now nearly six milHons of tons, al- ready surpassing that of Groat in, and at the same relative rate of progress, long befor: century greatly exceeding that of ‘of all the worki cor aa long since predicted in my official re} mighty cx; of territory, Mexico, occupied thirty millions of Uiceed wh fr larger aro of ba appl POR ay pce Ul po ane A ne to man. 1 #ee twenty-four thonsand miles of railroad, al- ready in oj thaa all the rest of the world), stretch: Missis pp, elready, rt various ‘rom’ Nort fo Souths soon to pour thelr Wuitod thes ot bBo, ght business into the one Iie to the Pacific. I see the of Califor: tralia, apd a vaat ing through this c the travel and traffic of gether with our own, and aolckeat route to the the command of universal commerce passing from Diese dnemn maeuiacinanirtiomin tes commands the commerce of the worid must command the institutions of the he ay owed introduce them Gually into general not by the sword or conquest, but bythe moral force of our successful example, striking down fhe tbrones of despots and erecting 0} ruins the giorious fabric of the peopie’s will. Isee, too, what in this probable crisis of my country’s Cree it is my -~ Begain to xem from my Texas letter, that, when Congress and the North shall have wholly ceased to in ea the rn. ¢ of slavery, the African race out = na tae to Menton, spanish borders, pasaing i and Central and Spanish America, and in part returning to the shores of their an- ceators, there, it is hoped, Mes carry Obristianity, civiliza- tion and freedom tthe bonighted reclon of the sons of Ham. Indeed, it is a most remarkable ‘act, that while in their native Africa the race has made 26 pro- greas, while in the mock republic of Hayti or brutal potism of Solovque, in Jamaica and the British West In dies, the emanei slaves have retrograded to barbar iam, while even in our own North the free black race is generally found in the yn or poor houses, or nospitals, the esy)uma of the deaf and ‘an, the blind or insaue, or in peatilent alleys or cellars, amid scenes of destitution and infamy. Yet in Africa alone « colony of emancipated tlayes, born and raised in the much abused South, and trained and manumitted by Southern masters, we dud the only hope of the African race and the only success they bave ever achieved out of bondage. PR ys apy one ventures to ——. the people < e r of sectional or geographical parties, now denounced as & traitor or disunionist. ‘Washington, Jeferson, Madison Monroe, and conducting Cyan Sed to- nb nearest, cheapest, safest ‘admonitions, and form sectional and geographical par- ties, are the enemies of the constation toa and the Mg Po; revolutions always sudden. The dat clond is seen in the horizon; we hear the scenes thunder, pearer and nearer; louder, still louder, it roils above us—then comes the |i btning flash, the Crash of ‘the Union, and allisover. We will then stand amid the ruips of the irrevocable past We will Stand at the dread judgment seat of our country and of the pond a8 the books will be opened and despots pron: Sentence, the dooin of our race, as they be Deleve, solt government is a bloody and delusive phantom. No, bet- ter bad we tear th? earth from its orbit, and scatter it horrors of that livizg death w! lution of the American Union. If the surrender of my my poor paler ae aan er Ppa ye try, gladly, most ‘the sacrifloe—ibe cunriice { ob no, the day, mop tea of such a achieve- meut. If my voice coul ‘reach even the black ‘ republi- cam" party, I would say reassemble your convention. re nominate your candidates if you please, elect them if you can, take all the spotls, but coed down your digunion African platform, ere ) ou endorse it at the polls, and give the country some otber platform which will not imperil the Union. No man values more than ag = the countless bless. disaster comes, it will