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The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-04-17

NORTHERN GALLANTRY.- Is said
that Mr.. Clingman, Of North Carolina,
and Mr.. Clemens of Alabama, have had
a great number of Valentines sent to
them by the young ladies of the north.
Mr.. CIngman showed one Of his in the
House. f.' ~ '.'''f7
A party Of musical artists, on their
way from Glasgow to Aberdeen, by rail-
way, in the latter part of last month,
were nearly frozen to death, By being
detained in snow drift Of nearly SIX
feet in depth The party consisted Of
Madame Sontag, Count Rossi, Lablache,
CalzoIari, and Patti. .,,.. ~
In some parishes down east, the dea-
cons blow horn in church, every five
minutes, to keep the people awake.
The New Orleans True Delta says,
that feeling of insubordination has
manifested itself among some of the ne
groes on one or two plantations below
that city. . '8
The report Of the New York Croten
Aqueduct Commissioners, says, that ey-
cry person in New York, averaging the
Croton used by the population, uses 66
gallons Of water.
About 100 officers Of various grades
have been discharged from the New
York Custom House. in order to meet
the reduced expenses for collecting the
revenue. b. saQrlI nsrb ~ 4, =7s
The New York Tribune says: To
counferuarch in the faceof a determined
and formidable foe, is peril if not ruin.
Our tower of strength and safety j. the
Wilmot Prosiso. ta g- s.sz,s,r~- ~,
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-04-17

Joseph Brown,
Horseshoeing and Blacksmithing. the Up
per Landing
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-04-17

Doctor Day
Continues the practice Of his profession at Saint
Paul and will be fonnd at his office on Third
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-04-17

Louis Roberts,
Forwarding and Commission and Dry Goods and
Groceries.-Corner of Jackson and River SITS.
on the north side.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-04-17
MINNESOTA PIONEER.
PUBLISHED syERY wEpSEsDAY MORNING,
By JAS. NJ. j. ISAAC n. C0ODHUE
+ l. IL VI > I:

OFFICE Or THIRD STREET, NEAR THE
GoyERNoR's REsIpENCE.
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N. ID. Phillips,

Procureur, Ayocat en- droit, ct Agent desterrcs-
St. Paul Reclame mis- ensurete ct des terre
entrees par des ordrcs mil;taires. ,1
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-04-17

John J. Dewey, NJ. D.,
PHYsICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office on Third street.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-04-17

John Randall & Go.
Forwarding and Commission, Dry Goods and Gro
ceries-Corner Of jackson and River streets,
south side.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-04-17

Henry Jackson,
Dry Goods and Groceries.--Corner OF st. Charles
and Bench streets.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-04-17

VIM. ID. Phillips,
Attorney and Counsellor ut Law and Land Agent.
Prescription claims secured, and entries made
by Military Warrants. Office on st. Anthony
street. nearly opposite the Upper Landing.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-04-17

w. III. Forbes,
Fur COMPANY, ST. Paul Outfit also Dry Goods
and (;roceries.-Bench street.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-04-17

J. w. Simpson,
Dry Goods and GrOceries.-Corner OF Roberts
and Bench streets.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-12-07
Texn. boundary Bill accepted.

4 ielegraphic despatch from New Orleans,
dated the 4th instant, states that the Boundary
Bill has been accepted by the Legislature Of
Texas, with only one dissenting voice, which
was in the Senate.
The New Orleans Picaypne, which came TO
hand last evening, contains a synopsis Of Gov
ernor BELLS message to the Legislature, on
the occasion Of their coming together on the
18th ultmo
The Governor commences by saying that the
event which has taken place-the acceptance
of the Boundary Bill-was anticipated by him
and the Legislature. He iustifes the submit
ting Of the propositions to the people, though
the resolutions contained no such stipulation.
He thinks il is to be regretted that Congress
was not more specific in defining the mode
of ascertaining and making known at the
federal treasury the amount Of debt for which
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-12-07

