Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, January 10, 1861, Image 2

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    that this Congre ntional statute did not afford
a simple, speedy and efficient remedy for,
the recovery of fugitived from labor, the
Legislature of Pennsylvania, at the request
of the adjoining State of Maryland, in 1826,
passed her act "to gile effort to the prof is
lottS cf the CMIS(llfil ~f tire United
States Wiwi% e to fugitives !corn tiller, f.r
the protection of free people of color, and
to present kidnapping." this excellent
and well considered law met nN the
eziNt
leg emergencies. It retwired the judges,
jll:•tic(r ..f the peeve and aldermen, of the
State, upon the oath of the claimant, to ;4-
hile their warrant for the arrest of any
iron?' lal;or Making, his escape into
this Stata; directing liovre‘er, that such
'W arrant should lie made returnable, by
whomsoeier issued, before a judge •of the
proper country. It required sheriffs and
•er nstables to execute hitch warrants. It
authorized the Commitinent of the fugitive
to the county jail, and other wise made pro
visions to secure its cflbctisc execution, and
at the Ante time to prevent its abuse.
This law continued quietly in dyttrration,
until the decision of the Supreme Court of',
the United States, made irt 1812, in the ease
of Prigg vs. the Cominonwealth Pennsyl
vania. The history of the crie may Ire
briefly stated : Erlwrtrrf Prigg WHY lad lell , l
in the Court of flyer and Terminer of York
county, fur kidnapping a person named
Margaret Morgan. ('pen the trial it ap•
peered thabrus.setts lucid a close in the Stat.
nut Maryland, and that she ("warred int,
Pconsvltatda in the year 18.12—that
1837 gdm:oard l'rFgg we , appoonoteol, by th
owner of th e e h tee , owite and nrregt her
ea n fugLitice from tabor In pnrootinnee
itorthoority, and tinder II 11111 rant 14 , 5111 . 11
by 11 Jll.4tlCe of thq l'eboe, I 1 lgg causal the
negro tlootnall In be arreoootoolo and I it hoout
having idllllllll,ll nny•%%arroint or rounoo,:olo he
delivered her to her oolVlier n 1 1 1:' Sloe of
11111r)litnol Theo.(' factm were fund by
pevial verdict, 111111 ivOW 111 , 1.4.111.'11t
11 j ndgrment 11114 where' 34:11114
Fr 0.111111 1 ,1 11114 0 1114111 /1' 111 - It er
ror the :' , lljlr. 111, Court if the
Stare, %%hero n pr . •• 0.1.1 inolz,onoont oof 3ffir
unittion ,111.1 again, hy a4reoun..nr, elits.r.• I,
end the Cave ~ .11. 1 referral too the Supreme
Court of the ['tilted State.
It will be obser‘ed that the qu e.,tpui,
whether f:dward Prig{ vra.. really guilt? 01
the crime of kidnapping, motor the I'l.llll
- Dania statute of 182 ii, Wit. never Itettinlly
passed upon, either by court or jury, in the
~,o u nty of York, or by the Supreme rout t of
the State. The jury merely fi,tirl.l the r act.,
ant the action both count wan but a flint
ter of foto),
In the air•riimeni nod dotorrioontiou "1 o
rare, 111 tlrit• Supreme I:ourt Of the l'olte , l
StitteQ, it appear.; to 11J%. 1••••••• taken for
graia•••l (hut our net of I -i2G tn:i.le it n crovi
mat otron • v for r loni , •••r t • tido. 1114
Old of 614 Sin't• without it warrant of re
morn). :Ind 1/1,,11) tliin r antra , 11 , 11, the ,ICt
%.,14 deelared ult, , n.titurwit;tl 111 , 1
Tr, I Re] bin t war a Heir nioctliprithennion
of the purport and meaning of r •
tine The first meetiiiii i,f dr t .if
under which the indictment again-t
was framed, Wile ItillMort Alit.'( oily em•ied
from the tifltentli section iv( the not of 17 4,
1.0 tt bob a construction hail already 'well
given by the highest judicial tribunal of the
State of Pettnnylvania, where it wan held to
have no application whitteier to the rein., al
of a slave by the nt 'titer or hit agent, with
or without a warrant. Sorb vraii the un
doubted law of the State under the statute
of 17h18, and in re enactoig that st.ifiite, ni
the net of 1828, with an inerea•eil prou ilt r,
It is manifest that the intention 11114 oh ) oet
of the lieginlitturo woo to protlllet free per
pone of color, and to punish those who, by
(read or unloose, were guilty of kiilimp
ping, and holding and selling free men as
laves. This the Fitate had a clear right to
do; and nothing hut a atireimmtruetion of
her apt (amid have induced lite declaration
that it wan forbidden by the Ponstitotion
the United State.. It in perfectly clear that
Edward Prigg had rommitted no crime in
resnciuz. Mori:Rut frumlbu Slate
of Pennsylvania to the State It Maryland,
and delivering her up to her owner , and it
to imjnally clear that 110 attempt was made,
111 the Ktatitte of Pennsylvania, to &edit e
am act a erinie, IN" should have be e n d i n
()harps!, not lieeounti the not of the State
was unconitdoil , ,nal. hot lowaLow he had
not transgressed tie 4;mm:winds
The Supreme Court of the rimed State+
not only premium-oil tha-iipartleol.ir vet ft 11
then _tel '”reti 1,11. un eo ti•
of the not or 11 1 '1 41 . 1
stitutionni, but a majority of the Court hell
that the whole act woo % Lef•illl•P iUe
power to provide for the rendition of tt1.41
liver front late,r, was ri
Congress, and the set eral ..re there
fore, incompetent to 11:184 `ttittllte+, eltll..r
aid of, or to hinder, delay or preien
delivery .d eu h fn tree Thnt
the extent t.l the 11(.01 ,, ,11, 11,4
Juke Story, not only apptl ,
orm t iong of the majority, 1 .1.
disneitting (Timone; deli.
ty or the Court.
. till./ frernlllit.
