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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-05-09

on thousands now the pests of society, who
might, by early ir' lining, have occupied posts
of influence, usefulness and honor.
Phil. North .Hrerican.
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The Hillsborough Recorder publishes the
following extract from a letter to its editor,
from Col. ]. II. Wheeler. The forthcoming
work of Col. Wheeler is looked for with much
interest by all who feel any desire to learn the
true history of the early struggles of the pat
riots OF the Revolution, and also those matters
which the patient industry and energy of the
author assure us will be of much Importance
to the people ofthe State.
81 have recently procured from England,
from the Offices of Board of Trade and Planta-
tons, many valuable manuscripts relative to
our early history never yet published. They
throw a food Of light upon the early history Of
our country. In this glowing record no coun.
ty shines brighter than does Orange. The real
character of the affairs of 1771, the motives O
the actors, their ends and objects, have never
been understood. The record shall speak, and
prove that the germ Of liberty was truly gender
ed in this region, where the first blood of thu
colonistswas spilled in these United States"
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--1wR~e~

THE UNION SoLD.-Mrs. Partington, on
being told that Mr.. Richie had sold 1.-The
Union" exclaimed Alas, alas I feared he
would do something awful when I heard that
Congress had detected the bill to identify
him !! ! wonder if he sold the people with il
and five got to become a niggar slave p
Ifso l shall emulate to the South, where they
know how to treat the poor critters" And
Mrs. Partington sighed deeply and said nc
more.
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eS- We see, by the last Asheville News, that
Marcus Erwin, Esq, has been associated in the
editorial management of that paper. The News
will hereafter be edited by Marcus Erwin and
R. NJ. Henry, Esqrs.
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Uprightness ever gathers the fruits Of its
own rearing.
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he is an Abotionist. Not that he has violated
the laws. or abducted slaves, or interfered with
the rights of his neighbors-but because he
holds Abolition sentiments, and intends to libe-
rate his slaves And the Wyherite Republic
can cries out, "Well done, men of Grayson ="
Humanity to the negro, the slave demands
that these AbolitiOnsts be dealt with suMMA-
RILY AND ABOVE THE LAW" Respectable
journals in Virginia respond; the transaction is
known to the Press of Washington, which pub
fishes the facts without comment; Except the
Telegraph J and yet not a petty riot occurs ut
the North, provoked by the attempt to execute
the Internal Fugitive Law, which is not record
ed with indignant comments by this very press,
and bitter homllies upon the advocates of the
Higher Law" Ii is atrocious that a citizen
of the North should suffer himself to be pro
voked by a revolving law to unlawful resistance
but very small matter, if not really worthy of
| appreciation that slaveholding citizen OF Vr-
gina should be stripped, tied to a tree, and
lacerated with the LASH by Vigilance Com
mittee, for the purpose of compelling him to
dsayOw his Anti-Slavery sentiments! Why,
the Committee might have burnt him at the
stake, without greatly shocking the nerves Of
these law-loving, Order-loving yiolence-hating
gentlemen of the Washington Press
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WASHINGTON, ID. G..
THURSDAY, OCTOBER l6, 1851.

DRAYToN AND SAYREs-Since October, 1850,
we have received, in contributions from various
sources, the aggregate sum of S120, to be APP
piled TO the wants of Drayton and Sayres, con-
fined in the Washington jail This amount
was exhausted a month ago and they have
requested us to say, that contributions to make
their situation comfortable during next winter
will be thankfully received. These unfortunate
men have been lying in prison for three years
separated from their wives and children and
the law requires that they should there remain
till the heavy fine imposed upon them shall
have been paid. Their patience and good con
duct have won for them the respect of the
keepers of the prison, who, we take pleasure IN
saying appear to be kind-hearted and consld-
crate, as well as faithful officers. But it is a
terrible thing for man in full health, in the
prime Of his days, with the command Of all
his faculties, to be shut up year after year,
within the cold walls Of "A prison, counting day
by day the sad echoes of his football as he PAGES
the stone pavement, or looking forth longngly
through the iron-barred windows upon the rest
less sea of life rolling around him and when
that man issa husband and father, and has i6sC
i.ls s4,& a1ls '~,Gs an act which nothing
but the stern necessities of a wrong institution
makes an offence against the community sus-
tanning it, every humane mind must regard him
with peculiar interest and compassion
We hope the friends of humanity will re-
member that if they cannot visit those in
prison. they can minister to their wants
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DEAL WITH THEM ABOVE THE LAW

