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The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-20
TIL E SOUTHERN PRESS
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1850.
Address OF the Nashville Convention

We publish to-day the Nashville Address,
and commend il to the consideration of all
parties and sections. 1t is able, clear, calm,
and firm, and it is our deliberate opinion that
| it will be supported by at least three fourths
of the South; and that it presents the oaly
ground, on which there is any reason to ex-
pect union or unanimity in the South. Some
OF the friends whom we highly esteem and
admire, have manifested support for the
pending bills, called Mr.. Clay's compromise.
But is it not now perfectly certain that
great majority Of the South is opposed to it
and is it not reasonable to expect those OF
the South, who may be friendly to that meas
ure, to concede something for the sake OF
uniting the South 7
Does any man think that any compromise
will stand which three-fourths Of the South
oppose, as an act Of aggression, Of insult, Of
spoiation'
1t may be said that the North would be as
much dissatisf ID with the Missouri Compro-
mise as the South with Mr.. Clay's plan. We
denv that. There has been no such mani
festation among the people Of the North, in
favor Of this aggression, as by those OF the
South in resisting it. The sentiment is not
so deep, the feeling not so great
We have seen much of the Northern
people and profess to know them quite as well
as any Of the Northern members, and we.
devoutly believe that if the Missouri Com
promise line were adopted, three-fourths OF
the Northern voters would acquiesce.
The two political parties are so nearly
equal in the North that the Abolitonists hold
the balance otpower. And the present Rep
resentation in Congress from that section IS
the result Of disgracetul competition for
that vote--and therefore it is not true rep
resentation of the opinions Of the great body
of the two parties. II the two parties were
eft to themselves, we are morally certain,
that they would sustain no representation in
Congress that refused the Missouri line and
incurred the fearful consequences that will
ensue
If, however, it be doubted Or disputed that
such are the opinions Of the North and South
respectively, let the decision ofthe question
be postponed until the sense of the people
can be taken at the next election If Mr..
Clay's plan is goods worthy Of sup
port-it will be ratified at the ballot Box If
not, as we think, the Missouri lire will.
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BURSTING THE DEAD-There is.in Lon
don, among the multitude O" associations, .
one for the +" Burning of the Dead" 1t is
proposed to construct an edifce for funeral
pyre in the immediate vicinity of London,
",upon principles that will assure combine
ton OF the greatest efficiency that science
can devise" The society intend also to
establish garden for the reception Of urns,
tablets, and other funeral monuments +; and
for the erection of public tombs, in which to
deposit the ashes Of those who shall not be
provided with urns for that purpose.
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MINORITY REPORT.

Mr.. Nicholson, from the minority Of the
same committee, made the following report,
which was read and ordered TO be printed:
The undersigned, constituting minority
of the committee on Resolutions, being UNI
able to concur fully and entirely in the Re-
port adopted by the majority, respectfully
submit to the Convention the following brief
statement of the grounds on which they are
constrained to withhold their approval Of the
majority report.
2. When the committee had agreed upon
series Of resolutions for the consideration OF
the Convention, we doubted our authority
under the terms of our commission to tccom-
pany them by an address to the p ople Of
the southern States represented in the con-
vention We were strongly inclined to the
belief that our rightiul duties were discbarg-
ed by preparing and recommending the reso-
lutiohs, and that the business Of preparing an
address was reserved for the further conside-
ration and direction Of the Convention
With these impressions we were unwilling to
concur in reporting any address without fur-
Their directions from the Convention.
g. We are unable to give our full assent
to the address prepared and adopted by the
majority, and we deem it due to ourselves
to state that our objections mainly apply to
that portion of the address which discusses
the plan Of adjustment Of the slavery ques-
ton reported in the Senate by the commit
tee olthirteen, and now pending in that body
In many Of the objections taken TO that plan
of adjustment and in much of the reasoning
by which these objections are enforced, we
cannot concur. Whilst we are not prepared
to approve the entire plan, proposed by the
Committee Of Thirteen, in the shape in
which it was recommended by them, we are
not prepared to conclude that it cannot and
will not be so modified and amended as to
be acceptable to those we represent as well
as to ourselves.