.eva 11 ti,e liillllll . l
Air; tillfOrttlffittel 11(.014
,wily 5ir,.14,,,in,1 dim
4minotst.r, bur Itheral Mat
i ng it th t , , tutu 4 fir ~.VII
ifi 111 arr.l4l iiig ai,,l,l,•;l‘erin.4 iii,
f,..1.1,141 ~.r, 1144 imsL,,kmi ket e,ot
most obligali , ,ti, arid jr , 11.1 en. lii % i
ion. it yroA atstit,!,
Penn.y I twi P. 3
ute of
e pfrteern t.,?„
fu,pto,
ta
tom of, rather than ormdien, cto t h e 1 . .•11
04%111011 Of the I nircrl 'tales r o d.,
circumstance., it war the inanilitit dory of
the State to repeal her law rho. do• 141,1 nn
constitutional This was 11,110 by the at t
of ISE', and if that act had contaire.l
ing more than is repeal lor the Lin of 182. G,
and the re ens,tiumit thil law against
kidnapping, it r... 111.1 riot have been suluscr
to an) J ust complatot But the third sec:
tniti of the act of ISI7 prohibit,, molar
heavy penaltis-i, our judges
from acting natter any act vl erai A rirs, nr
otherwise taking jurisdiction id the cam of
fugitive from labor , and the fourth see
Lion punishes with fine, rind uoitfrhsobuu•ot,
the tumultuous and riotous arrest of a fog:•
Live slave, by any person or persons.. under
any pretence of authority ,whatever, no its
to create a fireach - or , the poldie peace The
sixth section, denying the Ugt! 111 th e c o un ty
jails fur the detention of fugitive slaves, wits
repealed in 1852, and need only lie Metro.'
to as showing the general spirit of the act
The seventh section repealed the provisions
of the act of 1780, which authorized persons
passing through 'our State to take their
slaves with them, and gave to sojourners the
right to bring their slaves into (lie State,
and retain them bore for any period not ex
eeeding six months. The provisions of the
third and forth sections of the act of 1817,
seem to havo been predicted upon the lari•:
gunge of the Supreme Court in the Prigg'e
Wise. It is thoro admitted that the several
States may prohibit their own magistrates,
and other otpeers, for exorcising as authori•
ty conferred by an net of Citngress, and
that while an owner of a slave, under and
in virtue of the Constitution of the United
Slates, is clothed with power, in every State
of the Union, to seize and re-captwo bin
place, ho must, nevertheless, do su without
going any ,illegal violence, or c ommitting
any breach of the peace. It is evident that
the framer of the act of 1847 had closely
etudied the case of Priggs vs, the Common-
Stealth of Poonsylvania, and had kept this
law staidly within its bitter. In, many ro
spec's, the not is a codification of the prin•
owlets enunoiated by the Court; and more
fault may justly be found with its temper
than its want of oonstjtutionality.
If fugitives players wore claimed under-the
act of Congros of 1793, the denial to tho
;taster of tbs.aid of State judges and me-
(..
gietrate might be a source of great ineo ve- '
nience to him ; but the completW and ,
er
feet remedy now provided by the net de mi
grats of 1850, renders him entirely iiitic- ,
pendent Q . State officers. And the punish-'
ment of arrest' n Nunn n at ram, loy it inas
ter in the exercise of lii , con•iiiiitional r.glit ',
of reception, but made to., a r sleet, to
inult isms and titireasoiedole viii toner, amount
4tig to it breach of the peve, is but recog
' ling, cry statute, whikt tt as lief ore the common/
lire. The sections %tore le enacted in the
revised penal rode of l'enio•vlvi MA, it the
last session of the ',Pe ' :Cool i-dative, :Co are still
Ilse law of the State: but they ate not saw
of any practical impoortoince, and is their
retenlion on lour statute books is calculated
to create the impression that the people of
1 till's State ere unfavorable to the execution
of trio fugitive slave law, snot the oliseharge
of their ordrfeoleAtte..4l4ittiosoind V. int li i, itiw
of remote this subject of reproach, I earn
estly recommend their uneonolitionial repeal.
While' majority of tioe'judgesoof the Su
preme ('curt of the Ironed States, in the
Prigg ease, held that a Slate bed no coonsti
tutional right to provide by legislation for
delivering up (lignites from labor, a minor
ity were then of the 'minim-, that State laws
consistent with, an I in aid or, the e onstitii
tional jurisditifoit,pere.vithol and proper
And thin minority oqiThion lidnow Abe judg
ment of the present court, as rm,etitly indi
cated_ in a ease which arose in the State of
Illinois, There is, therefore, nothing to
prrvsW the revitill of the at of 1821 i, anol
its restoration to a place in our (mole to whisk
by' its merits, it is so justly ,entitled. 'fins I
would leave to the option of the claimant, 1
whether he whtilol Rook his remedy under
the State or Natrona] law , lie hal this
right before the ri.po,illif our act of 18•26,
Anil, 111 my opioloo-, no gooool mason elan he
assigned for refusing to place hen agalt, in
the same position.
I would also re...oninoonl that the coli.leot
of the St.ote be grt en that the roaster, while'
smoiii clog Cr out Slaty, for a lop? ed pen 1 , 1
or iiii ,,, ing thion h it, limy be aceompanirol
I 4 1114 ,lave, 0111000 I.,iii: his right to 1114
sort, roe, It'11:10',1..lo legislation i dun t,.
e.oii,ty tifi.,ill iilionhl l`r er exist tointteri the:
olott e rooot Simeß of the l'imon, it noon,' t i n _
doolloteolly tend greatly to iestoore that (leave
and harmony n loch aro. now ... , i 1,111.1,1 . 1 y iiii
;et// 0 I BY it Benii+Vltition would cooieeole
no I : rumple—we would simply lot falling
baek upon our 11100101 t pulley, 101010 04 at II
t 11111) when our people noire themselves strug
glong for their rights, arid motor departed
loom, until, 10, a 11110.11,1101iiii of its 1110011-
111 ; :,. one Of our ino.t iinrirtant stiltilt , was
doclared unettio.iiiiitional From 171 , 0 to
I 'kl7, a •perlool of •Ilij .iis en 3 riirii fans
trliania, her•ett a fro, Seale, 'termitic,' the
mitt cots of other Sjato-t - ro 4r9ourn %idiot
her bruits, with ifs or ,let es, for arty perm)
104 liiii.infilllig nit 111.0•111. 11114-tit pit.. the,
Ow Slate, in ii iiii,hii4 fret ..tie St.ite In
another, free Ir o n :ill lomle.t.ition Was chic
inpirtol, or was the eon eat lilllll.lo freedom
retarded by the friendly giant of this pry.,
lege ' Thor tinetttion cannot be truthfully
itleiwere.l in the arrirnintite , tint it may be
sated) livered that, by changing our policy,
in this respect, Wit have Cr some degree, at
least, alienated from us the feelings of fru
ternal kindness, which domino! together, so
closely, the sis ' llodiolool hr States Lon us
then renew the pledge of trinity and (rem!.
