■■ ■ ■ ll ■ ‘ _ 1 i'f other mam This, gentlemen, is squat tcr-aovereignty, without mitigation.” {Great enthusiasm.] 5 | , I ‘ LIFE OF JOrfN BELL BT_AN INTIMATE ACQUAINTANCE. The Honorable John Bell was born on Ma ma' and Dixon’s land, of rich but pious parents, •md was noted for his tinging voice- His ex|- treme personal beauty suggested that dilioion* poem, in which tihe poet asks his friend Bran dan: ' ‘ 1 , “Did you over see the beautiful Bell, Brandon?" r 11a spent tha' early yeprs of his life on a plan fatiun.aoquiripg such ,4 fine cultivation, that his epistolary-efforts regarded with admi ration by the whole worid, and no man is cop ’ eidered a good scholar who?is not familiar with ■» BaU’s'letters, As Mr. Bell grew ip manhood, ho gradually eschewed jail youtbfuj society, and cultivated “old" gentleman exclusively, and was noted for' his venerable virtues; - On one occasion be won the friendship of a tea totle society of old maids, under the following oir* . ijumstanpes; Being ashed if he believed the ; use of tobaooo to be injurious, he promptly re plied : ■ | : “If tobaooo is chewfd in a certain way, it •will do no harm toy any one." 1 . -How is that?” aak|d an antiquated Miss. -It should be eschewed," returned ; the emi nent statesman. , ' i> , In reference to Me. Bell’a.publip'carear, they tell the .following I , | if. As Mr. Bell was , going froth' tha Senate chamber to his fepte], after delivering his cele brated' spefech on* tha ,re-opening "of the slave trade, he was overtaken by a proponent politi cian from -one of the I Northern States, who sa . luted him r with:s ' ' ■ “I say, Bell, that was a good speech of yours; but you are always top solemn, and your friends have told you so oftep.” • ‘ Well," replied the Senator, “how can a Bell help sounding solemn, when it is tolled so often?" it/ “ - ' after this, the subject of our memoir was seized with a severe fit of sickness; • yet even that did not quench his'spirit. When the doctor asked hjm how he felt, bne morning, ha replied'. • • ■ -Oh, I feel all sound, like any other Bell." If Mr. Beil is ejected to stay at home, he wilt adorn that position,’ and write for the Ledger. if - 1 : LIFE Oli BRECKINRIDGE. pT A HIKES. S’ /, The subject of pur story was pom on the .day oF-his pirth, on tbs Cincinnati platform, and is chiefly notedfor Bis eloquent silence on all pub lic ocasions. ‘Bang of a fiery disposition, the Breckinridge ooajiwas appropriately named Af ter him ; and it is a question with us whether he is the more doted as fnelist or a duelist.— .We con say littLaj more of him than he was I bora of Southern,! bat honest parents, and has . acquired some fame as an artillerist by the man agement of the ipelebfated ;Ba-ohanan, which will be discharged on the 4th of March nest.— _J\lr^Breokinridge ! ia rather sharp in conversa tion, as is provedijby tha follow] ig f, ,■ - | ANECDOTE. -j , In the' rear of Mr. 1 Breckinridge's private residence is a green sward, fia which is located a pen for hogs. I One day, while he was stand ing by his pen \then empty) with a mend, watching the motions of a bog that was luxuri ously rooting thp sward before them, one of the negroa fhme from the house and filled the trough of the pe§ with swill. The hog heard the gush of the rtvill, aud looking wishfully to ward the pep, and then back at the place where be hud been rooting, aa though undecided what to do about it. Finally, however, the swillpre ' vailed, and, with a decisivfe grant, the hog trot ted toward the pen. j Turning toimds his friend; Mr. Breckin ridge said: , * ; '>■ “If that hog could speak, jwhat line of Bul weris drama of Riohilieu might he ’ appropri ately quote ?" J : f The friend didn't know, ‘i “Why,” exclaimed Mr. Breckinridge, “he might truly sayi; “The pen is mightier than the sward 1" fi t Thai night the friend disc] of measles. LIFE BT General Si Jacinto, Texas', - .whipped a Mexican baby before he'was half a year old. At|he age, of three years he electri fied the universe thus: ; , Having been taken by bis parents to see a foot race between twonbted Indian runners, he turned to his father and asked : I “Why is a natron of fobtrraoes like a phi lanthropist t” (! j- ■ * - , - “I know notf my angel h|y,” returned the ' venerable Hoqston. ;;; I’. •.Because," said Samuel; is a friend to -human progress.” f After this tbe family compelled him to wear ~ a cold brick on his bead; and it is said, that even now, while at Washington, he sometimes oarries the article in 'his hat. At the period when Texas rose in rebellion against the. Mexi cans, because |be latter kept getting np resolu tions among'themselres every aftenfoon, Mr. Houston' was* chosen General of the* patriots, and completely defeated the at San Jacinto. In