The WytheUiie (Ya) Republican, speaking of
the late outrage by the people of Grayson on
one of the citizens of that county, IA stakeholder,
says
Laying aside the white man-humanity to
the negro the slave, demands that these Adolf
tionists be dealt with summarily and above the
law.
"On Saturday, the 9Th, we learn that the COM
mittee of vigilance of that county, to the number
OF near two hundred, had before them one John
Cornutt IA citizen, friend and hacker of Bacon,
and promulgator of his abolition doctrines
They required him to renOunce abotionism
and promise obedience to the laws He re-
fused They stripped him, tied him to u tree
and appealed to him again to renounce and
promise obedience to the laws; he lyfused The
rod was Observation-Disclosures, and on &c
twelve. ON the bare back and he cried out he
promised--and more he said he would sell anC
leave.
This MIR Cornutt owns land negroes, and
money, say fifteen 10 twenty thousand dollars
! He has wife, but no whiie children He ha.
among his negroes some born ON his farm, O
mixed blood lie is believed to be u friend o.
the negro. even to amalgamation He intends
to set his negroes free, and make them his heirs
Ii is hoped he will retire TO Ohio, and there fin
ish his operations Of amalgamation and eman-
cipation.
THE vigilance committees were after an.
other of Bacon's men on Thursday we have
not heard whether they caught him, nor what
followed There are not more than six of his
followers that adhere; the rest have renowned
him, and are much outraged ut his imposition
Mr. Cornutt it appears from this statement
owns lands and slaves A sneaking insinua.
ton is made that he is an amalgamationist; but
had there been any ground for this charge, the
viglant malice of his prosecutors would have
detected and exposed it, According to this
prejudiced statement his offences are but two
he is an anti-slayery man in principle, and he
intends to give his slaves freedom and proper
ty-ohences of which some of the most distin-
guished public men of Virginia have been
guilty, For these the Vigilance Committee Of
Grayson county strip him, tie him to a tree,
and apply the rod, once, twice thrice, requiring
at each blow that he renomce his Anti-Savery
sentiments. He refuses Again they lacerate
his bare back, until he recants and promises to
sell his lands and leave his native State Recol-
lect this infamous cruelty is practiced upon u
Virginian, q Virginia SLAvrHoLDER, because
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GENERAL SCOTT.

