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Sec I No future amendment of the Constitution shall
Ahect us ana the preceding article nor the third nara
graph Of the second section Of the frst article f tb e.
sIon nor The third paragraph of the second section of
he IN aTtlcle OF sad Constitution, and amendment
Sa bt made TO the Constitution which will authorize
give to Congress any to abolish or interfere in
slavery in any Of the States by whose laws it is or nav
he allowed or sanctioned.
THE REPUBLICANS PROPOSITION.
The Senate Committee of Thirteen and the Re-
publican members of the House Committee, were
in caucus on Wednesday. In each assemblage the
following propositions, which originated with Sen
ator Grimes, but were advocated and presented in
the Senate Committee by Governor Seward have
been discussed. They are regarded as the ultima
tum of the Republicans:
l. That the Constitution shall never be so amended as
to permit the interference of the Federal Government
with slavery in the States and that this shall be secured
by legislative enactment.
2. That the following Act be introduced into Corrss
and passed: ~ compress
BE it enacted blythe Senate and House of Rsprssen.a
uceS g me Onted States Of <nlericd in COngrsSs as
Seoed That upon the production of person claimed as
1lugtVe from labor before court judge or commits
soner mentioned in the act of Congress- approved Sep
emoer eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty together
with the proof mentioned in the sixth section of that act
u upon consideration thereof said court, judge or
shall be OF opinion that it appears thereby
that such person claimed does owe labor or seryi to
the person claiming him according the laws of apy
tel State or territory, or the District of Columbia and
escaped hererom the said court judge or commissioner
shaii make out and deliver to such claimant
OF ms agent, a certificate stating those facts and
snail deliver such fugitive to the Marshal of the United
states OF the State, to be by him taken and
delivered to the Marshal of the State whence ,ba
fugitive asCertained have fed who shall nro,co M
sald fugitive before Judge the Circuit Court of ha
United States for the mentioned State; and it shall
De the DUTY OF the said Judge either forthwith or at the
next term OF the Circuit Court aforesaid to cause iurv
such owes service labor the person by or on
behalf Of whom he is claimed true verdict to render
according to the evidence; and upon such fndin the
mepfo
hndlng, and cause said fugitive to he delivered IN fhn
claimant or returned to the State where he was arrested
at the expense of the United States"
:" Congress will pass resolution asking Governors
TO revise state statutes to ascertain il personal Lba
G laws St exist ana to request their repeal Gs required
Cy JSc sense Of constitutional obIiqaonS and b ds
regard J0r the peace of the Repu5iic.p
a fourth proposition, which will enable the peo
GGLe OF NeW Mexico to enter the Union as Il slave
state, Is advocated by the more conservative r.
ted f'"0'''''' VI "oop-
LFFECF OF THE REPUBLICAN UITIu.Tr,t
mere IS much better feeling manifested through
out W ashingt0D. The action of the RenuhIicacs
in the Senate Committee has exhibited A snirit If
concIllatlon, which, at all events, has been exceed
insIy satisfactory to those gentlemen who are from
the Border States although, of course, not to
nose frcm the Cotton States, who are too much
lost iii the "foregone conclusion"
PROCLAMATION OF THE GOVERNOR OF. SOUTH c.ro1rv,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
CHARLESTON, s. G., Dec "a, 1850
BY ms Ecceilency Francis W. Pickens, Governor and
Commander IN Chief an and orer The STATE of
South Carolina. "
Whereas, The good people of this State. in Can
vention assembled, by an ordinance. un9nimonsIv
adopted and ratified, on the Twentieth dav of De-
cemoer, in the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty, repealed ordinance of the
people OF this State, adopted on the twenty-third
uay OF May, IN the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and eighty. eight, and have thereby
dlSsoived the union between the State of Soutb
carolina and other States, under the name of the
U nlted States of America
l, therefore, as Governor and Commopdar i,
Chlet, IN and over the State of South Carolina nv
virtue OF authority in me vested, do hereby pr6
claim to the world that this State is as she has
risnt 10 Se, separate, sovereign, free and inde-
pendent state; and, as such, has a right to lew
war, conclude peace, negotiate treaties leagues or
covenants, and to do all acts whatsoever that |
State. peHOeh'
Given under my hand and the seal of the State ot
charleston, this twenty fourth day of December |
IN the year OF our Lord one thousand EIGHT hun
cred and sixty, and in the eighty-ft year of the
Sovereignty and Independence of South Carroll
na ma F. W. PICKENs
Over six thousand mechanics were DISCHARGED
rom employment in Cincinnati during the mast
week The same good times are experienced bv |
thousands OF mechanics and laboring men in every
city in the Union.
