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JOIIN 3. Itf.A.N3*, • TOMEI' AND COHXSZI.I.OI'O. vL LA3v, Coudersport, Pa.; gill attend the several Courts in Potter and APlf.ce..n Counties. All business entrusted in his caro will receive prompt attention. Oftlea Qh. Main st., oppo site the Court House. lu:1 F. W. KNOX, TTORNEr AT LAW. Coudersport, Py., will regularly attend the Courts in Potter and the adjoining Counties. 10:1. ARTHUR G, OLMSTED, TTORNET io COUNSELLOR. AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business entrusted to his care, with promptnes anti Bdt:ity.Tice in Temperance I.gock, sec ond tloor, Mahe St. • 1.1:b1 ISAAC 'BENSON.. TTORNTY AT LAW, Coudersport, Tit., will attend to nU business entrusted to bizp, with rare and promptness. 05:e cornersf West and Third sts. • .10:1 CHARLES RF,ISS3IANN., . A SBINET SIAKER, having erected a new and eonvenlent Shop; on the South-east corner of Third and 'West streets, will-be happy to receive and fill all orders in his calling. Itepiring and re-fitting carefully and neatly done on short notice. ogdorsport, Nov. 8, 1859.-11-Iy. 0. T.. ELLISO.T, RACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa., respectfully informs the citizens of the vil lage and vicinity that he will promply re spond to all calls for prof:ssional services. Office on Main st., in building formerly oc cupied by C. W. Ellis, Esq. 9:22 COLLINS SMITH. E.- A. JONES. & JONES, , EALERS I DRUGS, MEDICINES . ; PAINTS, Oils, Fancy Articles,Stittionery, Dry Goods, Groceries, &c., Muin st., Coudersport, Pa. 10;1 D. E, OLMSTEP, )41ER IN Ini.Y GOODS,. 1111ADY-If.A.DE Clothing, Crockery, Groceries, Sc„ Main st., Coudersport, Pa. 10:1 M. W. MANN, EALE.B. 1;1;T BOPKS STATIONERX, MAG AZINES and Musia, N. W. corner of Main and Third sts., Coudersport, Pa. 10:1 OLDSTIZ. , . . . . D. KELLY. OLMSTED & KELLY, 'zALEP, IN STOVES, TIN Sr. SHEET IRON Wu E, 3jain'st., nearly opposite the Court. House, Coudersport, Pa. Tin and Sheet Iron Ware made to order. in good•style, on short notice. 10:1 COUDERSPORT HOTEL, •F. GLASSMIRE, Proprietor, Corner of Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot ter Cot, Pa. 9:44 ALLEAN Y, - SAMUEL M. MIL G LS, ProPr HOUSE ietor, Colesburg Putter Co., Pa., seven miles north of Con :4i.ersoort. ou th e wolsville Road s 9:44 LYMAN MOUSE, c. C. LYl[Aisi, Propiieiof, Ulysses, Potter Co., Pa. This Rouse is situated on the East corner of Main street, opposite A. Corey & 'Son's store, and is well adapted to meet the ants of patrons and friends. 12:11-1y. D. L. & M. H. DANIELS, DEALERS IN DRY . GOODS, GROCERIES, Really-Made Clothing, Crockery, Hardware, Beaks, Stationery, Hats, CapS, Hoots, Shoes, paints, Oils, d e., .tc., Ulysses, Potter Co., r a• ter• Cash paid ffir Furs, Hides and Pelts. ' All kinds of Grain taken in ezchanr far trade. -12:20. CARRIAGE .& J W THOM M PSO R and RE PAIRER, Conders port, Potter Co., Pa., takes this method of informing the pub- a • lie in general that he is proposed to d o all work in his line with promptness, is a workman-like manner,. and upon the Most accommodating terms. Payment for Repairing invariably required on deliveiy of the work. ge„,. All kinds of PRODUCE Nteu on account of - ':35: _ .-- . .. . . • • ~..,...,.... .: . ... •, . e 0 . .. • • •.,, .......... ~..,....,.._..„.....z.:. ~.,.._.,:.:.y..........;:::„....„,„: _,._.• :.. ...:..,..:,...,.. ~... ..._:.......... i __......___. . :::....:, • . ~.... ~.....,„6 . ...?,.1...,....,..r.,.., ..•..,....,.,..., .„4„,.. ~,.., ....:. ._ . ...1.. - . -,.. , . ; 0... ; - 1_ ,_ -- Q.. 1./. .. i:. '... - , 1, 1... i g . i .. fG" .. . , ..• , , _ ,• _ . - . , ..-i... . • , , . • • , . • . . . . . , . . .. . • • ~.. , . : . . _ . __ Eztt's . .64t,itei.