connection with this tattle, and , by way of illustrating General Houston’s great ’ precision of speech, they tell an j ASBCDOTP. Toward tb«| conclusion if the battle of San Jacinto, a Texan Banger daihed frantically into a tent where Houston was asleep, and aroused liim with the exclamation of: • ’General, fee day is ours.” “Yon illiterate fellow,” exclaimed the brave old soldier, scowling at the frightenedmllow, "why can’t you sped: properly. Yon should say "the day is composed :pf hours.” The abashed Banger -muttered something about his beijig a soldier, md knowing nothing about time, whereupon Houston again repri manded him with: ' “Know nothing about time, yon rascally ■ scoundrel 1 There is bnt one time that an American soldier knows any thing about and that is fly time." The ranger deserted that night. When General Houston was informed that he bod not been nominated by the Charleston Convention,; and pressed his handkerchief to his tear dimmed eyes, and exclaimed hurriedly: *T accept. Go and tell the people that 1 accept for their sakes.” Samuel Houston wasnnanimonsly nominated for the Presidency by the _ Washington Monu ment Convention of tills,-' city, and will proba bly receive votes in every Statg .except Texas. The assertion that he should have-been nomina- Vim President on the Douglasticket, on account oT his many vioSi, is unworthy, of at tention for a 'moment. 3 THE AGITATOK, HUGH TODNQ, EDITOR 4 PROPRIETOR.' ' WEXASBOHOUGH, PA., WEDNESDAY MOANING, AUG. 29, 1860. REPUBLICAN; NATIONAL NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, \ ABRAHAM LINCOLN OF ILLINOIS. * j FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, . . HANNIBAL HAMLIN, OP MAINE. i Electors at Largs, p Hon. Jakes Pollock, < Hon. Thomas M^Howk. V 1 Edvard C. Knight, ' 13 F.B. Penmihart, 2 Robert P. King, U Hltum Merr.nr, 3 Henry Bumta, 15 George Browfcr, 4 Robert M. Faust, 16 A. B. Sharp, 5 Nathan Hills, 17 Daniel 0. Gahr, 6 John M. Brpomal), 13 Samrfel Calvin, 7> James W. Fuller, 19-Edgar Covan, 8 Lerlß/SmUh, I 20 EigSr McKenna. 0 Francis W. Chalet, 21 J. M, Kirkpatrick, 10 JHtW Mamina,Jr., 22 .tomes Kerr. . 11 Darid Taggart, 23 Richard P. Roberts, 12 Thomas RTHuU, ;■' 24 Henry Souther, Robert Grief. NOMINATION. \, . FDR GOVERNOR, ANDREW &. CURTIN, OP CENTRE COtfNTr. Comity Convention—Augtu»t 31, isoo. i KS* State 'Election—October 0,1800. , AS* Presidential Election—November 6, iB6O. I CAMPAIGN AGITATOR, ONX.V 135 CENTS ! Wo desire to say to Republican Clubs in Ibis and adjoining Counties that we will send the Agitator from the Bth of August till the middle of November (announcing the result of the Presidential Election}, at the following rates : 4 Copies: for One Dollar. ] 8 Copies for Two Dollars. ■ 20 Copies for Five Dollars. And -a higher number in the same proportion. Tbe coining elections. County, State and National, will be more important and interesting than those of any for* meryear of our history. The Agitator will give full and correct reports of .public meetings, held in Tioga and adjoining Counties the Mass Meetings of both parties, Republican Meetings, and every thingjlf special or local Interest, together with the reliable cur rent news. , Hew Advertisements. Sabbath School'Celebration —In Charleston, | Attention ! Second Brigade— Moj. Gen. Harding. Militia Notice— Col. Lanrlon. Store Building fob bale —Samuel Dickenson. Application fob License—Alfred T. James. Special Notice, Having purchased for the Agitator office the “Right’' to use Dick’s Accountant and fcispatoh Patent, each of our subscribers now has Lis paper addressed to him regularly by a singu larly Unique machine, which fastens on the white margin a smalLcolorod “address stamp,” or label, whereon appears his name "plainly printed,' followed by the date u'p Jo -which he has paid for his paper.' The dafir be advanced on the receipt .ojf subscription money, in exact accordance With tire amount so received, and thus he an everfrpadjMmd valid receipt; securing to ovary one, and at all times, a perfect knowledge of bis newspaper account, so that if any error is made he can immediately detect it and have it corrected —a boon alike /7 vqlnabfe "to the publisher ajd subscriber, as it rtfjist tEfmimUe-alt painful- misunderstandings -between them respecting - accounts, and thus • to perpetuate their important relationship. '.’PilThaS, “John Smith XAugGl,” means that ; slr. Smith haa paid for his paper to the first day ofiAugust, 186-1. ti e hope all our subscri bers will Adjust their accounts .promptly. MgJ As soon as the Sheriff Sales are out, we vrtlLpttbliah our account of the Blossburg Ex cursion, i t&f Enlarged.