14119uellicm. politico anb Hems.,
TOBIOGRAPHY OF A RELIEF NOTE!!
aa born In May, of 1841. My father is Wit..-
. Jourtsrotr, of Armstrong county. I have
I through many eventful scenes. I have ex=
ced many troubles. 1 have submitted to matey
When I came into this breathing world I
reeted by the maledictions of the people. As
ed on in life, I received many more kicks than
.s. And now, at this,'my last moment of ex
e, curses are ringing in my ears, and thott
are hoping to see me return to my original;—
EC
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passe
peril
MI
am
a=
coppe
istenc,
sands
rags.
I h l ye served many purposds. My father is an
old po itical bruiser. Ho , was driven out of the
Demo ratio party for treachery, and for too much of
a hankering after the flesh-pots of Whiggery. He
moved to Armstrong county early in life, where he
got rich-by speculation. He thought the Demo
crats tbere were verdant. He got them to elect
the Legislature, and whet — ) they did so, he
toed tail upon them, and then made a coin
ith THADDEUS STEVENS. '
ng succeeded in
v ai n , back to the Legis
in 1841, he introduced 'his celebrated Relief
hick led to the birth of myselfand many thou',
)C sisters. ' A good deal of difficulty took place
Am wera born. Many eminent political doe
ere consulted, and a good deal of trouble was
him tol
first t
pact
lat re
W I
sends
before
tors w
st in the pangs of parturition we should all
hered. But thanks to the zeal,and industry
taken 11
be smo
ther, who employed a number of masculine
AUDLES and Mrs. GANTs, we were' safely,
of my
Mr..
ushered upon the stage of action.
With all I - •ins bo•
ivith all my sisters, I was born, like a._ ,n 6
Ind, with my eyeteeth cut. hike Minerva from
the brain of Jove, we leaped full-Hedged into being.
Like the men of 'Cadmus we came forth fully armed
and equipped, for the purposes fur which we wer;
intended. • We each thought ourselves sent out upo
a utisision to relieve the people of ull the loose change
they had to spare.
When I was still fresh and new, I-was paid out IJ.
the counter of the ERIE Bank, with many of my rela l r
lions, to one REED, a famous steam-boat builder and
banker! He handed me over to one of his workmen
—a plain and highly intelligent man. I soon found
that I ivaa not popular in this man's family. lq.
looked upon me with great suspicion. Ile denoun
ced m , father bitterly, and declared frequently to hit.
0
wife at I was created simply to plunder the hard
worki g people. I soon saw that I would he very
little r spected here, and I was not sorry when m'
owner 'a wire paid me to a merchant for some dry+.
goods.. In a short time I found myself once mor
in the idst of many of
t in
my sisters—some cif then
looked very thin—others very dirty—others were
bruise and torn—while only a few preserved thei
virgin purity. At this time' rumors began to ore•
veil tit t we were not to be trusted, and I retollec
:eery .
'en when we all of us took a ride to Philude
phia. :here we were sold to a broker, fur ten cent.
leas tb:n each dollar of us called tor. I declare
think /hat, at this time, an hundred thousand.of on
family were bought and sold in a single week by t hi.
one man of diecounts,,and there were many more o
Third street. I was always going out and eomini.
back. On Saturday, I was genrally purchased b
the head of a large establishment to pay; at the vat
tie on my face, to his workmen—and these won!
run to market and to the stores with myself and sis
tens. They always had to pay more than the hil
price for every thing, because they paid their debt=
with us. Once I reccollect heing taken back to
mechanic's house, (who had put out all but my
self,) and never will I forget his bitter denuncia ,
lions of the whole paper system. lie said he ha
been a Whig all his previous life, but he now faun
that the Democrats tsere right in their opposition t.
paper money. I have no doubt he became a Locofo
co from that day. He held me tip very near th•
candle before the children, and told them how labo
was plundered by such as I; and once or twice in
his rage he burnt me severely. I as heartily re
joiced to get out of his hands, and by regular pro
tees to find myself onca more back in the broker'-
drawer. Here I was always ironed out carefully,
and:mended where I had been injured. Then I wool -
be sold'out to such as had hands to pay, or auctions
to attend. Once—l shall never forget—l 'fell int
the hands of a gambler, and w'hile at the Roillett
table I was recoonized by e one of 'my old friends. •
unioogo.zueu ptnitician, ell Known tor tits oppose
tion to the Masons. He . seized me with a laugh
and proceeded to tell the company all about the of
forts tlAtt had been made to tiring me into being
and the uses I had been turned to: He then put hi
•upilea upon one of the figures and played with des
Aeration fur some time.
Since 1814 I have seen many trials—bore many
insults—passed through many , thousands of hands
and accomplished many vile purposes. Open you
pocket-book and look upon me as I am—all tatter°
and torn. You will see lam old—dint dissolution,
is at heart, and that niy -days are numbered. There'
is no salvation for me. There is no physician how
ever skillful—no compound, however subtle—no al
terative, however famed—no invention, however ex
itraordinary—no magic,however wondrou s—that ea n
restore mp to health again. Besides, it is not safe
that I should longer stay here. Already has it been'
declared by Judge RANKS, the late %Vhig State Trea
surer, one who should have treated me and my rela
tives'better, connected as we are by strong political
ties—that I deserve a funeral pile—that we shoald
be ignominiously destroyed, as offenders against the
interests of the Commonwealth. Since this period,
the people have broken out anew, and curses are
showered upon us wherever we are seen. I wel
cOme the hour when we shall be released from tit's
world of sin and 'trouble . . The only persons'who
will regret our departure will be the brokerg, •who
ince made thousands of dollars by 011(ling us off
upon the needy, and by selling us to the heartless.
.........
Before going to our long home, eh() in—
the full
consciousness that we deserve little r of the confi
dence of a people we have been forced unwittingly
to despoil of their rights'arid their property, filial
regard constrains us to ask of von at kind and re-.
speetful attentions to our father: WILLIAM F. Jonx
.6 - coti. We nal( that he should have a i decent potiti
cal - timid. Ile is not foul enough believe tha
you will maim him Governor, but lie doe.; hope tha
you will allow him to retire to the shades of tha
obscurity in which to repent his various trnnsgres
sions. ' He has little to'expect from us, his,errin
children, as but for him we should never have bee
born to live a shameless life, and to die n disgrace
ful.death; but the cries of nnture cannot be stifled
Even in our hour of departure, we pray you den
Avith'hitn Gently—whistle him down the wind wit
mercy—smooth the bed of inevitable fore—and hlnu
the'edges of your resentment. and we will rea l ms
von in our penitential prayers and dying confessions
Farewell!—Pennsylvanitzn.