ship, end 01100 more extend a litooolly n o d
come to the citizens Of Mtn MOlll,lOll country,
whether visiting its 011101,1111.001 oor pleasure,
Tinto% itleitanding tlie,!, may bo accompanied
by those who, under the C tn.' allow' a nd
liters, are held to sent ice aril lab .r
The Territories of the I tote! States lip
long to the General Government, and in those
territories the people ttf the iiilr t,ral States
Uttiltiestionnhly have urinal rights. They
were acquired by tnerviis of the ,outman ex
penditure of 'blood mitt troantre By the
Federal Constitution rower is Kit en to (utit
groins " to dispose of tel imtke all needle'
rules and regulations respecting the territoiy
1410.1 Other premerty holltmgorg to the Crirtorl
Status." Whether under this or any other
power.coulerreol by the Cmistitutimo, Con
gress 01411 prohibit or protect slat ery in tl
tern tone., has been set musty queen, ,I.
But if the putt.' In I i.lute up II ti
tulle awl !input (ant lIIJI/je I
11 111 A.:I/Ogre/04, 11l my tul;ituot
to he tern I-ed , h , •ht
nhall nut I'll'4 11l 010 1 . 1.1"
wtolkulo from the
ten+ of tha Souther
t‘l,lle, U. o ;Ike
eeneveriny the nit:
Stains ,
. letzal
the
.fh,•t.oht. i.ir 114
p• 1 11111 , .4 (liter nen , ' Ini
JP . Intl elk Ili.1111"1,111
the territ“rio,
gre+Niminl • 9
luf e
4,f the Irrr
l'ote I 111 010 1'.,111111,111140 ,111.•11,111,1 ut
f r of theyae.tl.oi of
ry ro Nevi retterateil
111 the Kansas and Neliraska hills id is i f,
Intervention by Goigti.“+ wall 1,141e1 V
111 the States and ut it. Tvirti..rie., is the
true rule It is the duty of
suffietetit utunluir lit hardy ,1113 aitseutitr
their wiv 110 , 1 441/I . dntant
Terrttorir4, to loriaimli thew a nil pro
tcwtion and a lone of go, ornnwnt but to
the people thernselve4 belong. the tight to
regulate thidir awn ,/tst I'llll,l, ul
their tint WILY, 14111)1ei t may to d i e (;,,,t•aitti
tins IA 1110 I !Ill,' Stoles
v. •
ier 1 by
r I, Ow
V. bile these view, 'no,
by ow, and elide I 11,1 a ,n , ".•reiy .1
he np.nnnn that their gehelll ad ,T.11..h, and
wnnl , l hair presci
oil may yet II (for,. pear „ .111.1 In
all Moll.l , lllfi of our eiiiiiiirv, 11111 111, , , doe
1041 lilt .44/ W1:11110. 1 1 (41 ()Will al (41 rep, t, 111 I•
corem y, all ether prois , mtrois hit the
settlement of the texcil gilt...twill 101).11 11 , W
threaten to .under the 1,011.14 1 , 1 11011 for three
,inarter4 of a t iititury lime made un 0111! 111.11-
rnrty yemn ugn, Oaf fallier4 Se1(1 1. 11
all angry eiintriuvrq grit ing c ut of a moil
lur
,
ipio•tion, bk dividing the li•rritiirie, per
eliuseil Irmo Prance, lull rot, cling that
shit cry, or 111 fl/11.111lary /11•1'1,1(11.11`, 511411441 nut
eiiltlt North ol a certaiiiToic , and the a hole
country acquiesced an that 41./111pr011lIple. In
1 /%5 1, that restriction up in slat ery trot. re
moved, and the people of all the l'erritoritis
were left free to decide the ipiestiiin for,
th em selves Nov the seetional 1141!0 lit
again presented, liy till! ,101111111111 i party 111
the North, claiming that shisery cannot le
gally go into the Territori,i, even if sane
tionad by. Congress, or the Territorial Login-
Intone ; and that it is the right and ditty of
Congress to prohibit its existeime. While
the doctrine which obtains with a majority
of the people iu moat of the Southern States,
is, that under the Conetnuttun, t h e Territo
ries are all open to shivery ; that neither
.(thingess nor the Territorial Legislature can
lawfdlityt e prohibit its existence, and that it tol
the duty of Congress to provide fur it all
needful protection, may we not wisely fol
low the example of our fathers, by re-enact
tog the old compringtiee line of 18'20, and ex
tending tt to the 'boundary of California I
Net by the means of legislation of doubtful
constitutionality, but by un amendment to
the Constitution itself, and thus permanent
ly fix the condition of the 'territories, so
that those who desire to occupy them, may
and a home, at their discretion, either where
slavery is tolerated, or whore it is prohibit
ed. If the adoption of such an aMendment
would peacefully settle the difficulties whieli
now surround us, I an.. satisfied that it would
be sanctioned by the people of Peonsylvanip.
At all °yenta, they should have alt iipportkji
pity to except or reject it, if mad, as a peaty
offering. I would therefure, recommend the
General Assembly-to instruct and- regdest
our Senators and Representatives in Con
gress, to support a proposition' for such an
amendment of the Coonstitution;_to be sub
milted for ratification or rejection, to a con
tention oridelegatem, elected directly by the
people of Ow State.
..(a the c%coot or the Not, of 'Coin:yes,
•pee.lll) to proopoo , c iii, or n amend
ment. to tl,,e C.ingtitutinn, the eitivette
PentiQyliniono should hare air opp troinity,
by the application of some peo:Aldo route
olv, to torment the dismemberment of this
( c ordon This can only be done by calling n
0 , 4) r / onion of d e le g ate., to he elected by the
people, nit!' a view solely to the coonvidern
tioni of what awesome , : vloolidol be taken'to
Meet the tiveticitt feat Lai. ezi.p,elEtes, If
Cutigets propose tel remedy, let it
enutiiitte from' the source of all authority,
the people themselves.