—Mr. O. Bullard has been refitting and enlarging his: Grocery Store on Muff Sreet. He has manifested .his taste by putting in a handsome front. He is now en gagedin arranging his large stock of choice groceries, and showing them to bis customers. Give him a call. l®vWe are working off with our new “Mountain Jobber” press, a large quantity of Constable’s, Justice’s and School Blanks. We print nil kinds of Bill and Letter Heads, Notes, Deeds, Circulars, Posters ; Visiting, Wedding and Business Cards, as, cheap as they.- can be dona anywhere outside of the large cities: J@“Bcsi.vsss Chajtgs.—Mr. W. H. Smith has bought-out E. E. Robinson’s Bookstore in this Borough. Mr. Smith is adding to’ bis stock,every day.. There is probably no batter establishment of the kind in anv other village of the size in the State. Wa t/usfc the public will extend to him the which was accorded to his enterprising predecessor- Advertisement next week. »®,The , Musical Normal School of Profs Jewett and’ Harrison is progressing finely. Over thirty students are in regular attendance. The School will give its first Concert at the Court House, on Monday evening next. The Pro gramme is a good one and- our citizens must not foil to hear it. - The last half of the terra begins next Wednes day, land now students can join the -class at that time. The; Republican delegate elections on Saturday last were welt attended In this Bor ough and throughout the county. The candi dates for the several offices, and their friends,, were quite active. We have not heard the re sult pf the instructions to the delegates by the people throughout the county, and we do not wish to anticipate tho action of next Friday’s Contention at Mansfield. F/om what we ’ can learn, the people turned out very generally to the primary meetings, eo jthat the nominees of the Convention will be efftirely satisfactory to everybody. ; 1 THIE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATO®, jgf Tbejßepublicanß of Lycoming County bare nominated the following ticket For Congress—l To n. James T. Hale. For Asseinbly —W. ! For Commissioner —W/W. Antes. - For Regis/er and-Recorder —Theodore HIH-. For Auditor —Hunter Comly. The following is the Democratic County ticket i j For Congress —Gen. Robert Fleming. For Assembly —Robert Crane. For Register and Recorder- —H. H. Biair. - For Commissioner —Michael Kurtz. For Coroner —Michael Kelly. For Auditor —Reuben K. Hillier. - •®ST - Wp notice that lion. J. M. Ashley, Member from the sth.. Congressional District in Ohio has been re-hominated by acclamation for a second! term. Gen. Ashley distinguished himself last winter by a speech on the Supreme' Court and its powers, which ; was by far the ablest effort on that question inode during tbs last Session of Congress. We published a part of it' at that time, and only allude to its author now to ssy that we rejoice for the sake of Re publican [principles that he is to be sent back. Like Mr J Lincoln be is a Kentuckian by birth, and like | him ha has risen' from a poor and nearly friendless boy to his present proud po sition^] t&ybe recent rains are very remarkable for this time of the year. The “flood*’ of Fri day andfSaturday last is said to be the greatest which has occurred in this part of the country for many years. The Communication of Mr. Watronq of Gaines township, in another column, will be ijoad’ with, interest by everybody, and ourcorrespondent only speaks of a small sec tion of |b« county. We hare heard of bridges being lest and damaged yon Babb’s! Wijson’s and Tiofea creeks, while the damages to mills, bridges, , grain and fences on Pine Creek can hardly Ile estimated. Even in the centre of bar Borough we saw s man go to his house dn a dog raf ; and the fences and gardens of many of our .i itizens must have suffered considerably. It was a wet time. We copy the following dispatch from the ! New York Herald: [ WilliaSsport, To,, Aug. 26, iB6O. The heavy rains yesterday raised the West Brancb ten feet. | Ten ir twelve thousand logs Were swept down Die riv ir from the lower boom. The upper boom is< catching an immense amoun , carried from Lqokbaven and Pine creek. ! , I Eigb t million feet of logs were swept from Campt ell’s milk, and were mostly caught here in the oig boom.' jjgy*! The Congressional Conference of the Twenty Fourth l>ietrlct which recently met at Ridgwfiy put in nomination Gen. | Patton Of Clearfield to-succeed Hon. Chapin Hall of War ren who declined a renomination, j We regret this e sceedingly as we had hopejd Mr. Hall wduld once more accept the position be so well adorn! d at Washington. He was a working memb :r and left speech making to those who had n ore taste for It. As a membefr of several important Committees he distinguished him self By his unwearied industry; and bis social and n entai qualities soon madp him a favorite