DEATH OF A LITTLE GIRL FROM STARVATION,
A most melancholy death occurred at the c ou nt
house the 'other day, caused by startatiom TI
Itarticularet, as far we could get at them,-are as fu
• A man and woman left a little girl whom they
represented who their daughter, with a family resi
ding near Peckville, in the town of Fishkill, las
summer, promising to call for her in a few days.
She remained there some weeks, and the individu
els who left her wefe not heard from. The family
with whom she was left, thinking that she would
never be called for, used her in a most cruel and in
human manner, depriving her of fond and .clothidg.
until she finally resolved to escape and attempt to
find her friends, and accordingly wandered Ofl'ulone,
and was lost in the woods on the Fishkill moon-
taine. While in the forest she sustained herself by
eating berries, roots, &c., which she was fortunate
enough to .find during the day, and at night would
sit down, fatiguedand exhausted, and sob herself to
sleep. tihe remained in the woods for eight or ten
days, when she was accidentally discovered in so
reduced a condition este be almost unable to move,
and would havellied in a few hours on the spot
where she lay, ifahe had not beta found. She was
brought to the county house, where 'she received all
the kindness and care from Mr. Hall and family that
could be bestowed, and the best of medical treatment,
but it did not avail; death came and put an end to
ber\stifferings, and on the 10th inst., the littleslarv
ed girl was committed to the
tomb..—PoughkeepsieTelegraph.
Telegraph. - i
CABS AT TIIR SOUTII.The following is o stand
ing article at the editorial head of the New Orleans
Bee, a Taylor paper: •
" Keep it before the People. —Tlint . no roan can
vote fur Wm. O. BUTLER for Vice "President with.
Old voilnq for Lamm CASs, the Northern ✓Tholition
istr fur the higher (Alic e of
THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE "NORTH
ERN. PARTY" MOVEMENT.-
Fir m the Albany Argus.
Facts have Cently been developed, that prove
beyond question that a sahetne for the formation of
a Northern part on.the Firoviso•platform, and by
union of the saute elemctnts of opposition to the
Democratic party that were 'formally combined at
Buffalo under Van Buren and Adams, %vas in agita
tion herein this bity, tong before the Baltimore Con
vention met, and long before any of the pretexts for
the Van Buren liecessiun could have arisen. We
refer to fucts recently, and for the first time, disclos
ed by Mr. Sucanier, a leader in the Van Buren and
Adams scheme of disunion, in a speech at Faneuil
Hall. •
Mr. Summer, in the course of his speech, brought
out these remarkable facts. He said
461 hold in my hand papers which have never be
fore been presented to the public, which will furnish
some evidence of the position" which John Quincy
Adams w)ould have occupied at this moment, had his
life been i tipared to the cause of freedom.
"A gentleman i ' from New Hampshire [probably
John P. Haled Mpened in Albany, October 28,18-
, 17, interested ve ry much in the Wilmot Proviso,
and in the organization of a Xorthern party on that
platform,lfrom the city of Albany addressed a letter
to a friend in Boston, asking him if he would as
certain whether I .John Qttincy Adams would unite
with .Mr. ‘Vilmot, Martin I r an Buren, Preston
King and Mr. Chamberleng, to organize such a par
ty? It should be added that it did. not appear that
he was authorized to use the names of these gentle
men, but made this inquiry on his own responsibility.
The letter making the application was received ori
Sunday morningp It closes by saying:— , l should
be pleased to hear,by the returningmail, what decis
ion , Mr.f Adams may form, as it may be decisive in
governing the future to lion, on the other hand, of
the Wilmot Proviso Democrats.'
d thr l '
"I have in in) hand [continued Mr. Summer] a
copy of the letter written by that gentleman, Dr.
Bowditeh, :on Sunday evening, October 31st, de-
scribing the interview he had with John Quincy.
Adams on that day, and speeded by the mail that
night, in order to inform the gentleman [from New
Hampshire] then in . Albany, of the position of Mr.
Adams."
Mr. Suminer read as follows:
"Learning from Mr. C. F. Adams that his father
was to start for Washington to-morrow I went. to
Quincy this P. M. I found the old gentleman quite
feeble, and inclined to feel that his course was nearly
run. I.:e complained of great debility, that had been
of late augmenting daily. He spoke with much in
terest of the movimaent, and approves of it; but says
that he cannot pat his - name to" any e ill, as he_ feels,
that by so doing he would, pledge himself to labor
for the cause more than he can possibly do. In fact
I have rarely seen him so much debilitated. lie has
doubts whether lib shall ever reach IVashington and
intimates that 'fills will be his last session and there-.
fore that he cannot do as we wish.' I felt it to be
indelicate to uro-on the old man, worn down in the
service of his country, any action that was not cer
tainly in accordance with his feelings. Still I gain
courage from the interview.. He approves of our
cause, andbids us ,God speed. Perhaps others, when
he arrives at Washington, may persuade him to do
what I could not:'
"Mark the words [continued Mr. Summer.] He
approves our cause, and bids us God speed. tdoes
not appear that, lie declined to be associated with
Martin Van Buren, or that he would not take a place
on the same platform."
