THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOT RN DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C.
THE GLOBE.
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"Wednesday, July 1, 11357.
DEMOCEATIC NO/VIIN-.ATIONS.
'OR GOVERNOR,
Hou.•WRI. F. PACbtgit) off Lyc outing.
YOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
NIMROD WrItICKLAND, of Chester.
FOR SUPREME JUDGES,
Hon. WILLIAM STRONG, of Berks.
Bon. JAMES TROMPSON, of Erie.
EDITOR Of TILE GLOBE :—Please publish the
enclosed preamble and resolutions, as the
"American" refused to comply with our re
quest. TRUSTEES OF CASSVILLE SEMINARY.
At a meeting of the Trustees of Cassville
Seminary, held June 18, 1857, the following
preamble and resolutions were adopted :
WHEREAS, An article appeared in the Hun
tingdon American, issued on the 10th inst.,
stating that the students of Cassville Semi
nary had petitioned the Trustees for the re
moval of Prof. ALBERT OWEN :-
Resolved, Ist, The aforesaid statement is
false; no such petition having been presented
to us.
Resolved, 2nd, We have undiminished con
fidence in Prof. OWEN as a gentleman of in
tellectual ability, and moral worth.
Resolved, 3rd, That entire harmony pre
vails between the students and faculty of
Cassville Seminary.
Resolved, 4th, That a copy of the foregoing
preamble and resolutions be forwarded to the
"American," for publication.
G. W. BOUSE, President,
A. IV. EVANS, Secretary, of the Board of
Trustees.
Viy-Dr. S. S. Cummins has been appoint
ed Post Master at Lewistown, vice Judge
Ritz, whose term had expired.
Shipments of Coal.
The shipments of Coal from the Broad Top
mines for the week ending Thursday, June
25th, was 2,3G2 tons; for the year, 35,520.
The Main Mine Sold
Thursday last being the day fixed upon
by the Governor for the sale of the Main
Line, at the Merchants' Exchange, Philadel
phia, the works were then and there offered,
and J. Edgar Thompson, President of the
Pennsylvania Rail Road Company, being the
only bidder, they were struck down to him
for the Company, at the sum of $7,500,000.
Under this sale the Pennsylvania R. R. Com
pany is not released from the payment of
the tonnage or other taxes.
We rejoice with the people that a sale so
favorable to their interests has been effected.
They will no longer be heavily taxed to
keep in navigable order public improvements
which have not " for years paid expenses of
keeping them in repairs."
UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.-
The premium list of this society, whose an
nual exhibition commences on the Ist of Sep
tember, and closes on the sth, at Louisville,
Sy., is published in the papers of that city,
together with the rules and regulations that
have been adopted. We notice that a tele
graph office is to be established on the grounds,
so that messages can be transmitted to and
answers received from all parts of the United
States. Other arrangements have also been
adopted, to render the exhibition equal, if
not superior to any ever before held in the
country. The premiums are on a most lib
eral scale, including thirty-two of $lOO each,
and many of $75, $5O, and $25 each. There
will also be awarded for implements and ma
chinery, three gold medals of honor, besides
a large number of silver and bronze medals,
diplomas, &c. It is expected that the exhi
bition will attract a large number of persons
from almost every section of the Union.
Question and Answer.
Q.—What does American Republican mean
when used to designate a party ?
A.—Why, "American" means thatpersons
acting with that party are opposed to foreign
born citizens of the United States; and "Re
publican" means, that while they are thus
opposed to foreign Catholics, they are in favor
of placing rkegroes on a par with white men
as regards citizenship, In fine, "American-
Republican" means—down with the Foreigner
And Catholic, and up with the negro!
GLAD or IT. We see that E. 3. KEnbrAisr,
,of the Greensburg Democrat, has been nomi
nated, by the Democracy of old Westmore
land, for Register and Recorder, and that T.P.
SEARIGHT, of the Genius of Liberty, has been
nominated by the Democrats of Fayette,
county, for Prothonotary. We are truly glad
of this, for Keenan and Searight both pub
lish Spirited journals, earnestly dovoted to the
Democratic cause, and are well deserving of
this much of party approbation and confi
dence, which will, doubtless, (and this is the
gratifying part of it,) be followed by their tri
umphant election.
rep Attention is call to the advertisement
of MCCAULEY & Co., manufacturers of car
penter work, by Steam, at Tipton, Blair
.county. The persons composing this firm
are good practical carpenters, and having
established one of the best steam mills in
this section of country, with the varied and
requisite machinery for turning out all kinds
of carpenter work, in. the very best style, we
recommend them, heartily, to the notice and
patronage of the public. .