% Railway WRITTEN UT tpusaao ILAWS, AN INDIAN CHIEF, IN THE 52D YEAR Or AGE. The line to Heaven by Christ was made; With Reavenlyiruth the rails are laid, From earth to Heaven-the line extends To life•eternal, whtre ifends. Repeatance is the station, then,. • Where passengers are. taken in; No fee for them is there to pay, .For Jesus is himself the way. • • - . . The: Bible' then -is Engineer— It points the way to Mayen so clear, - Through tunnels dark and dreary here, rt does the way-to Glory steer. God's love, the fare—his truth, the steam, Which drives the• engine and the train. All yoti who would to Glory, ride Must come to Christ, in him abide. In first, and second, and third class, - Repentance, Faith and. Holiness, You must the way to Glyry ;pin, Or you with Christ can never reign. Come then, poor sinner; now's the time, At any placeltlong the line; If ;‘, on repent and turn from sin, The train will stop and let you in. etwitt • MAN'S JUDGMENT. . DY T. S. ARTHUR.- • "I wouldn't give much for his chance, lof heaven," was the remark of a man whose well worn garments contrasted strongly with the dark, rich broadcloth of the. person to whom he referred. 1u the tones of the 'individual who uttered this sentence, was clearly apparent sails. 'faction at the thought of his rah neigh bor'sl doubtful eba- Be of final salvation . 1 It was on the Sabbath, and both had just , passed lorth from the sacred edifice, to I which each had that morning gone up for I the avowed end of %Nei-ship. "Why do you say that?" asked a friend to whom the remark was addressed. . " You know the scriptures," was the confident answer. "How hardly shall they who have richesauter the kingdom of heaven." " You believe, then, that the mere feet of possessing riches will keep a man out of lines-nit? 'I., . . . .. ~. .... " N i. o ; I wouldn't just like to say that. But, riche) harden the heart, and make men unfit for heaven." " I doubt if riches harden the heart more than poverty," was replied. How can you say so? " was warmly , objected. " Is'ut the promise everywhere !. to,the poor ? To whom was the Gospel sent 1" "'The rich and the poor spoken of in the nosid.of God," said the friend, "do l uot, it is plain, mean simply thoSe in the world who possess uatural riches, or who are iu natural poverty. Remember ; that the Bible is a revelation of spiritual truth 1 for man's eternal salvation ; and that its !teachings must - have primary regard to what is spiritual, and refer to man's eter nal state rather than to his mere•woridly condition: Remember tat the Lord while on 'earth, said : 'Blessed are the poor in spirit,' (not the poor iu this world's goods) 'fur theirs is the kingdom of heaven.' And we may, without vio lence to even the letter of the Word; con clude that when He speaks of its being hard for the rich to enter the kingdom of, j heaven, that only the proud in spirit,-' those who rested self-confident on the riches of their warldy and natural wis-1 Idour, were meant. That it would lie ea-1 sier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than ;or such rich men to enter heaven, is plain from our Lord's words when be set a child iu the midst of his; disciples, and told them that unless they! becameps that little child they couldinotl enter the kingdom of heaven. Not-ex:l ternally and naturally as 'that child; forj that was impossible; but poor in spirit ; teachable, and. innocent as a child." The first speaker, whose name was Max. well, tossed his head, and slightly curled his lip as he replied-- " I believe just what the 13ible says. As for your meanings, I never go to them. A plain, matter-of-fact Man,. I understand what is written in a plain, matter-of-fact way. The Bible says, they who have riches, shall hardly enter the kingdom of heaven. And [can see how true the saving is. As for 'Clinton, of whom I spOke just now, I repeat that - 1- would'ut give ranch for his chance. It is well that there is a just God in heav-, en, and that there will come a day of ret ribution. The Dives have - their good' things in t i pis life; but our turn will come afterwards. We shan't be always pier., Laiarus wept a beggar from the rich man's door, and was received into Abraham's' bosom." . " What has made you so bitter against' Clinton, just now ?" enquired the friend.) " I mu - not - . bitter against him, in par-! ticular. I speak of rich men as a class. They are all selfish, unfeeling, and tip preisive. Look at the good Clinton might do, as a steward of .God's bounty, if' lil chose. He might make our wilderness l;olossore 'as the rose. But settlement day i_ii,oolei)lo'ii)o Tvei)joi(ile of Ihtio_ bliooeile9; . _'4113 - . 