We quote thus at length from Mr. Summer and his'
disclosures, (says' the Argus,) to show that this Buf
falo scheme of ditinitin, at the head of which stands
Martin Van Buren, had its origin long before the
Baltimore Conver tion; that it did hot grow out of
any course which that convention thought proper to
pursue, as Mr. V n Buren and his followers now
find it convenient to allege, in justification of their
treason to party and to the Untim--•-•but that it was
concocted beforehitn-1, under the auspices of Hale,
King, Camberlent Van Buren 'and the elder Adams
and their political and personal friends, and carried
out at Utica and unto by the instruments of the
high contracting parties.,
ANDY STEWART ON EXTRA CHARGES.,
We have advi4l our readers of the fact that An
drew Stewart, o f this State, who disgraces the office
I of Representative in Congress, has been consuming
much of the People's money in efforts to make it
appear that General Cass has been an unworthy
public servant, arid is not entitled to the confidence
of his countrymen. The Washington Union han
dles a portion of 7 .i4mly's speech after this manner:
Mr. Stewart states that "General Cass received
between $60,000, 'and $70,000 fur sit tine ia his
splendid mansion in the city of Detroit,'enjoying his
• champagne with every luxury, and the society of
his family and friends, while General Taylor was
enduring hardships on the frontier." We should
like tri _know were the gentleman obtained these
facts. He could bitty have drawn on- his imagina
tion for them, for, according to our information, they
certainly existed nowhere else.
We have been informed by gentlemen, who have
been intimately, acquainted with General Cass for
many years, and to whom his habits were and are
well known, and he never drank a glass of 'Cham
pagne in his life; and that, probably, there is not a
, man living, more temperate and abstemious than he
is, and alway has been. With respect to his "splen
did mansion"—from the account we have had of it,
from those who have been in it, it must very much
resemble what General Harrison's was described to
be, only inferior to it. It was the old homestead on
the farm he purchased, built of logs, clap-boarded,
and a story and ahalf high. And in this humble
tenement he continued to live during the whole time
ho was Governor of Michigan, setting an example
to his fellow-citizens around him of frugality and
economy, so fur as' himself and family were concern
ed, combined with a liberal hospitality to all who
visited him; for no one, of whatever state or degree,
ever entered his doors, but received a kind and gen-
erous welcome. •
With respect to General Taylor's "hardships on
the frontier," it is a tale at which the old Genera
himself would laugh: for it is well known that,
from the termination of the last war with Great
Britain, to the commencement of the Florida war,
our military officers had. comparatively little to do;
and that they were generally stationed ut regular
military posts, wore comfortable quarters were pro
vided for them by the government. And it is equal
ly well known, that during the same period, General
Cass was overburdened with the most laborious and
responsible duties, which culled hint from home at
long periods aC n time, traversing the great lakes in
an open canoe, over our then boundless western wil
derness on hors. , back or on foot, subjected to the
greatest exposure and privation, and frequently dan
ger, It was only by such exertions that he Was en
abled to keep quiet the 40,000 Indians in his charge,
and present them, on frequent occasions, front de
luging the frontier with the blood of our citizens,
or differenttrines from waging bloody and extermi
nating wars against one another.
!
"CAUGHT A TAnTArt."—Several trunks Imam re
cently been robbed from the hind boot of Neil, Moore
R.r, Co.'s stage', while. going from Westfield to
North East, the agent at the former place, (STB
raw( CLARKE, formerly of this town,) determined to
catch the rogues on future attempts, by stratagem,
and hit upon a happy one for effecting his purpose.
On Thursday night last, as the stage was about to
leave iNestfieht fur North-East, unbeknown to, the
driver or passengers, he was safely buckled into the
hind boot among the trunks, and, thus placed In' am
bush, started oft The stage hod proceeded but
about a mile, and was ascending a hill, when Mr.
C. felt somebody at .work upon the straps, in the
act of unloosing - them. This being finajly accom
plished, and the leather top thrown up by the robbers,
Clarke sprung out and
. seized one of them, upon
which the stage passengers were alarmed, and came
to the rescue. In the meantime, the other freeboot
ers took to their heels. Tho bird caught, whose
name is Dwight Olney, (of Westfield,) was then
taken to Westfield, and on Saturday was arraigned
on two charges: Ist, of having stolen trunks from
the stage at previous times, end 2J, for the last at
tempt at robbery; On the latter charge he waseom
mitted for trial, and bound over in the sum of $lOOO.
The examination of the first charge was postponed
till yesterday morning, of the result of which we
have not been informed.—Fredonia Censor.
fit' Why don't the Whigs get Maj. Bliss to deny
that he wrote the admired despatclivs of Gen. Tay
lor? They hare tried to—e•hy don't they succeed?
THE WEEKLY OBSERVER
rasa PAL:
SATURDAY :MORNING. OCTOBER 7. 1848
Democratic Nomiticttions.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN, LEWIS LASS.
OP MICHIGAN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
Gen. Wm. 0. Butler,
OF RENTUCKY
FOR GOVERNOR,
Morris Longstreth,
OF MONTGOMMIY.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
srael Painter, of Westmoreland
FOR CONGRESS,
James Thompson,. of Erie,
Democrtic County Nominations.
12=1011
JOHN S. BARNES, of Giroid
SMITH JACKSON, of Erio.
PROTIIO VOTOE.Y.
BENJAMIN GRANT, of Erie.
COMNIISSIONEII.
JAMES 'WILSON, of Greculield
auvrron,
D. V. HOWARD, of Wayne.
DIRECTOR OF Tilt POOH,
HENRY COLT, of Waterford
'HE GAZETTE IN FAVOR OF THE MISSOURI
COMPROMISE
, Consistency Consistency I I
Tho Gazette of Thursday is tilled to ,overfloti Mg with
alsehood and misrepresentation, the Metal resort of dos
ierate and bankrupt politicians. Knowing the impreg
table position of Judge Thompson upon the slavery
uestion, a position we have fortified with proof, strong
1 s holy writ, derived from his votes, nets and letters—
ho latter written, let it be remembered, when no pena
al agitation of the question existed—that paper ,seeks
y such a disreputable course to mislead the public, and
ccomplish what it cannot by fair and honest disc u s s i on .
As wo have already in a previous article, referied to the
proofs we rely upon to establish Judge Thompson's claim
to be considered the opponent of the extension of slavery,
vo will in this briefly examine the position of the Gazette
itself upon this question, nod show a little of its consist
ncy in denouncing others in such unmeasured terms.
