The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-01-17

THE PACIFIC TELEGRAPH-Mr j. III. Wade, Direo-
tor Of the Western Union Telegraph Company, ar
rived out ia the steamer TO San Francisco. for the pur-
| pose of making arrangements for building the Cali
fOrnia end Of the Pacific Telegraph line. The agents
have already started across the plains, 10y different
routes, for the purpose Of more thoroughly surveying
them, and Of meeting Mr.. Wade in San Francisco,
when the route which the wires are 10 take will be
finally determined upon. Material for the line has
been purchased, and is now being shipped from Bos-
ton via Cape Horn. From present Appearances there
IS every reason for believing that, when the spring
opens, the works on both ends Of the route, as well
as on the center, will be vigorously commenced.
wARLrKE -RurTUHE wITu PERu.-The United
States Government has received a dispatch from
Minister Clay, stating that he had, pursuant to in
structiOns, demanded his passport, aud was on his
way home. Shortly after this Information came TO
the Executive, At Washington, the Peruvian Minister
to the United States was promptly furnished with his
passport, AMI thus ali diplomatic intercourse between
the two countries j. terminated. The amount OF un-
adjusted claims against Peru, on account Of the
seizure and cOniscatiOn Of the vessels GrOrgiGHa and
Lizzie Thompson, Is $4,000. Mr.. Clay has been
L. ; Minister 10 Peru for nearly fourteen years.
Opening OF Congress.
Sr. Louis, DC. Both Houses Of Congress or
ganized on the 81 % December.
Good feeling prevailed in the House.
The Speaker. taking the Chair, called the House to
order AZ noon.
Prayer was male by the Rev. MIR. Stockton for
quieting sectional di,cord.
About 200 members answered 20 roll call.
\ message from the Senate was received.
The Joint Committee wait the Presidents appoint
meuts.
Mr.. Grow calleI up the motion to reconsider the
vote on the Homestead Bill.
The Tfues correspondent today says that Seward
will address tine Senate. urging the extension Of the
Missouri Compromf-e line. and declaring State Rights.
The Republican, members are much divided ON the
subject. Some will not yield the right TO take slavery
into the Territories
Tennessee and Kentucky represent those States as
! strong for the Union.
The Pacific Railroad Committee will report in IA
vor II the Central and Southern routes.
The Union members favor a reference Of the parts
Of the Presidents Message relative to secession, to
committees composed Of one from each State, and
their decision to be final.
ST. Louis, Dec. Both Houses Of Congress
adjourned on the 81 at an early hour, after simply
organizing.
a joint Committee waited on the President, con-
sistiug Of Bigler, Mason, Colllmer, Of the Senate,
and lIoreheai and others not named, Of the House.
But one member from Carolian and Scott Of Cali
fornia absent
In the Senate to-day Gwin took his seat.
The Prc-Idenr'- Ne--nge.
The Presidents Message was received and read in
both Houses. Il makes eight columns in the Con-
/ ~sifuh0n newspaper. The President reviews the his
tory Of the anti slavery movement says that all that
Is necessary to accomplish the object Of the slavehold-
ing States i 10 be let alone TO manage their own
/ domestic institutions in their own way. The mere
election Of any man to Office does not justify q dis
| solution Of the Union. The anteceieuts Of the Pres
| ident elect are calculated 10 excite feeling in South
Carolina, but the question Of contingent danger does
not sufficiently justify the destruction Of the Govern
mert.
The President reviews the acts Of different North
ern States in their passage Of Personal Liberty bills.
and pronOnunccS them unconstitutional.
He saws that 1t should not be presumed, in adj
vance, that the President Elect viii fail TO enforce the
| Fugitive Slave law, "a this would be unjust and con-
trary 20 Christian charity. Let Us wait, says the
President, for the overt act.
lie declares against the - right Of secession. and
saws that 90 admit il the Union must be broken into
fragments in less than two weeks. He quotes the
language Of Jackson and Madison on the point. The
secession movement was founded altogether on infer
ence. not on calculation. The Union was designed 10
be perpetuatei. lie quotes the Constitution in sup
mort OF this view. The trainers Of the Constitution
never intended 20 plant in it, bosom seeds for its own
destruction. They were not guilty II the a~bsurl!ty
of providing for It's own dissolution. The rights Of
resistance against tyranny and oppression, how
ever. cannot be denied. The right J. asserted in
the declaration Of Independence but secession II
neither more nor less than revolution.
He speaks Of affairs in South Carolina. He does
not appreheui that an attempt Will be made 10 seize
Fort Moultrie, but says that # in this he IS mistaken,
officers have orders TO act strictly on the defensive,
and let the responsibility rest on the heads Of those
who provoke the contest.