Aar.The days, now, according to the alma,
sac, are on the decline.
The Fall Campaign
There never has been a period in the petit
icsl history of the Keystone State, when the
Democratic party stood on higher ground or
the influences of its principles were more
thoroughly felt to constitute - the sheet anchor
of security. While the opposition is dis
tracted and divided ; while its heterogenous
elements conglomerate in some States, as in
Massachusetts, where Know-Nothings and
Black Republicans lend united support to Ex-
Speaker BANKS, and in our own State the
Know-Nothings have taken up Mr. En.oom as
a candidate for the Supreme Bench, who,
when in Congress, could not swallow the nau
seous political compound which the same Mr.
BANKS presented ; there is among the Democ
racy an agreement in sentiment, spirit and
faith; a oneness among themselves, under
the±iiam . e head ; a harmony and symmetry in
their party , workings, that fully realize the
enthusiastic outburst of the psalmist, "How
good and how pleasant it is for brethren to
dwell together in unity!" While Democracy,
carrying out the popular will expressed in the
election of last fall, is rallying the conserva
tive elements of the country to its standard
to oppose the radical dogmas, which aim to
weaken the sanctity of the Constitution, bring
religion into contempt, overthrow the supreme
law of the land, and plunge the Union of
States into dissolution, or its government into
anarchy. While with a clear head, firm
hand, and unshrinking fortitude, Mr. Buon-
ANAN guides the helm of State, it is evident
that the more widely discussion is carried,
the more permanently will the good results
of his elevation to the Presidency be diffused,
and the more widely scattered and more lux
uriantly fruitful will be the seed' of national
prosperity, when unchoaked by the tares of
party prejudice and the rank weeds of fanat
icism. The events of the past year have
taught men to think more than ever before;
they see that old issues have passed away or
been permanently settled by the triumphs of
Democratic policy, and they feel a patriotic
ardor in rushing to the standard of conserva
tism upreared by the Democracy. Men who,
previous to the passage cf the Compromise
measure of 1850, were the political associates
of llzxar CLAY and DANIEL 'WEBSTER, knoW,
that were they living now, they would be
found co-operating with the National Demo
cratic party, and this is the reason why all
recent elections have shown that the mad
waves of Republican and Know-Nothing
phrenzy have been settled by the influence of
conservative reaction.
Such being the cheering indications amid
which we commence the more active exertions
of our Fall Campaign, it is not from any ap
prehension that words of encouragement are
needed, that our editorial duty directs us to
call attention to the work of thorough organ
ization, but we want something more than a
victory, we desire a total rout of the opposi
tion, so that the vigorous measures of State
and National policy which democracy has
originated may be carried out in their fullest
scope, and unimpeded by any of those factious
means to which the desperate minority never
scruple to resort. We have before us import
ant duties to the nation : we must eradicate
sectionalism, and plough out by the roots the
growth of disunion sentiments; we must ce
ment the bonds of union by steady adherence
to the principles of Popular Sovereignty and
Congressional non-interference with the ques
tion of Slavery ; we must so frame our State
legislation that it will not conflict with the
Federal laws, and we must teach all to lend
a ready acquiescence in the authoritative de
cisions of our Supreme Judicial tribunal. It
will not do to have the workings of our State
system, inharmonious with the orbit of our
federated government, and. to the Democracy
is assigned the practical demonstration of the
theory which the Kansas-Nebraska bill enun
ciated to the nation. Thus our Fall Campaign
becomes of pre-eminent importance, and it
will be necessary not only to defeat the recre
ant DAVID IVILMOT, but to destroy his ability
to do mischief, by placing WILLIA.M F. PACKER
in the Governor's chair flanked by a Legisla
ture which shall be Democratic in both its
branches. The contrast between - these two
candidates is striking ; WILMOT has always
been an ultraist and disorganizer, and has no
experience in the necessities or development
of our State, while Gen. PACKER has for many
years been identified with her administration
and served in various positions of responsi
bility and trust, which have given him such
personal knowledge of the wants and resour
ces of the Commonwealth, as no other man
enjoys. WH.,:vror would bring into office bit
ter hatred towards sister States and deter
mination to place Pennsylvania in oppugna
tion to the Constitution, and throw her into
a state of rebellion to the general government,
while the inauguration of Gen. PACKER in
January next, will be the signal of renewed
fraternity of feeling, the assurance that the
laws will be respected and the integrity of
the Constitution preserved. 'We need no
other issue for the pending campaign than
these, for these alone can retain to Pennsyl
vania her proud position as the Keystone of
the Federal Arch.
