Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 25, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1850 — Page 2

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WHiIjIAM- J. BROWN, Editor.

INDIANAPOLIS', NOVEMBER 10, 1850. . Union Meetings. ,. When' we recommended the people of Indiana to organize Union associations, and hold Union meetings, we were influenced by raotivra higher than mere party triumphs. Such meetings Would be powerless for good unless all paf ty considerations were merged in the great qirestion. cf the Union of these States. A question wL'dt in our estimation is paramount to all others. But the Editor of the Journal sees in the proposition nothing above some low party trick, which he cannot fathom and therefore he is opposed to it. If we were disposed to make political capital out of his declarations we would lay that opposition at ihe door of the whig party. But wc are satisfied that be docs not speak the sentiments of tlie great body of the whig party of Indiana, who, in. stead of following in the wake of Seward and his abolition clique, sustains the views of such National whigs as Milliard Fillmore, Daniel "Webster, Henry Clay and John J. Crittenden. The Journal takes his cue from the Seward papers who opposed the great Union meeting in New York, and points to the bad results of that meeting npon the party organization. That meeting may have reduced Mr. Hunt's majority in the City, but did not defeat his election, wbilst the fame feeling secured the election of Messrs. Briggs, Brooks and Hawes, Union wbigs, to Congress. The democrats and not the whigs should complain of the result. But we hall not press this subject farther. If our whig friends are unwilling to join in such a demonstration, if they love their party better than their country, then we have no arguments to present, for none would avail any thing. The Journal does not wish to bolster up democratic members of Congress, and he seems to think that such miht be the effect of a Union meeting. He evidently does not mean to commit himself on the compromise measures, but to leave that an open question to be used for party purposes. No such motives shall operate on us, as fio L'diter of a public journal. May our pen fall powerless from our grasp, when for mere parly triumphs, we shall cease to defend such whigs as Millard Fillmore or Henry Clay when assailed by t!ie enemies of the Union. Tho people are to be lulled to sleep by the cry that there is no danger. They are appealed to, to maintain their part loyalty at the hazzard of the Union. "There are no disuniocists in Indiana," is the argument. This u-.aj be true. We do not believe there is a disunirtiUt, for the sake of disunion alone, in the State. Bat there are thousands who would make the conditions of tLe Union so nnjust anJ stringent that their very demands, if carried out, would amount to the same thing. A member of a firm may withdraw, or he may violate t-e articles of partnership in such a manner as to compel his co-partner t) secede; the result in the end is the same. The Union is a partnership, not a limited one. but one designed to be perpetual. The Constitution is the article of confederation. By this compact tho rights of the States are secured. The slave States demanded ns a condition of the Union, that their fugitive slaves should "be delivered op." To this condition the free States agreed and it was accordingly put in the bond. By that obligation, so long as we claim protection of the government in our persons and car properly, are we lround. We have no right to violate any part of it. The State that ds, gives just cause of complaint. The Constitution requires that fugitives from labor fleeing from one State into another, "shall be delivered up." Congress at its last session finding that the law of 17Q3, by a decision of the United States Supreme Court, was defective, passed a law giving form and force to this Constitutional obligation. The Editor of the Journal oa this subject, says: "The Constitution of the United States declares that fugitives fleeing from one State into another shall be given up. We know of no man that is not willing to abide by that provision." That there are such men, we submit the following evidence : Resolved, That every slave in the United States has an inalienable right to flee from slavery. Iltiolred, That we will not only use our influence to procure the repeal of the law, but we will make use of ail the proper means in our power to prevent its enforcement. Meeting at Dublin, Wayne county, Indiana. Resohcd, That we will not assist ( if called upon ) in capturing or securing a fugitive slave under this act, though the penalty for refusing should deprive ns of all our possessions, and incarcerate us between dungeon walls. Reolv'd, That the cruel and ferocious despotism man- . ifested by the pampered slaveholders towards the poor and defenceless slave, is only equal in enormity anJ ineanness by the truckling and dog-like servility of the Northern doughface. Mieting at Alqvina, Fayette ountg, Indiana. Resoleed, That not only do we hold ourselves exhonorated from all allegiance to this infamous law ; but on the contrary, we esteem it our solemn duty as men and citizens, to disobey its requirements. R'ioltfd, That we will aid and assist the fugitive for liberiv horeaftcr as we have leen proud to do heretofore, whether he be a Mack man from the Southern States of America, or a white one from Ireland, Hunsary, or Poland, in defiance of all the enactments of all the governments on earth. Retolred, That if the Southern man-thief or his Northern tool, shall attempt among ns to seize the fugitive or en force the penalty of this infamon law npon our own citizens, we will make common cause in resistance of all rightful means. Resolcei, That we will hold the members of Congress who voted for this bill the President