Ilow.long is it, then, since the Gazette—this same Ga-
Otte which now professes such it haly horror at the
xtension of slavers—was willing, aye, actually so wil
'
/
ng, to accept the Missouri Compromise, that it , thought
gnat way of settling the question, would "BE THE BEST
THING COULD BE DONE UNDER EXISTING
lIICUMSTANCES?" No longer ago, freeme i rt of Erie
county, than the 20th-of July, 1843: In speaking of the
a i doption of Mr. Clayton's proposition to submit the whole
I -
vuestion to a select committee or the Senate, equally di
ided between the North and the South, that I apex uses
the following language:
"The opinion has been expressed that they will recommend the
extension of the Missouri Compromise across theContlllellt. 'Phis
Wie , think would be unsatisfactory to the North, though per- ,
haps, it is the best thing cold! bo done under ow. ,
lifting. circumstances: " ~
' Hero we have this :paper professing itself willing to
accept the Missouri compromise as a basis of Nettling the
iMestion of slavery
S in our territories, and declaiming it
*to be the best thing could be done under existing eir
mstanceil" Now there are no reasons ht existenco at
o present moment why thin compromise would not bo
'ibe the best thing Mat could be done," that did not exist
then; the infefonce is thorpfnr , n ti-..—i--t- , -• ••-i-- •-•-•••••-•"-
ztto is in favor of extending starer!, over all territory
south of 36 degrees. 30 minutes. .This measure. which
111 mu opinion or me tiazette, "i's tho best thing that
cimld be dono under existing circninitancesvould le
galize slavery in about ONE HUNDRED T HOUSAND
EiQUARE MILES of our now torritorieo Judge
T l hompson voted against this measurel-the - Gazette
thinks it the best thing that could be adopted, and advo
c tes the the election of James Campbell! The infer
oti ice ink
s ata it i t i l l : g o
I t
i t t l i r i a n s i s g m tb i , s , i t c l o m a t u J b a c n d m o s n
c C u a n i t i4 r th c) I ,
existing too,
c reumstances," Now is not this a beautiful opponent
o tho extension of slavery. What think you, free et II
en, of the canting hypocrisy of this loud-mu ad
v cato of extending slavery over an hundred thousand
s( acre miles of the territory of Now Mexico and Cali
frine?! What think you of tho honesty of such pro
f ssiong i as this paper has of Into indulged in? Have Yon
1
a y confidence, can there be any reliance placed, in its
p ofessions now, when it so recently expressed a willing
-11 -Si to accept the Missouri Compromise! This lore,
tO i o, for that compromise is undonbedly the reMion per sec
why that paper has pursued Judge Thompson with such
uitrelenting fury, since his nominatioh—he being one of
t h ose who helped defeat its darling measure t give old
Zitch a territory of one hundred thousand sp are miles
i ore, as a market for the natural increase of his three
h ndred negroes!
Recollect, follow-citizens that the Erie Gazette, the
piper that has charged Judge Thompson With. favoring
tl o extension of slavery over our territories, huciring such
c large„to be false, thinks that to surrcailer one hundred
Il onsand square miles of territory to the slave Power, "is
the hest thing that could Lc donc under ezistil4" circum
dances." What circumstances? The electio r Li of Gen.
1 aylor?—theesnecess of the Whig party?—thel defeat of
on. Cass?—tho elbction of James Campbell? All those
it claims, and those are its circumstances! Thil convert
ti it that nominated Gon. Taylor kicked the Wilmot pro
v.so with scorn from its midst—did net ovesl treat its
mover with the respect of listening to him, but'under the
gjag rule, and by the decision of its Pre - sident, timself a
trn tlve-holder, decllre4 him out of order! An yet this
paper claims for itself and party, ezTlasice opposition to
the extension of slavery! We do not expect the "free
sidl" party to vote for Jude Thompson—we scarcely de
sfrie.it—but we do say tha l if they vote for James Camp
lirli, a supporter, as ho is, of Gen. Taylor, 'nitrated as
he is, by the Erie Gazette, they will show bat n poor ad-'
heretic() to the principles they advocate, and resider them
ilves the bye '- word and scorn of eve. y hones t man.—
Next Tuesday will( toll how much they care for principle!
GEortota ELEcrios.—We have a few scattering re
trim from Georgia—not enough, it is true, tif ) , ,,certainly
nffiento the result, but sufficient to bhow thateven in
hat state, confidently claimed by the Zacharites, Tay
oristrr don't pay expenses,' At the October election in
November
S 4-1, the Whigs carried the state, but at the
31ection Polk and Dallas received 2147 majori
II the Democrats elected their Governor by l a'
ajority. What returns we havq,received she
)cratie gain over that veto, and consequentkm
p l eading whig loss. The state is sure for Cass
)I in November. For returns see TelegraPhii
SORE Hi:ans.—Two of the most decided
and sore heads in the nation, are Calhoun and
Tho former sees little to approve and much to
in both the Baltimore and Philadelphia no
while the latter hates Cuss and thinks Taylor
the necessary qualifications for the office to
vanity causes him to aspire. Neither of th
touch the Magician with big abolition tale, will
'dyed foot polo. Unpleasant as is the position.
they find themselves placed, they see no way td
it. Calhoun will vote for Cuss and Butler, and
for Taylor and Fillmore.
FEDERAL FALSEHOOD.-Tho intimation in
York Evening Post that Hon. Henry Horn ii
el , ass and Butler is unfounded in fact. Ile is
ee in the ranks of the democracy. In the say
a doubt is thrown out against another democrat,
John K. Kano. All wh'e know this gentleant
well that ho is decidedly for Cass and Butler. 't
ho cannot affiliate with the actors in the so -cal
niovement.
GE THOMPSON AN I, _THE EXTENI
' CiP SLAVERY.
hen men are bent on misreptesentation :and
d it to utterly useless,.so far as they, individuall3
I corned, to endeavor to set them right; and for
son we think it one of the most beautiful attribu
human mind which sympathises with thejaspe
I + prompts the disinterested of all parties and sec
I+ y themselves on the side of the Injured. Were
so, the boasted superiority of that mind would
e, and intellectual man far below the brute in mad
ity. We shall not, therefore, in what we aro
toay in regard to Judge Thompson's course of
qu istion of extending slavery over the territories ret
ly cquirod from Mexico, attempt to convince the fe'
pre aof this plane that they are doing that gentle
gr as injustice—that they are falsifying the rccor
Co gress, and branding themselves with a black
of - alsehood before the world—but with a brief s
n i e il t o d a f
r f e ac to ts id , sbhyo
the
e t the
Cantle, people
t t i h m a t these e oln
le gentlemen rci
a a
n d
doi g 'so, and then, relyingon the integrity and inn
01 ty of Ow tribunal—a tribunal which has never
pro iounced judgment against us—rest our case
To slay next.