be attended by cly ‘and the sword must be the umpire. How can it be 1? Who is to arbitrate between the North and the the tion, spd rebuild the sacred edifice. Vil war, of all others the most roctous. The line which separates the South will be reer in all history as ‘the line of It will De marked on either side by Crows euamen by Opposing batteries, LA gleaming sabres, by ‘a bayonets, by the tramp ot contending armies, b; ond citics sacked and pillaged, by 5 flames, and fields leid waste and dee: hand can LM the yell which conceals the ennyeute disasters of sch @ conflict. No prophetic vision can netrate the dark abyss cf such a cal Twill Toad i Bry oath RT be m pots, and upon as they Talore sevedae Otaaeeele their motio. ~ Man Is ineapadie of self governmen Nor BeOS dk er ae bers will pte them the or exem| them from the calaraities of cach a" wont the ony Sisland totuspial rate of ths North would be great and overwhelming. ees Products of the South have now a least thirteen yer of = ee Portion surplus the North. Thus the total ‘xqbe of the whole country of our ow ucts manofactures (excluding specie) the ending 0th of Tube, 1865, were $12,751,000, of which there were from the North $67,626,000, ain abroa #23 from the Mouth $125,124,000, ae slong ae & 148,000, thus Pie Kort the bas oy ho pong A EH of the "aosth oer le of those commercial —— (the cradie of ovr navy) and employ our shipping, th iy more than doubitsg our ton- page, and on witimately 19 tae com- merce of the worl: £0 also as to the articles not exported abroad, Those of the South being almost exclusively raw products, and thore of tho North, to a great extent manufactures, the raw materials furnished by the Scuth to the North, must he deducted ‘from the Northern product and added to that t the Inet census was 064,066. The engval prodvcte of the South mow reach at least st, 300 000,000. which furnish the means of employment to more than three millions “7” of the North. This arises in in abroad 2 and rivera, railroads and canals, and which bring the return cargoes, the timber must be cut, the iron and other materiais furpiahed, the yebicles of commerce built, the railroads and |, the crews and hands e . the #1 nn aol tern the Soprepenet pied, the merchan: employment and wages to thousands ‘at the Ne two, the Ey an other parties of the North and manufactures and provisions to number to millions. Indeed, the the mployment to Northern capital and Korthers taort me! dissolution of the Union and ciyil war, there total non intercourse between the North and into other channels. ee ae bee ona of the people o the N tnctuding the families connected with them most of whom be reduced to absolute would not be the care with them of low or salaries, or low wi the bi news that gave thom empl conned, As theve millions, th be unable, as heretofore, to many thovgani# more in the » ‘ent, lowe their jness and ew ploy ment, and thas ex tend the disaster, ro ae toailect mort injur ously the whole POOR Sortnern Va pel vereei# and s'eamere would loose their freight and passengers passing to and from the south, the \ rm stores, connected with this trade, would be clored, the Northern verscls iay idle at the *! vot ageh manufactures no longer reach thi ib, nor the cotton be furnishei ia engine works, thus employed, would be ie Northern farms would breadstuffe and provisions to the south—these in Hew of that portion heretofo-e cupgiies ve the Northern market. Their own exports would be broad in their own of foreign vessels from Were -| ee ee eee the tira in the game manner, Would be jurn cargoes. In pa ch a cessation of business, of Intercourse, of i employ ment, produced by,civil war between bing Korth and the South, would cause here a perfect paralysie. Commerce would perish; credit would decay, al) property, real aul personal, would rapidly depreciate in