E‘ cry attempt, upon the part of individ
ual., or of organized societies, to - rend the
people away front their allegiance to the
government, to induce them to violate any
of the prmisions of the Constitution, or 'to
incite nosuetections in any of the States ill
this Union, ought to he prohibited by law,
as crimes of a treasonable nature. It is of
the , first importance to the perpetuity of this
great Union, that the hearts of the people.
anti the notion of their constituted authori
ties, ..hioultl be in unison, in giving a faith
ful support to the Constitution of the Foiled
states. The*ll•4ole of Pennsylvania are
devoted to the'rocioon. They will follow its
stars attol its stripes theough every peril.
lint, Iterire at:owning the high rerponsthili
ties non flinty foreslito lowed, it iv their sol
emn duty to remot e every just enure Of com
plaint u,zainst atenovelrei, ote.that they may
stand before !Ugh Iloslh en, and the
world, willooa fear and without reproach,
ready to devote their tires and their fir-
Vtliie 4 tii the ompport or the best form of gliv-•
eminent that has e%tir been devised by the
wisdom or 1111111
In accord:mei. with the pr, visions or the
the Szato., I shall soon re
sig., Ole oflio, thief Esceortire n 1 Penosyl
, ylralro.o, a otlo w lin h floe people hate entrult
od me, fo loot whom they hare clooe,tolo as Inv
~ lie ce .sor I slonllcoorry with one into floe anlks
of primp: lite, the e,.itlieli.ll•llll , 4 of haring
loone.tly doveloar,:ool tloe olitmus that Laredo.
' r 'Red nn trio during , the Iran of lily afire,
to the hest of oily ability , tool shall ever
cherish the wituo&,t atr.,t,.n for, and the
deepe•l illtere•tt no, the future welfare of our
twined Continuo worth h and • our glorious
ht public. The shadow of n dark clowbstnes
indeed rest agar' us ; b it my hopes atod.'uty
alTe l :toons still cling to, nor Ulllllll, and my
prayer shall be that Ile who orders the des
011ie", of nations, ninon Ile shall hare elinst
tined us for 000 r .111., 111111 11111111/W us 111'fi1fe
111111, will rest,ire us again in*lllerey, tin
hood us togethe,r uu .11,10,t401. 11101 111 Site hat
Jolt IA 1,0114, or Iraton lolly, to relation WI
broken thrunAlnall future time
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THURSDAY. IA
. . • SALE.
The eale tgned Irttag r'.t►rrrw of Alan
Pfinting hucitiooi filktv
Iry I neat in ihe Di morratie 11 al; binnn
eatabh.iont TIC 1, a paying (Mr baring
about 1.01111 FutivrThers anTI n fair ahare rt
Job Work and Advertislng Any pl flioll
"VI sh lig to embark ill the hottmess c ould
i not hod a more pleaaant lommon
Governor lacker's• Ikesiage,
, Jell
fly %0.1
,lt t.ught and
01. kt Fil.t.sely
PICII,ON AI. 1.110:K71 1111.1-i
The readers will ter „,„ the message „ f Tess, Is are lying off that harbor Their
(Mvernor Parker meth ivterest ft xTil,Lc pogo sr IS not known, but the iinpi osition
areu that thap.-t-it,vi,„, rakes the nlrnr t het e is that they cuedit.te au .et tai k on the
of newei.sion as the President that the laws Idex "" roast The Linteil States reusing
vessel haring been iitioirrovii the people
must be fulfilled. Ile reeommenill the re
here are in a defenceless condition.
peal of all laws /that conflict lothr or
spirit with the Constitution. A Charleston dispatch of yesterday says,
This is also advised by Governer - Morgan that the ma i mit Y of the dele g ate " elected to
of New York Ile says: Ithe Georgia State Convention are in favor
Let New York Net the example in this °I im " ' hate 'svcem4lOn also, that the
respect Let her oppose no Wirier but let State troops of Georgia now (wimpy Forts
her representatives iq Congress glee a !rally Pulaski and Jackson, and the United states
support to any
, lust and honorable smite arsenal at Savannah.
went Let her stand ni hostiltty to none.
l'he Postmaster General has made in or
but extending the hand of fellowship m all
live up 0, the stria letter of the Constitution, der to discontinue the serviee on the Isabel
and eimbally unite with the other inembers steamship line from Charleston by Savannah
of (hi, ronfiqfrrae y in proclaim:rig and ex to Key West. Florida, the contract for which
ill - 1,4111g a del , rinination that the Corinne.
tion shall lie honored, and the UlllOll of the wax made in October last, with M m?r
s‘ate, pr,,..erved " ,Jerai et, Co ,at $40,000 per annum. The
lie recommends the repeal of the Pr Nonni other contract with said Company, to carry
Liberty Bill, and also the other Slates to dii the foreign made to and from ill I Valli, for
the same pest•ges, still continues in force.
in the New York Senate, yesterday, Mr.
Sinnola, Democrat, introduced resolutions,
which were laii over. autinariaing the Gov
ernor to tender to the President of the United
States the services of the military of the
State. to be used as he should deem best to
preserve the iillteltirlind enfchrce the Consti
tution and laws of the country. Also, in-,
eructing the committee on military affairs
to vet - fort a bill to taise 10.0,000,000, proper.:
'y to arm the Stake.
The South Carolina convention yestellkiay
adopted the report of the committee recom
mending the appointment of commissionega
to all the Southern States calling conventions .
to consider their future political relations.
• The instrument called the Constitution of
the United States' is suggested as a sin table
and prerpei basis to be offered for the estab
lishment of a provisional government.
Tho pnuriph
governor of Maas , delivered his
valodimory to the Legislature on the 3d trNI , r
and recommended the abrogation of the per. I
101141 lileerty laws
Petitions were sent to Ilarriaborg from
Philadelphia, on Tuesday last, praying for
the repeal of all laws conflicting with the
letter arid spirit or the Constitution. The
petitions when united measured over flee
hundred feet in length.
The City Council of Portland, Maine, has
passed a resolution instructing the represen.
tatives in the State Legislature to vote for
the repeal of the personal liberty law.
Wediail these demonstrations as evidence
of a return to right and justice. which, if
to in good faith, will be more power•
ful 111 restoring harmony to the Union than
MI the threats and preparations for coercion
antrcivil war.
Tna PROILISIED Clam) Times.—During the
whole of Oar last Presidential canvass, the
Mack Republican newspapers 'and stump
speakers isisured the people that t ; l4eslection
of Lincoln would be immediately followed
by good times and great prospenty."
Democrats predicted just the reverse, and
warned the people essinAt voting for Lincoln,
assuring them that his election would pro
duce great distress, and mirit result in a
dissolution of the Union Well !he people
' trusted the Republicans, and Mdloid .lie end!
