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[rRIKITCHAIT IN CONURKH.
In Senate, March, 14 1854.
Ms. Everett —I have been requested
tii present a memorial, remonstrating
•gainst the passage of Nebraska
bill. It is signed, as I am informed,
by three thousand and fifty cler-
gymen of all denominations and
sects in the different States of New
Kngland—perhaps a very large ma-
jority of the memlicrs of the clerical
profession in those States. There are
I am informed, throe thousand eight
hundred clergymen of all sects and
denominations, and this signed by over
three thousand. I have been reques-
ted to present it for the consideration
of the Senate, and hope that it will
receive the attention due to the large
7iumber of clergymen by whom it is
signed, and the great weight of opin-
ion displayed in it on the part of the
members of that profession. I move
i hat it lie on the table.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. Doroi.ag.—subsequently rose and
A memorial has been ordered to
lie oT! the table, which was presented
* few minutes ago by the honorable
Senator Massachusetts, [M. Everett.]
I desire to submit a word or two of
comment upon it, and therefore I wish
"■> have it read. I think it is not ro-
sjientftal to the Senate.
The President.—The Senator from
Illinois moves to take up the memo-
rial which was ordered to lie on the
tablo.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. Doctlass.—■ I would like to have
the memorial road.
" To the llr.norabh Senate and House
*f Itr-preientatives in Congress Assembled-.
The undersigned,, clergymen of dif-
••rent denominations in New England,
hereby, in the name of Almighty God,
itnd in his presence, do solemnly pro-
« Ht against the passage of what is
known as the Nebraska bill, or any
repeal or modification of the existing
l'-sr l prohibitions of slavery in that
mrt of our national domain which it
is proposed to organize into the Terri-
tories of Nebraska and Kansas. We
protest against it as a trreat moral
wr"nir, as a brcach of faith eminently
unjust to the small principle nf the
••'immunity, and subversive of all con-
lldenco in national engagements; as a
measure full of danger to the peace
n>id even the existence of our beloved
Uuion, and exposing us to the ricrht-
<>ons judgements of the Almighty:
and your protestants, as in duty bound
'vill ever pray.
Boston Massachusetts, March 1,1854."
Mr. Docolais.—My only object is to
••all the attention of the Senate to
the memorial. It is presented, after
the final vote of the Senate, as a pro-
test against onr action—against the
notion in which largely more than two
thirds of this body concurred. It pro
tests against our action as involving
a moral wrong, as destructive of all
c onfidence, and as subjecting us to the
righteous judgement of the Almighty.
It is presented, too, by a denomination
of men calling themselves preachers
of the Gospel. Sir, it has been dem-
onstrated in debate that, there is not
a particle of truth in the allegation of
a breach of faith or a breach of con-
fidence. It has been demonstrated so
clearly, that there is no excuse for any
man in the community for believing it
any longer. Yet, here we find that a
large body of preachers, perhaps three
thousand, following the lead of a cir-
cular, which was issued by the Abo-
lition confederates in this body, calcu-
lated to deceive and mislead the pub-
lic, have here come forward, with^ an
atrocious falsehood and an atrocious
valumulny against the Senate, desecra-
*rated the pulpit, and prostituted the
sacred desk to the miserable and cor-
rupting influence of party politics.-—
It matters not whether the descrip-
tion is confined to narrow limits,
or whether it is extended to
ull the clergymen of New Eng-
land. I matters not whether the mis-
representation has taken a broad scope,
or been confined to a few; I hold it as
«ur duty to expose the conduct of men
who under the colakof religion, either
from ign<v nce or willful misrepresen-
tation, will avail themselves of their
•acrjd calling to arraign the conduct
of Senators here in the discharge of
our duties. Sir, I hold that this Sen-
itc is as capable of judging whether
our action involves moral turpitui?,
mi*.
whether it involves tho submission of
morals, whether it subjects us to judg-
ment of the Alimghty, as are the po-
litical prea'chers whoso protest proves
them to be without any reliable infor-
mation uponthe subject. It is evident,
sir, that these men know not what
they are talking about. It is evident
that they ought to bo rebuked, and
required to confine themselves to their
vocation, instead of neglecting their
flocks, and bringing our holy religion
into disrepute by violating its sacred
principles, and disregarding the obli-
gations of truth and honor, by pre-
here a document which is so
offensive that no gentleman can indorse
it without violating all the rules of
courtesy, of propriety, and of honor.
