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BENEFITS OF SLAVERY.

"Mr. Peachy presented a memorial signed
by twelve hundred citizens Of South Carolina
and Florida setting forth the rapid advance
ment of the plantation States under the domes-
tic institution of slavery which is the happiest
relation that can exist between the white and
the colored races, and the benefits that would
accrue from its maintenance in California
The petitioners ask permission to COLOMBO n
rural district, bringing with them not less than
two thousand slaves, and the knowledge of
cultivating the products of the South, which
must result to the advantage of the new State "
Memorial 10 the California Legislature.
One of the advantages is the delightful effect
of Slavery on the growth of a free population.
For example: In 1890, South Carolina had q
population of 1909 whites and I07O94
slaves; in 1850 the whites had increased to
27l,623, having gained at the rate of SO per
cent, and the slaves to as49si, having ad-
yanced at the rate of 259 per cent Now. as
the wealthiest most powerful, and the happiest
State is that in which slaves constitute the
great mass of the population with few whites
to look after them, there can be no doubt that
the Calitornians would be consulting their best
interests by granting the prayer of the memo
rial
Again the true secret of political economy
is to check the rapid growth of population for
the sparscr the population, the larger the portion
of land and its products that falls to the lot OF
each person If the Californians should doubt oil
the effect Of Slavery under this aspect they may
satisfy themselves by comparing Massachusetts,
and South Carolina. For example; while the
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MIR. CLAY AND MIR. FILLMORE.

The statement having gone abroad that Mr..
Clay had said he preferred Mr. Cass to any
man living for the Presidency, Mr.. Clay has
deemed it important to designate authoritative
ly his preference. The New York Erpress by
permission of the venerable Senator. publishes
an extract of letter, addressed by him to
friend in New York, in which he lays General
Scott and Mr. Webster on the table, and points
to Mr.. Fillmore as the man for the hour
We presume the origin Of the rumor that he
had avowed preference for Mr.. Cass must
have been declaration that he would prefer
General Cass for the Presidency to any man
living, who would not take the ground of the
Compromise.
But here is the extract, in which Scott and
Webster are coolly informed that they won't
answer:
You rightly understood me in expressing
preference for Mr.. Fillmore as the Wing can
dldate for the Presidency. This did before
left home, and have frequently here in private
intercourse, since my arrival at Washington
| care not how generally the fact may be
known but should not deem it right to pub
lish any formal avOwal of that preference un-
der my own signature in the newspapers. Such
a course would subject me to the imputation of
supposng that my opinions possessed more
weight with the public than | apprehend they
do. The foundation of my preference is, that
Mr.. Fillmore has administered the Executive
GsSsssss.sSs.a Sisa s.. h-.>-~,s6 Gn2 ability
he has- been tried and fOux - & Z -, ;, "a,
est and conscientious wish to say nothing
in derogaton from his eminent competitors.
They have both rendered great services to their
countryside one in the field the other in the
Cabinet They might possibly administer the
Government as well as Mr.. Fillmore has done.
But, then, neither of them has been tried He
has been tried in the elevated position he now
holds, and think that prudence and wisdom
had better restrain us from making any change
without necessity for it, the existence Of
which do not perceive.
am, truly, your friend and obedient SER
want H. CLAY"
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VOL VI.

whites of South Carolina have muItipIiej r.
1903 in 1890, to 274,623 in 1850 .. .. '' -
rate of SO per cent, the whites of N '"'
sets in the same period have muItinIiaJ = u
So4,Sor 70 Sst' any, or at the rate of 1873 per
cent This ought to be warning to the Ie pts
lature of California; for it is quite clear tHo,
Massachusetts now has to feed nearly ,hras
times as many white people as South CaroliD.
just because she was so absurd a. 70 o.
clude Slavery. Now, if California would ovo;l
this tendency to an excess of free ponulo,;oa
and hope to rival South Carolina, she mrs,
permit these intelligent South Carolina philan.
thropists to set up a model colony of slaves in
her borders. This will soon expand, and proro.
gate ITSELF placing a very wholesome cbeck
upon the growth Of population.
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EXTENSION OF THE PLATFORM

