. d0 ,.K,,.~,....~.•.~~..: e ~.. ~ .~.. '.CHI .JovxNAp AWN A. MANN, EDITOR. =IE=Z TileauldaMitlefillig• Os: friS66 .ftni!tAig4,2l -- ftlMiatior; - t lm 0. nowtrrs CALITORIiii . foa .Vio PrAppErp. . WILLIAM L, DAYTON, Or MY ;sassy. Ma C454L COMXI93IOI , ICR. Thomas E, Cochran, VIP 10/IC COTINYT .1r1:14. AUDITOR cotsg.A7., Darwin P4elo or 413.115T4QR4 r? inlyirog 13attholonlew L_aparte i PIAPronP fm: Waire had the pleasure of attend= ittg. pompany With F. Maynard, Esq., a. large meetin`g in Roulet, on Friday pyoning last, The turn-out was muph• better than we expected, and tilt? „spirit of the meeting wag full of eppouragement. There were several froM a distanCe of five and six miles. Samuel Palmer was called to the chair, and Seneca Pomeroy acted as Searetary, Mr. Maynard then deliv ered an:able address, in review of the principles and action of the founders of the government in relation to slave ry eatension,which he contrasted with the action of the Pierce Administra tion and the Cincinnati Platform ; from which he drew the conclusion that John Charles Fremont is the only can didato fur President for whom •a Jef fersonian democrat can consistently vote. As Mr, Maynard cast his first vote-for Andrew Jackson, and his last (Presidential) for Franklin Pierao,this Ocid , eas must have_ a good influence. We followed with a few remarks.. When aFtemonttlub was organized,• and delegates elected to the County • Convention, - The meeting broke up a little after 11 o'clock. asljournirig to meet again Aug, 22, and welretired to very pleas sra quarters. • Yes, that trip to Roulet melt very pleasant one. li,:oep the ball in Motion, Or The Clearfield Rafiman's Jour foal 'climes Out ably and zealously for Fremont, We commend its leading editorial in the dumber of July to the Mow" Luntinar,y and Williamsport, Press, blecially to the latter. We think the candor and' moderation of the Journal; should lead the Press to givelts reasons for Supporting Fre % Mone 4 041 M Consideration. If the Zu lu:sari,- Center Demacrat, Lewistown Williamsport Press, and one 'or two nther‘would act as wisely as the Clearfield Tournae has, Fremont's success in this State would be put be yond aught. But if these papers per sist in advising their: readers to- throw away votes on Millard Fillmore, they fusty' sprce64 in giving the State to Buchanan, I.The Fremont meeting at the Baker school , house, on Friday after noc)9 )*st, was a .cheering one. The singing end speating was well calul4l4- pea Lojnprease , j.lte fire for Freedarg, ;7 We pail attention to the !guar in another colnynn froin Lawrence, which 'we copy from the Honesdale Pentii , cr4t, kindly furnished ns by a yeiatlye of Rose Jenkins, the writer. je a sister of Mrs, S. M. Mills, pig celpsher# in this Oe l ttnty,' and . if there is a single person in . the county of Potior who *fronts to' doubt the pabiishod. statenteati ,as to the horriMe.otitrages por,pitted in rienT oas, uu4er tbo. Ilouglai }lost of jovqrpjug Tv" bope, 1;e *lll in.4ll4,yin 4o!tet . ) letter, Fj.rnjAft . paid yitiVTete4 Attrraqv9* 400 .6 1,* „touch Ws' 4rdeq t intty aichl pity . their poor, t)rjed-up Fr The iti n pligi s cane. oaf .Coyliero port have organized au active F'retnor k t i ii:paytou .Club; Tito officers were 4- ,cleated . ' on Thursday eveninvlast, as „. innows i : , 4, G, 01 mated, ' 85 4; yige/Pre 4 Went- Jacob 4e ckhow, )3e.c,tetary, , O; B. Overton, b e rm . s'di;otp x y F, Maynard, Esq., t eau for Seboornaker., 15=1 Toe cluli will faeet apia atitheßall of the - Sons of Teinperttace qu That day_Oning• Aug.l4, at 4 . teilock, end ,regataily ottOo . in two weeks ;diet that anti! Fre.mon't is elected , PreaiderK. UP The President has uominate.l to the Senate John W. Geary, of Pa., to lgrq - nireOliii;""Kiniairin - filo:CO — of Shannon,Ter4oved. So the uprisinrof rie - people has stiast coMpelled the administration to change itscourse in Kansas. Very good. Let the 'people continue the good g.