We publish on our fourth page a vigorous
communication from an experienced New
Hampshire politician, dissenting from SOME Of
the views expressed in our article on Z" the Pc.
sition of Parties" published few weeks since
Our correspondent evidently fayors the noriina.
ton of General Scott by the Wings, and be
lieves that this event is probable. We heet
not say that we differ from, him. Mean time
we find the following statement in late editor
of the Washington Republic. Speaking o.
Webster Fillmore, and Scott it says:
"They are all worthy opponents of VIII
principles. They have all troops of friend
alphabetically may these things be said of Mr.
Webster. With equal truth they may be sid
of General Scott; for though circumstances
have not enabled this distinguished soldier b
impress his sentiments officially on the recent
policy of the country, no one doubts the liberal
ity and nationality Of has riers, and WE ALI
KNOW THAT HE EXERTED HIMSELF AS PRIVATE
INDIVIDUAL TO THE UTMOST TO SECURE THE
ADOPTION OF THE MEASURES or ADJUSTMENT
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the city is crowded with strangers, known to be
peculiarly sensitive in such cases, and then the
alleged fugitive is dragged through the public
streets, handcuffed Were Federal law equal
ly abhorrent to the People of the South at
tempted to be thus enforced among them, the
resistance would be more violent and general.
Nay, its execution would be impossible. No
one who understands the Southern character
can doubt this
AS to putting down violent resistance to the
Fugitive Law, our candid opinion is that it
cannot be done. In "A selfgoverning State,
Public Opinion is the life of law. A good law,
unsustained by it must fall a bad law in oppo-
sition to it will be bafiled Force, repeatedly
used in its execution will but strengthen the
feeling against it, make it more and more hated,
and give rise to frequently recurring scenes OF
without violence is the legitimate parent of an
archy and rebellion,
We commend to the Southern Press the fol-
lowing quotations which close the speech Of
Senator Soule, lately printed and praised in its
columns
"Our Federal rulers should understand that,
by an eternal law, Providence has decreed
vexation to violence For if you will allow
me to close with another quotation from Burke,
the use of force is but temporary it may sub
due for n moment but it does not remove the
necessity of subduing again; and nation la
COMMUNICATE Era is not governed which
has perpetually to be conquered"
These are the words Of truth and soberness,
and we commend them to the attention Of our
Administration, whose officials seem to have
been seized with a sudden and violent passion
for the gallows
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KOSSUTH

KOssuth it is expected, will arrive at New
York near the close of this month The cit
zens and authorities are preparing to recev,
him with distinguished honOrs and the Presi
dent, it is stated, has taken measures to show
the high regard in which the nation holds him
What shall be done for him after his arrival
is a question in evcrybody's thoughts The
Sultan, having the resources of his subjects at
his command, was free to indulge in the most
elegant Inequalities towards the illustrious
guest whom hc delighted to honor. Our PreSi-
dent has no such discretionary power, the PeO-
pie having reserved to themselves the right to
entertain distinguished strangers and signal
ize in their own way their appreciation Of seryi-
ces rendered to mankind
No man living deserves more ut the hands of
his fellow man than this great Hungarian
patriot The cause of Hungary was the cause
of sefgoyernment of popular rights of De-
mocracy of mankind and Kossuth was the life
and leader of that cause. No Reyolutionist
has acted from nobler aims, with purer motives,
upon more comprehensive and sagacious views.
Let us honor him but let us do more than
this-make him comfortable That little Saxon
word, comfort, implies something far more sub
stantial and vital than all the national salutes
and public ceremonies that await him.
A citizen of New York has written to the
Mayor proposing to be one of one hundred
persons, who shall each give s 900 to estab-
lsh fund of 100000 for the benefit of Kos
suth The offer is generous; but had this citi-
zen called upon some of the public-spirited men
of New York, and induced them privately to
subscribe TO such plan and then ut the proper
moment given it publicity, 80 that no one man
might lay claim to the glory of originating it
he might have accomplished something AS il
is we fear his project may fail. Again, VIC
hear it stated that it is proposed in Nashville
Tennessee to purchase residence for Kossuth
near the Hermitage and some citizens have al
ready volunteered contributions
Something should be DONE and done liberal
ly and promptly. The wealthiest and most pow
erful Republic in the world should give ample ev-
idcnco of its regard for II Statesman and Pa
triot who has lost all but his life and honor in
the attempt to establish Republcanism in his
own country
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THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.

