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by its failure, done mucl, to disturb
ihcawhole system, and TO bring about
the rcsentdamgerous state ofthings.
i sIndced, it may be doubted.
whether the framcrs of the constitu.
tion did notJcommit a great mistake,
in constitntingsa single instead of q
plural executive. Nay, itmny even
be doubted whether a single cl,icf
magistratc-inycstcd with nli the
powers properly appertaining to The
executive department Of the Gov.
ernmcnt, as is the President is com
patiblcg will thc rcr,nancncc of a
popular goverhihcnt; especially in e
wealthy md popnlcus community,
with 4 large revenue and numerous
body Of officers and employees.
Certainitsis, that there is no instance
ofn port,lar government SO constitu.
ted, which has long endured. Even
ours, thus far, furnishes no evidences
in It's favor, r,andn not a little against il;
tor,st to it, the present disturbed and
dangerous state Of things, which
threatens the country with monarchy,
or disnnion, may be Justly attributed.
On the other hand, the two most dis.
tinguishcd constitutional governments
Of antiquity, both in respect 10 per.
mancncc and power, had a dual OK.
ccutivc. & refer to those OF Sparta
and Of Rome. The former had two
hereditary, and the latter two elec.
tive chief magistrates. It is true,
that England, from which ours, in
this respect, is copied, has a single
hereditary head Of the executive de.
partmcnt Of her government: hut It
isnot lcssitruc, that'she has Ind mn.
ny and arduous struggles, to prevent
her chief magistrate from becoming
absolute; and that, to guard agains!!
it efiectually, sfic was finally com.
re!!cd to divcst him, snbstantially, of
the power Of administering The gov.
! sessnineIlt by tFansterringsit, practical.
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tot its federal character; however
ncccssafRssth thatfbmays be as first
step. faWhatslias been donc cannot
,ihdone. Tic I equilibrium be.
tween tho Two sections has been
permanently destroyelsly The tacas-
ures, above stated. The Northern
section,,s il consequence, will ever
concentrate within, itself The two ma.
jeyi,ics (which the Government is.
composad;,and sllonld the Southern
bescxclutlcd from all territories, now
ACQUIRED. !. or to BE lcreafterncquircd,
it will soon have so decided a pre-
Fondcrance in The Government and
the Union,2as to be ablc to mould
the Constitution to IFS pleasure.
Against this, the restoration Of Tie
federal character of the Government
can furnishno remedy. So long as
it continues, there can be no safety
for the weaker section. 1t r!accs
IN the hands Of the stronger and
hostile section, the power to crush
her and herinstitutions; and leaves
lie: no alternative, but TO resist, or
sink down into; "a colonial condition.
This must sho ,the consequence, If
some eilec'ual and appropriate
,'c remedy be no' applied,
The nature of tic disease is such,
that nothing can 4reach it, short of
some organic clangc-.a change
Which shall SO modify the Con.
stiItutiont MS to give to the weaker
section,;in some one form soranother,
anegativo onthc action of tho Gov.
ernment. Nothing short of this can
protectiathe weaker and restore
harmony and tranquility to the
Union, IS arresting, cf1ectually, the
tendency of the dominant and
stronger section to Cypress the
weaker. When the Constitution
IS :#;;;:5, :; formed, and thc impression was
strpnsssshat the tendency to conflict
would be- between ti,c lassess,
sta les ia 'ssss
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liability islreg Se Nj 81 ;i L, iiss jI
l.snst taitaisss Hon
throw II nsyas But on iii IS sisI,ieS 81
q man own eonscieiicc and iiiis til s5 oiy
bosom arc bis best sncnii Ssu
mot adpiae.. hgt q nnttier tii,s clls, glIS,,
Eand sinprovtllsed he crspnal ii,Isl,it bs.a
EHiiarc offered Mr. eanisct 'ijiis,
sgade. ] feel bound wavep. ssfs,, 1
communicate To Col e &c Ill ttnaIi rs
decision
He begge9l me not I'D dy 81, sI.iisssS; III
SAD he ui,ici aiTaid ilsas
lattnaIl would alie laasls aid res
fuse 10 30 out with him {. ;ss
howe err sausi d sif fsill.lI
| and we epaired about ,niiinI sias Ssa !,
Mr.. Randolph s. d ass ,s lion. s Is,
found reading ii iltol,. s grcat ueosi1. l
{ For some Inonlciits Id did r1t issl 81
NIT us to one word iii yelatio., ia
| tie approaeh hing due 4 and he at olsc
commenced one of those
criticisms on q passage Of this s,i;ess sIs
VIII Wilich no sEtls wont 30 enfhnsia
Etc indulge ,tl fer i .lpse a. ma 8
,Eattnail rernarkeds s3Ss
rs sSir Randolph, T am bid sost yslI,
eteimined not Ito resarl si HI /, ,Is sss s
fire; must spy to Rsu, 81 ms 81 dear 81
l5ifl 7 am on!y to 30 out to SEQ yetR SHOT
down yoa must fnd comp ollserH
friend.
