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G. ittrrifi, lORNI.I Al LAW Ciffien with itnlte'il I/1 the Arend.. Ith Niheiw of all 11 11/1I• iiert tom,: 1 , , I 111 biome-. 1 ,011,1.1 Iy h Retitled to =1 CitYSTAI.I,OIIIIAPIP , A 11,1,11 ',RR WTI' PF.;. , Taken July (except S 11 , 11,0 (rolls W A it fus 3 P fly 3 : 4 It %RN r. In WI" w I Le Ao, ado 13“0 , 11ag Bellefonte, Penn a JAMES 11. NANKIN, All'Olt VEY Al LAW, ry: 01110. on Mei Ftroet.oriowite the r* , Oloorn of Judge BorTontir =I AI'WOOD at OR VIC ATTOP,S 's T LAW. ,00 " °thee in Mtll ere thilfling, 0vi.,8110 tho R mote 111 1.11% t 11.1.1 1,i -timing L. , Ho , pr., pliimpily attend,' in I, W nitlot. , I, ',1 , . ma I I TT LAW YA WIT. VIRIPIN lir . Tlltl untlerstgactl !tax ing It tt% , a tatcttlltetaackta In the practit cot tilt I N Ell , hillily :Mewl to all jttitllNEr4z.watrwt. n Ittthetu w lac te‘ era! 1; auric ittrcntro, • elcatficltl and 1 'hilt,. r“olitit. C,`aiectittric and all ll . gel Itacttic-e , attPittltl toll pr0,1)44..11 anJ d141 , 1/t4lll (MCP $.ll ILo /hall/0111i tate tit", 15ii it Mt, bock ' . iltNtear Ow I tut t ll•tnate June 421 ItILONS N $ l, ll T - =MEI POTTEI4\B. 31$11 II EEC ll I' 1 ' , I( . 1 I • I), fie° L Porn House . 'l'l'' Dr .1 If Arm, e.llo. 10,11 by iVis. Ilarrls }Jethi,rzem• — door Abu.° Dr Pair r's r. 51 4,, e he COllllll OA, 111111.40 yrrG 'twig... I 1) p:Igl J. ATE, It(I PION• A M II A N f l rA I. DENTIS' Wowlit inform him froviolo lllei Wit that le hal relolllllolltly leekieli 111.110foroe, on 0114 he will he happy to Atle sot loopy winli lit, pro. frowiotinf rer,toi•it All n irk dot.. in the style end vs...lmA Lv•o t r i , e RIM eeMlllt glee 011 the Ellet Cur air oT the llwwond u..ar the Court Mien GURU & 1 I ...NS Bva; , Ult trilfil4T:,. Br 1 1 rrolyr, PA WIP01,1; ti r AND i{l,lll, 1111.11.4 Drugs, Multi, mutt, Perfumery, 1'.51(411., 41.1.5, I'nr lu4kes Dyu-Slun, Toilet Sou pa 11l unties, Unit' a n d nruelipm. Fancy osol Toilet i‘ f tleloit, 'I t uetieta AEA 81101jiller Curtomors will awl our 111111 . 11 1 11 111111C10 /11111 I . ll'lll/, and all sold at toodorato pri. on Le - Furtoorn 111111 Plipiclenn Rom the country are nailed to e‘sinitii. our nn,•ho DEXILIMIT JLAYILIK.; E. C• Ilmarn 11. N. ALC.iII..I.ISTEIII, A. (; CritTlN, \V. M Mr It II AY. INTEUgST PAID uN hPECI Al, DEPoSITs HUMPS, M,YLLISTEH, HALE S. CO , lim.oltrovrr, lil NTII I< Co PA DEPOSITS I i:CEI V ED BILLS OF EACIIANOP; AND NOTES HIS COUNTEI: COLLECTIONS MADE.. AND PROCEEDS HE - M TTE D PROMPT L Y INTEREST r A I I) ON SPECIAL L'EPOSITS FOR NINETY DAYS AND UNDER RIX MONTHS AT THE RATE 01+' FM' m,IICENT PER ANNUM—FOR SIX MON TIN 'AND UPWARDS, AT THE RATE OP ENE PER 014 NT PER ANNUM. EXCIIANO E ON TOE FAST CONSTANTLY ON 11 tso - so , Asc & .1/011 racr7crtn4a Ynjliwhcr or rin - Tir 47,1 hays, In fonnox non will. 1110 r N 4.vrwn EFIIIII - Wln moat ox tour. , and I 3011 l'lt N'T I )1+11(1.: To be found In Control Peiineyls 31110, contp.nd cn Urely of NEW MATERIALS And the Istest and moat. fanlitonable Stylo of Plain end Fancy Type, and ern prepareo to ozeouta all kinds of BOOK OD FANCY JOH MAUI INU, In the very neatest krtylo, end at the shortest notice —mush A/ BAND RILLS, CIRCVLARS, POSTERS, • BILL if RADS. lIORSE RILLS, BALL Tic': ETS, AUCTION BILLS, CA IMS, PAMPHLETS, It EVE! BOOKS, CBECKS, SHOW DILLS, BLANKS, PROORAAIMIIS, de , Al . dte, WGOLD, SILVER end it MIN ZE PRINTINO executed in the hendconteci manner ilLuaraus.iu auLaLot,_ol.4l , - Um and (latched style of Ihe t Satisfaction guaranteed In regard to neetneki, cheapness sud punctuality In the fulfilment of all orders. _ . _ OFFICE .M THE ARCADE ZI FLOOR. DI RBOTLY OVER T. R STORE \ r _ l TH DEM legliT IC WATCHMAN BOTH LIBERTY AND PROPERTY ARE PRECARIOUS, UNLES THE POSSESSOR HAS . SENSE AND SPIRIT ENOUGH TO DEFEND THIN." rings Mist nab iNtrivist. haZ beim witty said that Cupid's food is en row root Woman—the morning star Of infancy, the slay star of Manhood, the evening star of old age. A man had better have all the ailhetions of all the afflicted, than he given op to a re- pining grumbling heart. Keep your ittore of ► n lilea ant your kind est thoUghts Mr home, gtve to the world on ly those t%bieh are to spare. Theie's a 'good time coming." ,We have that- pot berm infor to Thr - prffisi., Lime. Pei haps it will . he iti a "few days." M== When t:mrara goes tip next in MS bal loon. he intends to take a thermometer %A Ith Mio too see how high the mercury will rise. Pete says, a wounan'a heart is the "moqt. s CC test" thing in the world ; in fact, a iler feet, I lon, y-comb —full of 5, Hi. lice-ware The other Jag a lady rushed into the gat• den in search of her daughter, on being told that the young lady had gone there with a rahe." , •thldget, who broke those barrels that were 10 the world shed f" "MMus told John to break them up, and save her the hoops ''' he• dim,ipationti that so ne persons I egort to to droA ra care, are like the eurtaius children ui Iftd pull around them to ket p out the (lurk Improbability and impossibility are two frightful words to weak winds but by dili gent and wise men they ore generally found to be only excess of idleness Roil ignorance I=l Bachelors Please Take Notme.