AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. PUBtISUED'KTEIiy TIIUB3DAY MOBNINO BY Joint B. Bra-ltoM*. , TERM S < • Ono Polhu* And Fifty Cents, ■ fnm mlvaneV- Two Dollars i( paid within tlio Snat anSwo Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not Si withinWypar. Those terms will bo ng idiy adhered to Yn every instance. No sub scription discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless nt the option of the Editor. Advßhtjsements — Accompanied by thoOAsu, and not exceeding one square, will bo inserted throb,tinies, for Ono Dollar, and twenty-five cents lor each additional insertion. Those of a great tor length in proportion. , ' ’ Jon-FniNTiNb —Such as Hand-bills, Posting bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &0., &c., exe cuted with accuracy and at the shortest notice. THE MESSAGE PRESIDENT BUCHANAN. Washington, ?eb. 2,1858. The following message was submitted to bol Houses this afternoon: • I have received from General Calhoun, the president of. the late Constitutional Convention of Kansas, a copy, duly certified by himself, of the Constitution framed by that body, with the expression of a hope that I would submit the same to the consideration of Congress with the v'ew of securing the admission of Kansas into the Union as an independent State. In compliance with this request, I-hercwith trans mit to Congress, for its action, the Constitution of Kansas, with the ordinance respecting the public lands, as well as the letter of General Calhoun, dated Lccompton. Idth ultimo, by which they were accompanied. Having received but a single .copy of the Constitution and ordinance, I send this to. the Senate. ..■••• A great delusion seems to pervade the public wind in relation (o the condition of parties in Kansas. ' This arises from the difficulty of in ducing the American people to realize the fact that any portion of them should be in a stale of rebellion against the Gov’ment under which they live. When we speak of affairs in Kansas, we are apt to refer, merely to the existence of two violent political parties in that Territory, divi ded 01 the question of slavery, just as we speak ’of such parties in the States. This presents no adequate idea of the true state of the case.— The diyiding line there is not between two po litical parties, both acknowledging the lawful existence of the Government, but between those who are loyal to this Government and those who have endeavored to destroy its existence by force, and usurpation ; between those who sustain and those who have done all in their power to overthrow the Territorial Government established by Congress. This Government they would long, since have subverted had it not been protected; from Their assaults by the troops of the’ Urii'cd Suited-- Such has been the condition of affairs since my inauguration. Ever s : rice that period a largo portion of the? 1 people of Kansas have been in a.state of rebel lion against the Government, with a military leader at their head, of the most turbulent and. dangerous character. They have never acknowledged, but have cbnstdnily denounced and defied I the Govern ment to which they owe allegiance, and have been all the time in a state of resistance against its authority. They have all the time been en deavoring to subvert't and establish a revolu tionary Government, under the.so-oalied Tope ka Constitution, in its stead. Even at this very moment (he Topeka Legislature is in ses sion. Whoever has read the correspondence of Governor Walker with the Sta'e Department, . recently conimmvcated to the Senate, will be .convinced (hat this picture is not ovordiawn. — Ho always protested against the withdrawal of any portion ot the nvlitary.lbroeof the Ui States from the ■ Territory, deeptingits presence abso lutely necessary for the preservation of the re gulapidjoyorninent. and the : excCnlipn of the daws. In his very first, despatch to the Secre tary of State, dated June 2, 1857,' he says : ' “Tile most alarming movement, however,, proceeds from the assembling of the,so-called Topeka Legislature, with the view to, the en actment of an entire code of laws. Of course, it will be my endeavor to prevent such a result hs would lead to tin inevitable, disastrous colli sion, and, in fact, renew civil war in Kansas.” This was with difficulty prevented by’the efforts of Governor Walker, but soon General Harney was required to furnish him a regiment of dra goons to proceed to the city of Lawrence : and this, for reason that lie had received authentic intelligence, verified by Ills own actual observa tion, that dangerous rebellion bad occurred, “involving open defiance of the laws, and the establishment of an insurgent Qovcrpmcnt in that city.” , In the Governor’s despatch of July 15th, he informs the Secretary of State- “that the move ment at Lawrence was the beginning of a plan originating In that city, to organize an insur rection throughout the Territory, and especial- • ly.in all towns, cities, arid counties where the Republican party have a majority. Lawrence is the hot bed of all the Abolition movements in this Territory. It.is the town established by the Abolition societies of the East, and whilst there are respectable people there, it is filled by a considerable number of mercenaries who. are paid by the Abqlition societies to perpetuate and. diffise agitation throngh -out Kansas, and prevent the peaceful settlement of this question. Having failed in inducing their own—-the smcalled Topeka Slate Legisla ture—to organize this insurrection, Lawrence has commenced it herself, and if not arrested, the rebellion will extend throughout the Terri tory.” . ' .. .v And again: “In order to send this commu nication immediately by mail I must close, as suring you that a spirit of rebellion pervades the great mass of the Republicans of this Ter ritory,- instigated, as I entertain no doubt they are, by Eastern societies, having in view results most disastrous.to the Government and the Union, and that the continued presence of Gen eral Hardily, is indispensable, as originally stip ulated by me, with a largo body