Whilst so many of the Northern States the
pretenders 10 law and order, have been dis
graced by mObs by violence, by outrage, by
blood, in opposition to the miserable pittance of
Southern right recognised in the Compromise,
ut u single scene of violence has been wit
~ i: =, { the South although the Compromise
.o,,1n.oI ~ ~, al authority more odious to
~ - -, NS1lsible Southern man. than
the Fng;tiye aw conld he to the understanding
Of the North-SOmhern M"
fair specimen of the clit ',n ' S'p"iS-
try of the Southern Press %eihe compromise
affected territory and Pcopld Oe!onu '''e nm
its Of the South, and its meak 'reS were 10 De
encorcoJ uro, tho,, -, 49,. the People OF
the South How then coul '"',o oo W
cason for collision with the 'N'i" ""'no'i
ties If violent resistance WI " V' "'e'
against the Compromise, it wal . W.
those proposing it, to go somd ' =
miles to execute their purposesf .,..
Not only could there be NJ OoO "e' pu' ~
reason for collision The TCo" lio"' ,ae ie'os
ni'1 the right of the Pr eoplo % o".,orll" :
determ'" whether say ''y ol,o'lD oNi'' a"'os
them or not - left tne question: "s II regard
ed Now Mexico Md Utah, to be settled by the
peonle of those Territories when about to form
State Constitutions What ground or apology
cor mob.yiolehce in all this The Territories
are left opp to both sections of the Union and
it N there that the question, whether slavery
shall be tolerated in them, must be decided
What more can a Shareholder demand On the
other hand, the Fugitive Law affects the North
ern people directly. ltbrings the Federal pow
re to bear Immediately upon them, tits law,
repugnant TO State sovereignty repugnant to
all their habits of thought and feeling, in con-
aict with their Jurisprudence, and revolving to
their humanity. IL outrages all constitutional
guarantees of right all sound principles of law,
every dictate and feeling of hospitality. 1t
brings the handouts and shackles of slavery,
all its machinery Of violence and blood, to their
very hearth-stones There is not city, town,
village neighborhood, exempt from its enforce
ment, and scarcely a day passes in which its
execution is not attempted. II is perpetual
and universal horror at the North the more so
because those charged with its execution seem
anxious 10 invest it with the most aggavating
aeeompaniments In one case, the claimant
wantonly inilicts a brutal blow on the skull Of
his victim in another an arrest is put of till
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MR.. WEBSTER.


The New York Courier and Enquirer thus
commences q long editorial proclamation in ia
vor of the nomination Of Mr. Webster for the
Presidency:
"The events of each successive dav 90 10
prove the paramount Importance of both the
great political parties in our country nominat-
ing for the Presidency a statesman who is not
only known to be sound in regard to the late
Compromise but who ia in this regard. abso-
lutely above suspicion: The policy, nay, the
absolute necessity of this course, is becoming 80
apparent that we look upon the nomination of
MIR, Webster, by the Wing National Conycn-
ton, as almost approaching a certainty
1t would seem, then, that Mr. Fillmore is not
"abovc Suspicion in the opinion of the Couri.
er and Enquirer The People of Virginia have
a different opinion but perhaps they are not 80
vigilant and keen-sighted over the interests Of
slavery, rs the Northern editor of that paper.
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1866

committee for redress Of grievances we
hindered and repressed great deal OF cruelty,
and congratulated ourselves on dong vast
deal Of good TILL as often happens my zeal over
acted. Stubbs complained to my father that
he couldn't manage the hands, and must resign
his position. Father was fond, indulgent
husband but man that never flinched from
anything that he thought necessary; and so he
nut down his foot like a rock, between us and
the field hands. He told my mother, in Ian
guagc perfectly respectful and deierential but
quite explicit that over the house servants she
should be entire mistress, but that with the
field hands he could allow no interference. He
revered and respected her above all living be-
ings but he would have said it all the same to
the virgin Mary herself, if she had come in the
way of his system
TO BE CONTINUED.
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For the National Era.
BENEDICTTE!
PROM AN UNPUBLISHED POEM.