1
Chronicle—we have hoard it proclaimed from the st
terHutt upon the question of extending slavery over
itorien Judge Thompson ought not to be tru
but that in the person of. James Campbell, the 1
candidate for Congress, tho opponents of such eaten
wo t ild find a reliable champion. Now, so far as J
Th nipson is concerned, we have heretofore shown
pos tion utterly false, without the shadow of a shad
trot.' to stand upon. Still these mon persist in the fa
hoo t l d!
We have shown that Judge Thompson, on the Gt
A4ust, 1846, offered the proviso to the Oregon bill,
only territory then possessed by the Union to whirl
wa. applicable. We have shown that ho voted fo
in 1847, and in 1818, when it finally passed and been,,
law Still these men persist in the falsehood!
We have shown that ho voted for the proviso to
ttvo and afterwards to the three million bills ut each ti
tit+ bills wore before the House. In this instance
pro iso was not applicable to any territory then in
pos ession, but in the language of Mr. Wilmot, w
j
me e "legislative expression" against extending slav
ovet territory weluight afterwards acquire. It was u
lino, •n that a treaty acquiring territory containing at
ti climse could never pass the Senate, hence it Was
iendeil oven by its mover, as before said._ to be.. t
ig more than a "legislative expression." Thereft
I n the three million bill, with this mere "legislat
cssion" stricken out, passed the Senate a few loci
re the final adjourninent of Congress, the house tl
iadopted the proviso concurred in the bill to prey 4
i ring defeated by the whigs speaking against time
had done in 1846. Ile voted in 1848 against I
- ton Compromise bill, and afterwards against 1
mann Comiiromiso bill, because they might be
ins of introducing slavery into New Mexico and (1 1
ia; thus showing, that although in order to socuro
mg,e of the three million bill he had voted to con
the Sonate,he had surrendered nothing in his
position to the extension of slavery! Still these tr
porist in the falsehood'. !
Con
. 1
thisl
Wil 41
c tl
111 i
mori
iforn
pas
We have shown that ho wrote to Mr. Buchanan
September 1847, declaring his hostility to the l extims
of blavory over our territories in any shape. Still
falsehood is reiterated and persisted in'.
havo shown where Mr. WILMOT quoteS him'
saving in 1817, he would "sooner his right shoulder shy+
drop front its socket" than swerve from the ground
occupied against the extension els/avert/ Wo have
shoWn where Mr. Dobbin, of North Carolina, replies
him at considerable length, and complained of his vi
against the extension of slavery. Still tho falschom
persisted in.
.r •••••.• •se. • . st, OR IT tIII t 5 0 vicionce 01 the soundness or
1
views of Judge Thompson upon this question, it is t
kno l wn to the Editors of these papers that he has replie
his rientis ; in Warren since WS nomination, (Sept. 1
to the effect that he is now, as he over tine been, oppo
to 'lte extension of slavery to New Mexico and C
fornia. What excuse, then, is there for this contint
epresentation? None at all, bat to aubservo' p
misr
ends
B t what evidence have they that Mr. Campbell
par i ezedlence, the opponent of the extension of slay
°vei l our territories? Nothing, absolutely nothing, ex.
lin letters written - since he and his friends have b
ing for "free soil" votes. This evidence, when
in connection with the fact that ho is the avowed
supporter of Gen. To:chit-, the owner of throe h
negroes, a sugar and cotton planter, deeply inter ,
t the perpetuity of the slave-power, amounts to
ing at all. That Gen. Taylor will rota any bill wi
not recognize HIS right, in the fullestsensc, toed
hirea—hisproperty--into the ':territory he has j i
fighting to acquire, cuinm foi it; moment be douV
'y ono claiming the least intelligence. In fact
zeit friends, his immediate neighbors, speaking
mity, and addressing themselves to the peopl
siana, make the following emphatic declared
h is conclusive on the subject:
lie election of Gen. Taylor will afford to the SOU
o the West the strongest of all guaranties for sect
ring his administration, on both of the great s
to which we have referred—[Wilmot Proviso '
nal Improvements.] As regards the WILM
VISO we need not remind !pa, that being himself
1:11OLDER, a notice of rirg,inia, a citizen
:iana, WITH EVERY FEELING AND INTE
IDENTIFIED WITH US, WE HAVE NOT
TO FEAR; we recall to you his deep reverence
otistitution, for the principles which guided IVs
in's administration; and on this basis, the true en
of OUR RIGHTS, we say confidently that
WILL WE EVER FIND 'TIE FIRM D
cert
bid
Icon
DER OF THOSE RIGHTS.",
•is is signed by S. S. Prentiss, Dula Peyton,
other of, the neighbors and friends of Gen. Tay
the whit press and orators of Erie know all t
ley continue to charge Judge T. with favoring
sion of slavery, and claim for Mr. Campbell \:! \ p
to such exteitston. 0, consistency thou art irell
'ell—a jewel as rare with those Whig editors nit
But wo must OloscHwo submit the quostionie
st jury known—a jury of the people!
Ng I
Now
vet t
eKte
bltlo
ME
,000 RmvAnn;--J. H. Colvin publishes a card
yraense Democrat, in which he offers $l,OOO
to any person who can show that Gott.; Cass
peechk letter, Word or conversation—is in favor h
. r approves of :any action on the part of 'the Ge
vernment, for extending Slavery into territory
As the charge is so often made, let us have
any •
nl G
Arco
A
had
OTHER. "FIZZLE."—Tho Zacharito club of this
nother "lizzlo7 on Monday evening. It was t
or meeting night, and tho hell was rung ettougl
it if it had not boon extraordinary good metal. t i
ame, ' however; but the officers and orators, and
I d up wrath of the latter, like a flask of ginger-pi
oho wired doWn for another 'occasion. Alas!
mite enthusium—in the language of Greely, it do
to pay expenses!
ty. Last
bout 1200
la , a dem-
rcgu
crac
1 n corres
and But-
had
'Lac
hegi
• head
umblers
Webster.
condemn
inations.
