Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-01-04

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These are the main provisions of the bill"
THE ANrI.SLAvrRy CONVENTION Axp Lur
Constitution OF THE UNITED Sr,rrs.-The
Philadelphia Ledger says, Zone of the most a
musing farces which has been lately witnessed,
was the proceedings of the late Anti. Slavery Con.
venton in that city This body, for several days.
was seriously discussing the question, whether
their duty TO their God and their country required
that they should support the constitution of the
United States. If it were not that We every day
some portion of the social community prac-
tising strange vagarics and exhibiting absurdities
that make the iudicious grievc we should have
been astonishcd at the ground taken by some of
the speakers and the sentiments that they uttered
They boldly denounced, as a sin against God,
the pledge to support the constitution under
which they live, which not only protects them
in the liberty Of consc ence. the freedom of OPT
Mon. and in all their personal rights, but whose
broad and liberal principles alow them to preach
with impunity the reasonable sentiments they
appear to entertain. The most absurd position
taken, however, was, that the minority under a
government is equally as guilty as the majority
| for any violation of moral law which the govern
mcnt may commit or in other words, the indi-
vldua who cndeavors TO prevent a wrong by
protesting and voting against it, is culrable
! he who is actually engaged in pcrpetrating it.
/ This is confoundng moral principles with a ven
geance, and makes man pay seriously for the
bad company into which he may accidentally be
. thrown
The TExAs PEoJEcTs.-We copy the follow
ing letter from the Richmond Enquirer, whose
correspondent is, we suppose, an actor behind
the scenes
WASHINGTON. Dec 2l
Il think the signs are much more favorable
upon the Texas question. The course of the
Globe-the movements in the House of Repre-
sentatives-togethcr with the reception of Col
Benton's bill by the great ma ority of our friend.
all manifest change in favor of Annexation
\ leading member from slave and one from
free State, are preparing bill for the re-annexa
tion OF Texas, which it is hoped, will be cons
dcrately prepared and duly guarded. Every pro
position may be brought into rcqnistion calcuIa
ted 10 adjust the subject and place it upon such
basis as may be most satisfactory 10 al portions
fMe country
II is asserted with confidence in Michigan
4 paper, that Mr.. Cass will accept the Unite,
States Senatorship from that State.
SINGULAR PRoroSITIoS In the Legislator
a of Illinois, resolutions are pending calling upo
Y the Judges OF the Supreme Court and Governo
10 remit TO the State at least one fourth part o
e their salaries, or TO resign, to enable In
Legislature TO reduce their salaries - Tn
4 Judges Will probably consent TO neither PROPOSE
5 ton.
TIE OyE TERM PRi>cIrLr.-A resolution ha
l been introduced into the House of Representa-
. tives 81 to alter the Constitution that mo per
r shall be hereafter eligible to the Office c
' President of the United States who shall hav
II been previously elected TO the said office, an
II who shall have accepted the same or exercise
a the powers thereof"
The people of Florida have memorialized Cor
gress TO admit the territory in the Union
: State The population of the territory of Flor
- da, according to a ccncus taken in 1888, amoun
ed to Is, ,223 The country was, however, IN
y disturbed state when this enumeration was mad,
the Indian war then raging, and there were n
: returns from the counties of Nassau, Musquit
and Hamilton
IS EXPELLED A SENAroR.-The Senate of Mort
+ Carolina has expelled one of its members, NJ
10 Emmett a Senator from Ownslow county, for pre-
sentmg to the body forged certificate of hi
own election.
At The Illinois Legislature has passed resolution
violently condeming the criminal law OF Rhod
Island and the execution of il,
el The London Times, a hot tory paper, says th
W General Jackson's life has neither "been usef