value, good debts, to banks aod others, woul become Worthless; wages or gainries would congo oF decline; tock would sink to ® pomina! value; confidence would vanish; all available mesns would take the form of cie, which would be boarded, and seek its usual Places, as in all times of convulsion. To crown the dis- ‘ater, more than three millions of people at the North, re- Fi, ag I gg They must bave and raiment. how to be obtained? Tce gee ea tenes tet oa it be by division or confiscation’ Would ‘dae anterent process? Would riots vemail? Would ph and pillage close the disast Le misery, deaths; government, debts, at enormous’ rates of interest, aad of persona and capital to other conte wa en increase, while li Ry a x. patiles nalstrite. The taxes to suppo1 support themselves, and armies in the fleld, pee nen, (greater than our whole ur millions of men, wi pu trample down the people, consume their sul ieee ean, Sa LJ 101 5 guillotine, tine, and possess what they call law and order. But would we bave even these, unti! military usurpation had ood and violonce, and written the last sad e] ty and self-govern: shadowed, but it is by the pencil of reality would be darker ike th ir Id. wo wtiors ta otk ns ese, ani wou! iJ ia then tt sense of duty did not compel me to giv ere it is too late, and exert all nen Map to prevent the ruin of ountry. OW, may possibly accomplis! ‘omething; after ‘the Siecle, ae y hanbie voice would be unbeard or unheeded in tempest of passion that would sweep the country. Let those of the North ‘who tell na thore is no canger, shrink from the fearful responsibility | ere the evi! “— shal! come upon us. They tell us there Syme oe saved his country? cso and ‘saved he the Union, if it never was in danger? But it was is, inaperil and {t was eaved by measurrs adopted by the orth and the South. But now the U axd the South, go tar as the votes dates of the so called tropublican’? pote is pewtees is already dissolved; for no man anticipates a solitary electoral vote for these candi¢ates in apy State of the South; but this controversy isto be settled exclusively in favor of the North, and by the exclusive vote of the North: and the rights, wishes and interesta of the South are to be wholly disregarded, Beware, my countrymen, ere it be too late, how you adopt these perlious counsels. Give no vote that puts the Union in the slightest peril. Make no such feartul expe- riment. Friends of the Union, of all perties, our edemies bave combined; they have fused, and under their uaited ettorts tho pillars of the constitution and of the Union are rocking {o their base; and we may have assembled in November next, for the last time, under our country’s flag as citizens of a common Union. the Union have united—and why should we became rated’ The flag of the North “American’’ party, as they onal! themselves, is trailing in the dust, and is re- placed by the black “republican” standard. Your lead- ers bave surrendered the American flag and taken in ex- change the African banner. They have capitulated at dis- cretion; they have surrendered your Candidates and princtpics, and demand your votes for the candidates and platform of tho black “republican’’ party. Friends the Union, come and unite with us ssiple ours, t» the rescue of our cag” Mie betieve that James Buchanan is Im suffictent force, the friends of the U to save the country. Come democrats, come whigs, tome friends of the Union of every party, come to which James Buchanan loves so well, and to long life of devoted service. Come my brother, give me your band; let us save the country first, and then at some future election, the imistrative about which we now differ. Come in the name of our common country, now in the agony of an apy convulsion! Come in the name of the constitution an: the Union, Pg dgon arse to imminent peril! Come memory of the