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Tbera win within doors a terrible din, f In ; As Abe doffed hie hat,.ntid slowly walked 1 A Happy Veari' Mid Abe, with a smile, 4 No happiness here!' responded the ilo, ' Vour faces,' said Abe, ' ere picture of wo, You must have the chills, or tic-dollar-owe,' ' l'r both,' said Brick,' tud then, too, my lircr Fools as If punctured with a vile sliver.' 'Somebody,' itaid Abe, if thus yoo are irk. Must have been after yoa with e kliitrp stick.' Sharp stick! tlio Devil! why, friend, nor ve you been K'nce Climkaiou went out, Chicago went In? For more than six months, I daren't Indeed Lew. iiIjIc to walk, or ride on my steed, T like passu go on cars, or under a' aail. lint what J 'v run mi te some dcv'lish mill The men und tho boys, and women, by Jowl Bftcin l.ituly Willi mils mast deeply in lore, Wherever von dodge, wherever you tuek, You meet name chnp with a rail on hin buck. Ihue black walnut rail huve oil seemed to bu Split out of the logs on purpose for mc, 1'or iionn, ns I hear, but mc and my friends Have over been snugged by their hutcTuI end.' Said A be, ' I sympathize with all your worn, Ami hato to iiring your atory to a clow; Hut business urgent culls me here to-duy, f) please attend m v. hut I Imvu to say. .My nuiDo is Abe, ' Old Abe.' of Illinois: It seems tlmt I hu to been the enple's choice 10 laxe tne helm und guide tiro Ship of Dill If, With noblo Hunilin ax my truKi v Male. Tlio Fourth of Murch Fm bound lo cull on you And briii; on board with mc a bran new crew. Cobb, So yon, and Com, and Toucry, with old Might just ua well look up some other job, The ship, from Mem to stern. I'll overhnul. Knock down your llgureheud, aud pluce a muni Where sculptured durky long lius stood, tinu tuia Tlmt Southern nigger capital controlled A government which first was mude fnrull. Your dnrky down, I'll mine my ouken muul, 'IV .!... .... I e itiii.uiw bum. uiuiuin, luiuiiguuu irec, Control the ship, instead of shivery. Tho ninety thuusniid olHeers you've mado I shull not need; they'd better try the spade ur mum nwiuie 'twould surely do them pooit To try henceforth some tionrat livelihood. I must have houcnt men fur nil my nosls. Aud such, Covode hug shown me, uro uot your hosts. Tlio ship, I think, I certuhily enn steer For teas thnn Eidilij MAom spout eiich J'r, more, ami vara enough, In four years, lens or jo omul a ituilroad to Puciflcs shore. Tho public lauds I also wish to give To such as by their honest labor live, And by a proper tariff to protect Home enterprise, already biully cheeked. bo on the fourth of March, Fvo called to snv, Pli-usc take your Democratic traps away!' At t li is. Old Muck Htuinpe'd madly on tho noor, And aquafortis Yancey cursed and swore, Jo L i got up, and leaning on a clutir, Clutched nt his shirt, and tore his matted I':t"r. Suid he, uamn urcgonl (Ilium I'ukedoin, tool' 'Dnnin all the States with constitutions free I J n Oregon, damn every whiffet whelp. My gold haa ever paid for me to yelpl' .May Dolf, iimj Wlutcr, mid each whining l"P. that a busuly dared the battle to eivo tirf no uuuuiy uuuiueu: ana may cacti id(Ot head Henceforth chaw lalmtm for its dnilv bread. These f links will strire in vain t bleed Old Jo, When back to nativo lhwkum hills I go! Thut ' coalition,' gotten up by Nez, t'orrii have been cruttinl, despite what icrry says. If Mclteeny's whole disunion band Hud tried to make a decent jackass 'stand. Or coming back, hud made u vig'rous shove itu Uiinyoii black,' Hie owi;.V fore, Two Democratic Senators, I'il sweur. oiiiii eiicu novo graced a Senntnriul chair, Or Oregon, which would have pleased me wen, 1 or want ot bene tors, might to to h 1! " in ' rmti lit win I M :. I . I. Tlmt 1 coalition known, Chiipmun might huve Would oiid in Yanceyisin overthrown On the Pacific Const, which Owin uud I llau loamy hoped to speak for till we die. I ro ihivcry rmj.' bow cun I bear tho thought. That hlrcliii"; tools I have ao dearly botidit Mioultl Tail me in this dreadful trying hour, auu see me coony ticked from place and power, y ono whom I had fondly hoped was (lend, oinco 1 nan uucK cut oil Ins stubborn head Damn Oregon I her war debt! aud her claims I Damned be her soil, her sunshine, nnd her rams! her corn! Damned be hor wheat crops, apples, and And damn each slob'rinf; brat hereafter born I Damn Oeo.L. Curry 1 damn the stupid goat! i- ui iiiiiimi inu mid nrct K no ilureil not vote, Jior dared he vote for Squatter-Sovereign Hut like a toad, or some nocturnal Imp, Crawled iu his hole