Wabash Express, Volume 19, Number 52, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 December 1860 — Page 2

Ä. V . HUDSON, EDITOR.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 5, 1860

Lieut. got. Morten's speech. We present this morning to oar readers, the leading point! of a speech recently di: I i t : - - . o r x vr ........ -t V

iirrreu vj i:u( uut. vs. ä wuiwu, iug Republican jubilee at Indianapolis. The

speech bears all those evidences of tun-

sire thought and clearness of statement for

which the able speaker is so mach distin

guished. It Trill be seea thtt Mr. Morton

denies the right of secession and takes the

bold, nanly and patriotic ground that the

Federal Government should pretest seces

sioB, or one State withdrawing from

the rest prevent it at the point of the

bayonet. This is the doctrines we hare advecated inm tbe ü'st.and a we hire

said before, it is the onlr. position thi

government ran take to preserve the Federal Constitution and tba Fedenl Govem-

SECES3I0NAND COEECOIN.

lleniarks of Hon. O. P. Horton at

slaw Kepablican Jnbllee at m O ft t 81 aw p w ft IS Ott Mm V 0 ft US ft

(Prom the Indianapolis Journal of the 27th) We bear much said against tbe policy of

coercing Sooth Carolina io cast she at

tempts to secede. tv'i... : : i. . 1 . r

it uab ! cot:rgiuu uut ius cuiurceuieuk oi the laws? In anything else intended or

required? .See8ion or'n unification can on

lyAe regaraea oymeueneiai uovsrnmem

as individual action upon individual re

sponsibility. Those coDcerned initcsn not intrench themselves behind the forms of the Slate Government to as to give their conduct the responsibility upon the State Government, which of iteelf is irresponsible. The Constitution and laws of the United Stated operate ppon individuals, but not upon States, and precisely as if there were no States. In this matter the President has no discretion. lie has taken a solemn oath to enfo-ee the laws and preserve or

der, and to this end be bas been made Commander in-Chief of the Army and Navy. How can he be absolved from responsibility thes devolved upon him by the Coni. tut ion ani his official oilh? O : it b done by the resolutions of con-

-lions, the advice of tbe newspapers, or

t n a decided preponderance of public

pio.4n7 There, ii bet one vat in whL'h the Pro.

tneot. The position taken by some of our I jj... h. -bl..l f. k,. A.-

leadiog men, that a State has no right to I ert all the power reposed in bis hands by

withdraw from the Federal Ooyercment, the Constitution to enforce the laws in

soma uarcuai, wnica is oy acinowiedgiag her independence. The GooatitulioQ prorides thtt Congress mey aduit rew

states into tbe Unien, but there is no provision for turning one out or for permitting one to go oat. A State once admitted in tbe Union becomes a part of the body of the nation, and severance or secession is

not contemplated by the Constitution as

permissable or possible.

If Leegrees possesses tbe power to ac

knowledge the independence of a State.

nd that place it without the pale of tbe

UmoQ, it must result from an inexorable

necessity produced by a successful revolution. While a State is in tbe Union there

is no power under tbe Constitution for tbe

general and State Governments to enter in

to negotiations aoü to treat with each oth

yet if one desires to. it would be better to permit her, than to reaort to coercion is, in our judgment cot tenable. That is, thirty-two States which love this Union thirty-two States that are willing to fight all the enemies of this Union come from whatever quarter they may, mast stand idly by and witness this Union dissolved by one of its own membersstand listlessly by and see the key-atone track from the great arch, and all tumbling into one ccsnon rnin. If thie policy is to be pursued by the President, the oldest man now living may lee the time when thie powerful confederation will be

AwAA .'t arte e-nvernmsnts. and the "r. u,TerBm,! poaesaes the coostit-

"'" ,u . ' , utional pjwer to dismember itself.

glerynnd renown whieb dealers arouna i If the power does exist in this Governour national eseutcbeon forever obliterated. I naent to acknowledge tbe independence of

South Carolina, or aoy other State, it can

only be ezereised by an act of Coogresi.

t c xrcsiaent ol mmeeir would not possess it, and consequently, an til released

from his duty by such acknowledgment, he matt exert his power to enforce tbe

laws.

WHAT IS TBX BUTT OF Tai GOTEXXXEST?

If an attempt at secession be made, there

James Buchanan ktst, this tery day, io

hie Message to Congress, deny the right of

secession aod eveke all the necessary pow-

era of tbe government to atrengle it now.

once and forever, or the fatal step will be

taken which will end in overwhelming

ruin to our national prosperity. There ia

not a moment to be lot The serpent has I is but one of two courses to be pursued. been warmed into Ufa iid with forked I Either to allow the eeeedine State neaca-

. i t:-.: .u.f. A. .I ably to go and set np for herself aa aa io-

wcgue anu oug m.cuw., - hifpcndtofGoTernment, or else by the poatroy its greatest benefactor and friend. j;Ce 0P rjültary power of the Uaited Slates,

".un "" guigwu wiiu Kii ui. w, i compel an burTtnc ol Iba ui and eu b

then icotfih it. and if that will not stop in nwwon tocon-utauonai obligation..

M.i 'f, t tsta. rtit. Let ui consider vim would be me COD-

wwe. vi .uvjuiijc luv i or roe r coorae. xi

we allow a State peaceably to secede, we

thereby concede the right 10 the mOStSUd-

taotial aod tolnmn maooer. It would be

sheer nonsense to allow a State, especially

i weak: one liki boutb Carolina, to secede, and yet deny the kioht of secession, and

that other States may not retire in tbe same

,i. '..;. Th.r is r.a enmnulsiOD manner whenerer they see proper. We can

au i. r ... , ll n .1 mn m ! . .

nor, tnreiore. auow soum Carolina io cr

eeds without conceding the right, and

thereby settling the principle as to tbe re

msicg States. Tie right of secession con

ceded, the nation is dissolved. Instead of

Lavier a nation, one mighty people, we

. 11 J l' .i!. -f

nave out a collection ana comomauon o;

thirty three independent and oetty States.

held together by a treaty which baa hith

erto bt en called a Constitution-, of tbe m

fiaction of which each State is to be the

judge, and from which any State may

hed. If the members elect from South CflrO in, withdraw from tbo National Cou

erpgs to day, that is- well they hare a riht tliua to act. South Carolina need

not be represented at Washington unless

on her in this respect. If her Federal

Jues and Tostmasters refuse to serve in.

their respective positions, that too, IS Well

South Carolina may do without auch of

ficers she may not desire th? amstancs

of tbe General Government ia giving her the adrantajes of its postal syate-u. But if Sooth Carolina tramples under her leet the laws of Congress open her ports to

free trade, and refuses to pay over to the withdraw at pleasure.