who signed it the Caiinet who snstains him, awl all edit rs and private citizens who proclaim their approval of it, forever responsible, so far as orjr influence can reach them, politically, pecuniarily, and socially. Meeting in Clinton county, Ohio. Rcnolre J, That it is the right and the duty of every felave to seek to escape from slavery. Resolved, That it is onr right and duty to assist the s!av to escape from slavery. Resolved, That wo hereby pledge ourselves, ltefore fl'd and maa, to seek to prevent the execution of the reeMit Fugitive Slave Law, which makes escape from slavery, an J giving aid and comfort to those who are trying to es-ap. ponihal!e as felony, by fines and imprisonment. Meeting at Washington, Wayne county, Indiana. I am against its iniquitkuis and unjust provisions, and against all men who sustain it. . It is the greatest outrage ever perpetrated npon liberty. I would trample it uij.br my foot. 2 hav no right to dictate to others, but fr myself, I siy, I will utterly disregard its obligations, and will never cca.e mv opposition until it is wiped from our St itut) B.-vk. This is the position I took in the few speeches I made lefore the election, and in maintaining it hereafter, I shall not stop to enquire what effect my course will have upon my success as a politician. Pi!!t'cal suceess has no charms for me whrn purchased lit th? sacrifice of justice and right. L. D. Campbell, Whig mt-nber of Congrett from Ohio. Yet Mr. Dcfrees tell ns he knows of no man opposed to carrying out the provision of the Constitution in rela tion to fugitive slaves. Xo danger of the Union. Disunion i a senseless cry which pal! upon his ear. These meetings are being held all over the country their iufamous resolutions are published at the South as an evidence of Northern sentiment, and we are told by ti leading Whig organ that " he teho attempts to rebuke them has the spirit of a tyrant trithout even Ike instinct of a froh" Many of these men who are resisting this law te as " pure patriots" as ever lived, says the Journal. Ilravea deliver ns from such patriotism. We think those who cannot soe danger in aueh proceedings, are k without even the Instinct of a fool" themselves. Jf the people of the free States suppose that the slaveholders i the South wHl sit still and snffer themselves denounced as tyrants, cutthroats, and man-stealcrs they are mUtakea. The ejtienu contained in the foregoing resolutions, we are bPPy 10 know, do not ex t3iU bejond a few miwralJe finalise. But they holt meetings, adopt their resolution, which are published in the South, by the enemies of the Union, 4 a true index of Northern feeling. How is this to fee counteracted We proposi bv Union meetings, coia posed ofalj parties In this way, we think, the growing spirit of fanaticism would be rebuked, and tie high reputation of enr pepUs

for justice and loyalty to the Constitution, be fully via. dicated. But Le editor cf the leading Whig organ" is opposed U this. He wishes to spread wide his net and gathsr in birds of every hue, M Black spirits and whiu, Red piriu and pray. . Mingle, min jle, mingle, Yoa that miitgla m." - The Cholera. . There has been in our place, within the last ten days, three deaths from some disease bearing a strong resemblance to this fa til malady. The first case was a Mr. Colley, an elderly gentleman from Kentucky, who was attacked on the cars and died shortly after he was taken to Little's Hotel. The next day the barber who shaved the deceased, died. In a few days after, Hon. J. Van Benthuscn was attacked and died. Since his death there have been no other cases. The physicians difler in their opinions as to this disease, and it is extremely doubtful whether it was cholera. There has been no panic. The hotels and boarding houses are crowded with strangers. Persons from a distance need have no apprehension in visiting our city America Art-Uniow or the Citt or New York. The following are some of the principal inducements to subscribers lor the present year: In the first place, a chance of drawing a prize from a collection of several hundred pictures, many of them of high cost and by well known artists, as Cole, Durand, Leutze, Huntington, Hinckley, and others and all of them selected with reference to artistic merit. This col. lection already exceeds in value forty thousand dollars, and it will be still further extended in proportion to the number of subscriptions yet to be received. Secondly, each subscriber will receive six Line Engratings, the cost of which, if executed for a private publisher, would at least he sold at four times the price of the subscription. These engravings consist of an engraving (size 20 J by 1CJ inches) from Mr. Leslie's celebrated picture of Anne Pace, Slender and Shallow. a scene from the Merry Wives of Windsor, and a set of five line Engravings (size 7 J by 10 inches) from paintings by tho following eminent artists: The Dream of Arcadia, by Cole; Dover Plaint, by Durand; . The Image Breaker, y Leutze ; The Nen Scholar, by Edmonds, and The Card Players, by Woodville. The annual distribution will take place in the city of New York, on the 20th of December next, and each subscriber, while receiving a full return for his money, will have the gratification of assisting in the encouragement of Art, and in the support of an institution whose exertions to that end are, aud will be, limited only by the means which the public may place at its disposal. The Honorary Secretary for this place, authorized to receive subscribers, is C. B. Davis. IT Mr. Hoce, the Agent for tlDoydeir Illustrations of Shakespeare, and "Gallery of Must hue Americans," will remain in our city a day or two longer. We understand that several members of the Convention have already subscribed, for these beautiful works. Call at the Statj Library and examine for yourselves, as Mr. II. will leave soon for Madison.

