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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30


G. The Washington Union la, the FOL
lowing relative 10 tic Santa Fc constitution
upon slsvcy-
The impression has gone abrad iha, it
abollshc, slavery loillly aud absolutely. But
this !, a mistake. The constitution only pro.
hibrs slavery ~h'n the Persou held as a slave
is over iscniy-olc years old, II male, and
over c,ghlccn year,, Il female Under those
age. respectively, slavery Is directly aud un-
cquiyocally recognised and pcrmlltcd. Hut
this is not all. I, seem. tia, the conTchtlon,
Vhllc It showed Nv particular a,iachmrnt for
African slavery as li c,lsts IN the southern
STATE, ~ the conicdcrary, manifested grclirc-
gard for that worc species of white slavery
which exists IN Mexico under the name ol
vroNACr. The FIRST section Of th" frst article
ufihc constitution, under the caption u" Drc-
t,Rtrro, ~ Hcurs, provides that mo male
person shall b. held by law Ia serve any pr.
.on a. a servant, slave, or apprentice, after be-
arri,c. at she Sgr Of twcnty-ono yoar, nor f..
male. 10 like mannsr. after she arrives AZ the
aye Of eighteen years, Ri,u h,y ,, iosHd ty
M, o,rs consent, aiiy h,y drIrs AZ NH
age, or are b,und IN hw for the punishment
ri crimc" THIS clause pIlsr, servants and
apprrn,isr, on the -lmc footing a. slaves, and
condemn, them all tn Involuntary Scr'itudc,
under the age, which have been mentioned ,
and then r fully anil entirely recognises the
system Of p,ouagr--lhc worst form Of slavery
by ~hi,h an American irscunn uny t"r"tnc,
10 al inlrnt. sSI purposes, the hondman Of a
Mexican Iadrsac. The manner IN Which that
system Operate, may h. fully understood by
the following extinct from letter from Santa
Pc. dated June y, 1850, Which 49, hnd ~ lho
Ohio Sta,s-,san
By d, rrTy fire. opportunity, -.pd you
the constitution uf Ncv NcAieo. some "a
cibmnr exists IN the country Ia relation to
the coming eviction provided by II. The
SANE people who, Ic,, than fifteen year. ago,
cut III III, bad Of onr governor, and kicked
Il through ,hc ufrci,-eut oil the hands,
pluckcd ont the eyes, and tore out Ihe touruc'
of other State oG.rcn-arc 'oscr, gua'r IT,
provisions.
Youul .ce nader the fret arIcIc-dc.
elarliiou 81 rghls-lhat the p,oH system Ut
starry D, fally recognised, Nhaic,cr NAV be-
said In the aIdrc,, lo 'hc people IN the com
tuU. Thr ~ay u works here j.
this kuov an abls.bodi,d man, Who,
eighteen ygars Iro, ~as hired by rich man
a. pa,,uicr On accounting ior the sheep
puI ia hls charge, h. rclsmcd the proper
number bat, IN tl,c mixture OF Gocks on the
mountains, few had bccn exchanged ior
Others alleged to h. Of les value lie was
taken before an alelldc, Who assessed DANA
rcs of Ten bollar. against him, for which be
became Icon, ssd nOw he has faithfully
served hs mas,rr for eighteen yca,, and ands
hi, debt run up to fRy dollars.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30