11,1 e iosseliliii4fi'ort- . .;0f . 4.))*4liti - IllfaNittiso '4O COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, TRURSDAYii JUNEI, [B6O. will come, ere long, and thenla serryae count of his stewardship will he bave-lo render." • • - f' now do you- know that the aaconnt will not be approved in heaven ?" was asked in .a quiet voice. • - 4. 6 Approved! IlcW do I k.nowrejac ulated Maxwell, impatiently. • " Any man can see that . he is an unfaithful; Mad hearted and.oppressive stenard.". •" Has he oppressed you ?" " Yes " " Alit I was not aware of dint. did:oc know that you had at4..claluss upiv as an'altnoaer'of heaceri _ ' • " My claims are those of- common *hu manity. lsut you shall know all and judge for yourself. lam a poor man—" " Well—" " With a wife and four children, whom I love as tenderly as Clinton, or any oth er purse-proud oppressor of the poor can possibly love his wile ari&childLen. They are dependent for daily bread upon my daily labor. With.,the sweat of my brow, I keep hunger from my . door, and cold from entering therein." "An independent man," said the other. " Yes, thank, God ! An independent man ; as imlependent as any nabob in the land." ' "•Do let the nabobs alone," was an swered to this. "If you are independent. why care for them? Why permit your self to be fretted because others are bless ed by Providence with a greater abund ance of worldly goods ? There is danger in this thing, by going beyond the nabobs, and arraigning the wisdom of liim.who setteth up whom he will and whose boun ty feeds even the youn n r , ravens. So go on with your story. - What is the crime that - Mr. Clinton has eommitt.•d against you and humanity'? " "lam a - poorman, as I said." • "I know you are i a hard-working, in dustrious, but poor man " " And as such, entitled to some con sideration " . • "Entitled to a fair return for your la bor•in all easea." " Of course I aiu; and to some favor in the distribution of employment, where I present equal capacity with those who are less needy than myself." • "•W hat do you 'mean by that?" " A plain story makes a - 11 . 0ain: Well; you are aware that Mr. Clinton is about building a new dam fur his wills ? " " I am." " A nd that he asked for proposals ?" " YeS." " I tried to het the contract:" You There was more surprise in this ejaculation than the friend Lad meant to coney. ;. Certainly ! Why not " was petu lantly remarked. " 01 course you had a perfect right to do so." "Of course I bad; and of course my bid though tl:e lowest, was thrown out, and the bid of Jackson, who manages to monopolize every thing in the village; taken. He and Clinton are leagued to zother, and the offer for proposals was only a sham." That's assuming a good deal, friend Maxwell." "No,iit isn't. Its the truth, and noth ing, but the truth. lie's the Jaekall and Clinton's the Lion." " You speak without reflection," said the fricud mildly. " not blind. I see how things are worked." " You say your bid was lower than !Jackson's. flow do you know this . ? I thought his bid was not publicly known." " I knew it ; and, io fact, knew what it was to be before I sent in my proposals, and, was, ,therefore, able to '' no below it. !The truth is, I managed, between you and I, to find out just what every man was going to bid, ati then struck a mark below them all, to make sure of the job. I wanted a chance, and was determined to have it, at all hazards." " I hardly think- your mode of pro cedure just fair," said the friend; •' but waiving that could you have madeany thing by the job. at your