Mr.. Randolph re,nlrikesd tlias 81
was his detcrrnina tion. q
a fer sorI,o conversation 81 III
subject ! induced Col. ,.ala ke
ALLOW IS Randoip to take A 4 ;s,sssss Il
course as his wit thdraas Al
ihis friellda. nigh it lead ta yas 81, IS is
Gus canstrlct ctioYis. IssEs
Randolph snilingly ssis s!'
s a 4 rattnalI ! s prosnise q B
ssthiaat see devil insSS ilsS
! / lsssse II. end that NTH p,alaee
Al 60 talse my llife. u j & W 81 g
change ID mind US
& fssrisrls he .aase rasr M |;SI
icties ||s
ss Ss ssSss52 ss52
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81: 80 sisfH Gfiicc. unless snnported
hy 4 majority Of the tTo houses of
Parliament. She has thus avoided
the danger of the chief magistrate
becoming absolute; and contrivcd 10
unite substantially, single With a
plnral executive, in constituting that
Departmental her government. We
have no such guard, and can have
none such, wiiiont an entire change
in The chara cter of our government;
and her example Of course, furnishes
no evidence in favor of a single
chief magistrate in n popular form Of
government like ours--whic the ex.
amplcs of former times, and our own
thus far, furnish strong evidence
against it.
But il is objected that plural
executive necessarily leads to intrigue
and discord among its members; and
that 1t is Inconsistent with prompt
and efficient action. This may be
true, when they arc all elected by
inc same constituency; and may be
a good reason, where this is the case,
Tor rretcrring 4 single executive, with
all It's objections, to a plural exccu-
tive. But tie case is very different
where they are elected by different
misunderstanding conflicting and
hostile interests; as would be the
tact in the case under consideration.
Here the two would have to act, con.
currlngly, in approving the acts of
Consrcss--and separately, in the
sphere of their respective depart.
nents. The effect, in the latter case,
would be, to retain all the advan.
tagcs of a single executive, as far
as the administration of the laws
were concerned, and, in the former,
to insure harmony and concord be-.
tween the two sections, and, through
them, IN the government. For as
no act Of Congress could become n
law without the assent of the chief
magistrates representing both sec.
tiohS, cach, III the elections, would
choose their candidate, who, in addi.
ton to being faithful to its interests,
would best command the esteem and
confidence of the other section. And
thus. the presidential election, instead
OF dividing the Union into hostile
! geographical parties, tho stronger
struggling to enlarge its powers, and
the weaker to defend its rights--as
IS now the case would become the
means of restoring harmony and con.
cord to the country and the govern.
ment. 1t would make the Union q
union in truth---a bond of mutual
affection and brotherhood; and rot q
mere connection used by the stronger
as the instrument Of dominion and
agrandizcment--and submitted to hy
the weaker only from the linering re-
mains OF former attachment, and the
tadng hope of being able TO restore
tho government to what 1t was origi.
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70 9lEttU
sssiffaSia5S.sd tiis Is have been a
mistake; and that, instead Of being,
as ,wasa was then supposed, the conflict
IS between tic Two great sections,
which arc 50 strongly distinguished
10y their institutions, geographical
character, productions and pursuits.
