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up that Of Free Lands Does the Rsp''f'e sup

up that Of Free Lands Does the Rsp''f'e sup
pose he was aiming at popularity
One effect Of the law, it says, VIII DC 10 ut
stroy any advantages that might have been eh,
pected by onr old soldiers from the Bounty Lahu
Bill of the last session No head Of family
would pay the soldier anything for his warrant or
his land il be could get his one hundred ana Sky
acres for nothing" Very likely but what then
Let the soldier take possession OF hrs own ianu'
and become producer, instead Of putting him.
self in the jaws of land-sharks. AS II Is, one
of the great objections to that Bounty Land
Law is that the millions of acres 1t gives VIII faii
into the hands of spectators, who Will DO a gio-
rious business in shaving the "old soldiers" But,
suppose this evil prevented, the hundreds oil
thousands ofindusrious landless men in the United
States who are tOiling for subsistence, are 10
be prevented from obtaining Homesteads, so that
the few thousand soldiers who exploded gunpow'
der in Mexico may convert their hundred ana
sixty acres of land into one or two hundred dol
lars This is statesmanlike, of piece with much
that we see in the Rep1t,c.
Let the bill of Mr.. johnson, or one embracing
the same principle, become law, and our Eastern
States will be relieved Of surplus landless popu
lation, the lsboring masses will be benefited, the
settlement of the public lands be encouraged, the
value of the lands of the old soldier" be in
creased, the growth Of new States be stimulated
and the way made easy for railroad connection
with the Pacific.
We hope Mr.. Johnson will persist in his pur
pose to secure an early consideration of his bill
1t is measure in the support of which all parties
and all sections may unite. The strong vote il
favor of suspcnding the rules for the purpOs'
OF bringing it speedily before Congress implies
a majority in the House favorable to it.
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RELATIONS or THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO SLAVERY.

We copy from the proceedings of the Senate of
Ohio on the llth instant, AS reported IN the Ddig
ohio statesman, the resolutions of Mr.. Suthn
"Mr SutliG offered for adoption the following
resolutions, which on motion of Mr.. Brackley,
were laid ON the table to be printed
ReSolpod, That the Constitution Of the United
States established General Government of linn
! tied powers aud expressly reserved all powers
not thereby delegated, to the States and the PEG
! pie
"RsSolred, That among the powers delegated to
the General Government by the Constitution, that
of legislating upon the subject of (pgpireS t,OM
service is not to he found while that Of deprvng
any person of life, liberty, or property, without
due process OF law il expressly denied -
R.soir.d That, in the judgment Of this Gen
eral Assembly, the act OF Congress in relation to
GgIireS from serrics, approved September :, 1850,
is unconstitutional, not merely for the want OF
power in Congress to legisate on the subject hat
because the provisions OF the act are in several
! important particulars, repugnsnt to the express
provisions Of the Constitution
Resolced, That il is the duty of the several
courts of this State to allow the writ of haJrs ror
JHs to all persons applying for the same, in con-
formity with the laws of this State and to conform
in all respects, in subsequent proceedings, to the
| provisions of the same
United States confcrs on Congress no power to
interfere with the internal Legislation of the sew
cral States, and consequently no power TO act
within State limits on the subject Of slavery, IL
docs require that Congress, wherever, beyond the
limits Of any State it has exclusive Legislative
power, shall provide efficient securities for the
personal liberty Of every person unconyicteI Of
! crime.
R.solod, That it is the duty Of Congress to
repeal all its aots by which any person is deprived
OF liberty without due process of law and espe-
c'aly all acts by which any person is held in sla-
very ia any place subject TO exclusive national
jurisdiction
MIR Suthh is the Senator from Gesuea and
lrumbuu, In his political relations he is a raj.
ical pemocrat-prominent, able, and influential
In the ranks of the Free Democracy The reso.
lutions are carefully drawn, temperate in Ian.
guage, and well timed They express, no doubt
the settled convictions Of lerge majority Of III,
People OF Ohio.
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tion--the Speaker as eagerly pronounced the mo-
ton in order-it was taken up passed, Mr.. How
ard voting for the bill at the last and-a few days
after, came a Geographic despatch announcing the
adjournment Of the Texas Legislature, without
having heard of the result in Congress, or having
raised any troops at all-at all! Transparent
humbuggery And yet Mr.. Fillmore aud MT.
Webster thought it n reality. A few were sim
pie enough to keep up the cry of danger. They
expressed doubts whether Texas that State
which cared so much for principle and so little
for money-would accept proposition to buy
out her claim for ten millions The proposition
was submitted to the People, who, seeming to think
it rather farcical that they should be called upon
to say formally whether they would accept ten
millions for what they had no right to, scarcely
turned out to the polls, understanding well enough
that there could not be found fools enough to de-
cline such an offer; and the conclusion OF the
whole matter is summed up in the following tele-
graphic despatch, which one of the reporters IA
cetously heads Highly Important from Texas"
as If the news were unexpected and extraordi-
nary
"NEw ORLEANS December 4.
"By an arrival here, we have late advices from
Texas
"The Legislature of that State assembled on
the 18th ultimo. The proposition of accepting or
not Pearces Boundary bill was brought before it,
and the bill was accepted by both branches, there
being only one dissenting voice in the Senate, and
five in the House,
Who does not tremble at thought of the gulf OF
ruin which, under the guidance of Messrs. Clay,
Csss, and Webster, the country has miraculously
escaped
To be serious-we look upon the leading meas
ures of the last session as conceived in iniquity
and carried by fraud. The threat of Dissolu-
ton of the Union was meaningless and should
have been defed. Had General Taylor's policy
succeeded, and no Fugitive law been passed, there
would have been no more serious excitement at the
South than there is now and far less excitement
at the North. As the case stands, the "Northern
majority struck its colors passed under the yoke,
and for the term of this Congress, at least, is
servant for tribute to the minority, which, by an
adroit combination of audacity and cunning, has,
as usual, obtained the control for the time of
every Department of the Government
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GEORGIA CONVENTION.