—Sqnig gins knows how to live in these hard tunes. He got married a Short time ago because kissing saves Min fifty per cent on his sugar tax. A thief broke out of jail on the Sabbath but lung captured, told the policeman that lie might have escaped, but he had consci entious scruples about traveling on Sun day. The list form of the spirit rapping delu sion is !mid to .. his 11iii attempt to summon hark the spirit of the old Whig platy. The satnmul I nielligenrer ' coosideril itself a ' medium " A yntmg wan stepped Iu to a hnoloelfer's AM.', and a 3 / 4 14,41 fora Young Man's compan 11m. Well, mrt, — SIIIII the bmkseller, 'here is illy (laughter " 'Fla re is but one tias , agi , ' lli th e Boa,. there thi girls arc votntnionied to kiss the men, that is the gold, n, rule, ''whatsoever ye %%mild that men should do unto you, do sop even so 'into Liu 1),0,e,1 to Om Brick v:et o,l,lenee, and latelv ”eettpl..l e, tt. ai ' , le 91.1 1,4/1 ‘• pn )ou know ?1r John Brown I" • Sea my dear - la he not a &nerving man I" -Yes he &nen es a (logging; and if he ever gallants you home again, I will give it to him. Seeing upon his wife's aboulder a large stra s ‘‘ I pm, Nlr. ID said . itit/lo military, ch 7 got to bo a cap tain In Shy instantly remarked, pointiog to a Hurd baby in er lap - No:reccuita, sorgoot m tho third in fant iy'' ' • olio Padres& of the Democratic to COm „. To TUC 11117.E.N21 ON I'ICNNSTLVANIA ' N-71t has been usual for the State Committee, re) resenting t h e Democratic party of Pennsyl vania, to address the , people of the State pending important elections. In conform' ty, with this usage, which may be regarded nit settled And salutary, we submit the fol lowing addres.s : The Democratic State Convention, upon the second day of March last, and at its re assembling in June, made nominations for the offices of Governor, Canal Cotiatussionv and Judges of the Supreme Court. For Governor, Gen. Packer, of Lycoming, was named, after a spirited contest, and Ms TAM.44-1/11/atllall. Auttaitem..tutatti trautely-tatnireight, f u lly confirmed. lie has been long well known throughout the State : has filled a number of responsible and important pw.j. lions in the State government, and has es tablished a public character winch strongly rectimmends him to the popular confidence. We conceive it to be a material . qualification for tips high office, that the incumbent shall be well acipmintiA with' the practical work ings of the govertunent7with the course and character of legislation—the details of business in the several executive depart ments—anti with the palm men of the Com monwealth, who have filled, or inay 1111, the various positions created by the Constitution and Ina s. The contrast, id this respect, ibetween our cat.dida - to end the candidates of the opposition, is too strongly marked to escape general notice, and it is but necessa ry to allude to it to show the vantage ground J'o4. T. lint.x. hold by our party in the present canvass.— ft stay l e asierted that the Convention have named ‘• The right unto tor the rigrit place, " and that their nomination di serves . popirrar endorsement it regard is had to qualitica Lions and experience. It is agreeable to adil, 4 hat or candidate has a solid and icputable t haraker hfe, and that his inestimable qualities have endeared lion to a lasge circle ofirianda. who Citll enter 11110111118 support with reel -Imo of enthusiasm as will as wit!' tions of diity. We do not desire to dines strongly the canti na which It 'l,B 1/8.11,11 . to ' ' draw, between our candplat v and los lead ing opponent. Judge Wilmot has had a career as a piddle :nail n In, h has giv•., him mgoriety 14.4thu11t.1114411344g.4.0.461rtter, itTl rfeetly a ipiaisitt if pith the mai twat 11. c tlOll of the 61ate goveinuient ; t ittemt ex perience titlur m the legislative or execu tive di pailistents , ki;owl , edgtiC public no ti and