Had this been then MS clearly per-
ceived as it now is, the same
jealousy which so vigilantly watched
against the danger of the larger
States depressing tho smaller. would
have taken equal prccaution to
guard against the same danger be,
tween the two sections. 1t is for
us, who see and feel it, to do, what
tho :framcrs of the Constitution would
have done, lad they possessed the
knowledge, in this respect, which
experience has givca us; that is,
provide against the dangers which
the system has practically developed
and which, had they been forcsecn
at the time, and left without gnard,
would undoubtedly have prevented
the States, forming { Southern
section of the confedcracy, from
ever agreeing 70 tho Constitution;
and which, under like circumstances
were they now out of, would for ever
prevent them from entering into, tho
Union
'How8thc constitution could hes,
be modified, so as to effect tho object
can only be autholitativcly deter
mined by the amending power. 1t
may Y be done in various ways.
Among others, it might be effected
through Reorganization of the cx
contive department.; so tha,its powers
instead Of being vested, MS they now
are, in single officer, should be
vested in two;--to be so elected, MS
that the two should be constituted the
special organs and representatives Of
1.-the respective sections, in the OK
ccutiye department of the gov
ernment; and requiring each to
approve oil the acts of Congress be
foro5 they shall become laws. Ono
might be charged with the admin
istration Of matters connected with
the foreign relations Of the country;
and tho other, of snch as were
connected with its domestic inslitu
tons; the selection to be decided by
lot. 1t would thus effect, more
simply. what was intended by the
original provisions of the constitution
IN giving to one Of the maioritics
composing the government, a decided
preponderanco in tic electoral
| college, land II the otherIDaiority q
stu more decided influence in the
eventual choice -in rasc The college
failed to elect a president. 1t was
| intended TO effect an equilibrium be
tween the larger and smaller States
in this dopartment--but which,
i'm practice, has entirely failed; and,
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IS & ss{ ftf,fr<as.sst,ts. II .Eis us


|3si4lks step towards the social and
political Independence of tlle South,
d direct trade With Tie consumers Of
DUE produce is that TO which onr'
|iatteitionaan cuergies ehould be
devoted. We see no reason Why
Southern Cotton and Rice shci,l,l be
subjected to heavy tolls BY being
.tirstsshipped to NcM-Y FORK and Liz;
orpooi, 10 be consumed & elsewhere
And set, thousands sc bales Of Cot
|?ton, and any lnantity Of Rice, are
now Slipped first TO New York.
thence to liverpool, and tllcrlee TO
the consumers Of Europe. A each
IS, removal The ship owners snnst be
Eaids Mt onr expense. The wharf
owners, commission merchants, and
ssilecalasorssin New. 7 forls and Liver
POO, must have profits, and 7ail these
tall on the producer. The returns
too apesmade3 to nsin the same round
about way Teafrom China proba.
w esttuSS,usSoNfs e,''tsSttuSSu SoNfs e3p nlrlc TO
as as through ENew.Y = ork or boston, and
there pa profits and expenses. in,
iya Coffee must tfncctls leave Ainstcr.
dam, for Liscr md finall y reach
MS thonsll New. York. with all the
accnnalated expenses and profits,
which 60 intotlle pockets of. British
and Northern aliip. p.owners aud NOR.
chants, Thus ,;il d hundred ways
We contribute to onr own impoyerisl,s
ment, and without an effort to RENE
dy the matter, ,Ye pour ont our vail.
Einss and complaints over our homeless
dep pendeneg q beccnes sas Z to
strike for independence, political,
social, and commercial. The first
without thclast tMo would not be
swortha fig would still Be the
same oyerseers ID thc merchants and
ship .owucrs Of ihe Nlortl,
esaro clad 10 learn TINT efforts
'are3h being made to put an end to; sthis
/ o y lIsnon nat 9th.
I esss s al "a ssls,,s s. S5
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Intercourse with persons of dcci.