Elihu Stout. . We have been requested to announce the name of this gentleman as a candidate for Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. Mr. Stout published the first paper ever printed in Indiana territory tho ''Vinccnncs Sun." Pork Market. The slaughtering will now commence, and from our latest intelligence, we think that the market will open at $3,40 to $3,50 nett, and will most probably range upwards. For hogs (gross) $2,50 has been paid for choice lots. The present cold weather will increase the activity. It is generally thought that there will bo a falling off of forty per cent, from last year. Tex5 Accepts. The returns received from Texas show that the people of the State, by a very large majority are in favor of accepting the proposition contained in Pearce's bill for the adjustment of their boundary. The proposition is favorable to Texas, and we are glad she accepts. It was a measure which grew out of the defeat of the compromise bill, and was presented in the Senate by Mr. Pearcc of Maryland on the very day that he declined to accept a seat in Mr. Fillmore's Cabinet. It was the great peace measure of the session, and was urged by the national party in Congress without regard to politics. It is due to the President and his Cabinet to say that they exercised a controlling influence to secure the passage of the bill. "Honor to whom honor is due" is onr motte. A Model Statesman and Patriot. Josiah Quincy, of Boston, who now advises the fugitive slaves to stand to their arms, and not flee, practices a consistent opposition to the Union. He favored the Hartford Convention be opposed the Louisiana treaty, and said the Union was virtually dissolved thereby he declared that the non-intercourse laws should be imperative as against Great Britain ho moved the impeachment of Mr. Jefferson, which received his oxen vote alone and for which Mr. Clay denounced him as having " soiled the carpet (in the House of Representatives,) on which he stood." His talents and accomplishments to the contrary notwithstanding, he is a fit idol and champion of the disnnionists, fanatics, and outlaws of Massachusetts. So says tha Richmond Enquirer. The Democrats of Boston Held a great meeting in Faniucl Hall in favor of the Fugitive Slave Law, which was addressed by B. F. Hali tt, Esq., and others. Notwithstanding the spirit of resi tance to the law manifested by the people, the result of the .cent election shows that the masses are sound on that question. Appleton, the Webster, or as Greely calls him, the Cotton Whig, was elected by a large majority Mr. Appleton is opposed to the repeal of the law. New Mail Arrangement for the West. It is in contemplation to start an express mail train on the Bal timore, Wilmington, and Philadelphia Railroad, and on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, leaving Philadelphia on the arrival of the New York train, rnnning through in four hours, and leaving Baltimore, for the WesL in the evening, thus making two mails West instead of one as at present. Madness. The Centreville Whig announces the ar rival of an abolition agitator, named A. C. Wright, from New York, to raise funds to keep op " agitation" on the slave question. The Whig says "he is in the habit of publicly calling George Washington a " knidnapper and negro driver. He denounces God Almighty for not making the Bible free-soil enough, and says he has no reverence for the name of God." A Great Fact. Whenever the Democratic party of any Northern State, at the beginning of the excitement alont slavery, failed or feared to take eroucd against the Wilmot Pro viso, and its hundred follies the result of being misled by falsa counsels, or of being overcome by numbersdisorganization ami disaster have been the bitter consecuences. It was the early, steady, and consistent atti tnde of New Jersey and Pennsylvania on this question, that has made faction so weak within their borders. Pennsyltanian. To which may be added Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. Rhode Island Still Persecuting Cot. Dorr. The Legislature of Rhode Inland adjourned last Fri day. week. The bill for the removal of the political disabilities of those convicted of alleged offences against t'je Slate in 1942, having special reference i the caws o ex-Gnvernor Dorr, was rejected in the Senats by a roto of It o!7.

Constitntional Convention. Satcedat, November 16, 1330. The Convention was opened by prayer, by the Rev. Mr. Mills. Tha roll being call the Delegates present answered to their names and tho absentees noted. The President laid before the Convention, a petition from the citizens of Clark county, praying for a provision in the Constitution, prohibiting Negroes and Mulattoes from coming into the State, and expelling tl ose from the State already here. The petition complains of threats made by Kentuckians to inundate the State with the old and worn out Negroes of Kentucky, to liecome paupers in Indiana. The petition was read snd referred. Tho Convention then resumed the special order, in relation to the rights of married women. Mr. Pepper of Ohio said, he had been an attentive listener to the arguments advanced; and, in his poor judgment, those who had opposed the sections, bad misunderstood the matter at issue. It was not, as contended, a provision to take from the husband a part of his property and give it to his wife. He was in favor of the sections as reported, with, perhaps, the exception, that the property of the wife should not be sold without the consent of the husband. He did not believe this reform would operate at all injuriously to the interest of the married state. Things would go on, under it, very much as they do at present, with the exception, that the wife, by being permitted to hold property, would be able to guard against the acts of a profligate or improvident husband. It was also contended that it would interfere with the happiness of the married relation. He could not so consider it. No one here denied, that matrimony was a holy relation one that should not be interfered with in any manner to lessen its obligations. The very reverse of this, was the ohjectof the reform. On the question of right, there could be no doubt. There was something cruel in the idea, where a husband became incompetent, through dissipation or otherwise, to manage the property brought him by his wife, that he should still be permitted to go on