Complete Democratic ascendancy in the
State Government--executive and legislative,
and the elevation of men to the Supreme
Bench who are distinguished for integrity
and ability, are the ends we have to secure,
so that we may keep Pennsylvania in her at
titude of conservative dignity, and permit
her to move harmoniously with the progres
sive impulses of the time. As the agents to
secure these ends, our candidates challenge
the closest scrutiny of their records both
public and private. Their experience in pub
lic affairs, their State . and National reputa
tion, the unblemished integrity of their lives
and their noble fidelity to Democratic princi
ples, are the guarantees of their future use
fulness. Three years since, the---leprosy of
Know-Nothingism afflicted. our State, but it
has nearly yielded before Democratic treat
ment, and will soon be entirely eradicated
from its s system. Another infectious disease,
Black Republicanism has threatened us, but
a rigorous quarantine has kept it from spread
ing on our soil, and in October there will
come a "frost, a killing frost," to end it also,
and then the pure, healthy and invigorating
sun of unclouded Democracy will remove all
miasma, and lift the fogs of fanaticism from
the fair face of Pennsylvania. Democrats
of the Keystone l you are again called upon
to rally under the banner of the Constitution
and the principles of your organization.—
Your muster rolls, we know, are full, and
your hearts are swelling with patriotic ardor.
You will find many new recruits and whole
regiments coming over from your old oppo
nents, who prefer to battle side by side in
company with their white brothers, to the in
sane attempt of elevating the African to so
cial and political equality with the American
race. Onward, then, and keep step steadily
to the music of the Union, with your shields
advanced to guard the Constitution, and your
banners proudly waving courage to your
friends and defiance to your country's foes.—
Pennsylzanian.
The Sale of the Public Works.
Hear the editor of the West Chester Demo
crat on "the sale of the Public Works."—
He says :—" As an individual, we have for
years been in favor of the sale of all the Rail
Roads and Canals of the State of Pennsylva
nia; and first, for the reason, that, after a
fair trial by both political parties they were
found to be badly managed, and particularly
were they made a source of the foulest cor
ruption whenever temporarily they fell into
the hands of the political opponents of the
democratic party. Secondly, we were in favor
of the sale, because the party of the people
was continually weakened in every county
through which any of the works passed, and
the influence of these improvements on our
organization in all parts of the State was, as
we honestly believe, to rob us of political
strength. We are well aware that the com
bined opposition, under whatever name itcame
into the political arena, has continually harped
on the string, that we, as a party, derived,,
great strength from the control of the Public
works, but there never was a particle of truth
in the ridiculous assertion. As a parti.;•,we
have been continually weakened by them,
and it is a well-known fact that the opposi
tion was self-immolated at any time within a
Year after they accidentally came under: its
control. It required the stalwart proportions
of our own political Atlas to bear these works
on its broad shoulders. Every other organi
zation staggered and sunk exhausted in pools
of corruption of its own making, under the
ponderous load. We say, for these reasons
we have been, and are yet, in favor of a fair
and honest sale of every foot of canal and
railroad that the State owns."
COMING STORMS.—The Ilarrisburgh Tele
graph, says there have been a good many at
mospheric disturbances of late in different
parts of the country, of a decidedly damp
character. We were aware of them before
hand, upon competent scientific authority,
and therefore not surprised at their occur
rence. It is perhaps well enough to state,
hOwever, that it is not all over yet; but that
in July and part of August, we shall have
frequent storms and gusts that will cause
detriment and damage in many cases.—
Mark the prediction. It should be added,
for the consolation of simple-minded people,
that the comet has nothing whatever to do
with this matter. It happens to be none of
his business.