Intercourse witt, persons of dcci.
aei Virtue and excellence is. of great
imBortanco in the formation Of d
good character. The force Of exam.
pig isrowerfnl /; we aro creatures Of
j iiIlrIaitaticn, mud, by a necessary inan-
ehcc, our tcmpers and habits are
very much formed on the modellof
thosc with whom wc Familiarity asso.
lciate.
as. Two new papers have been estab-
lishsd IN Mexico one 70 advocate,
the other TO oppose, the ihdepcnt
dencc Of Cuba. j
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Just sefting behlpt
Randelpl. own {
wcro tNo of s'5
men onr count
had produced, sz IS E33||||9s
tai Icombat Whilst I
loading aalSloiph's 353ss
proaehed tDy fffietstl,
for the siaae till, ipssls sl S|8 ||4s |||E
there was iaat its 5tos,cI SsS
inssss q gns
me md sui slSss| s9sSS
but lla HUI | 3s
-i.ist. = hold ~ J
event; ,bsF tbs. 4 1.
81 On handing him lis pistol
sprans ttl9 lair Iii ID sl
dolph saisi: ss 1ss 3 ass
.Iattnail thou gii j an ofae s;se|
best tsshots 5it ,ss iii I|||
pastoljors gs,lh, yet 4 sleS lifs iIis 81 81
The hair trigger; 9I De q
shles Sbuekskin slore on IsEas
fisatroy the delieauy of IA y5tto sssa
SO - lli,s NE sss
ss,sasfe Il an, ls1 &; &
lsus from llis hi i seat ii, 81
ltis friend Tatlnall
! llsairia the ii 1
position. sho facE sarps.sg Il
Randolph aIltiril tatel M q
OF before the syofd M '
down.
The moment this eIISS s,Sk ~
General sIessup
called ontSthat he ssss
leave the ground viii iss ssE
that occurred az
once exclaimed il M s:3 Sl
and begged that tlls s3|s s;|
bo allowed 90 80 i!|Ss
being giseis, tfr. Stsss
cut effect, MIR. ll sSss @
his pistol in the ii ,,sSIs :sss' aS''
'lIa Clay Sow shss a ss ss s|gass
had thrown ava HIS ssSs u.s.
rush Of sensib iilliiss 1s| $
.Ipsoacliet Dir. lasis i
Witl,an emotion
trust In sOss silSs sil|l|
are untouched sE &
red, would ne
for Is tllolsa ,geilEt
aialaasssis'I SIS ssa 81
fsf snd I, 8; 8;
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81.
DT, .lI,I:.I | & "A AT Z.

E-ss
xsxsTaot from Mr.. sal.iounis sobk OH
Gov etninallt ittti'i'
.ss When tic Coy ernmcnt 6f TIE
lAitca States was established, the
two ssctiQnss 81 were sianearly afiScqual
inrtspoct tosths two elements .of
Whieli IL CON i posed S. s fact Which,
.aossl,tless, hal much Influence, J,
,lctes,niliin:s tile 4Cohrcn,inn ITO
select tlit,n us thst basis Of snits
constfsic, c,ion. Since 81 t,ien, tlesF
ealalitysiil reference to both, has.
been destro.y,.ed mainly .thrcpsh. the
s :tction OF the Government established
star then, mutual benefit. The first
step tSwardssit occurrc,l under the
olst n, Congress- Of tic confederation.
4 mas anlongtits lost acts. 1T took
place while tic Convention, which
formed the present Constitution and
+ Sioe,yeEt,mc oe,'i /; mt was in scssioIisanil may
oe regard Cd rs contcmnoransonswith
sit. Ifefersto the ordinance of1TST,
which, anong o,hcrthinss contained
provision excluding, slavery from
the North. Western Territory; that's
from tho iwholetregior, lying bctwceni
the Ohio and. Mississippi rivers.
Tho effect Of tliis was, Etc restrict the
Southern States, lin that quarter, to,
Tic ties555isatiitry 5iatii 3lging South oflit; san,ito
eSten1 the Northern over the whole
af that ssrcatand fertile region..( Tt
was literally to restrict The, ono and
extend the sother;afor tlc,sallole ter,
ritory belonged to Virginia, the
leadins State ofltiic foormer section.