,ial iu,,iec consists 10 the Free soilers always
voting with the wing party regardless OF their
own principles, though the Wings have not
the least sympathy for them whatever; ana u
they in any case, from principle vote with the
Democrats, why then they fail TO meet ou'
even handed jns,icc. Now, our view Of the
subject IL, as ,hsre are three parties diilining
in many imponan, principles, tina, each has a
nigh, to keep up a separate organization STILL
II /, happen, that the two parties, or all
three, OF any portion Of each, are agreed up
on any given measure they should vote ac-
cordipsly. Thi, woiId b. even handed JUS
tice.
During the late contest for Senator We
though, the friends Of Mr Hamlin might have
erred IN some respect, but since reading the
following EXAMINATIONS from this very ehari''
able and amiable correspondent, We have be-
coms fully satisfied that they were right
lie says
"Ispcak wha, Ihs'e seen and know ~hen
.ay that a more corrupt, unprinciPIed and
hypocri,ical Sc, Of politicians was never band
ed together than the larger portion Of 'h'
prominent supporters Of Mr. liamlin in 'A'
prr.en, Legislature. Their whole course du
ring ,his session has been almos, beneath con
) tempt"
r The truth il, this correspondent has bee
anSiousy waiting To see Mr. ilamlIn defeat
ed, which would give the Wing, another yea
,o scramble cor Office, bot h,s expectations ~
ing cut I'll by ,hc election Of Mr. hamIin' an
he no lager upon " anxious SCAT seems
have bcrpms y 1T subject ior ,he uad l'ous'
In charity we hope HI, frcnd, will give hi'
49, - ...- -. -, -.--- hon--' $780, -
rvcr. INSTEAD Of tho Legislative Hall.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30
nrNocp CAUCUS.

The n,rrne,atir Republicans Il the 'o~noi Tar
i. Ar, respectful, rsqpr.sl o. meet ~ c"u,en'yn'
Al ths Town House, IN satd to~n' 90 Saiui'a, W
.evsutreath ia, 4 Augusi r'N', a. h'' o ''",N'
VI o. ssLct thr peal uu'ntrt 81 ''fsA"', "',l
80, an. u.,,.,,r, a. said To~n, ~ ihs senate.
- - ,.,,,, C.,,,,oiions. o. b. hoidsn At sa't
p.,,.- ., he tN,rt, sr,t Ia, II August nat, and
A ,r.,.,r, I'M Other l,siurss that VA, Trop'il, c"'
hrtafs saii C1n,rntion.
rsr orlsr Il Tu~n Conn,,iiec.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30

c. We learn from thc Bath Tribune, that
tho Lincoln Congressman Dis,nc, will hold
a Convention at ToVtam on the thirteenth
day of August, ensuing, IN nominate a can
dda,c for member Of Congress IN this Dis
,nct. The Con,cniipl will probably nomln-
ate some one IN ihur own "dlgginrs, on
the ground ,ha, the ru,scn, incumbent, living
~ Ear back ia ONiort County where there
are more bcar than ,oon', knows no morc
abou, their want, than "aa inha'iidEi et A"a
Minor"
The Oxford portion Il the Distinct are To
have a similar Convention at paus on the
same day, aud for a similar purpose. The
present incumbent viii, no doubt, b. nomln-
a,cd for reelection On the ground that though
he resides where the c,oH' are few and Tar
between. be- is deserving Of some distinction.
and thy Of a fair representation with the
"hr-downcrs
Relative to the contest, We feel very much
A. the man dad that saw two very offensive
animals ighunc-hc "didt care d.
which beat
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30

HrriNrsS.-Happiness consists no, aloUe
the relation We have 20 terrestrial objects
20 in our relation 10 the supreme Beauty
l.ch Is concealed behind these Objects as b.
"a a veil Thess IDEAS, archeiyres OF
.h.ngs. exist IN God b. -. therefore. the
.uprcme Coed, ard mans happiness consists
being A. like 10 HIM a, possible, thus the
40 guides 10 God, OF good, are reason and
I've.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30
DANIEL H. PEARSON

CT Il is said that President FIiimorr = sp-
posed la the " Compromise bill ~ thar VII.
Webster will vote Tor 10, and then, as IscI.ca.
ted Va hI. speech, hIl back upon ths plan o'
the wings aad Northern men, generally which
is in brief she plan Of the President, both of
the lais sad ihs grr,,7i--aud tha, President
Fillmore cordially approves Of The scheme
Mr Webster having resigned, cauno' 'o,'
Tor lhc bill, bat a, a member Of the Ca'inc',
he viii m doubt urge the adoption OF the
Presidents plan.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30

