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CANADA.

We hear little now .aSiays about the annexa-
ton Of the British Provinces to the United
States. The fever appears to have died away
for the present though We have no doubt OF
the ultimate admission of those Provinces into
our Union as States. 1t is impossible that q
great and free people like those upon our North
ern border will for great while submit to be
held in leading strings by the English nation
Those Provinces are now in Q state of spbjec-
ton to the Grown and Parliament Of country
one fourth their size, situated three thousand
miles off; and they have nothing to do in making
the paramount laws which they are called on
to obey This state Of inferiority will not and
ought not to be submitted TO longer than neces-
sty or prudence may dictate in proportion
as these people advance in population and power,
the passion for independence will grow upon
them and at the same time the relative power
Of their southern neighbors Of the United States
among the nations Of the world will be greatly
augmented, and strongly tend to embolden them
to insist upon their rights Ten years from
to-day, the hold Of Great Britain upon her North
American Provinces will be a rope OF sand
The population of the several Provinces is at
present as follows:
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OREGON.

We would call attention to the view of thing
in Oregon" as presented by two correspondents
Of California papers, to be found in another
column.
We have seen go many conflicting statements
relative to the value Of that country that it is
difficult to form decided opinion on the subject
We however arrive at the conclusion, that while
its soil and climate are not equal to those of the
Mississippi valley, they are nevertheless such as
to make Oregon, In conjunction with other favor
able circumstances, as its gold mines, its immense
bodies of valuable timber, and Its location on the
Pacific, a country of great importance, and des-
tined to contain dense population, at no very
distant day.
The recently discovered gold mines in that Ter
ritory will cause its rapid settlement; and in
view Gifts greater agricultural and manufacturing
capabilities there is reason to expect that it will
not be whit behind California in population, in
a few years We should consider it a far better
country for permanent abode than California,
in every respect. The population is now perhaps
fifteen or twenty thousand, and increasing rapid
ly The people, since the discovery of the gold
mines in California, have done lucrative bust
ness in the sale Of lumber and provisions to the
gold diggers.
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STRANGE INCONSISTENCY.

The Southern newspapers, particularly those
Of the TOrs Ultra 49,, - > '. q -
------h'',h - -,y,-.~ji~~e 81 'bD Cop"NotioD ~
runaway slaves, recently held at CaEenovia, in
New York If "a Northern man were to be caught
south of Mason and Dixons line, with paper
containing such matter, be would be tarred and
feathered if not hanged Why not hang the
Southern editors for doing the same thing? lfa
man were to throw frebrand into magazine,
in order to show how the incendiaries" do,
would he be doing less to detroy those around
him than the veritable incendiary himself? How
unjust, TO incarcerate Barrett for circulating
pamphlets addressed TO the poor whites, urging
them merely to exercise their political franchise
independently, when Southern editors publish
the proceedings Of the Cizenovia Convention,
which hold out encouragement to the slaves to
rebel We leave it to Southern casuists to recon-
Gle these inconsistencies, if they can for our
selves we cannot help suspecting that after sill,
they are not so much afraid of Northern fanat-
cism as they pretend.
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VIRGINIA CONVENTION.

The election in Virginia for delegates to q
State Convention to remodel the Constitution, is
said to have resulted largely in favor of the rad
icals. We are unable Y form an opinion as to
the nature of Virginia radicalism, but we pre-
sumo it will not touch, q not materially change,
the basis of representation. That basis, under
the existing Constitution, Is property without
reference to population /; Ind the consequence is
that the portion Of the State east of the Blue
Ridge, with about two-ffhs of the white inhab-
itants, has three-fifths q the representation in
both branches Of the legislature. A Conven-
ton constituted upon the same basis, we appre-
bend, will not materially change it. The right
of suffrage will probably le made universal, be-
cause that arrangement cannot affect the balance
between the east and the wSet while the basis of
representation is property.
The Convention may give the election Of Gov
ernor to the people; and, indeed, we can see no
plausible ground for Withholding that right if, as
is said, the judges, sheris, clerks &c, are to be
thus chosen.
1t would be great mitigation of the injustice
of the present Constitution to adopt the Federal
basis Of representation, at least for the House Of
Delegates; such change, with the rapid pro-
gress Of the western portion of the State in
wealth and population, would soon give it the as
tendency in tho LEGISLATURE
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VOL. ~.