bidding " "Oh, yes, I'd have made something— more a good deal, than t can make by day's work. The fact is, I set my heart . on that job as a stepping stone to contrast work ; and am bitterly disappointed at its loSs. Much good may it do both Jackson and Clinton. • I sheuld'ut be much sorry to see the- new dam swept away by. the next freshet." " Why, Mazwell 1 This is not the spirit of a ohristian man. Euvy, malice. —these are what the Bibl;y condemns in the plainest terms; and for those sins, - the poor have quite as much to answer for as the rioh—aud perhaps. more - If you go from church on the Sabbath with no bet. ter thoughts than these, I fear you are quite as far from the kirigdom of heaven as yon have supposed Mr. Clinton to be." ".Good Clay 1" said Maxwell,. turning off abruptly froni his friend, and taking a path that led by a nearer course than the oue in whioh they were walking; to his home: • A few• weeks later, the per.on with {-whom Maxwell - thus' eon 'ersed had coed rion to troasac'somb basittess -with-Mr.. Clinton - . - He had'rend4ed hitti ahill:for work done, and called to •eeeive paYment. -"You've:made a mistialte in yonr ; bill, Mr. Lee, , said Clinton. - . it Ali I 'Are you cortai ?". . - f• l " You' can examine or you - rs:(4l. I mrike an error of twenty dollars in ;the ad. . 0 . diaons." ~. ' , . • " Theo ,yon only owe the sixty - dollars," said Lee, with a disailpoititmentl in his P 1 time That he conld not c thati . or for die - inikalte its in y first .column-iin the bill stead -of thirty do I Jars." "Let we examine it bill and added. up the e before he felt entirely a said,— "moo it does! Well have been the wiser if Si me the $BO called for the bill. You (night 14 advantage with perfect a Lee said this on the impulse of the mo ment. Ile.instantly saw a change in Mr. Clinton's countenance, as if he wercalight. ly offended, "Oh, no; not with safety," ivad grave ly replied. "I should never have found it:out." .. . " But there is coming a"day, with eve ry man, when the secrets of his heart will stand - revealed. If not now, it would then appear that I had wronged' you out; of twenty dollars. " TrrM! True ! But all men don't think of this.'! i ' : . • ",No - -ohe is more fully aware of that than I am. It is for •M'e, however, to live iu the present, so asnd , t to burden my fu ture with shame and repentance.- Know intrly, Mr.. Lee. I would not wrong auy mau to .the value of a single dollar. I way err, and do err, like other men; for, to err is hUman." After the ezpreision 'a such senti ments, Lee felt curious - Ito know what Mr. Clinton thought of,. and 'how he felt W. - wards Maxwell. So he baid i after refer lag to the new ruill.dam in the process of erection— You did'nt take the lowest bid for its corttruction." • " I took the lowet_!tco , mpetent , ba". "Then you do not-thiuk Maxwell com petent to the work." " I do not think hint a man to he trust ed, and, therefore would not have . given him the contract for such a piece of work at any price. You, are aware that the giving; way of that darn would almost in evitably involve a serious loss of life and property among the poor people who live along the course of the Stream below. I must regard their safety before any pecu niary advantage to niNlielf ; and have giv en Mr. Jackson, who has the contract, positive instructions o exceed his esti mates if necessary, order to put the tpestion of safety h4ond 1 h doubt. know him to be a man .whom I Can trust. But I have no eonfidnnee in Maxwell." " n good reason wily you declined giv ing him the job." 4- . .‘ I think so." 'Maxwell was great y dissapointed,' 'I know, and' has . Ispolten very hard agaihst me. But that ava,ls nothing,— I My principle of action is to 'do right; and let others think and sky what they pliase. No man is my juth. - . , q. Maxwell in.not, I probably, aware that I. know him thor oughly, and that I haVe thrown as much lin his way as I could{ safely do. He is i 1 , not, of course, aware,,that one of my sons overheard, him iu reference to this very I tmlklam, say —'l'm bound to have that contract whether or o°. I have learned , the. lowest bid, and h4yo pat in - a bid:still I lower.' How did yt.lul learn this ?' : was asked of him. 