II The Augusta Correspondent for the
Portland Advertiser thinks that the Wings
"have good cause Of complaint, that the free
soil party have no, been ready and willing to
deal on, even handed and impartial justice,
between the two great parties Of the country
No, in the estimation Of the Wings, Impair
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30
Correspondence of The p'moc'a''
Arousr,, July 95, 1850.
ELECTION OF u. s. SENATUk'

Th. being the day assigned for a further
trial for the choice Of u. 5. scna'or' the
IIouss and Senate wen, into ballot separate
~ uii o'clock and made choice Of the Hon
IIIssmlL lIAMLrs for Senator for SIX years
from the fourth Of March next. The vote
s,o,I a. follows.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30
Che CrturS Democrat.
PARIS, TUESDAY. july 40, 1850.

r Sul-.cr;l-rs 10 The Derooorn, IN South faiis
sd vicinity. ~iu h~s,a trr 6sA their pars AZ the
Siory q Mss.rs. RUST \ YOUNG,
In Norway Village And 'icihiiy,a, TN store OF
JEREMIAH HOWE.
In BockseA villasv anl yiciait,. a, ,he Hotel OF
JOHN TAYLOR, EsQ. Al each oi~h'Ch places
Ne, vii h. delivered frss = fasfass'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30

eS' The hrs, No. Of the LlScoLs DrNo-
cRIr, published a, Newcastle, is before us.
1t makes a gvod appearance, and II it Pursues
the course lain out IN the leading editorial,
few will have reason to complain. In the
cause Of Democracy and every good thing,
we wish il success.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30

e. Mr.. Bancroft, late Minister TO Eng
and. IS sad - have purchased house IN
,veniy-6rst street, New York, which Is to be,
hereafter, his PernAneh, reS.dsnss. The
cost. SIS, 600.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30

DR. wrBsrrR has had an interview with
Janitor Littlefeld. DR.. Webster greeted him
cordially, taking him by the hand, and told
him tina, he had long been DESTROYS Of seeing
him, in order TO make his acknowledgements
to him. Prof. Webster said he had done
him, Liule6eld, great injustice, and asked his
forgiyeness-which Lulelcld heartily accord
ed. The Doctor stated to l.. that he had mis-
represented nothing on the 'rial-but that he
had no recollection. Of the sIedge hammer
Both were much affected.
The Journal says that DR.. w. appears per-
fectly resigned and very Penllsnt. He say,
tina, he has made his peace above, and Is pre-
pared to die. His only sorow is concerning
his unfortunate family. The officers Of the
Jail have no apprehension that he will com
init suicide. No one is permitted to see HIM
unless they hold permit from the Sheriff
Mrs. Little6eld visited the Doctor, in his
cell, Thursday afternoon. He received her
very kindly; asked her forgiveness for the
wrong, which he says he has done the family.
She Iorrave him all. The Times says:
II i. no, the least singular fact among all
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30

4 firm faith and true honesty are not forced
Nv necessity. or corrupted by reward
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30

nyer. INSTEAD Of The Legislative Hall.
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-22
FROM THE RICHMOND wnIG.