Banks upended !
Business prostrate!
hundreds bankrupt !
Thousands starving !:,
Civil commotion at oar. doors !
And it may be, year of War—of *ors—
of Blood!
,
fhe following additional South Carolina
conitnissionei:s have been apphinteil : For
Texas, John \fcQneon : Georgia, .h.frnen I.
Orr ; Bliattiasii fi, Aintslead Bort, in~lind
of ;qr. Bonham.
11. Pratt start.id yes'erday . mot ring for
Tallalinsse, Fluiiila. The others were to
have theteptitnrnimandis , prepared last night.
in the Charleston Convention, the follow
ing amendment of conditions of citizenghip
has been irGade to the revolution relktion
to citizenship offered on the 28th tilt :
"Every person a citizensif any one of the
Stites now confederated under the name of
the Uuited States oft America, who, 'wrthin
twelve months alter air date of thwprdinanse ,
of seeesidolp than come to residi 'in llbs
State writh""Clie intention of remaining,
taking the oath of allegiance to this State tor;
below provided ; also, every free *+dte man
who shall be engaged in actual service, mil
itary or naval. of the State, or shall take an
oath of his intention to continue ui such see ;
vice at least Owe tlinonths,•unlesii sooner
discharged honorably, and also the oath of
anegiance below prescribed. Also, every
free white, not a citizen of any of the States
above mentioned, who at the date of the bet
of secession was res4ling in this State. or
who, within % yehr from that data-.shall
come to reside in the State with the inten
tion of remaining —upon such persons a p
pearing tundra the Court of Common Pleas,
and establishing by Its or her oath the fact
of residence with the intention here mote
ed, and taking the oaths of all; glance and;
abjuration prescribed below ; •*tilso every
pet son not a citizen of any of the States above
metitioved at the date nforesaol, who tiny
color to, reside in the State the intention
of remaining, and may be naturalized ac
cording to the naturalization laws ut the
State.
"Ilnid altered or repealed, the nettle:diva:
tion lan a 01 the Until d Slabs, as accommo
dated 10 the special condition of the
are hereby made laws of tht State; ex , ept
that instt ad of the oaths there rt ymred, 1.1104,
of allegiance to this State and abiuratimi hi“
low provided shall be taken. In all cases
the citize-thhip of a man shall extend to his
wife, Present or future, whenever she shall
have result nee in South Carolina ; and khan
extend also to each of big children that, tethl'
der the airroreighteen CSTM, may Lave reit
:dence to Soath Carolina In like manner
the citizenship of a woman abed' extend to
each of her children under eighteen par.
, providt d that in no ease eitizeicdup
shall extend to any person who to not a free
nhite
'I he following are tha South Carolina on
of allegiance and abjuration •
"I du_ worsar, or that
faithful and true allegiance bear
or South Carolina so long as
a citizen thereof."
"I do /meal- or affirm,
and forever Abjure all
to eVery prther lot
eignly whalcier
IMES
A tiNpa
Hon Si,
r Nlr. Lincoln
r The City Council of Providence, Rhode
Island has VINBCII a 'I.SOIIIIRM iii teurnng
the reprem. lastly( s of that city in thr Sint,
Legislature to use their endeavors to secure
the rep, al of the personal Ii betty law of the
State
=I
A dt•patch from Norfolk say. that trn
iv porno , . ly nothing known to In• going on
tilt re m relation to naval or army move
ments All is quiet at the nay) hard, roads,
aml forlq
ART 10, 18G1
A rl,losti h from Waslongior !ti the ildti
111101 t• Sun says :
• l'r-va•e accounts_ from Chirl sum st ite
that a t houssaut nraroes are .. s ;aged in o ,
crecron of fortiticat tutu 111 Ih , h . r lin r The
clinnOClX leadnig to Fort Sum' r h-ter bet ti ,
0100 riot, il try sunken vt ssels, n, ,, 1 the tonics
he CP 1,, en removed. Governer Pickens he.
rl'et•lVt 11 oilers Or tell 11101191111 1 1 Vol Illitt (us
without the State. and Who . natty I.
Mal llaat p moment's warning. ' -
A private letter just rectistal from Fort
'.l t.tte rson . - Key West. says that live Spa nuth
S S SEM
Some years ago David Wilmot made the
following declaration :
tt am determined to arouse the people tq
the ir tauce of the slavery issue, and get
up an ors tton through which they can
get control of the government in '56, and if
I become satisfied that those efforts will fail
and the people will not assert their rights
THEN I'LLIIR D— D IF I DON'T JOIN
THE PARTY THAT I THINK WILL SENO
THE COUNTRY TO SELL THE QUICK
EST !"
And yet we see it announced that this
a ine Wilmot has bet° sent for by and was
closeted with the President elect, and that
in all probahilitj he will hula a scat in his
cabiat. If that is tha kind of material Mr.
Lineolii intends calling around him as his
constitutional advisers, his administration
Natio a " c.ouficrAtive" one with a Tense
anew.
The News..
the State
,y CUM //11/C
int I do renounce
egoance and fiddity
fltitte, Stalin or vover
xeept the S:ate of South
A ft from Ilarrtsburg mays that
Cameron has accepted the ap.
ens. of Secretary of the-Treasury on
ME
The News from Washington—The Prop
osition of the Border States,
Thu Committee of the fourteen border
States, composed of Messrs. Crittenden, of
Kentneky, chno•tnari Ilatris. of Maryland ;
Shettnnit. of Otoo ; 'Nixon, of New Irorecy :
s ai dslifiry, of Belay, are : (tilthrt, of Nhrth
Carolina_; Ilattoto.of Tennessee; Botta, Of
India on : Barris, or Vitginia; My(, lernand,
of 111tm is ; Barrett, of Nlissonri ; Se()Rattan,
of At kansas Vandever. of lowa, nod Itale,
of Penotti Ivapia, at their rneethig in Wash.
ington on Satuiday, adopted the following
plan of amending the constitution, by a tote
wantinh only, that of Mr. Sherman to make
it unatomoult •
•
I . ."l4Eommending a repeal of all the Per
sonal Liberty bills.
2. That the Fugitive Slave law be atnek
ed fot the preventing of kidnapping, and so
as to providelor the equalization of the
Commisfoont rs fees, dc.