Upon these grounds, without going into
any detail, we have felt ourselves constrain-
ed to accompany the report Of the majority
with this explanation Of our position.
A. o. p. NICHOLSON, Tenn.
AARON v. BROWN, Ien5
VIM M. MURPHY, 4iabdma
ARTHUR J. FORMAN, Florida.
SAM G. ROANE, 1rkanscs.
We understand that some notifications
of the Address, not essential, were made by
the Convention. We are also informed that
three of tie FIVE signers of the minority re-
port withdrew their objections, - Messrs.
Nicholson, Brown and Roane
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send delegates from every county and dis
trict in the Southern States to meet us when
we again assemble It is no ordinary occa-
sion which has assembled us together. The
Constitution and the Union it created, so
long dear to your hearts, are to be preserved,
and your Liberties and your institutions main
tanned.
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THE KENTUCKY CoNvENTIoN AND IT'S
REsoIUTloSs.-Since penning our para
graph Of yesterday, in relation to this mat
ter, we have RECEIVED letter enclosing the
Kentucky resoldsisSf, ard take the liberty 81
laying potion OF it before our readers.
1t comes from source in every way reli-
able. ,~- ....... .>..
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Ropsnr II. GMn,xr-. Esq, and others.

TREATMENT OF SLAyEs.--Last Sabbath present.
ed scene which, could Northern abolitionists
have been here to witness it, must have staggered
their faith the subject of the horrors of slavery!
Some weeks ago, a negro woman, the property of
II. G. Jones, Esq. while engaged in cleaning ups
piece of new ground, and burning the trash pre-
paratory for the crop. her clothes taking fire, was
so badly burned that her recovery, from the first,
was despaired Of She however fingered some
two weeks and died.
The Rev Mr. Ricaua was invited to preach a
funeral discourse at the plantation Sabbath ai-
ternoon last, and notice to that effect was given
out. At the appointed hour the slaves Of this
Town were seen moving out--not on foot, like
beasts Of burden, or like friendless, unexpected
human wretches; but like genteel and decent folks,
in carriages, barouches, buggies, carryalls, Oh
horseback, &c. It's estimated that there We're
some five hundred in attendance ut the funeral
The masters and niistresses Of these slaves had
loaned their horses and vehicles for the OCCASION
This is only one instance out of many going to
show the Kindness and humanity with which this
population is treated in our midst And if it were
not for the excitement which Northern men man
age to keep up on the subject of abolition, the
man, III our midst, who should prove negectful Of
the happiness of his slave, would very soon be
made to feel the seom OF his better neighbors--
Salisbury, On CO. ITnchman.
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The Ohio Legislature, among other laws, have
passed one changing the names of the county poor
houses to county in6rmaics y The Boston
Transcript suggests that it would be well TO change
the ugly name Of prisons to ''re,reats for gentle
men communists"
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The Rochester American says that Samuel w.
Haight, Esq, is bringing to that city lump of
gold weighing forty-6ve pounds. II was brought
out in the Crescent City,
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-05
WAsHrNoroN CITY.

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 2, 1850.
correspondence the New York Tribune of a recent
date states that the South has nearly one half oil the off,
ces in the departments at Washington. Now, this fact
s not admitted, but is she not entitled 10 her full
share, in view Of her right OF representation in the
administrative affairs OF the government Complaints
OF this kind have often been urged by northern Office
seekers and others who, through sectional luminosity,
would withhold every Office OF any considerable emolu
ment in the gift Of the government from southern
Such profess that the government should "squalizs
the Offices among the States ofths Union The idea is
good one. and will be readily embraced at the South
and trust this suggestion will in future be acted upon
by this and every succeeding administration in its dspen-
sation OF the government patronage.
