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The Texas Republican from Marshall, Texas • 2

The Texas Republican from Marshall, Texas • 2

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Memte, mi IV MWjMt hid rtinf ((fwiil Wtjt WpKf l.anH in tn rnnkf II wlnl it rtr.olrf iIik (limnd I'Mif, If It'll pair4" 't. i. ly to Purlin, Jrjffirmm, to hfiid oft adver boat Imi liwn limit with KMMt and rtwnrrn will public in niTjr worth) of of VVh. II. it tfL hit CiuIiIii.

Mrnrt. are MM1 it, who, from lliMr Hi mm wrll enlfnUlml lor tlm i'umbh thy 'Vv UlUtl it(t wnreliiiuMi Col. tVilU'a coiniiiuuir.i 'n co'itritrifM partin fr HjnWrffiiT- fWjgfttttprnly of t. Ik dM," ll- woid iirofi 1 tkovUi Of Thf prcxjwntv in bulli i -UBfw 4 the bftff dttt for tie ihU hen It will rearli did of the one queatinn. Truly, General.

'leflVrmm of Tiipwlrty IJHotfcttig the Tliwpiitt. ciorpe, at I hat jl.c4.Np: ()n Ttittrftday evening they w' Jwil JfMK'd It hi Hloomer. nt, itlt 1ti anl and htmJiii inspiring vviniln, with illivi, iu him) Htnl cfc the eauh with the MP, throUM tllf I hMMtUvl widow, belli a love, -September i'ohiw, of Autumn, MlMii lo act In unto ItatVM. IW total Vote in counties of Travis, KraUf, liarrii, ilcil, 'v Comal, Mniiwa, i-jrado, Maatrnp, Montgomery, Grimci, Cherokee, ktii. Briuo iu, Malagnriiu, i.

$m4, Hut, Itohad Jatkautt, Walker, Wan A Nuocra, I'olk, I IIi), Jutpur, Fan. Imn. VaHnuii, Ked Kiivr, Lamar, I. 09, Hwl, Howie, Uniliii, ami Huttn, be, ftoftutiM, Ike vote fttanrin aa lo Ml. 8.9W; Bpporaoii, li Orwr, J1IV He i Well Iwt niliel) of ting msmy aa all of ctfmpetitora Lieuteut iiovernor 51 Uie vote BtamU Hi Hard, 4.497; Kvviihii, il.ti'lii 1014 HviMitiimii, Kur (1m tlriiich, WU fur fmlvtiilm ciiHiilit-a, and W.bli, la tonif tiniv ngn whnt hail MUw Town Council.

Wo lire adtft rrpMl Ihn inquiry. Our in wretched emiditlun mid our fitiWic law aomewhftt nl worn out Held, with a hnv flMad in middle ul it. It a iitgilr to ttiroupti mill dm NNIm tW new in hi NdnHl rwtelyde Hi'- tiimi win Tb. fl-imj pUt'ila niyM a'nl cmnmnn art.ilr, rendriing it mi I fwnn abroad ill ewtilill lomlitief, aMertaia Hkiim." tlio laWaahaftit wltliin til" rurpo ni a Kvttft, and nMrlv within a thr town Oil Mia tiled with iirgnita, who deport umiSMM llf their own fnaldoii, whether 1 fMtaf drank or fdaying mid M'Jkmt niiM.ii'** cjiat wliiph It fi down ft of to i titl flMl wiint lias of fJwHMwt the mem Or they pit tTM1 which thy are tin If corporation charter ferfMHfKWtiMra he aaemtrd, and BMflljrVM ioMeil are onei from of amendment HSHf' Wm ham that riotbed with the A of tUe and to within the Ht unlgtit render miiaid papar, and did not And it in hf Mi of Ike Rtpalilioan. A tnmniiHM of twenty-nine wm appoint ad to and a prranit.lc and of ulijrct aod of that meeting, and we lind Col.

Well. third man on that rnmmitteo. Ai to cnuree In lliat meeting, do not profeaa any acipiaiiitaitrr to br flight discrepnnc bemtfn recollection of it and that of Mr. W. T.