-ork thus begun, and Kansas will yet be free. l At all the Pochanan mass meet ings called in this State, slave holders from the,Sonth are the chiefspealcers. Their handbills read about in this way: e 4 Hon. Howell Cobb of Georgia, Hon. ...1; L. Orr of South Carolina, Hon. S. W, Haines of Alabama, will be pres ent and t.ddreaa, the meeting." That .is consistent. The Cincinnati plat form was constructed by Slave bold ers for the beneAt of Slavery extension. The nominee, if elected, will be con trolled by Slav,e holders, and. therefore it is very proper that slave holders should traverse Peposylvanie instruct ing their allies how to vote, igi?' The Fremonters of Pike and West Branch had a . spirited meeting on Saturday afternoon last, which was addressed by Isaac Benscin, Esq., of this village and Mr.Gridley of Ulysses. A.n energetiC club was formed with the following officers : President John Carriel, Vice PreSiderit Samuel Brown, Secretary J. t 4. Merrick, • Cur. Secretary S. H. Martin, Treasurer • David C. Ensley. ice' The opponents ofslavery exten sion in Sweden held a meeting on Sat urday afternoon, which was addressed by A. G. Olmsted, Esq., of this village. A good work has been commenced in Sweden, and we hope a , majority of her voters will refuse to aid the slave holders in subduing Kansas. ar The friends of Freedom in this county, have commenced, to work in good earnest. Should they continue to work as efficiently until the day of election, we believe a majority will be given for Fremont that will astonish every body. CoLumsus, S. C., July 30 The special elections in the districts of South• Carolina lately represented by Messrs. Brooks au3 Kehl. have re sulted in the unanimous re-election of both. The vote cast was large. • Here is an additional evidence that the brutal attack on Senator Sumner is . justified and appliuded by the en._ tiro body of slaveholders, or that the tyranny of this class is so complete, that no man in South Carolina dares express dissent. BUCHANAN AND AVERY.—The Rich mond. Enquirer in setting forth reasons why Southern men should 'vote for Buchanan, says " He never gave a vote against the interest of slavery, and never utter ed a word which would pain the must sensitive Southern heart.'! ff any 13uoherran man in this county pan show that the above assertion of the Richmond &primp Is not correct, we shall be happy to publish the' proof, Until such a proof is found we ask the opponents of Slavery extension how they can excuse their support of - *pan,. Mr A number or Fremont 'clubs have been organized in this county. That is well. Weiiope a club will be organized in every township before the first day of Sept. next. But the or ganization of clubs will be of little use unless they are working clubs, And the most urgent work now to be done, is "the systematic 'diffusion of political pruth." The Buchanan club of Wash ington City is using the immense pat ronage- of the National Government, and ;the machinerY of the P. 0. de partment, for the diffusion of pro-slave ry, Porder Ruffian 'documents: The friends of Fremont a itioiig the people-- tcnynshipplubs,raast counteract this Washingtonjanto. They tnust do more. .They Must-ley before e.yery reader the history oft.be 'Cantles outrages and the Heel our noble spluclard-bearer--T:then add such s.paeches es ere Merkel' by great power. If each club as soon as orgapi;e4, will ge to' work to do a part ofWe letter, John koalas Fremont is certain ;(:) be ,t bp next Prpsident. 'Let every friend of Free4em do something. =Z= Congrssiari en waiter et Washington, has ' been :acqUitted. Caul ,the men livho pa blished 'such full accounts of the Louisville zdots; say something. About this Washington murder? What Is the reason every Iduchanan member o eptigross voted to screen the:amt.- derer of. Keating ? Simply because the 'victim , was nothing but a waiter; and the murderer belonged to- the sleveholding class. DON'T VOTE AGAINST Tqtra CONVICTIONS We extract the following froni a let ter from Topeka to a friend in the East. It is .an appeal that honest men we think shouhl heed ; • . It is an easy thing to sit in your comfortable horno in New England, and think it is nothing to submit to what this "corrupt Administration is forcing upon this free people ; but no mort who is worthy the name can be here and lee these things, and feel this degradation, without having his blood boil with indignation and hot anger. And we have borne our wrongs till patience and sufferance have' almost ceased to beg virtue. And now, what are we to de I To 'whom are we to look for the redress of our wrongs To the party in power i Have