The Democrats of Louisiana, in State Con.
vention assembled, have nominated Gen Gas.
for the Presidency. Thinking the Baltimore
platform rather narrow, they enlarged it by
the addition of the Virginia resolutions of '9s
and Kentucky resolutions of 49, as follows.
Resolved, That the Convention do adopt the
resolutions of the late Democratic National
Convention, as expressing its sentiments and
views of our national policy
" RESOLVED, further, That we do reassert the
doctrines OF the Virginia and Kentucky resolu.
tons of 1898 and 1899 as imbodying the true
principles of the great Democratic Republican
Party of this Union"
To have completed their platform, they ought
to have passed resolutions in favor Of the Con.
stituton of the United States, the Declaration
of independence the Ordinance of 1871, the
Nicholson letter, and the latest explanation of
this important document by its author.
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JUsIUs
To the Editors of the Express

Your paper of the 2Sth ultimo contains re-
port of remarks, recently made by Mr. Web
ster in behalf Of the American Colonization
Society. In this report that gentleman is rep
resented as saying: "Bushrod Washington
was its President and after him Mr. Jay" IL
is proper that the error respecting MIR. Jay,
whatever may have been its source, should be
corrected, as it may mislead such of your read
ers as are not familiar with the history OF the
Society My father could not consistently with
his religious principles and his often expressed
sentiments in regard to our colored population
have given the slightest countenance 10 an as
ISOLATION which, from the first, has rei,eu 'or ~
success on the existence and J ustino"'o" -.
cruel prosecuting prejudice, ana W. 80;
is recommended as tending to renooi '"o ,na.
tuition of Slavery more secure ana '''1se P;on, va
bIc Of course Mr.. jay never held once IN the
Society nor contributed to It's iuhas
Nj Webster is also represented as saying, IN
'' oTh" CSolonization enterprise, like most be-
ro,an, enterprises, began with individuals.
CI.rIaon and Wilberforce laborcd long before
To-, .o,lJ enlist the sympathies and influence
81 Tho Government in its behalf
W should Il he inferred from this language that
these eminent and excellent men regarded the
American Colonization Society as benevolent
enterprise, the inference would be most CHROME
Gus.
Wilberforce, after the true character ana
tendency of the Society had been developed,
united with n number Of his Ant-Slavery
friends and coadjutors in publishing profess
against It, The document, after speciiy"s
various objections to the practical operations o.
the Society, and the sentiments II adsa"o'''
concluded in these words
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for Presidential candidate submissive to no
power but that of Slavery! Recognise the
fnality of a Compromise, no portions of which
are regarded ty the South except those for the
benefit of Slavery! Kiss the hand that smites
you because you once dared to name the name
of Freedom? Submit to be insulted and pro-
scribed by a Power that defes God and tram
pies upon Humanity!
The decision must be made soon. The Con-
ventions that are to meet the ensuing May and
June will afford you fit opportunities for signal
ning your redemption from an ignominious
yassalage, @ sealing your perpetual submission
II
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THE NATIONAL ERA WASHINGTON, d. c., MARCH %, 1852.

to say, and these could have been uttered some
minutes since had not been interrupted. II
union is necessary to the success of the Demo-
cratic party, that party must eschew all mere
ly sectional tests and adopt platform IN
strict accordance with the fundamental prlncl-
pies of the party as heretofore understood
Upon such platform only can the Democratic
party of the whole country stand in harmony"
Here the hammer fell
When the Baltimore Convention shall have
adopted the Compromise, we shall see who is
the true rrophet-Edgerton or TownShend
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vantage of securing the bank from imposition,
and of giving modest man the courage to ask
for leave of absence when it is necessary. In
deed the system generally seems to us the only
one by which faithful service can be nationally
expected Home Journal
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The CELEBRATED OLE BULL, who can COM
pei more articulate and melodous sounds
from the violin than any performer we ever
listened to, will give concert next Tuesday
evening at Carusi's, at the special request OF
Senators, Representatives Secretaries and
Foreign Ministers.
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THE QUESTION OF INTERVENTION.