Scott Mr. S. remarked tlj.it he i hud not found a man who participated in that meeting ami that now- belonged to the Union party, hut wished to out of It, by pretending to have Im rn opposed to its course nt (he time. Ho far as his recollection of the meeting was court-r it ed, (he only point of difJ ference seemed to lw to that part of the reaoI lutiona which livcted on the mtJfrr of Citn. Houston in voting for the Oregon ter ritorjfll hill, Arid the terms of denunciation applied to J'ri-sident I'oJk for aigniug it.

These resolutions are of the strongest possible character, and in direct to the views expressed by Col. Wells at this time. We find that these in a meeting composed of a large and res peetable nuoiher of the of llarri' son county with only four dissenting voices. Yet they were published to the world without objection or animadversion. I It Col.

Wells was very anxious to put himself in a different light before the world, then was the time to have done it, instead of waiting until nearly three years had elapsed. But the courso of Col. W. is a matter of eery little difference with us. There has been so much shuffling in ranks within the last two years so many who ive tenounrnl tin ir opinions publicly that ho no doubt finds hiuiseil' in iTry rrxprrfahlr The olotwl given a short ffdiodc in favor of Mr.

J. IIall. tm that that gentleman not a Without casting any upon the v'rarity of the Colonel, we feel bourn! to take the of our friends, particularly when their are cor roborated by the report of Mr. Hall's fa vonte paper Im report written by one of and by find him the tiulh I umi announced in the outlet, ami each eit ifttn marie we acquainted with it, that each I of Union, a part of the I 1 ttonal (ioveroment, and that no one can dissolve ita connection with that (lovern ment, without subjecting its citizens to I all the of rtbrl such a doctrine an secession would not be countenanced for a moment." I he reported to have said, in speak( i.ig of the They are sovereign in regard to their own municipal matters, but further this they have no sovereignty i If this is not taking tiio broadest consoliI dotion ground we do not understand the force of language. than thin, he not oi ly endorses very cordially the doc trine ol consolidation, but to make (ittii, Washington a eonsoodationist.

I But it whs not the object of Co). in delend Mr. Hall. Not he. They only i happened to think alike, and it to have been convenient to couple them together and to make one lit them both." We suppose that the Col ouel has been abused out of It certainly not fallen in our way to say much of him and we hare never done I only where he chote to enter the public arena.

We have certainly had no interest, nor haa it been our deMgn, to misrepresent him. IV communication a riddle I to ui, except tlisi portion of it which re- to lit" I'utiUc ri.ii in iho to a letter, which usually the rubject of lior thoughts The late aliuiiuli lo thin oiei-ting wmi the mam cause, we preaumc, ol the t'oloni'l ii bold entrance in the pub lie prints instead of adopting tlui of somo of liis and having hiitiaell defended, at sacrifice of LlI. ordinary rule. of grammar and rbetoiic, by aiionv scribblers. 'lliv excitement of coiu nnd I pb-asuie of name in print lutd probably something lo do with entree the slagc.

Or- tamly no one would him of any to ohiain fiolilirul notoriety, or jxwt A.muiu Wo might well waive the little be against the pro nf the niet'luig in queatinu, il he I would endoiee the forego tiiat argument against seceuiou wbicii article. The Colonel i( of opinion that if a (tale to go out of thu Union, she would Hrat have to make a treaty of ilipulationt with the other tales. What atipula; tlnui) are, we are not specifically inlonned. But thejr appear to be that (taU shall Ami give up which the lien aral in ptuved, public build iugi in ttie nf and we the national roada," if aiinald happea to ba any running Ika Htata; the right la ragulate IMHM, to saafca war traaliea, lntwiiU (prang ap that Ml Ml ba with." If Wwiw, wwn tfca athat Slataa in tad peMWfua," ha for WmM hW go la paaaa-," hat if toghra tbaaa www ky jwhtt tv)j FNaMmt MM gM aroao4 Jfcr ti Uut fcor or Bv. MM, MifW ouilify at tmci, -on 1.1 Mcminn llM il matt mnabcrW dM fto WmmI wuoM of UnfaMii after Um ialifMli tU odwr sum protidad for.