lacks all
Welt . his
!,mwould
I a bun
lin which
improve
Webster
The Chronicle calls upon "honest" free soil ,me
on their candidate for Congress. and support
'hell, the advocate of the election of • Goa. Tay
iggers and all.' Such a course would show t
.ty with a vengeance!
aban
Coat i
300
hone
Some of the whig papers, to keep up the calm
Zachariteg, pretend that the late elections Iv
coati in favorably to the whig cause. The Editor of
New Haven Register, says this reminds him of the 1
lowin conversation he once beard:
1 ow are
.. your folk*. John 1"
..i g
sg irst rate ! the old mere is dead, father's broke,
barn's burnt down, and Dick and Tom have got the m
/ 1
ales, I thank you Sir !" 1
Er
the Now
s against
now as
ate paper
the Hen.
an know
and that
Bled froo
DT The Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentiney looms
Lewis Beecher, of that city, who was placed on the
soil electoral ticket by the Van Buren "invention at
diannepolis, declines to serve in that 7apacity, and
Glares! his intention to support Co s and Butler.
ANOTHER SLANDER REFUTED.
MI
We scarcely pick up a Federal paper that we do not
find a slur upon Gen. Cass' military services. Theiror
ators, also, indulge in the sumo species of meanness,
while in private conversation, tho " bell-wethers" of tho
party boldly Wargo him with being a party to tho dis
graceful surrender of Hull at Detroit. Not only is this
policy pursued by the "small fry" politicians, but men
of character have been induced to try their hand at it.—
Gen. Leslie Combs, it Will bo remcmbcied, represented
limn as everything, ahno l st, but a•brave s man ; but it was
left for Hon. (1) ThoutiM Butler-King, of Georgia, to
dive to . the lowest depth of political slander. - That indi
vidual, recently, in a speech at Patterson, New Jersey,
made the following statement :.
4. General Cass is the hero of Hull's surrender, Or
dered away by Gen. Hull, before the attack upon Detroit
by the British, Gen. Cass received no intelligence of tho
disaster till ho was summoned by a single. British officer,
(fourteen miles frOm Detroit,) to y i eld, and he did yield.
With two or three regiments of in n, Gen. Cass surren
dered to a single British o ffi cer, fourteen miles frown any
other enemy. If Gen. Hull committed treason, is not
Gen. Cass a traitor ? Yes ;he is lan ass and a ri/lain l
He shonld have, been tried and lung; lie should hare
been tried and shot at that very hau."
This base' charge brought out old i General Jessup, who
refutes the slander in the following emphatic and conclu
sive. letter :
‘,.. .n.,
- WASHINGTON CATT A , ilept. za 1,-.1 m.
Sun : I have received your Jett • r, dated the tl3d inst.,
culling my attention to certain cha ges said to have been
made by the Hon. Thomas Butler King against Gen.
Cass, in a speech lately delivered by him tit Patensm,
Now Jersey, in, the following words, viz: " Gen. Cass
is the hero of Hull's surrendir. Ordered away by Gen.
Hull before the attack Timm Detroit by the British, Gener
al Cass receired no intelligence of the disaster till he was
summoned by a single British officer, fto rteen miles from
Detroit, to yield, and he did yield. .11 7 ah two or three
regiments of men, General Cass surrendered to a single
British officer, fourteen miles front any other enemy."—
And in compliance with your request t that I should give
Socle • information us 1 possess in regard to the situation
of the detachment referred to by Air. King, at the time
of Hull's surrender, "and the position of Gen. Cass in
'relation to it, and whether the General was in any way
guilty of an) thing. unbecoming a brave and gallant °ni
cer," I have tho honor to state, in reply, that thZ) charges
made' by Mr. King relate• to the surrender of a detach
ment sent by order of Gen Hull, on the I.lth of August,
181:2, to meet a ' , envoy of - previsions, under the cow
l:m[1(1(1f Captain Henry Brush, of Ohio, supposed then
to be on the route from the River Raisin to the artny at
Detroit. ' '
;also
aro
this
o of
this
bo a
'tong
I 1
, tho
cat
!. oral
EMI
ark
ate-
Mg
ion
i dgo
I'this
As the acting adjutant-general of the army, I detailed
that detachment, and. by the eider of Gen. fhill, plaited
Col. McArthur, (not Col. Cass) in command of it. The
General directed that the detachment should consiat of
one hu dred and fifty men from Col. McAnhui's, and
the same number front Cul. Cass's regiment, and` a few
mounted men were directed to actompan3- it. Before the
4letachment marched, a number of voliinteel a joined it
Ooze both regiments, so that the aggregate force when it
left the camp was about fut'tr hundred men. Col. Cass
was not a past of the detail-Lhe joined us a volunteer.—
When 1 understood that he desired to go,- I objected to
two colonels going with so small a detachment; but the
service wits considered by us all as'extreenily perilous.—
Col: Cass claimed it as a right to share the dangers with
his men, and he was permitted by the General, not order
ed, to accouipany them. - _ _ _
On the hith of August Gen. Hull surrendered the fort
and army, by capitulation, to the it hish forces under the
cumin:Lull of Major Generakllrock, and included Colonel
McArthur's detachment in the capitulation. The colonel
had been ordered by express to return to Detroit, and he
was within three or four mites of the fort when he receiv
ed intelligence of the surrender. 'lie fell hack about three
links to the river Huron, where he ritceived the articles l
of capitillatio L, wi { h an orilec, from Ged. Hull to Surrender.
The col nel was', I believe } bon il nin goat) faith to, Nur
s;oniblir; tut i ; hetfier he wa.4, or not, he wali coMpelled to
Submit, or he had not a dil, 's 'snbsi'stence, nor a dozen
rounds of atnunition for hisi coMmatid. lle was as gal
lant a soldier, and as Patriotic a citizen, as the country
could boast; and he did all' that was possible under the
circumstances; but whether die:surrender ut the detach
ment was right or wrong, he alode was responsible, for it.
Colonel (now General) der; had no more, to do with it
than the honorable gentleman who makes the charges
against WM.'