Spring and Summer fruits have been abun
dant. We have reason to know that the
crops of Fall fruits will not e.ceed the aver
age, but be rather below it.
parA CONVENTION OF THE COUNTY SCECOOL
SUPERINTENDENTS of Pennsylvania, has been
called by Mr. Hickok, the efficient State Su
perintendent, to assemble in Reading, on
Wednesday, the 22d of July inst., at 10
o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of consulta
tion with regard to the present condition and
future prospects of the Common School sys
tem of this Commonwealth. The Convention
will be one of special importance; and com
posed, as we may pre-suppose, of a body of
highly-educated gentlemen, engaged in the
noble work of popular education.
JEWS IN PARLIAMENT.—The English pa
pers give the following explanation of the
Catholic opposition to the "oaths" bill for
the admission of Jews into Parliament :
"The Roman Catholic members of Parlia
ment, headed by the Duke of Norfolk, had
risen in opposition to the measure, and had
waited upon Lord Palmerston, and held a
rocetinz, for the purpose of securing relief
for the Catholics from the objectionable pas
sages in the oaths now taken by members of
the Legislature. The interview with Lord
Palmerston not being deemed satisfactory,
it was resolved to support amendments to the
bill in committee, embodying the views of
the Catholics, and to memorialize Parliament
to frame an oath for all classes without dis
tinction of creed. It is feared that this
movement would jeopardize the bill, and
some of the Catholic presses opposed Like in
terference.
Hon. James Thompson.
The Keystone democracy have nominated
this gentleman for a seat on the Supreme
Court Bench of his State. We have long
known him, and had the pleasure of congrat
ulating him last week. Mr. Thompson is a
native of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia. His parents, though most respectable,
had no fortune with which to pay his way to
distinction. He owes to his own talents and
energy, and the keen discrimination of the
democracy of his native State, the distin_
guished position he now holds before the
country. In his boyhood he learned the art
and mystery of printing in a democratic of
fice at Harrisburg—an employment in which
the leading traits of his character were stri
kingly displayed. After learning the busi
ness be published a democratic paper some
years in Venango county, where he acquired
a high reputation for talent. While perform
ing his duties as editor, he was several times
elected to the legislature, and was on one or
two occasions elected speaker. He commen
cod reading law while conducting his paper,.
and soon became distinguished as an apt.
scholar, readily mastering its principles and
the reasons upon which they were founded.
He has ever been less distinguished as a
bookman than as an original and profound
thinker, illustrating his views by a recognized
common sense, which is the key to•his suc
cess as a jurist. He settled at an early - ,day
at Erie, where he secured a full and lucrative
practice. He was soon called upon to dis
charge the duties of district judge. Fully
appreciating his talents and character, his
neighbors and acquaintances soon required
his services in Congress. His triumphant
election showed the estimation in which he
was held by those who knew him best. His
legal acquirements and high character soon
placed him at the head of the Judicial Com
mittee of the Ilouse—a position appropriately
devolved upon the best legal talent of that
body. No one has better discharged the du
ties of that arduous position. After a few
years' service as a representative he volunta
rily relinquished public life, and devoted
himself to the duties of his profession, soon
securing a large and profitable practice.—
Except when he yielded some three years
since to the request of all parties to represent
his county in the legislature when their local
interests were deeply involved, he has re
mained in private life, devoted to his profes
sion. While thus employed, the sagacious
democracy turned their attention to him to
fill one of the vacancies on the bench occa
eted by the retirement therefrom of Chief
ustice Black and Judge Lewis. This selec
tion is alike complimentary to him and to
'the sagacity of the convention which led
them to make it. His election, which we
deem certain, will do credit to the voters who
secure it. Ile will bring to his judicial du
ties talents and acquirements adapted to the
position, and will acquire new honors in the
discharge of his high duties. We are un
acquainted with his colleague upon the ticket,
but we doubt' not that the nominating con
vention were equally as fortunate in his se
lection.—Washington Union.