comingled blood of the North and the South, red out on the battle delds of the Revolution! the name of the liberties of the world, which would be aes FA fall <r American Union! Come wich farewell warnings jeshington on lips, and ii on your earta—oel te pestionat or: Inst the South—but in country, athe tm fhe orions march to the polls, as our fathers of peril, to the music and flag of the Reepectfully, your fellow citizen. R. J. WALKER. ri 5 We are sincerely ob! Boston has always sustained the Opera, Performed, with munificent Woeralty, even ‘with the our- den of a and ek ote eset compopy. plea eg! operas: aa aa ork tchencen, not large enough 4. ih, fay, ana m or sy: enough to ve ent jumiasm to ee fingers ab fey have played card to fill tern teu Boston with jad vl ‘test bere the; Mibey wil) not onty make up their Josree, but find an appreciation which is even rarer than money. We remember witnessing a representation of the “prophet” et the New York® ‘Academy, when a tolerab! large and exiremely fabionable audience was 5 4 ‘was marvellous to see how the universal maintained its decorum nt hag | was ag quiet and proper as at a fashionable Tye No valgur upseemly hands, to the damage of white gloves, yn eyes or animated countenances— nothing to rhow that the music or acting made the least impression. Yet it was ove of La Grange’s most won- fan a ber etbgt ai meal bin” aeeired Jachelotqney am singing Incomparable. on! plause came from a bevy of Bostonians, fot piqued, ) who enraged at the stupid dole around them,” upon whom fous music was thrown away. ‘Well, we will not reproach people for what they cannot help. We are thankful that we have got the oars: we shal! evjoy it while it lasts, and fervently pray for time when it sball become a permanent institution in gypsies of . Morelli is perdu, we know not where.’ Badialli, the magnificent, cbief among all dukes, is in Europe, But we bave evil) Madi de in Grange, peerless now who unites more execution, than any wo one of tho 78, 100, the deli at or A roa yore ooking a jolly friar, Cop * voice to roar out a d. profuntis with the Clerk of © Maoburet, thou; f3 aS deer eal & glimpse grace an b our modern barivone would givelt. We bave, also, Pbillips, oar towns woman, whose m: nificemt yoice—the best of its kind after Albonl's—we have s0 often acmired. think it will do, The separate points of tty) siare of the frst magnitide, and if the company 's twail, each member will «nly bave to work a little harder. We hope our indefatigable Marotzok wil! use overy ex- ortion to procure a good and cilicient chorus. Operas bere have lacked much more in that respect than in any other, The penchant of the ci<ffor # good orchestra Jeaves vs no room for apprehension on that score. Ou Monday vight to bare “Ti Trovatore.’’ Wo understand That a large number of seats are already se- cured, and that the prospect for a brilliant season ie de- cidediy promiaing, Let ts bave something ‘0 soothe us after the continual dip of politics. As we listen to |. Grange we shall not cares fig (for the time being) how Ponpsylrania hae ial to Col Greene ag though we po A We wenn even — hands with our ourier, and perhaps drop a sixpence in Marshal Tukey's bat, to cefray the eapenese of torch. light procession. Mr. Wade bas the ticke\s, to whom we recommend all our readers who wish to enjoy once more the most ex quisite entertainment yct devised. ‘Tas Orage iN Paitaneiens.—The new Opera House now im process of erection here, will be complete! avout the let of December, it is offered for lease im the following advertieement — AweRioaN ACADEMY oF Memo, Prot anELPRia.—The direc ‘epared to lease the SROCTATION OF EXEMPT FIREMRN.