The North-Carolinian., 1860-04-28
Logic

+. Not much OF u ConFct.-The New York Day
Book brings together the following passages show
ing the similarity of views entertained by distngus
he'd politicians
'The people of Territory, while in a territor-
rial condition. have the inherent power and right,
through their Legislature to exclude slavery by
positive enactment "-Fosition Of Doug las IN Har
prs article,
Congress- by virtue of the Constitution has
power to pass laws excluding slavery from the
Territories. ."-Position Of W. II. Secard
Now, it so happens that every southern states
man holds another view of slavery, towit That a
State has the reserved right establish prohibit
slavery as it pleases in its own limits. Is there
much Of a conflict?
Suppose that one person asserts that it is cold
weather under the EQUATOR and another that it is
cold at the poles, their views alike because both
are talking of cold =! The argument is about this
Seward has an opinion about slavery Douglas also
has opinion about slavery but Seward is an
ibotionist, and MeretoYe, Douglas 5 Abolition
st !-Augustd Consfitutionolist
THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION AND HOW
IL is APPROACHING
CHARLESTON, April 22--It is reported and be-
leved that the Hon. jefferson Davis has written a
letter to be read at Charleston if deemed necessary,
withdrawing his name a candidate for the Presi-
dency
Charleston is thronged with delegates. A full
attendance is present from nearly every State.
The New York conteStng delegates are both con con
- - @ -. -a-.-~~;'''' This fight t.bsorhs
i No seems have the slightest opinion as to
the nominee.
Some Southern delegations will resist Douglas,
and even threaten to withdraw in his nomna-
ton is pressed. Yet no one here seems to have
any fixed and determined friends but Douglas All
the rest at sea"
4 There are about two thousand strangers in the
! ity
/ - We see by the papers that David A. Burr,
of Utah; has been lecturing in Washington city
This Mr. Burr can scarcely be relation Of ours for
he tai ltp1fa her
mones and even exhibited parcel to the astonished
multitude who had collected to hear him. We
never yet knew Burr who mad made money the
subject of discourse the object of life, but as
we us-d to write in compositions when the
subject was administrators various kinds of
animals we suppose there must also be various
kinds of Burrs
| We wonder how many wives Dave has We wo I'D
not be surprise ifhe not the happy posse of
six at least. And here poor thing, WHO cannot
/ get even one. to cheer up dull moments and
keep us out of bad company. Oh this is great
world. Some people are born ucky-con-inue to
! be lucky through their lives and when they die
make lucky ht-for the friends and relptiyes or
the same who are perhaps awaiting such an event
anxiously calculating the result OF his good luck
to give them start in the world, in other words,
quietly awaiting till he dies that they may pocket
whatever money other property his good luck
may have enabled him to accumulate.
If Dave has six wi ives and SO much money that he
must n eds show it all over Washington city, then
he must be lucky man, that's all WI. Herald.
T., a store in Philadelphia recently port monnaie
containing $85 stolen from muH which lady
from Wilmington, Del, had for moment left upon
one of the stools. The husband of the lady being
apprized of the matter went and traced the mat
ter up He found one of the missing notes, and as
certaining that the wife of wealthy merchant had
passed it, went to the house and charged her with
the theft Strange to relate she burst in tears, free
/ ly acknowledge her guilt but declared in the most
that it the first time in her life
that she had been guilty of anything of the kind,
saving that her husband was respectable man and
would make the matter all right. She remarked
that she could not imagine how she came to take
the money, but that vague and ndescribable feel
ing came over her when she the portmonnain
in the muff and the next moment she found it in her
hand She spent she said but little than half
the money and through fear of discovery burned the
! balance up SIZE concluded the interview by bring
i ing from all upper room the identical portinonnaIe
i THE NICARAGUA AFFAIR.-The Republican Sen
ators had a conference at Washington, to take into
consideration the subject of the Nicaragua treaty,
which it will be recolected elected, and the
vote afterwar reconsidered. 1t i understood their
object is to modify the objection 1ble clauses, that
the President cannot use the United States forces
for the protection of the property and persons OF
Americans in that Republic without the consent or
authorization of Congress. Some of them are de-
srous of applying similar princp pie to the Mexican
treaty. Without the Republican votes these trea
ties cannot be ratifed-therefore the Democrat:
are not disposed to press them, without afordine
the Republicans full time to make their suggestions
Il few days ago. we recorded the fact that mar
was arrested and detained in Louisville, KY, or
suspicion of having come unfairly bv colored boy
he was trying to sell. An officer went from Phila
delphia after the alledge6 kdnapper the boy nav
been taken from the latter city On the wy north
ward the fellow jumped from the windos, while
, the taain proceeding at slow IA througl
! thick woods and effected good escape,