Adulterated Liquors
The recent death of a young man at Bramp
ton, Canada, from tasting the "essence of
brandy," with which he was manufacturing
Cognac, and the revelation of the fact that
strychnine is largely used in the manufacture
of whiskey, has awakened some attention to
the nature of the drinks - which are sold for
pure spirits. Brandy, wine, gin and whis
key are so adulterated that comparatively
little pure liquor can be purchased. Most of
the brandies are a mixture of diabolical in
gredients, caustic enough to burn oak chips,
to say nothing of the delicate tissues of the
human body. The Springfield Republican
says:
"No secret is made of this business. The
drug dealers of New York advertise openly
the compounds by means of which the vile
imitations of spirituous liquor are made. A
circular from one of the drug houses informs
the world that brandy numbr one—the best
sort, we take it—is made of "oil of brandy,"
a poisonous ether, oil of bitter almonds, (as
poisonous as prussic acid,) ethereal wine, al
cohol, sugar and Malaga wine. No. 2, oil of
brandy, acetic ether, tamarinds, cherry juice,
sugar,-all colored with brown sugar. No. 3,
oil of brandy, ethereal oil, bitter almonds,
elder flowers and tannin. No. 4, oil of bran
dy, acetic ether, oil of peach, and alcohol.—
Gin—oil angelica, oil of juniper, rum, essence
of lemon, salt, sirups and water; if smoki
ness is required, add a few drops of creosote,
and to make it biting upon the palate, add
some caustic potash. The circular advises
manufacturers to use 'with discretion,' tama
rinds, French plums, cherry juice, brown
sherry, oak shavings, tincture of catechu,
powdered charcoal, black tea, ground rice,
and other ordinary materials well known to
distillers and rectifiers. We should advise
drinkers to use these villainous mixtures with
discretion and throw them into the gutter."
THE LITTLE END OF THE TIORN.—In Vir
ginia bybroadsides, and throughout Connecti
cut by scattering shots, the Democracy have
brought down their opponents, killing fre
quently two birds—the croaking raven of Re
publicanism and the hooting owl of Ilindoo
ism—by the same discharge. How "Amer
icanism" has fizzled out! Elections for Con
gress have now bull - held in twenty-two states,
and it has not returned a single member from
any state but Missouri, where it did not re
ceive the aid of the Ultra-Abolitionists!
LADIES WANTED OUT WEST.—The editor of
the lowa Reporter calls with a stentorian
voice for ladies to come out West. He says:
"The last census report shows that there are
38,610 more males than females in lowa.
This was taken in June and does not include
the Spring or Fall emigration. We are
now minus at least 60,000 ladies to make up
our quota!"
Speech of Senator Douglas.
At the request of the Grand Jury of the
U. S. Court, sitting at Springfield, 111., Mr.
Douglas addressed the citizens of the State
there assembled. The points which he was
requested to discuss were: Ist. The present
condition and prospects of Kansas. 2d. The
principles affirmed by the Supreme Court of
the United States in the Dred Scott case. 3d.
The condition of things in Utah, and the ap
propriate remedies for existing evils. In dis
cussing these subjects, he referred to the com
ing election in Kansas, and said that the sub
ject of slavery there was about to be disposed
of by the people, under the principle of self
government. The substance of his remarks
is comprised in the following extract:
The organic act secures to the people of
Kansas the sole and exclusive right of form
ing and regulating their domestic institutions
to suit themselves, subject to no other limi
tation than that which the Constitution of the
United States imposes. The Democratic par
ty is determined to see the great fundamental
principles of the organic act carried out in
good faith. The present election law in Kan
sas is acknowledged to be fair and just, the
rights of the voters are clearly defined, and
the exercise of those rights will be efficiently
and scrupulously protected. Hence, if the
majority of the people of Kansas desire to
have it a free State, - (and we are told by the
Republican party that nine-tenths of the peo
ple of that Territory are free-State men,)
there is no obstacle in the way of bringing
Kansas into the Union as a free State, by the
votes and voice of her own people, and in
conformity with the great principles of the
Kansas-Nebraska act, provided all the free-
State men will go to the polls, and vote their
principles in accordance with their profes
sions. If such is not the result, let the con
sequences be visited upon the heads of those
whose policy it is to produce strife, anarchy
and bloodshed in Kansas, that their party
may profit by slavery agitation in the North
ern States of this Union.
He then proceeded at great length, and
with singular power and clearness, to demon
strate the soundness of the decision of the
Supreme Court upon the points passed upon
in the Dred Scott case. An extract would
do injustice to the able argument, and its
length precludes us from giving the whole.
Suffice it to say, that the effort fully sustain
ed the proud reputation which the eminent
Senator has so justly earned, as a constitu
tional lawyer and statesman, and will even
add weight to the opinion delivered by Chief
Justice Taney.
He then proceeds to consider the question
of Utah, and the means to be employed in
correcting the alarming evils prevalent there.
