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Senate, tsiat ssSsf plGceS ttisty te iI4Ca fitii ,nseruoaIous adyenturers and Submissive parsisans; the press in the interest ol the rulers. has abandoned inc country and the constitution; fa8ning syeephancy and dts eusting adulatioa have superseded good sense and manly independence, and the whole power of the country IS centred n the hands of the Erecat,esi Eleis the law maker and the law giver; he controls the pubic property, and without check dlspen- ses the public iayors; he Is in fact the soY- ereion and dictator, and claims tile right to lsoassaaie Us successor. That the people have not risen esa mas8e against these terri fic assumptions of power, that revolution for patriotic objects has not crushed these usufpations, is more 10 be attributed to the indifference of the, people taan their disre- gard for freedom; great local prosperity and comfort have rendered them careless oi pub- lie liberty, aHd there Is no prospect oi any change, no hope that constitutional freedom will find lis old channels, If the same q dynas- ty and the same doctrines are pefpetaated in fhe succession. Hence the great im- portance of the South, once the great cham- pon of freedom. uniting in the choice of a President ia whom they themselves and the country at large could confide. But they have been sold and betrayed by their own men. Virginia takes the lead in handing over the slave States, bound hand and foot, to the tender nercies of the Northern Can- didate, Even with the constitutional power of the Executive, increased by the increase of the country, and still increasing until all the oihef powers of government are swal- lowed up, what better protection could the slave States desirel Who could contend against the will and power of the Execu=

 tive, honestly directed against fanatics and ineendiasies? The South has lost their sheet anchor in losing their President On the slavery question, they were backed by the constitution; but in these times what protection can the constitution afford, when the President boldly avows that he COZ strues 1t as lie understands if

 The excitement, therefore, will continue. Petitions will continue to pour in against slavery, anG will be received and laid on the table until the time comes to throw of he cloak. The Northern Legislatures will not adopt laws for the protection of the slave States against fanatics, and Congress will not consent 10 throw out of the mails the iirebrands which are to destroy the pre- perty and lives of our Southern brethren and We see no redress, no propeet of relief, no permanent guarantee for the security of Southern rights. G'te Soath pill not aaite for theif oaea protection, and t,e .Rorih piH not prottci Item.