the five millions of stock are TO be retained,
or had not deemed the REIMBURSEMENT by
the State of all liability on the part Of the
United States, as a sufficient guaranty He
considers that the creditors of Texas must look
TO her alone, and not TO the United States, for
an adjustment of their claims In regard to the
bonds issued by the late republic for double the
amount of the original contracts, he thinks that
between private individuals such would be void
on account of usury, He, however, recon-
mends that the Government should certainly
pay to its creditors the full amount of the bene-
fits received, and interest ON the amount from
the time when it should have been paid.
He also recommends that law be passed re-
During all creditors holding claims against the
late Republic of Texas, and for which the reve-
nues arising from impost duties were specially
pledged, to file releases in favor of the United
States, in respect to said claims, with the Comp
troller Of the State within specified time, and,
in default thereof, their claims upon the United
states for liability Of said debts growing out of
the transfer of the revenue under the articles OF
annexation. shall be considered as waived.
In what manner the State shall dispose Of the
five millions of dollars for which certificates of
stock will be issued and placed at its control as
soon as notice is given Of the acceptance of the
propositions, the Governor thinks future Le-
gisIature should decide
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-12-07

SoUSD PAraforic StSTINENTs.-At recent very
large and imposing meeting Of the friends of the
Union, In Cincinnati, the following resolutions,
emb,dying sound, conservative, and patriotic sem
timents, among others, were unanimously adopted:
"Resolped, That we approve and will support the
measures OF peace and compromise, relative 20 the
admission Of California state; the establish.
mcnt Of the territorial governments OF New Mexico
and Utah; the settlement Of the boundary question
Of Texas the abolition of tho slave trade IN the Dis
trct Of Columbia; and the provision the more effcc
tually secure the observance of the constitutional
duty to deliver up fugitives owing service or labor
"Resolped, That we utterly condemn and will
oppose all fore BILE resistance to the execution of the
law of the General Government for the recapture
of fugiives owing service or labor; that we regard
such law M constitutional, in accordance with the
compromise which formed the Union, and that We
will sustain il and enforce is by all proper and le-
gal means, az a matter Of constitutional compro-
mise and obligation"
The recent demonstrations in the large cities 81
the free States are most hsttering to the cause OF
CONSERVE tisIn, and induce the confident belief that
ere long, the whole North and Northwest will
through the influence Of patriotism and conservs.
tsn. cut looec from finatcism, and proclaim their
unalterable determination 70 preserve the Consti-
tuition and Laws,
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-12-07

alt is said that the merchants of Toronto are
very much dissatisfied with the changes made in
the United States bonding system, as they affect
the provinces, which oblige them to pay the Ameri
duties at the Atlantic port, to be refunded on
re- shipment The effect of this will be to diminish
the amount Of imports into Canada via New York !"
North Amsrican
The recent decision of the Secretary of the
Treasury, in reference to the payment of duties
upon foreign merchandise bound for Canada,
has caused, as we see by the above paragraph,
much dissatisfaction in that portion of her ma
iesty's dominions. Its people are not content
to pay the duties on arrival within the Union,
even on the condition Of having them refunded
when the merchandise passes out Of the Union;
but insist that they shall not be paid at all;
leaving to the Government, in case the mer-
chandise be not exported, TO seek for payment
at the hands of the sureties on the bonds-a
most reasonable proposition, truly
In all this matter Of reciprocity with Canada
there has been, as it seems to us, a strange
mistake. That country has two modes Of reach
ing the ocean--thc one by the ST. Lawrence,
and the other over land = the Hudson. The
first is her own, and the worst The second is
our own, and the best-so admitted by her
writers, and 50 proved TO be, by the fact that
trade is gradually abandoning the other We
have gpen our neighbors the use Of the best route
and they now ask to sell us the use Of the worst
one, claiming in payment. therefor, the ex-
ercise Of the right 10 sell their wool and their
corn ia the Union, and buy their iron and
cloth ont of it, importing thsm duty free--a
right that would not be granted to any. even
the oldest State of the Union itself II is time,
as it appears to us, that this matter should be
fully understood We have already paid for
the free navigation Of the St. Lawrence, by the
grant Of the free use Of our canals and railroads
and we trust that whenever the question Of
reciprocity" shall again come up. it will he in
the form Of demand for The use of that for
which re hare already paid, upon penalty Of a
withdrawal Of the privileges already granted.
We commend this view Of the subject TO the
consideration of those members of Congress
who think their constituents likely TO be beno-
fted by the navigation Of river that is grad
ually ceasing to be used by those who own it.
We have already granted much. Let the
reciprocity" account be now settled up, and
then we may start again; but until the ac-
count be settled and the balance now existing
in our favor fairly and fully paid up, we trust
that Congress will grant no more.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-12-07
A Tariff View explained.