After stating that the facts seemed to estab
lish, that the people of Utah were aliens, re
fusing to be naturalized, regarding the rules
of Young as paramount to the government of
the United States, resisting its laws and its
officers, and organizing a system of robbery
and murder of-American citizens, he proceeds
to give his views of the remedy to be em
ployed, as follows:
Under this view of the subject, I think it
is the duty of the President, as I have no
doubt it is his fixed purpose, to remove Brig
ham Young and all his followers from office,
and to fill their places with bold, able, and
true men, and to cause a thorough and search
ing investigation into all the crimes and enor
mities which are alleged to be perpetrated
daily in that Territory, under the direction
of Brigham Young and his confederates, and
to use all the military force necessary to pro
tect the officers in the discharge of their du
ties, and to enforce the laws of the land.—
[Applause.]
When the authentic evidence shall arrive,
if it shall, establish the facts which are be
lieved to exist, it will become the duty of
Congress to apply the knife and cut out this
loathsome, disgusting ulcer. [Applause.]—
No temporizing policy—no half-way measure
—will then answer. * * - * .* If
there is any truth in the reports we receive
from Utah, Congress may pass what laws it
chooses, but you can never rely upon the lo
cal tribunals and juries to punish crimes com
mitted by Mormons in that Territory. Some
other and more effectual remedy must be de
vised and applied. In my opinion, the first
step should be the absolute and unconditional
repeal of the organic act—blotting the terri
torial government out of existence—upon the
ground that they are alien enemies and out
laws, denying their allegiance and defying
the authority of the United States. [lm
mense applause.]
The territorial government once abolished,
the country would revert to its primitive con
dition prior to the act of 1850, "under the
sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United
States," and should be placed under the oper
ation of the act of Congress of the 30th of
April, 1790, and the various acts supplemen
tal thereto, and amendatory thereof, " provi
ding
for the punishment of crimes against
the United States, within any fort, arsenal,
dock-yard, magazine, or ANY OTHER PLACE OR
DISTRICT OF COUNTRY, UNDER THE SOLE AND
EXCLUSIVE jurisdiction of the United States."
All offences against the provisions of these
acts are required by law to be tried and pun
ished by the United States courts, in the
States or Territories where the offenders shall
be "FIRST APPREHENDED OR BROUGHT FOR TRI
AL." Thus it will be seen that under the
plan proposed Brigham Young and his con
federates could be "apprehended and brought
for trial" to lowa, or Missouri, California or
Oregon, or to any other adjacent State or Ter
ritory, where a fair trial could be had, and
justice administered impartially—where the
witness could be protected, and the judgment
of the court could be carried into execution,
without violence or intimidation. I do not
propose to introduce any new principles into
our jurisprudence, nor to change the modes
of proceeding or the rules of practice in our
courts. I only propose to place the district
of country embraced within the territory of
Utah under the operation of the same laws
and rules of proceeding that Kansas, Ne
braska, Minnesota, and our other Territories,
were placed beforo they became organized
Territories. The whole country embraced
within those Territories was under the oper
ation of that same system of laws, and all
the offences committed within the same were
punished in a manner now proposed, so long
as the country remained under the sole and
exclusive jurisdiction of the United States ;"
but the moment the country was organized
into territorial governments, with legislative,
executive, and judicial departments, it ceased
to be under the sole and exclusive jurisdic
tion of the United States, within the meaning
of the act of Congress, for the reason that it
had passed under another and a different ju
risdiction. Hence, if we abolish the territo
rial government of Utah, preserving all ex-;
isting rights, and place the country under
the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the Uni
ted States, offenders can be apprehended and
brought into the adjacent States or Territol
ries for punishment in the same manner, and
under the same rules and regulations which
obtained, and have been uniformly practised
under like circumstances, since 1790,
He then considers the right to revoke the
territorial government, after it
-had been ere,
ated, and gives his conclusions to this effect:
"In my opinion, I am free to say, there is
DO moral right to repeal the, organic net of a
Territory, and abolish the government under
it, unless the inhabitants of that Territory,
as a community, have done such acts as
amount to a forfeiture of all rights under it,
such as becoming alien enemies, outlaws,
disavowing their allegiance, or resisting the
authority of the United States. These and
kindred acts, which we have every reason to
believe are daily - perpetrated in that Territo
ry, would not only give us the moral right,
but make it our imperative duty, to abolish
the territorial government, and place the in
habitants under the sole and exclusive juris
diction of the United States, to the end that
justice may be done, and the dignity and au
thority of the government vindicated,"
Whatever difference of opinion may be en
tertained, as to the propriety and efficiency
of the mode here proposed, of dealing with
this most delicate question, the suggestions,
coming from confessedly so able a man and
distinguished a statesman, will command and
are worthy of serious attention. We have
hopes that the course now about to be insti
tuted by Mr. Buchanan, will reach the evil
and effect a remedy without rendering a re
sort to so violent a measure, as the repeal of
the territorial act, necessary.