Sir, their seems to be an attempt to
pile upon our table offensive document
after offensive document, slander after
slander, libel after libel, in order that
the Abolition press may copy it as
coming from the records of the Senate
and go back and give it credit in the
country. They are smuggled in here,
the offensive matter concealed from
our knowledge until we happen to look
into them and see what they are, and
then these gentlemen expected to carry
on a political campaign by quoting
from our own records that we are
traitors to our Country, traitors to God,
and traitors to humanity. 1 think it
U time that Vhis miserable system of
electioneering, by violating the rule
and courtesies of the Senate, to get
an indorsement of libels, which men
ought to be ashamed to adopt, should
be exposed and rebuked. 1 am not
willing that they should be permitted
pile up slander of that kind, insult of
that kind up n our table, and let it
then be used for such a purpose. You
know, sir, that that memorial is not
intended to affect the action of the Sen-
ate. We have no such bill before us.
Our action is passed. It is notforthe
purpose of influencing our official con-
duct. Why is it brought here ? There
can be no other object in presenting
it here now than simply to furnish cap-
ital for organizing a sectional party,
and trying to draw the whole reli-
gious community into their schemes
of political aggrandizement. I think
that men ought to bo able to rely
upon truth, and upon reason, in-
stead of resorting to these thin^o
for tho purpose of stimulating ex-
citement for political ends. I have
no motion to submit, but I felt it to be
my duty to call the attention of the
Senate to the memorial.
Mr. Houston took the floor in defense
of the clergy, and in the course of
his remarks, used the following start-
ling expression : "Three thousand
ministers of the living God upon earth
—his vicegerents—send a memorial
here upon this subject."
Mr. Mason.—That it is the right of
the citineus of the United States to
petition Congress, or cither House of
it, upon anj' subject that may be pre-
sented to them, is never denied; and
such petition upon any subject of pub-
lic interest should be received and
treated with respect which is due to
its citizens. I trust I shall never see
the day when the Senate of the Uni-
ted States will treat the authors of
such petitions, upon anysutjject pro-
per for legislation perding before the
body, coining from the people of the
U. S. with aught hut respect. But
I understand this petition to come from
a class who have put aside their char-
acter of citizens. It comes from a
class who style themselves in the peti-
tion ministers of the Gospel, and not
citizens. They come before us—I
have not understood the petition wrong
—as ministers of the Gospel, not cit-
izens, and denounce prospectively the
action of the Senate, in their l.inguage,
as morally wrong; and ttioy liave tiie
terinerity, in the presence ol .no cit-
izens of the United States, to uivo&c
the vengence of the Almighty, whom
they profess to serve, against us. Sir,
ministers', of the Gospel arc unknown
to this Government, and God forbid
the day should ever come when they
shall be known to it. The great effort
of the American people has been, by
every form of defensive measure, to
keep that class,formany interferanee in
its proceedings. The best illustration
of the wisdom of that policy is to be
found in the character of this petition.
Ministers of the Gospel, 1 repeat, are
unknown to the Government. Their
mission upon earth is known to tho
Government. Of all others, they are
the most encroaching, and, as a body,
arrogant class of men. What do these
ministers say? Do they us citizens
enter into a statement of the facts of
which they complain? Do they recite
what will be the political effects of the
measure which they complain ? No ;
they inform us that they come here,
through their petition, in the presence
of the Almighty, and invoke ilis ven-
geance upon the Scnitc of the United
States as about to commit, in their
judgement, a great moral wrong.