of dragoons and several batteries.” On the 20th. of July, 1857, General Lane, ■under the authority of the Topeka Convention, undertook, as General Walker Bays, v To or ganize the whole so-called free-Slalo party into volunteers, and toko the names of all who re fuse enrolment. i The professed , object was to protect the polls at the election in August of the insurgent Topeka StaloLegislaturp.” ‘-The object of taking the names of all who refuse the enrolment is. to terrify the free-Stafe conserva tives into submission. This is proved by the recent atrocities committed on such men by the Topekaites. The speedy location of large bod ies; of regular troops hero with two batteries is necessary. The Lawrence insurgents await the development of this now revolutionary military organization.” In Governor Walker’s despatch of July 27th, he says: . , ' “General Lancand his staff every wherc’deny tho authority of the Territorial laws, and coun sel a total disregard of these enactments.”— Without making further quotation of similar character from other despatches of Governor Walker, it appears by a refercrico to acting Governor Stanton’s communication to Secretary Cass, under date of the 9th'of December last,’ that “the important step of calling the Lcgisla- was. taken after Governor Walk er had become satisfied that the election order ed by the Convention on the 2Tst inst. could not be conducted , without collision or blood shed.” So intense,, was the disloyal feeling among the enemies of the Government establish ed by Congress, that im election which afforded them an opportunity, if in the majority, of making Kansas a free Stale, according to their own professed desire, could not .be conducted without,collision and bloodshed. The truth is, that until the present moment the enemies of the’ existing Government still adhere to their Topeka revolutionary Constitution and Qovorn mont. The very first paragraph of tpc message . . . . , . . , . . , . , ' . : . . . , • . . .: ....0, f . :' .•:. ' ' : .. .1-..--- • • ~..,,..„.., , 44,,, . . ~ • .i. !': .- L . . : --4.....1.56• 4104 4 . , , . • . • ....,,,b..*•--_,,,, _..... . ' , • .. - BY JOHN B. BRATTON. YOL. 44. ‘ of Governor Robinson, dated the 7th of Decem ber, to the Topeka Legislature now assembled in Lawrence, contains an open .defiance of the Constitution ami laws of the United Slates,. The Governor says: “ The Convention which framed-tho Constitution a{ Topeka oHginated with the people of Kansas Territory. They have adopted and ratified the same twice by a direct vote, and also indirectly through two elections of State oflicers and members of the State Legislature: Yet it has pleased the Ad ministration to regard the whole proceeding as revolutionary. ” This Topeka Government, ad hered to with such treasonable pertinacity, is a Government in direct opposition to the existing Government, as prescribed and recognized by Congress. Ills an usurpation of thesame char acter as it would bo for a portion of the people of any State to undertake to establish a sepa rate Government within its limits, for the pur pose of redressing'any grievance, real or imag inary, of which they might complain, against the legitimate State Government.' Such a prin ciple, if carried into execution, would destroy all the lawful authority and produce universal anarchy. From this statement of facts, the reason be comes palpable why the enemies of the ment authorized . by Congress have refused to vote for delegates to the Kansas Constitutional Convention) and .also afterwards on the ques tion of slavery, submitted by it - to the people. U is because they have over refused to sanction or recognize any other Constitution than that framed at Topeka. Had the whole Leootripton Constitution been,submitted to the people.the adherents of this organization would doubtless have voted'-against it, because, if successful,' they would thus have removed an obstacle out of the way of their own revolutionary Consti tution. .They would have done this, hob upon consideration of the merits of the whole or part of the Lceomptoii Gonstitutioir, but simply be cause they have ever resisted the authority of the Government authorized by Congress, from which it emanated. Such being the unfortunate condition of the affairs of the Territory, what was.the right as well as duty of law-abiding people ?, Were they silently arid, patiently 16 submit to the Topeka usurpation, or adopt some ne cessary measure to establish.a Constitution un- der the organic law of Congress T That this law recognized the right of. the people of the Territory, without the enabling act of Con .gross, to form a Slate Constitution, is top clear for argument. For Congress “to leave the people of • (ho Territory perfectly free,.”, in framing Their Constitution)-‘.‘to form and regu late their domestic institutions, in theif.oWn way, subject- only to the Constitution or the United States,” and then to say they shall not lie permitted to proceed and frame a Constitu tion in their own way, without- the express au thority of Congress; appears to bo almost a con tradiction of terms. It would he much more plausible that the people of a Territory might bo kept out of. the Union for an indefinite pe riod, arid until it might pleaseCpngress to per mit them to exercise the right of self govern ment., . This would be to .adopt, not their own way, “but the way which Congress might prescribe.” It iq impossiblaThaUany people could haye-pro ceeded with'tnorb-regularity in the formation of a Constitution, than the. people, of Kansas have done. It was necessary first,-to ascertain whether it was the desire:of the people to be relieved from a Territorial dependence and es tablish a State Government, For this the Teriitorial Legislature, hi 1855, passed a law for “taking the sense of the people of this Territory upon the expediency of calling a Con vention to form a State,Constitution,!’ at- the ■general election to be held in October, 1850. The “sense of the people” was accordingly ta ken, and they decided in favor of a Convention. It is true, that at this ejection, the enemies of the. Territorial Government did not 'vote, be cause they were then engaged at Topeka, with-, out the Slightest.pretext of lawful authority, in framing a Constitution of their own, for the purpose of subverting the Territorial Govern ment. • In pursuance of this decision of the people in favor of a Convention, the Territorial Legisla ture, on thc27ih of February ,1857, passed ah act lor the election of ’delegates on the • Third Monday of June, 1857, to frame a State Con stitution. This law is as fair in its provisions as any that ever passed a legislative body for a similar purpose. The fight of sufleragb at. this election is deafly anti justly delincd. “ Every bona fide inhabitant of Kansas,’’on the third Monday of June, the day of the election, who was a citizen of the-United States above the age of twenty-one, and had resided therein for three months previous to that dale, was enti tled to vote. In order to avoid all interference from neighboring States and Territories with the freedom and fairness of the election, a pro vision was made for the registry of the qualified voters, and pursuant thereof, nine thousand and fifty-two voters were registered. Govern or Walker did his whole duty in urging all the qualified citizens of Kansas to vote at this elec tion. .. In his inaugural address, on the 27th of May , ho informed them that “under oirr practice the preliminary act of framing a State Constitution is uniformly performed through.the instrumen-. tality of a Convention of delegates chosen by the people themselves ; that the Convention is now about to be elected by you, under a call of the Territorial Legislature, created and still re cognized by the authority nf Congress and oloihed by it, in the comprehensive language of the organic law, with full power to make such an enactment. The Territorial Legislature then in assembling this Convention, were fully sustained by the act of. Congress, and the au thority of the Convention is distinctly recog nized in my instructions' from ll.ie President of the United States.” The. Governor also clearly and distinctly warns them what would be the'consequences if they did not participate in the elections. “The people of Kansas," then, hu'says, “are invited by tho highest authority known lo thq-Consti tution to participate. IVeely and fairly in the election of delegates to frame a Constitution and btate Government. Tho law has performed entire and appropriate function when it extends to the people the right of suffrage, but it cah< not - compel the performance pf: that dittyfl—' Throughout the whole Union, however, and wherever Tree government prevails, those who abstain from the exercise of the right of suffrage’ authorize those who clo vote lo act foe them in Wat contingency, and absentees aro as much bound, by the jtrty and Constitution, where there is no fraud'.ojvviolcncc, by tho act of the majority of Uib'sg',’who, do vote, as if all had participated.ill!thy election. Otherwise, as vo ting must bfi.ybltmtary, self-government would be impractica)ffej : iicql : , monarchy or. despotism would remaih.as the qnly-alternativo.’' It may also be observed that at this period, any hope, it such had existed; that the Topeka Constitution would ever be recognized’ by Com gross; must have been abandoned. .Congress had adjourned .on tho 3d of March previous,, having recognized the legal, existence of the' Territorial legislature in a variety of forms, which I need not enumerate. Indeed, the. dele gate elected to tho House of Representatives,' under a Territorial .law, had been admitted to bis scat, and just completed his term of ser- + a vjco the day previous to my inauguration.— This was a propitious moment for settling all tho difficulties iiv Kansas. This was the lime for abandoning the revolutionary Topeka or ganization, and for the enemies of the existing Government- to conform to the laws and unite with its friends in framing a State Constitution. But this they refused to do, and the conse quences of their refusal lo submit to lawful au thority, and vote at the election of delegates, may yet prove to bo of the most deplorable character. Would that the respect for the laws of the land, which so eminently distinguished the men of the past generation, could be revived. It is a disregard rind violation of the law which have for years kept the Territory of Kansas in a state of almost open rebellion against the. Go vernment; it is the same-spirit which has produ ced actual rebellion in Utah; Our only safety consists in obedience and conformity to the law. Should a general spirit against its en forcement prevail, this will prove fatal to ns as a nation. We acknowledge no master but the law; and should wo cutloosc from its'-restraints, and every one do what good in their own eyes, our case is indeed hopeless. The enemies of the Territorial Government are determined .still to resist tho authority of Congress. They refused to vote for delegates to the Convention, not because, from circum stances which ‘ X need not detail, there was an omission to register comparatively tow voters who woro inhabitants of pertain comities in Kansas, in the early spring of i 857, blit because they had predetermined, at all hazards; to adhere to their revolutionary organization, and defeat the, establishment of any other Constitution than that wliioirthoy had framed at, Topeka;— the election', therefore, was suffered to pass in default. But of this result the qualified elec tors who refused to vote can never justly com plain. , From this review, .it is manifest that the L.e. oompton Convention, according to every prin ciple of constitutional law, was legally constitu ted and invested with the power to (ranio a Constitution. „ • Tito sacred principle of popular sovereignty has been invoked in.favor of the enemies of law and order in Kansas. But in what manner is popular, sovereignty to bo exercised-, in this country, if not through the instrumentality of established law ? In certain small Republics of ancient times people did'assemblo in prinm. ry meetings, passed laws, and directed public affairs. Tu our- country