In the manner mentioned above, although hf m'ght her independence We imagine -ve hear turn saying: hush! I hear thcno plaguy kortifU again." Bui to bteeriooa with the Colonel We eaniiot how he could have misinterpreted the course of the Kepuhlican, it never defended the justice of the compromise measures. It heM them up, from the beginning involving important anil mentoua sacrifices. The submission party of (Jeorgii adopted a platform upon which we rould stand. Ilut what did they do fur ther I They nominated as the leaders of their part) the very men who had deserted the South ir? her hour of hoi! who had contributed to fasten theae odious upon the country. They were the kind of traitora to whom we Mippoie, Mr.

Wigfall alluded in his JUDOS ft 11 Vt I Wo publish loin week a from addressed to the editor of the Tyler Telegraph. This letter is in answer to a report of, his speech delivered al Jefferson several months ago. published bv the Herald of that plaee. denies having espressed any opinion in that speech to what course he was in favor of pur suing with South Carolina io case she Acceded from the I nion, nor does he as yet appear to have made up his mind on that (object. lie says in this letter I contended that the tinier.

had a right to enforce laws eithin the limits of or Slate. Short of Hticceftftlul revolution would he a (no) harrier to the execution of'these Ami again he applies the following figure to demonstrate the relations of Slate to the (ieneral (Jovornment With a refractory son a course foi tin father is plainly marked out by the lair Its instruments arc the lash, the dung ton, and the penitentiary." These sentences will stand nt "unfading testimony of (he federal principles Judge KulNTtn, strengthened. J.isendorsement of the letter ol Mr. ol 1830, jimi liia concurrence with the of (hat prince of federalists, Mr. It in wi ll known to ovary will informed politician that the views expressed in tliiletter of Mr.

Madison, signing tin charter of tho old I nited Sites' Hat.k in contradiction of every principle of past life. It should well known to Judge erts that Supreme Court in clothed with no fHflitiral powers, and that there If nnv ruici, in whi' it would form a rier against the usiirpations of the (ieneml Nor is the right to seces-ion to lie iimi onh when no other resource is left to an aggrieved State. The appeal to the balance ol the in such an event would he no remedy lor a majority of them would have consented to a violation ol the terms ot tin- co.op ict, Infore such an outrage could he perpetiatcd It is idle tor Judge Kohrrts to tell us that the Suites have a right to revolutionise when ho places her citizens in the rondi lion of rrbrlx, and (ieucral ernment uith the fight to hang and them. It is worse than idle ti us alter this that this luioti a confederacy of common piide ol country sentiments- common in common honors." Or to taunt us ith the questions hat rank or position in the circle of the brotherhood of equality would a conquered State oceu pv A State whose citizens being slaugli tared and their homes made desolate with I tie- lire and sword ol civil war, leave he hind them a remnant of jiariionoi humiliated and prostrated at the feet ol the great central power?" These questions form a owerlul cmninlarv upon the political opinions of the Judge, and miiit overwhelm federalism wherever it exists W. the Democratic liiodidate lor (((Heritor, been elected in lint row.

II Haiti to true States nod fiioutherii 1 man. There are ttlso tivedAuocmtic five Congressmen pIh'IimI. Tins It an democratic In this Si we presume there no itoulil that the candidate for (iowrnur has been elected. In Alalxiina, llrnifg, candnUte in Muliilf 11 an in, State CAiidiilalv in tki i and hitc, Union candidate in the 7th, are elected, and Houston, t'nion, candidate in the Itii, District is probablv elected. From the returns thus far received from Arkansas, we are enclined to believe the democratic which is iited on the states rights pUtt'orin has been tnuinpi tnt.

Colvmhcs, 12. 1851. BxiiHMK.Tr on mas! pii ttilnH iiurrtlt, I In HX I i cit'meut ill (hit eily liner Mirny held a nwt'lling to the propriety of the Ciovernor'a pardoning arret fur on a white giil, 8 veari old, who nit eonilrnm.il to lie (inns Ureal majority in favor of hanging liim Meeting to lie field again this afternoon. unit people determined tbat juttice ahull lie done. 3 o'clock P.

a mob of about 900 who will hang him thin alternoon. will daoiawfhiin at 4 n'elork, and if they relate to jive him op, they will (ear down the Jail. I'hev hare a eannnn ready to ire at It, and every one lliinka thej will Mm ap Everything hat been dona to iiat'l Hwm, bat to no iMtrpoae. trcktk P. nuib aaw.