and squander it, until from competency, the wife and her children are reduced to beggary and want. It is to provide for instances like this, that the reform contended for, comes in and makes provision, whereby the wife may protect her own property. A great deal had been said about discord and schisms that woald be produced in families by the reform. He did not believe that there would be any such result. He could speak from experience. For the last twelve vears, at his own request, his wife had owned and managed a portion of his propeaty. He believed, from the manner in which she had controlled it, she was now much better prepared to manage his estate should he, at any time, be called hence. Mr. Owen replied to the arguments advanced. He complained that extraneous matter had been introduced. He then asked the reading of the amendments, after which he said, that no one who had listened to the arguments on yesterday could have dreamed that such amendments were under consideration. It had been urged, that his reform would interfere with the conjugal relation. Now, it went farther, in its benefits, than the conjugal relation. It went to protect the rights of the widow, when her husband is dead, and all conjugal relations have ceased. Even the gentleman from Wayne, (Mr. Rariden,) said, that twenty-six years ago he had endeavored to change the unfair and iniquitous law now on our statute book. He was not a lawer; but he had paid considerable attention to the subject. He had read many of the books, and he could not agree with tho gentleman from Dearborn (Mr. Holman) in his strong preferences for the common law. After arguments atlengtb, in relation to the comparative merits of the common and civil law, he next paid his respects to the gentleman from Hendricks (Mr. Nave.) That gen;leman had made an unfortunate allusion to Louisiana. He had personal experience in trading down the river, and had never lost a dollar in trading in Louisiana, where the civil law prevails; but h had lost in Mississippi where the common law is in existence. He also called upon tho genteman frort Gibson, (Mr. Miller,) who had been engaged in the Southern trade for many years, who gave evidence that the notes given him in Louisiona had always been promptly met; but he had met with losses in Mississippi. Mr. Graham of Warrick, who had much experience, corroborated the statement of Mr. Miller. Mr. Owen then referred to the remark of the gentleman from Putnam (Mr. Badger) who had contended that the sectiens under consideration are contrary to the spirit of the Christian Scriptures, and who also said he was willing to meet any one on that question. He was prepared to meet the gentleman here or elsewhere, now or at a future pcried oa that issue; and he pledged himself, if the gentleman sustained his position, he would vote against the sections under consideration. He concluded by reading from Liry another speech from Cato, as an offcet to the one read by the gentleman from Tippecanoe (Mr. Clark) and the reply of another Roman who defended the women of Rome, from bis aspersions on their character. Ho said he made his preser t re marks, because he believed extraneous arguments had been introduced. If it was an improper provision, it should be voted down. If not it should be discussed and adopted. Mr. Bltthe then moved to amend the sections, so as in effect to read: "Laws shall be passed securing to married women property owned before marriage, or which they may obtain by descent or by purchase after marriage," and striking out tho balance of the sections. Mr. Read of Monroe said, that the laws in force in relation to womeu were a disgrace to the Christian and enlightened age in which we lived. Not that the prac ticcs under these laws were so, but they so appeared as laid down in our statutes and the common law. This age in its enlightened progress, had rose superior to the laws under which we lived in the action under them. Gentle men had entirely mistaken the causes of our happy homes It was Christianity, pure and untrarameled Christianity, more than any thing else, to which we were indebted for the happy homes of Indiana. He was not in favor of bestowing the right of suffrage on women. It was a right, which if given, with a very fewexceptions, would not be exercised. But the rights in question were those that made their appeal to every father and brother in the land. After considerable conversation, and a motion made to postpone the subject until Monday two weeks, which did not prevail, the further consideration of the sub ject was postponed until it come op in its regular order. Mr. McClelland then presented a petition from the citzens of Randolph county against a poll tax ; which was referred to a select committee. Mr. Morrison of Washington, from tho committee, on education, to which was referred a resolution of in quiry, whether the funds of tho State University can be diverted to any other object, reported, that said funds cannot be diverted to any other object than that of a Seminary of learning, without a palpable violation o! the law of Congress under which a township of land was granted to the State for that purpose; which report was concurred in by the House. The resolution of Mr. She&rod, limiting the speeches of Delegates to 30 minutes on original propositions, and ten minutes on amendments, was now taken up. Mr Carter moved to amend, so that after Tuesday next speeches be limited to fifteen minutes on amendments and then only by way of explanation, and 30 minutes on original propositions: which was adopted. Mr. New man moved to refer to a select committee, with instruc tions to amend so that speeches be limited to 30 minutes without leave of the Convention. Mr. KiLcoaimove to amend the instructions, so as to limit the speeches to one hour. Before the questien was taken the Convention adjourned. In the afternoon, the resolution limiting speeches to thirty minutes again come up for consideration. Mr Stann moved that the resolutions and pendwr- instruc