The question of Intervention continues to be
discussed from time to time in the Senate. Mr..
Soule, one of the Senators from Louisiana, de-
ivcred powerful speech last Monday in sup
port of the general policy Of Intervention. 1t
was particularly remarkable, as being in oppo-
sition to the ruling sentiment of the South. An
elaborate speech by Mr. Seward, on the same
subject, we present in this weeks Era
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WASHINGTON. ID. G.
THURSDAY, MARCH %, 1852.

10 Subscribers who do not file the Era, and
have numbers 249, POI, 262, and 264, on hand
will confer a favor by remaling them to this
office, at our expense.
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Mas. STowEs SroRY-The last chapter OF
this story will appear in the Era of next week
We have on file several contributions of rare
value which will be published from time to
time, after the completion of her work.
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THE GRAND EXPLANATION.
THE PREMIER

HE PREMIER.
Normandy said, Turgot said Walewski said he said
| mean the noble lord sad--more than we said
SO said, did he say what certainly he said-as they
said
Then he to what said after some three or four days
delay, said
That as to what said they said he said no had said
and so;
Wbereupon | said that after what he said we could
not get on, and he had better GO
The EX-FoREIGN SECRETARY.
With regard to what / said, at least, according to
what they have said
To my nobe-frend-as he sad-'tis possible may
have said
Something of that nature, perhaps, in reply said,
As soon as | had time, but they had not said quite
what | said
Besides | said what / said, as aforesaid
He said well, and they said, and many more said
And what / said, as he said, and they said, had
right to say if chose.
And after alls said and done it is who have kept
you from blows
IuSIUs
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THE DEMAND.