we not had lull proof of the policy and prin ciples of that party in the course of this Administration, and have we not a I fresh earnest of what the policy and course will be in the platform of the CiucinnatiConvention I Can any hon est and candid man who knows these things, even tacitly sustain, or be at- tached to, that party 1 God help the man who goes in the face of his honest convictions and hie duty in this thing! MR. BIICR&RAN'S RECORD. The Slaveholders are never deceiv ed in their men. They knew Pierce far better than the North did. They are equally sure of Buchanan. The Charleston Mercury makes up the following record for Mr. Buchan an as a sufficient guarantee that he is reliable for the South.' We commend it to the attention of anti-Nebraska democrats who are still undecided : . In 1836, Mr. Buchanan advocated• and voted for a bill to prevent the transmission of incendiary publications through the mails. ("Incendiary" publications were considered to be printed matter of any kind, which spoke against slavery in any manner. —Ed. Dent) Ho advocated and voted for the ad mission of Arkansas. He opposed .and denounced peti tions for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. In 1837, ho voted for Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, which embraced a com plete, conclusive and 'direct • assertion of the constitutional rights of the State, of slavery, and of the obligations of Congress to " strengthen and uphold" the institutions of the South, . • In 1838—'39 and '4O, he voted con stantly with Mr. Calhoun, in laying Abolition petitions upon the table. In 1845, he advocated and voted for the annexation of Texas. In 1848, be sustained the Clayton Compromise. In 1860, be urged the faithful execu tion of the Fugitive Slave Law upon the people of the North, and openly remonstrated against the State of Penn sylvania denying of the Federal au thorities the use of her prisons for the detention of fugitive slaves. In 1854, he advocated the acquisi tion of Cuba. In 1856, ho sustains the repeal o the Missouri Compromise line!and the Nebraska bill. On all occasions; and under all cir- cumstances, in the face of opposition in his own Staie, and amono• c' hie own people, during a career of thirty-six years, in Congress, in the Cabinet, and in retirement, by his speeches, and by his votes, Mr. Buchanan has been the same unwavering and con stant defender of the , Constitution, the equality of the States, and the , rights and honor of the South. We challenge the production of a single act of his life tainted' with Freesoilism or hostili ty to the South. • It will be seen from the above that Mr. Buchanan as long ago as 1807 be lieved in " strengthening and uphold ing" slavery by Congress. Does be believe in it any the less in 1856 1 PREZ . PRINCIPLES IN ROULRT At the rneeting'on Friday - . evening last, strong resolution .of the right -stamp' were adopted. We have room :for only the following; .Resee.ved, Thnt the outrages upon our Revolutionary. Fathers were not more aggravating than those commit ted in /caws upon peaceable citizens-- men whose ancestors framed the Dec latation of Independence and the con stitution of the United States; and that tbo buming of .4tlorenee, the murder of Dow, Barber, BroWn, and other vil lainotni acts, are fair samples of the present Adrainistration, and the fruits of Slavery in geared. • - . Resolv,ed; " : That :suffering gausas -should be irreaediately admitted into' ;he Union with her-present Free Con stitution which would _put an end to the ragtug pestilence that endangers .the safety_ofhey citizens.. - _ Resolved, That the Southern Plat form upon which Buchanan and his party now stands; is nothing more or less than 'a repetition of the one-upon which Pierce and his Border Ruffian; have stood for the. last four years, and their crying ',peace, be still," stop agitations ".