Now, sir, I am perfectly willing to
let any number of citizens protest
against the measure that lias recently
passed the Senate. They have a right
to do so, in respectful language, such
as becomes gentlemen in addressing
cach other. If three hundred thousand
citizens come from New England, let
them be heard. It is a respect due to
them; but when they come as minis-
ters of the Gospel, and as the honora-
ble Senator from Texas de ;!ared to be,
vicegerents of the Almighty—a* I un-
derstood him to declare, possiby he
meant vicegernnts to supervise and
and controll the legislation of the
country—I say, when they come here
as a class unknown to tho Government,
a class that the Government does
not mean to know in any form or
shape, not to recommend or to remon-
strate, but to denounce our action as
a great moral wrong, because they
claim to be the "vicegerents" of the
Almighty, we are bound—not from
disrespect to the cloth they do not
grace, but from respect to the govem-
armna.it, from respect, to that sacred
public trust which has been commit
ted to carry out the policy of the Gov-
ernment and to refuse to recognize
them. Sir, their object, as well said
by the Senator from IHnoise, has been
agitation—agitation; and I presume
that their cloth and their ministry
will enable them to agitate with
some success. I say, then, Mr. Pres-
ident, in my judgement it is due to
the Government, to the public trust
which we here administer, that we
should carry out the policy of the
Government and refuse to recognize
these ministers of the Gospel coming
here. I move, therefore, that the pe-
tition be not received, as the best evi-
dence of the sense of the Senate of
its character.
Mr. Bctler—It has been received, 1
believe, and all that is 'eft is to pro-
test against the protestants. I have
great respect, Mr. President, for the
pulpit. I have such a respect for it
that I would almost submit toarebuke
fr m a minister of the Gospel, even
in my official capacity; but they loose
a portion of my respect when 1 see an
organization, for, I believe, the first
time in thehistory of this Government,
of clergymen within a local precinct,
within the limits of New England,
precinct, might to be, as the Senator
from Texas said, the vicegerents of
Heaven, coming to the Senate of the
United States, not as citizens, as my
friend from Virginia has said, but as
the organs of God—for they do not
conn; here petitioning or presenting
their views under the sanction of the
obligations and responsibilities of cit-
izens under the Constitution of the
United States, but tlnsy have dared to
quit the pulpit, and step into the po-
litical arena, and speak as the organs
of Almighty God. Sir, they assume
to be the foremen of the jury which is
to pronounce the verdict and judg-
ment of God upon earth. They do
not protest as ordinary citizens do;
but they mingle in their protest what
they would have us believe is the
judgement of the Almighty. AVhen
the clergy quit tho the province which
is assigned to them, in which they can
dispense the Gospel—that Gospel
which is represented as the lamb, not
as the tiger or the lion—when they
would convert the lamb into the lion,
going about in the form of agitators,
seeking whom they may devour, in-
stead of the meek and lowly represen-
tatives of Christ, they divest them-
selves of all respect which I can give
them Sir, the ministers of the Gos-
pel are the representatives of the low-
ly and poor lamb—of Christ; but when
the men who have signed that paper
—I do not know with what ends; 1
do not say a word against them as in
dividuals, for I have no doubt they are
good and respectable, and many of
them christians—assume to organize
themselves as clergymen to come be-
fore the country and protest against
the delibrations of the Senate of the
United States, they deserve, at least,
the grave censure of this body.
ft'n.m 11ir Niimgdocliei. Chronicle, of Augu.l
-8th 18.16.
fciotk. mipports Mr Ftllmura.
After remaining for months a sub-
ject of fruitful speculation, Gen. Sam
iloustou has at last endorsed Milliard
Fillmoic, as the proper candidate for
the Presidency, and in taking this
step, so inconsistent with every act of
his former career as a Democratic par-
tisan. he states the causes which have
actuated him, in a letter, which first
finds the way to public attention thro'
the columns of the New York Her-
ald.