The Wing papers gay that they advocate high
tariff because the tendency is to cheaper our
manufactures; and this they call encouraging
our own mechanics % queer way Of doing it
however.
The above article is now going the rounds
Of the "Free-trade" papers--that is, of those
papers which are engaged in teaching the far
mers that efficient protection raises the prices
of manufactured goods, and of iron, and that
their own prosperity is to be promoted by the
pursuance OF course of policy that is gradu-
ally closing all the mills and furnaces of the
Union, and rendering them dependent upon dis
tant countries for market for their products.
The absolute untrulh Of this has been fully
proved. Cases almost innumerabe have been
published to the world, of which the following,
which we take from the Newark Mercury,
just received, is specimen:
eve will instance an important article Of man
ufacture in our own city, that of glazed leather.
such is used for caps and other purposes. Ten
years since none of this article manufactured
here, and it admitted almost free of duty. BY
the tariff Of 1912 this article became subject a
duty of thirty five per cent. and almost immedi-
ately this branch of industry sprang into mpor-
lance here. Such was the progress made in the
manufacture by the protection thus afforded, that
in short period the price of the article decreased
full fifty per cent from the former imported prices.
We might add that there is no branch of industry
in which those engaged are better paid than in
this. Thus, queer as it may appear, high tariff
has at the same time 'chedpened manufac-
lures and yet encouraged our mechanics"
III is thus established that such duty imposed upon
articles actued abroad, astciH giue entire and
complete protection TO industry such branches here,
wiH in the end cheaper The price Of the article TO the
consumer
These consumers are the farmers and planters
of the nation who are cautioned against protec-
ton as tending to raise prices, while the produ-
GERS of leather caps are at the same moment
cautioned against it as tending to depress them,
and thus to enable the farmers and planters To
supply themselves more cheaply Verify, the
absurdities and inconsistencies of the modern
80 free trade" school are such as would puzzle
even Philadelphia lawyer.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-12-07
Letter from the Hon. Reverdy johnson.