Stitt affiiiis beyond his Mandate -- he is prcscuted upon a comparatively 1111101 X f1ati0n.111,1.111.., and as the candidate of a lintel sectional 1 party w Inch receivtil a nit riled dpi tit at the recent pitmien:Atli elect NO It is not be t keyed list lay Larteei m Congress exhibited - an y high rapitnity to pioniote the interests of the people of Pennsylvania, audit-rever tant that his recent course in the °Mee he now holds. has been CAlClllattd to 10%%er the judicial charlicter by connecting it with ex treme and violent partisan Gnspllteli. N111110(1 Strickland, of Lliestt r county, WllB 11111111,11 by the loin notion for Canal eolilllllTAIMIer. lie net as DO reCOllllll - ellf_ WWI at Our hands, for iii, integrity, luiuuctht and capni ily arc lag ,putt d and ale n d ' It hill be a plk asure 1 . 0( those who belong to our party itial for all vt ho ilt site to Lunsult fitness and nient In bestowing their suth ages, to give him tlicir curilial support MERIN By reason of the deLlination, by Chief J usiiee Ley is, of the re-nomination tender ' demi him by the Convention, and the calling of Judge Black to the post of Attorney Gen eral an the a &mind Administration, the Convention, upon itti re-assembling in Juno, found the duty (lend% ed upon it of namtug two candidates fur the Supreme Bonds.- 14 in Strong of Berks county. a distinguish ed member of Cu,,gres,, and James Thump son of Erie, also a former member uf Coo gress, once a President Judge of tiro Com moo Pleas, an ex Member of the Legislature, land a proton whind successful lawyer, were relee , ed by thv Convention Their Inca Lions are suitaLle,lgit.ing Loth to' the Fast and Weill , representation 11111/11 the ticket, and their leaning mind f i litspon s ible dunes of the i highest jodienti position und(r our l'uinU tutiOtt Such is the ticket formed Icy the deb gates representing the Democrat) , party and sup port of it is eontldently asked in view of the character of the nominations. But emir' dente and support are also ma it, .1 upon the, gem rat ground, of policy and print iplc upon loch o u r patty stand. t tors is tio lieu' , uu tied, VlndletlVC, sectional or su , picious or ,ini,ration It hag been tru,l it 1 , 4 bold !and Open in conduct . it 14 m ;giianimous, pa triotic and national Found. d !wire than a half a century ago by the author of l6e ne elarati,,o of Independence, it has had a dis tinguished history, has ordinarily' given di- j rection to the athnrintralunl of publdcalfura and planting itself early, and throughout its larlrole carder, upon a strict construction dr the Com:l4oton, and it sparing use of the powers of Covernment, has iireservol our American cyst. In nom and hut- Vie usefulness of organized parties is (sometimes denied awl oftener doubted But ur TICW or tit,Lomia fats tt caooot . 4 .1) be questioned that they are incident to free gov ernments, and arise of necessity wider their operation. An inquiry, however, into the nature of polite:al parties alai the causes a, hall produce them, can scarcely be ex pected to constitute the subject of a fugi tive address. ft will be sufficient for pren- I (Int purposes to assert the necessity of our- 1 party to check the evil and dangerous influ ences to which our political system is liable, `and against n Inch it is impossible that writ ten, consiontions can sufficiently guard. — I IMnhtless nor cimstitntitmx exhibit the wit dimn of those who framed them, soil the amendments to which they Lave In en sub jected have riNpred them inure complete and perfect that , they were at first But a CollBtilli tun) can only be an 011(11110 1 10 r the action hl government, (hesidcs "providing for I is establisliment,) nod by casetrartom it may be made to (11.111 almost anything the political anthormea 101 the time being may Il choose. It is a chart given to direct the ves ' is4-sf-setsiote Melt-raw itertalreilt-eifect imury the voyitip unless those in cumin tut chor e to faithfully interpret and observe its Coll ri se'. A party organization, therefore found ed upon right principles of constitutional construction and powerfully and constantly influencing official actma'may be regarded as necessary. It is, in short, absolutely re rired to give a just and consistent direction to governmeret, both in cases dependent up-, on construction of the constitution' and in cases where the constitution is silent. Be sides the instability of political action in republics is a reproach to which they have been often allrijected, and is the qbjeictiokto them which has had greatest weight...Yo7Uß