bM at foar o'rloek, proceeded la the Jail, aad demanded the "Ilio Sheriff re It I to give bbn up. Tbe doora were brnagbl and wrtiii xh" HFf hM'j for pftrf, rrU lion to JwHP Miff oftfco in Trial IW Mfcola matur against efcftfM JMOferrad himj obtained from tho odkitl of llw Coort, to partial bearing tt tm4 Hit aliilky which had mtirM conrse The signers of efrtifli'dUHi have Mn Iii thairturn attarked, their impugned, and (he dgiinil Judge VV. rcilfrited. are tmckni by of K. P.

flout, llrnrv Ithodetf, Hjtmuel Harris, llariis At Pease, K. H. Peaie, and iithcn (il ilie merits of controversy, mid tin- respectability of the signers of certificates, distant we are from the scene of action, we have no meant of judging. Hut we inclined to the opinion thiil tome of them, nt least, are reliable men. 11 is seldom the rite, if, indeed it ever occurs, thnt a public officer it attacked by such a formidable opposition, and charges of such a giave mid aggravated nature, are in specifically and directly made against him, where his conduct perfectly pure.

It certainly astonmbing to us that Judge shou' I have the controversy to have reached its present dangerous height. There in proper tribunal fnr the decision of all Mich matters, ami Judge VV should been the first to have denia1 an investigation of his conduct 'idge should not only be but character, private and public, should be bevond question. We know Judge to a talented and able man, and we have some reason to hope thai his character is misinterpicted Hut one thing is evident: there is a want of confidence in him as a man; a general feeling of distrust that pervades, at least, thin portion nt the No judge should sit on the Mench when there are strong prejudices against him, or fears entertained that tin- duties of nllice are not properly discharged. Judge VV utrous may have paramount reasons for continuing the dis charge of functions a judicial officer, even in lull view of the unfortunate cir cumstances with which he is surrounded. Hut unless such cnusea are exinling we should think, that justice to himself, it not the interests of the citizens of Texas, de inands that should suspend his duties as a judge, until conduct is investigated.

serai ni Tflir Telarrtpk. The editor of Telegraph, who profeg to Ml a too Rigts man as the name of Sa Hornioy the candidate of choice lor the f'n fiitfi'itcy. In so, he nays trust (tint v.e arc not actuated or sectional feelings. feel that a higher, a nnblei purpose prompted out course I lint ol sustaining piinei of tin- oiitttUition, ami advancing great country." lie knows no one combining so many of success Tlic Hero of San Jacinto." Willi a mi ml ami pattiolism too ami extrusive lo pent up by sretnatal divisions, lie will be an acceptable cantlt tin the mocrartf of the entire hum aid tl mil he president of the whole nion -dealing justice alike to the mnlh, lit' the eiist, an.) ihr nest, "lien. Houston has served his country too 11Miff and faithfully to be overlooked.

Ate. We suppose the editor is a ware that Hen. Sam Houston for the Oregon Teriilor al Kill with the ilmot Proviso incor porated in i' thai he in favor ol giving a wav the public lands in parcels ol I NO acres? imlUeriminat'ly to and foreigners not worth HI which will naturally divert emigration that direction, and fill the territories rapidly wi a freesoil population and thai he also voted for all ol llic late compromises, the abolition of llic slave trade in the District of Columbia and the admission of California included. This is the manner in which lien. Houston has served his country long ami tuithfttili and these are the recommenda.

lions which an- lo under him "an acceptable candidate lo the democracy of the entire I ioii." A title to these recommen datio. Hen. Houston declared to his not them liietids that lie had hard work to get in the I iiion, and that lie could not be kick ed out of it. Ttieae little tilings teemed to liava hail tlit'ir weight uilli our tatea anil Southern Uighls 11it-mi ill Ilia lie haa tmt more llnng to do, to claim our adiiiiinlion for Ilia tutu and conkiateiicv anil that it, to noininata Ml Ml," the lutoer of (ten. Houston's Incli.iii wife, at a Tor tha ice I'reaiden i I Ihi.

we will have li t. ttit'll. Ilouaton'a title aa ail iudtati chief) mill" IIhi Mi at tlie bead ol Ibe Government. In caw tliejr are elected, we he. (ilnrc for Htu lli xcmr, of tin' Inner I eruple," to rlironicle llie their adiniiiittrution.