with his associates. He worked side by side with Xhaddeus Stevens and the late lamented shwartz in urging the , passage of the John Bill, and with our own Qrow in his Tarii ;o pass the Homestead Lair. His votes effori other questions were rights and the Con iu appreciated bis worth by the passage i following resolution; -- on al ventii of th Hedplvedy That the Coarse of our pretest member of Congress, the Hod. Chapin Hall, the past winter, his undoraating support of the gallant Sherman during the protracted struggle for the Speakership, his effort to secure the passage of the Homestead and Tariff bills,' and his devoted attention to the interest of free* men. Whether residents of Pennsylvania or Kansas, meet. With our earnest and unqualified approval, and we sincerely regret that he feels called upon .to de cline k re-nomination; Wjj have heard Gen. Patton well spoken of, and Jrust he may be elected. Gat D. B. De. Land & Co.’s Saleratus; it is pure',: it is perfectly reliable; it will give the most complete and, entire satisfaction; it is Healthful, from the fact that it is perfectly free from imparities. D. B. De. Land & Co. are spaing no pains nor expense to furnish consu meri with thabest Saleratus that it is possible to nianufaoture. These goods are maufactued, andffor sale at wholesale, at the Fair port Chemi cal Works, Fairport, Monroe County, N. . Y. Forjsalo by dealers generally. The principle graders throughout! the ' country also wholesale it. | • ~ A, Nest of Rail Sputters. —ln tha borough of ] Lnoxville, Tioga Co., Pa., there are sixty five voters. Sixty-four of them are Lincoln mei, and the lone democrat is a Breckinridge man. Douglas ia “skunked” in that borough. In Ibe borough of Elkland, same county, there are eighty-six voters. Eighty-one of that num ber are Lincoln men, and the other five are split bet reen Breckinridge and Douglas. It is feared tha; old Tioga will give almost a unaimous vot for “Honest old Abe,” The democrats are so scarce the.rail splitters have : to' maul each othi ir to get up an excitement. Elmira Adver tiser- i arrest on Requisition.— Officer Hullburt this moping arretted; on ■ a requisition from the Governor of Pennsylvania to. the Governor of this State, two men named William Piper and Austin Holman, who are supposed to have been connected with the gang of thieves which infes tedl the town of Southport, not long since.— They were charged with larceny, committed ' about a year ago in the county of Tioga, Fa.— They were conveyed to the State Line, and there givjan in charge of an officer of that State.— Elmira Gazette. • 1 Wno Beats, Tins 7— The Census marshal, saws the Niagara Falls Gazette, are some fishing upK'looal items.” The last item related to us by lour marshal is that in his perambulations at Niagara City he found a lady (all ladies now-a-days) named Jane Shehan, employed as a domestic at sis shillings a week, who says she is 94 years old. i’SoM triiß .b The Lata.-Sainjßtoiuii . . Gains; Aug. 26, iB6O. Huoa Young, Esq.— llea • Sir i On Friday the 24th iast., we were visited by one of the most destructive freshets eyer" known in this quarter. _ It commenced raihing, on Thursday evening moderately, but m 'Friday forenoon the rain fell so fast that in the course of two hours Elk Run rose about s&ven feet, overflow ing its banks, and carrying off all the bridges except one on the creek, taking out thill dams, aweeping.off the fences, am. destroying all the grain oh the fiats. One saw mill (the property of J. S, Watrous) waa takdn from its founda tion and dashed to pieces instanDy. The com munication from Gaines to Germania is entirely cut off, and there will hajve- to be .five new bridges built before it -'can be traveled with teams. The bridge over Pine Cteek near the ’mouth 7 of Elk Run is uninj to get the roads and bridges help we have, it is bard to shall not be idle but do the public convenience. Yourl till 2b the Editar-vf Diar Sir—l would infos of every kind ara looking | wheat, rye, and oats that? harvested, ate found to y« especially the summer whei dant crop as it is turning o| ly ever been seen in our are some little affected bj on digging them for daily, few rotten ones. We thii an average crop this fall, ing on finely. The occasl have will benefit this crop! catch it before it is harvej Corn looks at the present time bettor than it has for years in our place! and if tbe frost does not injure it daring tfae fnonth of September, we will without a dimot, have an exceljent yield, when ready to bb garnered. Peas, beans,- and onions, bid very fair for a plentiful crop, also fruit, nearly of every kind. By present prospects of things, vfe (shall have grain and produce of every kindpjsupply the inhabitants of Liberty Township