Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-11-23


sy than slaves ~as in Jeopardy. An be
wanted was, that the means Of raising
should be specified in the order to raise.
Mr.. O'Connor hoped the gentleman
would exonerate him from any intention
Of casting any disrespeos upon him. III
is, be said, perfectly immaterial to me in
what manner the money is raised. lie
hoped, for the sake OF the cause ia which /
we are engaged as a people. determined /
to resist the election o. Black Repuhli-
can President, that we would abandon
threatening and bullying, if We intend to
do any thing. If II had been 50 before, |
let 1t be so no longer
Mr.. Cunningham regretted to bear
from the lips of the member from Charles /
ton, that ii We do not pass this bill now,
and in the form in which it was offered,
il would amount to a refusal to raise the
money. He moved to lay the bin and
its amendment on the table, which was
carried.
He introduced bill to arm the State.
This bill had received the first reading
A member called for the special order
of the day at five o'clock, in regard to the
appointment Of day OF prayer and hu-
initiation.
Mr.. Coffin moved 10 change the time
I22d to 2lst of November, in conse-
quence of an election in the State on the
l22d.
Mr.. Mullins suggested, if we are 10
ask the other Southern States to unite
with us in this matter, we should be care
ful Of the phraseology, and moved that ii
be referred to a committee of FIVE for this
purpose.
Mr.. Coffin had no objections, and the
motion was carried.
A motion was made to appoint next
Saturday as the day of adjournment
Laid on the table.
! The Convention bill, passed by the
Legislature, provides that an election
shall take place on the 22d Of this month;
that the legislative apportionment shall
regulate the number of delegates; that
the convention shall assemble at the State
Capitol on the 17th Of December next
and that the delegates shall receive the
same pay and mileage as the members
Of the Legislature.
What the President thinks is thus re-
ported by the Washington correspondent
Of the Philadelphia North Americaa, gen
orally pretty well informed.
The President does not favor the idea OF
disunion in any form, and has not only
discountenanced such expressions as are
freely attributed to two members Of his
cabinet, but, it is understood, expressly
directed the recantation Of an article in
t the Constitution looking to that contin-
gency, which appeared the day after the
: election. There Is reason 10 believe
I however, that he comedies the abstract
right Of State to secede peacably, bu
! would resist any attempt to nalllfy the
= laws Of the United States. This position
, is anomalous, for one step necessarily in.
= wolves the other. Admitting
: that the Federal authorities did nog inter
e fere in the scheme Of secession, wha
5 would occur when the South Carolini
0 ports were opened? The ready answer
ia, they would be blockaded, because o
. an interference with the revenue iaw
Of the United States that is if any foe
y eign vessel would seek ports for com
. merce in a state of revolution.
A subscriber ia Baltimore eommuni
Gates the following, which shows the fee
> ing in that city toward the seeessionis,s
There was man IN this city on sai
urday from Charleston, 5. G.. who cam
here to buy goods, and wore ia bic bat
blue cockade. Instead Of meeiing vii
sympathy and obtaining credit as be sul
posed, be was obliged 70 leave town viii
out buying, being refused credit BY al
and informed by some that be could III
have any goods even for cash. Tb
speaks for itself. and shows tie feeling
y this community on The secession que
ton
The following items are from Wasl
p ington dispaich 70 the Philadelphia Pres
s Planters Mosiag North. Letters r
= ceived from Virginia intimate that nut
bers Of The wealthy planters have avow'
their discrimination, Il the atlemps
q break up The Union shall succeed, 70 !
's cate IA the free States.
% Ch@sf Justice Taaey. Thss dIssi
- guisbea friei.a 81 Gen. Jackson cordial
rs-eehess tls sentiment Of Amos Ksndl
in ae0oaneing every attempt 10 bFsak
- tbe Union as srsasanahle IN Tbs last 4