Federal Treasary the monies due from du

tie. and imposts, then it is the itnperauye .lut of tha General Government to see

that tbe lawa are respected and the duties

paid over. Let our Nary, or as much of it

aa is necessary, blockade the little port of

Chtrle&ton, and overhaul every ressel that tomi io and goes out, exacting the last

farthiur due this government before they

r,rmittpd td po their way. Let tbe

Bi V a-' www ajj - - e commerce cf the seas be at once turted

froui Charleston, and her harbor remain for

years, and forever, unrippled by a mr

chant's sbip and her. stagnant air unruffled by the hoarse puff of aa ocean steam

er. Cut off her trade stop her commerce

let-her cotton find, if it can, markets

elsewhere strengthen the government

forts within her borders and shut up the Custom houses do everything, resort to

everr meaua to teach this Tsbel State, and

set the examble to the rest, and to the

world, that tha National American Oot-

erntcent is one too powerful to be resisted ,

t93 stable 1 be Len fa it eq-.ip

It would not be twelve months until a

project of a Pacific Confederacy would be set 00 foot. California and Oregon, being

each sovereign and independent, would have right to withdraw from their present partnersoip and for a new one, or form two separate cations. In doing co, they would act with a far greater show of reason, &nd far better prospects of success, than South Carolina. They are seperated from the other States by thousands of miles of barren plains and snow-clad mountaias.

Their commerce is naturally with the East Indies aud tbe isles of the Pacific ocean.

The tie of commercial interests between them and the other States is weaker than

that which binds together any othr sec

tions of the Republic

Tbe right of secession conceded and the way to do it have been shown tobe safe snd essy tie prestige of the Republic gone the National pride extinguished wi.h the National idea secession would

beccme the remedy for every State cr sec

tional rrievance, real or imiasrr. And

n a few short years we should witness the total dissolution of that mighty Republic

which bas been the hope aod the glory of the world. We should then have before us

the prospect presented In tbe hitory of

fe petty states ot ureecc, ttaiy ana me cii'slities of Germany.

l.eed 1 stop to argue the political, mtel

cannot be drawn into precedent, and Con-i strued into an admission that we are but a combination of petty States, any one of which has a right to secede and set np for herself whenever it suits her temper, or views of her peculiar interest. Such a contest, let it terminate as it may, would be a declaration to tbe other States of the only terms upon which they would be permitted to withdraw from the Union. The lopping off ef South Carelina by the sword of revolution would not disturb the unity of the ballanee ef tbe nation; but would simply be a diminution from its ag gregate power to the the extent of her resources and population. Notwitbatandng the American revolution terminated so disastrouily to the British Government, arter an enormous expenditure .of blood and treasures, accompanied by such humiliation of tho national pride, still it preserved the integrity of tha remaining portion of the Empire. Had our elaisas to independence been at oucs recognized and conceded by the mother country, and the thirteen colonies reaciblv allowed to consti

tute a separate Qovrnaent, and take their place among the nations of the earth, an example would have bren set and an admission made of which every colony, island and dependency of the emp:rj wonM

have apeeusly claimed tha b.i-nt. the Caoadies.the Eat and West Indies and Australia would in tern, noint to this CO

och in British historr as a palpable and

unconditional avowal of the doctrine tuai

they had the right under the British Uustitution at any time peaceably to'terromate their allegiance to tba crowu, and fced from the Empire. An admission of the exMiancee-f rigkt si made, could it be

retracted at all. con I J ooly bo aLine enu ot numerous eiril and bloody war c Shall we aow surrender the Natni withoat a struggle, and let the Union go with mirilT a few hard wordsT Shall we en

courac-e faint barted traitors to pursue their

ireason oyaavising mem BU..

it will be aar and succetsiuii n " worth a bloody struggle to establish this

Nation, It is worth one to preserve n. And we trust that we shall not. by surrendering with indecent haste, publish to

the world that tbe inheritance our isiners

purchased with their bload, we hare giren p to save ours. Seven years is but a day i the Ii' of a nation, and I would rather come out of a atroesle at the end of that time, defeated

in arms and conceding independence to successful resolution, than, t purchase present peace by tbe concession of a prin cinle that must iaevitably explode this nation into small dishonored fragments. But of the result of such a struggle, I should

entertain tbe utmost hope and confidence. He who compares our glorious war for libertv and independence against crind-

ioeopuresaion to another war to be set on

foot for tha nrorjasation of human slavery.

to crush oat liberty of speech and of the nrrss. and to inaugurate and revive with

with all its untold and indescribable bor

rora the African slave trade must bare

an indifferent idea of tho justice of that Providence who holds in his band the is

sue of b'ttles. To employ the language of a great states

man: "Surely the Almighty bas oo av-

tribute that could take sides with them in

auch a contest."

I will not atop to mrgum the right of itCeSSiOD. The hole queion is suroed up

in this proposition : "Are we OV.ft nation

one people, or thirty three nations, or

thirtv-three independent and petty atat-?

The statement of the propo3iliotS famish

es the answer. II we are one nation, men no Stato has a riht to secede. Secession

can only be the result of f uecessful rer-

lutioa. I aaswer the nnestion for you and I know that ray answer will find a res

pon8e in every true American neart, t&at

we are one people, one nation, wcaiviaeu

and indivisible.

After the conclusion of Judge Morton's

speech a paper was handed to him, 0

wbicb the following is a copy :

This le understood to be a meeting to

rejoice orer the election of Abraham Lin-

Oiln.

Will the Speaker pleasa state to bis au

dience

1. Whether or not his party rejoice over

the univerxal bankruptcy aud ruin now

abent to fall upon our country, as a conse

quence of that election .

U. v netner they rejoice tnat tbe tree la

bor, and the free lajorers, about wnich

they have told us so much, are on the ere

of being turned out or employment and Starved, as a consequence of that elecjuon

3. Whether they rejoice at the prospect of fraternal strife and internecine war,

which now presents itself, in the immedi

ate future, as a consequence of the election 4. Whether they rejoice in the humilia

tion of being compelled, by the exigencies

of the limes, to accept the very principle

announced and maintained by Stephen A

Douglas (whom they have denounced and vilhäed for bis steadfast advocacy of it. )

as the only basis cf Union ar.d peace here after ; or, on the other hand, whether tb.ey rejoice in tbe certainly that the hones, adherenee to their own principles an-i doctrines, will assure the speedy destruction of thoir country, and demonstrate the failure of Republican governments to tho world. Goro Tassex.

paagweaaafflsaaeasaa sjwjUii iuiit - expect to accept "the very principle an nounced and maintained by Stephen A. Douglas." He has no principle, lie slsrtedoutin 1854 with something like Popular Sovereignty and bas ended by admitting the doctrine that slsve property stands upon the same footing with all other property. Thie doctrine will carry slavery into all States and Territories in defiance ef the people and Popular Sovereignty. To the second branch of tbe question I answer that we have not "vilified" Stephen A. Douglas for his "steadfast advocacy" of a principle or for any other cause. He has becu upon all sides of the Vexed question. Within the last twelvemonth he has undergone more changes than the moon. He bas advocated notbin stead

fastly but Stephen A. Douglas. To the third and last branch of the question I answer that we do not reiaice in the

certainty that an honest adherence to our

principles "will assure the sneed r destruc

tion of our country aud demonstrate tbe

isiiure ot ltepublican Government to the

world." On the contrary we believu our principles to be those of the Constitution

and the Fathers, aod that pesce can ba only restored aud the alety of onr institu lions secured, by bringing back the Gor-

errmeitt, to that ancieut, just aod liberal

po.ury tipou which it was founded, and ad-

min red tor so matiy years ,t ,

vailed previous to the Speaker taking the 23 years, both by the press and tbe people.

chair at noon aod calling the House to and asserting that the time of Congress is

order.