fbr the coming year. In regard to our schools I woald state to yon that No. Ist and 2d school districts in Liberty, have nnited into one, and have commenced the erection of a large two stfory school housa. which When finished will be Worth one thousand dol lars including the ground it stands on. It is located on a rise of ground about twenty rods from our village near tl te road leading to Blogg burg, The calculation of the school hoard is to use the house for keeping a graded school In, and employ a first class male teacher for tbe advance scholars, and a first class female teacher for the primary depaf meat. Jt is the kind of a school that, we have stood in need of for some years back. *ffe want a school in our town ship that is capable O' ’ preparing scholars for teachers. For some y sara back we have been under the necessity of sending sneh ones that wanted to become tei ichers to institutions of learning in other plao ;s, so when WO gel odr school established we idi '.te odr Children at home wither' tse of sending them off to othi seated. R. SuErrSR, Mas* to ilic Editor Dpar Sir—. moot, the Rei ions nfinouft'ce-, irty Township inat., in mass J ,ll. Wood ;oted, and seats in motion the lointing C., F. . Burdit, Wil ie Presidents. , the audience, Hon. A. Hum engaged by a ib, to address took the stand, His speech con if the priciples tto Democracy, one i sense speak mty. After he Ige Humphrey history of-our on of the people was rive ime. For an hour and a wed the political career of . r, and gave to his numerous i lost correct,, comprehensive, irtes;of the inconsistent wor i irty since its organisation, i that was present at the : Humphrey is one of the ers in Northern Pennsyl : thing. The political his to terns as familiar to him os e child of ten years old.— , his mind fruitful, his de 1, and his gestures very t, he is a man who, if sent Representative, we* need not r we are well convinced that Congressional District would pda of such a firm and intel is he is. assembled on meeting on tbi ruffs, where a provided for meeting was Veil, Esq. Prei son, and Riohi The President Messrs. J. W. phray, as the pi committee of the meeting, and spoke an aisled in a ver and measure o: Mr. Kyon is coi -of the most ci ere,, that can bi bad concluded took the stand, township, the attent ted, it Was at this t half, the Judge re vie the Democratic part, hearers one of the n and jet cptfcisS hlsto kings of. the-eamfe p It is admitted by al meeting, that Judge finest political apeal vania. He lacks nc ry of his country; si the alphabet is to tt His memory is gopc livery l unobatruotel agreeable. In shot to Congress as our j be ashamed of. Foj the interests of our C not suffer in the ha! ligent Republican | There was a ve citizens from oar o' The liberty Repul on nest Saturday, and will be in sessi which time the mei to the County Con G. R. ery respectables torn put-of i'tu, and adjoining townships, blioan Club, will meet again ihe 25th,'at 10 o’clock P. M., ion until 2 o’clock P. M., at mting for electing delegates' irention, will take place, ' Sheffbe, .See. of L. R. C. Bred Scott va.j To the Editor of tl , Dear Sir—Dur: Douglas has been found respects to I er, they say,' lives York. Daring bii entire length, and Has been “betray average, two or tb .his preference for) dence—drank tnii coursed uptm pati ker Hill—but he j dear people,” tha suffrages, that be) great principle,” ereignty. His s] bis declarations i Terri toriesdooid: themselves. Principle.” 5 Agitator ; ogthe lost sis weeks Mr. m the way to pay his pro iis aged mother. His -moth lin the Wes tern, part of New b trip, ha has traversed the breadth, of New England, ed” into a. speech upon an ree times per day—declared dams over niggers at • Preva lent water at Saratoga—die iotism from the base of Bun lever forgot to remind “the ; he was a candidate for their Was the embodiment of "my in other words, squatter sov eeehes are running, over with a favor of the people of the ng the question of slavery for In tny opjnion tried to be palme ter Sovereignty, followers, moans solemn force by ■ 1 no greater Humbug was ever 4 off upon any people. Squats w defined by Douglas and his nothing. It is'but a cheat, ai vhich holiest men arc to be cheated out of their VotoSj and to prove this, I do not wish the reader to take toy naked aasfii tion, but I choose, rather, to speak from the i record. Mr. Douglas in his joint) debate with Mr. Lincoln at JonesbofO, says': -“I wish to !‘s»y to you,-fellow citizens;-that I make no war “upon that decision, (Bred Scott) or any other “ever tendered by the Supreme Court. I am “content to take that decision it stands, der “livered by the, highest judicial tribunal oh “earth, &o.” Again, ho says: |“I am willing “to take that decision of the Supreme Court as “it was pronounced by that august tribunal, “without stopping to inquire whether I would “have decided that way or not. 1 ! 