the duy the hVht waxed warm, rmm riM.!..l.t... I... .1 . . . .k j iiiiiRing v una mo creaiure would not His future chances for inv nresent sent Aud that, by a ' good Lord, good Devil cneiu, lie may turn up some day far hence, f the poor devil keeps astride tho Tenee! Damn fiddling Whiteaker! if ever ho J'roclamis for Oregon a Jubilee, Tthniiks a 1 I . - ii. it si, ... . jnti icis me itiaeK itepuliticans give For playiiiif olTon me such sealv nrai.ks! Damn Oregon! and damned be be who fails lo damn tlio man who ever dared make rails! Damn all her women! and her girls in teens! iMiun mr, supply them wore with 'fcoai'."' rrtwri I litis Joseph s)(.ke, and rolled upon the While Abr'am bowed, aud started for the tioor, A kitchen cabinet was stmifrhtway called, " " ueicuiiij jo one snle was liaul d. Old Duck was chairman of the motley crew iui iuiii avnuc mey enose a eunuch Jew. Their oraton were Yancey, Chesnnt, Orr, And twenty mors whose voices were for war, While douirhfaco BLrler, Cushinir, Urn-lit' and F.tch, ' Did Into threatened tree sea miWi, pitch. n n Hath-t llirtiigllt with P'. k:unn that nil Who pnitliM on ircunnu would nut fad lo full, fur air. Anil tliMt their dangling shin would k ik Liko Absalom's when hanging by I lie limr. I'oor Muck, und Urn k, and Alabama Cobb Fear'd treason might not prove a pay ing Job As Union men in ell the btates would rum And blow their scheme of treason to the skies, At thin, I)isnrflwr Yancey cnrserl and swore, And bawled some louder tuuti Jo Luiio could snore; No on Id his Slate was Democratic sure, And thut nld Aluhnm could not endure , To see Old Ami in Presidential chair, A ml never rend her ihirt or pull her hair. ' J!y Jorel' said he, ' we've hod the spoils so lonif, It serins to us as absolutely wrong gold Tlmt nuuht but Demricruts should hiimlle Which brings all comlorti thut uru bought ami sold. Wo euro but little for the Northern lash, Hut Uoda in heavcul how can we yield the casnr Besides, we've howled so much, and threat eiieil sont, more What will be said if. wo should howl no If wo should tamely yield, and stop our noise, hoys Weil he the lungliing-stock of beardless Who'd call us cruveii cowards, and would swear Mmr. Wo feared the beust we'd roused up in his " Ah! now,' aid Duck, " I m the very pluu Urt xifily iIuk a, m iluwly u yuu onu. Howl terribly wltili. and llitm n g a 'l'u iln-keu oil", iiml rluwly to ru in. Pnliu Old Ab will, in ytiur urgent call, Dony llml lm iuti ndu to rut yiu nil, And miy lii government will nurdy be Kitdurtililtt, lo such MMyitu und me. Kui li ilrclamlioti inudo, and yuu cun buck Moal qimrvly down, or nt nlil ingV lick j And Northern iudnlU will n4 iiiiilerabinl but Hint you're lirvr. un.l reullv liavu llie naiij. You know how ixiMihg (jroi(iii eul mid ilatilied Ami IMurlliern men lit (.unrtM frei-ly lanlied Willi itira l),itiinuiillireiil, if onou Ihey aliuuld Hut dara (li culo J,reoiniilon waa nol (fund. nvn : .ouutem auvrueu Iter Ihreula u will an nine. I whins. Which Urtirgio, feiintr, alra'(lilway eeaiiU lo la iieuriria a rour Ilia Ina lerrilio now 'l'u ilouilila(!r alinka, fur Imv.iik alinwn ua how A Ml.ila m bruva ami rauiant may beino 1 hut view n her own iiruwaia ainkea her dumb? Ua Northern apauirla nut nvuecl Ihe rour Of Cnndmu, Ihe Dimniou w , Ainea Andrew Jai-loou inmle the withered ling Dry iii her lre.ip.on, mi l IhiiI dowu her rul" Til m nrifiird Illicit d ull nl mute ag.eed Of doubta an l feura he had their bonn f.ee 1. They mid h a viewa were ull no t'oubt correal, ' And thill the hau l mint nol, at ye, be checked, Hill tlmt tiiwurd the n.unli af March Ihey mi-lit Itevinl lo Aim their tiuriioau nut to fihl. Thta autd, und Kuuuch lien wrote down tlio ulan Ana etiiiy irave lit ein.li uwiininii inun. To alow nwiiy in bri-Lchea wck. I aiiut'i Of aiii li ua fiiired Old Abe, mid haled Dong. Iluil, Oremm! all liuil ! Ihv vtrtr'li vole The bour like Ilea. I of dumiieil I) auiiieii ainote j Thy liulb rl ijuivereJ in Ina aculy Mile, Thy eluldreu nhoiitiil wlieu the mciilrr Hied. Thy lovely vulleja, und euch mountain glen, nuifd i 01 muuii aerra, rvuir out Jree men. The hunt) of Nature, on ihv nluc d Inuw. Ilua written ' Frki 'mid aui'h ne ace lliee now Kind frienda, a, lien ! I know I need not mv I hoie jou'ie linpit on ih a New Yenr'a Day; My enji of h.iineKa i nearly fall, I know I Intel, dear frieuda, Willi von il'a alwi ao. (iird up vour to ne. and k.wD vour armor briiht iiu itiai woiiiu ivcur the eruwa, till uioM mu fight. Okeoh.n CiTT,.Jiiaary 1, 18BI filje (Oregon ClvguSe )fT. It. Adams, Editor. OZkSOON OZXV: SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1861. Captive Chii.ihikn. Iiuv. Mr. Atkinson has shown us a letter from the Rev. II II. Spalding, dutcd Walla Walla, Dec. 22, which states that a Snake Indian, long in tho Nez IVrco country, had just gone to tho Snakes to negotiate an exchange of seven Snakes taken by Maj. Stein, for the four white children captured at the late miftsacro and still held in captivity by tho savages. Since writing the nbovo, wo have seen tho following paragraph in tho Portland Daily Times or Jan. 15, which information was obtained from A. J. Pain Tinli.ni Agent for the Nez Terces: " The two Snakes who went out in search of the cup- tnred children have returned, nnd report that they became impeded by the snow in tho Salmon mountains, and they were compelled ; to return. They express tho belief that the children are dead. They oiler to go out again so soon as spring opens." , Utf " We have been so often stamrered by tho failure of the most brilliantly por trayed prospects of riches, thut the heart sickens at tite recital." Timet. .. Well, you deserve it, if you have. We told you long ago thut Jo I.nae was a poor paymaster, and so was the Democrat ic party. These " brilliantly -portrayed prospects of riches," have been held up to many an t ' honest ffaze," by " Honest Jo Lane." Hut few of them, like you, have ever realized anything, but a little of what Jo took out of his saddlebags which gen erally made the recipient "stagger," uud feel " sickened" afterwards. . Nkw PxruR Wehave seen it stated tnal somebody waa " going to start a new paper" at Astoria. It is certainly an in viting 'opening' for ambitions literary merit, nnd the onlv wnmtee la tlmt prospecter hadn't discovered the ' hole' la-fore now. We hear the nliine l.,i several months schooling," and will not iniposo upon the world with any of volir ' cheap literature.' We haven't yet learn ed its politics, but presume it will be devot ed to " news items," and the " salmon in terest" of that section. MT Jo Lane has writtrn a letter In which he favors secession because of the election of Lincoln. As Prentice said of Yancey when he came to induce Kentmk- iutis to vote for disunion, we hope Lane's tracks will b shoveled from the soil of Oregon, and thrown iuto the Pacific Ocean, or Int, South Carolina. KAi.ra, Jim. loth, 1801. En. Anon: The lute news from the Soiiili'-ni States is reirurdiil hcrmbouf ns of a slurtliuir character. Tint few Jom-dIi- l" r.tp.liliutra mh n.ii.1 i..i.l.i l ....mmmi liaitln. IN MIW Kill! l! .Kill .J IT.III, I Ml obtained a full orbed view of the rule-or-ruin Milicy of their brethren. If a dissoln lion of this mighty nation must tuko place, ami doe take place, who can arrotriile lo himw If the honor ol such nil exploit? Who will have the hardihood lo assign as a Jus tification for such an iinprt-cti-iited calam ity the election of a Itepiibliean President. Are the musses of the moi who form our Government to be salit-ficd with such a mU-rable, flimsy, foolish ghiwt of a reason ms tlmt? The election of a Itepiiblicun President causu fur the tlismrmlu ritient of these States! Who says it? Is il men who love the country for its Institutions, for its (rerdnin of speech and the press, fur the freedom und protection extended to all religions, a thinn- not known in any other nation lo the same extent? Is it men who feel grateful for the privileges of the ballot box, the right to select their own rub rs, their own legislators, and even instruct them what to enact! Fortunately for mir " Stiir-Spiingled Manner," It is none of these. Men whoso disappointed hopes and blasted aspirations stir them up to frenzied acts men who upon the iniiuiruration of Abraham Lincoln behold their hopes of preferment ami gain melt away like the mists of morning before tho splendor of the rising sun they, and those they can Influ ence, form the bawling, yelling cohorts of Disunion. Does any one who can claim a reasonable degree of sanity imagine thut the most prominent among the secessionists tH'lieve this Union unsafe in the hands of Lincoln? If so, can yoo imagine upon what this belief is predicated Is tlivre any reason for it? Lay aside, if it is possi ble, all political difference, nnd nnswer the question. It cannot be because hu is the exponent of a pnrty declaring their advo cacy of the Homestead Hill or tho speedy construction of a connection between the Atlantic mid Pacific States. It cannot be because he is the head and front, the great standard-bearer for the