This Convention, which was called TO determine
me mode nsf,s measure Of redress for ihs terribly
oppressive aggressions on the rights of the South
by Congress, at the last session, met nj MiIiedse
vile on the 10th. A committee Of thirty 10 pre-
pare business was appointed on the tn oh 'n0
l2th motion to refer certain resolutions contain
ing quotations from Mr. Toombs former sPeech~
and the Southern resolutions, was rejected anu
the 18th, MIR. Jenkins, from the Committee "
thirty, reported the following, which is 20 De wv
Slaveholding platform, during the next rr'''
Dental canvass:
"That we hold the American Union scconoary
in importance only to the rights and pr'nc,pieo,
was designed to perpetuate. Past iii
our present position, and future p,@Psseanerd
bind us to it as long az il continues 'n' '"
by those rights and principles ..,v con.
"That in this spirit Georgia has mAa ;a, a ss-
sidered the action Of Congress, emu ,,Si, into
ries OF measures-the admission Of CsliiornI c l"
the Union, the organization OF Terri'ori'
ernments for Utah and New Mexico inc ,,,ats
lishment of the boundary between the iA'.' 5s in
and Texas; the suppression OF the sia'e us s,g;.
the District Of Colombia the ex'rauiuon VI ,1e
tive slaves. and the connection with ihem o. Va
rscention Of a proposition to exclude slavery -
MsIicnn territories and to abolish slavery in IN,
D;styict Of Columbia-and whilst il does nov
wholly approve, it win abide by them, as per
manent adjustment Of the sectional controversy
Georgia in the judgment Of this Conven'l ,,s
viii and ought to resist, as last resort, me va
ruption Of every tie which binds her to the un,ua
upon the passage of any act Of Congress aoo YI;og
ing slavery In places within the slaveho'aIs
States, the erection Of forts, magazines arSen-s'
dock yards, navy yards, &c, or any ACT sapPsd os
ing the slave trade between the slaveno',s
States, or any refusal to admit as s.a'e az
Territory hereafter applying, because o.
istencs Of slavery therein, or any act pro''0'A''
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THE NATIONAL ERA.
WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 10, 1850.
TO THOSE ONLY WHO ARE CONCERNED-
A MISREPRESENTATION,