Prayer was offered up by the Rer. Mr.

Stockton, appropriate to the political con

dition of the country, io wbicb ha said

that the good and wise men from all sec

tions were at fault; be implored the Di

vine blessing to quiet all distractions and the alave States alone, and permitting sectionsl discord, that general brotherly j them to manage their own State affairs, as

feeling might be restored, the Republic j they only are responsible before God for

COXGRESSEOXAIi.

HOUSE. Excessive good humor pre-

After referring to the incessant agitstion Uws can

against slavery at tbe North for the last J already resigsed

be earried into f xecntion hi

7.1 r

occupied with violent speeches on this

never ending subject, he remarks, bow easy would it be for the American people i to settle the slavery quesliou forever, and

restore peace aod harmony to this distracted country, which can be done by letting

perpetuated and tha Union preserved.

The roll of ein here was then called

about 200 responded to their names.

Mr. McKinta from Pa. appeared in

place of Mr. Schwarte, deceased.

slavery existing among them, and with which the North has no more right to in

terfere then with the similar institution iu

Russia or Brazil.

The President relies on tbe good sense

Mr. Barrett of Mo., and John Young J and forbearance of the people, alleging it

Brown f Kv. aopesred and were qusli-1 ia out of the powor of any President to

fie J. .

A message waa received from the Senate

announcing the appointment of Bigler, Mason and Collamer a committee ou part

of the Senate, to wait on the President

and inform him that a quorum of both

houses were in attendance and ready to

accomplish but little: which leads him to

observe, that the election of any one of our

fellow citicens to the o fl:e of President does not of itself afford jagt cause for dis

solving the Union. Tbelste election bar

ing been held in strict conformity with the provisions of ihe Constitution does not

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ad too heroic not io ngnt untune -1, social .nd commercial deth inarned (s expire," to maintain its sa- this wreck and ruin? We must -,,. ( then cling to the ideathat we are a Nation,

r j -

Hlavei las Transit. In discussing the other day the concessions which the North ought be called t make to retain some of the slave States in the Union, we said we were willing for tie to grant slaveholders protectioa against interference with their slsves while traveling through or temporarily resident in lh free States. Indtnapol$ Journal. You grant too much much more, in our opinio', than ihe Republican party will bwilling to eonred?. Tho punctum $alien$ of Republicaninui, i, that human slsveiy, in this government, exists only within the influence of laws regulating the relation pfau'teranJ Flare. Outside of that induene there is, ar l of right ought to be. no slavery. If a slaveholder then, voluntarily takes his Ist into a territory oi täte where there are no laws making tbe uon rr.twtcrand tl-o o'.her !Te, that very tuoweni ss sn as he crows il.e border tbe lve berouK a fru as the tcanu-r, and tine i$ ae ptuer Ly uhleh he m be leosliyrfdaced ay re seeery. No "concessions granted" esn ever again make that um gro man a slsve. If the a'.ave, ovrin -rvice or Ubor under tbe laws of a j articular Slate, capes into an iihr State, tbe roaster has tbe M!t to füll-, rapture him and take Lim back. He has this right because the FdJfal coi.stitution gires it to him. But the ruire ' of tbe beudman is changed when the as'er tntarilg takes him beyond the jurisdiction of all laws regulating ik relation of roaster and slave. Apart however from this, we csn not arra F the editor of the Indianapolis J jurnal. in eoncediug to a alaveholder tbe tihtof a "temporary residence," wiikkii .tare, in this State. This doctrine would rrovt the free institutions of the Stale of it,d .sua. What is a "temporary residence? ' To $UJ i4,,, enough ta raiso a crop of corn to fatt Ui hog to pasture a herd of eaitl on our prairie to build a bouse ! it thousand nils ioc!ot a farmspend U" summer, the Ml. the winter or tha spring What is to be regarded as a "temporsry residence V What is to be permitted to be done by those men of passage and ho le thT tmporarily nay araosg us ? these are questions that would be a difficult to settle aa the one of bunati :slaf ery itself. Oh ! no Mr. Salgrove, the North must make no sueh eon. cessions admit of do such thing, or all m. advance we have made in the right direction will bo lost, lost forever, irretfievsbly lost. XT We understand that Mr. M. L. Yettr, tbe editor of the Fountain Democrat, will be a candidate before th legislature tbie winter for Cierk of the House. Mr. T. wonld make an efficient CUrk, aod deserves well of the Rfpublicaa members of (be legislature.

one and indivisible, and that although sub divided by State lines for local and domes

tie purposes, we are but one people, tbe citizens of a common country, having like institutions and inaurers, aud possessing a common interest in lhst inheritance of e'rry to i e'A lof'. lc 1 sy our fa'ht-r. We uiu-t Ihe't-fere do n' act -x mut tolhtk no act we ntu concede no idea or theory lhl looks toor involve tbedismeui berroantof the Nation. And especially mmt we of the inland States cliagtothe National idea. If South Carolina msy secede peaceably, so may New York, Maaachusetl. Mary-

ltod and Louiiiu, cuuicg eft! our com

merce and destroy injf our right of way to the ocean. We iuld thus t e shut up iu tbe interior of a continent, surrounded by icdependeiit, perhaps hostile nations, through wbei:c l'crritorie s e cnld obtain egress to the esbord cn!j uptiii uch Urms as might be agreed to hy ir.-stv Emigrsnts from foreign hnJs C'jld only reach us by permission of our neighbors, aod we could i.ot reach any Atlantic port e crept by passports duly tiifd. In sncli a condition of affairs thr seaboard States Would poPM invneuse sdantages, which msy be illustrated and understood by comcaring the wealth, prosperity and poiei uf the seaboard kingdoms with those shut cp in the interior ofRurope. Cati it be osaible then that Kentucky. Tenr.es-ee, Arkansas, Missouri or Mississippi c u ev-r become so infatuated, so utterly doineotc! t.s to subscribe to tho doctrine thst a Slate lias the right to secede, thereby placing the existence of their commerce, their peculiar iusiitution, their every thin,; wuh iu the power of Louisiana, comi'si dinj 4 ahe does, the outlet of the MU-i.i(f.i und tbe entrance to the Gulf? As ih.- mat

ternow standi, the port of New York is

the properly of the nation, he.d f .r the benefit of all the Saetes, the revenue there collected being disbursed for the b-nefit of

all.