'No Matter,' he answered 'I have learned it.' !You can't go lower and build,the darn safely„ was said. ' To', which he replied—if can build the dam, land make a good profit- ' As to the Safe• ' ty, I'll leave that in the hands of Provi dence. lie will ta4'.eare ,of the .poor, people below.' Mil. Lee I I felt an in-, ward shudder. when this was - repeated to; me. I could" not have believed the man so void of common . nOnesty and I,,common humanity.- Was I not right to, ithhold from him such a contract ?" "You would hafe been no better than he if you had givel it to him," was an-, swered. 'And yet, this sane man in veighs acminat the rieh; and thinks their chance of heaven a Moor one." "Simply because ttrey arti,rich?" `said because it tnight'with more truth be - said because the3rovill - not yield to his "covet ous and envious Isp4it. Be is not con tent with :the equivalent society, renders hack to bini for the! benefit lig, conferi. ) 13i but Wants to shah w at of nett belongs to others." . - , , . "That spirit I 116 e often Seen - him Manifest. -Well, ifj riches are a bar to man's entrance into - jheavcn, how much more so is discontent, envy, malice, hat red and a selfish disioaard -for the rights and well-being of others.. Thelrieh have their temptations, and so have the poor, and neither l'f entpr heaven, unless they I • - .1 overcome ; temptation, - and receive a nuri.=. fiedlove of their neighbor. .This at least, ii•Midoctrine." , , ' Of-toe• two, I -would rather - take. Clin ton's Chance of heaven, 'said Lee to him self tiff he: went musing away, "'even if-he isia ri h mwa."—Lady's Wreath. • Asuung lady,. beautiful in person - and attractive in -.manner, whe . riiitled in the immediate vicinity of &Sten, wassoughi in Marriage .sinne, years : ago by, two :inen,.. One:ef tliesc was peer, and. a-mechanic.; the-other Was . .rich t mitt-net.. it.'mechanic. The -woman loved the fennel.; the family of th woman . liked the - latter."' As is the case i'n such affairs, the woman married; to plePse her friends. - Having thus "sold - herself," she 'ought to have Leen mis , erabl-, but she was not. " iler. husband's uuat4ted love .subdu e ed her heart, in [his geld smoothed the rough places in the I hutnin path. Fortune, feeling- that this iboupl ' were too happy, froWned, and the man' riches took wings and used them in flight . ".- Thereupon. the husband wound up his business, put his wife and child- reu, of whom there were;tivp, at a coin- form le boarding-house,i'and then de-1 partefor 'California iu search of money. i Sum:: letters and some iremittances ar- 1 eGIL , oueeal. we you a hOndred, )lie favor- The adds •up fifty in t Lee 4ciok 'the luinn three times isfieth Then he ~ I should never ou.-had only paid iy the footing up ve retained your .afety." rived came from him at . first, then nothing and there was a blank of sevetel years!. The wife thought herself deserted. The amily,- whose geod', opinion of the husbfind had not lately been so often. published 'as formerly, told her that it was clearly a case for a divorce. When she had become well accustomed to the sound of this unpleasant word; the dis consolate 'wife was thrown into' the so ciety' of the mechanic lover, now prosper ous, and still unmarried; The memory of he i r Carly, real love came upon her, and she believed with a secret joy that he had remained single. fur her sake. This thought nourished her affection, and at last she obtained a divorce from her hus band, who had deserted her, and remain ed absent beyond the time allowed by the statnte. This accomplished,. there was, no barrier between her and the mechanic of lidr youth.. She informed hint that she I was his forever, when he, should choose I to'claini her hand. Her