present of a party pledged to the abolition or interference with the institutions of the South for the party discards that sentiment emphatically I know that it is quite common for men desirous of exhibiting their skill iu tight to the world, to construct something which exists only in their own fertilo imagination for tho sole purpose of showing how easily it may be demolished. Such are not to bo ri'irardcd us the true exponents of the prin ciples advocated and maintained by a party. it slioultt always, in the language of (.nl Crockett, " be sure that we nre right," and, in order to do so, we should go to the true sonrco to obtain the information sought, and not to the person whose delight it is to distort tho same. It cannot then be that tho South fears interference with lirr institutions during the iidininistration of Mr. Lincoln hence no cause for disunion can be discovered iu this quarter. llicn, in tho name of reason, where is tho cause? Who will show il? Mr. Lin coln himself is no more odious to the South than Mr. liiiehaiinii probably was to tho ortn at Ins inauguration. D.d the Re publican North talk of secession then? Yet the same cause for hostile demons! ra t'nn was nlTorded her then as to you now. When the causes for secession movement are sought, they nre hard to find, if found at all; and when found, are absolutely in significant. ' Men who lovo this Union will readily di-cido no cause exists for its dismemberment. Let us hope such a ca- aiuity will bo averted anil the ndmitiistra tion of Abraham Lincoln be one ol peace and prosperity. I lie local news is rnthermeasrpr: a lurid fingered "gent" entered the drmr store of D. Y. Cox, ami extracted from thndrnwi-r about forty dollars. Some suspicion is en tertained of the person; this occurred whilst the owner of the establishment was known to be absent. He had gnno to the Court- house to hear a lecture delivered by Rev. Dickinson before the infidel association on the niclit of the 12th inst. It is to be hoped that the thief may bo detected. I know not which deserves the most praise. tno iniuiet association tor inviting and treating courteously their lecturer, or Mr, Dickinson for accepting, and administering the best remedy nt his command. II certainly acted upon the scriptural precept thai tne sick need the physician. ' The ectnre was .delivered at the Court-house n large and very attentive audience. Much praise is due both sides for the mntn good feeling exhibited. Such conduct upon the part of ministers would have in my opinion a good effect upon the infidel world. It shows a sp rit of toleration for Ihe opinions or others, winch always has good (fleet. Ally. Not Lost, wr. hopk. Among the many passenrers carried away by the good steamer Pacific this week, we regret to chronicle tho departure of Mrs. Auory IIouirook nnd Mrs. John Dkjikxt, ladies who for years have adorned the society of Uregon City. 'Ihey go on a visit to the Eastern States. The kindest wishes of hosts of friends attend them in their perilous voyage, together with prayers for their safe and sieedy return to onr midst. W- Mr. Cell, of Tennessee, though a goon man, will not be chosen as one of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet.- Let the gtiessers stick a pin there. Mr. Rates of Missouri and Mr Sherman ol Ohio stand about as good a chance as anybody. The former would make a capital Postmaster General, and the latter as good a Secretary of the Treasury, as any man living. Tix-Paykrs! In another column John Tlioinas, Sheriff of this county, gives notice of tho times he will be in the various pre cincts for collecting the taxes. You would do well to be ready with the money, includ ing mileage and the four per cent. Uastsxro Jesse Applegate, Esq.. has II rcsi?ted the office of Postmaster at Yon- calla. Umpona ronntr P Cn...i.. i... , -j. . iiv-uui iiaa been appointed in his stead WThe quotation from Jackson ia IWhanan'a late message, i the only manly thing ia it. It looks liivra likt a diamond la a cart-load of dunr. LATER FKOM THE EAST. PATF.S TO !KC. 24. Sr. Loi i. P ' 2 To the House. Iiwlav. tlm tSik r pre sented a letter from Hie South Carolina delegation, dissolving their connection with the Ilnuw, since their State had ainumcd overturn capacity. The proceedings of the South Carolinn Convention, on Saturday, were mostly ai-i-n-t milliner trausuired. It U kni,Miu.