Shcswitll disintercstcl patriotism
roscly 8 eIaalletl, cede,l the whole,
gyataitods' 70 the Unio,ii- With tho
sxesption of d very limited portion,
rcserved for5stlle payment Other
sstRsprs md soldiers, Tor scrss:sees
rendered an tiseWarso sof therevol,ision.5
IA isalent.
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~, ts,ts .ss
terest of three to %fisSS
Hollanacrs have any afs
ping which carry at d lon 5A
freight. Amsteiylarn remmansd dssB ii
trade, requiring thousands of fbales Of
Cotton, and considerable quantity
of Rice. And yet, with all her
facilities, articles 80 to hpr though
Ncw.York and liverpool.
The object Of Mr.. Baylor, se une
tderstand, is to secure reliable cor,
respondents in Charleston aid other
Southern ports; the merchants, on
the other side, being willing ssoo a.d.
vance ail the capital that may be
neeessaryiiand to establish d line Of
packets, or even of steamships, for
the purposes of this direct trade -
We heartily wish success to the en-.
terpFise. 1t rightly managed, it
must tend greatly to our advance
ment, and enable Charleston to be.
como, as she should sbe, !, tho great
centre Of supply for the, numerous
articles which are purchased by our
exports. Some of our houses here
already import direct the Rio and
Cuba Coffee necessary to our market.
We see no reason Why java Coffee,
also, should not be so imported. -
And though We may not yet be able
TO supply tho demands at Anster.
dam for Cotton yarns, NC may Sas
least send them tho Cotton and Rlcs
they consume, without sahjectinE ii
to the heavy expenses conseqaent
upon a passage via New. York am.
liverpool, .southSa standard. &
fsanssolph's Dssel with clay
The night before the duel, Mr..
Randolph sent Tor me. I found him
calm, but in sinsularly kind and
sconfiaing mood. He told me Tint lic
had something on his mind to cline.
He then remarked: Isl 4
Hamilton, | have determihea so
receive, without returning Claws
fire; nothing shall induce me to harm
a hair of his head; viii not make
his wife widow, or his children or.
phans. Their tears would be shed
oycrhis grave; but when tile soil cf
Virginia rests cn my bosom, theresis
not in this wide world one individual
to pay this tribute upon mime
His eyes filed, and, resting his
head upon his hand, was remained
sometime silent. replied:
My dear friend, for Ours was Il
sort of postllanous friendships be-
sgueathed by onrIniothcrs, Il aaep.
ly regret that you hare Inentioaed
this subject to me; for you cali upon
me 10 60 to tho field and SEQ You
hot down, or TO assume the rcapons
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slt1isiS afsl tes3
as fo
zsie liver gitiyc aslaves. = II IS
probable ilipt there was an un.
.sslerslandinss among tic parties, Tint
~ should DO inserted III both
nstsnments; rs thcsold Congress and
the Cohvcntionlwere4tlienlim session
IN the same place; and that it COR
tributed mucllstoindpce the Soutllcrn
meE,bersS of the former to agree TO
the ordinance. but sbcg this as it
mn, raaY3 both, lin practice, haze turned
I out equally worthless, II Nti,licr
slaye, fforj ma y years, becnrcspectel.
Indeed, tthesactlitself was 4unautl,or.
led .fllc articles of confederation
conferred not :, shadow Of authority
on on Congress to pass, the ordinance
~ as isadmiittcd by Mr.. Madison;
md yet this unauthorized, onc.sitlel
act Gas it has turned out to- be, J
passed in the last moments Of the
old eonfcdaracy. was relied on, as 10
precedent, for excluding the South
from twothirds Of the territory
acquired from France 1, by tho
Louisiana treaty, and tho whole Of
the Oregon territory; and Is now
relicdso to .iusEfyIhor exclusion from
all the territory acquired by the
Mexican war~-ana all that may be
acquircd--in any manner, hereafter.
TIE Territory from ,czich sic has
alreddy Been e.rcluf7c7, has haa Tie
effect 70 destroy Tie eguili6,i,tna be.