—show their 'deeds are evil, and their downfall certain. • ANOTHER SYMPTOM OP HEALTH. The cause of freedom yesterday achieved another s übstatial victory in Congress by adoption of Mr. Barbour's amendment to the Army Appropri atiofi bill. The amendment was as follows : "But Congress, hereby disapproving of the code of alleged laws officially communica ted to them by the President, and-which are represented to have been enacted by a body claiming to be the 'territorial legislature of Kansas ; and also disapproving of the manner in which said alleged laws . shall have beeri affirmed by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives as having been, enacted by a legal legislature, chosen in conformity with the or ganic lew-by the people of Kansas, no part of the military force.pfthe United States.shall be emploYedln aid or their enforcement ; nor shall en--citizen of Kansas be required, undo': their pr - ovisionis, to act as a part of the pass comitfinus of any officer acting as marshal or sheriff in said territory." On motion of .Mr. Wakeman, o New York, the amendment was amen- ded by adding the following words : "Said laws, and every part and parcel there of, being declared null and void." Mr. Barbour's arnen3ment as amend ed, was then adopted by a vote of 72 to 57, the largest majority yet cast by the opposition. The significance of this vote is not confined merely to its bearing upon the administration policy in Kansas but is much more comprehensive. It is the third great victory which has been achieved in the present Congress over the slave oligarchy, and each succeeding one with less difficulty than its predecessor.. The first was achiev ed in the election of Speaker. That battle was fought desperately for two whole montF s, because the pro-slavery interest felt that a single check to their progress would be fatal. So it preyed. The victory organized the Republican party and officered it with the ablest and most influential men in the north ern states. The Philadelphia convention was one of its fruits; the perfect sub mergence of Buchanan in all the flee states by tke overwhelming enthusiasm for Fremont was another. • Then came the question upon the admission of Kansas with a free state constitution. This too was car- vied, though,' had the bill been intro duced at the commencement of the session, or before the backbone of the nullification interest had been broken by the election of Banks, it could easily have been defeated. But the forces of the enemy were dispirited, and it pas sed by one majority. Within a fort night that victory is followed up by another, still more - significant—the adoption of the amendment to the Army bill, to which we have - already called attention, by a Majority of fifteen. We beg those, who, like Col. Ben ton, think we ought not to attempt to do anything more for freedom in Kan sas because the Senato is against us and nothing unacceptable to the South can pass that body, io note these facts and symptoms ; how the cause of fred: dom grows by what it feeds on, and how• the resistance to the great princi-- pies of truth and justice, upon which 'republicanism rests, grows feebler and feebler. Let Fremont be elected this fall, and we have no doubt that any measure In behalf of free territories which his friends might support, would pass the Senate by a handsome majority.. That body abounds 'with such men as Ca4l9 and Bright, whose pro-slavery energies would wilt like a young cabbage plant, andel- the rays of 'a free-soil administration, and who would desert the South as readily, and with as little shame, as they did the North, when they diseaver that the country is now in earnest about keeping slavery within its constit tioual limits.—Eve. Post. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL. Presidential• Prospects,-..Fremont, in the West, Duty of the North—Janter Redpath—The last Pope—Laws of Kansas- 7 .A 'Buchanan Speech—Politi cal Strains—An Argument--A Moral. ClucAcc, 111.. July 28, 1856. lam more and more convinced every . day, that the idc.i of November will decide whether Kansas will he si Slave State or a Free State. It is useless to talk of securing men. to Kansas to fight for Freedom. Suppose men would go there to fight, and in sufficient num . - bera to conquer theißuf f ians, what then? Why, they would then have to conquer the United States' troops and declare an. Independent Republic, which the free people of Kansas are not at pres ent prepared to do, however much the circumstances of their . oppression _might justify . .such a .course. What course then remains for liberty-loving people to :do.:Simply this;; to go to the - polls dud:vete (tit . Freedott! or SlaVery, 'Whichever