profound and independent thinkers inthe old world and the new. But this instabil t io k ty, which arises principally from individual ambition, the selfishness of olassos,'lnd the fluctuations of opinion ; is to* great eaten mittee - - - - B ELLEPONTK PA., THUROAY , AUGUST 4, IS-'57.. checked and prevented bidkrdorninance of a party founded upoe" . eloar and aolAnd principles of public policyj i and 'acting con vtantly h reference to t4ern. Now, the Democratic party is simply the represintative of a school Afopinion, and its creed is given it by those who founded and; I have sulenstuently supported it. The names li in remam stamped prominently upon the history of the ctintry, hew ben wen of strong, clear Slid sound views of our art ton of governnient, and of the rides upon is hirh its administration should aroceed. Dor party is the product of their Marla: the instillment for accomplishing the aloha they pinposed, and it remains a morn Illotit Of , • floor sagacity foresight tied patriot Aim,_ 'The - fliefir iliatt;veß;el ion in goVtrnment was a great mil - the nest difficult to he I I guarded against, nud therefore On ,most i datigemtot—and that both within and with not the Const itutinn powerfnl gualrlsagainst I it were r equired. Proverbial 'arguer con veys the Idea In declaring that '' Th. world is governed too mach," and that •' That 1 government is host a liiell governs least I " and philosophical reasoning attains tie same 1 result, in concluding, that governmint, lie ' ing the ertiture.nt ne.eataity, is limited, hy the necessities which create it and Is nut to be extended beyond them. vile theAugratia party has therefore held, and hulls, thitt Coned kit - lions shall receive i strict construe lion : that government shall evere; , e no powers not clearly delegated to it mil that in rases of doubt its to the policy of a pailie tilarimeasiire, the conelintion shall he vainst it tin short, that public .po. er ;hell not he everted ese. ,t where a clan a arrant amt . manifest toil os authorize and molly ,t The pout I-fill (and ,ve think saltitai v 1 "1. - cent inn of this doctrine appears throngliont the history of the National and State gov ernments, and the occasional departures from it Onorl as beacons to warn, and nut RS e x IMO e 4 to follow. To illustrate our remarks, we will refer luridly to a number of measures of public policy heretofore proposed to the general or State Governments, and upon which divis ions of opuunn have existed among public men and pat ties. They will afford data for ijudging the value of the Democratic 'doe trine on the subject of floverfanent powers land policy, of which we have spoken. First —A Bank created by the General Government, owned. in part by it, and in tended fur the reglitatiwll of the currency, land to aflbrd facilities to commerce and bit sinew: This measure was resisted,-and all recent attempts to reestablish such an ini.ti button hasp been mil down, upon the very I grounds above stated. Su rand—internal Improvetta.nts to be con istructed at the char7e of the nattonal treas ury, to facilitate intetnal trade, and assist I in dm elopiiik the mab nal resources of par. ticular sections No clear authority for out !• -lays of On:, tlehelipllOn appearing, and the manifest dangers lii which the) , load being apparent, the artioll of the Federal Govern ment on this i.ubj:elhas been rightfully and m i.ely arrested Third —Excessive duties upon imports, to th e paiderit, , of prolobiljT npon their ini portat.iim or to the 10, ao , lann of revenue : heyi4 i i . l it& legitimate is roitvif government The , eilerlYpoiner of impoSlng duties being for the'expreslisl object of Government sup• I port and t h e hotticlation of public indebted ' ac's, its exertiiv fur .an etipqly different object would seem unwarranted, and would / be unjust to intereAS or individarib. against a halo a diserlininallOn is :figs produce.] Therefore it is, that against much miscon ception and the opposition of pm% et ful inter ests. the doebrillr'dfitritteil nil reasonable ditties has sheen allruly, rind, upon the ii hole, successfully upheld Fourth The distributitin of moneys from the national treasury among the States, be lieved to be equally unwarranted with tie preeethng nu:pores and inelitably tending to the pr o duction of speculation and extrav 'game in the States, has also been resisted, and except upon a singlepccassion, prevent ed Filth—A bankrupt act, dissolviv the re lations of debtor and creditor in a manner and to an extent unautheraed by the Con