tions, bo laid on the table; which motion did not prevail, ayes 24, noes 74. Mr. Newman then withdrew his motion to commit, and moved to re-consider the vofeon Mr. Carter's amendment. Mr. Crcmbacker moved tj postpone the further consideration of the subject until next Saturday week. Mr. Cookerlt moved that the motion to postpone be laid on the table; which motion prevailed ayes 55, noes 31. A motion was made to adjourn; which motion did not prevail ayea 44,. noes 49. The question was then taken, on re-considering the vote on the adoption of Mr. Carter's amendment, and decided in the affirmative. An amendment was then adopted, limiting all speeches to thirty minutes. The resolution, thus amended, was adopted, by a vote of ayes 6?, noes 34. The Convention then adjourned. Moxdat, November, 13, 1350. The Convention was opened by prayer by tho Rev. Mr. Babb. Mr. Hendricks now arose and pronounced a beautifnl and appropriate eulogy on the life and character of the Hon. James Va.v Bexthusex, late a delegate of Shelby county; which was ordered to be placed upon the Journals of the Convention. On motion of Mr. Graham of Warrick, the order directing the roll to be called each morning, is dispensed with hereafter. Mr. M'Clelland presented a petition against prohibiting negroes from coming into the State; and also, against prohibiting them from giving evidence, &c. He also presented a petition from 176 negroes against a provision in the Constitution prohibiting them from giving evidence against white men; laid on the table. Mr. Read of Clark, from the committee on public officers, reported a section providing for the election of Trustee on the part of the State of the Wabash and Erie Canal, ( so long as there shall be necessity for such officer ) Warden of the State Prison, and Public Printer, to hold their offices for two years; but shall only be eligible four years in any term of six years; which passed to a

second reading. The sections in relation to imprisonment for debt, the right of trial by jury, and the damages for property taen by corporations for public improvements, were read a third time; when Mr. Lockhart moved to commit the last section, in relation to property taken for public improvements, for the purpose of making the section more definite in relation to absent land owners as hereofore moved by him. Mr. Pettit thought it was entire ly unnecessary to commit, as where the owners of land are absent, or have no agent, there would be no impropriety in the companies going on with their work, until the owner, or his agent, should come forward and claim his damages. Mr. Nate moved an amendment to the instructions; when Mr. Pettit moved that the instructions belaid upon the table; which motion prevailed. Mr. Bordex moved to commit with instructions, that damages shall be assessed without reference to extrinsic bene fits. Mr. Brackex moved that the instructions be laid upon the table; which motion prevailed, ayes 63, r.oes 52. Mr. Walpole moved to commit with instructions to strike out the section and insert the provision in the present Constitution. Mr. Pettit then moved the preions question ; which being sustained was put, to wit: ' Shall the section be committed, with the instructions of Mr. Walpole," and decided in the negative, ayes 41, noes i o. the question was then taken on the passage ot the sections, and decided in the affirmative, ayes 91, noes 26. The section prohibiting negroes from coming into the State, was now taken up the pending question beinr. on an amendment of Mr. Hall, permitting negroes now in the State to hold and purchase property. Mr. Kent was in favor of postponing the section under consideration until the ne, s;nce reported, should come up providing for the annual appropriation of ten thousand dolars for t lionizing free persons of color, as they were ntimatcW connected in their hearings. He was in favor of prohiting negroes from coming to the State, and op posed to their holding property, that under the colonization provision, this State might, in time, be blessed with homogenious population. He referred to the effort now making to induce the government to build steam vessels to carry the mails, and aid in colonizing the people of color in Liberia, on the coast of Africa. At the conclusion of his remarks, ho moved to refer the section " to a select committee of one from each Con gressional district, vrith instructors to enquire into the the best means of ultimately separating the white and colored races in Indiana; and also, into the expediency of incorporating, in one article, all Constitutional provisions relative to negroes and mulattoes, and submitting the same, separately, to the people." Mr. Crcmbacker took the position, that in the organic law of the State the African should be treated eithsr as a man or a brute. If, as a man, then the tendency of our laws, both organic and legislative, should bo calculated to elevate his character. Many of this unfortunate class were born in our State, and here clustered around them all the en dearments of home. We held out our arms of protec tion to the unfortunate Hungarian, t'je brave Pole, and the oppressed of all portions of the world, but here, when an unfortunate class, born in our very midst, comes forward and claims our protection, they are spurned from us with contempt and refused even the privilege of holding property. The provision of the Kentucky Convention had been pronounced infamoua by gentlemen advocating the sections under consideration. If Kentucky had committed a wrong, it was no reason that Indiana should follow in her course. It had been contended that Africans were indebted for their present improved character to their residence in this country. If this were true, it cave evidence that a much higher elevation of character might be attained, for no laws had been passed here, calculated to advance them in the scale of being. He assented to the position, that all men are created of one flesh and blood, and that climate and habits have made i . vn- r .1 , .Lfa;..,. theiiegroe to differ from the original stock of white men. It was contended by the gentleman from Floyd, (Mr Kent ) that the tendency of the American mind was in favor of a separation of the two races. He was in favor of the same idea, as he believed a separation would be for the benefit of the African, in elevating him to his true condition as a man ; but until some practical measure was brought forward to accomplish this object, he could not go for such measures as were brought forward here. Mr. Petper of Crawford took the position, that the experience of the world had proved, that the blacks and whites could not dwell harmoniously together. That, in flooding the State with free negroes, we degrade la bor, and consequently degrade the white man who he is compelled from necessity or choice