A fact is lately announced, that might pos
sibly be made to exercise a great and bene
ficial effect in the affairs of that Territory,
and serve to dispose of the Mormon popula
tion in a legal but summary way. It appears
that Brigham Young claims a title to all the
lands in the Territory, .and has never recog
nized the United States surveys, and that
none of his followers have purchased lands
in accordance with our laws. Hence, under
this strange condition of things, all parts of
the Territory are at the present time open
for pre-elmption. It would seem then that if
these lands were taken up in pursuance of
the legal requirements, they might be held
against their present occupants, and the Mor
mons dispossessed. It certainly would rid
us of a troublesome question, if this should
come about.—Pittsburg Union.
The Ohio Rebellion.
The Cincinnati Enquirer learns from good
authority that the Executive has fully ap
proved and confirmed all that has been done
by the officers of the Government in the case
of the habeas corpus against the Sheriff of
Clark County, Ohio, for the release of the.
United States Deputy Marshals, and instruc
ted them to proceed to execute the laws and
the writs of the United States :tribunal at
every hazard, and that all the power of the
Federal Government will be employed to that
end. It is the determination to arrest all .
the parties implicated in this outrageous and
infamous resistance to the process and au
thority of the United States courts. There
should be no hesitation in acting promptly to
put down this spirit of treason. We speak
of Utah as in rebellion, and we invoke the
whole Federal power to put down resistance
to the laws, but wherein does the conduct of
the Black Republicans in Ohio differ from
that of the Mormons? lion. STANLEY MATT
nEws, in his argument on behalf of the United
States Marshals, on the trial of the writ of
habeas corpus, before Judge LEAVITT, held
that they represented the United States, and
acted with the whole national force; that the
act of 1833 was passed to prevent interfer
ence with them, as laid down in its 7th sec
tion; that the State that interfered with such
officers, was as much a trespasser as an in
dividual so acting would be, and that con
quen tly the people of Obio have no more right
to deliver a prisoner of the United States, than
if he was on foreign soil. He said Ohio, as
respects United States authority, is not on
Ohio soil, but soil of the United States. To
support this, he cited 9 vol. Congressional
Debates and 1014 Dunlop's Laws of the
United States. That all processes by a for
eign State or Government arc as respects the
United States null and void, and that the
United States Courts will not punish an offi
cer, who seeking a discharge of his duty, is
met by threats and arms and deadly violence.
He held that individuals had not the right to
interpret the law for themselves, and that in
the case of rival jurisdictions, that which
first assumes it has the matter in its hands
all the way through. The Sheriff of Clark
county has just as much_ right to stop the
United States Marshals under a capias ad
satisfaciendum, or an attachment, as under
the habeas corpus. In this case, the habeas
corpus, it was void under the constitution, of
the United States, being to nullify- the process
of a United States Court, and void under the
constitution of Ohio, as not complying with
statutory requisites, being directed to the
Sheriff instead of to the United States Marsha/
having the prisoners in custody, and as the
writ is only allowable to the Sheriff when the.
United States Marshal refuses to make a re-.
turn to the writ of habeas corpus. This Ohio.
writ of habeas corpus is not the old. writ de
homine replegiando, and the Marshals had the
right to resist to the utmost extremity.
PREVENTION OP PITTING IN SMALL - PDX.---
Mr. Startin, the Senior Surgeon to the Gur
ney Ilospital for Diseases of the Skin, has
communicated to the Medical Times a very
important plan, -which he has adopted during
the last fourteen years, for preventing pitting
in small pox, and which he states, has always
proved successful. The plan consists in ap
plying the aceium cantharidis, or any vesica,
tang fluid, by means of a camel hair brush, to
the apex of each spot or pustule of the dis
ease on all exposed surfaces the body, until
blistering is evidenced by the whiteness of the
skin in the parts subjected to the application,
when. the fluid producing it is to be washed
off with water, or thin arrow root gruel. Thfl
pain attending the application of the vesica
ling fluid is very slight and transient.