3 That the ehnstittition be so amended
As to prohibit any interference with slavery'
in any of the States where it now exists..
d. That Congress shall not abolish sleve
ry ut 0 e Son then; dockyards, arsenals. &u.,
nor in the Distrn 7 l. of Colutbloa without the
consent of Maryland and the consent of the
inhabitants of the District, nor 'without corm
pensatioa.
fi That,Congreas shall not interfere with
the int. r State slave trade.
6. That there shall he a perpetual prohibi
lwn of the African slave.trade.
7 That the line of 36 degrees 30 minutes
shall be run through all the existing territo
ry of the United States ; that in all, north of
that hoe slay( iy shall be I.rohiliited, and
that south of that line neither Congress nor
the fern mini Legtslature shall herenfier
pass lay hue abolodiii , prohiloung or in
any manner interferin i• %still %fru - m slave•
ry, 'lnd that •ili. ti an Territory rinitninin
Li. ~ allit lent i timiltiiii, i for one. menther
C,,l,pc,S 111 aim mitts or c,(l 000 s.i i i ia r e f p
shall apply for nilitit,siiiii as A .Suite,
be
be admitted, with Or ‘‘ithout slay..
until it 1111011 may (I, I erimne
It appear, that after the
hail I wen argot,' ill mi
CAUCUS of the Rolm Id
M dish 0141- i
moved and ad
d their adoption 1 9 an
slow') and aas replikd to
e arneAnd
Hickman. Thad. StevenN, and
=I
the.sarne altra tatiatieni stripe, after
the canny, adjourned without taking
°Ow
We can assure .1(1)(0E lIALE, that his
course upon this question, meets .with the
approbation of at least four fifths of his
constituents without respect to party The
Border States have the the greatest interest
in the present vontroversy, and the moalkete
gent reasons to desire its peaceful settle
meld, and if the ;hove propositions could
be .ittunitted directly to the people. they
would he carrot by an o•erwhelining ma
jority. It will be observed that they com
bine n variety of suggestions, emanating
from different sources those of Judge Ilnle.
himself, Mr Crittenden, Mr Rice, Mr. Ad
arm, and whirs -and thus they ntay stand a
[lt tter chance of being accepted than any
01111. of tire origins] propositions, of Which
they arc n combination
When these tnetotustes row hi fore (on
gress, the people in every , I,llon of the
amiltry will match the proceedings with
earniat attention, as the fate of the Union
may depend upon the spirit in wlireh they
an met by the i stremrsts both North and
Swift 'I he ' 4 , nate committee of thirteen. -
And the flimsy committee of thirty three,
have both Mile/ to advance any measure by
a huh a settlement of the difficult) may be
arrivtil at . 211 , 1 It rlOl/,‘• relli/blll4 in he are]
whether the rteninrocitdrehtsti or the Border
Si sten will be nc,epted by Congress as a
compromise with slut+ both sections of the
coentry can lie Astral( 0
OEM
Hon. James T. Hale
eat rt.ct ihe following from a letter to
w 1 uih Ilerahl re lative to the course
of the 14 publican ineinbt r of Congress from
this thstric We are !Mit h phased to see
our Republican friend manifest this com
mendable conservatism. If it were not for
that insane Abolition fa naticism manifested
by the leach r+ of this party, the prospect of
recunciliatiun and compromise between ;the
North nod the South, would wear a brighter
aspect. We confess that we have been very
agreeably disappointed at the recent courser
of the lion James T. Bare ut Congreas, and
hope that his example may be imitated by
every Republican who has at heart the wel
fare of his uountry But to the extract.
" To-day a republican caucus was held,
and was largely attended. Mr Hale, of
Pennsylvania, who is on the Crittenden coin
:mace, sohnnued a series of resolutions LO
the caucus. Whirl' were concurred in by ma
ny republicans and opposed by others
They aro to the effect that all territory North
of 36 deg. 30 min. is to be free South of
this line, whenever one huiii:red thousand in
habitants shall form a State constitution,
they shall be admitted, with or without Oa
very, as the people may determine, and that
in the meantime neither Congress nor the
Territorial Legislature shall either prohibit
or cull& slavery therefrom. Tins propo
sition Todad good many advocates Mr.
Sherman of Obio proposed same amendments,
but without coming to any conclusion they
adjourned to meet again to-morrow."
Urgely sad Weed
A sharp contest is now going on between
these two leaders of different Wrings of the
Republican party.
Wesley It Co. show a determination to
hold Lincoln untimchingly to the-- nIclo,11•
arblu CCTIIICt," with a cm tainty of dissolu•
Lion.
Weed, consulting the manifest wish of
the people at the present moment,
,seeks to
avert dissolution and restore concord among
the different sections of the country, con
ceiving that circumstaves have done and
will accomplish all that is needed ; while
persistence in the irrepressible conflict will
gain no more, and will insure the immeasur
able calamity of a dissolution.
(inc is a malignant madman, the other a
wary manager, who seeks to smooth the
path for the Preindent cleat, while Oreeley
proposes to introduce him to the - Presidency
of a disrupted Union awl probable civil war.
We pause to see to which of OA two the
Republican party will give its support.
The carpenters and masons engaged in re
pairing Fort Sumpter refuse to bear awn s
againalSouth Carolina, and have consequent
ly been,disobarged. They were sent home
to Ltaltbbore immediately.
MESSRS. EDITORS OF TUE DEI.IOCRAM
ATCIIMAN.--The lust, issue of the Centre
Democrat has just been read by me with
mingled feelings of sorrow and cutiti unit. I
am sorry that a nocspaper in good old con
servative Centre county should at this most
critical period in our history attempt tg.
flaiiie the public mind which is alreadirex
cited to such tdaugerous OA. fam sorry
that we should hate among Us men who seek
tei embroil us iu a civil and intestine war—
for such will be the end and which is not far
distant, should the call of the Centre Demo
crat be heeded A party demonstration,
such as corrtetnplated by the Democrat, could
but have the effect of creating a division
among our edit i ons strictly upon a party line
which as the conflict progresses, w I HI grow
into a bitter hatred, which can only be ap
pe seed by blood At this very criiieal time
party lin ti e l eiould be forgotten. Those little
animosi . which always grow out of the
excifenlent incident to a political campaign,
should be forgiven and the whole people
unite as one man regardless of party, an
by their combined efforts strife to he
4. 1 who evidently knows what he
, about, contributes to the Boston
,Er the followipg article on that arch
mtmiand traitor, Wendell Phillips
The cool iuffpudenJe with which Wendell
Phillips assumes to be i• • child of the Pit
.