.N,sTS Edjf0rs; IN yopr paper of
the 10Th, giving to the country the re-
suit of the various measures which
have. for so long time, agilnied our
happy aud Beloved Union. discover
that many at the Metropolis Of this
great, and once happy, nation, and else-
where, are rejoicing at the result. In
this rejoicing. Messrs. Editors, | caunot
join, because can see nothing AZ which
to rejoice Are the people, or lhoseof
them who are rejoicing, rejoicing be-
cause the South are entirely precludcd
from all participation in the vast tcrri-
tories acquired from Mexicol Is this
rejoicing in consequence of 10000
square miles ofthiS territory being par
chased, to be transferred from the ,iuris
diction of a slnveholding to n non.slaye-
holding State 7 Nor. Messrs. Editors,
is this all I'VE are actually purchas-
ing that which is already oars--paying
large price for it, and giving il to the
North; and for what To make a
compromise. Save the mark
In my humble judgment, no compro-
mise ough, to have been made-the
Constitution is sufficiently broad for all
compromises The South ought 10
have contended (and she had perfect
right TO do SOY for her full share Of the
territory acquired from Mexico She
ought 10 have said to the North. we
will have our rights, if boodshed and
civil war are to result therelrom. |
am no Disunionist-l am peace man;
but ] would never submit to betrampled
upon aud disgraced by Yankee cupid
ty and cunning, while there was n
sufficient quantity of blood circulating
through my veins TO enable me to nerve
my arm. We should not, Mcssrs. Edi-
tors, submit to this outrage, and unless
the South take some firm and decided
ground, we shall next be sold to the
North; and by the consummation of
this series Of outrages, the slaveholding
States will be lowered from their proud
position of equality and dignity in this
coniedcracy, and subjected to the op-
preston, il not 10 the scorn, of their
past equals-the free States of the
North. We have just and equal rights
with the North, and if they will not
give us those rights. say, let us draw
the sword and throw away the scab.
bard, and say to them, with this we
will maintain our rights, or perish in
the attempt.
! cannot, Messrs. Editors, believe
that the South, as a whole, are in favor
Of the passage Of these several bills;
nor do ] believe that they will ever
submit TO such gross outrages. What
steps will be taken, is not for me to say;
but ! do trust that something may be
done (as Ihave no doubt it willy to place
the South upon an equal footing with
the North--(and this is all the South
asks)-this the south should have, if
disunion be the result.
Give me Liberty, or give me Death!
RAPPAHANNOCK.
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-22

'Tis said that in silence the heart must reveal
What the faltering lip to its pleading denies,
When the warmth of its beating we may moi
conceal
And grateful emotion is soft in the eyes.
But silence ITSELF in the region Of song,
Is music made sweeter and purer in tone,
And the minstrel whose hopes to that region
belong,
Must feel in its beautiful language alone
greet in that language, the Land of the West,
Whose Banner of Stars o'er a world is un-
rolled,
Whose empire o'ershadows Atlantic's wide
breast f..
And opes to the sunset its gateway of gold
The land of the mountain, the land of the lake
And rivers that roll in magnificent tide
Where the souls OF the mighty from slumbel
awake, r-.a.
And -hallow the soil for whose freedom they
died! .s
shou cradle OF Empire though wide be the
foam,
That sewers theland of my fathers and thee,
hear, from thy bosom, the welcome of home,
For song has home in the hearts of the Free!
And long as thy waters shall gleam in the sun,
AS long as thy heroes remember their sears,
be the hands of thy children united as one
And Peace shed her light on the Banner of
Stars
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-22
Fro@ the Mi&sissippian
TIL Z PROCLAIM TION.