When Gen. Houston voted against
the Nebraska and Kansas Bill, we
were among the few who shared the
the storm that fell upon his devoted
head. Wo did not endorse that vote ;
but we defended the motives which
prompted him in casting it. It was
inconsistent with our political ideas ;
but it was consistent with the life of
Sam Houston. Texas had on a former
occasion, after he had perilled his
fate as a Senator, and the fate of the
South in support of that measure, en-
dorsed his action by sending him
again to the Senate, and when we
saw him condemned unheard, neither
scorn or denunciations, nor ridicule,
prevented us demanding for him that
justice, which ho, scarred as he had
been upon the battle field and wear-
ied as he had been in the service of
his country, could claim as a right.
Ho has been heard. The people,
who have known the name of Sam
Houston as a watch-word in the past,
have remembered what he was then
to Texas, and in tho kindness of their
hearts, have beileved him to bo honest
and a patriot; but their condemnation
of his vote was unmistakable.
It was not our office to heap indigni-
ty upon the head that had groivn gray
in the puhlic service, or hurl the shafts
of hatred at the breast which had met
the shock of the enemy ; and we have
not done so. If those who have abus-
ed us on this account, have an excuse
for their action, we are content, being
satisfied with our own. How many
hated CV'sar for Cajsar's place, histo-
ry, proves, and if those who have
for near twenty years held Sam Hous-
ton, like a dog at bayjhave bad no aim
but their country's goi>d, we have no
quarrell with them, 'But we have
learned long since 'that -hard names
and bitter terms are not arguments,
and therefore, neither "traitor" or
"Big Drunk," has been found in our
vocabularly.
When Gen. Houston came out in a
letter defending the creed of the A-
merican party, no claimed that he was
still a democrat—A Jacksoh Dxmocrat,
and that it was to restore those glo-
rious days ushered in by that noble
patriot, he was struggling. It seemed
to us a strange Jackson Democracy,
that, tainted with tho air of proscrip-
tion and generated, and taught in
mysterious chambers, where none but
the initiated may approach. It was
not thus Jackson proclaimed it ; but
in the broad daylight, he, noble old
Hero, gave it to the masses as the
chart of their deliverance, and meetr
ing the shock Bank Capital, led them
safely through the most dangerous
period of their existence. Gen. Hous-
ton had learned its purest lessons
from the lips of its author, and we
have waited the development of this
new theory, to behold the bright dawn
which it was to UBher in. Alas, the
darkness grows more gloomy and im-
penetrable, and if this be Jackson De-
mocracy, it has lost the charm which
rallied peop!e> to it, in days gone
by.
We have come to the conclusion
that, Gen. Houston has erred in his
conception of Jackson Democracy, and
that he also errs if he supposes the
present American party capable of
establishing its doctrines, and if we
have heretofore lauded his political
inconsistency, we cannot but condemn
that departure from it, which allows
him to support for tho highest office
in the gift of the nation, a man who
lias warred for h <juurter of a century
with every principle proclaimed by
Jackson and the father of the Democ-
racy.
When thus, Milliard Fillmore per-
formed an act entitling him to the
support of a man whose proudest
boast is, that he is a Jackson Demo-
crat ? He is of the party who hunted
down, and gave no qusrter to Andrew
Jackson, and opposed his measure,
while he lived. Upon every question
where Jackson democracy has been at
issue, Milliard Fillmore has been its
bitter opponent. The very bones of
the old Hero of New Orloans would
rattle in their coffin, at the idea of
a Jackson democrat supporting such
man, in preference to James Buchan-
an, who was the firm supporter of the
prominent measures of his administra-
tion, and has wavered in his fidelity to
them.
