The New York herald., 1850-12-07


every American nation, require simply this; the
total abandonment of the pretended British protec-
torate on the Mosquito shore, and the unqualified
restoration of the country TO its rghiful owners
Nicaragua and Honduras. They will never assent
to anything short of this, and the sooner our
government, and that of Great Britain, understand
the popular sentiment, the better.
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE Law IN NORTH CAROLINA
The House of Commons of North Carolina, as the
lower branch of the General Assembly is distn-
guished in that State, have special committee on
negro slavery, to which have been referred series
of resolutions, which may be deemed remarkable
and significant, because North Carolina has been
very quiet up to this period
The resolutions which have been published, deny
the right Of Congress 10 legislate upon slavery
approve of the Fugitive Slave law as just and pro-
per measure-pronounce the repeal of it to be fair
cause for the secession of North Carolina from the
confedency-declare the abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia TO be direct violation of the
federal compact, and oppose any project for the n-
teriiction of the slave trade between States where
it now exists.
II is not surprising that North Carolina should
awake to the necessity of such defensive action,
as may be justified by circumstances and events.
The whole bent and determination of a large por-
ton Of the political power of the Northern States
being directed against slavery, and, almost alone,
having concentrated on that subject to the neglect
Of every other it is quite natural that the minds of
our Southern brethren should be aroused-that
they should be prepared TO resist improper and un-
constitutional encroachments, and, in the case Of
actual damage, TO find themselves in position to
maintain their rights. The spirit of North Carolina
has been concatory and patient-but, with the
large democratic me jorty in the lower branch of
her legislature, she may adopt the proposed reso-
lutions, in their full force of expression and earnest
ness and stamp the State with the seal of secession
in case the power of Congress is exerted against
the principles communicated and avowed in the doc
ument However, we trust that the mad politicians
of the North will be shom of their strength-that
we have a sufficient amount of constitutional con-
servatsm among us, TO bear back that flood of an
] archy which was first started by foreign adven-
/ turers, on our soil, and which has now swollen
into formidable current whose mischief can only
be checked by firm and patriotic barrier raised
against it. Thus far, we have resisted the action
OF demagogues in Congress, and we have still a
firm faith in the ability CT the country to maintain
that just and equal legislation that is sanctioned by
secure in abiding by, when we are counselled TO
enter upon rash and hazardous experiments
! TAxATIoS IN NEW YoRK-MoRK ExrRAvAeANcE
! One would suppose that the increase of taxes Of
/ last year was as much as the people of New York
could stand but the "powers that be,' it seems,
think otherwise. This year the taxes amounted to
over three millions and half, but the Comptroller
says that for 1851 he will need nearly four millions
of dollars. The following are the estimates which
/ he sent into the Common Council last evening" and
which give us the very interesting particulars OF
4 the increase
! For expenditure of city government, ex-
1 elusive OF police lamps and gas. 50 259I %
For police. '...'....'. eIooVo w
! 10 lamps anu gas'' ''''''''''''' is''oo W
! Totsl for city and county expenditure,
subject 10 the control of the city sutho-
rites. aud fer which application must be
| made to the Legislature for authority to
For iS.islment on building Loan
For Instaiment On washington '''''''
Square Iron Building stock. 5000 90
I Fer Common Schools. 5cl i95 II
Deficiency Of interest on city
debt'..'' '.''......... 0VVooV w e.. -, -
Dea;ieney Of tax Of ls5o............ $4,000 co
s9ssos93 II
State mill tax. las 600 co
/ Total to he levied in 1851 fer city county
stSte. sao 9ss 90
Amount leNlei IN AetV.s o,-ooVoo Va
Increase Of 1851 over 5o............ soO4 9os rs
Half million Of dollars was the increase of 1850
over 1Si9, and the same increase will take place in
1851 over 1850. We should like TO know if any
point has been selected at which the taxes Of sup
! porting our city government shall be stationary.
The truth is, that the extravaganza Of our city 60
I las die dra1s nd dz az
our citizens from New York, and retarded, in a
very great degree, the growth Of the metropolis.
Hundreds and thousands more will determine upon
leaving next spring, when these fgures'meei their
asionished vision. We shall have word to say
on this subject TO morrow or next day.
EuRoTEAv PRosrEcrs 1T is said of Napoleon,
that on certsin occasion he predicted that within
fifty years Europe would be either republican or
Cossack. 1t would really seem that the prediction
is about to be verified, not as we would wish, but
rather as we should deplore. The truth is, we
are sorry.to say, that according n present appear
snoes, Europe is becoming Cossack more and more
| every day; ard we fear the time ia not distant
when, with the exception of France and Great
Britain, Cosseck sway will be undispu'ed on that
continent, and that, unless the game be blocked,
even those two countries will fall victims to the
ambition Of the great Northern power. Philip Of
Mactdon overran the whole Of Greece, end verify
/ il seems that Nicholas Of Russia intends to over
run the whole of Europe. II would be a strange
tbinp IL the United States he'd, before long, the
duty imposed upon It Of rescuing the father land
that is, Englsnd and France. too. from the grasp
+ OF The Russian bear It is not at all improbable
that such will be Tie ultimate result III the uur-
/ Tations and srgressions Of Russia should extend
/ so fsr as to iD'ure cur commerce with the old
world, it would become necessary for us, for our
own sakes, to save France and England from It's
grasp