The collectors at Boston, New York. and Philadelphia,
dispense more patronage perhaps than pertains TO all the
other departments OF the government the Post Once
cepted and, citizens OF the government, has not
the South equal right Comfortably with the profess
sions and teachings OF these disnerested patros)
wholesome share Of the Offices those custom honses
But how many southern men will you find in either or
all OF them In view OF the existing state OF things the
South has Just OF complaint and trust Congress
will take this subject into consideration. II within its
legitimate sphere, at early day, and apply the neces-
sary corrective. Let the South unite with these disin-
crested Office seekers and patriots at the North and de.
mand radical reformation in this matter OF "distrbu-
toa Of the patronage of the government" Let there be
Just and equitable dspensaton OF the federal Offices in
al The Departments and Offices OF the government Give
to each section the Union its due apporonment and the
South win ask no more vINDEX.
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PHILADELPHIA, January IT, 1850.
said In a previous communication. that the policy ad
vsed BY the Secretary of the Treasury in his report had
sss he Mssss %as from e implied o. entail
ing the "defc upon our treasury, atrbutng y. more
correctly. think TO the treaty purchase-money Tor our
possessions on the Pacific.
II must be admitted that though the fruits OF the war
have been great and glorious has also enailed upon
the country great domestic svathe present party now
IN power. aude more particularly to the adminsira
ton Of our foreign Affairs by the Secretarys aton col
league. in the important crisis we have gone through the
last nine months-impoant 10 as has also been 10
suffering humanity abroad.
Instead OF master stroks being dealt in favor Of the
depressed populations, struggling through 2 sea Of
Clay had before ia less favorable circumstances de-
iyersd-a nsrpsles im6eeiify has characterized that
whole period.
fairs As the mind has become again filed with ioreDodngs
for the future by the from that quarterfrom Eng
land-of the acts OF the magnificent and accomplished
's.LEsMAr who at present represents us at London,
In that question was involved, to some extent not
" the East bat the West India influence, when the Uni
ted States government refused the tender Of the Ncaa
qua treatea For a most striking and important feature
World e, that lie several governments republican,
and their intercourse with must be entirely peaceful
no political or territorial chickering's TO disturb ino RI
vaIry IN copmerce or trade Th. feature would have
tons, for these and some additional weghty reasons
They had our powerful example and sympathy in their
march to freedom from European domination. The
thrill OF American Improvement and enterprise has q.
ready produced its vigorous effects with them and, In
. lew generations, unless unexpected and dlsas
rops event should close these fortunate prospects, they
will become - ourselves in feelings. institutions and In
gAder ali these favorns crcums,ancss aud aaspic.s
when ths xErot rHe GATE on THIS GREAT HIGHWAY to
the EAr was offered TO US BY the Nicaragua treaties is
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assgeass us rejected Had Il been accepted ths isthmus
q DsIen (which In few years will be no longer an
s.nmase would have opened % the Anglo and Heano
valsy. PRIDE and nGuencs Of the European nopsrcies
the whole coast Of Japan the frontiers 81 China the esst
States Souhdos ne seas ro Fosmoss 3 Mssr 0pu'sn'
H. noHsaeesptases will reard. II disarrenrc the
amicabe alliance 90 necessary between the republics in
particularly those Of the modern Carthage England and
complicate the West India question, which, after the
annexation Of Texas, doomed up brightly before the
eyes Of the American world, including the United States
No man. il appears 10 me, ACQUAINTED with public
affairs, can fail to that England derives from her
ent Of her commercial enterprise and II the policy Is
pursued. as suggested in the organs Of the government
at Washington, the one adopted OF COMPACT wfTH
~ a AND OTHER NATIONS on ns 2,
be in the control OF the OF the world al large
the road @ Il can be barred by England
mus th,s unfortunate policy will compcate the sub
had good reason to hope England in few years aban-
doning her West India islands, we will see her. smu-
oy ana s influence Of
from her West India throne prohibiting al her pleasure
the passage Of European sails through this highway OF
nations and filling her warehouses al the expense Of other
commercial nations
cannot but think srs that il was weak and unwise
policy in the administration not TO improve the tide and
the Nicaragua treaties; and that IN this paricuIar E
administration has faied-ToTALLY YAILED-n meeting
zee expectation Of ths Amsrsean public principally from
the want Of decided enlightened and patriotic states
man to conduct the foreign affairs OF the country.