Some Of our friends seem TO think that we have
reduced our terms to Sl.75 for old subscribers,
and s 50 for new, and few say that this is not
treating the former fairly. They are under a
misapprehension. To keep up our circulation,
we allow agents twenty-five cents for renewing
subscribers, and to extend it, we allow them fifty
cents for every ns,r subscriber This is the usage
of publishers generally the presumption being
that subscribers when once obtained will be apt
to renew of their own accord, or that it will cost
! less trouble to renew them than it did TO procure
! them at first.
Sometimes agents, for the sake Of promoting
the interests of the paper, generously allow sub
scribers the benefit of their own commissioning
other words, allow deduction of the fifty cents
to which they are entitled, on the subscription Of
a new subscriber and the twenty-five cents to
which they are entitled on the renewal of an old
one OF course they cannot allow more than they
are entitled to claim Our subscribers will see at
once, from this statement, that we deal equally
with them.
Again, we place them on the same level, when
we tell them that each old subscriber renewing,
aud sending us two new names, shall have the
three copies for So
AS many Of our friends were anxious to make
Up ciGbs of rev sNbssrihpyes We have 9pnGed
that FIVE copies will be sent to new subscribers
for IS, and ten copies for SIS OF course, those
subscribers 81 e0teined, viii come NIX ~ ,,~,-
raj rule next year, and if they want to obtain the
paper at lower rate than 81, each one can cheap
en- his own copy by sending us new subscribers
and claiming the commission. But should we
furnish subscribers who have been taking the pa
per ut the same rates for clubs, which we offer for
the sake Of obtaining new subscribers what spe-
cial inducemcnt could we present for the increase
of our circulation? We must retain the privilege
of allowing some premium for new subscribers
! OF course, there are exceptional cases, which
come under no general rule, and which can be
| provided for only as they arise
We hope our friends will rccollect, that it is
easy to cheaper newspapers so much az, either to
break them down, or prevent their publishers
from making that outlay upon them which is de-
sirable, for the purpose of completely satisfying
all the wants Of their patrons. We expend very
literally for contributions, and should much re-
greet to be deprived of the means Of doing so--as
it would not only damage us, but impair the eff
cheney of the paper.
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out on her placid waters, they inhale her breezes
and learn TO measure the extent Of their improve
ments and enterprises by the vastness Of that
mighty ocean
here have to request, ms ! most earnestly do,
all papers throughout the United States to do
Oregon and her people the especial favor to pub
lish this circular and | also solicit all persons
who feel an interest in tht country TO request
their favorite paper to do So And for this act of
generosity on the part of the conductors OF the
press and on the part of those who request to be
| done, herewith return, for myself and for that
hardy and roble people represent, our sincere
| thanks
Very truly, your felOw-citizHn,
SAMUEL r. THuESroN,
Delegate from oregon.
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INDIANA CONVENTION.

"The Indiana Convention have adopted Sec
ton that half the State Senators shall be chosen
for four years, and half for two--the Representa-
tves to be chosen for two years; and another that
the sessions of the Legislature shall be biennia,
commencing on the 9Th of January next"
One effect of these biennial sessions of the State
Legislatures, while the sessions of Congress are
becoming more and more protractcd, will be, to
sink the Importance of the former, and, by con-
trast magnify that of the latter.
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MARYLAND CONVENTION.

The Maryland Constitutional Convention has
resolved to take recess from "Wednesday, the
18th instant, to the 3lst The committees TO
which the most important subjects were referred
have not yet reported, nor are they expected to
report until after the rc-assembling Of the Con
sention. The annapolis Republican says that il is
satisfied, from indications already afforded, that
the subject Of representation will form not only the
most exciting topic of debate, but prove the most
perplexing and difficult matter Of adjustment
likely TO occupy the attention Of the Convention
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For the National Era.
BLINDNESS.
BY MISS PHGBE CAREY.

Silently, strangely, darkness
Has fallen over thy way,
And the hands Of no earthly morning
Fer thee shall open the day.
Yet we know that sunshine is falling
Over thee all the while,
Fora pleasant sunshine Is ever
In the light Of thy beautiful smile.
And enough for thy one affection
Sail this recompense atone;
That. though thou shalt walk in blindness,
y ---n never snsls wsix alUne
For human love shrinks from thee
Az thou near'st the shadowy land,
Tbei angels, invisible, softly,
Slall come TO take thy hand.
And heir arms shall be rOnnd about thee
III ! thy feet through the door have trod,
Staining dark at the end Of the pathway
That leads from the world 20 God.
Tha leads where an over-payment
SHALL come for thy night of ills,
Vita the light Of that beautiful morning
That breaks DER eterDity's hills.
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VOL. ~.