—THE, lar quarterly meeting will be held at Firemen ueeday. Oct. 21, at 73 o'clock P.M. Punctual att reqneated, a8 business of Interest to every member wil be ihe meet i rong before they W. WHEELER, Recording Secretary HOTELS, TAMPERANOR NOTICE FROM THE RAINROW rn from the woot, Alspp « Bast ‘ot'bonae, Jones’ Croton ale, ; Rohinaoa’ rou le, of Hudson; last ut pot least a roast baron of beef and -_ pudding thie ley. J) ROOKS OLD,STAN MOTEL, (4 AND i LISPRNARD Bs ar Browder —Chvice wines, sir ale, Fr tam, An ordinary: from 10 3 err ‘Pood be of week, JOSEPH ‘Sado’, % Proprietor, mei ke wer wnchester CTODER FRETIVAT DROWN OCTORER a ‘4 see ie the barley jaice b bration w' ye he! = wenn % Gh eran HOTEL " ' J nner at 7 P. ern yt abana eM RAY Nohs, teen.) Chairmen ’ slaew vaoviks. Py eri tor ‘a nd (6 Lispegarday, be 2th onth unt notice. Peka eul sat ou the ith inst. A large grant of Peete cee teeta srt i Be Tiled Slates Saf Brondway, uP stairs, room No. ETT O, O, F.—THE =MEMBE: GU8TETS Lobax, xo. 11, 1. poy se gs ‘Oct. 21, as the celebration On ENT. Tiase tthe ug. AFAYETTE FIRE INSURANOR four ane. or , 1866. The books of Brook); to the com| ill be ‘opened Sra toma a once ve be epee Pa ae & OWE! SAMUEG ne Bot EDWD. T. BA’ eens _ aa Oe, Seton uel ta ho Sart 7A tn figs te breags ena ayia We iva ar wants S* RESBPE RLV, aaa bee TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. 4TH WARD IN A BLAZE — A large and enthusiasilc meeting of the consolidated de- mocracy of the Pourth ward was held ning Geiser, as = ee ‘Hotel, — wa &T Presidents:—P; a a a a, ice, eatin roars oa. ‘ete be ee ieee 4 ~ Donnelley and John idee James cary a a end 1 Castles. reported the following, which w. , Owen Heal pale ‘au, Harence i -3 ,3 Gist cs Joseph Rose, Se ean ae wattice 0 0" Lynch and Oliver O'Donnell, ‘a committee ed:— Resolved, That we recognise the constitu and firmly adnere to the lon, ape ee cratic party gino slrict suction of and believing the Calg! declared in Edge mealies ion < at the late Cincinnati on to be in, a. is tine red tenets, we give them our most hearty ap- wal. Prresclved, That in. common with our democratic brethren throughout these United States, we owe re of ete a gratitude to the noble pioneers in Feonueyivanie, Indiaus, nectient. New sexeey end Florida who with the traitors to the constitution joa) 80: iy trlumphed over fanaticism of ever shade, thus elevat our fondest hopes, end ‘pfusing an unconquerable spirit in the hearts of tee on, Fee sete ous, unanimous!y adopt all trie democrats: while at the same time the infernal cva- splracies sgainet the Union and fhe, unholy aapientions of and thelr part o republicanism have been Soy aa jesolved, That we will cordial Buchanan aed Joan (gr Breaien monies, knowing uc ey . Brecl to be patriots of tried ope whose election would be the surest guarantee of of our eee Tnien and the deat koe!! of fanaticisin in whose success 'y agstrance gh toned and honest adiaintstration the afatre of our Blate ernment. Resolved, That we hail with the warmest enthusiasm the nomivation of John Kelly as our a for Sanaa ane the democracy, in reward for bis untiring exertions of vil and religious Abecty, ‘pledge hints rtemphact re. lection. “fesalved, That the Hon. James Hayes, the regular dema- late for the Third Assembly district is entitled vw es and warm serge he has been nurared ‘and lids best ve been cxnployed ia bo halt o or Fine! ibtei ‘of the | pecie; ane arse ia rests of tho test Leglsiatnrs gives the agvest, guaran TY ee ae mie eeree Pe aprest gi tee of his future the counclis State. Resolved, ‘That, as Mayor of heck Ct pa, Fernando Woot ewan to esteem and conti of on w abiding fmmprye 4 bis ry and talent, and by the em ~~ tu the mut = one pe of & perma- nent basis his. ‘adinirubie ® ali ry ulations, it of parkmount importance to the best int our people ‘thal be should bengein chosen our chief magistrate, Hevolved, That we gperove end cordially ondorae the nomt maniatl from ye nations ¢1 the late p the Fourth ward, and it we will