-il the revenue laws of the United Stales will bo adopted; that the Collector will be rcfiuircd to lake an oath of alleiriuuce to the SlaUi. . Postal mutters rvnniiu uueliallired. The Commissioner received their creden linla nu S.ilunlav. and are now on their wnv to Washington. The President w send a spvciul message to Congress on their arrivul. Gen. Cushina; lias returned to Washing ton, and reports that the State of South Carolina is acting with a view to co-opera tion with all l he slave States Toombs has telegraphed to Georgia that all his proposition ol compromise were treated with derision and contempt by the Republican members of the Committee ol Thirteen; that every Republican member voted against each of Crittenden's propo sitions, anil the majority then declared tlmt they had no guarantees to offer, which was silently acquiesced in by other members. He says that the Coinni'ittee ofTiiiny-three, etimpoed of a majority or Repuiuicnns, seeks to amuse the South with delusions. Finally, he urges Georgia to secede by the 4 tit of March. Senator Johnson was burnrd in effigy at Memphis, nu Saturday mirltt. Senator Scwurd spoke on Saturday night, at the banquet of tho Newfoundland Society iu New lork, and counseled Ira ternul forbearance, Hn said tiie secession feeling hud been getting Weaker since elec tion tin v. and that within sixty days ull the trouble would pass away. In the House today, Cochrane In trod a ecd Union saving resolutions, to which Haskiu proposed, as a substitute, an in n.iiry into South Carolina affairs. Noth ing was done, and tho House adjourned till Thursday Iu the Senate, Pugh and Douglas sub mitted iinifiidiiicnts to the Constitution, which were nferred to committee. Nicholson mado a speech on tho South ern side. He had scarcely hope tlmt the demands of the South would be granted by the North. Davis submitted an amendment to the Constitution declaring slaves property. Two defalcations have been discovered in the Interior Department: one Iu the Indian Trust Douds, and the other eight thousand dollars in cash. Intense excitement was caused nt Pitts burg, on the discovery that the U. S Quartermaster was about shipping 125 guns from Alleghany Arsenal to Galveston and the llalize, supposed for the purpose of stripping the Arsenal and placing the guns where the seceders could get them. Maj. Lyttingtnn, in command, declined to give any pos tivn information nu the stil jeet. Leading Democrats telegraphed to Washington to have the order counter- mantled, saving that tho people would not suhvr the gnus to tie removed. A pubbc mecting was annul to ne called to consider tho subject. It was reported that muskets, shell, balls, cavalry accoutrements, etc., to n considerable amount, had already been shipped. It appears that the fort has never yet been mounted with llie proper gnus, 1(1- licit Loliimhinnsjind a J-iiOtniilcrs I ho rostuiaster-Ueneral will stop the South Carolina mails; tho Postmaster iu Charleston having signified his intention to rc;gn after secession takes place, there can lie no distribution there. Ihe St. Louis Democrat announced, on the authority of both Lincoln and Rates, that the latter will occupy a place in the new Cabinet, probably Secretary of the In terior, Mr. Hamlin, Vice-President elect, had a long conference with Gen. Scott. The General expressed the hope that tho pres ent difficulties would be overcome ami set tied. Hamlin und Cass also had au inter view. The New York World I. nrns that the British and French Consuls at Charleston have been approached by the Secessionists, with a view to secure their, co operation, out, tney replied "mat any coinmnincn- tioin to them would be transmitted to the State Department nt. Washington." Ihe New iork Tribune says positively that Lincoln is utterly opposed to any con cessions or compromise, und will hot yield one iota of the position occupied by the Republican ptrty on the subject of slavery iu ino lerr.tnries, r.xroBTs. ine rneitic takes awav n.. .n about 400 tons of freight, principally flour anu apples. 1 lie t'alitoruia sails to dav with another large freight. We think our farmers will have no good reason to com plain hereafter. Send in vour produce ami yon win nnd a market. Hitter have a ree. iilur trade with California, even though it be small, than none at all. Timet. Nez Pkrci Mi xes. The Times has information that in tho course of a month a large number of persons will leave San Francisco for the mines in the Nez Perce country. Fire. Kelly's Temia rauce House -was endangered by fire again on Wednesday afternoon, caused by a stove-pipe burning out. Suspended. The Peonies Press at En. gene City has suspended publication far me present. ,Mr. Wure retires from the concern. KS- " Amicus'' laid over. T. B.. Sa lem. J3.00. Tutxu. W ara uu.ler t.blLntiona to Tracv A C'o.a Eapreaa for late paper, and alaa to Mr. Samuel S mio-.o., of Man.. a emintv f. ihe ,n. Mr. 8. haa juat return, d from San Kran- ceo wnn a pikeilul of rocka.' b.vin; iUI b a 'at year crop of apptra (bra rnol round Mm. a raMnmbl ombrr T Ihe a jtita that ara to b teeo in that aiuk-re-l af darauat S FiilciKM Xtairra Flaur-. Vl.