, Mr.. Hillyer, member from Georgia, on be-
half Of the Union Party, of which he is a mem.
Der, in late speech in the House, laid down
the law for the National Democratic Conven-
ton, as follows:
1.-The Union men Of the South hold the Pres,
iaeBs.ui election in the palms Of Their hands
Ifney' require Inc ralumore Convention 10 'tl1e
them nominees for President and Vice Presi.
dent, free alike from the sin of secession and
aboition-men whose past lives and public
services will personify the great principle of
the integrity Of the Union and the equal rights
of the States.
ave also demand peace upon the slavery
question. The whole domain of the nation is
now provided with laws State and Territorial,
and there is no plausible pretence for further
agitation of this subject We claim the right
to worship under our own vine and fg-tree,
with none to modest or make us afraid We
look to the National Democracy nOp as in bl
gone days, to secure us in the enjoyment of this
right They have the pOWer to do 1.-THE De-
mocracy Of the Republic, in their primary as
semblies, have already declared that they uiH
do 1t. If the Baltimore Convention fails to exc
cute this decree, ITS nominees lriH fail TO be
elected"
Quite modest requistiOn on the Democra-
cy, considering that the Party in whose behalf
1t is made has already sent three Wings to the
United States Senate
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The REPUBLIc.-ls it n Wing organ, or
Union Party organ? One day it claims to be
a Wing paper, and nothing else; and the next
it acts as the mouthpiece of the Union Party
Quoting what it deems an evidence that the
Secessionists are still at work it exclaims and
yet "the Union Party is called upon to surren.
der its organization, and to join an alliance
controlled in the main by men who merely
want the opportunity to strike a fatal blow at
the peace and integrity of the country. The
open, undisguised purposes of the Southern
Rights wing of the Secessionists is, however in
fnitely preferable to the covert and uncertain
tactics of their brethren in neighboring States
1t expects to secure the votes of Messrs
Toombs, Cobb, and Foote, for Mr.. Fillmore
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THE LOUISIANA WING STATE CONVENTION,
on the 10th, nominated, by acclamation Mr..
Fillmore for the Presidency, and Mr.. Crtten-
den for the Vice Presidency.
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ADMINISTRATION PREFERENCEs.-The Re-
public, the organ of the Administration, in re-
laton to the New Hampshire election, says,
We take pleasure in saying that we should
regard the return to the United States Senate
OF Democrat friendly to the Compromise with
much greater satisfaction than that even of
WIG elected by abolition uotes.0
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The late wordy explanations of Russell and
Pamerston, about the dissolution of the Minis
try are so captally hit off by the following
version from Punch, that cannot resist the
temptation to copy it, though not particularly
pertinent to any topic adverted to in this let
fnr.
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BANh OF ENGLANp CLER1s-" Working
your way up is a thing which is understood
and provided for in the old countries A clerk
IN the Bank OF England enters at the age Of
seventeen, on Il salary Of one HUNDRED and 6ftv
dollars a year, with an additional hundred #
he is punctuai euery morning. His salary is in.
creased fifty dollars every year till his income
reaches four hundred dollars 1t is then rails
ed twenty-five dollars year, till he reaches an
annual salary of five hundred dollars. From
that time the salary il increased at the rate of
forty dollars a year till the gentleman has
worked his way up TO the comfortable in
come Of thirteen hundred dollars. But this is
not all. Every employee of the bank is emit
tied to a retiring pension of an amount proper
toned 10 the number of years he has served
After forty years service, I'VE believe clerk
rs entitled 70 retire upon a pension equal to the
amount Of the salary which he enjoyed at the
time OF his retirement When a clerk is alb
sent on hdUe, he toricits thirty-three cents per
day-an arrangement which has the double ad-
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BEAUTIFUL FIGURE-Fwo painters were EN-.
ployed to fresco the walls of magnificent en-.
thedral; both stood on n rude scatfolding. con-
structed for the purpose, some forty feet from
the floor. One OF them was so intent upon his
work that he became wholly absorbed. and in
admiration stood of from the picture. gazing
att with intense delight. Forgetting where he
was, lac moved backwards slowly surveying
critically the work of his pencil until he had
he stood
AT this critical moment. his companion Turn
ed suddenly and, almost frozen with horror
beheld his imminent peril; another instant and
the enthusiast would be precipitatcd upon the
pavement beneath; if he spoke to him, it yns
certain death-if he held his peace death was
equally sure. Suddenly he regained his pres
ence of mind and sezmg wet brush. flung il
quickly against the wall, scattering the beauti-
iul picture with unsightly blotches of coloring.
The painter flew forward, and turned upon his
friend with fierce imprccations; but startled at
his CHASTITY face he listened to the recital of
danger looked shudderingly over the dread
space below, and with tears Of gratitude blessed
the hand that saved him
30, said preacher, we sometimes get alb
sorbed in looking upon the pictures of this
world and IN contemplating them, step back
wards, unconscious of our peril when the AL
mighty daShcs out the beautiful images, and
we spring forward to lament their destruction.
into tie out-stretchcd arms of mercy. and are
saved
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The next movement is the presentation of a
memorial from twelve hundred citizens of South
Carolina and of Florida, asking the privilege
of importing into the State some two thousand
slaUeS, and establishing model slave planta-
tons
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New York Dry Goods Market.