Big Httiigiy it .1 popular writer in the of Alaiiainn, and la at present, we think, somewhere in Texas. what mellifluous namea Unix," "Bio Mian," and Blu lli Ha! ka! Go it, neighbor U'e anppnae we need not inform writer foi tlie mhlo alette, (bat he will lind hia interealing editorial headed 41 Kti quel," which in that I Ml per of Ally, it. in ItOiit 1'iitt. ra, or the Regulators of Kentucky." imoK written lijr JAara Warn. page 7tt, ni Aral volume.

Can editor expliun tliia latter ho hat 5nt Into the editorial chair, and MWOlUted act of literary piracy OCT Tke Herald sa Tha Tola aa far at heard from, ihowa Hcarry liOtii vntea ahead of and Ika foi. In or inn eomitiea to br baard from, lo-wil: t. ravaon, Collin, kaofinaa, Henderson, Via Saudi, WeodUsSmaa, N4 Tjlar." wWf tni C'anTfnlHHM ftr fourth foitricl of UaiuiiM lints llir I'orintf en lllh of llifir rumjiilatr lion. ft Moo nr. of Martin; the dem Um Hon.

K. Momit, a true Suin Rights man, and one who opposed mtnfvll the late compromise" measures. following the resolutions adopted the flc it M'f do heartily Approve legislation ahovc referred Jo, ftinl give all honor and prwi lo (fin en lightened and patriotic senators ami Kepresentalives ef whatever party or who, having originated and carried trough these measures ot conciliation ami i "in i have in our judgment deserved Mtil of iheir country. That we are opposed to and ill discountenance disunion and secession ill any and every si ape, whether from the North or Mouth and that regard the preservation of the of the Stales as a sacred and permanent tv, which we owe to ourselvo and to out to whom, helping us, we will traii-m unimpaired the nohlw heritage bequeathed Fathers of the I'onstitutum. II That we have the fullest in the patriotism, firmness, ami Millard Fillmore, the President the States in whom we have loi ur chief majitftratc not a man tilth Southern hut a Ninthern man with national who in tl.e administration of office, will know no Nortli, no Mouth, no Fast, est, but whose comprehensive patriotism is large enough to embrace whole countrv.

'I hat we desire to see established ami prosecuted the i ejieral a judiemus internal im prowiiient, which we deem ei.dlv im portai.I tor the Ninth West, jjreat natunil rsourees require imprfdn.lv their proper and nt. the establishment of much a system and that we desiic also, the institution of i ilic duties, or an ail in lit upo i the ruination lor the piemnt assessing duties upon the v. dues in the I lliai kets. Below arc yiven the resolution adopted 1 Hrnihrtl, li.it we ill i abide by ami maintain 11 iiici iean I nton, lonjj jis it Upon these piilieij IrS l.lbtr\y, Juslic, and i.ijimhtij iijh.ii ithielj our father placed it, and no longer. 'J.

Ursolrftl, That till- I of distinct, independent, ai.d sovrn who I'V their own free will and have united in a Confederacy lor i mu tuaI safety, advantage, and prosperity I. li solrvd, ii.it wIk'im ver (he and powers of (loverninent homed are subverted and abused, so as be it ril to the oppression of any of tl States either by tin- continued -a Ms law or by determined jnatioii of an mapnitv, thai lid lit ran be upheld In tic- pa only a submission as iLiujji mis a u.i jmlicl as it is unworthy an and people. 4 Rrsolrt'il, That at th'' form timi III the invei mueut, in in all the actine Illlt one, Mid was at i I la I compact a the to any i species of piopert ami rl)y I It i to the exclusive runt the ineni Kelvi'M ithin thei limits. 5. That the conlinued, teuiatic, and of the people and many of Staler tie Ninth, Upon th" institution of slnve judged Iiv lit 'Se ul' i.t i-unstnirtioi.

hu I SXpei tearlivH .11 piudent and hi mi, afford iis I hi a slight that I ill.1.0 lins ill now cease hilt oil the cnnti arv, iih the strongest to conclude fliHt- unchecked -thrv will to the final and complete lion ol the siavehold'm; Stairs ti That it is a duty which tl: people of the Southern States dm to themselves, promptly to unite and oju i rate if) the defence of their rights ami iiiili tut ions. 7. That In take ourselves, or i to i i lc i any measures of or nrliv- -itance to laws ol INfiO. call Compromise," wo are ith tlio provisions nor spirit in hich they were enaeii I think that ronrrnxfonf 01 he tnninal. ami do not consider rn a com in which all concessions ais wiihit.n from one of the 8.