. grime, the representative of Endicott and
-4444 Winthrop, of .Sewall and Quincy, of Ila n
. govern coc k an d Ad ams, an d Otis," gives u s , .
.very true ' right to inquire," and makes it " important
~ .0 whether he inr we should know who he is." The son of a
,i, deprecates the highly respectnble lath, whose ,name thi
citizens of Donlon delighted to honor ' and
.id sitould he irillist; whose memory this '' snobbish son ' dot ,
:rattle mir !dee of patty not beiitate to calumniate 111 his sweeprw g
the terrible cause cortices abuse of all Boston's Mayors, he passed the
in a dissolution of the Union first years of his life in the amonlition of
decent learning. After passing a proper
• is the mere ie" l l"irarY "m•cels or pet mil iii the study of those laws he is now
, ir?corriptirtrit with the happiness and , so ready to vilify while under their protee..
,o.perity we - ;:iimy eilhtn the I ale of th e tion, and so ready to call aft'on v/hen in dim.
~ 1 1 1 . , r i he
i s e w l o s fl t ! to support the constitutinii of
Union Tho comm. tithe., dby the l'lnilo.
era,, ""If irt" l 4 to h "I' . °"" dissolution
1 1 1 1 : i . i l l i :I l I g Ht 1 7;1 1 1 1 t 1 1:11 3 1
ti»l.llllgut ate the most terrible scenes of of Nlaa , inelmsettiv, and was duly 1101thOrlted
bloodstio d and carnage ever a itne,o d by any to put nit a sign as a oniniaeler sad attorney
people A part) di tniiitstrat lon 14 11l make at la"' Ni ver r°""imil4 the positi o n of - a
us enemies 1114t1 ad of flit rids, a n d bring 14 11 , 1 . 1 e y n d m - : t i e H.4 l . a t. w .i j a .e r r y , 4 : o i o
i nne , means of Heliport
home to our own doors ibe conflict which, This •• grief tf brothers:' determined ill
Itiellornocratatiff - thi atioltoes - are waging attain this end, and " borrow consequence
from married wealth," with a death ill cc
against the South. For I know that I am
not mistaken in the sentiment of a great i t l t . l ll : i t t i .,' ) ." ga „ . z a l f i r 6 , b i c e a u t „ la a i td l l : tm a : l : pe o o f t : fi t ri
portion of the peoplt• of I't nt re county, when ' disappointed - , the diseinslant grind of the
I say that they ore not prepared to engage 1 hens! organ Resins to have affected hey fern
in a civil war, for t h e puri „ ) , „ i ( . o „, peli ,„ g ' ,Vmper. For solace thislawyer i• broke
the Southern Si &lea 10 remain in the 1 4 11100
a l i i s w i n t L l h a el i t:yr to t he rr level of t a h •c bt o ) t p t t on ha cl w er h k . 4 ,0 '
e
by forces end hreing as they do, the imposso iiiishirry, Foster, ' a g od our own Merry An
' bility of pre,erving the rnion should the ' drew were in Cho wont to let off their tragic
COlOldice. Ile heat the drum and took the
South, as a unit, choose to leave us. Sell
pc fpr e t a r s e i s p s s t a n i . i f a or a e each ne
,ii
part,
preservation will then lead them to wreak i ii m a a n " dail
ee i a m a g d this ,
a
their vengeance upon the heads of those fa- Ihe could draw deep inspiration from the
naticirt who seek to embroil us in a civil war wisdom, and comfort from the love, of this
The time for nag and party heroism is past . i Atittys - Kelly and Foster—and play Pooch
We have now to meet the stern matter of I
t h h : is the . ir d
1 .1 . 0 trliv:e
to I n hi s s u n c a h ti s ir w e ent c B.oe o n l7/M bt u c i a tion
fact of dissolution fair in the fare, and it is an adept i g n blasphemy, acugrility,.and many
our duty to prevent if we can, and it we can 1 minor blemishes, that the Kelly's and Foa
-1 not, then our first duty to to ourselves __ I term bolted, and he was left to •• strut and
, f r re h t his hour" in th e presence of negroes,
Could a resort to arms re11111(0 Its nail resto - rr
that good feeling between the North anti the : he pardoned s marting
o for sm iting aer 8U
l a ji tTlS dWeilroUltilgCsl;tinl m ay
that
which has existed in times gone by, of his own race, even while despising the
it would be well enough -but that it can ' denunciator. Knowing. as they do, that it
' never do - freemen can not be whipped into : i n t 4 .; o ' aur:e4,ll h i,:
t r i t: t t l , i p a t t s s o c i l L d s o i to o wi , iii .
h n
l e s s I , t ;' they
measures. The North might posinbly, after 1 ,. who ' never added a ;lolla m i, much les ' s ia a g il
1• long and Moody war, be Victorious, and idea, to the wealth of the city, - has cost it
put her I-rave sons to sleath. The torch of quite too many dollars in protecting him from
the inCendlery fllltikelt up her towns and , L N il o P i rlghteo m us an cu . s a nequence t Y 0 . 1 tits ownset :
; her cities, and leave her as a barren waste. attempted b y to: i n : " o 7. l ,i es o ere i ng o g / ', t o e n n e ee , A
4 But will this preserve the i•nion I could we condemnation. A " common- scold." he
expel OM liter having unordered their sons,' " deserves ducking ," a blaaphemer, he de.
serves c " twelve months 111 the Muse of
their brothers, and their fathers and laid
waste their.tunny fields in blood and carnage 4 try
It re i c s t l ion . 10 4 ty a , p h e a rj d u e r s e e d ra t e r s a:t p o b r e tti la h ti i g a li c e e ii u
too
-1 they aouhl live in pt ace iced harmony with us . scorn by a convocation of fords. The Boston
afterwards Never -the Americati Mart is , Courier itself should do penance and be
too proud to be thus selslued The old say- duek c eiri th for
i th t e ow e
l trageo l us t, insialt k the ate in
mg. 11. ult. you can take a horse lo the w I
ater. ' ° ) r i Y m wish . thia deag eme nt r e a t ta : so sce s r pf in i e p orig n ar o i r ng
Minors
but you can not make him di ink applo IS ble father
with force The North may conquer the 'Phis''ohm of the Pilgrims,' the pilgrims
South, but it cannot Compel them to elect : w r oold have smothered , this ' representative
their l'origrelstnen and send them to Wash ( o m E ar ri r d r i l c s t ra nt :i o u ar t i l d f b in a t a b e ro h l orp i," t ( ltse n solid old
eaglets City. The North carmen compel 4 that he dvrelis among a prole lonnYufler
them to obey clip leers made by user with- I log aid full of mercy, a tin do not kill drones
out a standing arm) to enforce them, and -though wm" that. useless; who arc slug
thus tin, south
I ,
uttbi be n dooott
to a do gard of harsh action, and willing to yield the
support of the taw to the kiwless.