How a democrat, and a Jackson
democrat, at that, can suoport Mil-
liard Fillmore for tho Presidency, we
are unable to determine. When has
Milliard Fillmore atoned for his oppo-
sition to the great measures of the
democratic party, as exhibited in his
long public career, and what security
is there, that in becoming more an
American he becomes leu a Whig ?—
Can a Jackson democrat support a
man whose co-adjutors strove to stamp
with infamy, the character of that
pure patriot, who crushed the schemes
of monopoly and speculation which
ambitious men had generated, and
protected the rights of the masses ?
Was Milliard Fillmore's administra-
tion a type of Jackson democracy 'I
The history of the Gardiner and Gal-
phin frauds, prove that 'corruption in-
fected the very atmosphere of the
government,' and it was the alarm
which was sounded in the ears of the
American people, that Isd to the trium-
phant election of Franklin l'ieroe.
In February, 1863, while Milliard
Fillmore was yet in office, Gen. Hous-
ton wrote thus to Franklin Pierce :
"I will rejoice to assist, so far as my
situation in the Senate will enable
ine, an honest, patriotic President, in
quelling the rank abuses which have
grown up since Gen. Jackson left
office. It will prove an Herculean
task ; corruption infects tho vory at-
mosphere of the government; but few
places are now sought by the tribes
who hunt the spoils of office, without
a view to some speculation, or illicit
gains ; scarcely a contract is mado
with public functionaries without cov-
ering some fraud, and enormous claims
are assisted and carried against the
government by infamous agencies, em-
ploying fraud and bribery as the
means.
I declare to you sir, that I have
found from some examinations I have
boen called upon to make, a disease
at the heart of the government, which
unless arrested, must eventually un-
dermine the constitution, and surren-
der the government to speculators.
In Gen. Jackson's time, the contest
ifrew out of the attempt of the Bank
of the United States, to engraft a cor-
rupt monied influence on the govern-
ment, to gain a partial control over
its fininces: now the government.
in all its branches, is more corrupt
than the bank ever was, and is rap-
idly verging to that jobbiug system
which makes the English government
a curse to that unhappy millions that
live under it.
The commanding vote which brought
you to the Presidency, in such times
marks the confidence of your country-
men, in the ability and fearless probi-
ty on which they rely for the reversal
and downward tendency. A cabinet
of irreproachable integrity, if intelli-
gent and industrous men, fs all you
want in such a work—the rost de-
pends upon yoursslf. Relying with
full faith on an honest course, you
may boldly press on to the extripation
of abuses, and set at defiance dieta-
tating leaders of factions or sections.
The people will sustain you. The
issue fs no longer between this or that
section, or whether this or that party
shall prevail. The question is wheth-
er honesty or knavery shall triumph in
litis government.
He now says in his late letter :
"Mr. Fillmore was a Whig, and
served the people of his district while
he was a representative in Congress.
His service was satisfactory, and he
secured their confidence. When his
official duties took a broader range,
and new and responsible duties de-
volved upon him, as the head of the
nation, he cast aside svery sectional
and local bias—his views on all impor-
tant questions were limited only by the
extent of his duty to the whole coun-
try. His services met the acceptance
of the nation, and he retired from
office with the approving voices of
thousands who had been his former
opponents. In my opinion he admin-
istered tho government wisely and
well. He found tho country in great
excitement, as well as dissatisfaction,
and even in peril, and yet he left it in
repose, and tranquility, and safety,
and it is a pleasure for me to look
back and remember that, without any
deviation from my line of duty as a
Jackson, Democrat, I was enabled to
sustain and aid them, in most of his
leading measures ; and so, too, were
nearly all the true-hearted Jackson
Democrats of that time.
Death of tha Han. f. W. low-don,
, The consideration in which the late
F. W. Bownow, was held by the Bench
and the Bar, and their keen appreci-
ation of his death, will appear from
the following tribute to his Memory:
district court or smith col-ntv.
The court met Tuesday, June 16th,
1861. Present his Hon. John Gregg
Judge.