The p-6a y.tuJu .,I .1ugeuuG together
the Leg'saue, appea Hl the proper time.
1t was due TO thai body hi aary con-jdera-
TO cal them again tot,lar. \gyor ,aob-
ably had any Dagjsbuge body acted with
greater 1agnlnnty Ir!n so laomeU,ous Is.
sues as tn 50 involved 10 ua settlement of
the Southern question, and aitc- returning
to their constituency not murmur of COM
plant was heard, but on the other hand
meeting after meeting has been held to sus-
tain the sentiments and views of that body
Nearly every measure contemplated by
the last Legislature, as calculated to subvert
the great objects ofour constitutional Union,
has been directly or indirectly adopted by
Congress. We have arrived" says the
report of the joint select committee on Fed
eral and State Relations, 'at period in the
practically existence of our country, when
the fears of the patriot and philanthropist
may well be excited, lest the noblest fabric
OF constitutional government on earth may
ere long he laid in ruins" Ifonr fears might
have been excited last winter, when some
hope was still left us, that the better sense
OF the North could be relied on to avert the
passage of the California BILL what must be
our feeling now, when the whole of our pos
sessions on the Pacific have passed like mag
&c iheo stupendous free State, and we are
lett to survey the rest of the domain won by
the blood and gallantry of our sons, gradually
disappearing before us to form a rich and
powerful appenage to the cause of free.soi.
Again, that report asserts that "the fact
can no longer be disguised that our breth-
Ten of the free States, so called, disreeardino
the compromises of the constitution. com.
promises without which it never would have
received the sanction of the slaveholdinr
States, are determined to pursue towards
those States course Of policy, and to adopt
asystem of Legislation by Congress destruc-
tive Of their best rights and most cherished
Institutions" II this determination OF the
North was foreseen then, it is realised now.
In the plain and pertinent language of the
proclamation of his Excellency, the Cover
nor, the people Of Mississippi, in common
with the citizens of all the slsve-holding
States, hare been mrtwdiLy excluded from
.he'r Just rights m the greater portion, q
M atef the east and rich territories &C
91uea from Mezico IN the late soay."
~ no answer to the charge of unpro
sused and premeditated aggression, that tn
uNi OF enomities has become Law and can
~. De repealed The question must be trc'
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-22

KELIGtON.-We pity the young man who
has no religion in his heart no high and ir-
resstabIc yearuings after better and a hoIicr
existence who is contentcd with the sens.
uallty and the grossuess of carth-whose
spirit never rises from its earthly prison
house, nor eXults at the thought of its full
emancipation We pity hm for he affords
no evidence of his high origin-no manlies-
tatlon Of that intellectual prerogatiye, which
renders him the lord Of the visible creation.
He can rank no higher Than animal ma
ture-the spiritual could never sloop SO low.
To oseck for bcastly eXcement--to minister
with liberal hand to depraved and strange
aQpetltes, are the attributes OF animal alone.
70 limit our hopes and aspirations to this
life, and this world, is like remaining forever
lifting the veil Of the visible horizon which
bent over our infancy,
There Is religion IN everything around us.
calm and holy religion in the unbreathng
of nature, which man would do well to imi-
tate. 1t is a meek aud blessed indulgence,
stealing in rs it Were, upon the heart. 1t
comes quietly and without excitement. it
has no terGof-no gloom ~ It's approaches.
1t does not rouse up the passions-it is I'M
trampIed by the creeds and unshadowed by
the superstitions Of men. It is fresh from
the hands Of the Author and glowing from
the immediate presence Of the Great Spirit,
which pervades and quickens it. 1t is writ
ten on the arched sky. 1t looks out from
every star. 1t is on the sailing cloud and
in the invisible wind. 1t is among the hills
and vallies Of the earth, where the shrnbby
mountain top pierces the thin atmosphere Of
eternal winter; or when the mighty forest
fuctuates before the strong wind, with its
dark waves Of green foliage. 1t is the poe
try Of nature. 1t is this which uplifts the
spirit within us, till it is tai. enough to over
look the shadows Of our place OF probation
which breaks, link after link, the chains
which bids as to materlaIlty, and opens to
our Imagination a world Of spiritual beauty
and honess.-ESSeC Gdzettc
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-22
TIER NJ s.