PROM AN UNPUBLISHED POEM.
Gods love and peace be with thee where
Soc er this soft autumnal air
Lifts the dark tresscs of thy hair.
Whether, through city easements, comes
The kiss TO thee in crowded rooms,
Or, out among the woodland blooms
1t freshens DER thy thoughtful face,
Imparting, in it, glad embrace,
Beauty to beauty grace to grace.
Fair Nature book together read,
The old wood paths that knew our tread,
The maple shadows overhead
The hills we climbed, the river seen
BY CLEANS along its deep ravine-
All keep thy memory fresh and green.
Where or | look, whereer / stray,
Thy thought goes with me on my way,
And hence the prayer breathe to-day
Der lapse Of time and change Of scene,
The weary waste which lies between
Thyself and me, my heart | lean.
Thou lack'st not Friendships spel-word, nor
The hslf-unconseious power to draw
All hearts to thine by Loves sweet law.
With these good gifts of God IL east
Thy lot, and many a charm thou hast
To hold the blessed angels fast
II, then, feryent wish for thee
The gracious Heavens will heed from me,
What should, dear heart, its burden be?
The signing Of shaken reed
What can / more than meekly plead
The greatness Of our common need
Gods loye-unshanging, pure, and true
The Paraclete white-shining through
His peace-the fall OF Hermons dew
With such prayer, on this sweet day,
As thou msy'st hear and may say,
greet thee, dearest, far away
J. G.. w.
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JupcE SHARKEy has resigned his seat on the
Supreme Bench Of Mississippi
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Isl 10Th mo-, 1851.

.The recent publication of w 4 Gladstone, NJ. p,
has made the public familiar with atrocities the
part of the Noapoitan Government, without paral-
lel in the history of tyranny.
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LITERARY NOTICE.

THE WIDE, WIDE WORLD. BY Elizabeth wethereH
Now York George p. Putnam, 1855 Broadway.
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three cases comprising 20. Heavy penalties
will, according to law, he inflicted on these
men, ii they return to the State
Similar laws exist in other slave States and
Florida was admitted into the Union with a
Constitution authorizing the Legislature to pas
laws for the ultimate enslaSement of free per.
sons of color entering her borders And it is
notorious that the State Of the illustrious
Lowndes not only mprisons free persons of color
from other States, entering her ports, but rude.
ly, violently compelled MIR Hoar to flee from
her borders although commissioned by the
Legislature of Massachusetts to test before the
Federal courts the constitutionality of the laws
authorizing such Imprisonment
All these laws as will be admitted in view
of the brief history just given, are grossly in
violation Of the Constitution, so far as they are
construed to extend to the colored citizens OF
any other State. But it is notorious that thew
are 30 construed-that their operation i.
habtually felt by colorcd citizens of the New
England States and New York.
Mr. Lowndes in the speech referred TO-
thought the Federal Judiciary the proper tribu.
nal for deciding upon the constitutonality Of
such laws or provisions. He did not dream that
the hour would come when, in his own State,
people and authorities would combine TO pre-
vent by violence any appeal to such tribunal
Gentlemen" said he, say that Missouri was
enjoined by the law of the last session, to frame
Constitution which should not be repupsns
to that OF the Union; and they are right This
was the rule prescribed for her government.
But the compact proposed to Missouri Pses'dsd
not the rule only, but the tribunal which should
expound and enforce il. Undsr this compact
the Constitution was 10 he the suPrcme law Of
Missouri; her Legislature and Judges were to
be sworn to support it aud the Judicial power
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should be issued or drawn in. in accord.
ance with the laws of its constitution, 80 q.
to keep the price Of labor, property and
products as nearly uniform as possible.
Suppose the dollar or anti were ten hours.
faithful labor at the ten principal inland
towns of the Union: Whenever the pric.
of labor began to rise above that standard
the Currency should begin to contract
whenever that price began to fall below
the standard, the Currency should begin "a
expand.-We do not mean to say tina,
Labor should or should not be the standard,
but only to elucidate our idea. And W.
maintain that our expanding and contrect.
ing Currency would thus afford an equiss.
BILE and uniform measure of value which
BIS specifically inhexible Gold Currency
would not and could not. led.