Some years back, Messrs. Editors, we had gentle
man Of the head OF department Of the government at
Washington, who became quite eminent and able in the
administration OF the affairs Of his deparment-so much
30 as to become on one occasion The subject oil high en-
comuns to one familiar with the history Of that parcu
lar branch OF the public service-who on hearing the
encomium, admitted its truth in its broadcast sense but
added, the Secretary ought to be all sir that you rep
resent him." for il "C0sT THE UNITED STATES EIGHT
MILLIONS TO EDUCATE !" Now, as the Secretary OF
the Treasury has not put down in his estimates the cost
OF educating his colleague, that itsm added to the es
hcit." Who knows' A. g. o.
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tina, political ssprsnss ssay sbjsc the govsmmen AZ shs
United States the sacrifice Of much blood and treasure in
%sss nc q az ss Wow
Of their own security s9d ios he psserssson Of the
S * pos5s sso s
a. sas % q qso
' nsa s se sss
plains saDraius lakes and over which IL very
Whereas sRis ID ou, The Of
the States and Territories: es.ablish shsm that the
branches Of their with the least possible delay
lakes, or other natural channels eomerce aud whereas
no valuable mines OF gold, silver, on copper lead,
State, commerce necessarily be limited few branch
es OF trade and and whereas the laws OF all
cal location protecting and regulating those branches Of
trade only which the country IL capable Of sustaining,
compcaied ana volaminous statutes which more com
nercia State requires and whereas there 10 now sui.
Deseret support State government thereby relieving
the general government from the expense Of territorial
Inhabitants have already erected Legislative hail. equal
most, and surpassed by fsw, in the older States.
avoraby consider their insres i and Il oon..sns wiz
the constitution and usages Of the federal government thai
a hs s he s ao h q
equal footing with other States such other form Of
8lVH koveInhent "a your WlsuOn anu ndKnhhuly may
award the people Of Deseret and upon the adoption Of
any form OF government, here that their delegate be
ceiyed and their interests properly and faithfully repre-
memorialists, as In dnty bound will ever pray.
On notion voted that the be accepted and
the committee discharged from further duties.
Farley r. Pratt offered the following resolutions,
Resoived. (he senate concurrng herein.) That two
thousand copies of this memorial together with the cons
tnon and abstract of all records, Journals and other
documents pertaining tho organization of this State, be
printed
q Resolpsd That the President Of the United States the
Senate, and the House Of Representatives each be fur
nshed with copy thereof Ae
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men Of both parties from the NORTH that il would repeal
some II the fishing bounss 10 obyiais which, will be
found that the nth August, Mr. Athsrsn reported the
bill with an amsadmsnt providing for the continuance Of
The drawback Of the duty in the nature Of bounty on
the ssit used in curing picked FISH," &C. After the bll
was reported. week before the adjournment i was
contrary 10 Mr. Athenons wshes) pushed aside BY the
Oregon bill We repeat we have desire to embanass
Mr. Meredith orths public but believe Judge Baylys
bill is complete and liberal.
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We copied few days ago list Of the persons who
were recently removed from the custom house at New
York, in compliance with the order Of Mr. Meredith,
who directed the removals the preiext OF necessity.
The federal papers. published in New York and else
where have stated that Mr.. Maxwell, in making the
present number Of removals 7l in the whole) alluded
to- was not governed by party considerations. but
ed both wings and democrats ndiscrmnaey and among
Others his own son. whom he never should have APP
pointed. But the New York Sun. which was an adyo-
cate Of the election Of General Taylor and has since
supported his administration. strips Mr. Collector Max
well OF his pretended magnanimity by showing that. if
he did remove wings and democrats ndiscrminaely the
victims were not the supernuneraries and snecnrists in
his Office. but the poor and real ooksrs, who have
friends at court and who cannot resist the party
chinery by which they have fallen. The following are
the remarks Of the Sun upon the subject;
"a IN Of ss IF sna.