this is 'manifestly im possible. Popular sovereignly can be exercis ed hero only thro’ the ballot-box, and if people will refuse to exorcise it in this manner, ns they .have'done ..in • Kansas at, the election of dole-, gates, it is not for them to complain that: their rights have been violated. The Kansas Convention, thus lawfully con stituted, proceeded to frame a.. Constitution, and, having completed the work; finally jd journcd on the 7th of November last. They did not think proper to submit the whole of this Constitution to the popular vote, but did sub mit the question whether Kansas should bo a free or slave State to the people. This was the question which had convulsed the Union and shaken its very centre. This was the question which had lighted the flames of civil war in Kansas; and .produced dangerous sec tional parties throughout the Confederacy. • It was of a ,character so paramount, iwre.spcct .tq. attention of the people of the whole ;country | upon it.alone. No person thought of any, oth .or .question. For my own part, whbn : I in structed Governor Walker, in general terms, in favor of,submitting the Constitution to the peo ple,! had no object in view, except thc'all absorb ing question of slavery; In what manner the people might regulate their own concent-; was not the subject which attracted any attention. In fact, the general provisions of the recent State Constitutions, after an experience of eigh ty years, are.so familiar arid excellent, that it would be difficult to go far wrong, at the pres ept day, in framing a new Constitution. I then, believed, and still believe; that under the organic act the Kansas Convention were bound to submit this all-important question of slavery to the people. It was never, however, my opinion that, independently of this act the}' would have been bound to submit any portion of the Constitution to the popular vote in order to give it validity. Had I entertained such an opinion, this would have been,in opposition to many precedents in our history, commencing in the very best ago of the Republic. It would have been in opposition to the principle which pervades our.inStitutjons, and is every day car ried intq practice, that the people have the right to delegate to representatives, chosen by themselves, their sovereign power to frame Con stitutions, eriactlaws, and perform any other important acts, without requiring That these should bo subjected to their subsequent appro bation. ■ *' ' . It would bo a most inconvenient limitalion.of thriir own power'.imposed by the people upon themselves, to exclude them from exq'cising their sovereignty", in any lawful manner they may think proper. It .is true; the people of Kansas might, if they had pleased, have.requir ed the Convention to submit the Constitution to a popular yqtc, but this they have not done. The only remedy, therefore,'’ in. this case, is that whichixists.m all other similar: bases. If the delegates who ft'aiiiod the Kansas Constitution have, in any manner, violated the will of their constituents, the people always possess the power to change their Constitution or laws, according to their own pleasure.... The question of slavery was submitted to the election of the people of Kansas oh the.2lst of December last, ih'obcdienee to the mandate of the Constitution. Hero, again, a fair oppor tunity was presented to the adherents of the Topeka Cqnstitutipn, if they were in the major ity, to decide this exciting, question, in their own way,” and thus’restpre peace, to the dis tracted Territory. Bqtthoy again refused the right of popular sovereignty, and again sitflel'ed the election to pass in default.. "w I heartily rejoice that a wiser and better spirit prevailed among a large majority of these people.on the first Monday of January, and that they did tliat day,vote under the Leopmpton Constitution, (hr Governor and other Stale offi cers, member of Congress, and members of the Legislature. This election was warmly contes . ted by parties, and a larger vole was polled 'than at any previous election in the Territory. We'may now reasonably hope that the revolu tionary Topeka organization ■ may be speedily and finally abandoned, and this will go for to wards the final settlement of the unhappy dif ferences in Kansas. If frauds have been com mitted at this election, bj' otic or both parlies, tlio Legislature and the 'people of - Kansas, un der their Constitution, know how to redress themselves,. and-punish- those detestable, but too common crimes, without outside interfe rence. Tho pcoplg of. Kansas have, “in tbofr own way,” and in strict accordance with the organ ic act, framed a constitution and State Govern ment, have submitted the all-important question of slavery to tho people; and have elected a govf ernor, member of Congress, members of the State'Legislature, and other State officers.,—’ They now ask-for admission into tho" Union, under this'ConstitUtion, which is .'republican iti its form. It is for Congress to "decide whether they will admit or reject the State .which has thus beeq.created. For iny own part, lam do cidcdly.jn favor of its admission, and thus ter minating tho Kansas question. This will car- • • •' ' gc,••••'• - . •;?' ~:txt - ■ ■ - ■ ■■ ■ — “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OK WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1858. - r y out the great principle; of non-intervention recognized and Sanctipncdjby the organic act, : which declares, in express language,, in favor of (he “non-intervention of,Cjongress with slavery in the States and Territories,” leaving “the people perfectly free toj form and regulate their domestic institutions in,their own wnyrsubject only to the Constitution oh the United Slates.” Tn this manner, by localizing th'o“ question of slavery, and confining it td (he people who arc immeedialcly. concerned, -every -patriot expected the question to be banished from the halls of. Congress, where it has: always exerted .a bane ful fhflnenco throughout the coimtry. It is proper that I should refer lo the election held under the act of the Territorial Legislature, on the first Monday in, January, on the Le compton Constitution. , This election, held af ter the Territory had been prepared for admis sion into the Union'as a; Sovereign State, and when no authority existed I ,’in the Territorial Legislature which could ppssibly destroy its existence, or change its character,.the,election, which was peacefully conducted under my in structions, involved a strange inconsistency.