people, were reputed or pledged Wilmot Proyiso
men, The Wanted expression of Michigan ia
an expression Of minority of the Legislature
obtained by treachery and deception The truth
lie, that Cass and his disciples have been pourinv
into Michigan all winter the most puere and
senseless warnings against full and manly ex-
preston of the people They have pretended to
believe that the Union was in danger, that the
South would secede, that the plan OF Southern
Union was made up, il we were not bullied into
submission. The Legislature and the people were
NODDED with all sorts of stuff calculated to crea
s s,a.m But of one thing you may remain sure
snas any party, or any and all combinations Of
parties would dare tomorrow bring before the
people OF this State single candidate on n
pain ana distinct issue that he was in favor. mr.
uer any circumstances or at any time, of addn,
another siayR Sfate to this Union, he would ne
obtain one-Ddrth the votes. They NAV aoain
las they have heretofore) send tools TO the o.;
lature, under the pretence that such would \.
true to the sentiments Of their constituents. ara
then by the Cass jugglery, which the people bsaju
to understand, and by threats Of vengeance f,en,
the local press, may wheedle the people into IN
support Of Cas- for United States Senator D.,
do not believe it. Really not one ouarter -
the voters of this State believe in or are incl;no
to tolerate any dOughfaceism, any concession snS
compromise. *ss.'
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THE NATIONAL ERA WASHINGTON, D. C., SEPTEMBER 1850

they should not succeed separately, an ritlng 10
pote for them all III one bH. But do not con-
slider that the best policy. sm willing to vote
for this bill, the Territorial bills, the California
bill, separately or together | believe, however,
that each one Of them standing by itself, sepa-
rately, on its own merits, will command more
strength in this House. Let US try at least the
strength Of this BILL as II stands by itself, unen-
numbered with any amendments IL it fails, we
can then try what we can do by connecting other
measures with it. And with the view OF the
House trying the strength of it, instead OF longer
trying the strength of our lungs and the patience
of the House aud the country, move the pre-
vious question"
II will be seen by this that Mr.. Ashmun now
declares his readiness to abandon the Proviso,
and to take the Territorial bills with an express
provision that when the Territories are admitted
as States, they shall come into the Union with or
without slavery, as they shall prefer.
Mr.. McClernsnd, Of Illinois, then moved to
commit the bill to the Committee of the Whole on
the STATE of the Union
Mr.. Root, of Ohio, moved to amend the motion
to commit, by adding the following words With
instructions 30 to amend the bill as to exclude sla
very from all the territory acquired from Mexico
by the treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo, lying east
ward Of California
On this, Mr.. Brooks of New York, Mr. A. G.
Brown Of Mississippi, and Mr.. German of lndi-
ana ms0e snaecbas- The GENERAL subject of the
Texas boundary. slavery in the Territories. &c.
ltls wen known That there is not more extreme
pro-slavery man in the House, nor, indeed, in the
nation, than the Hon. A. 9. Brown. During the
present session, he has declared his belief that
slavery is a moral, social political and religious
blessing" His speech on the present occasion in
reference to the Texas boundary, the exclusion
of slavery from the Territories, by present or by
future legislation, was in strict conformity with
his previously avowed opinions 1t will, there
fore, give the iveiest idea of this debate to say,
that Mr. Brooks of Nev York, and Mr. German
of Indiana, said everything that even Mr. Brown
could desire them to say
SO fares, at Northern hands, the great question
of Human Rights, in tie House of Representa-
tives Of the United SAtes-a House, the vast
majority of whom wen chosen, and otherwise
could not have been chosen, for the express and
universally understood and pledged purpose Of
applying the Proviso t., and excluding all posi-
bility of slavery from thS Territories
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" As those distinguished authorities Snobson,
Foscraft, and Toadeater, lay II down in the books
paStm, slavery Is very delicate subject"
shah therefore approach 1t delicately coolly, and
candidly, with pray erful endeavor not TO be IA
natisal To approach it otherwise might not now,
as once earn q shower-bath ftime honored eggs or
q plumage Of terebinthine adhesion, but 1t would
not be sufficiently respectful TO the high author
tiles Aforesaid. Slavery to give all sides fair play
is not so great sin as it might be. IL does not
reverse or nullify ak the Creators laws; water
runs down hill and grass grows along with IL
Corn ripens and smiles play on the human face
The brains develop thoughts, and the heart bar
bors tenderness The South, after its undisputed
sway for a century or two, is not entirely Saba.
ra, nor jungle for owls and alligators. IL still
breeds men and women to glorify God, and
powerful politicians to gorify themselves, though
with nervous systems considerably out OF tune
am most happy to make these admissions to
my Southern brethren, whom | hereby assure
that do not regard them as sinners above all
men, and especially my humble and unworthy
self As to original sins and actual traDsgres-
sions, could find plenty Of them nearer home,
for that matter But as distance has nothing to
do with opinions, whatever it may have to do
with duties, shall take leave to express mine,
delicately, while can.
Il ne SOutu mas Duth ny tuo NpoiS0
of its laborers and their servitude, and where
there is suffering there must have been more or
less sin, as general thing, il my theology be
correct Rude Africans with all the liberty that
the most righteous employers and angelic over
seers couiu aa,o nn5Sed than. would not to this
day nave made the sunny south the garoen ,nst
~ - S"> ~ = -
New England There was an economical trans
erosion in the original selection Of such laborers
any how With such poor qualifications and
feeble intentions 10 civilize and evangelire them
rs their importers had, it was sin to bring them
into our country. Aud still greater sin was it,
when once here, to put them in the worst possible
relations TO become self-directipg men. And the
perilous height Of sin has it been, and is IL, when
they spontaneously endeavor to rise above that
base condition. and assume the control Of them
selves, to force them back. This is sin to
which the rest sink almost into mere inexpedien-
cies. This is an open warfare with the Eternal
which cannot come to good"
We cannot but hope that this timely and ex'
ceedingly readable pamphlet will be followed by
others of the same stamp. Certain we are that
all competent judges must admit that the stalwart
Scotchmsn is fairly matched by his democratic
antagonist J.G.W.
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AMERICAN CITIES.