him in the house The orders for no reduction of
Ss q s % s asaa
tcuar victims was the act Of Mr. Maxwell While we
nsss Of our custom house, there Is one
nected with this new movement which deserves 70 be ex
So far as we can learn the majority Of the persons dis
charged poor men. with other present means Of
sorsrs, faithfully discharging the duties Of their siaa
tons. Now. we protest against Mr. Maxwes conduct in
are 50 many Idle fellows holding lucrative snecures and
others almost nominaly employed, large salaries who
the friend Of the honest working poor men, would be
false principles II praised Mr.. Maxwel's plan OF
economzing by taking nom them annually ear~sd
into the pockets Of political snecurists Collector
Maxwell has not the moral courage nor the public honesty
to cut off.
No, nos the poor men, without political connection,
the resist % the disadvantage Of the party must
be the sufferers this economy movement; and
their families may experience the mscries of iprov
ded home during the cold and season o. winter bot
worthless, aud demagoging petty polt cians must still be
rswaided by their being clothed and fed a, the public sx
wonderful sacrifice OF parental feeling public necessity
in dschaging his own son, YET we doubt much u that
will reconcile the popnlat mind his selection
of tue other ITO chiefly from the poor, working Office.
holders.
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For the Union.


.Worthy Public Omcsrs"
The minor organ-wth whining pretension to politi-
cal goodness, OF which sympathy for wing officials forms
the very essencedoes out this morning an excruiia
hngly plainive and sorTowful, and melancholy, and
sympathetic appeal in behalf Of the custom house officers
OF Baltimore, who, with trembling fear and anxiety
which the anticipatoy loss OF the "spos' could alone
excite are in daily apprehension Of being elected there
from for the benefit 81 the public revenues and most as
suredly Tor the beneht OF the country The Republic
hangs its pathetic argon on paragraph extracted from
the letter OF the Baltimore correspondent OF the Union.
who says that amid the confusion which prevails in the
custom house, IN view OF the proposed reduction OF OH
the de0cras Cho haze been displaced enjoy the
sport amasingy and hereupon that feeble advocate of
feebler administration exclaims. with unaffected hy
pocrsy in keeping with the miserable jargon, ane sport
surely Sport for ocooco factionsts-Iain and ruin to
hundreds OF worthy public c6cersand Infinite confusion
and Injury to the public service" Now would it be be-
lieved-could II be for one moment conceived-hat the
organ OF an admnisai0n VIII has been guilty of the
most ntolera merclless, anu tyrannical prescription
an administra which, hyena-like. has pursued its
victims to the very grave in the of the excellent
and lamented Collins-an administration which, with the
most vndictive revengefu and remorseess spirit has
sought out and the widows Of postmaster the
petty income of whose Offices could hardly keep soul and
body together-would il be believed that the organ OF
such an administration could be superatvely hypoc
cal as % wall over the meri,ed eectment Of half dozen
officers from that hive OF corruptionthe Baltimore GUS
tom -housei Without dwelling upon the fact that the
law BY which this reduction Is made was passed by
ag House Of ma, is V ask what + the
notorious that some Of those recently appointed by
the present collector the bues and braggars Of Fish
Market Space Ii is notorious that some OF them got
their places only because they knew how to distribute
electioneeng money, and to WELD effectively bludgeon
at the polls is notorious that Of them. The very
night that he received his commission. committed gross
outrage for which he committed to Jail, and being
released bail the next morning, Dalksd from the taa
20 the omhouss. and sicorn into Office Its no
torous that of them. a bar. adjoining the Gus
fom-hose, assaulted in the most abusive language and
threatened to kill, unofending citizen, for which he
the peace II is notorious that OF this charac
ter have been appointed to take the places Of really
worthy officers And yet. because, in pursuance Of hg
democrats who have been ruthlessly thrust from Office
manesing their in view Of the fact the Republic
eSclalms pain and rum 70 hundred. Of worthy public
pain and ruin attend Of sm its may be found
in the gambling houses and brothels Of Fish Market
Space VERITAS
FEBRUARY 4, 1850.