That while we it inexpedient lor any State, in view of her pant ifrlevances, separately to secede from liii- I nion, we are ueverthe less constrained to believe ill it any Southem Stale which may adopt that extreme measure ill do so in yood and under an honest conviction ol iu ami in tli event we tooneaJy kimlied in i and blood to the people ol mil ter ol the South, to comment to the coercion ol Mich secede Slate by the of the federal lis consent to that coercion wouhl our consent to a tion lata! Mi our Consent to the saciifice detail ol all those Slates which have a common inlet est with our content to all the honors that wdl certainly How from a violent uptmn of the otditfatio.is existing betyveen the white and slave population; mid because, such a consent, we should finally render ourselves to the same fate, tchrn wr are no longer a It If io rt.MMt. tt. ftrWred, 'ITiat great as our deVo tiou III the Union, we to liberty a great while we fix upon no grievance as rendering' expedient the with drawal of the Southern States nun this Union, we disticctly declare that those States have the unquestionable tight to reaort to any of measures, by secemdou or otherwise, which may be necessary to preserve and defend fair constitutional rights. 10. RttoletJ, That we solemnly I purposes of disunion, except a resort against an unwonthy to that we can never consent, because while submission begets and it is admitted that further mast lead is dfesnlon, we may hope that a hold and manly vindication of our lights will enable us to reclaim and defend them.

We declare a Arm adherence to to be the best means of defending the Constitution and preserving Union. Hare, then, tfee isaae Is fehly made up. whigs and fully the aseverything which i nf protection. and, dw of Intern, a) improvements bj the (irtntril luetic is again to be In to come the democratic mentations. They apeak for themaelvte.

Disease! on before the people will only kM lo their strengtk and we cannot doebt that the of Loesiana, ander the troe republican banner, will come ont victorious. Kniroa: You seem to lake so little intereat in the subject of the sndibm of the late editor tU facto jure of the and oilier connected with that mysterious sheet, that I beg leave to ill your attention lo mjr interrogate. ricH in your last paper, you should forget to investigate the matter and answer them, Vou may think I show too math en itv about the Patriot If so, excuse mr weakness. I have labored hard to over Come my constitutional I.ul in vain. Itesid I have an inquiring mind, whirl, with all my sealous investigations has not vatisfied; nor can it be until my efforts are crowned with This lieing my situation, I hope you will lit' it only be in sympathy) render me your Assistance.

I have made Isit poor yet. in my researches. One of midnight reporters states that he actu ally saw the tlr facto (or his ghost) last Saturday night, in Marahmll, half way between two suns, rn a Dunn horse, the tic jure I have heard nothing. I think, however, (hat the last paragraph of the article in the last Patiiot, headed, in part, The and Paul Pry, Jr," con t.iins some positive information, if I eould only interpret it. Hut this is more than I ran do.

It must have been written bv it (I don't say thr) Professor of Languages." el, Mr. liditor, what is tJ reek to me, may nothing moie to you than didactic and elegance; and vou Mill please be so kind as to interpret il for me. And that too. What a spieey hit Ibit I think I can it. Sing to the same tune of Hut too much of a good thing don't take well.

So here's a single If Kstsn Imr ilue. The I'ulrntf Mirrnfi inn, V- it ml of Hemember my interioratories, Kdi tor; ami il you cannot answer them, with entire satisfaction, give tne the result of vour pin. prv. jit are unahle answer all of the in terroritories of our inquiring correspondent. We are pretty oert.dn that the Patriot is coutiol nl a iifW rliijue.