stitution, disastious to pill ate rights, iron mut: to morals., and to the encouragement, mainly, of one orthe least meritorions class es !V society--the sverulator and snendthrt ft. With hot haste and under the laMi cf public opinion, the ver authors of welt an act in 1842 were coerTed into the 'Repeal. Si rt/t---Approprialions of public, moneys Inntk, to ohjeetki of doubtfideonatitiition i nlity or utility, connected with vhioh, array be mentioned the alloy ante of elaitns,', heitnily eatablislied or unnii4t. Tho Detno ( atic-principlu ps Iles:1413:1:V riS. all ptojrctB for asmuling the treasury, for an individual. a class, or asi etion, in the ab- I heIICC of clear right to jiotify the demand, as it duet at othar_Junwarranted or doebtful rtutaaprea. 'SI-cent/I —The exercise of jurisdiction by the General Government over slavery in the Terri twiles, to the exidMoon of local 'decision thereon. Legislation 'by Congress upon slavery beyond the express requirement as to return of fugitives, is to ho doubted, and if regard is had to Idali Judicial. decision, cx presslrdenied, as a valid exeruisqof power. And its inexpediency is yet more plainly manifest, in view of the dangerous disputes AVTch such action inevitably produces.— Most clearly, therefore, it is to bo deprecated and opposed, upon the general doctrino of non-union by government in duubtrol easel. Elie/I—The establishment of corpotuttons, either excetwfive as to -nuliTher or veated pith inoribnate powera or prtvileges •and espe milt' for pursuits or !wannest+ within the reueh of loch% 'dual means end skill. Loder %%Inch h tot is to be pm ticularly noted, the chartering of banks beyondsontis ithout adequate coition rye or i—telianges to ali trd legitimate occupation, and failing to impose upon" them such guards against abuse and frad as are drib:toiled by experience. The recent resolution on Ihts fuhject by our• Stute Convention, but indicate:: the it ell eon. side] etl position of our party sod its policy lor the ilium. Jl - ;:c 1111011 14111 g of milliwipai sub , 54.1 T oon io tuLitond, end °Oar (et itorate ix! , 1,1 10 the (Att.:(4t!bilant,ut. con ititnott and the extol:illation of public d. 1,1:, Ihe 1/101,01.11.1011 110,N Io fore tho in title tor the amendment of the (otditu• "(mu to ittclent till in town'. 1.4 but. the ellh toupee of the prim if& n e havi been cousidertug 1 Gtr the deelsloll 01 s divided Court w IST or 0? legillattve potter to all ' thorize Sllell IN 11111 Y 11114 not tentoved ell doable, end 1154 left the pol% erful objec. ' lion to the eyett. 111. 11)1011 1410111111'; of expo : dieney, untouched end trreostible .44—The stile^ or Intl Govern. trient, in whole or in part, of any of its con stitutional powers confided to It by the pt.°. oninmr.q.. vs. vnr re. for the sale of the'3lant Line of the Public y•Works : an attempt which was denounred by the State Convention, aid has stneo been pronounced iniconatit ut tonal by the Supreme Court, may be cited wider this head and de snrved that reprobation wlio•li it has gencr• ally received. era :• , tanpf liar) lan., by which food, drink, tipiipoge, or other like Jonrctit of i.e, habit or iaalmin, is coerced. fhemnterfi renre of law in such eiro.u. would FOrlti to Ix. uunsiful, and is of doubtful au- th”nty Tuelfih Finally,mensures dire( ted against a class or sect, :11111 intended to degrade them or limit their civil pelt deges It is affirmed that neither religious belief nor birthplace will furnish grounds for ostracism of a de. coal f common 100. Such are smite of the leading turivAires on which p ihtwal divisions have taken place, and on their careful examination it will be seen that they can all be rewired into the general question whether Cite powers and action of government shall he extensive or limited. And if we should pursue, the sub ! ject further, this view of the fundamental ground of difference between public mon and parties would be but oaufixened and Strengthened. We are left then to choose sides iu the struggle between power and liberty- -be• tween a government that meddles and one that abstains —betwet n political New Eng. ndisni and the S nrgtuia doctrines of 1798 Neutiality is not possible, for almost every public question that arises compels us to choice between contending parties, and the sc,hools of opinion which they respecto, ely rcpt, sent. It has been fashionable lot itt . istates from our party to claim that they !Trained their pri n ciples ui.elianged, and even opposing ' p ions occasionall . i advance pretensions to I • the faith