1 And tomake himself emphatically .understood, he ‘ said at Quincy, “I have never yet learned how an ap peal* could be taken from the. Supreme Court. The Dred Scott decision was {pronounced by the highest tribunal on earth, [From the decis ion, there is no appeal this side of Heaven 1 I say to you with due respect, that I chooaa to abide by the decisions of the Court As they are pronounced, 40. &C.” In every debate he took especial pains to abide by the [decision of the Supreme Court. How planting himself so fine ly upon that decision, it becomes us to consult the opinion of Mr. Justice Taney, who says on page, 451, Howard Reports, ‘(Now ds we have already said in an earlier part [of this opinion, the right of property in s slave isdistinotly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.-” Again, “Every citizen has a right toj toko With him into the Territory, any article of property Which the constitution recognizes as| property. The Constitution of the United States, recognizes : slaves as properly, and pledges the Federal Government to protect it,” Such is the opin ion of the supreme Court, which Mr. Douglas so blindly reverences. In this article, I shall not attempt to show the fallacy of this decision, but I do say that die Dred Soptt case. Wholly, and totally, obliterates Popular Sovereignty.— Is not the Constitution the supreme laW Of the land ? Does any one dispute (bis ? If so, then, it naturally follows that any law which conflicts with it is ipsa/aciOt null and void, therefore, taking it for granljed'ihat Mr. [Taney is correct, as Douglas does, any r territorial law which pro hibits slavery, isj of course, 'unconstitutional, because it can override anything “expressly, and distinctly,” guaranteed by the Constitution. Then what becomes of “my great principle,” or hia eloquent “unfriendly legislation?” If you, the reader of these lines] are intending to support Mr. Douglas, because you believe him devoted to the cause of Freedom, I ask yon, that you candidly read the extract from Doug las’ speech, then" apply that to the extract of the Dred Soo'tt calse, then see where is the boas ted right of the people to govern themselves ? How can the people Of a Territory create an act which shall be paramount to the Constitu tion ? Can any candid man [fail to see that the Dred Scott case, and Squatter’ Sovereignty, are in direct opposition ? Both icannot he true.— Still Douglas: professes to believe 3i> both. If they are inconsistent with each other, and he professes to believe in both { must he not be playing the hypocrite again, in order to fool both Hofth and South 7 i Frank. MiddlebUfy, August 29, IgQO. jnred. How we are [repaired, with what I tell. However we best we can for the i Truly, W. TWtbous, jerty, yon that the crops rery well. The hay, |have already been nd yery 1 abundantly, at. Such an abun pt to be, has seldom jtownship, Potatoes j tbs old disease, but ase, we find but very k they Will turn out Buckwheat is com ihal showers that we if the frost does not ted. Popular. Sovereignty. ifo the Editor of the Agitator; Dnak Sir.—The “plausibility” of the doc trine of “Popular Sovereignly,” as it is termed by its friends, lies in the assumptions that it .will keep the question of slavery out of Con gress Acid at. the' same time confer a favor upon tfiejSSopie of the territories* The Validity of the first of these dsstftmftions may be said to have been Very thoroughly tes ted' by experiments already made in the two oases of Kansas and New Mexico, io which might be added that of Nebraska. In the case of Kansas, Border Ruffian (intervention, which at bottom was executive’intervention, convulsed the' Country ftfr seteral ycaifs, and has produced more tfoflble’ and contention- in Congress, than all ocher disturbing caused that have arisen since the organisation of ojit National govern ment. New Mexico has enacted a barbdtohs slave code. The question of overruling as af firming this legislation', is already before con gress, and in all probability Willcontinue there until that territory is admitted as a State.