Hat we are told that if we umj f.irce to

Compel submission to the law iu South Carolina, It will so excite and exispera'.e the olker hlave States as to lead iliem to common cause with her. I am not willing to be lei ve that this treason i widely spread, and that sympathy with S)i L Carolina traitors will be stronger thso d Totioo to the Union. Bbonld ucii U- ih case, however, it ahould not, in my jaJgment, change the course we'i')ii i., pur sue. If the people of the othr Svjihrru States will not permit lk" enforceim nt of tbe laws in South Carolin, it wuu!d be evidence that they were intending to fallow her example at their own convenience. If they intend to stay in th Union, aod adhere to its fortunes, they will thrut no obs taele ia the way of the Gencrrsl Government to prevent its cornpellisg obedionce to tbe laws. Mere caprice aud pride will not determine their action in a matter so momentous, involf i"g the destinies of million for all time. But if such is their parpose, and such the condition of pubiis sen timent, we cannot know the fact !oj soou, that we may prtpare for the worst. 1 am not willing to believe that the bad example of South Carolioa would be followed by any other State-certainly by nol more than one or two. If South Carolina get4 out of the Union, I trust it wilt be at the poiat of the bayonet, after our best efforts have failed to compel ber to submisHiou to the lawa. Better coneede ber independence to force, to revolution, than to

right and principle. Such a coueetiion

November 22. 18C0. Mr. ilorton read the paper, and then sai l ; "As I reeogniee- tbe pervon whose name is signed to this paper a a gentleman, 1 win with Hceaure attempt to respond to his interrrtyatories. "I answer to tbe first question, that we rejoice over our victory because it is the triumph of truth, and the success ef cor rect and time-honored principles. Should bankruptcy snd ruin fall upon tbe country, we should deplore it most deeply. 13;it we sho.M nt r arj it ns thn consequence of the eWtion of Abraham Lirroln or feel thit any responsibility rested upon us, but in it recognize tho legitimito results of the means employed by our d vertat ies toeffpct our defeat and fjHs'ruclion. To the se?ond question, 1 answered tha: should "free labor" loee it reward and "free laborers" their employment, ar.d be brnugkt to starvation, Wo wout.l mourn over their calamine, seek to allr-viat- their sufferings and redres their wrong, ar,d , a we know the authors of the erim, pa intend to hold them toa just accountability in. this world, and believithat the Almighty will ia tbe next. To the third qut-iion I auwr, that we du not rejoice ' at the prospect of fraternal strife aud iuiernrine war." Fro n such a proiect wo would turn awav with horror. But should l hey comi we eis rejoice in the conviction that they are not the iu-t conseqnen;e of the eleeiion of a. President accoruint; tt the form cf the Oouttitutioa . Itut we know those who woal l rj iee. Thev are those who, for mouth and years past, have labored ti alienate thi heart of this people from eac! her; who, for po litical purposes, by a!l '' of defamation, have poiaoned the oauihera mind against the North, k.J sought to array tbem in deadly hostility against each other; who have broken compromises, and kept no faith; who incited siril vsr in Kansas, and justified the kt tempted subjugation of a free people; who, for politics!

purpose, nave proput-sieu mat iue thiuz would follow Lincoln's election.

add are now laboring to fulfill the prophe

sy, and instead ( t seeking to alia the troub't's in the land, ore exerting all the meius in th'r power to aggravate the difficulty and widen the breach. They seem exceedingly anxious tobt; able to tell the

people, ' I told yon so. See what yon have

done by voting your sentiments, and far the man of yoor choice." R.J.Ryan I beg leave to ask a question. I agree and endorse uearly every, thing that has been said here to-night, and I , too, trast that if South Carolina gets out of the Union it will be the point of the bayonet. My father and mother are buried at Barowell iu that State, snr1 shu'il I she secede from the Union, 1 would go aod with my own hands d g up their bones and bring thern away. Uut the question I desire to ssk is: Whether those questions were really prepared by a Democrat? Much confusion and excitement ensued fur a moment, when Mr. Tsnoer arose in the bck portion of the audience aad said the questions were his and bore his signs

ture.

Mr. ',Morton theu proceeded: I am not surprised that my friend, Mr. Ryan, who ia a very sensible gentleman, should regard it as incredible that any Democrat should ssk these jquestions. - The fourth question as yon perceive, is quite lengthy, and haaa very considerable stump speech injected into ihe body of it. My friend, Got. Lane, understands parliamentary law, aud I appeal to him whether 1 may not eall for a division of the qieition and cousiJer it by sections. (Gov. Laae, who was sitting on the platform, announced that the suggestion was is order.) To the first brsnch of the question 1 answer by denying that we iccept or

ecessieu.; There is, to our mind, new, but o

thing left, by which thil government can

be prrnewd intact, and that is that the

President of the United States, today, in

his Ucesasje to Congress,. takes decided

mi pttfv grounds against uroeiMar,

If If ill üothU, the treasonable atmosphere which now lowers along the South-

era horiaen will be dispelled, snd if ha

does mi, S.mih Carolina and perhaps

Georgia, will secede. None can command

the arniv l march. an1 n. .,

- m iv mm j v sew

semble at a given place, but the President

he is the Commander -1 A -aTIS lff of

rmy and Navy. .Nothing will prevent

secession but force nothing aave us from

dissolution but tho determined opposition

of the Federal Gorerument. The prty

just going out of power, would rather dis

solve this government, thai see the Repub

lican take its majatfnent into their hand. Disuuiotiiat- ira Gr.A ... . i. .

Democratic party 1 Republican either North or South de-tires dissolution hoha are unwilling lo esiaiu th.; Vresi-

deut if he wilJ l,ut fight the traitor with

all the powr known to the Federal Constitution.

Au neoaiescenco in eecetisiou ou Dart of

the general government, is undoubted de

struction to the Union. Nothing is more certainly discernablo in the signs of the

times, than, that South Carolina will go out ot this Union nnles hhe is prevented by a superior power. The fire eaters are raid, and ia their Mini fury they will pull down the tci.pl whieb i. certain to v.-r-whelm thtfw, jhev are traitors, ai,i treison hulfi bo airaoglod before it is permitted l expand. Ia revolutions, it ia never too soon to draw the sword. Treason expands when left alooe aud traitors multiply wheu uot resisted. Tho times

demand promptness, decUion, a stern nu-

bending will ou part of the Federal agthorities. We know the President hns

traitors to this Oeoeral Oovcrutneot i n. "his Cabinet his very adtriscre think and talk

treason, still -we hopo that Mr. Buchanan,

Knows bjs duty and dar do it.