— A-large -majority of the persons who voted againt the Lecomptori Constitution were.at the same lime and place recognizing its valid exis tence in the most solemn rind authentic man rcr. by voting under its ptiovisions. I have, as yet, received no official .information of the re sult of this election.j As a question of expediency, after the right" has been maintained, it,nmy;:bo wise to reflect upon the. benefits to Kansas ,imd the whole Un ion which would result fromjts immediate ad mission into the Union, as well as -the disaster which may follow . its rejection. Domestic pence will be the happy consequence of its ad mission, and that tine Territory, hitherto torn by dissensions, wifi rapidly j|cren.se.m popula tion and wealth, and speedily realize the. bles sings and comfort-which follojv agricultural and mechanical industry- The people then will be sovereign, and ean regulate their own affairs in their own way. ■ -.t , -. If the majority of them desire to abolish do mestic, slavery within the State, there is no oth er possible mode by which it-han be effected so qpeedily as" by it’s prompt, 'admissions The will of the majority is sepremp and irresistible; When expressed orderly apd m a lawfully man ner. It can unmake.Oonstlttpionsat plcrisuije. It would be absurd to say they canfimpgsjjfy)£ tors upon their own power whjchjncyjcan’nojj afterwards remove. -If they might tie their own- hands for a hundred as’, well as for ten years.- ThesS are the funda mental principles of Ameri|aii freedom, and recognized in some form by crery State Consti tution; arid if Congress, in me act . of admis sion, should' think proper ,to.#ecognize.theinVJ, dan perceive no objection. T||s has been done empluptically in the Constitution of Kansas.— It,declares, in" the bill of rights, that “all po litical power is inherent in ttiO people, and all free Governments are founded On their authuri ty arid instituted for their., Miieflt, and there fore they have at all times theyiniilienablc and iridefensablo right to alter, rtsorm, or . abolish their form..of govermriont, iri 'tuch .mariner as they .may think proper.” The great State of New York a.-. mode prescribed by the prcvigiL: Constitution. If, therefore, the p ro vision chnuging the Kim-1 sas C6i)Slflution,"^nrtor.ibo : ySiti?iS£id, could by. anj'possibility bo construed dnto the prohibi tion to maho such change previous to the peri od of prohibition, it would, he-wholly unavail ing.. The Legislature already icleetcd,- may at its first session submit the question to the vote of the people, whether they will or not have a Convention to amend their Constitution, arid adopt all necessary means for giving effect to, the popular will. : - • It has been solemnly adjudged by the highest judicial tribunal that slavery exists, in Kansas, by virtue of the Constitution ,of the United States. Kansas is therefore at.this molnent as triuoh a slave State as Georgia or Soutli Caroli na. Without this, the equality of the sover eign States composing the Union, would ho vio lated, and the use and .enjoyment of territory acquired by the common trbiiJture of till tho States would be closed against the people' and properly of nearly half the members of the Con federacy. Slavery can, therefore, never be pro hibited in Kansas except by moans of a consti tutional provision, and in no other manner can this be obtained so promptly;'if the majority of the people desire it, as by - admitting it into the Unibn under the prcsent’Constitution. On the other, hand,-should Congress reject the Constitution, under. jhd idea of affording the disaffected in Kansas a third opportunity to prohibit slavery in a State which they might have done twice before, if in the majority, no man can fortell the consequences'. If Con gress, for the sake of those inch-who refused to vote for delegates tp.thc Convention, when they might have excluded slavery from'tho Constitu tion, and who .afterwards refused-to'-ydtp on the 21st of December, when they might, as they o'aim, have stricken, slavery from the Constitu tion—shoidd now reject p State because slavery remains in-its Constitution, it is .manifest that the agitation upon, this important,.subject will be renewed in a more alarming form than it has ever assumed. ■ • -■! . Every patriot in the country had. indulged the hope that the Kansas-Ncbraska act would put a final end to the slavery agitation, lit least in Congress, which bad for more than twenty' years convulsed the country and endangered the Union. This act involved great andfnndrtmcn- tal principles, and, iffairiy, carried Into effect, will settle the question. Should the agitation be again revived, should the people. Of the sis ter Stales be again estranged from .each other with more than their former' bitterness, (his will arise from a cause, so tab as the.interests of Kansas are concerned, more trifling', qnd.insig nifioant than has ever stirred the elements of a great people into commotion. To the people of Kansas; the only practical difference between the admission: orVMjcotion' depends simply upon ’ the fact, whether they can thcmselves more speedily, change the? pres, opt Constitution, if it docs not accord, with the will of the majority, or frame a second con stitution. to bo submitted to Congress, hereaf ter. Even if this were a question, of mere ex pediency and not of right, the small. (IHUlrchce of time, one way: or theotber, is not of the least importance when contrasted with the, evils which must necessarily result to_.tl\o whole country, front the revival of the slavery ngita, lion. In considering this questmrt. it should never ho forgotten, that, in proportion to.its insignificance, let the