The following letter was addressed by the
Hon REvERDY JOHNSON to the Union mass
meeting held in New Orleans on the 9th ult.:
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destroyed The eqnlIInrium between lille twU
sections IN The Government.
The nexI is the system Of revenue and
disbursements which has been adopted hy
the Government. 1t is well known that
the Government has derived its revenue
mainly from duties on imporls. shall
not undertake 10 show that such duties
must necessarily fall mainly on the cSpnr.
ting States, aud that the Suuth, as The
great expurins portion Of the Union, has
III reality paid vastly more than her due
proportion Of The revenue; because deem
it unnecessary, as The subject has on so
many occasions been fully discussed. Nur
shall ], for The same reason, undertake to
show that far greater portion OF the rev.
enue has been disbursed at the Morrill, than
its due share; and that the joint effect Of
these causes has been 10 transfer vast
amount from South to North. which, under
an equal system Of revenue aud disburse.
ncnls, would mol have hecn lost 10 her,
II To this be added that many Of the duties
were imposed, not for revenue, but for pros
leclinn---,haI is, intended 10 put money,
MOI in the treasury, but directly Into the
pocket Of The manulacurers--somo CON-
ccption may be furned Of the immense
amount which. in the long course Of sixty
years, has heen transferred from Soulh to
North. There are no data by which il
can be estimated with any certainty; hut
i, is safe to say that il amounts TO hun,
dreds of millions of dollars. Under the
most moderate estimate, it would he suIfi.
cienl to add greatly to the wealth Of the
North. and thus greatly increase her pnp-
ulatIon by attracting emigration from all
quarters TO that section.
This, combined with The great and prim-
AIRY caasc. amply explains why the North
has acquired a prepondcranco over every
department Of The Government, by its dis
propor'innae increase of population aud
States. The fnrmcr, as ias hpcn shown,
has increased in fifty years 100000 over
that Of the South. Thi' n reasc Of pop
ulalion, during so long &c. I'D is. salisiac-
torily accounted for by the number Of en-
igrauts, and the increase of their descend
ants. which have heen attracted 10 tho
Northern sections, from Europe aud the
South, in consequence Of the advantages
derived from The causes assigned. If they
had not exisled-if the SoUth had retained
all the capital which has been extracted
from her BY the fiscal action of the Cow
erument; and, if il had moi been excluded
by the ordinance OF 81, aud the Missouri
Compromise, from the region lying he
Tween the Ohio and the Mississippi Rivers,
and between The Mississippi and the Rocky
Mountains, North of 800 30'-it scarcely
admits OF doubt. tina, she would have di
vided the emigration with the North. and
by retaining her own people. would have
at least e4ualled the North in population,
under the census of 1910, aud probably
under that about to be taken. She would,
also, If she had retained her equal rights
in those Territories. maintained an cquali-
~ III the number of States with the North,
and have preserved The equilibrium be.
tween the two sections that existed al the
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NO. 81.