Secesrlon. is di$solutiA, and dissolution must be resisted by all the powers known to our Const itu tion must bo prevented, or the worst ot consequence will befall this Republic. Let the precedent bo ouce recognized that one Stale has the right to peaceably secede from the rest, and tbe band is broken, the contract ended, the partner? hip expired, the Union dissolved. Nothing ia mora, certainly taught by the past, nothing "more clearly discernable in the future. If this Union is uot worth fighting f jr jt , not worth having, and we aro 'jnable to see the difference between resisting its dissolution when attacked by trl-0r8f or foreign enemie.

-tloTements on tho It order. As a counterpoise to the exciting and evidently cxagerated news from the Uorder, wcsll attention to the following, from a reliable gentleman of Lawrence. His declarations are corroborated fully by the official report of a special messenger from the Missouri army. When the truth of history shall be written, it will be found that these siting rnmors are only a part of the progi -mme cono-ted by the Democracy for the dissolu ioo of the Union. A special despatch to the T. Time, from Lawreoee, Kaneas Territory, ria Leavenworth, Sunday, Xor. 55, says: The whole country is imnosed nnn K

the late reports of the Kansas difficulties

receive any eoramunicntion he may be justify a revolution to destroy this tery

plessed to make. Constitution ; reason, justice and a regard

Mr. Moorhead offered a similar reaolu- J f0r the Constitution all require that we

tion, which waa adopted, and he, ßoeock I ,nall wait for some oTert and dangerous

ana Adams ol Ky. were appointed a com ac, on tDe part of the Presidentelect before

mittee on part of tha House.

. Mr. Grow railed up a motioo made last sesäion to reconsider the rote by wiiicl.

the Homestead Bill was reported from the eommitroe on Agriculture aad referred to

committee of the whole on the stste of the

Union; ha moved the previous question.

Mr. Phelps said the gentleman from Pa. conld call up tha motion any other day: it ahould not now be insisted on, as several , member were absent.

Mr. Grow explained his reason for calling np the motion now was that they might have business before the House. There

resorting to scch a remedy. Mr. Bcckanan refers to the ftct that the President's proviuco is not to make but to execute the laws. It U alleged as one cause for immediate secession thst the Southern States are denied equsl rights

ith the other States in the common terri

tory; but by what authority are theae de

nied! Not by Congress, which ass never

passed and I believe uever will pass any

act to exclude slavery froia these territo-

ties; and certainly not by Ihe Supreme

Court, which has solemnly seceded thst

We no lonecr have a District Judge, a ,

District Attorney, or a Marshall iu South , Carolina, in fact the whole machinery of; the Federal Government oecesary for tbe , distribution of remedial Justices among j the people has been demolished, and it woule be difficult if not impossible to re-j

piece it.j The only acta of Congress on the j statute book, bearing on this subject are ;

those of iheöSth Febrniry 1795, aod the. 3rd of March 18U7. These authoriae ti e j President after he shall have ascertained that the Marshall with his posse comitstus

is unsble to execute civil or criminal process in any particular ease to call forth the militia, aud employ the army and navy to aid him in performing this sua:cr.

havioff first by proclamation commanded i

the iusurgents to dispense and retire j

peaceably to their respective abodes with j

in a limited time. This duly caunotby any possibility I performed io a Slate wler no judicial authority exists to issue process, where there is no Marshall to execute it and where even if there were such an officer, the entire population would cod-

. stitnte one solid combination to resist him Congress alone has the power to decide whether the present laws can rcsnuotb

j tutu Jfd. so as to carry out more effectual i ly the objeti cf the Constitution. Revenue

staves are oroDertv. and like all other

are special orders for the first thre or four property eir owners bare a right to take weeks of this session. 1 1. , . j

Mr. Crow yielded to a suggestion to

postpone the moiiou for the present that

members might proceed to draw forseate.

On motion of Mr. Floreace the daily

bourcf meeting was fixed at noon until

otherwise ordered. '

tbem into the common territories and hold

them there under the protection of the

Constitution. The anticipation that Congress may pass some law obnoxious is ao

goad reason for dissolution. The Presi

dent reasserts the power of Congress over

pronertv in the territories, and tu sacred

r . ii. r

vjq motion oi air urow a message was . ... u . nn

I iigiii vi pi Vci fcj ail; icwc'iti, ...

stitution.

sent to the Sonata informing them that a

quorum of the House was present and

ready to proceed to business.

The House, purrnant to the resolution

previously adopted, proceeded to draw for

seats; all tbe members retired without the bar, and as the name cf each member was

taken from a box aod called by the clerk.

be came in aod made his choice.?

The Speaker stated that the committees appointed at the last aessioa would bo continned through the present sesiioo lubjcct however to tho vacancies that may occur. which vacancies will be filled by bim. Mr Grow renewed his motion for the reconsideration of the reference of the Homestead Bill. MrWashburne of Ills. said, as it was understood that the President's Message was not to be transmitted to the Honse untill to morrow, he moved an adjournment till to morrow. Adjourned.

SENATE. The Senate convened at 12 o'clock precisely, Mr. Breckinridge in the chair. Prayer was offered by the chaplain, Mr Gurley. Mr Bright moved that the Secretary inform the House that a quorum of the Senat was present and ready to proceed to business. Adopted.

Mr Bigler introduced the f olio wiog res

olution:

Resolved, That a committee of three of

the Senate, and such as may be appointed

by the House, wait upon the President of

the U S aod inform bim that there is a quorum in each House of Congress, and is

ready to receive any communication he is

pleased to make.

Mems Bigler, Maaoo aod Collamer

were appointed the cosu mittee

Mr Fitrpatrick offered an order, that the

daily me.ting of the Senete be 12 o'clock, j dioance of South Carolina, and says this until otherwise ordered . j Government was intended by its foanders Adopted. j to be perpctcsl and not to be annulled at

A message was received from the House J the pleasure of aur one of the eontraetine

The most palpable violations of the Con stitution which has been committed eon

slats in the acts of different State Legi si a

tures to defeat the execution of the Fugi

tive Slave Law. It ought to be remem

bered, however, that for these acta of othera neither Gongreaa or any President can justly be held responsible; having been passed in violation of the Federal Conttito tion, tbey are therefore null and void.