In tn y.-- 400, when the first census was
taken, the cities ranked in population as follows
Philadelphia New York. Boston, Charleston, and
4th city in size in the Union, and the population
was 10 1853, which is about three fths Of its pres
ent numbers Baltimore only contained Ia, 500
inhabitants, which is less than one tenth of its
present numbers. The other cities named have
increased in equal or greater proportions. In 1900
Philadelphia was still ahead, and New York
Baltimore, Boston, and Charleston, followed in
order. Charleston was therefore the 9th city in
Importance fifty years ago. In 1910 the same
order was presented but in 1920 New York had
run ahead of Philadelphia, and New Orleans of
Charleston, making the latter the 9th city in i'm
portance In 1880 the same rank was preserved
by the respective cities But in 1910 Cincinnati,
Brooklyn, and Albany, had gone ahead of Charles
ton, leaving the latter to occupy the 9th place At
the present time, enough is known Of the progress
of the country in population to render it certain
that St Louis Louisville, Pittsburg, Rochester,
Buffalo, Troy, Lowell, Providence, Richmond,
Chicago, and Milwaukee, and perhaps some other
places have psed Charleston-a city peculiarly
favored by nature, and enjoying all the blessings of
the peculiar institution in On eminent degree
1t now ranks eighteenth or tventieth in the scale
and it is actually declining in population.
New Orleans grew very rapidly until 1910, but
since that period it has shown symptoms of de-
cline. In ls47 the census was taken, when there
was actually less population than in ls4O. Mo-
bile has shared the fate of Chsrlest0n-it is per-
ishing of the slave fever. Baltimore, st. Louis,
and Louisville, on the northern border of the
slave States, are invigorated by the healthful at
nosphere of Freedom. The proportion Of slaves
sround them isinconsiderable, and they are there
fore prosperous.
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MICHIGAN.
To the Editor of The National Era :