work, which has passed rapidly through seyero,
editions and received the sanction of the tn;
versiiy.
For sale by r. Farnham, Pennsylvania avsruo
Washington, ID. G.
Tms LurrHELL'; or The Two Marriages by rolk.,,on,
Williams, author OF Shakespeare and bis Friend, :,
York: Harper Il Brothers. For sale NV F. ~ we"
Washington ID. &. ''"I
This is number l4o of the Harpcrs' Select T.
brary Of Novels. We have not had time 70 ,oaL
into it, but we have had to say in favor Of tbot
Library, that it is generally under the snnor
vision Of sound judgment P'i'
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Whatever else this vote may indicate, il indi-
Gates clearly enough that the Wings were deter
mined mol 10 he 0utruu in the race Of popularity
if popularity is to he attained by the surrender Of
the public lands One effect of the law will be to
destroy any advantages that might have been ex-
pected by our old soldiers from the Bounty Land
law of the last session. No head of family
would pay the soldier anything for his warrant or
hisand, If he could get his one hundred and sixty
acres for nothing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, perhaps
will find that the homestead law has two sides TO
il hut we beg to be understood as reserving our
Judgment in the premises until the bill shall I'M
dergo some discussion or consideration in the
House, The auspices under which it is urged
are such ~ to induce us to fear that il cannot be
a very good law Ildshmgton Republic
The fact that 30 many representatives without
respect to party voted to suspend the rules, shows
that public opinion is beginning to set in favor Of
Land Reform.
We are glad to see our Free Soil friends gene
rally sustaining it. Free Soil and Land for the
Landless should go together
As TO the auspices under which the measure is
introduced, We see nothing Objectionable. Mr.
Johnson is not q Wing, nor is he Free Soil
man bu, he is a very faithful Industrious rep
resenta,ive, aud is generally found on the side Of
the Peoples interests
The R,pibiic should be careful how it imputes
unworthy motives to those who favor this meas.
ure. Has it forgotten that Mr.. Webster, the
impersonation of Conservatism, introduced res
olution in the Senate the last session, emboJyinp
the principle Of this bill of Mr. Johnson, and
announced with much formality his intention Al
some suitable moment to show his reasons in sup
port Of i'll II was somewhat remarkable that just
as he abandoned the cause Of Free Soil he tool
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TIE HON ESTEAD

The resolution of Mr.. johnson of Tennessee,
offered in the House on Tuesday, proposing to
make the Homestead bill the special order for
Monday, the 9th instant, brought out record
Of yeas and nays which We omitted to publish
yesterday. This bill provides for giving to every
head Of family, who is a citizen or the United
States one hundred and sixty acres OF land out oil
the public domain. Mr.. johnson moved TO sus-
pend the rules to enable him to introduce his res
oiution, and the yeas and nays were called on the
motion with the following result, by which the
House refused to suspend twothirds not voting
in favor of the motion
YEAs-Messrs Albertson, Alexander Allen
Anderson, Ashmun, Bingham, Bowlin, Brooks
Albert G. Brown, T.. Darlington Csbell, Joseph
Cable, Joseph p. Caldwell, Campbell, Chandler
Cleveland, Williamson r. w. Cobb Conger, Cor
win, Crowell, Danncr Dickey, Disney, Duer
Duncan, Durham, Durkee, Ewing, Featherston
Fitch, Gentry, Giddings, Gilbert, Gott, Gould
Green, Hall, Holloway, Hampton Harlan, lsban
G.. Harris L. L. Harris, Hay, Raymond, billiard
Howe, Hubbard Hunter lnge, Andrew Johnson
Jones, Julian, Letter, Job Mann, Marshall, Mat.
teson, Mcdonald, McLsnahsp, r. Nj. McLane
McMullen, Moore, Morris, Newell, Ogle, Odds
Peck, Phoenix, Potter, Reed, Richardson, Risley
Robbins, Rockwell, Root, Sackett, Savage
Schenck, Schermerhorn, Schoolcraft, Sprague, +
Z. Stanton, Thaddeus Stevens Sweetser Taylor
Thomas, Tuck, Underhill, Venable, Wsldo
Watkins, Wentworth, White, Whittlesey, Will
Hams, Wright and Young-95.
NMS-Messrs. Aston, Ashe, Averett Bayly
Beale, Bissell Bocock, Bokee, Booth, Billiard
Burt, Butler, G.. A. Caldwell, Cartier, Casey
Clarke, Clipgman, Colcock, Cole, Daniel Deber
ry, Dimmick, Dixon, Edmundson, Elliot, N Evans
Fowler, Freedley Gerry, Grinuell, lIaralson
Sampson w. Harris, liebard, Henry, llihbard
lIoagland, Ilolladay, Holiness Houston, Joseph
w. Jackson, Kaufman, Kerr, George q. King
James &. King, John A. King, III. Mann, Nc.
Dowcll, Meade, Morrison, Morse, Morton, Mel
son, Orr, Oils, Outlaw, Pesslec, Powell, Putnam
Reynolds, Ross, Rumsey, Sawtelle, Seldom
Sheppcrd, X. IL. Stanton, Jacob Thompson
Thurman, Vinton, Wallace, Wellborn and Will
! irick=7l.
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HrSronY AND 6sooRApHy or the MIDDLE AaEs BY
Greene. Part !. History. New York D.hppleton
n Co.
MszzoFAsri's system OF LEARNING LARouAsKs applied
to the study Of French Second French Reader By J.
Rcemer. Published az above
ksY 7, 6ASp's OLLKsDosFrs GsAxsAR. Published A.
above.
These are portion Of the admirable series Of
school books in process of publication By the APP
pletons Neatly and strongly bound, and well
printed, and judicNusly gotten up, we have no
hesitation in commencing them to the notice OF
all interested in their subjects
The general idea Of the Second French Reader
is, the selection Of articles fit 10 serve a. models
Of style, dependent somewhat upon each osher'
and yet presenting great variety.
Greene's History and Geography OF the N''a'
die Ages is taken chiefly from popular French
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-05-15
GEORGIA..