they prefer for Klink& The battle is no longer in Rallies but in the North. If the pro slavery party of the North, assisted by their masters at the South, elect Bu chanan, thedKania's will he a Slave State. Heath° otherhand, the People's candidate is elected over the heads of the Black Democracy, then Kansas, that binutiful teiritory, will be as Wee as King - Atka the Great desired the people of England to be, over a thou sand years ago-as free as the air of heaven, In the mean time, the free people of Kansas will have enough to do to defend themselves as they bare only dope heretofore, till the day comes when they are to know-the re sult. Were the people to rid the Ter.. ritory ofthe highway robbers which i infest it, the act Would - be considered heinously treasonable in the eyes of the office-seekers who loaf around the stores and side-walks ofyour village. Before ine sits the celebrated Tames. Redpath, the. special- Kansas corres- . pondent of the Missouri Democrat. He left Kansas - on the 7th inst. to escape imprisonment for High • Treason. He looks worn out with fatigue. He re, ports the people as reposing on one hope—catching at that hope as drown ing men will catch at a straw—that armed metr are coming from the North to their support. They are told that they must look entirely to the civil law for redress of grievances. What an insult! Look to the civil laws of' Kansas for redress! .You might. as well look (or holy water in a Know Nothing council room. You might as well look for a long life in a dose of arsenic aslitok to the civil laws of Kansas for redress. Then again I suppose Gen. Smith will ask the people to look to the crim inal lawa ofKansas for the puuishment of crime! In that case if justice were possible, as it is not, Pierce would have some new officers to appoint. For instance—an Indian Agent vice Clark hung for the murder of Barber; a Governor, a Marshal, a Secretary &c., vice Shannon, Donelson. Wood son, and'others, sent to the Penitentia ry for burglary, arson, - larceny, and other crimes. Yes, if justice were done to-the people of' Kansas, there would be a rattling of dry bones in Washington and other places, as well as in Kansas. " . I have had some fun, of' course, in my travels to this city. One incident, is worthy of record, , ),„ Going through a by treet of Buffa lo on my way to the w alto see the steamboat on which I i as to go to Detroit, I was attract /by a crowd in the bar room and around the door' of a grocery, glorying in the name of "The Daniel O'Connell Hotel, by Pat rick James 0' Toole.'" At first I thought it was a fight, (the thermometer being at 94,) but on getting closer, I dis covered it to be a political meeting. The speaker was a drunken Yankee, a tall, black haired, red faced, long nosed, man apparently about thirty five years old. Ho stood on a law kitchen range stove. which stood in the centre of the grocery, and around him, stood many a stalwart Irishman. Under. his left arm he held a cane, While with the first finger of his dexter hand he emphasized his remat ks. His nasal twang was refreshing espe cially whenever he became vitupera tive. Here is a part of the speech: "Another thing Fremont - did, which ‘ Christian man would do under any circumstances whether a Catholic or a Protestant, and I ask you American citizens to remember it to him at the polls. 1 argue that a marrthat would do whatTretiont done is so-human bepw, he is cut animal' anc,l nothing shorter. [A voice. What did he doll Yes; well might you ask, "what did he dol" Fellow-citizens; this here Fre mont when he was in , Mexico, took a dislike to mutton and "a hat did he dol" (Here the speaker spoke in a low tone, and in a voice is compromise between a hiss and a growl, concluded the bra lion;) "Fellow CitiZensr he—lived— , seven,..years--on—‘-dog!" . Hero every Irishman took his pipe out 'of .his mouth and expectorated, and 'I left, It was said to be a Bu chanan meeting, and you will doubt less see the proceedings in full, . with the rest of the speech, in the Penits,yl vaniato: --- • • There is s. e good deal of excitement on the .Presidentiol . question every. wheib l itrtlie- Welt. 