From the foregoing statement, von perceive that there
WWI not (weir a single regiment to surrender, nor was
Cot. Cass in command at the time and on the. occasion
referred to by Mr. King. - That gentle' nun has been so
-unfortunate in the random statement his fac ts. as not
to have stumbled upon a single tun •i Ins charge's I
know to be utterly unfoinuled from beginning to end.—
There is nothing in the history of the country, written or
unwritten, to justify any one of them in the smallest de
gree. As to Gen. Cass, 1 served with him in two cam
paigns, a part of the time wi l der his orders, and attached
to his brigade. I have seen hint in situations and under
circumstances that would test the courage of ally man,
and he never faltered; but always acted in accordance
with the dictates of high Courage and patriotism. What
soever may be the course of others, he is never the apol
ogist of the enemy, but is always found on the side of the
country.'-
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
TH. S. JEA UP.
,-.
Hon. Robert Smith, Washington city.
) .
CO" The Chronicle refuses to publish the '.. free-soil"
ticket, although requested by the Secretary ; add more
than intimates that said Secretary acted without authori
ty. Verily, is not whigery modest I—after exhausting
every means to persuade them to abandon their candi
date and support Mr. Campbell, without succeedingl they
now deny their right to apt in the premises, and refuse to
announce their candidate - s. Of course these proscribed
gentlemen will forget all this before election.
DnowsEn.—Tuomas KING, Esq., an old and respect
ed resident of this place, came this death, early on
Tuesday Morning, by drownipg. Some time before day
light he had started with a companion for tho`Peninsula
on a erattherrying excursion, and while walking along
the tow-path near the out-let lock, it is supposed, stum
bled and fell into the canal, and being stunned by the
fall, was rendered senseless, and in that situation drown
ed,. His companion, who was saute distance in advance,
hoard the fall and hurried back, but could see nothing of
him. Ho then procured assistance, but before his body
was recovered, ho was dead. We deeply sympathise
with his numerous relatives and friends in their sudden
bereavement.
In tho words of Washington, why should wo quit our
own to stand on foreign ground ?—Z. Taylor.
This will constitute. an auxiliary forco of nearly 5,000
hien, which will be required to prosecute tho war with
energy, and rare ! , it, AS IT SII9ELD BE, into the
enemy's country.—Z. Taylor.
llero is a distinct declaration, made hefere the battles
of Palo Alto and Rosaca de la Palma, and 'before any or
der or intimation to that effect from tho government, that
the war sbonlEi be carried into the enemy's co•nury. k Oh,
tho consistency of Zachary Taylor !
If James ThenAP , ,on wishes to be considere&a,friend
of the Wilmot Proviso, and at the same time preserv'e
his consistency, mid still remain in the Democratic par{,
ty, why decs he not connect himself with Vaej 93e1
ron party ? This wonld he the only consistent tcoar.o for /
him to take. —Commercial. • •
If James Campbell " wislMst o be considered a friend
of the Wilmot Proviso, and at ffie same time preserve
his consistency," " why does hs‘notcounect himself with
the Van Buren party," like those older and more relia
ble Whigs; Adams, Giddily' & Co., instead of support
ing Gen. Taylor, the (littler of three hundred niggers,
and tho candidate of a etMvcntion in which the Proviso
was voted down ? "This would ho the only consistent
/
course for him to prim "
A REMARK A Ittai e&NDIDATE.--GC T . Taylor is a re?y
markable candid‘te. In oneletter he sari distinctly that
in f 84.1 he 31,77" decidedly in favor of Mr. Clay's elec
tion, and wquid now, [lBll9 prefer seeing hint in that .
office, [the/PresWormy] to? any individual in tho Union."
In another letter ho as distinctly asserts, "I do not de
/
sign lo,withdrain my name if Mr. Clay be the nominee
of thWwhig national convkution." In the, letter to the
Mat4land independent Taylorites, he says ho authorised
J/dges Saunders and Winchester to withdraw his name
from the.PhiladelphiaConvention ; that •', whatever they
should see fit to do," ho " would most cordially approve,"
and that he was a candidate for the Presidency only so
far as his friends had chosen to make him one.
TAKE NOTlCE.—Voters residing withiu tho territory
annexed by Act of Assembly last wintor, will take no
tice that theylare, required to rote in this borough; and not
in Mill crook township, as heretofore
Q3' Road tho " AutObiography of a Roliof NoW," in
another colunin. and recollect that Irst. F. Johnston, the
Whig candidate for Governor, hallo parent of this infa
mous paper currency.
L 00V: JOHNSTON TE
it. All the circa Instances comae
Ito his present political faith :1
I. All the circumstances comic
loprietion to the Kittanning l'r
Stevens administration :
I. l'he amount of his invcstme
-
?at the people may know -las O
to he unselfish :
/1
sioill
app
an.
Eth.Tho history of the Relief N
rity of the act - of May, 1831
th. Whether the Mexican
lute:mai, unholy and unjust," and
was ) justified in executing his comt
6th. What principles have gm id!
his legislativo action on Banks andl
orally• 1
•
7th. What errors existed in the 1 1
GOv. Shunk and how it is propose
:th. Why he now defends the
th ugh he bitterly opposed it in th
th. By what moral principle h e
vocacy of Free Soil with his supper
• Minn Rtis.—The loading friend.
LANs, Democratic candidate for C ,
villo".district, have, as a dernier res
tiny, a paper to secure the names
democratic party pledging theme
hoininee ! Truly. dn , is a novel t
fact, an insult to free voter::. and w
spitit and intelligence of the demo
DiOrict referred to, if they do not r
which will long be remembered.—
We have no doubt our friend of
'reedy able to take care of himself
uncalled for attacks, but wo canno
hypocrisy and inconsistency of thi
us we have the c.rcular of the whi
which will shoW whether tiro mat
" truly a novel movement."
The Constitution of the Club ha
in a book, these block committees s
ter another, around through their r
obtain the signature of• erery frit%
its candidates, to it, Men who are
thus fixed and secured as by a pled,
wo might lose.
Now in what an awkward positio
Gazette placed—denouncing one
mendatiOnii-of his own State central
phatically pronouncing it an "insult
protest against the Whig party, m,
from their politics", we respect, b!
every week to the ridicule of tons!
folly and ignorance of its eicig/
ITT THEM ])MV: FUR rvi uju. It
the following inajonties, claimed it
Mr. Campbell, down for future refer
day wo shall probably have a chat
with the actual result.