pod doctrines of Jellerson Bow unfounded such pretensions are, n hether advanced I,y apostate or party, will app, ar o • considering the In ensures of public pol y they propose and support., If we find them favoring new projects of doubtful right or expeiheney, contending for extensive ju risdiction for government, and scoffing at constitutional s•ruples as "ate,tricnons," we may be sure there are no disciples 01 the philanthropist, philosopher and statesman I who founded ourparv, and Wilt) Si lute to Ede ant LivingstALa late as 1).24, to en dorse the seutiaent, we have a -doubt relative to any power, we ought not to e xer cisc it." Much more may we deny their ' discipleship, if we find their measures con meted with intolerance in religion, pros scriphow'of adopted citizen, or aggressions uponterritorial or state rights, which is manifestly a WA description. it; this mo ment, pi the parties opposed to its. Vie (so-called) Republican party makes I high pretensions and challenges their exam'. nation e but there can be little difficulty to deterinining their chatacter and value, and assigning the party x hich holds them its true position b. fore the public. 'Especially will it be a work of aline, tr explode its pre tensions to sound opinions as held for Republican tie.iilents, and to bring it WI Lien the condemnation which they direc ted against the heretical movements of the times in which they lived. ThuretOtance made about 1820, to the adminiatration of Missouri into the Union, r•iioilav to the. recent conduct at these who teitsdescriLe themselves as Republicans. In both cases the proposition was, that Con gress should prohibit slavery in territories (or cause it to ho prohibited) prior to thi,ir admission as States. The argument against was staled by Mr. Madison, in the Walsh letters, under all the high sanctioTts which hurolthilffies and his position as the leading adtlwr of the Constitution, could colder, up on it. - And it is as well established as any historical fact can be, that. Mr. Jefferson was opposed to the Missouri agitation through ottii,, and to prohibitions of Slavery by Con grhsional coercion as then proposed. llia oelebratecttetter to John !Nl:nes, dated 22d April 1820, furnishes conclusiip proof of this, and confirmations of the fact will tie found in other ., parts of his published corm spondetielf. His letter to Joho Adams of December 10, 1819, be Bays that, "from the'6 - attle of Bunker 141 l to the treaty of moromi oppociition to the annexation,of Tex a, we never had FO 011Oit101118 • (IOC8t1011: /4, sod to the proaaet,lon of the Mexican • ten damps the joy with u hid( I hear of war, add the aNtifsttfOTt of tftritoryiti which your hiah health and vrilcornes me to the it 1;41; it will he sufficient to notice aome want Quit. God I shall not lice to nhat the Wilit.ot Proviso ‘N hid preceded. witness Iti ISSOW. " In a letter to the same ao•1 Cie KuiMlaa li,pute ONO!! accompluried, April 22d, 1521, he s►}a-'•shat doer the the oi;!liiiiration of the Republik:ail party in 11oiy Alliance in andunt of f::'onxre4l Wend, e lt, pi% ti Ot form to do letth us on the Missouri question r- 11 list Provi.o aas oatred iu Cou• And this, by the tray, is but the name or gres. in 1 , 16, >tv an amenillment to a 1.^ 4 the case: it is only the J,dtit Dog, or Rich- lull, and na4 (brittle described) a prOpo4l - Ito.; of the ejectment. 'the real tote , • :11,ji to pr.hilbit slnitry in Mexioatt tern tory tion as Seri' in the States alit ted itch t.l be negott, , d it cleat...ll contention which Ilita unfortunate populai ton, is, ate ~ . .t, ,,,• 11.-d•lntne four arc The national ...lave, to be pr. st•nled ;tint free.hnti and 11 harinot,‘ n. d and tire publie bust dit•gt r says to Mi. M 4,1110, ,1 1,1 It. tutu tt 1" ram,. n tut '41;;;1•% . i'l ami old or port. 01.11, 111 whi.L ltcr y. t 1)111111 ,, • , .1 11, Io tin9lt• t h. etioi•,4 to restore our I loon In theglooieoslruntwnt 01 and ol ( • iil I, , godation a.; was a b. the Ite%olutionsry nor, I 01‘ LI had any np• , ohittly nee( sanry for tho terntory in qUell prehemiiiin equal to that whirli I felt fioni lio n Th.• l'inuntonii,e Measures wore source." 111 Mr Short, April P.., l Ile more iri..Ned nt IKRn, and eventually te -he writes—""Although I had laid down n. eeiN..d the g. n. en) opprorel .if the people -- law to inp.elf never to wtltu. toll, or uton lu to t, 1. 