'rids' is evident frog i the Votes tekeu on public convey . anew — . and .tfin in . sent diacissiOn .oe t el the treat questio at iglu°. On 'the Express from Ho 131 , 111610 Betralo on Wednesday, a Vote was taken as follows t Fremoitt: 32, Villidore' Buchanan 12, undecided 8. On th• lo to Detroit, an Tuesday; tile:Croitr stood : "Fieniont lilliliore" Buchanan . 7,. undecided 8.: Oa , tile Express en the . Mich. _Central road, on Friday, the vote stood: Fre. wont 31; Buchanan"' 9, ...I'll Imo NO 3.. All these "political straws"'have been published, and you live probably.aeen - them ,In "yourexchanges. them because they 'come - under - own observation,- Nit. Reclliatli tells me that. every man—every free state-lean', . . . sas—no matter what. name.. !11.!1 party . was known. by While in the . Stites, is • in favor of John C. Premont fbrEiresi dent, R.epublicatii;Thimnerats, Whigs, Knovi Nnthings, - Germans, Irishmen: and Indlians—all desiin tn. Ois •electoci., %The iattpr eispecially—the Delawares,-take ;great, pleaanre in talking about their next "Great Fath er," and telling orhis kindness to theirs when Ire was only known certibtrin as "The iron Man." intehigeni men of the Border Ruf fian, or ;abet the Black Democratic party, cornet& rfiu cfthey lose. Penniilvaniz, Bizehunan will 'ha7 dhL feated. Otio Black Democrat ; honest ly said to me, .0 1 1 Aiwa. store doubts about our carrying Pennsylk , unia. Buchanan, for the re ason than if he- Ts , elected there rill be fevy chloges in the offices, and honco there is both- ing to - incite them to extra efforts on his behalf. ' The people have little or no confidence in Pierce or his office: holders, so that they cannot effect much. All the efforts to carry •the State for Buchanan will. be made by men who desire to hold the. party to. getherforfuture use." The people should' weigh this argument; ong and; well; for in my opinion it contains the: whole gist of Black Democracy. Yes,. its very _heat t-hluod—office-holding.. and flublic .plnnder. . : .:: - .•":. I like to be certain of success. There is a pleasure -too, in hope, of which I have ,beeti deprived within. IL 'few days, by a knoWledge of the cerr--' tainty of the success of our principles in New York, Michigan, .and Illinois, There is a. great pleasure in certainty, and l'enjoy it "right healthy. ' - I sea that the Democratic Press of this city had an article' one day last week on the withdrawal of 'Timothy Ives. lt goes On and. states 'the fact; fir-the case, and draws a moral there from for the benefit -of some men of the same class in Illinois. " . I:will start lei Kansas on' Tuesday but have not decided whether I - will go up the Missouri or through' lowa and Nebraska. You will hear from me next week, in . either case. . -Fr . oni. the Honesdale Dimotrat MR. PENNIMAN—The following let ter has just been received from Law rence, Kansas. It was• written by Miss Jenkins, a sister of Mr. Gains Jenkins, now imprisoned with others on a charge of high treason by the bo gus authorities• of Kansas. .As Miss Jenkins and her brother • fornatirly re sided in Honesdale, :her letter may be , ofinterest to your readers. H. PLusta. LA.wßierici; (Kansas,) ! Lily 7. DEAR BrarnEßs AND SISTERS... 4 re, ceived your letter this evening.; the first I have had - from hornefor several long weeks. - 1 know you helve written, inn often,_ but the mails are frequently searched and destroyed. We cantiot depend on them with any certainly. I little expect that you will ever see this letter. • . I am still alone with the children. Ann .has not been - .at home for more than a week. The prisoners have been more strictly suardediersetetut days past than usual.' They.have not been permitted -to Sun or have correspoh dence_even with , their wives. Thu reason assigned was that the free state Legislature war; to meet on the fourth at-Topeka', and 'they wished to" keep the prisonerei from ktinyving "W.EO might transpire on that occasion till it was over. , The Legislature,did meet, but.beforb - organization could be effected Colonel Suinner, at the l i tepd of adme - United Statei troops', nt!trekla into town and commanded thew to disperse. No resistance was offered. nor. was : any intended .at the outset. There wore. at the time near tbou sand:free atate men assembled from different parts of-the territory, - -and rumor said that Gen. Lane with'ius
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