Peng & cand. dates presented to us on that occamon, them i to beet no ‘Aoupite poy but men of ty rep 44 the eats contidence of their Lad democrats; an) qu wo upon akg jxious and broken down politicans. who, like he ee old, would not oo. at aoe reams to recover standing, fu order to honest democracy of the Tour for their own vile and mercenary purposes. Neoslved, That we heartily foccmasesnd (fine, tone of this ward the ticket for ward officers the vem ropieciateet ess tntver ay calaaf ah ae ree) nal to all Geist rela For Aacomnhy por Assessor For Insp priors of Election:— ‘ Ist di Charles Deviia. samuel ae njamin D. Weic: Jona G Crowe. ° he wgeies was Sos ay i re Liaw ton aay, oat: AS A. Yard, of Groner Keansy, Secretary. TA NESTING OF THE THIRD WARD REPUBIA. € Ar ast Charter So held at Cy ot aooiees street, selected for Gocereny i 0, Goria anion Sehoool oy sdk phere Schoo! I ‘ioasgen: eat ¥ fited, at this jancture ine our yt affairs, to oa give the pT gh pe = proval and endorsement, there‘ure, Rennie, That as citizens of the ward sot, onion oe Tepublicaa party, having a deep imerest in of our mupicipal afturee we will put forth our best avers “Kod the Convention adjourned, to vention adjour ant the call of a GMO. PARR EB, Chatran J. M. Costs, Secretary. © a5 A= MATL PENNSYLVANIA! Recnrvion oF Tun hevstove Cuvs, A}! those gentiomen. win intend acting 4» a mow escort, ‘hiiadeiphia are req’ 1d mart for the key atone Chub of Phiiade on Broome siree!, in front of tl House, morning, October 21, at 10-9 sock A. ry oxi chagg MOMAR AY GLOVER, Marshal, Ati, Him, H: Appleyard, bo ¥, Krome. Capt. Otto,” Joba Lai Capt: Witchen, Gus Becks?” _THE LECTURE SEASON, PRCTURS ON DISKASES OF THE B LEoT, 1. D.. physician and opthaliaie ae ¥, Be sume his lervures on the theo: a tiny medicine aud surgers. incladin Le on 18, yey Nise office, | Ne 7 Chatoa Hall, Astor piace. Rmanuel Lyous, Capt. Bodke, LLAOPr'S “PALE ALE—IT ‘YY, HAS A tbody" sirong Soonghto bear am cna, aed te taipmasts as nectar. They keep it on dranght at No, oi Houston street, rear frondway, finest resorts or gentiomen jin these Uaned “Saee There is no pale ale in world—no, even... fe —auperior, ~ Everything ‘omained ‘nt “The Otce’* the way of refresliments is of ihe first qua gupeastee 0 isaomeia y e hrm gta: Shame HONEY is the Proprietor. RANDIES, $ OFARD DePUY 4 Co.; PINRT, CASTIL- ules, Robin in’ assorted Booths ve t iridh whiskey, asorted braada Wt olive: Nguore tn "4 for wale uc STowes atta pl bro. NED ¢ Coto ‘Merray strest, importers NOGNAC, ESSENCE OF SUPERIOR qeauirr ror ers furnished with samples, by addressing I. sale, M.C., Posto WARD 4 €O., fe MURRAY bet ag A 44 -J diet | ew and elder whtehey, pare ap {ow proof, the best and cheapest aricies of the’ kind in market pool, & few p Pom pi and ites xt. ii be supplied wi any quantity less Riek Mos be virleais sal teach sles ee .. corner of Third avenue, aud Dry Vt Bast Viriees Thirteenth street. aaa ) BOURDON ¥ WAHISKEY.—BOURBON COUNTY, Ret’ whiskey, constantly on hand at the wine vaults, 18 Wail erect. URE JUICE PORT Wr of cont: ence should tunity of preearing a bottle of (his seldom ih ye tound outside of the drug store. for gale at the wine vanite, is Wall Anno STOCK ALE PALE INDIA IEEHR. AL ALR, ¥: Sarre: Dale at JON between Crenees G. brewery, BILLIARDS. ene AAP PIP APPA RPOOCOPCORROLAIOD. “A LARGE ety He, or oy rien A trimmin; FAR inners A oar ae TAKMS pan nnd od in ssewraree at ‘this ace sale fa ae ea ew ART | 19, 1856, —' FEBR 856.—MODEL BILL TARD Emotes ‘enlesrooims. wil w bition of the adore i ate Begadway; manuiactory, 83 Anu sree. (SS a ARS. ryanoms 13 & STATR releabhe le scare ig is ¥ su. Sixt SK wenn er aaeaed VASH BUYERS ARH INVITED FO BXAMIN® ay / stock of | ki Bi teh 0. Opecna aa low ne $i, Bee gulencen bathed on tans ‘GHRERS, 17 Beondwor, eRars Are bEinE agit to pay nig