1 hod' the great parties of think of politics; to kibitv nothing of pulhe th. euunlil endoi d ihi nl in their plat aflaies and had therefore cea•eil to tlo ir 1I I 4(14.1 111 and propriety ate nen spnpen, , yet the `Missouri que.tion not 1100 ..iiteet of gem diquite. aroused and tilled me ta ith alarim ! The 'lerritory we Acquired from Mennen sChisin dfFederal anal Repuldienn threhtiii• I , s the treaty of pi Awe- -the treaty of Gaud ' ed nothing because it existed in every Suite, !idolize ltigihilgo comprised of nearly ___ ... jand united them together by the fat ritiponj the whole now included in the state of Cali- principle, moral and political, with a Ken- Mexico : and the Prieriso, •if it had graphical line, once conceived I feared J adopted, would the refore have had applies. would never more be obliterated limn the icon nobly to them. Out the Proviso was mind : that it would be recurring oil every never ndopted or applied by Congreas to et• occasion, and reed's Ing irritations, until a lit r California was admitted into Ilia would kihille anvil mutual and mortal ha- t onm ns a State with the Constt tred ns to render separations prifeialde in she to-mid for 'herself without eternal discoid lie sa ys t o Joseph C. i , 11.1 'sem by Congr. ss on the subject of hell, Jarman' 314 t. I ninny auto stay, i• itttl,m het !unit!. That was adjuS. youtipi, she (Ifni-v:lrd College) now has /c," by Mts. Ir her ('onstitution, and by ink' the lessons of the Anti Missouri-'stn, her ow a n.•t then foie she entered the Union know not ; but a gentleman lately, from as a rte, Slate. In the acts fur the orgini- Princeton told me lie saw • list of stodent.s tat,. of Utah and New_Mexico as Temba ,at that place, and that more than half were ries, there w ere no provisions prohibiting or Virginians. 7'hese will return home no nuthoi 17ing sin), ery, but it was expressly doobt deeply impressLi with the principle of pro, [dud that they should eventually come the Holy Alliance of Restrictionists "' And 'lnto the Union with or without Vavery, as Ito lien. Breekinridge he writes, February i the people of each should decide, in forming 11th, 0(21. "The line of division lately C institutions in efaratory to admissiOrr.— marked out between different portions to our Seven years have elapsed since these 'rerri• confederacy up such vi ill not WY/11, Ifi nr, ' toi Lai ants IA ere passed, and no complains be obliterated and we are now tru Ping to is heard egfl)ll,t then), nor has slavery been those who are against US in poiitmo established in either Territory. ,It . is, principle, to fashion to their own form the therefore, peal , of that the Wihnot Proviso minds and affections of our youth If, as was wholly unnecessary to the Exclusion of has been estimated, we send three hundred ; slaverys and that the azatton from 1848 to thousand dollars a year to the northern semi. , 11 1 .50 to secure its enactment was a thincof, itaries for the instruction of our own sons, i arrant hilly as well as of real evil. then we must have five hundred of our own There stand the facts !no longer to be I ROM snab,hitig opinions and principles in dia..' ic.rveited or deport. and they exhibit the cord 17,,ith thtrie of their own country This Pro‘iso agitation in its true character. Nob canker is eating on the vitals of our erns- , adopted, it is seen ttl have been unnecessa. Mace, and, if not arrested at once, will be' I t Prothietive of great mischief to the beyond remedy." In a letter' Math- " country in the contention and alienation it nun, in reference to the Missouri questioi ; , t mimed it ti as a Mere 'abstractio'n, a Ain lie declared that Rufus King (a distinguish- !neither practical nor useful. federalist) was “rendy to rush the I'm on fi,r! A dr.-Ter:de attempt was made last year any chance of restoring his pyrty to poi, e ,l to carry the Presidential election upon a and icri:;„, , liny himself to the head it ' - h nn,as at, dation,;4l it loch the same crass On another °erasion, lie deehired the goes. of a, on app. art d" that did in the Missouri 1 two to he a mere party trick, "that the lead- 1 , n Refiatio of men "ready to , risk the try of federalism dcfisited in their schemks I 1110[I for any thence of establishing their. of obtaining power • • have changed ti me I part) -and wriggling themselves to the fact and thrown out another barrel to the head of a But, a just judgment was whale. They are taking advantage of the pothole, L.l upon the‘e people and their pro. iirtuous feeling of the people to rif t n di- ' ()it eh "lion of Mr. # ,lluchsnan, and of parties hy geen,erophiral tin,, civet vk .moi be oldie( dto select qotre n th. i peettnie that this will insure them, upon er topc upon which to disturb the padr e ) cal pcineiplis, the majority they could neree ti and Ft mule for the attainment „ht - fe deralism." • And. 11 • 1.2211 on principles 0 • o power. Len vasinuLic attempts to keep finally. his letter to. Oen. La Fayette, dated pp enithlllent without any practical or use -1 November 4th, 0423, contains his Judgment ' ful eet in view, but simply th they may of the wh de inovement, expressed with li , s thrive upon it ,w a nod passion. are even usual directness and vigor. lie says • "The now I l - 1 ( . 