pendency, and, thsti ad of t h e once prou d ' -- , -
1 mid happy union of indep, nth tit and rover- I
difficulties that now hover arolind
threaten the destruction of the
merit ever devised by mhn
hearted lover of his cod
Domocritt or Rep
(sent fen 14(11 cri;
make ally
tacit le to
nitrollan
For
kil
"ab tty
ReNolutom
1==11:1
ieanhers Kati held,
sign Staten, our got eminent would he a des
potism of the worst sort. In this worth
lighting for f Would rt not he better to
make with them a fair and (pitiable division
of the public property, iban to plunge the
whole country w rim) f fictttr that we
Bhotild have tRo 141,111,11 es than one despoi
wen. In view of them: fitetv, rve conceive iE
to be the duty of thu North to wake every
COTICIMSIOII, [1:0 propo.e every peaceful mea•
sure cons'stcnt with her honor •s s cornprt •
MINC . and then if thls should fad, the best
that can be done, in the event or a majority
or the slave Stakas seceding is, to let them go
in peace because civil war can accomplish
nott ing but the nation's prostration and ru.
in. The Abolitionists and their Republican
cohorts say (and it is most that their sensi
ble men expect)'it warts, the end of sla•
reek. Suppose it will What comes next
Poo r millions of hall civilized negroes turned
loose upon us without any means of getting
a livelihood, and who as their history proves,
will ;tot work without compulsion. This, I
have no doubt, the citizens of your own town
of Bellefonte can verify, for how many of
your free negroes hare employment whereby
they gain an honed living I him often
wondered how they get enough of the necea•
series of life to keep body •nd soul together
but Lauppose ihat empty hen houses and
plundered cellars tell the tale. Who cannot
guess the consequence when °intro county
shall receive 1000 more of them, shout her
proportion of the freed slaves. But some of
our more moderate Abolitionists say we will
oolonize them, and that they artoced to
to turning them looae upon us like a pack of
hungry wolsees, to eat up our subsistence.—
Whete will we colon* them and how will
we govern them V I wonder it those who
talk of colonisation have ever made a calcu-
lotion of how much it will increase their tax
ea—if they have, and are willing to pay their
increased burden, they are better humanita
rians than we have given them credit for.—
W e must recollect too, that the coat of colon
ization is not all, for aftei we have them re•
'moved from among us, as they are entirely
incapable of self government, we wig. goy•
ern them
We must either then,hy moans of tariffs,
&c., tax our own r hitu citizen& to raise a
sufficient ievenueor Prim place over them
task maskers and compel them to labor and
thus defray the_expePses ortheir own go♦
[For tho Watchman 1
r- • '
ernment. Would this latter course advane,
the cause of huntanity, would they not l e
(slaves still? The only difference in tick
condition would be that they would haiNs
changed masters. Old uncle Sant himself,
instead of his boys, will be their master, I
ran not believe that the people of the North
are willing to plunge themselves into a civil
war to bring about this result. 1- think at
least they will take some time to consider,
And will hardly feel like marshaling at Col.
'-Brown Briabw . ---hialkng- on the
30th of this Month to march forth then
their minion to a Southern gallows.
John Bream was hung, and if
I South he will in all probabilit•
nine fate. , Yours RCP,"
endell Phillips
Anteceden to 9
A TA"
'wmebod
t§,writii
Coup
SIIIABONAKILA ANDSBB3IBI.II Any cdt
is the season for colds, and complaints are
frequent The Journal of Health says that
if a man begins to cough, as the result 01 •
common cokt, it is the result of nature her
sell attempting the cure, and she will efiect
it in her own time, and more effectually than
any man can do so. if she is only left alone,
and her instincts cherished. What are throw
instincts I She abhors food, and craves
warmth Hence, the moment a man is sat
isfied that he has taken cold, let him di
three things : First, eat not an atom Sec
end, go to bed and rover..ap warm in a warm
room : Third, drink as - much cold water as
he wants. or as much hot herb tea as he can.
arid in three eases out of four he will be al
roost entirely well within thirty sic hours
if he does nothing for his cold for forty-eight
hours after the cough commences, there is
nothing that he can swallow that will by any
possibility, do him airy good, for the cold,
with such a start, will run its course of altqut
a fortnight, in spite of all that can be done.
an d what is Swallowed In the meantime, in
t he way of physic, is a hindrance and not I
good. •• Feed a cold and starve a (peer," 1$
a mischievinis fallacy. A cold alweys brings
a fever : the cold never begins to get well
until the fever begins to subside ; but every
mouthful swallowed is that much more fuel
to feed the fever, and, burfor the fact that
as soon as the cold is fairly Boated, nature,
in a kind of deaptuation, steps in and takes
away the appetite, the commonest cold
would be followed by very serious results,
and in frail people would-be almost always
fatal. These things being so, the very fact
of waiting forty-eight hours gives time for
the cold to fix itself in the system, Ibr a cold
does not usually cause a cough until a day
or two. hoe passed, aud then to wait two
days longer, gives it its fullest chance to do
its work before anything at all is done.
Horaoe Greedy' Thlnfra the Union not
Worth another Inch of Eilive Territory.
The Wealth:4lton correspondent , of the New
Orleans Picayune, in speaking of the propo
sition to settle the slavery; question, by Sri
grafting upon the Constitution the principle
that' the Territories should be divided by the
line 0( . 36 tO, the free States getting ell
North of that line, and the slave States all
South, says :
Mr. Seward, Mr. Weed, Governor Mor
gan, Mr. Grinnell, Mr. Draper, and other
prominent Republicans are named as having
started the prpject, with prospects, as they
think, of sucdess. Mr. Horace Greely does
I not approve of it. He was coraulted, it is
said, upon the plan, but refused to' g a it
his support. He said he would prelir a,da•
elution el the Union to any amendment to the
Constitution Shot wouldgive another tile °
inch to slavery. !leis for peaceable diesolu
tion, and does not think the North would
lose by it."
wpat will the country think of this dee
laratron I
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