Trade has become very active. The opening Of tho
canal, hos had magic influence on the demand JOB.
bcrs very busy The commission houses and importers
not 80 much So az the obbers try emily keep up their
assortmcnts already made to meet the present demand
Western merchants arriving daily and in great
want Of goods having reduced their stock unusually low
scarcely show less activity in comparison with the bust
ness Of March 1901 when the river had been navgabe
for dore than bali the month coed shipping demand
also continues the experts from the LIST Of January
being 4 packages against il $50 for the period
last year The staples mostly wanted for shipment are
drills Brown hceDgs and shrtings are In moderate but
steady demand, With an ample supply; prices very
uniform Deached goods rather the
lower qualities but fine goods firm and sell previous
paly to the East prices are firm Osnaburgs are dull aud
the supply very small DENNIS are In steady request at
regular prices Stripes and ticks active, but
the supply large and prices low. Printing cloths
dull and quotations nominal. Prints are very active
and all good styles are rm low qualities depressed
oiDghomsare active at stereotype prices both Lancaster
and Glasgow sell at 10hc. Lawns quiet Delaincs
active but tho large supply renders competition ac
tive, and prices favor the buyer. We have now
domestic dclaines and the supply extedg the demand
Cloths dull and heavy. The excessive supply has
been ruinous to manufacturers. The Wool dsowers'
Manufacturing Association has been compelled to
suspend payments and operations Cassimeres and
eatccts duh In first hands and prices heavy Tweeds
and jeans are more active but prices continue low
goods continue 10 eor freely through the auction room
and largo parcels thus distributed through the conn
Wy y. 10" PAosS' ~. k"ous vi hst years Importation
which many, and good prices fresh goods arrived
this year which are scarce There Is great disposition
to sell observable at private trade and prices thus favor
buyers considerably Messrs. Coffin & Hsydock had q
large sale last week Of French goods and have another
this Boston and Philadelphia large buyers here
and gooda which are sold N these cities for the West Il
ehould be rceolocted are FIRST bought in New York
Hence the New York market Is always the most desr
able market for buyers whether from the South, West
or North as Is the most central market and the port
Of importation, par excellence, for the whole Union
Brltish goods are firm, with improving demand The
chief demand A usual at this for dress goods
whether foreign domesc but staple linens and cottons
IN considerable request. with regard to prices
wooens heavy except for deafness but oottons
very steady In price Silks are less finn than they wefe
except for very choice qualities and designs An acTs
businese + nov insured COZ 4 eouplq ?. month"; Eay
meats continue good.
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THF HARLEM RAILROAD AccIDrSr.-lrhe inquest on
This suboct which 10 have met yesterday uonin "
at ten O'Clock further adjourned till this morning at
the seme hour in consequence Of the sickness OF of
fhe jurors and his consequent inability 20 attend They
acct has before been stated at the special term
of the Superior Court tie floor Immediately above the
Cor0ner's Office.
An INFANT Fourp IN The W.rrR.--Thc Coroner on
Tuesday held inquest the body OF infant about
ioEr weeks old found floating in the water foot OF Vail
.treet Mr. Osborne of No % Monroe street testified
that he heard a cartman say he woman ard girl
psss down the pier with bundle al early hour yes
iertay morning aud immediately after heard splash in
the water and then them leave the pier quickly
md considered that the death caused by infamna
ton Of the lungs The jury found verdict accordingly
OUTRAGEOUS NrG1Eor-About half-past O'Clock
yesterday morning carriage was capsi2ed Opposite ~
Orange street between BaysTd and White streetsthe
street which Is UNDERGOING repairs having been lett open
without light The carriage containing four persons
considerably damaged Information Of the accident
Immediately received at the sixth ward station house
when Assistant Captain Iewctt with three repaired
90 the spot and succeeded in extrcatng the carriage
accident
AocipEur-About l. o'clock on Tuesday night DAME
Earns fell into the cellar Of the building, No. IS
Madison street and cut his head very severely lie
taken TO the hospital by Capt Murphy.
ANOTHER AccIprST-Ahout halfpast three O'Clock on
Tuesday afternoon boy named Dennis Mullins, OF No
20 Wees Thiroth street about six years of age
over by cart 1882 driven by Patrick Shepeys in the
employ OF W. Foster. Assistant Captain Dunn, OF the
Twentieth ward who passing BY at the time hnQ tho
boy conveyed 10 his residence
Rrscurp.--Cp Tuesday afternoon, man named Jospf
Reef jumping after the boat at Jersey City ferry
jumped into the slip with much difficult
from drowning. by officer Cotton and others
Tns About half past six o'clock on Tuesday evening
r broke out in the stables Of 60 Perry street Th
horse all saved but the stables were burned 10 tn