feeling cannot! f.hdveireen-pleasant -• to -I earn tha t -since 'his rejection ,by her and .her :marriage VIOL/di to. !another, the unromantic hewer of luid 4roivned his passionfor. her in the! waves of time, and that at the time of her, handsome offer he no longer palpitated! for her. In fact, Barkis was. not willin'. As 'if all this were not embarrassing' enongh, wife should turn up but the has-1 band, who made his appearance in the! fora; of aletter, announcing that be had! acedinnaulatect a dazzling pile of wealth, thatlhe was on his way home, aud that she! was to meet him in New-York. The let-I ter also chid her for neglect in not writ.' ing to him for years, and it was clear that, he had sent assurances of love and also material aid at intervals during his ab-1 sence ; where these had gone, no .one I knows. Here, then, was trouble. No: husband, no lover. The one she had di vurced ; the other had refused her. -Ta king counsel with herself, she Tacked her trunk, seeing that her wardrobe was uneteeptionable, and name to the me: trupPlis. She met the- coming man on his arrival, and told him the whole story as correctly as she, naturally prejudiced in favor of the defendant, could tell it.L- The! husband scowled, growled, loulted.at the 'charming face ancl . the becoming toil et•e• remembered California andits -lone liness, and took her to his heart. A clergyman was . summoned, a Marriage was !performed, and a new volume in their life's history was opened:— Tribune e do not knoic'the author of the fol lowing, but he ta she had.a big heart, a lively brain and a good natured couute• intone : - • -"Wanted—a piinter,"—says a.dotetn jporary. Wanted—a. mechanical curios ity, with brains - and fingers ; a thing that 1 will setLso.many ems a day; a machine that will. think and act, but. still a ma chine; 'a'beiug who undertakes the most .systetaatic. and monotonous . drudgery; one the ingenuity of man. has never sup planted,'mechanically ; that's a printer. A printer! yet for all his dissipated and reckless habits, a worker, at all times and hours,.by day and by night; setting up ;in' close and unwholeseine offices, when gay crowds are.hurrYing to thea- 1 teni; later still - when street - revelers are j gone and the city sleeps; in the -fresh air hf the• morning ; in .the bread, and gulling sun -light, some printing machine is ajt its case, with its eternal unvarying . click ! click.! . 1 . -.. . - • I (Atek ! click ! the palished cubes fall' int' the stick; the mute. integers of ex pre ion . are marshalled into line, and. Ina oh fora' into immortal print: Click! anl s la test: in teiligence • becomes 'old, the thMight a principle, the simple idea a liv ing sentiment. -Click ! click ! from grave to gay,..itera'Acter4tem-7a murder, a bit. of oatidali A gra - Will : and glowin,7_ thu't ._. Ilictus. raled Twice to One Alnn. Wanted.--A. PrintiPl*-. 70IIIR.CENTS l Eiuiisi' si; L 5 .it.: ANNu - • are'in turn .clothed -by the trinte.Ampres sive; fingers of the machine, - and sent adriftin the sea of thought. He. mist not think of home, of kindred, of wife Or of babe.- His work liesbefore him, and thought is chained to his -copy. ' You know him by his Works,'whoread. the papers, and are quick-at typographi• cal errors, whose eye may rest on this , . mute evidence of carelest toil ; correspon dents, editors and authors; who scorn the- . simple medium of your • fame, thlok- not that the-printer is altibgether a. machine. Think not -that he-is-indiffereat-•tO the - genis of which- he-is tbut the setter.* Thilik not a subtle ray Mar net,' pone; trath the recesses of his. heart, : -or -the flo-W t ers he gathers notlea-m.3°mo of their , fragrance on.his toil worn fingers. But, when you seek friend; champion, adviser —when you' would elevate one Who. from , . synipathy,- may fitly- r4resent, either or both—when-you want judges, governors . , and presidents, 0, ye people, advertise: "Wanted—a .printer.". And we woubd add to your advertisement, "To be well paid I" 'Mimeoln on Ike Declaration Of f andopencieuce, 1- , 'tie following eloquent tributetetha D+aration of Independence is taken from one of the speeches of the - Hop. I Agraham Lincoln, made during - his : ex.