()l what persons it iff composed we have not Iteen to And out. of the tirfvt arc studiously on the subject P-rhnpa they don't think their would in print, or old to the reputation ot ti paper so well that of "Co." is Co I What a name for nn editor for neither talent nor responsi liility expected of him We with our correspondent would not allude to often tli editor tr facto of Patriot. Our over tlie way, hafe an we.iknem on tiis fie id, and dislike allusion to hint in connection with themselves. I'll id cannot ut det stand hat is meant tint I the editor jure is at the right of secession. Now, son.e of tlie t'ons did.itlon party hold tlmt In-fore State can de, she must entei into a "treaty of with the Stated, and guarantee their to them.

In other words, there a general ni'ltlemi at. The editor jure in, ue presume, engaged in testing, practical the evasion of little preliminaries It we are correct in our interpretation ot the (treek paraguiph alluded to hy Paul, we must confers that we appreciate the force of this metaphorical reasening. Ifav TliflaU OiMlilitlMk Thy Virginia State Convention hat Hi ist adopted ii con (iiiitiuii mid adjourned. I'lie vote on final passage 75 ayes And Hi noes, Willi nine pairs nut voting, i vote 111 (nil convention would have i. en Nl yeas lo Vi lie chief tealures ol the new constitution are these Nearly nil nutl county Officers are to lie elected by the people, including the i (inventor and Lieutenant Governor, tiie judges ol Supreme Courts, and the justieea the peace, Commonwealth's attorney Mini sheriffs.

I'he Legislature ia to be apportioned, the llonse ol Delegates ou the suffrage basts, with a weaiern majority ol fourteen members, and the Senate with an eastern major ity ol ten meiiiliera. I'll I a ar. alignment to continue until iNtki, when Legislature may agree upon a new apportionment, or submil thequenlion ol basts to the people. Tales are to he assessed ad volorrm, except that slaves under twelve yeara ol age exempt; I wnite malea under twenty out years oln are to pay a capitation tax equal lo the tax on lour huudied dolla'a' worth ol laud slaves over twelve yeara ol age are not lo pay more than (he lax on tlnee hu nil red dollars worth ol land; licenses, incomesand aalaries may he taxed at Ihe discretion ol' tlie Legiala turej 7 per cent, of the existing debt of the State, and ol every luture debt, ia to be apart annually for payment of Ilia iuterent and principle. The new constitution is to mi limited to the voters qualified undei it, on the lourth Thursday in Oelober next, and the returns made to the Governor.

11 he proclaim it ratified, the Legislature already elected ia to superseded by the new to be elected on the second Monday in lie- ec tuber which will meet on Ilia aeeond Monday in January, and thereafter the saseioua will Ire biennial. The changes ia the present cenetiUtlon consists In the adoption ol the system of elections in all departmenia of the Government, in the abandonment ot the principle ol the representation ot property, and iu requiring the Legi lature lo provide for the payment of tba pieaent ana every future public is I pa bas4 sf GftptM lately landed at New VOfk, ameaf tb bmagbt from Kerope byss swig rial I Uud. fbildrm in dw Mr. I made in ytmr Jeftram, TW paper mal tienafal tJneerantairt to jr-rxct: Hint paper makre MM tienafal tJneeramaM to aoleamieicluaivajadgaaf lull III 11 III a 1.1. 1 a State Into a.

if jg thought that had haan ami, and In raftmd to I ha 'law." that my been generally anderatOMl an tkataaS jfflt, nn further notice woald taken of thia qurnt alluiiunt lately mada to It by papera. In my effort at JelTeraoa I to that auch eapteaaimia ai Tit fral Uortrnm- til ike til Ikr mlr of itt inim art etr.V'lN'in, generalities. whirhnot lieing v-ranlly trueorfaiae in every aeiieehi tha.v may beused(wire nut unfreoaentht tor calculated to rrvntnar niiH ialead laaato convey clear, definite idvaa nf oar forai UaiVerliment. In-tend ol adopting of them, I protested against their constituting invariable rnlea nf pnlitiaal tion. Fur while the tieneral ituveraamj lain undisputed, anlranimeledeiisienee operation, who shall ilirlatr to tboaa administer it I Who nhnll ennstraa Constitution for for the the Judiciary, and matraat Ito in ll'eir duly under it I Who ahsll dhM) to them that thev have ftmrtr to do thing liefore they undertalta it, or that daj have not pnwer I Woald it be am with their duty to call apon a 0Mj or private individuals to juilgt for and prescrilie their action I ilk refrrsaq to the attitude in which tlieae qaeaUoaaM sent the auhject, it true, the General (S ernment mint lie tha eielaslve jadga af i own powers.