1 , 1,1 ley the 11111/11C Willi a feeling Hartford Convention, the victOry of (lili ans, tendering very qesrly upon contempt, '• and the in ace of t.hent, preMented the ❑awe federalism. Rs votams abandoned it t shame and morttlicatton: ANo n‘Ja (ALI. tuawiEt.‘as itr.rt BLICAN3. nut the name alone a t hanged, the pr 'lmp , : are the sonic , f • • • 4'ot, the eclipse of federanon with us, thonth not its extinction, its lead- era got up the Missouri question, under rho The Wllnint Proviso was utterly extin /hfie front of lessening the measure of' ila• gash ( by Wci.qter on the .7th of March, very, RUT WITII THE REAL VIEW in the demonstration of git tnuGlity r PRODUCING A GF,tnatApiticAL and u us thenceforth delivered over to hist°. IION OF PARTIES, IVAK.II Dian EN-;re as an unpost tire ; 'and approval of the I sum', THEN! TIIE N EXT PRFSIDENT.— t absas:N Lb! a •I,s set of 1554, has been The people of il k ( North wont blindfold into gi owitig more nod inure general as jts con the tinartt, following their lesik;rs for *whiff' l flrmtly it toned prinelples hAN_ been exam with a zeal truly moral and laudable until itied and estrailisited That unnecessary they became senlible that lh , y were in t urbig things shall not lie done, and that the citi instead of endow the rt at interest of the : . zetis of each political division of the country slates / THAT THLT HAD EIF.LN LSZD MILT se shall determine their local institutions, are; 'TOOLS FOR HLECTIONEERIND PI RPOSES ; AND in fact, propositions so reasonable and just THAT TRICK OF HYPOCRISY then fit that it is surprising they should. ever .have as quickly as it had been got up. been questioned. , This is an admirable description of the , Three years ago the Democratic party of Republievin party of the present day—of the I tilts State chose defeat before dishonor. It canoes which te it, and the o bjects of its mind tip • for toleration and equal rights, Saunders. The_pictursa nu drank. ity. the4againitttlie-paisions--arid- prejaidieeiret—the , - hand of a toaster, end represents the features II time, because consti t utional andjust rirint• of the subjects with fidelity and exactness. elides demanded it. And now, with a new Repultlicanism, being but a eepr6duction of ofintagonist—the Republiciit party--..it still Mitsouri agitation, bears presnsely (lie same stands in the path of duty, with its pait description, and is obnoxious to precisely courser vindicated, and Ail the highest tho same censure. And it in to be remark- claims to public cnidldence and favor. While ed, that like its predecessor—it invokes the it is not insensible to While of pro and Tegfidetimi of Congress in a case of rank in- impi-Oveinent, and will seek to app hose , expediency and doubtful power, and hence- - that are practical and just, its duty 11.8 a fills within the-condemnation of the general — areal conservative organization to preserve principle as Op limited action' by Govern- the principles of the government and the fo ment, which has been a topic of this ad- stitutions of thibcountrk from degeneracy, dress, will notbe itegtocted. In brief, if busted it But a view of modern R e publicanism would he incomplete without tiome particu lar notice of the features of ite-career , --- Without tracing its early movements in the organisation tiT Abolition sooieties the trim lation Incendiary matter through the. mails, agitation by petition to Congress, cl►. TKIIYA tl,sn IN ADVANCL VOLT:1118 13. A int/ 3.1 people arc practical and nngarunn'4. require some practi , ' cal good to appear in. ant' movement to Inch th y i.re invited ; and when due time hat elapsed for relleation, they will try par ties awl party measures by the standard of mine:plc amt not of profe.ssions. nal he true; and from its administration of public affairs, the, people recnivij,iks heretofore, the "peaceable fruits'' of good government and honest rule. 0. 11. BUCTICAWW, blau,/roc Sao. N. 111/Taano"; Secretaries tba.DANAN,
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