The North-Carolina standard., 1849-02-14
cossssbOndenee Of the Standard.
). WAsn1NeroNl February s. Is4s.

All over town this morning fhe wings were pre-
claimag that the Protocol makes the treaty invalid
or, In other words. that California and New Mexico
are not This is the guod erGt denOnstrandu OF
the speeches of Stephens and Schenck, with their
echoes subsequently spoused In the Senates These
gentlemen did proclaim this doctrine IN so many
WORDS leaving that to be done by their followers.
Yet they argued to prove that even now we would
be far better off if these territories sunk to the
bottom of the ocean. The difficulties and dangers
growing out of the agitation of the slavery question
as connected with these acquisitions, are the reasons
alleged for the greater viruience of their oppos0n
to keeping up political connection with the new
territories. Before the presidential election this
slavery agitation the dearest pet of these same
two gentlemen but the difficulties it presents
politically in the path of General Taylor, not
James H Polk, 1t is very naughty affair. They
childish if they believe, that the settlement of the
question involved in forming governments for Cal
ifornia and New Mexico, will relieve Taylor from
deciding against either the prevailing sentiment in
the matter of slavery among the wings of the north
on the one hand, among those of the south the
other. AS furiOusly as the anti-slavery storm has
ragged upon the subject of the proviso, it is destined
ere four years roll round to rage furousy
over the question of slavery in the District Of Coum
bia. think know sixty members of this Con-
gress (of the House) who are ready tomorrow to
vote for bill abolising slavery in the District of
Columbia, and In the Congress they will receive
accession to their strength of full twenty votes.
With this force of eighty men at his back, it will
not take Giddings more than two years TO lash and
thrash sufficient make clear majority for this
measure which is to form his next hobby. The Fay
or managers certainly contemplated taking the ground
that the territories not ours he treaty being,
they say, invad) if SO doing may be necessary TO
clear Taylor's path of the provso. have no doubt
that Stephens essayed pick his hole in the treaty
only after due consultation with them, resulting in
the conclusion that at all hazards they must be pre-
pared with dernier resort I'm case sufficient num-
Der of northern wings could not be found to vote for
bill to admit California State, this Winters
without saying aught concerning slavery therein:
This will be tried before venturng to place them
selves in direct opposition the popular sentiment
to insist that title in and to the recent acqusi
tions shall no longer be acknowledged. Ten
they have despatched eminssaries already to the Pa
cc coast to counsel the people there to claim their
independence the ground that the treaty is void.
They know well that too many of our own people
are already there. to permit the government with the
sanction of the popular sentiment of this country
permit the belief that if it be necessary force
to retain the territories under laws, they will be
ours no longer. This is dangerous policy on the
part OF the Taylor managers policy which cannot
fail to prove repugnant the feelings and sentiments
of the country which does desire to retain California
and New Mexicc-though it may not be willing to
slaughter brethren there, If by no other
means these territories be retained. .a.t5L n
Yesterday, while Mr.. Benton was discoursing the
Senate relative to his project for national torough-
fare to California, had spirited and interesting
time of it in the House. The first business of i'm
portance the reporting of Senate bill from the
committee the Judiciary, for the establishments of
western district United StatesS court for the State
of Louisiana, with singular amendment, providing
that the judge and other officers thereof should not
be appointed until after the 18th proximo. Or, in
other words, that the patronage, (Executve nyolv-
ed In the enactment of the bill should the
incoming administration. This decidedly cool,
the part of the federasts composing the majority
of this committee. Mr.. Morse, of louisiana, made
the first speech upon the bill. This to show the
necessity for the establishment of the proposed
He went explain that the increase of the COM
Of Orleans had sod thn nm
of so many admiralty rather maratme cases, that
the single United States court for the State was
wholly unequal to the transaction of that business
and cases growing out of the condition of the land
titles of the interior, under the Madison, Rouge, Bas-
rop, and other similar grants, the character of hcf
he explained to the necessity of their prompt
adjudication, and the inconveniences to which the
people holding under those grants were subject
ed from the want of the necessary action of an Uni
ted States Court. His speech certainly conclu-
slve upon the minds of most of the members as to
the propriety of passing the bill with little delay
as possible. He assented to the amendment as en-
bracng condition which he regarded as necessary
to secure the passage of the bill through Wing
Houses preferng to relieve his constituents to stand
ing up In this case for what he believes to be the
rights OF his political friends in the government.
This amendment, however, was attacked by Lynn
Boyd, Rhett, Stanton, and one two other Demo-
crats as novel; unjust, high handed and Insulting to
the present Executive, as it surely is. Caleb Smith
defended it on the ground that, when John O. Adams
to confirm his judicial appointments interfering
with patronage which should be at the disposal Of
General Jackson.
Fhis point met by democrat (Houston of
Alabama If l am not mistakenly with the proof that
the Democrats of the Senate on that occasion only
refused to confirm nominations to Office, which it
clearly not necessary then to fill, confirming at the
same time the nomination of the Judges whose SER
vices required at the time. This was nonpus,
as the Wings taking part in the debate had admitted
the necessity for the immediate services of the pro-
posed Judge, marshal and clerk. The subject went
over for the day. The House then went into COM
mite the For6cation bill, upon which Preston of
Virginia made elaborate, carefully prepared and
able speech concerning governments for Califor
mia and New Mexico. He took the ground on which
the Taylor Wings hope to save Taylor from the
That of non-intervention-the doctrine of the Mich
olson letter to which Taylor's friends rapidly
rallying, friends as rapidly abandoning it.
His views were in accordance with the project for
government to admit the whole one State of Cali
fornia, which is of importance, inasmuch as some
thirty forty northern Wings will support it in the
hope that it may accomplish the purpose of helping
Taylor to shirk the saveryquestion. Benton drew it
up, rather caused the Clerk to read it his own
= rr->a-e HALIFAX.
From the Weldon Herald.
Mr.. EDITOR: l see it announced, that Mr.. Thom-
]. Person, of the members of the Legislature
dier General of the 5th Brigade NJ c. Militia, com
posed of the counties of Edgecombe, Halifax, Martin
and Northampton.
Without disparagement to others, think Il NAV
be safely said, that there is scarcely man in the
State better qualified for the proper discharge of the
duties of the Office for which he is candidate than
he is.
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