to submit to the same employments with the negro. He pitied the condition of tho African race, and would do any thing to better their condition; but could not do so at the expense of the best interests of the people of this State. He was opposed to their coming here, and would vote for a prohibition. Mr. Robinsox, in consequence of the course of other States around us, would vote for prohibiting a further immigration of negroes to tho Slate ; but he could not vote in favor of prohibiting those amongst us from holding property. They hud come here, under the understand ing, that all men had equal rights to acquire property, and he was unwilling to take their property from them. He was in favor of the amendment of the gentleman from Gibson (Mr. Hall.) Mr. Clare of Tippecanoe, was opposed to going any farther than, the present Constitution, in restricting the rights of the black populaion. He was therefore opposed to the whole section, either with regard to their coming to the State or holding property. Before any question was taken, the Convention adjourned. , ' . In the afternoon, Mr. Raridex continued the discussion. He took the position, with others in the Convention, that the two races could not exist together with advantage. He had never known a settlement of blacks amongst the Whitts, where the tendency was not to deteriorate and p11 down the white population- There

was a sympathy for the blacks, amongst the white population, which had been taken advantage of by abolitionists, and which had caused much trouble wherever it existed. There was a higher law existing in the country, which placed the white man above the black man. This higher law had exhibited itself, a few year since, in this State, where an eßbrt was made, on the part of the blacks, and their aUdition friends, to participate in our District schoo's. The higher law spoken of induced the whiles to rise up, as one man, and declare that negro children should not mingle with theirs at the same school He contended, that even slavery had every where been ä greater injury to the white man than to the black population. Evsry thing like slavery, that goes to encourage idleness, in any country, is a positive evil, independent of the fact that a degraded black population, existing amongst the whites, has a tendency to lower their character. lie alluded to the existence of a negro population, in his own county, that was productive of great evil. Meetings were now being held, in that county, where the most treasonable resolutions were adopted. Resolutions which proposed to violate the laws of the country. He adduced this fact to prove, that their existence amongst us was productive of nothing but evil. He spoke of the degradation of the negro population. Many of them, he said, were runaways, whose minds were constantly on the rack for fear they would be retaken ; not one in a hundred owned real property, hnd they died in a much greater ratio than whitemen. He would discoutage their emigration, because their residence here, creates divisions amongst the whites, and causes men to vie with each other in their denunciations against those who differ with them in regard to the rights ef the South. He alluded to the Representative in Congress from his own district, and his threats to trample under foot the laws of the conntry. With regard to the law passed at the last session

of Congress, he should not give any opinion, as it was not necessary for him to do so. He, however, saw nothing in it that, in his opinion, might not have been passed to carry out the provisions of the Constitution. Here the hammer of the President fell, the half hour allotted for speeches having expired. Mr. Howe disagreed with the arguments that seemed to have been urged, that where two races of people exist in one country, that the stronger has a right to expel the weaker. There was but one case parallel to this in the history of t'ae world. Something like it had been carried into effect in Ireland, but in no other country. One of the chief objects of a Constitution was to protect the rights of a minority. He then proceeded to discuss the legal question, and laid down the position, amongst others,that a negro or mulatto in New York or Massachusetts may obtain a political and social doraicil the right of citizenship and under the Constitution of the United Stites, would have the right to come bore and hold propeity, in defiance of any Constitutional provision that might be enacted against Lira. Mr. II. continued his remarks, and produced a number of anthorities, until tho President's hammer again fell, his half hour having ex. pired . Mr. Farrow thought there was unnecessary sympa thy manifested by some gentlemen, in favor of a negro population; that had not, as yet, come amongst us. So far as those are concerned, that are now here, he was not in favor of making their condition any worse than it now is. But so far as those were concerned that are not here, he was for shutting down the gates against them, and would vole for the most stringent measures that would effect that object. He denied altogether, the Constitutional positions taken by the gentleman from La grange for if the negro citizen of New York or Massachusetts would have tho ricrht to come here and to other States and hold property, he would also have the right to vcte. It would be a strancrc sicrht to see one of these negro citizens of New York or Massachusetts going to the polls in Kentucky or South Carolina, and oflering his vote. Mr. Kixlet, also contended, that the provision under consideration was unconstitutional that the Constitution of the United States was clear in its provisions. After further remarks, he warned the Conventiou in the name of justice, in the name of humanity, in the name of the rights of man, and in tho name of God against the passage of tho measure under consideration. Mr. Nave, after combating the Constitutional question, remarked, that he had as much sympathy for the African race as any other man; but ho asked, whether this state would stand still, and, by so doing, encourage the emigration of Negroes, whilst other States were passing laws, organic and otherwise, that woidd cast their worn out slaves amongst usT Mr. Helm was in favor of the provision, prohibiting Negroes from coming to the State ; but was opposed to interlering with their right to bold property. Mr. Chapmax thought, the provision would be worth