On motion of Thomas J. Word, Esq.,
it is ordered that the following pro-
ceedings of a meeting of the members
of the Bar, held on this day, on the oc-
casion of the death of tlio honorable
Fkanki.iv W. Bowdon, be spread upon
the minutes of the Court, viz:
At a meeting of the members of the
Bar of Tyler, held this morning in the
Supreme Court room, to tako meas-
ures to pay an appropriate tribute to
the memory of the Hon. Frankun W.
Bowdon, who departed this life at his
residence in Henderson on Monday
evening, the 15th inst.
Ou motion of Benjamin L. Goodman
Esq., Thomas J. Word, Esq., was cal-
led to the Chair, and on motion of
Tingal W. Jones, Esq., Samuel G.
Smith Esq., appointed Secretary.
Mr. Word, on taking the Chair, made
a very feeling and appropriate address,
after which John C. Robertson, Esq ,
offered the following Resolutions,
which he preceded with a brief but el-
oquent tribute to the deceased:
Whereat, The sad intelligence has
reached us of the death of Hon. F. W.
Bowdon—in honor to whose memory
this meeting has convened—and we
are called upon to bestow the last tri-
bute which friends can pay to departed
worth, by uniting in tho expression of
our sorrow, and recalling to our rec-
ollection tho virtues and endowments
of our nobis and gifted brother, who
now sleeps, low, and has undergone
burial beneath the dust.
Jieslolvcd, That in the death of our
lamented brother, that tho State has
lost a worthy and distinguished
citizen; the profession in whose fore-
most rank he stood, an honored mom-
bcr, and the causc of truth, justice and
integrity of which his whole life wbr
an example, one of its illustrous de-
fenders.
litsolved, That while he lived, his ur-
bano and corteous bearing, his native
kindness of heart, accompanied with
every gentlemanly grace, endeared
bun in the affectionate esteem of all
who knew him; and his name will be
long cherished, in company with every
graceful motto and generous qual ty
that marked h s character.
Resolved, That dying in the pith and
prime of manhood, the unsparing hand
has marred a splendid picture, from
which we could have hoped it would
have been long withheld; and inhs
death, as bright and pure a light has
perished from the earth, as ev«r shone
upon a human heart.
Resolved, That we deeply and sin-
cerely sympathiso with his fara y in
their great and irreparable loss, and
we beg them to accept this expression
of o«r grief; and we respoctfully re-
quest tho chairman of this mseting to
present ih>s token of onr sympa<h es to
the Distr'ct Ceurt, now In seis-'on. and
ask that it b« spread upon the records'
Ruolved, That we invite the conduc-
tors of the press here and at Hen-
derson, to give publicity to our res-
olutions.
Tho Resolutions were adopted, and
brief but touching, and eloquent ad-
dreeses were made, in honor of the
noble qualities of tho deceased, by Mr.
Goodman, Mr. Davis, Mr. Warner, and
and Mr. King.
On motion of Sam.'l L. Earle, Esq.,
it was further resolved that th* Sec-
retary present ft'joopy of those pro-
ceedings to tho family of tho deceased,
T. J. WORD, Cim'n,
S. Q. Smith, Sic'y .
THE VERY LATEST INTELIGENCE
Teliosanicq to the Daily Dilta.
MAIL ROBBER Y AT CHICAGO.
Byltka^atlenal Lino,
Tha lion. John WantwortJi ArraatadL
Chicago, Juno 9.—Hon John Went-
worth, generally known as "Long
John" an ex-Member of Congress, and
now Mayor of this City, was arrested
this morning, by the U. S. Marshal,
charged with stealing the U. S. mail
bags.
la Hald to Ball.
Judge Drummond decided that
Wentworth had received tho mail bags
in his official capacity as a member of
Congress, and had a right to keep
them until a special demand was made
for them. Wentworth was according-
ly discharged.
Destructive Fire—Orcat Leaa of Property.
Boston, June 9—A fire occurcd at
midnight last night, at Cholsea, des-
troying nineteen dwelling houses.