{ t,gccn tie sections az ;t o,jni,,a2lu
stood; and to CONCENTRATE. Der.
saa,ne,,tlly, ,;ll s,t the Noytheyn SECTION
Ike tteo ,7aa;o,itties Of ,cL;ch The
Gcse,,r,,ie SsfIthe 5LJ,,ited ,Stotea IS
ooU,,,osed. iSh9u,a sbeia e,.cl.;,7ea
( f;.ons 3the, tery.;;fo,.y, ,oco,,,;;,e5 f,so,,
liea.;;eo l 81 ,p;I 0;Sc " y IL Wo,ibe,a ~
States an oyer,olel,u;,e. a,renon.
5,eyn,,ee 81 tbe Goner,,,,a,,t
l.In tl,e ei,neantimo. 4 "a tIia l sn;r;t Of a.
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rsp a,ofnlss aua I
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hRiie lSGssaKs Saa sagsfsi SI;sROiiss;s !.
HF We have looked With some atten-
ton atfthc speculation of Northern
papers on therecent election in South
Carolina. We find That they gelter.:
all.y'rcgard it as tie end oe Southern
resistance to tie Gdnl prsmisc, and, !,
in fact, as a fihai of. The
right f8seecssion sll practical
resistance to Federa slatiosi Allll,
tins is a mist
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[ooanrsrosDrscr OF THE arru.rlc.l
BAIrrnoxx. February as D.

BALrIMoRK, February 3--5 p IN.
To day has been wet and slushy after the snow
and slcet Of last night--all outdoor business
attended. :
Nothing new has transpired relative to the rob
berry Of Adams 4 Co.'s Express.
The royal mail steamship Canada arrived at
HALIFAX late last night. after very rough and bois
ferrous passage. She brings tidings of the miss
ing steamer Atlantic; nothing had been heard
OF her up TO the time of her sailing, the 2sth Of
January However, nothing can be said of her but
by mere conjecture. II che has put into the Azores
it is not yet time enough for intelligence to reach
England by the fruit traders from those islands. 1t
is said that the English keep supply Of coal at
these islands for the Of their steamers. II
she has put into the Western Islands, we may con-
fdently look for glad tidings of her safety by the
next European steamer, which will arrive next
week.
The hall of the Mechanics institute is progress
ing rapidly, and by tho opening spring will pre-
sent a rapid state of forwardncss.
The wet weather has operated against outdoor
business. Flour is quiet, holders asking g. SO.
for Howard street. hear Of salcs. Sales Of
red wheat at 100 l02; white los ia Yellow
corn 60 81; white 81.
Sales at the stock board of three shares Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad at u.
Baltimore SIS of 1890 closed at l042 bid, los
asked. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shares 73t
bid, IA asked.
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From the AIer0ndria Gazette.
The Adjustment.

We believe that public sentiment in the South
(out of South Carolina) is rapidly settling down
upon opposition to Disunion in all it's shapes and
phases, and acquisscence in the COMPOUNDS. This
feeling is not confined to those who were in favor
Of the Compromise measures an original PROPOSE
tons, but is extending among those who, Directing
to these measures at first, and not satisfied at any
time that they were such should have been
passed, yet regard the SETTLEMENT proper to be
adhered to, as a SETTLEMENT.
Il appears to US that this is rational and fair
conclusion at which to arrive. The safety and
union of the States, is the first and great consid
GRAFTON. However men may have differed hereto
fore, the time for farther arrangement has passed
by It is all important for the South TO present a
united front. because, if we divided among our
selves, it will invite aggression, or, at least, en-
courage agitation. II we join hands upon some
solid platform, we cannot be moved from our posi-
ton. And il to that the only and the best
stand we can take, is the support of the CON-
PROMISE.
The ultras at the North will be met and resisted
on this question by the Union men there. We
should give these patriots our support and counte-
nance. Whilst they are battling manfully for the
Constitution and the Laws, they, at the same time,
are contending for our rights. The whole South
ought to sympathize with them in their struggle,
and cheer them on In their noble work. Wecan-
not do this effectually unless we show a unanimty
of sentiment, as we'll an determination OF pur-
pose.