-. tr. ark... i .1- . .. - pr iv. i ox; Mia ti.vs In ' "r" iwioa; Dareyf.1.0 12 p., (,. drrd I be; pouiua 6 I (.V par I0o lha Vt...,.K, W ,4.50. 8c; bailer J.. la aOc; I lrer bam 19 i ooj r-iTu.-Fl 3Sl..44; h i ). ata3.t M40e: butt, r Iu V; exfii l30e rh.eteia f -'-iO W -l per An; app.aa 3 u c -l lard 13 ! 14c, bjeew M M 15e; ban 90e. i..HkaU tka HlBkl l.aareaeai Sih-rvH nf Lieut.-Uor. lorn nf Miuwi, at Intiimiixjlit, Xoo. 22, inaviro Cuerehn. W hear much said against the policy of foerclng South Carolina in case sue ai i..nmta lo sccetle. What Is coercion but the enforcement of iho low? Is iinything ..u intended or n riuircdf becessioii iiiill.nciitimi can only bo regarded by the (Jeiicral Government ns iniiivuiuiii aeinni in ion individual responsibility. T huso COIl cerued ill il cannot intrench themselves la' bind tlio forms of the Stale Government so as lo give their conduct the semblance of legality, and thin devolve tno rcspomoiiiiy upon Hie State Government, which ol itself ia irresuonsiblu.. Tim Constitution and laws of the United Stales operate upon In dividuals, but not upon States, aud precise ly us if there were no btutcs. In this matter tlio President has no dis rrction. IU has taken a solemn oath to enforce Ihe lows and preserve order, and to this end he bus been made commander- in cliief ol the army and navy. How can he be altsolved from responsibility thus de volved upon him by tho Constitution and his oiTieial oath? Can it be done by the resolutions of Conventions, the advice of the newspapers, or even a decided prepon derance of public opinion? There is but one way iu which the President cun be nb solved Iroin his duty lo exert ull the power reposed in his hands by tiie Constitution to .. . . .... r. ir . t I. enforce uie lows in miiiui ciirounu, which is by acknowledging her intleiH-ndenco. The Constitution provides that Congress m iy admit new Slater- into the Union, but there is no provision for turning one out or for permuting one to go out. A state nine admitted into the Union becomes a part of the body nf the nation, ami sever ance or secession is not contemplated by the Constitution us permissible or possibf If Congress possesses the power to ac knowledge the iiiiifiM-it'lfiico of a State ami thus place it without the pule nf the Union, it must result from a it inexorable necessity produced by u successful revolu tion. While a State is in the Union there is no power under the Constitution for the General and State Governments to enter into negotiations and to treat with each other. No Government possesses the con stiliitionul power to dismember itself. the power does exist in this Government to nckuowledge the independence of south Carolina, or any other stale, it can only be exercised by an act of Congress, The President of himself would not possess it and, consequently, until released trnm his duty by such acknowledgment, he must exert his power lo enforce the laws. If an attempt nt secession lm made, there is but one nf two courses to lie pursued. Hither to allow the seceding State peaceably to go and set up for herself us tin independent government, or else by tno police or milita ry power of tho United States compel nil observance of the laws and submission to constitutional obligations, Let us consider what would be thecon- scfpienee of adopting the former course. If wo allow a state peaceably to secede, wn tliereby concede tlio ngnt in tho most substantial and solemn manner. . It would be sheer nonsense lo allow a State, es pecially a weak one like South Carolinn, to secede, and yet deny tile rmhl of seces sion, nnd thai other States inav not retire in the same inanni-r, whenever they see proper. .Wo cannot, therefore, allow South Carolina to secede without conced ing the right, nnd thereby settling the priu ciple ns to the remaining States. The right of secession conceded, the nation is dissolved. Instead of having a nation- one tuiglity people we have but a collec tion and combination of thirty-three inde pendent and petty States, held together by a treaty, wmcn nas intiierto been called a Constitution, of