present magnitude, diminished in force =
ls the original cause Of The movement, that
slavery is a sin. and ought to he suppressed.
weaker now than at the commencement!
Or islhe Abolition party hess numerous
or influential. or have they less Influence
sr ctmtroI over the two great parties OF
the IN1rh in elections Or has the South
greater means of influencing on controlling
tie movements Of the Government now
than i had when the agitation coinmeif-
ced ?~To all these questions bat one an.
sw.r; rist be sivcu: No. no. no. The very
reverse is true. Instead Of being weakers
all the elements Id favor Of agitation are
stronger now than they were in 1875. when
the agitation frs, commenced, while all
the elements Of influence ou the part Of
the South are weaker. Unless something
decisive is dune, again ask, what is to-
stop this agitaIfm. before the great and
final object a, which il aims-the abolition
of slavery in the Stntes-is consumaed7 7
Is il. then, uol certain, that if something
decisive is not now done to arrest il. The
Snuh will be forced 10 chnose between
abolition and secession? Indeed. as events
arc now moving, it will moi require The
South to secede to dissolve the Uuion.-
Agitation will Of fself effec, it. of which
its pas, history furnishes abundant proef,
as shall moi proceed 10 show.
II is great mistake to suppose that
disunion con be eBecled by single bloH.
| The cords which bound these States TO-
geher in one common Union are far too
numeroes and powerful rov thai. Disun-
ION must he tire work of time. II is ou!y
through long process. and in succession.
that the cords can be snapped, until the
whole fabric fnIls asunder. Already the
agitation Of the slavery question has snap
ped some Of The most important, and has
greatly weakened all The e,hers, as shall
pruceed TO show.
The cords that bind the States together
are mol only many, but various in charac-
Ter. Some are spiritual or ecclesiastical;
some polfrical; others social. Some ap.
pertain, TO the benefit conferred by the
Uniun, aud Others TO the feeling Of duty
! and obligation.
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tion for the purpne of destroying tie ex-
listing relation betweed lf1e two races in
the South
The first organized movement towards
j, commenced in 1885. Then, for the
first time. societies were organized. presses
established, lectures seut firth tu excite The
people OF The North, and inceudiary publ
licalions scattered over The whole South,
through the mail. The South was tho.
roughly aroused. Meetings were held
every ywslere.,and resolutions adopted, call
Ing upon The North 10 apply remedy To
aresI the threatened evil, and pledsing
themselves To adopt measures for their
own protection, if il was noi arrested. Al
the meeting "f Congress petitions poured
in from the North, calling upon Congress
10 abolish Slavery in The District of Co.
umbia, and to prohibi, hat they call the
internal slave Trade between the States,
announcing at The same time, that their
ultimate object was to abolish slavery, not
only 10 the District, but in the States, aud
throughout the Union. Al this period, the
number engaged in The agitation was sma u,
aud possessed little or no personalinlluence.
Neither party in Congress had, al lha.
lime, any sympathy with them, or their
cause. The members Of each party pre-
senled their petitions with great reluctance.
Nevertheless, as small and couiempibie
as tho party then was, both Of The great
parties of The North dreaded them. They
felt thar though small, they weie organized
in reference to subject which had great
and commanding influence over the
Nor,hern mind. Each party, on that ac-
count. feared 10 oppose their petitions. lest
The opposite party should take advantage
of the one who might by lavoring their pc
lilnns. The ELECT was that both united
in insisting that The petitions should he re.
ceivcd, aud that Congress should take ju-
risdictiun Of the subject Tor which they
prayed. To justify their course, they took
The extraordinary ground. tha, Congress
wus bound 10 receive petitions on every
suhjec1. however ohjectionat,Ie it nigh,
he, and whether they had or bad not juris-
diclon over the subject. These views pre-.
! "";lod :" 'h" l"mse of Renresenlatives.
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meetings The principal cIergymen anu
lazy members oflhe respective denomiua-
tiuns from all paris Of the Union met. to-
transact business relating to their Common
concerns. Ii was no, confined ~ " hat
appertaincd 10 the doctrines aud discipline
of The respective denominations. but ex-
tended TO plans for disseminating the BIZ
bile. sending Out missionaries. distributing
tracts, aud establishing presses for the
publication Of tracts, newspapers aud peri.
mficals, with view Of d'Rusirs religious
information, and for the supper, Of the
doctrines and creed Of The denomination.
ALI these combined, contributed greatly 10
strengthen llre bonds of The Unon. The
strong ties which hold each denomination
together formef strong cord to hold lhe
whole Union together. bur, as powerful
as 'Isey we're, they hnve NOT been able Io
resist the explosive eject Of the slavery
asiia lion.
The frs, Of these cods which snapped,
under its explosive force, was that Of the
powerful Methodist Episcnpai Church.
The numerous and strong Ties which held
it together are oil broke, and hs unity
gons. They now 70, m separate churches;
and. instead Of thai feeling Of attachment
and devotion 10 the interests of the whole
Church which was formerly felt, they are
NOW arrayel Into Two hostile bodies. en-
gagged in litigation about what was lot-
merly their common property.
The peM cord thar sr#ppcd was that
Of The Baptists, one of the largest and most
respectable of the denominations. That
of The Preshylerianis not eHlisely snapped,
but some of i,s strands have given away.
That Of lbe Episcopal Church is the ouiy
one of tho four s.ent-Proiestani denomis
nations vi hich remians unbroken and entire.
The stronges, cord ofd political CHAR
acler. consists pf The many and strong lies
rba, have held together the TWO great par
,ies which haver with some notifications,
existed from rlre beginning Of the GoverR-
ment. They bo,h extended toevery pur-
lion Of The Union. aud strongly contributed
TO hold all its paris together. But this
powerful cord has Jared no heIter than the
spiritual. II resisted for long time the
explosive tendency of rhe agitation. but
has finally snapped uuderit force-if nor
enlifely, in great measure. Nor is there
one Of the remaining cprds which have not
been greatly weakened. To This exleut
the Union has already been destroyed by
agitation. in the only way il eau be, by
swapping asunder and weakening The cords
which bind it tugelher. =
IF The agitation goes. on the same force.
acting with increased intensity, as has been
shown. will finally snap every cord, when
nohins will be left to hold he States to-
ge,hes but force. But, surely, that can.
with no propriety Of language, he called
a Union, wien The only means by which
the weaker is held connected with The
stronger por,ion is force. Ii may, indeed.
keep them connected; bu. the connection
will paIlake much more Of the character
Of subjugution on the parl o! the weakes
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