The loss on the buildings is estimated
at $60,000. The loss in furniture is
very large.
UKH. WALKER AT LOCISVHXB.
Ha Iloldc a Lave*
Louisville, June 9,—Gen. Walker
received those of our citizens who
sympathized with him, at tho Hotel
to-day. The number of visitors were
very large.
Ia Invited to Iha Theotra.
Mr. George Melius, Manager of the
Louisville Theatre, has invited Gon.
Walker and Staff to uttend the thea-
tre thin bvb1 ne Walkor has utgiiod
liis intention to aqbept the invitation.
Gen Walker announces his intention
of leaving our city to morrow for Oin-
cinnatti, on his way to Washington.
Kxt«nalv« Robin-ry at Vkkabnrg, Mtore
Robbad by Burglar*, Two of tha Rob-
ber* Token.
Vicksuuro, June1 9.—Tho store of
Messrs. Batinsky and Levy was
robbed by three men, last night, of a
very large amount and $1,800 worth
of jewelry.
Two of the thieves were arrested
to-day, in Louisiana swamp, opposite
Warrenton, and moRt of the clothing
was recovsred. One of the men is
still at large.
Maw Ilantpnhlr. Politic..
Concord, June 9.—The Democratic
Legislative caucus has nominated
John S. Wells for U. S. Senator.
Waahlngtont Ffewa, Utah oflblra,
Washington, June 10.—Tho Cabinet
has been occupied with Utah affairs
to-day. The appointmcut of officers is
not yet completed. Several to whom
offices have been tenderd are yet to be
heard from, but will probably be an
nouccd in a week, and all the arrango
mcnts perfected.
Tho Administration, though anxious
for speedy action, has been restrained
by circumstances beyond controll.
Kaw Moll Route to Maw Orlaon*.
A proposition has been mado and is
now under consideration for the trans-
portation of the mails from New York
to New Orleans via Fernandina and
Cedar Keys, Fla., this route havinr
been established by Congress. It will
be the quickest route.
Tha|ltito«..
The Mayor reriucsts the citizens to
abstain from holding the contempla-
ted meeting in regard to the riots, as
it will do no good,
Appointment*.
Wm. B. Grevo is appointed U. 8.
Marshal of Minnessota, vice Irwin re-
signed.
ran.nl Jenklna.
Hon. Johnathan S. Jenkins will be
superseded as Consul for tho Naviga-
tors Islands.
BntTalo BlMtloa.
Buffalo, June 9.—The Democrat's
have carried tho municipal election by
a large majority.
ProrMonro ■ taction.
Providence, Juno 9.—The fourth
trial to elect a Mayor proved fruitless.
Ilt.aun Soiling
New Yore, June 10.—The Indian
sailed to-day Bremen.
The Arabia sailed to-day for Liver-
pool, with 186 passengers and $2,250-
000 in specie.
RIm In.tha All.|kMr llnr
PtrrsBURO, June 10.—A sudden rise
has taken place in the Allegany river,
destroying coal boats,, metal boats,
and other property The loan is esti-
mated at $55,000.
M Raw ilampahlr* PalMlr.
Concord, June 10.—Tl e State Dem-
ocratic Convention has nominated Asa
P. Catc for Governor.
or
merchants took place t>day, to con-
sider the discontinuance of the prac-
tte of advancing wajK# M sr«m n
Earn. Ahln
Washington June 10.— Private ad
vices assnre the Administration that
the peace of Kansas is not likely U
be further disturbed.
Strain Uo.t Collaalon
kvansvili.e, June 10.—The Alida,
bound up, ran into the Fashion last
night, above Siuithland. The Alida
sunk to her cabin floor, while the fash-
ion escaped with slight injury.
Tt a Olltb ITuglUv. CM.'
The fugitive slave riot case is up
in the District Court. The disposi-
tions sW* ibat the Marshal's men
were generally armed, and that Chur-
chill's par y treated ihe prisoners very
v olent. 'Hie firm fire oame from the
Marshals i wse.