Erie, East and West Ward
Millereek,
Fairview,
Girard
Springfield
31 'K. een
Washington
V te riord
Ilarborcreek -
Total 'in thoso town,,hips
Now Doinocrats of Erio, MiHere
Springfield, :11'Kean, Washington,
burcreek, the above estimate of ou
call upon pill to rally . in defence
principles >on have long and so , 1
With you it rests whether it shall b.
not—whether their boasted majoriti
or sent forth as the official voice of
ships. Wo know you run, and w
will, give a better account of your t.
mocracy than this! Shall that con
In = " The NVeri-en County-S:4mhz I
Democratic papers in the Union in I
lor's second Fetter to Capt. Allif•on a.
the .Erie Obscrrer—usually the first
business—has not ventured to tuatie
Now does not this come with a
Editor of the Gazette! He is aMe
and highly esteemed Christian den
fe.sses to live up to that commandm
"Thou shalt not bear false witness
bor:" We havo neuer pronounced
Gen. Ta),lor forgeries, whi:e on the
hypacracy has, on several occasions
General's letter, first published in
'in which ho says ho z'could hare ri A
nomination, a forgery. That has si
nine. Ho pronounced the Lippar
That, too, has been proved genuin
our Warren county fr cud is mistake'
Gazette—"ustrilly first and loudest i
not ventured to make tho accusatio _ .
i
the language of tho Boston Republic l att, what a liduillu:
any body should undertake to forgo lateral on a.Tal•
1
lea His worst enemies can only trtsh that he alketp
oil writing genuine
"INTr.n£Enr.Nct: orOcric.:E Hotn'iiu-."—The Gaut2
has a good tfeal to sat. about the "Mterferenee of e 5-11
holders" in the ei`.ti,its, and trusts that
,in the erect of
Gen. Tayior'el Vn, "this crying abuse will la tr.
formed by thO k\pe' dismissal of all ti-ho attempt a
practice it." \ Thisits an old comp ,r , VII wings,ul
one which they ha o never yet nue i k 3 1-illplivedy.
We recollect in 1.8 I that the wilt ttApiNtraad his
I.W
deputy. theAi i g po.,t-innstcr and his deiiiiere nil
efficient in el „tioni)e ing for Clay, Yet Ave hear:foontch .
1 , , ,,
complaints th l ' ',41:1 o Gazette has probably feTot tht--
be that, hoW . C>t. ,', : as i may, it cannot have forgot 111 1 4
ono Win. F. ' Into , the present acting Gevernet 01
is
this State, n to s lint tle stump for himself —ll4his lit--
tortley Genteel, it Cooper, is on the stompJfor his
self—that hitvd,el .l 4 in ; this county!, Matthew :, TWA
"Kqfp,'"- is on Vic; . itlf4? for hinisclf—that :‘I. IV. Caugb•
et-, Esq., shcalrof tiiit county, is on t
i e stump for theps'
, i
ty generally, and h' selfin- parti ular, and that )0 11
can't lay your finger a whip °ilk holder io the land
that
I ts itch doin : ..i t cwise! , "interference of o ffi ce
holticcs," forsooth! The Gazette had better try again:
Mania
The Boston Post reminds tho
Buren's son Abraham has In
ling family and obtained thereby
ith slvos, and that the said slay
•heitelver he-visits his son made
Post Ithen nslts; "fora Martut
his slaresg" Not much
s ease.
Van
Car.
oil vc
tin 1.
Tk
MI
Buren
The "cautions voters
it mile' means invented to dece
e electi \ . 1." An excellent caul
s instan, it reminds us strongly
.ed to by' , pick f pockets after tui
Are. ; T 7 - are genorally the first
•op thi ! Just so with our pio
me—h = j vhole sheet tilled dila
i . upulousfatse.itoods. and yet N
ilat lying hand•bills." •Is n't ho
bills
of tl
ME
Inn- el
Gaze
MUM
ICOMMODATINO.—Tho Gazette h
" urging the whigs to save the
is undoubtedly to acconotnodat
aro so blind that they cannot
"Pic
This
ho
13IENT TO GyEENE.--. 1 / 1
ursday, tha Guutte did not pui
for a Whig majority. This is a
to the faithful and working dem
It has Ipug been a contested to
as at last been compelled to givt
1131116131
of 't
dowt,
men
shi 1
ery '
Gros
Tho Obserrer has attempted nu
wing up" of Jruiv Thompson':= ,
'roviso by the Whig prey of thi:
IMIET
ere is but one way to reply to do
ut ono word that expresses that)
preferred not to use it, especially
not appreciated.
and
have
=CI
1 tad with
led with the
der, undel
Its in the tre e
thincacy of
;CM
EOM
( le Gen
iission
d Lim here,
lucorporaL o
i to Athnims
I to cone et
len }lour
Senate:
can rc conp
of a Sla te
I of Jemit o E„. ,
ngren in thi
1 , 74 taken toll
of membe r i
rWes t o
I OVe Int at I
/Mich 111
ride eititel
&buke it in
azette.
i ho Denioc,
and repel
forbear exp
• grumbler.
Ceutral Co
or cquiplaiti
'mg TWAT, trai t ,
tould take It; c
speetive Moe'
of the cause
undecided, Lre
whom
is he Idit
f the Nu).
cot wittee,
to free vote
i tty of vitt
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thr
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a true e
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are cou'Lent
wnships fwthe L
dance be taaplata
of .2
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Lharging
I. a larger I
and tau&
the asscri
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011;1...Ort
pod grace
l imber of r
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Initiation,
gent 1,1:h
I . e p t il t i e n e r i k a g-
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need
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against t
any of the
contrary thi:
He prone'
he Chariest
tepted a 1)
lice then pr.
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. t. tin
=
ced ger;
k. the;
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1 or "even
such lit it
." Besid
EOM
public 1.1%1
ilea into
plantoti
8 attend u!
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adrift /1-.,
Quin. abtul
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that in
NM
against lei
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of the tric
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MEE
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week wit
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"cautio
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CO% 2
almost
and Get
thoso 0
see the
OE
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enenrs
- braggii
Greene
denerrod
.eracy oft
tvnship, bt i
it up. WI
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