The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-02-19

of l116, who demonstrated, pctitioncd, and
fought on. They spared neither Indians nor
llessians, nor Tories, but fought on! The bat
lie of Lexington had been fought--the battle I
of Bunkcr's Hill had been fought Washing
ton was ut The head of the colonial armies
Warren had fallcn--Canada had been invaded
Ethan Allen had gone TO England in chains
Montgomery lay dead in the snow drifts
and masses of ice before Qucbcc--Nowc had
evacuated Boston after u terrible siegc--thc
King had insultingly scorncd to answer the
petition of the Continental Congress offered
by Richard Pcnn--Hc HcSSians and Indians had
been employed to butcher aud prosecute the
war in the most lcndish way--sill, our faith
crs, the glorious men Of the revolution, fought
on--still they pettioned- they loved the
dear old English dag and still, as they drove
out the arrogant and tyrannical Royal Cover
nors, they shouted God save King Georgen
and fought on!
But there was ar end of forbcarancc, and
the time drew nigh, and on the fourth Of July,
1776--thc truc--the g--bravc--forbear-
ing men Of the revolution no longer petitioned!
They demonstrated no more. They answered
the thundcrs of British power with the thun-
ders of defiance. They declared their Inde
VCUucnCcI NHut 10 " tuouSaHi tulcS vi
more Importance, they made their declaration
good!
trust in God, that we, in Virginia may
never prove ourselves unworthy of the rev ou-
tionary example Of our heroic ancestry. l am
Union man. fcllowcitizens, precisely as Wash.
ington, and Jefferson and the Adamses, and
Patrick Henry, and our fathers were. can
do no better than to advise you to follow the
example Of your ancestors. Follow them in
their courage, their firmncss, their trust in
God, their invincbc devotion to principal!
l hope in the Union. l believe in justice.
resign all to the God of Liberty" Here he
calmly resumed his seat, amidst tho deafcning
applause of the people.
They ARE WAXING BOLD. these Abolition Sc
.dtionists, encouraged by their success in Mis-.
souri,, and are attacking the outposts all along
Mason's and Dxon's line. Sunday before last
u minister preached in the Fifth street Congrc-
gationalst Church, Washington City, TRADE
against the South, by way of sermon. He
announced, and numbers of slaves were among
his listeners that slaves have u right to gain
their freedom by any and all possible means
'that every hour they are held in bondage is
an additional outrage and by the laws of ma
turc, Of God, and Of man, in doing whatsoever
is necessary to strike down. etc, etc Oh
course, with the encouraging aid of such "whte
brcdrcn" the dusky passengers by the under
ground railroad are numerous. Such preach
crs arc plainly ndictablc under the statute re-
ating to conspiracy to dcfraud," which, w'
presume maintains in the District, and might
be brought to bear upon them if no other ant
better means could be found of "clappng
stopper on their jaw" and compelling them t.
take an underground ticket to the amalgama
tion settlement without delay.
OuR FOREIGN COMMERCE the It'll, Sec
retary Cass transmitted to Congress his annua
report on the foreign commerce Of the Unite
States and commercial legislation in foreg
countries for the year 1858, exhibiting the lee
islation Of all countries and places to whic
u. S. ConsulS are accredited, in reference
our leading staples and general exports; TIL
regulations applicable to the American flag,
whatever port it may be uniurlcd; the pry
gcS or restrictions to which our commerce
restricted as well as the manner in which tire;
ty Obligations and other compacts are observe
by those countries with which we have con
mercal intercourse.
The returns Of the aggregate values of in
ports and exports from the consular agents
Great Britain show discrepancies, as compare
with our official returns for the last four year
lucoC aNlSljaISlto, MI Suso s".o VIII III
entirely disappear until uniform standard
weights, measures and values shall be adoptt
by the different nations.
Mr.. Tucker transmits from Liverpool Il
standard adopted by the corn trade there
institute Il uniform weight Of 100 pounds, to
called GENITAL" as measure in baying ~
selling corn and flour. This change was to (
into operation at Liverpool on the lst ins
Glasgow, Hull and other towns have adopt'
it, and it is likely to become general.
The American Consul, at st. Jago, Cub
says that Notwithstanding the high duties
the staple produce Of the United States al
the onerous port charges, American shippil
is not far behind the more favored Spani
shipping, and is in advance Of English and ot
CT foreign bottoms by several thousand tol
The expectations from st. Jago, to the Unit
States have increased to an enormous cXte
of late years, and those to other countries
minished in the same proportion All the s
gar produced in the district with the excepti
nfo crpo itu N, - -