the infraction of which each State is to be the judge, and from wlin-li any state may withdraw at pleasure. It would not be twelve months until a project nf a Pacific Confederacy would be set. on foot. California nnd Oregon, being each sovereign nnd independent, would have a right to withdraw from their tin-sent partnership nnd lorm a new one. or form two separate nations. In doing so they would act with a fur greater show of rea son and far better prospects of success thnn South Carolina. They are separated from tho other States by thousand of mile of Darren plains and snow-clad mountains. Their commerce is naturally with ihe Knat Indies and the isles of the Purine Ocean Tho tio of commend il interests between them nnd the other States is weaker than that which binds together any other sec lions of the Republic. The right of secession conceded, and the way to do it having been shown to bo safe and easy the prestige of the Republic gone tiie National pride extinguished with the National idea scccssiou would become the remedy for every State or sec lional grievance, real or imaginary. And in a few short years we should witness the total dissolution of that mighty Republic which has been the hope uud tho dorv ol the world. We should then have before us the prospect presided in the history of the petty States of Greece, Italy and the Principalities of Germuny. Need I slot) to argue the political. intclUctunl. social and commercial death inrnlriJ in this wreck uud ruin? We must then elimr to .i. . 1 1 . " me niea mat. we are a Nation, one and in divisible, ami that although subdivided by own- lines lor loeni ana domestic purposes, we are but one people, the citizens of a common country, having l.ku institntim,. and manners, and possessing a common in ten st in that inheritance of glory so richly provided by our fathers. We must ther. fore do no act we must tolerate no act we must concede no idea or theorv thnt looks to or involves the dismemberment of tlio Nution. And esneciallv must Vat nf me iniana smu s cling to tile National idea. ir south Carolina may secede neaceablr so may New-York, Massachusetts, Mary land, and Louisiana, cutting off our com merce and destroying our right of way to the ocean. We would thus be shut np iu the interior of a continent, surrounded by independent, perhans bostifo nuiimm through whose territories we could obtain egress lo the sealioard ouly opon such terms as might be agreed to by treaty. Emigrants from foreign lands could onlv reach ns by permission of our iiArhliors and we could not reach any Atlantic port except l.y passports duly rittd. In ench a COildit on of atTairs the iw-nrinnrft St,,t.. would posea immense advantain-s. which may he illustrated and understood he com paring the wmlth, nrosjicrity and 'power vi vt arauvani siogooms jrita tknee shnt in III II.M . m .oiblo then that KM.iM.kf T llh Arkansas, Mi.ur or Mali J nccouie so infatuated, so ntUrli d w as u i MibKfjl to the doctrin. ffiW I... ho right to ; secede, ,lcrel existence of their commerce, t71?!.,l, institution, their everything power ' of Iiouisiana, does, the outlet of tl,o MiMlsilJ'; entrance to the Gull. As the stands, the pert of Ntw York Is Z y of Iho nation, held for h,U,, the States, the revenue tleri being disbursed for the bcnrOt of sh Hut we are told that if we us. iZL; compel submission to the luwai. e 7 Croli.w, it will so excite snd ,," the other Slave States as to lead make common cause with her t willing to believo thnt thl. IkJl widely spread, and that sympath, !il? South Carolina traitors will uitr! than the devotion to the Unl aT such be tho case, however, itahoald not t my Judgment, clmngo the t-oorse we to pursue. If tho peopi, of lb, lea will iml ......!. Southern Stntes will not permit thee meiit of tho lows in South P.r.ii.L wouhl be evidence that they were Ir.ter.din, lo follow her example nt their own nl vrnlci.ee. If they intend to stay u, nu Union, nnd adhere to its fortune, th will thrust no obstacles iu the General Government to prevent iu pclling obedieiico lo tho law,. fttn prico and pride will nut (l. termiae their action in a mutter so mniuenlons, i,roT. ing tlm destinies of millions for all Umt. Hut if such is their purpose, and such Z condition of public may prepsr, fo, , worst. I am not willing to bo-follawerj bv any other Slates certainly by not mori than one or two. If Smith Carolina u out of the Union I trust it will b at ibe point of the bayonet, after our ticst cObrta have failed to compel .