nothing unless the right to hold property were prohibited. The only way to prohibit Negroes from coming to the fc'tats was to divest them of their rights, political and social all rights that they could be divested of. He was tired to death of this Negro question a question by which all officers are now elected from constable up to a member of Congress. At a late hour the Conven tion adjourned. New Jersey. The result of last Tuesday's election in this State, as may be seen by our extracts from that sterling Democratic paper, the Trenton True American, proves to be a commanuing ana crowning victory, xji. jc. Fort, the accomplished Democratic candidate for Gov crnor, has made himself renowned by the remarkable vote he has received. The American says bis majority in the entire State is truly a great tnumpu. But this is not all. The Democrats gain three members of Congress, re-elected Wildrick in the Warren district, and "iv7nr the Whigs but one. In the Legislature, the Democrats have a majority on joint boliot of tcren I veumaytnei;emr:raiswiew .icibcj cAuiiiuuiissuu J .plendid result. Tha moral of the decision by the people of New Jer j - - . . sey is significant. In no State of the North have the Whigs done more to ovci throw the requirements of the Constitution than in this State. Every Whig member of the present Congrcs. and lioth the Senators from the State, were throughout he violent foes cf all the recent measures of Compromise. It was a remarkable scene to see New Jersey thus misrepresented, thus outraged, thus bowed down at the feetol Disunion. Mr. Dayton, one of the Whig Senators from this State, was one of the bitterest advocates of the Abolition policy, and boldly threw himself into the canvass, expecting confidently to be endorsed by a re-election, bis term expiring on the 4th of March next.. But he did not know his fellowcitizens. He counted without his host. The ripe fruit turns to ashes on his lips, and the anticipated reward for his past deeds, blackens into an overwhelming rebuke upon his treason to the State, watered by some of the best blood that flowed that the Union might Iks established.New Jersey deserves the thanks of the whole country for her courageous firmness and patriotism. Pennsylranian. Daniel S. Dickinson. No incident which will necessarily follow the recent election, will bo more deplorable than that of tho inabil ity of the Democratic party tore-elect Daniel S. Dickinson to the Senate of the United States, This unfortunate result will be a subject of regret to the Democracy of the Union, for, commensurate with the extent of the Union, is the great tul sense enteriaincu iy patriots ui all parties and almost all creeds for bis noble, disinterestcd and unvaluable services in behalf of that Union. Could the naked question of his re-election have been submitted to the people, independent of all other conflictin"" questions, we have no doubt that he would have swepUhe State like a whirl-wind. But he has had to contend oiainst every element of discord almost which could bo combined against a man. In other times, when the public mind shall Income more eapblc of appreciating the immense debt which the country owes to Mr. Dickinson, we confidently believe that its gratitude will be manifested towards him in a manner ioin just ana saus he lives. Ar. Y. Globe. Hoas. A sale of 3.200 head was made late Friday afternoon, to two of tho Madison pafkrrs at 3,50 nett. This mav now bo quoted as the opening price. Trade lively. Madiron Courier

factory, and worthy of those great services which must always place him hish on the roll of fame as one of the most distinguished public benefactors of the age in which

BY MAGiWICTELEGBAPn. From th Maison Paper J . Nashville Convention. SIXTH DAT. ' Nashville, Nov. 16. Mr. Gordon, from a select committee, reported a preamble and resolution for adoption by the Convention. The preamble declared that the States had the residuary right reserved, to the people of the several States. Tbey were all equals, and each State had the right to judge of infringements from other States, and the right peaceally to secede. Any attempt to coerce seceding States was a gross assumption of power. The South is recommended, in case any one State secede, to support that State. It declared that all the evils the anticipation of which had called that Convention, may be realized. The South was degraded. The Wiilmot Proviso virtually extended over California. The South was exclu. ded lrom Utah and New Mexico. Congress has bought territory from Texas under the threat of bringing down the militia to make free territory, and bad interfered with slavery in the District of Columbia. It recommends a Congress of the South in Montgomery, Ala., to counsel a course to be pursued in the maintenance of the rights and institutions of the South. The preamble and resolutions were ordered to bo printed. The Tennessee members dissented from the report. The Convention then took a recess till 3 P. M:. AFTERXOOX SESSIOV. The Convention assembled at 3J P. M. Mr. Goidon, of Va., moved the adoption of the report of the Committee as printed. Mr. Wharton, of Georgia, moved amendments and a recommittal to the Committee, with instructions to amend. Mr. Clay, of Alabama, opposed the mction of Ir Wharton, and supported the report at great length. Gen. Tillow, of Tenn., was opposed to the report and gave his views at great length. Northern aggressions, though great, would not justify such measures lis the report contemplated. He would not despair of the hope that Northern fanaticism would yet secede; that the union feeling at the North would yet influence the ,4hih-