It will be the duty of the ueit rreaidect,

as it has been my own, to act with vigor

in executing the Fugitive Slave Lw

against conflicting enactments of State

Legislatures. We are not to presume in advance that he will violate his duty, which would be at war with every princi

ple of justice. Let us wait for the overt

- . .

act. The Fog-itire Slave Law has been

carried into execution in every eon tested

Case Since the commencement of tbe present

administration. Let ns trust thai?' the State Legislatures will repeal their unconstitutional and obnoxious enactments. Unless this shall be done jtithout enneees sary delay, it is impossible for any human power to save the Union; and the Southern States have a right to demand this act of justice from tbe Northern States. Should tbis'.be refused, the injured States , after b aviog first used all peaceful meaua to obtain redress, would be justified in revolutionary resistance to the Government of the Union. The alleged principle that as each State became a party to tho Union by the vote of its own people acs bled in Convention, so any one of them may retire from the Union in a similar manner by the vote of such a Convention is wholly inconsistent with the history as well as the character of the Federal Constitution. He then rehearses a portion of Gen. Jackson'i message of 1633, relative to tbe nullifying or-

to tho effect that it concurred in the Senate resolution for a committee to wait on the President and had appointed a similar committee. Ulr Clingman moved to tako a recess for lifcl f an hour. IMr Trumbull was iufonued that they

would not get the Message to day.

I adjure ail to await the facU before judg- Adjourned at 10 minutes past 1 o'eloek. mg the mater. Judge Willams, who has. I Wawikatoy Deed so d-ee.vd tbe public, is a mier-b old ' AMUhGTCOr, Utf . 4. dolard, unworthy of credence. j ATE. Messrs. Cwln, Matten, Joh-

i he Court bss not been molested. Kwrt Soott hss not been attacked. Neither Paris m.r eny other place bas been sucked. Montjomerey's party hss not entered Misouri, and never inteuded U. Not one cent has been given to aim or bis men from the recent Eastern contributions. Na ' arms or munitions have been sent them J a a reported; all their aru have been in V , Territory fi.r years. 1 challenge prr l0 the contrary. All such statement., as Jode Wi'iüama has made arc vil fsbricatior... wr.jch are doiugour people infinite wroug. Leithe public charge H t-Uher t his to slice or M his ignorance. Still, it is admitted that exciting evv.ts ar npoi ti. WM. HUTCHINSON.

Tf.e Secession Mesr!',nenta m the oiitKs Tlie aetU.n aTrtsdy tk-i, by .-erl .f the Southern Stilts, in regard to tbe secehkion moTdnwm, tanj h-briefly recapitulated lis fellows: The Virginia Legislature is s-iiiMiioned to meet on the 7th of January to tain into conidersliou tb- critical eondilinn of the country. The N:ib Carolin Legislature i iu session. The flovmor favors a convention of all the Southern States. The South Carolina Legislature is noti

in Bcsiioir. On the 6th of December deleirate are to hu elected to the State Convention authorized to be held at the extra tension of the Legislature. On the 17th i.f December the said State Convention assembles at Columbia, when the question of secession will be determined, and in all probability the State of South Carolina solemnly declared to be na longer a member nf the Federal Uniou. Various rueas ureu have been aid others will be adopted by the Legislature to arm and protect the State after the act of secession.

The Oeorgia Legislature is in eMon, and a State Convention is called for the

Hwn of Tenn., Thompson and Wilkiison

appeared in their seats. Prav er wan offered by the Chaplain. lr Biglcr in behalf of the committee to wait on tho President, reported that it had perfected Its duty. The President's Mttsae was delivered by A J. Olosbrenner, his private Secre

tary.

The Message was received by the House.

HOUSK. The President's ilessage was laid before t.hr House and read by Colonel

Forney,

parties. The President enumerates the powers conferred on Congress by the Federsl Government, snd thst these powers msy be ef fectnal. It also possesses exelaseve right to lay and eolleet all import dutiea aad other taxes, and hss adopted effetual means to restrain the Slates from inter fering. In order still further to secure the nninterrnp'fd exercise cf tbe high pnwer ngainst State interposition, it is provided that this Constitution and the laws ef the Ueited States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made or which shall bo made uiider the authority of the United States shall be the supreme law of the land, and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby anything io tho Constitution, or law of any State or Territority to the contrary. Notwithstand

ing. The Gevermeni created by the Can

etitutiouand deriving its authority from the sovereign peepleof each of the seversl States,

has precisely the same right to exercise

Aftfer alluding lo'tha great commercial , ;t, power 0Tfr the peppi, r ,n lIlcM

agricultural and other loaterial prosperi

ties of the country, ihe Preside ot asks why

is it tb i ihsi discontent now so extea

sively prevsils, and the Union of tbe

Stales, which is the source of all blessings, is threnter.ed with destruction' The long

continued and intemperate intcrfVrenceof

States in tbe enumerated rates, each one

of them posies over subjects n-jt doleg.

ted io the United States, but reserved to

the States respectively or to the people to

the extent of the delegaed powers. Th

Uonslitutien of the United States is as

much a nart of tha Constitution t

the Northern people with ,h question of guu . M h people as

though it had beer textuslly inserted

Slavciy in the Southern States has at

length produced its nalnral effect. The different eclions of the Uiion are now arrayed against each other, and the time has arrived much dreaded by the Father

oi his Country, when hostile geographical

psrtios have been formed

till continues to be collected as heretofore

at the Custom Honse at Charleston. Should

the Collector unfortunately tesign, a suc

cessor msy be appointed to perform this

duty. It is not believed thst any at

tempt will be rasue te expel the Uni

ted States from its properly there

by force, but if in this I should prove to

be mistaken, the officers incommaod of the

Forte have received orders to act strictly

n tbe defensive in auch a contingency,

the responsibility for consequences would

rightfully rest upon the beads of tbe as

sailants. In reference to recognising a sered in Stale as an Independent Govern

meal by the President, he says, it would be a nnkeJ act of usurpation on bis part,

and it is bis daty to submit to Congress

the whole question in ell its bearings.

The probability of any emergency arising

when Coogresa will be called oo to decide

the question whether it possesses power to

compel a Stale to remain in the Union authorises him to express tbe opinion, that do such power baa been delegated bv Congress or any other department of tbe federal government. It is manifest that

this .is not among tbe specific and enume

rated p0We granted to Congress and it is equally apparent thft its exercise is not

necessary aad proper ir earrrica- into

xeeoliuu aoy cue of th'poweri.