-r to submit to U Inws. Metier concilia her indeieiirjrir( t, force, to revolution, than to right and aria, ciple. Such a concession cantiol be ,rai into precedent nnd construed int aa ad mission that we nre but a comhinntion af petty States, miy ono of which hai i rijlit to secede nnd set up for herself whenent it suits her teniier, or views er her prtntiar interest. Such a contest, let it terminals ns it may, would ben declaration to th olln-r States of the only terms upon wlikh they would be permitted to withdraw frou (lie Union. , The lopping offol South Carolina Iit the sword of revolution would not d slurb the unity 01 1 lie balance of the nat on; hut would simply be a diminution from its aggrefnt, power lo the extent of her resources irul loiiiilutiou. .Notwithstanding thtj Anirri- can Revolution terminated so disastrously lo tho Mritish Government, nftersn enor mous expenditure of blood snd treasnre accompanied by such hniniliaiion of llie national pritle, still il preserved tho htf. rity of the remaining portion of the empire. 1 1 ud our claims to independence bets nt ouee recognized and conceded by the mo ther country, and tho thirteen colonies peaceably allowed to constitute a separate government, nnd take their place smeng the nations of the earth, nn example would have been set, nnd an admission mode, of which every colony, island, nnd depeudes- y ol tne empire would have speedily clnim- o.l tlm bent fit. The Camillas, the Kist and West Indies, sad A nst rain, would, ia turn, point to this epoch in Mritish history as a palpable and unconditional avowal ef tho doctrine that theyliad the right, under the Mritish Constitution, ntnnv time peart- cebly to terminate their allegiance to the crown, nnd secede from the empire. A admission ol the existence of a right so made, could it bo retracted at nil, could only be nt the end of numerous civil snd Moody wars. ' . Shall we now surrender the Natios with out a struggle, and let the Union go with merely a few hard words? Shall wa en- on rage fuint-heartrd traitors to puns. their treason by advising them in ndranot tlmt it will be sifj and successful? If it was worth a bloody struggle to estnlilah this Nation, it is worth one to preserve it.' And I trust thnt wo shall not, by snrrerv. tiering with indecent haste, publish to tls) world that the inheritance our father, pr based with their blood, we have given op to save ours. Seven years is bnt a day in the life of a nation, and I would rather come out of a strugglo at the end of that -lime, defeated in arms and conceding in dependence lo successful revolution, than lo Purchase present neaco by the eoneessie of a principle that must inevitably exptodi this nation iuto small and dishonored irag- meats. Hut of the result of such a strug gle, I should entertain the utmost hope snd confidence. ' - .'!; ' He who eomnnres onr glorions wsr for liberty nnd indenendenct against crinrlinf oppression to another wnr to be set on loot for the propagation of human slavery, to rush out liberty of soeech snd of the presi, and to innngurate nnd revive, with all its nntold nnd indescribable horrors, Ihe Af rican slave-trade, must have an indifferent idea of the justice of that Provideace who . holds in his hand the issue ef battle. To, employ tho language of a great statesm, , Surely the Almighty has no attribute wi could take sides with them in soch a cos- test." I will not stop to nrgne the right or secession. The whole question is soroureu . up in this proposition: "Are we one na tion, one people, or thirty-three nstinns, or thirty-three indenendpnt and netty Staleit 1 The statement of the proposition famishes r the answer. If we are one nation, then no i State has a right to secede. Secessioa ess only be the result of successful revalatk. I answer the question for yoo, and I know; that my unswer will find a response i t every trne American heart, that we are ( one people, one nation, undivided, snd divisible. -..--. ; ,; . .. -.....I Alivs again Wa notice thst oar ex changes chronicle the rcsuscilatian, for tbs third time, of Coon's Express atRosebnrg. , We haven't seen the risen number, lV we presume Conn does battle in the of Garrison abolitionism with his sees', tomed ability. . MiSTAsr.. In noticing last week th' proposed shipment of floor to Liverpool, v stated that the floor was being BT0,,, ' the Willamette Palls Mills. W shoaW have said the Zina Cilf Hill, hm ', the name by which, tho , establukaieat known. . . . : , ,i i - .. ' The weather this week lis beta slightly wintry cast-e-raiauHj,- casionul sprinklings of snow, s tx