so far as may effect the few inhabi tants of Kansas, who have frongfflpbegi^ning 'resistedl(io Constitution this very reason the rejection of thoi, Constitution will bo so much more keenly felt by the people pf fourteen States' of the Union where slavery is recognised muter the Constitution of. the United! States. ■ • V; Again: the speedy admission of Kansas into !tho Union would restore peace and qijiet to the whole'country. - Already the affairs ofthe Ter ritory have engrossed an undue proportion of the' public attention, have sadly affected the friendly relations of the people of the States .witli.cach qlhcr. nnd alarmed the fears of.patri ols-fpr the safely of the Union. Kansas once admit tedjlhe excitement becomes localizedj and BIM l!',10 'Ad* ■ will «oon die away - for want of outside aliment; then every difficulty would ,bu settled at the ballot-box. Besides—and this is hb trifling consideration—l shall then he enabled to with draw' tho troops from Kansas, and employ their service where they are much needed.— They have been kept there on the earnest im portunity of Governor Walker to maintain the existence of the Territorial Government, and secure tho execution of the laws, lie consider ed at least two thousand troops tinder the com- J mand of Gen. Harney necessary. ' .Aclirigupon his reliable information, I have been obliged in some degree to interfere with the expedition to Utah* in order to keep down the rebellion in Kansas, which has involved a very happy expense to the'Government. Kan sas once admitted, it is believed there will ho longer be any occasion therefor tho troops of the United States. I have thus performed my duty on this im portant question under a deep sense of my re sponsibility lb God and to my . country. My public life will terminate within a briefperiod •and I have no other object of earthly ambition than to leave my couhtry in a peaceful; pros perous condition, and live in tbe affections and respect bf ray countrymen. The dark and ominous clouds now impending over the Union, I conscientiously believe, will bo dissipated with honor to every portion of it by the admis sion of Kansas during, the present of Cougrcss, whereas, if it should bo rejected. I greatly fear that ihese clouds will become dar ker and more ominous than any that have,ever yet threatened the Constitution and the Un ion. JAMES BUCHANAN. MAT MIGHT BE DUNE. By CHARLES IIACKAY. What might bo. done if men were wise— What glorious deeds, my suffering brother, Would they unite, In love and right, And cease their scorn of one another 7 Oppression's heart might ho imbued rJsjSfith kindling drops of loving kindness, -')V\ And knowledge, pour, . oil From slioro to shore, . .tight in the .eyes of mental blindness. All Slavery, Warfare, Lies and Wrong, 'All vice anil crimp might die together j . :A)1 fruit and corn, " To each man born, . Be free as warmth in summer weather. -Tho meanest wretch'that ever trod, Tho deepest sunk in guilt and sorrow, . Might stand erect, In self-respect, ■ And share tho teeming world to-morrow. What might bo done 7 This might bo done, , And mote than this; ray suffering brother — More than .the tongue E’er said or sung,, MO IS MY \EIGIIBOR f Thyneighbor 7 If is him whom then Hast .power to aid and bless, "Whoso aching'heart rind burning brow . Thy soothing heart may press. Thy neighbor? s Tis tho fainting poor, Whose eye with want is dim, Whom hunger sends.from door to door— Go thou aiul succor him. Thy neighbor!. “f is that weary mart Whose years nip at their brim. Bent low with sickness, cares and pain— ., Go thou and comfort him. Thy neighbor 1 ’Tis the heart bereft Of every earthly gem ; Widow.and orphan, helpless loft Go thou anti shelter them. Whenever thou mootest a human form Loss favored than thy own, Remember ’(is thy neighbor worm, ' Thy. brother or thy son.- Oh! pass not, pass not heedless by; Perhaps thou cans’t .redeem' The breaking''heart from misery— Go share thy lot with liini. lan¢ou& A TOUCHING STORY. “You were not hero yesterday,’ said the gen tle teacher of the village school, as site laid her hand kindly on the curly head of one of her pu pils. It was recess time, but the little girl bad not gone to frolic away the ton minutes,, not oven loft her seat; and sat absorbed in what seemed a fruitless attempt toThako herself mis tress of a spin in long division. Her face and nook crimsoned at the remark of her teacher, but looking up, she seemed somewhat royassurpd of the kind glance that met hoc’s. “.No ma'am but sister Nelly was.” “I remember there was a.little girl, who call ed herself Nelly Gray, came in yesterday, but I did riot know slio was your sister,' Biitwliy did you not conic ? You seem to lovo study very much f” * f lt was not because X did not want to como, was the earnest answer, and then she paused and the deep Hush again tinted that fair brow— “but,” sho’centinncd, altera moment of pain ful pmbaras.sment,“mother cannot spare ns both conveniently, so wo are both going to take turns; I’m going to school one day, and sister next; and to-riight I’m to teach Nolly all I’ve learned to-day ; and to-morrow night she will feacli mo all she learns whiio boro- It is the only way that wo can think.of.gelting along, arid wo want to study very much, so as to sometime keep school ourselves and fake cafe of our mother, because slip has to work very hard to keep us.” With genuine delicacy,!Miss M. forbore to question the child further, but sat down beside her,' arid in a riiomont explained the rule, over which rile was puzzling her young brain, so that thodiftlCult sum was easily finished. .“.You had-better go out arid take tho aim pioniontj you liavo studied very hard to-day,” said tho teapher, as tho little girl , put up her 'slate. '“I had rather not; I might tear my dress; I will stand by (ho window and watch tho rest of 10 scholars.” There Was such a peculiar* tone In Iho voice’ of her pupil as sho said (I might-tear raj’ dress, that Miss M.