- ' The .same would have happened with Nebraska, Had not Gov. Black vetoed the till abolishing slave ry, lately passed by her Legislation. There is no possible method for Congress to escape the trouble, vexation and responsibility of-dealing with twyquestion, short of ; that unanimity of opinion which can settle it finally in one way or the other. ■ Moreover, until it shall have been so settled, there will always be a dangerous temptation to executive interference —a tempta tion so strong, indeed, that we may safely as sume that interference will be the rule, and not the exception. In the case of Kansas we have a sample of what it will be. A contest natu rally arises among the fSquattersi” and the pMp*«r the army is at hhnd to keep the peace, or course to act under the directions of some governor or judge who holds his office at the mercy Of the President. This keeping the peace involves a preliminary judgment as to the mer its of the Contest—of the (question, “which side is in the/wrong ?” and therefore who ought; to be shot down—arrested—imprisoned—-have their botises and -property burned—and be badgered in all the ways known to tyrannical and wicked rulers in the abuse of legal I know of but one answer W this,- whio&SPeven plausible, and { that is; that the experience- of the past few years, is nolf likely to be repeated j that we are not likely to have at the bedd of affairs, again, very soon,j any‘man so destitute of integrity and sd facile to corruption, as those two, and especially the latter by whom the powers of the government have been so foully prostituted, that this allusion is equivalent to the mentioning of their names.- To be candid with our opponents, we must not deny that we expect a great change for the better, a change which must come, before’ the doctrine of legis lative intervention against slavery can be inau gurated in practice. It will-never be too soon, however, to discover what ought to bl done, -supposing! we bad the power,-with aqalstion so urgent and vexatious, ajquestion that will keep the nation a-bloze, till it shall hove-been solidly and finally disposed of. ( . The “good time com ing” being granted, wOare to suppose a maft in the executive chair, who is loyal to the Con stitution and the Union, to justice and liberty. Almost inevitably the Kansas drama is to be repeated in kind, if noti with the same degree of violence, in every territory where slavery has any pretentions to go—repeated, only be-, cause the question is supposed to be remitted entirely to the jurisdiction; of the resident sov ereigns. _ Of course they will be in great haste to Settle it. No amount of confidence in the goodness of human natjura will warrant a hope that they will proceed fairly, or that brute force ! and fraud will not be resorted to by one party at least. Such is popular sovereignty! - It is just her? that the executive must inter ‘ i ■erty 1 . fere through some appointee ofriiia j uic( .if i am right in this conclusion, what conies of Pop ular Sovereignty ThtW, this dogma, invented for.a cheat, W Matter the popular ear, and disappoini the pop ular hope; now entirely banished froth all pat ty platforms, but still paraded befort the beopla by a certain party, as a cherished principle, Ui in its practical working,ithe one .hast power. with scarcely any check, besides the virtue'of the man tfho Happens to wield it—a simple despotism. I pray that we may have gohd presidents, and that they may he delivered speedily from such temptation. Z. i Freni L'awrencovHle. To ThEliDrtoß' dg ink Iquatok: The Re publicans of this township dsaemtlM 6ft Frida* evening (Aug, 17) at the ApaJiniy Rail listen to the declarathma of Repfipiiciuusm —' The meeting being called toordei&Mr, John TiT: Ryon was introduced as the ! Kcldier of the evening, who addressed ;ns at some length upon the political topics that ore no.w agitating the country. His speech was charitdtarirtm of the man, being an argumeilfabVo^Mflogical One. He quoted the Afferent dahdidates hpd exposed' the fanaticism of their dfectrice. He' traced the public career of the’ “fiittle and demonstrated to a certainty the fallaoyiof his favorite doctrine. Popular Sovereignly. He ' discussed at some length that branch' of thu Democracy of which Jamea Buchanhif is the representative, and' merely gave a passing glance at the nominees of the National Unipn! " Convention, claiming that under, that false motto there was nothing at issue between them 1 : and the Republicans, for the Republicans, claim' to he the patty representing the perpetuation' of the Union and the Nation. He remarked that if the’ so called National Union Party' wished to get tip an issue with any of the po litical parties, they mUst got South for there' they would have hearty dpposere. He, gave ■ some very appropriate xtltfstfationsdo the differ ent branches' of ids srfbjeot and co'hqluded his remarks amid the applause of the audience j Judge Humphrey was loudly called upon to’ make some remarks but declined, giving ah a reason, that he had addressed public meetings almost evhry night for the past, two weeks and that he felt very much fatigued, and hop€£ that the audience would exoUse him' at (his' time, and that be would with pleasure lad dress them upon some