Tbe President declares lb at to snake war npoi a State is at variance with the spirit f the Constitution, and after having conquered a State, how ere we to prwo im it? Wc could not gowa it ly despotic power, nor could we by pbysical force compel its

people to elect a. senator and represents- j lire and perform all other duties appertaining to an independent Stale. The fact is, that our Ynion rests upon public opinion and can never be cemented by the blood of ita citizens shed in civil war; if it cannot lire in the affections of the people it must one day perish. Congress possesses many means of preserving it by con

ciliation, but the sword is uot placed in their bands to preserve it by force. Bat may I be permitted solemnly to ia voice my couutrymea to pause and delibe rate before they determine to destroy this, the grandest temple which has ever been dedicated to human freedom aince the world began. It has been consecrated by the blood of our fathers, by the glories of the past aud by the hopes of the future. TheUniot has already made us the most prosperous, snd ere long will, if preserved, render us tbe most powerful nation on the face of the earth. In every foreign region of the globe tbe title of American citisen ia held in the highest respect, and when pronounced in a foreign land, it causes the hearts of aur countrymeu to swell with honest pride. Surely when we pass the blink of the yawning abyss we shall recoil with horror from the fatal plonge; by such a dread catastrephe tLe hepes of the friends of freedom throughout Ike world would be destroyed, and a long night of leaden despotism would enshroud the natioua. Out example for more than SO years would not only b lost, but it would be quoted as a conclusive proof that man is unfit for "elf government. - The slavery question, like everything homsn, will have its day. 1 firmly believe Ihm it has already reached and passed the culminating point; b..t if in tbe midst of tLe txi6ting excitement the Union shal perish, the evil may then become irreparable. Congress can contribute much te avert it by proposing and recommending to the Legislatures ef Ihe seversl Stalea the remedy for existing evils which Ihe Constitution has itself provided fer ita own preservation. Tbe President proposes that his explanatory amendment to the Constitution be adopted by Congress for the final settlement of the true construction of the Constitution on three special points:-An express recognition of the right ef property iu slaves in the Slates where it now exists or msy hereafter exist; the duly of protect ing this right in all the common territories thiougbout their territorial existence and until they shall be admitted as States into the Union with or without slavery , as their Constitutions may prescribe; a like cognition of the right ol the master to have his slsve who hss eicaped from one State to

another restored ana delivered up to him;

nele nin's Address I o lsere. (Fron the liobteko'd Juurtat.) Corae.'vrtaeia koya.acd oiituern U, And bo; 1 1 rem fart and Weit, Bs fr.tr.d, ttule lud, and g to wort: Yon've sad eabBga jfrest. VsuNs toU.I for Inst essentia Thal esrh lliMithl let te mir tt r Mle. Election over now, any be(a The PretUent elected A ad hke Lim well, or like kla ill. What odds, tiaceLe'sselertrsf A President ibould elwavs be l bs choice of the airjortt). , You've kadajoily time amy bey; ferforraed roine wondront feats; Hsve.airied liglion stormy tl'gtu. Tkroufh sU M., r.ublls.traeU; Yo oikedwu s i ite.tbolar'. loll. And gre.e. jour cos u with V'eJdaigtn oil." Whai care yoa who's Pre.i J.ui. -Or wbt care )o3 who's tir(T Von'vexot ibe bone and mosele, Wya, And 1 11 that sort ef thltr. Tha Xorth aJ sutb ,u Kat sad West tau bay hsirHh, sa. wblptUs rest hake haaJs.ui, b,r.. ,r,, t , - Mlaii-ry fre :n.ibr, And each to each a biotber, Mlchtoyvarslors, yoer wei ksh.i... And t has de f sworlJla aru s." Then go to work, mJ ho ittt l,jt, And prove ynur noble birth Brsirucjtics-uot.,,,,, ,--(u.,.. R'it wltbths turJy emU. Whose hos ou Uclhmoretrcfs'mekoJd TLaa politic a taeaaaae fte.

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re, Csmmsree. Bei. Mle., Arrlrulior,.Kd;,r,Vi; Art, Science and Literal-are. PRO3PK0TÜ3FOR 1861. JifirV fAtiT' Gatpolitial campaign of ieCD is closed. , The the battle bai beea

rooght and won.acd th eagles of rictory peieled on the Rerr.Uican benaers. i'W 5L,t" fca" irinn-phsatty

elected President oi the Lnitrd Ststee for

lour ye irs rrom the 4th rf March, 1 861 ll.l!'.1''" t,pQ year that will be oemorab e .n tho aa.ala or Amerieaa politics. The Fire Eaten af tbe Cottou States have andertakea to break p the American L nion The people have decided against U.em at the bsJlot box, and they refuse to submit to tbe verdict unless their demaoda shall he eotnplied with, which are as follows : . of th Km Eariai. 1st. That

" rre tat-ashsll p.y for all fugitives from labor who mav rscape. 2d. That all State iaws against kidnapping shall be repealed. 3J. That Slavery aball be extended into all the Territories and protected by a Federal SI.. Code. 4th- That the S.ave traffic ahall be re opened ia tb t"u'tCt f' Co,om,i- 5th. That a law shall le puifd granting Ihe right to aim

ü;lr end .oojrn ia. tho Free btalea, arcooipaaied by their slaves. In com of Bou-coiEpliiiei with there pro-slavery deuianda. the . Fire-Eetera threaten to secede from tk . .

therein. This Government therefore ia a

grest and a powerful Government invested

with all the attributes of sovereignty over

the special subjects to which its authority

extends. It may be asked thon, are the peo

ple of the state without redress against

This does not proceed solely from the I the tyrsnay aud oppression of tlio Federal

claim on the part of Congress or the Ter Government? By no meaus. The right

ritorlsl Legislstures to exclude slavery of resistance on the part of the governed from the Territories, nr from the efforts of sgaint the oppression rf.iheir Governments ihe different Sta'.es to defeat the execution cannot denied, it exists iriderei.dentlr

r 4

lClh 6f J atiuary. The sum of one million

of dollars hss been appropriated to put the Stale in an altitude uf defense. Alabama also holds a State Convention on the 7th of January, to which body delegates will be chosen on the 21th of December. The Legislature of Mississippi ia in spe cial sea 8 ion, with the view of calling a State Convention, and the Legislature of Louisiana ia to assemble oo the 10th of December for the same purpose. The Legislatures of Florida and Arkan aas are in annual asssion, we believe, but nothing of importance has yet been done. nn . . - Tbk Satubdat Evbnino Post. Wo call attention to the Prospectus ef this old and well known Philadelphia weakly in our

advertising columns. It will be seen that

its publishers offer a Large and Handsome

Eograving, as a well as Wcbeter'slDiction,

ary, and Lippencotl's Gatelteer as Premiums. The Post is generally acknowledg

ed tobe eoe of the best literary pspers

published, ;

of all Constitutions, and has been exercised at all periods of the World's History, but the distinction must be ever observed that

this is a revolution against aa established Government, and net a voluntary secess

ion from it by virtue of an inherent Con

stitutional right. Ia short let na look the danger fairly in the face. Secession ia

neither more tior less than Revolution, it

may or may sot bo a justifiable Involu

tion, but still !it is Ilevolution;

r.l -t . . o I r t ...

ui tiiu fugitive oiave Lisw out Hie uniue-

diale peril Brines from incessant and vio W -M .