-was led instinctively t®/notice it. It was nothing-lint- a ninoponny print of deep bine, but wna-noatly made,land hndmevor been washed. And while looking pt it-, sho remem bered that, dnring.tho whole previous fortnight Mary Gray attended school ‘regularly, that sho had nevercseon her wear but:that one dress.! “Sho is a thoughtful iitllo- girl,” said she to herself,-‘fand dries not want to make her mother! any trouble. I- wish I had more such schol ars.’*, ■ , The next morning Mary was absent, but hor sister occupied her scat.. Thoro.wassomething so mtorevesting in the two little sisters; the one eleven years old arid the other eighteen months younger, agreeing to attend school by turns, (tint Miss M. could not forbear observing them very clcsoly. They woroprotty-lhcod children, | v -.y • of delicate forms, and fairy like hands nnd feet; . the older with dark lustrous eyes, and the other ’ with orbs like the Juno sky, her white neck veiled by a wreath of golden ringlets. She observed in both the same close attention to their studies, and as Mary had tarried during play time, so (lid Kelly, and upon speaking to lier as . she did to her sister she received the same answer, “I might tear my dross.” Again the reply caused Miss M. to notice Hie garb of the sister. JShe saw at once it was the same piece as Mary’s anil upon scrutinizing it Closely, sho became certain that it was thesamo dress. It did not lit so closely on Kelly, andit was too long for her; and,she was evidently not at ease when site notite'd hof teacher looking at the bright flowers that were so thitkly sot on the dark ground.- The discovery, was one tliat.could not but in terest a heart so trhly benevolent as that which pnlsated in tho bosom of that village teacher. She ascertained the residence of, their mothom and though sorely straightened herself by a naP row purse, that same night, having found at the only store in the place a few yards of the same material; purchased a dress for little Nolly, and sent it in snob a way that tho donor could not he detected. ' ' . Tory hrigiit and happy looked Mary Gray on Friday morning, as she entered the school at an early hqur. Sim waited only to place tier books neatly on tier desk, ere she approached Miss M. and whispered in a voice that laughed in spile ot her efforts to make it low and deferential— “after this week Nelly is .coming to school every day, and oil, I am so glad 1” “This isgood news,” roplicd'Uio teacher kind dfy. Holly is fond of her books, I see, arid-I am linppy to know that she can have an oppor tunity to study her books eyoiy day. Then she continued, a little good 'humored mischief encircling her eyes, “hut how can your mother spare both conveniently?” “O, yes, ma’am—yes, nia’ara she con now. Something-lias happened which'she didn’t ex pect, and she is glad, to have us come when we are to do so.” '--« She hesitated ri moment, but hcryoung heart was tilled to tho brim with joy, and when a child is happy it is as natural for it to t .11 tho cause as It is for a bird to warble when the sun shines. So out of tho fullness of her heart, she spoke, and told her teacher this" itflo story: ■ Sho and her little sister were the only child ren of a poor widow, whose health was so feeble and delicate that it twaa almost Impossible to support herself.and daughters. She was oblig ed to keep them out of school all winter because thoy.had.no clothes to wear, lint sho told them if they could earn enough by doing chorea for tho neighbors to buy each of them a now dross, they might go in tho spring. Very earnestly had tho littlo girls improved thefr stray chances, and very carefully laid up the copper coin which usually, repaid; them.- They had each saved money ono.ugh to buy .a calico dress, when Nol ly was taken sick, and as tho mother, had no money before hand, her treasure had tp bo ex- pended for medicine. ■ - • “6,1 did fool so bad.when school opened, and Nolly could not go because sho had no dress,” said Mary. “I told hor.l would not go either, but sho said I had hotter, for. I could then teach tier some, and it would; be better than no schooling. I stood it tor a fortnight biit Nolly’s litUo.face seemed always looking at ‘mo .on tlio way.to sofiriol/aiKiJ cDjiidn-'t OtHurp py it tilt, so 1 finally thougbt.of a way by tvlilch wo co'uid bofh go, and I told mother I. would come one-day, and the next I.would lend Nolly my dress, and she might oomo, and this Is the way wo have done this week. B l >t last night somebody aont'sister a dress justliko mine,and now she can come too. 0,1/1 only know who it was, I would got down on my knees, and thank thorn, and so would Nolly. But wedon’t know, and wo have done all w.o could for thorn —we pray for them; and oh, Miss, M.', we are all so glad now. Ain’t you too 7” ■ -' “Indeed I am',” waa tho emphatic answer. And on tho following morning; wlion liftlo Ncliy in the new dross entered tho school-room, her face radiant as a rose in tho sunshine, and ap proached the teacher’s table, sho exclaimed in tones ns musical ns those of a freed fountain —“ I’m coming to school now,, and I am so glad!” - Miss M. felt as slio had never fell—that it was more blessed to give than to receive. No mill ionaire, when ho saw his name in public prints, landed for. his thousand dollar charities, was ev er half so happy as that poor school .teacher,who wore old gloves halt a summer longer than she ought, and thereby saved enough to buy that little fatherless girl a calico dress. , The foliowing 'was written half a century ago by Sirßoyic‘Eocho, a member of tholrish Pa: liameht. The letter Was addressed to a friend in London, and it is old enough to ho new to nine out of ten readers : “Mv Dean Sm :—Having now a little peace and quietness, I sit down and inform you of (ho dreadful hustle and confusion wo arc all in from these blood thirsty rebels, most of .whom are, thank (Jod, killed and dispersed. We are inrt pretty mess; can get nothing to o.jt, nor any wino.fo drink, except whiskey; and when wo sit down to dinner wo are obliged to keep both hands armed. While I write I hold a sword in each haftd and a pistol in the other. I concluded from the beginning that tills would bo the end of it, and I see I was right; for it is not