From the official vote, as published in the
Recorder, for Delegates to the Nashville
Convention, 1t appears lha, a fraction over
half The counties held an election, and ,ha,
1922 votes were poled, whlcl, is less than
one tren'y fifth of the votes OF tho State -
We had supposed that the faction would pol!
900 votes; but il seems We greatly over.
estimated their strength in the State. The
people, the intelligent, rejecting. conserva.
tive voters Of Georgia, have thus laugh, the
demagogues aud political trlcks,efs lesson
which will not soon be erased from their
memory. -Aususta Chronicle.
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THE SLAVE TRADE.

The brig Lucy Ann, Of Boston Massachu.
sel,-, with cres Of II persons, 80 pas.en.
gers, and 541 slares. was captured on the
20,h February last. by tbs BRUSH steamship
Rather. and sent into ST. Helena. When
she arrived there, there were three other
American vessels 10 the per, which had been
condemned for beng IN the slave trade
O'e Of these, The b,tqie P'loI, was also f'om
Boston. The place from which tho other.
hailed i. not stated but there can scarcely
be a doubt that they too belonged To the abo.
hiion regions, and we're fitted out BY those
sho have horror Of slavery except when
an honest penny may be made by il.
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.ny~t IRON rUnfU rtoO-- rim
TENED COMMANDMENT.

We have already mentioned that Capt.
Beaeher aud several American sailors, had
been imprisoned a, Msysgurz. by the Span
lsh authorities, and that the United States
Soop Of war Albany, Capt Randolph had
gone .here TO demand their release. On The
arrival of the Albany, the Captain of the
Port made his boast that It the Captain OF
The Yankee man of.war wanted his country
men, he must come ashore and take them.
The next day Captain Randolph hauled in
bis ship close To the town, sho,ied his guns
and senr Lieut.. R,dgely ashore with Motif
cation, hat If the men we're not instantly de.
l,vered up he would fire upon The town. This
caused a great commpiioD, and the men were
released somewhat in hurry. Capt. Ran
doiph deserves all praise for his prompt and
proper conduc, in this eilir, aud il will have
the effect Of putting stop to :he ouirages
which have, Tor some time, been practised
al Mlyaguz upon American commerce aud
rights.-Baitimre CfPprr.
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The Crep Of 1850.

The New Orleans Crescent &c Saturday
saws tina, letters received from all parts of
the cotton region, furnish proof tina, the cot.
ton pan, was never mote bae kward AT his
SEASON of the year. The cs,id weather Of
March killed The cotton whirh had come ~
ia the lower country, while The long con''ou-
ed rains have pu, back tho pa",ing IN the
upper. A large extent of country Is under
water on the Bayou Macon. Back River. and
other Streams. Persons Interested may rely
on this thai The prosp CT for large crop was
never more dtscoutnging. Oar Information,
.uy- the Crescent en- braces the Cotton region
Of The West