lent agiiaiioi: oi tiie slavery question

p throughout the Jorth, which has produced

; its malign iuflueuce on the slaves aud in

spired taeai with - vague notions of free

dom. Hence a sense of security no longer

exists around tho family altar. This feelit:g st home has girea place toapprehen

rious oi eervne insurrection.. Many a ma

tron, throughout the South, retiree at

night in dread of what may befall herself! what io the meantime is the responsibility .1 .l.ll.l. f . 1 : k- t J I I r . V. m WW

nu i iiiiuicii uciuii wie luviuieg. .-nuuiu i auu uuc position Ol tue ixecUllVCi 110 IS

this apprehension of domestic danger ex- j bound to take care that the laws be faith-

tnd and intensify itself until it shall per- fully executed, and from this obligation be

Tado the masses of the Southern people, I cannot be absolved by any human power

then disunion will become inevitable. I But.what if Ike performance of this duty in

Self-preservation ia the first law of nature, whole or in part, has been rendered im

and no political union however fraught I practicable by events over which he conld

with blossings and benefit io all other re- havo exercised no control.

peciscan long couuuue, i iu necessary aucto atme present, moment ia the eaae

confeuuence be to render the bemea aod throughout the Stale ef South. Carolina, so

firtsidea of nearly half tbe partiea to it far as the laws of the United States to se-

habitually and hopelessly insecure. cure the Administration of Juatiee bt a. .sa a ?-l

Sooner oc later me Dona oi sncn a union meant or tbe Federal judiciary are coo-

must m severcu. n i. raj (unricugn mn ctrgid. ibe federal offieere within its this fatal period has oot yet arrived. ' 4 f limits, through whose egsasy alone these

and of the vslidity of the Fugitive Slave ? oil

cp I Southern CoDfCutncr, rt opro ihe African Rlsre Trade, aod attempt to found 'Srl atareholdiaa; empire, by abaorbiug Mexico, Central America and ;b Isthmas of tr.e Gulf. 5uch is the programme ef tbe Uisuoiouists. In this it behooves every sound patriot and friend of the Uoion aod Constitutiou to stand by Lincoln's Administration aa the old Democrata stojd by Cen. Jacksou when assailed by South Carolina nullifiers. The free North meat not be' bullied ner frightened by tbe arogaot oligarchy into abae sarrender of its dearest rigtit and most eberiahed principlea, Oth Qckstiosh. Aod there are other important matters to come before the new Administrotiou. Among these are: Free

Homesteads for tbe laodless; Improvements of Harbors; Csnstruetion of Kailroads to the Pacific; Encouragement of the Manufacturing and Farming industry of the country; Retrenchment and Reform ia the administration of Governraeut; a resteration. in abort, of the earlier and purer dsys of the it-public. Oo all these questions, the Taisixz will ever be fonud an earnest champion oa the side of Freedom , Right, and Patriotisms. ÜIXERL Nk--a. Chicago is the Com. mercial Emporium ef a large portion of tbe North-west, and by reason of ber immense system ef Railroads aad telegraph lines, she hss become a great news centre; and we are confident that western resders can obtain - their earliest information of passing events from the columns of the Chicsgo- Tkibtke, which is a lite newspaper that keeps fully np with the times. A good western psper is certainly better calculated to promote the interests oftke West, than papera published 1000 miles away, which know little and care less for western interests, sentiments and requirements. Ci-aaEsrtxcr.xca. During tb ecrniog winter one ef the editors will eorrsspeod f-"" the Teiai-XK from Washington, giving fun and crarLic reports of the r.T"cvdifl's of an exciting session ef Cougrcb. Another of tLe editors will attend at SpringCeld and keep the people felly posted en what will be done by the Illinois Legislature. Correspondents will be employed at the Capito's of lows, Minoesota, Wisconsin and Indiana From other portione of tbe country, aod from foreign lands, we derive our intelligence from the ntuttifarone Correspondents th Associated Press, fr.ra ac iniTiense exchsnge lis, and ihe letters of numerous friends. MaaxETS. The TaistixE hss achieved a high repetition as a Commercial paper, and in this department it possesses tbe confideoce snd enjoys the patronage of basioesi men to a high degree. It mar. ket reports embrace every thieg the farmer or dealer can expect 1 1 tied quoted in a newspaper, whether western, eastern, southern or foreinmarkets. The TaiaC.xe also discusses very fully. io Its editor. island cewe eolamni, cartency quesiioi.s Ua:lroad, Bank and Siate Stocks, agricultural products of Aoierirt and Lnrpef a,.,i all ether tropics connected with the 'm. rial interests of onr country. AsixicttTi be. Daring the omic vear we shall pay particulsir attention te Vinn ing matters. lucb isue will appear a carefully, prepared' Agricultntal article containing a lä ge amount of fresh and-' valuable inforuuiion pertaining to tke farm and garden, lotere.tiog letters from 'Rural' aud other able Agricultural aad Heriiru'tural writers will be puplisLed. .o wrtern wtpspt-r devotee ao touch space to reports of fairs, crop,live s:o l.fuprovec'

, implements and row les or culture, aod all j other matters of n.terot to the tillers of the

Law enacted fer this purpose, together with a declaration that all Stale lawa impairing or defeating Ilia right are violations of the Constitution and are conse

quently nail and void.

Such an explanatory amendment would.

it is believed, forever terrain ate lie existing dissensions, and restore peace and harmony among th States.

The PresMrn'. ihm discusses our foreign

relations. Our relations with pin have

been complicated by the refusal uf tbe Sen

Kdicatiox. The cauae of Educates, will nceive due attention in our columns, AH (be Literary and Miscellaneous mattete will be prepared wiih a view tomskioths pspt-r a welcome family visitor, combinii.tbe agreeable and useful. In short, the purpose f tbe publishers is, tj make the Chicago Tkibimk so istert-sucg and valuable ibst no well rrgulated Ur& family can imBD TO aa withoit it. Now is th time to leoew aubscriptiei.s and make op clubs for tbe new yesr. A litlleeffart t.i any I eighborhojd wi.l procure a lismf t anifs. People csn affuad to

wundern-, as im a pear of abnudance.

justmeet of the Cubiti claim, so sailed.-

The President reiterates his recvmmends-

tion for the acquisition ef Cut a hy a fair

purchase Willi the exception of Mexieo our relations sre geuerally of a sstitfactory character. . In relation to Kansas, the President says the desperate band recently assembled un der a noloriojs outlaw, in the juthern

portion ef the urri lory, to resist tbeexecotion of tbe laws and to plunder the peaera. ble citicens, will 1 doubt not be speedily subdued and brought to justiee. He recommends a Pscifie R. R., and

congratulates the country upon the apparent diminution ef the slave trade and the

extinction of the fillibustering sentiment,

and in view of the destitution iu Kansas recommends to Congress that if any Constitutional measure of relief esn be devised that the subject should be duly considered.

Lost. A plsin, heavy gold sleeve button. - The finder will be liberally reward ed by leaving It at this office.

ate to ratify the Convention for tLe ad-I T l'oslige uu the Cuicauo Taiat xaie

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