- I citing and gallant contest for the Sena torPtip in 1558 , 'These communities (the thirteen colo ! nieis), by their representatives - in'old Lit ' dependence Hall, said- to the world of me,n : " We hold these truths.to :be self ; evident, that all men are born eqUal; that (they are endowed by their Creator with intifienable rights ; that umong . these mei jlife, liberty,at.id the pursuit of happinesi." !This was .their majestic interpretation of the economy of the universe. This . was their lofty-and wise -and noble tinder-. studing ef the justice of the : Creator to His creatures. Yes, .gentlemen, to all . lii,s creatures, to the whole great family iof I tnah. 'ln their culighteied ,belief, nothing stamped with the . Divine. image land likeness wasiOnt into :the world to be : I trOdden on, and degraded, and imbruted : Ibir its fellows. They : grasped not - only - ta race, of_ men, theu...living,, z bo. - they : reached forward and Seiied upon the far ' th‘st posterity. They created .a beacten , to guide their children .rind their child ' ten's children, and the countless myriads who should inhabit the earth in, other awes. Wise statesmen.as they were, they Irnew the tendency of prosperity to breed. tytants, and so they established these great self-evident truths that when, .in the distant future, some Man, some fac tion, seine interest, should set up the dee:rine that none hut rich men, or none but :Anglo-Saxon white men, were—en titled to life, libel ty„and the pursuit. of.. 114ppiness, their posterity might look .up again to the Declaration of Independence, and take courage to- renew tho ( bittle W i hicli their fathers began, so that truth, aid justiee,.and Mercy, and MI the - flu-. inane and Christian virtues, !night not be extinguished- from the - la; so that .nb • man would hereafter dare to liruit end circumscribe the great .principles 911 which the temple .0f... liberty" .Was being: built. - . . .. Now, my countrymen, if you have been : , taught doctrines epittlicting with tho !giant laws of the. Deelaration of fade= I petlance; if you have s listened . to -sag-. estions which wouldtake away from its; grandeur, and mutilate the fair symmetry of its proportions; i(you have been _in ; alined to believe that all men .are :not, • cheated equal in those- inalienable rights enumerated by our chart, of liberty, let • Me entreat you to come back—return to. 'the fountain, whose waters spriug; 'closer by the blood of the Revolution. Think nothing of ma—take no thought- for the political fate of any - man .whottisoever-,-- but, come back to the truths , that- are ia. the-Declaration of Independence. , -• You may do anything with 'ine• - yott Choose, if you will but heed these Sacred principles. You may tat only defeat,nie, for the Senate,; but you may takernm.and. Put me to death. -While 'pretending no indiffereuce to earthly. - honors, I do claim to be actuated in this contest : by itome ihing higher than an anxiety for :Office. I charge. you to dropevery paltry and •in-. significant thought-.for any., ttatt's • sou cess. , It ; is. nothing; Budge Douglas is nothing, ; - Rut; do not., destroy that immortal enable* of4.uman- - fty---=the Declaration of Americari. lade :pendeace. , . BurrAL°, Nay 20,1860.—A vote was rtaken in the Conference this morning on the first resolution in the wajority report of the Slavery Committee, which ,reoatu kends a change of the tule inrth'e'ditici. :pline on Slavery. ,The vote stood, 1.33 fur the resolution, and 74 against*, lack-. iug 10 votes of the required, t4vo•thirds_ to adopt. BE upon your guard°gaunt treuone.ty., !Remember,. that who' men "antl..wonyett dough most they mutt show th`o-teet:-'s II BS HE IM MEE
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