" f"e T<o"V " INC I'WtoHUs LHs
DEAR Sra If the South supposes that the
formidable array of Clay, Csss, and Webster, on
the side Of slavery extension, produces the slight
est impression the sentiments, convictions, and
determination OF the great body of the North.
they err grossly Mr. Webster's great logical
powers may sway mems judgments-neve rooted
sentiment Of the heart, which his own eloquence
had served to ensrave more deeply. His effort
has fallen dead. His apologies for slavery stink
in the nostrils Of the North. Gigantic as may be
his intellect is astonishing, II is passing strange
that men OF smaller caliber, with insidious de-
signs, could persuade him that he can have cor.
porars guard at the South arrayed in his favor.
Strange infatustion In the great men at Wash.
ington and their followers, to suppose that we
bsckwoodsmen do not see through their bids for
Southern support We understand II we'll Some
Of us try In our humble way to unmask il.
From recent vote in our Legislature. you
may infer that the people Of Michigan would con-
sent to the addition Of more slave States TO the
Union. in the first place, the vote was carried
In the Senate by the casting vote Of the Lieutcn-
ant Governor, who was elected last fall a. an an
ti-Csss, Wilmot Proviso man, and could mol
have been elected on other terms. II was carried
thus by treachery In the Senate. In the House,
the vote was twenty -four to twenty. There were
twenty-five absentees, many Of whom, before the
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We have seen 1t stated by a correspondent Of
the Mem York Tribune, signing himself " South.
erner," that Gen. Chaplin denies having fired
upon the officers Of the law on the night of his
capture He is said to be opposed on principle
to the shedding of blood, his sentiments on the
subject being similar to those of the Peace Soce-
ties. 1t is proper that this fact should go before
the public as statement of very opposite
character has been widely circulated, calculated
to affect him very injuriously. The writer in the
Tribune states the facts on the authority of Gen.
Chaplin himself, and, we presume, correctly.
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ADDRESS THB Twenty SECOND AHsIvERsAEY or THE
AMERICAN PRAcK SocIRrY. BY Rev. n. l.. Stone,
Pastor Of Park street Church, Boston. Boston r.
Jewstt Co. PIP. 36.
We are glad to see the activity and zeal so
successfully presented in this address, which
characterizes this Society Its end and aim is
"peace on earth and good will to men, The
annual Report appended to this address shows
their operations for the last year We have
room only for q short extract. The Secretary
says:
PUBLICATIONS Besides the circulation of our
periodicals. our tracts, and our standard volumes,
during the year. there has been issued of Judge
jays Review Of the Mexican War II, 900 copies,
and of Mr.. Livermores Prize Review 1000, ma
king in all "a 900 larger number of bound VOL
umes than the friends of peace have ever before
distributed in this country. We have the last
year published, and mostly put in circulation, an
= n -.
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TO THE READERS OF THE BRA.

The comments on the article entitled lmpris-
onment Of William L. Chaplin" from the Free
Presbyterian, in the last Era, were not written by
the editor, who is still absent, and who does not
approve of some of its views.
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Propincss aud Islands

These Provinces once free from Great Brit
ain, annexation will b. matter Of course. ia
joining our Union they sacri6cs neither indie
pendencs nor liberty. They become the equals
Of the American States, not their subjects
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LITERARY NOTICES.

THs CHRISTIAN PARLoR mAoAxIsr For Ju,v NJ
York wyn. Pratt. Washington: W. Adam.
This is a highly interesting number, and con.
tains an article on the Heroic Period of the
Christian History by Rev. Albert Barnes n
poem entitled "Years" by Mrs. sigourpey, and
an amusing paper on the Mysterious mock.
inQsD
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Ngw GaAMMAR PoR GERMANS TO LEARN rHR EssLsH
LAssuAox. By p. Gands New York d. Appleton &
Co. Washington; X. Farnhsm. Pr $50.
This Grammar is after the method of Ollen-
dorf, which has been 80 well received In this
country.
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~ We take pleasure in laying before our
readers. this week, the able speech of the Hon.
Crowen. Of Ohio, which we have no doubt will be
read with great interest
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consin--the latter first settled in ls3o-wiii be
ahead of Virginia in Federal population, II not
in the number Of inhabitants!
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SCHUYLER F. JuDD Of ogdensburgh, New
York, is authorized to act as an agent ior the
National Era in St. Lawrence county, New York.
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THENATIONAL ERA.

WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER ., 1850.
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REPLY TO THE REMARKS THE Rev. Moses STUART
ON JoHS JAY, AND AN EXAMINATION OF HIS scRIPrURAL
ExEoIsIs CONTAINED RECENT PAMPHLET, RSTI
TIED CONSCIENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION" By VIM
Jay. New York: J. A. Gray PIP. p.
MIR Jay with his usual power and felicity Of
style defends the memory of his distinguished
father from the assertion of Professor Stuart
that John Jay would have sanctioned the speech
of Mr.. Webster, and the views Of slavery he has
himself given in his pamphlet conscience and the
Constitution" This is done by quotations from
papers of the Anti-Slavery Society, assembled in
1885, of which Judge Jay was President The
reply to the Professors exegsis" is very sharp
We hope Mr.. Webster and Professor Stuart may
never have their principles put to test and be re-
quired to show their alacrity in the pursuit Of
a runaway slave.
The North-Carolina standard., 1850-02-13
LuNATIC ASYLUM.

from one % two million Of nsieAs g be
Nv made il moulds o. inches long, II inches wide,
and inches thick two thirds 70 Be hard and well but-
ed and not exceeding third, good saimoneo Be I'M
sueeeed BY the Commiesisners such person - they
may appoint. The Bricks to be counted in the WALL
and all openings to Be sxelpded. Separate proposals
will be received: - s5sssEasss s'4
l. For the Brick BY the 1000 to be taken at the kiln.
3. For the BY the 1000 70 be delivered et the
building. ia s.sss..isa 81, az a.-.. ~ =
8 For laying the same by the lO0e. c.. .s..s.
1. For the same by the 1000, laid in thtwall.
scaodins and all materials (except Lime) to be sup
piled by the contractors4 ~, as a. ,.s9
Proposals. will also be received for excavaDg and lay
ing the foundation of the Asylum in good mason work
by the perch materials except lime to be furnished
by the contractors. - .. fa.,,.. ..>ss.;s.,. !:
There is said to Be good clay the land selected or
the Asylum 80, the contractor will be at liberty to
use it. Wood can be had conveniently and at moderate
prices.
Bonds with approved security will be required Of the
contractors. Ten per cent the amount Of the CON
tract will be paidin advance the remainder the work
progresses.
Sealed proposals to be addressed the subscriber at
Raleigh, before the 18th February next. .
BY order of the Commissioners.
GEORGE w. MORDECAI, Sec'y.
Raleigh, December l6, lS49. 79O-td.
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GOLD WATCHES g. JEWELRY.

9 NEW arrival of large and fashionable a.sort-
ment of the above just at hand and for sale cheap
s&ai1 ser than ever at PALMER RAMSA rS Jew
elry Store. The extensive stock Of all articles IN
their line that has been offered for sale here Tor years.
Come and see, if you do not buy: 49,,
Dozen gold and silver Watches, Of all ktads,
Gold fob, vest and guard Chains, Keys and Seals,
Fnger-rings Ear rings Breast pins Studs and collar
Buttons, #1sssr,r, =.
Gold Lockets Bracelets, Clasps gold silver and spring
steel Spectacles, ftt....es. III
Gold and silver Pencils and Pens and waist Buckles,
Silver Combs and Tortoise shell Spectacles,
A very. extensive assortment Of Silver ana f'a.eo
Spoons Cups, Ladies', Sugar Tongs Salt spoons &c
large stock of Cutlery, Razos, Knives,
and Diamond Paste for Razors Brushes Hair Brushes
Combs Tooth Brushes, &c. 49, .-%
Butter and Fruit Knives, Gold and Silver Thmo'es
(;old and Silver Mounted Walking Canes,
Silver Plated Castors, Candle Sticks, WATERS \
Baskets Gerandoles, - *
A large assortment Of Perfumery, Colognes Soaps
Boxes for Toilets, Fancy articles and Chrstmas pres
ents and a variety Of other articles. :. ,.,v,..
All kinds of Watches and Jewellery repaired IN su-
perior style. Old Gold and Silver received in exchange
PALMER & RAMSAY.
Raleigh, Nov. ls49. 1eo-u'
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VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.

YNHE Subscriber, being desirous Of removing to ths
West, offers for sale the tract of Land owned BY him.
and upon which he at present resides containing about
nine hundred acres. This land is situated in the Conn.,
ty of Greene, fourteen miles east of the Raleigh and
Wilmington Rail Road, and Immediately on Conten,ue,
Creek the former being convenient for the Transportation
of cotton to Market and the latter, during the Wnt
and Spring months, affords good navigation.
The subscriber is sure he hazards nothing in sayipr
that these lands not surpassed by any in the Eas
part of the State much the larger portion is yet clear
and he invites an examination by those who may wish
purchase. .-.-...
The Subscriber will give any reasonable time on the
purchase money. Address the subscriber at Santons
burg, Edgecombe. f. G. SPEIGHT
Greene Co., Dec. 6, lS49. 7ss-l4.