-, LETTER FROM FORT SUMTER.
Ihe following letter is published in the Washing
ton Star of last evening:
CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 10, 1850.
Dear Mother take pen in hand to address Won
lew lines, hoping they will find YOU as we'll as This
caves me at present, thanks be to God for his mer
lies to us ALL think this is the last letter tbot
Ill write to you, as there is great talk here about
ne war. we are preparing for it. We are doing
nothing but mounting guns and getting ready for
ne contest, so that it is very bilious here pres
mt. Myself and a. are on guard every NIGHT. vya
how IL,
and we march around the fort with it on our shoul
ders while on duty. The rest of the time we talk
about our girls. We have nothing else to do: we |
are as gay as you. There are a great many of the |
men who came with US from Baltimore here that |
would give any thing to be home once more. Thav
are very much frightened for fear they will have to
iSh,, as there IS SO much talk ofa civil war between
he North and South. y and myself pIaGue than,
Almost to death. They are all well who came with
IS; you can let their friends know that INQUIRE
oout them y. is as when you last saw hin and sends
us best respects to you all. | now conclude this
With love to all #*# and the lore ofvour Affection
tie son, II NJ
T. S.-Our fort is in first rate military order, and
We are ready for an enemy if they are about butwe
want more men.
THE WASHINGTON CONSTITUTION"
The Constitution of yesterday again denies the
tatement that its course is Influenced by the adj
1t says:
notwithstanding our frequent and positive assur-
n0eo " the contrary, we see 1t daily asserted BY
ne opponents of the President and his Admins
ration that he is responsible for the course of this
aper that the editorial articles are written at his
hctation, or submitted for his revision and ap-
Iroval and that, to all intents and purposes, it is
he organ through which he and his Cabinet ex-
lress their opinions. We again, and for the last
line, pronounce the assertion that the President
'r anybody on earth, but the editor and proprietor
u ms paper is responsible for its opinions to be
deliberate falsehood.
THE VIRGINIA sFCFsSToN
The report OF movement in Western Virginia
ooKlhg TO the agitation OF grave questions affect
ng our own State, referred to few days ago, has
onilrmatlon from n communication which we have
eceived from Marion county, declaring that if
'tate Convention is called the West will demand
hat the basis representation question be again
rought up to be settled the white basis, that
he subject OF slave taxation be ARRANGED different
: from what it now is, and that the election of
elegates to Southern Convention be made by
istricts. So that if these "demands" as thev are
allied, are to be considered we are to have not on
? a new settlement Of National matters. bnt mar
al upturning of our State affairs. The times, in
eed, appear to be "Out Of joint'-Alcraadria Ga-
'he.
CHESTER COUNTY (PA.) DIsrRIcrED FOR WAR.
The Philadelphia PennsyIUanian Of Yesterday
lys:
We ascertain from reliable authority the county
Chester has been districted by the Republicans
lch district being required to raise certain num
er of volunteers for the war against their breth :
IN of the South. Thus the work appears to have
zen commenced. The first steps taken, collision
some kind or another will ensue and blood once I
led, will be taken as the cause for the arming of
le people. Let violence once commence between a
le representatives Of opposing opinions even by {
,cident, and the occasion will be made and the I
Icuse will be taken, for general conflict Is {
Philadelphia prepared?
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The DUKE OF NEWCASTLE on AMERIcA.-A Ma
mic banquet was given at Nottingham, England
1 the 9th inst, on the occasion of the installation
the Duke of Newcastle as Grand Master of Not .
nghamshire. After mentioning briefly his visit p
Canada with the Prince, he said: II
After leaving that country he went TO another, "
hlch, 1t was true, did not at present own the | =
eptre of Great Britain, and therefore, throughout n
e many thousand miles through which he had
aveied, there was not the same loyalty, because | .
ere was not the call for it in a country which
as not subordinated to the Crown of England but "
ere was an amount of respect, of attachment, of -
eneration and love for the Queen of this country
hlch far transcended anything that could posi- .
y have been expected. Cheers. It was trib. \
e on the part of the American people; it was a | !
OF their veneration for female excel
nee, and 1t was also proof of their deep and last
2 attachment to the mother country. He had no -
sitatlon in saying that the feeling towards the -
leen of Great Britain in the United States of y
merca could not be designated by any other word u
knew Of but passion. Cheersl He had the u
atifcation in the Lodge that morning of seeing a q
other-he did not know whether he was in the .
ON at that moment or nOt--Who came from Amer :"