cr law" lollowers to cesitt. Col. Polk, of Tennessee, moved to strike out all of the report and insert the resolution of the Tennessee delegation. He desired a vote upon the motion He wanted to know whether we were lor union or disunion. A motion to adjourn to 9 A. M., Monday, prevailed. Arrival of the new Steamer Franklin. New York, Nov. 16. The Franklin, of the New York and Havre Steam Navigation Company's line, arrived this morning lromHavre, via Cowes, England. She sailed from Havre on the 1st, and from Cowes on the 2d, the same day the Cambria sailed from Liverpool. The ditance fromi Cowes to New York is considerable greater than from Liverpool to Boston, so that the Cambria is completely beaten. The Franklin had heavy head winds during the greater part of the voyage. She brings seventy passengers, and has a very large and valuable cargo consihtir g principally of tine French goods. France. The news by the arrival is one day lator than the Cambria brinps. but no new event of iir.portance has transpired. The quarrel at Paris aliout the new military orders continue to occupy the French journals. General Schramm, the r.cw Minister of War, tnreatens to deprive General Changarnier of his commission, unless he implicitly obeys higher crders in the execution of his niilittry duties. It is said the President's message is to be delivered at the opening of the Assembly. He will make no allusion to tlie prolongation of his official term. England. London papers of Saturday, the 2d, have been received. They are mostly tilled with articles reflecting on t'ae present Church excitement, which is evidently on the increase- The feeling of opposition to the establishment if a Roman Catholic Hierarchy im England is growing strong, and meetings were being held in almost every part of the Kingdom, calling upen the Crown to interfere to preveut such eclesiait:cal usurpation of the people. Additional Foreign News by the Cambria. Hesse Cassel. German papers received on Wednesday confirm the account reporting the movement of" Austrian troops in support ol the Bavarian forces which are about to cttr the Electorate of Isc. A telegraphic dispatch of the 23th ult., states that in th course of Sunday nigl.t all the troops at Cassel received orders to leave that city. They are marching to Hagrian. They will thus be iu a position to join the Bavarians and Anstrians as soon as they enter the Electorate. A telegraphic dispatch of the 2Sth from Cassel states that an army of Bavarian troops was hourly expected to enter the Electorate. The Cologne Gazette contains Frankfoit letters of the 29th ult., which states that the Hessian troops in Hagrian, on the evirons of Frankfort, have been disbanded and compelled to give up their arms and accoutrements. The same paper states that the Elcctc r and his ministers, after protesting again.t the Bavarian invasion of the Electorate, have suddenly ahcrcd their views and given their consent to the entry into Hesse of the Bavarian array. That army was expected to arrive on the 30th ult. Germany. Authentic information has been received of the result of the conference at Warsaw, between the Emperors of Rusia and Austria and the King of Prussia. But the Cologne Gazette contains a telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, of the 30th u!t.. w hich states that information had been received from Warsaw, that the Prussian proposals have been promptly declined. Denmark. Denmark is not likely to accede to tho proposal of a Danish and German Commission to settle the difficulties of the Danish question. The Berlin Reformer denies that Prussian officers in full uniform are allowed to join the Schleswig Holbteiners. The Times', of Berlin, correspondent writes that nothing had occurred during the visible and external proceedings of the Congress at Warsaw to lessen the hop that its issue would be favorable to the continuance of peace. Austria. A correspondent of the London Times, under the date of Vienna, Oct. 27, states that public feeling was aroused, and that even the most appathctic go ao far as to declare that they would have no objection ij shoulder their muskets again. The Morning Chronicle is informed that Austria will never yield on the Federal question. German papers are occupied with the movement of troops to Cassel. New York, N. . 16, 8 P. M. The steamer Baltic sailed to-d-iy. She takes out $130,000. BosTOJt, Nov. 16. Considerable disturbance occurred here last night Faneuil Hall, on the occasion of the meeting got up for the reception of George Thompson, tho English abolitionist. Lloyd Garrison and Wendall Phillips' introductory speeches were hissed, and tho speakers were hooted off the stage amidst cheers for Daniel Webstjr and the Union. Thompson came forward to speak but could net be heard: The noise and confusion was indescribable; groans for John Bull, cheers for Daniel Webster, Gov. Brigcs, tho Union Boston tea partv, and Jenny Lind, literally astounded all efforts to speak. Fred. Douglass undertook to restore order, but he was no better treated than bis predecessors. The lights were half put out Finally, the speakers and olficers of the meeting retired, and police officers mounted the stand and desired the meetinsr to adjourn, which which was done with three cheers for the Union, and groans for John Bull and disnnionists. No personal injuries were sustained and no arret ts were made. Frankfort, Nov. 15. Mr. Clav, in compliance with the request of the Legislature, made one of his happiest efforts within the bar of the house to-day. The hall was crowded with all parties and sexes, and all were delighted with the great statesman. Disunion. We copy the following from the Sentinel, a leading and prominent paper at Yicksburg, Mississippi, for the benfit of those who think all is peace and quiet at the South and there ino danger. After making numerous ex tracts from Northern papers, showing that the North are determined to resist the Fugitive Slave Law, the editor says: ' We cannot close our eyes to these indications. They exhibit to us that slavery to be preserved, must be preserved out of this Union. The Constitution is set at Bought, and the restoration of our property, if effected at all, must be effected by the guns and bayonets f the military force of the country. We hold that it is idle to hope for rights, peace, and security, in a union with a people who, like Seward, respect neither tho laws of God or man. And from the past, what are we to expect from the future, when the new free States provided by the "adjustment," give to these fellows an overwhelming majority in Congress? A dissolution of the Union, or the ruin of the South are the alternatives. TLe fiendish sfn'rit of fanaticism which has obtained control of this Government, will de. stroy those institutions unless speedily withdrawn from its power, and thus convert the smiling South into a dreary waste. Let Southern men look this issue in the face, and not be intimidated by epithes. of obloquy and odium as " ultras" and 44 traitors." Tl.o real traitor are those who give out that " all is well," when mea. sures are maturing whirh uiut eventuate in our ruin, if ! not properly and promptly met and icMited.