OB iiaSAW'SiSTKO.
Thumdav, Feburuary 5th. 1851
Pursuant to notice, a portion of th«
democracy of Nacogdoches county,
met in the Court House, at Nacogdo-
ches, Texas, for the purpose of appoin-
ting delegates to the State Democratic
Convention, to be held in May neit at
Waco.
On motion of K. W. Cave, the Hon.
M. G. Whitaker was called to the
chair. On motion cf the Hon. W. C.
Pollock E. W. Cavo was appointed
Secretary.
The chair having stated the object
of the meeting, a r call was made by
the audience up'6n the Hon. W. to.
Ochiltree, who responded in a thor-
ough and Democratic speech, in which
that gentleman gave reasons for his
at achmcnt to the Democratic party,
and the claims it had ou every South-
ern man for his support. The speech
was received with much spplause by
the audience.
On motion of the Hon. W B. Ochil-
tree, tho chair appointed the following
gentlemen a committee to present res-
olutions, vis:
Messrs. W. B. Ochiltree W. C. Pol-
lock, Bennett Blake, D. Atkins, and
Alter consultation the committee
presented the following report which
was unanimously adopted;
Resolved, That tho Democratic par-
ty of tho county of Nacogdoches, fullv
recognise in the necessity of the hold-
ing of the State Convention at Waco
in May next and do herebjr pledge
themselves fully to sustiiiu the action
of .aU O•> -.
Resolved, That tho Chair appoint
five suitable persons to represent the
Democracy of Nacogdoches in said
Convention.
Resolved, That it is the opinion of
the Democratic party of Nacogdoches
County that the election in August
next, will be one of the most important
which has ever occurred in tho State
and it Incomes the Democracy with-
out regard to men to select candidates
for the office of Governor and other
State offices, who will fearfully main-
tain the great principles of the party
against any and all opposition.
Rehoi.vcd, that in the opinion of this
meeting that it would be expedient to
nominate a candidate for Congress for
the Eastern Congressional District at
the Waco Convention.
Resolved, That the Democracy of
the Eastern Congressional District of
the State be requested to meet in
Convention st Tyler on Wednesday
the 14th day of May for the purpose of
nominating a suitable candidate for
tho Congress of the U, S.
The Chair appointed several gentle-
men as delegutes.
On motion adjourned.
M. G. WHITAKER, Ch'm.
E. W. CAVE, Scc'y.—Nat. CAronuk
Hon.ton'. Mtlinat. .rffatuwlliad Cltlaana.
The following is an extract from
Houston's speech in the U. S. Senate,
Jan. Ulst, 1855 :
" I admit that wo are all descended
from foreigners, because, originally,
there were no natives here who were
white men. Many of those foreigner*
who originally came here were bap-
tised in tho blood of the Revolution ;
but they were not such men us are
NOW COMING TO OUR SHORES,
and should not be named in connec-
tion with those who are SPEWED
LOATHINGLY FROM THE PRIS-
ONS OF ENGLAND, AND FROM
THE PAUPER HOUSES OF EU-
ROPE. Such men are net to be com-
pared to our ancestry, or to the immi-
gration which until receutly, hasooma
to our shores from foreign countries.
If tho object of those to whom tho
Senator from Iowa has referred, be to
prevent men of infamous character
and paupers from coming hero, I agree
with them. I would say, establish
a law requiring every person worn
abroad, bofore tieing received Here, to
bring an endowment from one of our
consuls abr<Md, and produce eridenott
of good character from the place froth
which ho emigrates, so that when he
comes here, wo|
full commnnit
guaranteed to
may exist at tl
tion."
The s weeping stig
that tho forcigiicri
shores are ei
from tlie prist
from the pauj
that they should bring
good character from
perhapa, never saw
fore, and who might ha
information from the
monarchies, from vthfch
were flying in
to onr
foathhigly
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