Thr subject may presented in stHMbi altitude whtieinilie fultHp at ptff union Mill equally ohvioes. Mm i 'onj(reas a law which a Suit brlim to he plainly in derrngmimt of its mrrn the atfurieted may obtain dreaa in the tiion. under ike cimstVuim hv an appexl to Federal Judiciaq ahoutd the capable ot litigatfe thereby a repeal ofthe law the ballot and by an appeal for an amendment of the t-nnatin I (ion, by which the law will he certainly dered and declared unconstitutional. I may also obtain relief out of the OnM and bryoml the con.it it lit ion, when herfrtrt ances are a to ac edy, hv revolution. 'I a rijfht to eiereise.

Now, the State alutll determine the uun iiMiluliim4 ty ot the law with the view to of tht'Mt' rightful remedies, that niitnifil it judges for herself of the powers of (teneral (invernment; and if bavs right to remedies ahe necessarily fc I a right to this judgment of ita tli in point of view, it clear tl.at thr Geri ttovernment Hie pole juries ita own uowera. 1 Willi regard to the other evpressions tf trilmted to me the tM'tu'inI tiover.imn should State into I understood mvwll upon nil occasions a advocating the In coutevtng uli'it lo ss It Jefferson, either I tin lo expreMiott, or lie ii -I in 111- iiihM of it. I co id- tiat th eral vernment had it right enforce il within the of a refuting or ceding State. Short of stxceftsful revolt tioii would he tt lien to the lnu't. in In urn a Stsl submit to them.

lint wlit'ii their locution in a State, the meat si used, and the to he adopted hj who are engaged in carrying no ft depend upon fc circumstances which the lion origin and chum- iu extent debtee. A condition ol thin tvherein prompt ami would he ettective while the saai course Under other cncuinstanres art a torrh thiown into a rnafi tine the dUnlotiou of the liuss I assumed not to a political wisdtf and fnrcast which could iu advance tcrilif panacea lor the body politic. Hbd Mulled whether il elected, would rftlt In men and to subjugute South t'anl na, should she lierealter my I iwer wan, that I could not now Al I question. I was in I'avur of the Union, I opposed the secession of any TIN were my principles; hut the policy It adopted for their accomplishment pend Ujion the emergency anil ila attaflM I circumstances. While upon the Wfl it would be treaatiii In my own tunvMM lo bold out dial if lit Mill uaed a I.HI ibe last regenerating 4 ifiaorgatriied aid Republic; un the oilier liaml I abound lw lounil in tiaapvrtting a vindictive liirvaU agaliiet people aieter iltale, wlniee iwM with own I fully appreciated, bat vkl wiirdin fur llinn I could nut ail Willi a refractory win a coaiae lor itwM la plainly luaihed nul by Ike lutr.

lit I alruiiietita are the huh, Uw the Penitentiary. Parental ilul.it anil af lion (admitting (be eon In lie la I wrong) migbl dictate lo the patent ad oilier ami i bopra thmi ol running bia own through the gauntlet ol tboee renx tibia rralnrv bitai. an branded and aa an eqaaL the eoniiiioii duttee, honoia, and bnalil1 lawily circle. 'I I iiiuu la a cutihM acy til cemented by acooimoe pi I of common bonora. rank or poaltioii in the circle ol bad ffhiMilrf eqaality would a conquered MM orrufjr, A Hlalv wboae ei.

eiitughlered and I hair hotnee made deeab wiib Bra and awoed of civil war, IW MM them a remnant of and penetrated al the i I the great central power. (Mm mmj the vail and babold Uila aeana of oar deeperale fatbom lla quencea. For my part I aball wail emergency to happen, and altar all meant are than will 1 lara contemplation ol Ibiaoaa. I waa uaif' lo any panic alar coarae oa tbla intended to free In (am mailt when the oeaaian are eabatantially the vlewa aa wMeb I then tiemen there wbo aiideicliiftd were preaent aiaat da aae tin preaent lie fact, I from Nr..

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