The WooDvILLE REPUBLICAN is issued week,
ly at three dollars a year, if paid in advance
or four dollars, if payment be delayed until
the expiration of six months,
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at 81 90 per
square (which is ten lines) for the first inser-
ton, and fifty cents for each continuance.
The usual discount made to yearly advertisers,
Where the number of insertions are not mark
ed, they will be continued during the pleasure
of the publisher, and charged accordingly
ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES for State offices,
$40 90; for county offices, SIS OO-invariably
in advance.
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-22

"Again, it is said by some that the South,
with 100000 slaves, would be incapable
of conteding with the North, or any foreign
nation. So far from this, it is our deliberate
opinion that the South would be more pow
erful as an independent nation, with her
slaves, than without them. In carrying on
war multitude of men are required as
teamsters, and for other manual labor. For
many such purposes negroes would be more
useful than white men, in Southern eli
mate and being necessarily scattered, and
in the presence of an armed force, they could
not make the slightest resistance, if fdisposed.
But it is probable great many of them
would side with their masters from affection
and choice. The South has double the
white population which the whole'country
had during the war Of independence; then
she has also mighty army in her sickly
climate (sickly to northern constitutions) and
wide extent of territory. The South could,
if necessary, raise force of 100000 fight
ing men sufficient to resist any army that
could be sent against them from any quar-
ter. In short, we do not believe that there
is nation on earth that could conquer the
South The North could not. Great Brit
ain, with all her power, could not Meth
er do we believe that war with the South
would give freedom to many slaves. Those
near the frontiers. would of cousre be early
sent into the interior, beyond the reach ol
scouting parties and Abolitionists. The
English, in the war OF 1S12-l5, in spite ol
all their efforts, captured or decoyed only
about 5000 slaves, for which they after.
wards indemnifed the owners"
journal Commerce.
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-22

New CUBAN MoyEMENT.-A rumor is
abroad Of a new expedition against Cuba
and from the activity displayed in fitting
out many vessels at the different naval sta
tions it is inferred that President Fillmore
is preparing to crush it. The Washington
Republic, the organ of the government,
copies an article from the Courier des
Etats Unis which asserts that the reports of
a new expedition against Cuba, have as
sumed such degree Of consistency, that it
is no longer possible to regard them as a
mere iancifu rumor. The Courier says
that preparations are going Oh secretly
and with great activity, since it is desired,
to act at once before the reinforcements
expected from Europe, shall have placed
the Island in too formidable state of defence;
and more especially before the organization
Of line OF steamers between Cadiz and
Havana shall have put Spain within few
days reach Of the Colony. General Lopez,
it IS well known has not been inactive since
the failure Of the expedition at Cardcnas.
lie recently returned from New York to
New Orleans. 1t generally supposed that
the new expedition will sail for the Island Of
IIaytl-Nimjs@ppia,l
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-22

ARKANsAs.-Chicot county has been act
ing on the Southern question with much
spirit. We have read long series of reso-
lutions in the Arkansas Banner, adopted at
a meeting held in the town of Columbia.
G. w. Sanders, Esq Chairman. The fol-
lowing gentlemen were elected delegates to
the Southern Convention, now to be held at
Milledgeyillc, Ga, instead OF Nashville
Elisha Wonhington, J. Baker, SiIas Craig,
w. w. Rose, Med. Petit, DR.. VIM. Wat
son, James SmgIeton.-MississiPpian.
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-22

--SourHERN RlsHTs AssoClArIoN.-The.
meeting last nighL-to farm a. Southern
flights Association ANaS- strong in num-
bers and charactoay-and-Lle-ppe
lngs were spirited and enthusiastic.
The speeches Of Messrs. Bellinger.
llayne, Porter, Rhett, and Sims, were
pointed and effective and were we'll
received. Yhe announcement that Mis-
'issiPpi had taken her stand by the side
OF Georgia in the great southern move
ment, was greeted with acclamations.
and three cheers were given for the
gallant Gov, Quitman. A constitution
was formed, and officers appointed for
The ensuing year, which will be found
in the official report in another column.
ChaS. Mercury.
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-22

IMMORTALITY or THE SoUL.-Barry Corn.
wall puts into the mouth of Julian the Apos.
tate, the following beautiful argument III
favor Of the immortality of the soul:
81 cannot think that the great soul Of man,
With its accumulated VISIONS, too,
Must perish-why, the words he utters live
Andis the spirit which gave birth to thoughts
Beneath its own creation"