future occasion; Thu meeting then adjourned with nine cheers fof Lincoln and Hamlin to meet again on Saturday evening, to listen to an address, to he delivered by a Mr. Fuller from Michigan. The Republi cans of this township ore enthusiastic in the cause of Freedom* and will support the present nominees of the Chicago Convention and poll fof them the usdal majority. While William H, Seward was the preferred choice for Presi dent, apd was the man above all others whoni the Republicans Would have been glad to have seen elected, they all agree in believing ihim to bo one of the best Statesmen living. He is a-profound man and shows forth in all his de bates and speeches a: degree of candor and statesmanship" uneqffdled by any of his col leagues or opponents in the Senate. Re is the centre around which; the Republican Party re volves, and in honor to him, and credit to our selves it was our wish to have him represent us, in the Oapitol of the United States. He haa long served the country and should reap as a reward the highest honor which politicians can receive; If wp could have elected our President by ' wishes W. H. SeWd would be inaugurated on the 4th of March 1861. ' But while we? Will have to strive and unite all our efforts in the* coming campaign, the question naturally arises, Whatman could be best selected—whether the most popular man—who Would combine all the’ scattered elements and carry a majority of th'e States, and thereby ensure a majority of the electoral votes and make the election of |a Re publican President beyond a doubt—or the" most profound statesman, 1 the man beat ac quainted with Parliamentary rules "and has so long been an ardent Wqrker in the U, S. Senate —who’would be opposed by all the North faeat, Pennsylvania Ac., and! thereby throw the elec- f tion into the' hands of the Opposition?’ To this I atteWer, that tfifdeftHe present circumstances and oriois of our country, we should unite upon - the mail wh'o' is the' most popular, and whoso popularity will carry'With him the honor, ; good wishes of all tine Republicans, pnd bd . the means of rolling up a tremendous majority in favor of Freedom. To be aure Mr. Seward has not, heed .fawarded as he deserved, but "Thank Odd there is a Future," and Mr; Sew ard will remain embalmed in our memory; Rirf however that may be; Republicans are not going to back down because tßte’f fehve' gbf the man of their choice. Abrtfli'am' Lincoln of Illinois is among the foremost men of talent and ability in tbs country. ‘ His public* Ilfs has been honorable,, although he bait n’ot held so many and different public-offices as many’ other men. and it is welf perhaps that;he' has not, for if he had, hejmight have become con; laminated by long associations with politicians, and office seekers. He |s a fresh man in this field, and just suchajnsn as will sweep this young country like aWhjrlWhuk The Republi can party is id its infancy, the l " banner undef which it has Sidled was erected in 1856. { lt has not fully had time to assume that impor tance, which awaits us in the future. The Re publican organization is one which will inevi tably triumph, fof it Is Mi organization 1 founded Upon freedom, audits destined sooner or later to strike the' death gnell of Democracy* atld del we, believe assume jjthi chair of State, and in conclusion let me siy! to-' the Republicans of this county not to be idle daring the J straggle that awaits Us, for the doming contest is one that demands our immediate'attention. It will not suffice for us to he encompassed with indo-. - lence, because we may think that Tioga Cpdnty will cast her vote as she; has done for] Republi canism, We must from the present state of lethargy and enter the field ha we did in 1856, entertaining sloi doubt but that we will be amply repaid fojTour; labor.and repp the ra<' ward of success, ff* the Republicans do their duty in this contest the flag of Freedomwill wave over its folds will be written in unmistakable language that the cause of Freedom has triumphed and Lincoln and Ham lin are chosen to rule over us. August 23d, I 860.;: j j A Republican. ——— ■■ i i __ ! Evert Summer; ibe demand for Hostettsr’s ; Celebrated Stomaqfi Jitters increases. It is found to be the only pi irtainpreaervation of bod* \ ily strength, during ’b (period when the atmos phere is calculated to induce a feeling of lassi tude and indigestion. The worst cases of &■“ arrhosa and Dysentery give way before > ts P°* tent influence.. Innumerable persons, who are now alive and well[[mast thank the discovery of this preparation that ithey have not been swept away in the’ harvest of death. The Ditters are rccommende&by tfo bjeal physicians la the land. 1
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