hall oyer yet. At present there are such going on that everything is at a stand still. I should have answered your l.ettor a fortnight ago, but,! did-not receive it until this morning. Indeed, scarce a mail arrives without being robbed. No longer ligO than yesterday the coach with the mail from Dublin was robbed near this Town. The bags had been left behind for foaf of accident, and by good luck there was nobody in it but two outside passengers, who had nothing for flieivos to take. Last .Tuesday notice whs given that a gang of rebels was ad vancing here undor\tho French standard, but they had no colors nor any drums except bag' pipes. , Immediately every riian in tho place, includ- ing men, women and children, ran ont to meet them, Wo soon found our force much too little; wo wero tod near to think of retreating. Death was in every face; but at it'wo wont, and began to bo all alivo again. • For tunately the rebels had no guns but pistols and pikes, and as we had plenty of muskets and ammunition, tvo put them all.to tho sword. Not a soul of them es caped, except,soipe that werp drowned in the adjacent’bogs, and .in a very short time nothing was hoard but silence. Their uniforms wero all different colors, but! mostly green. , After the action we went to rummagoa sort o( camp which, thoy.ljad left behind them. All wo found was a few pikes without heads ; a parcel of empty bot tles of. wider, and a bundle-of French commis sions filled with Irish names. Troops are now. stationed,all around tho country, which exactly squares twjlli my ideas. I have only time to add that lam inagreat hurry.” , ’ “P. S.—t-If-yoli don’t receive this, of conrso it must have, miscarried, therefore I hog you to write and lot mo. know,’.’ [£7“ A poor gillcd blade says : “Woman’s loro is like Scotch snuff. You get one pinch and that’p enough.” Whereupon a darkey of more sense as well as soul responds : • ’’ " “Wothan’s lub; like ingy-fubber': ' , It stretch de more, do more you lub her. rr7- It is singular tiiat'whcn' bills are “duo,” fboir acceptors 'atc'iittsf, " AT S2,CO PER ANNUM . NO. 35. A- Dmc of Irish Dulls. • Wild Cat Currency At the West, t The following from tho Chicago •TrihunS’ Of January 19th, is a sample • of tile copphlnts which 1111 the Western papri-s: . “Minnesota is tho paradise pfthojfeline tribe. As in Michigan in carlier '• flourish with a vlgbr of growth, and length of claw, nnd sharpness of yoice, that are nowhere else Attain ed. The latter litter, as noticed in the St. fan! papers, consists of two- kittens, one Called tho Central Bank, Gray, nnd the other yclept tho Charcoal Bank of Nowhere. The swindling emissions of both are endorsed by parties in St. Paul, and both are doubtless worthless". Tho peculiarity of the notes of the charcoal Bank is,, that they promise redemption, if presented-to" the uttprer, at his cilice, <on the I lust day of Ju ly —not a day later or earlier. Who doubts that St. Paul and Minnesota are hard up, when such stair can be used as a substitute (or money. “lowa is but little belter off- than her north ern neighbor. Wo publish to day a letter, from Davenport, in which the eflcct of-Nebraska money—they have no .other.in that- region—is graphically described; nnd we liayej in the Ga lena Advertiser, specimens of.(ho prevailing currency at Dubuque, which we •copy'; for the delectation of those who never passed through a shinplustcf era. Two specimens Will snlflcl- . cntly describfc" (he lot.? . Attempted Assassination of Sapoleon Ilf/ At half-past 0 o'clock on the evening pi Thursday, January 14, the Emperor was fired at while he was entering the Italian .Opera in tho Rue Lcpellelicr. Some persons -in the Street; were wounded. I'ho Emperor showed himself to- the people at the doors of the’ Opera house. "Ho was received with .enthusiastic cheering, lie remained I ill the end of the’op pra., On his return at midnight, he was baited by the enthusiastic cheers of, an immense mul titud, which was wailing for him in the street* The Emperor and Empress, on entering the opera, wore received with' the warmest enthu siasm. , I'he course of performance went on as usual.- On hearing of the'evcnt which had taken place,- their -Imperial' Highness. Prince Jerome and Prince Napolcpp,, the -Princess Mhthiide, as well as Prinfco Jlurijt. tlje minis ters ami several marshals and great funcliomt ries, the members of the diplomatic body', and the perfects of the Seine and bf police,- Prbo'ur-. eur-Oemral of tho Court of Paris, and tho Pro curem-Impcrial, attended their Majesties. • The inquiry was at once commenced, and several arrest's were effected. Their Majesties left the opera at midnight. The ’ Boulevards were spontaneously illuminated, and a vast coni course of people cheered the Emperor and’ Em press most enthusiastically and touchingly, as they passed on their way to tho Tmlcrics. - 0h arriving, their Majesties found gteat nutabeti of persons, amongst them' the Ambassador bf England, the Presidenfof tlie Scniite. memhcrs of tho diplomatic body, and several senators; waiting to offer their corigratiilatiobs: .. A despatch tb the Globe stales that sixty persons were wounded, including two ladies at a Window. Many arrests have taken place; amongst them are. throe foreigners. The pro jectiles used were conical. Three persons Seta killed.'. ■ ’ The Emperor’s face is slightly scratched' by fragments 6f glass. The Emperor ami Empress are perfectly well. At o’clock, the imperial family attended a solemn mass with minister of Sl&te. ; m , The conspirators are Italians; four hats been arrested. , They canie from England, anti belong to a secret society of assassins. . ' , Fifty-Uvd persons were wounded by the three shells thrown at the carriage—some'dangerous ly ; Reasons why Farmers Ake (Healthier TitAK Professional Men.— These reasons are: ‘ 1 • 1 i They work more, and develop ail the lead ing muscles of the body. 2. They take their exorcise in the open.ait,, and Hina breatlio a greater amount of oxygenr, 3. Thoir food' and ’drinks "are ctimmbnly less adulterated, and far more simple. '. . . dVTlje^dp.rjot.oyctvvvrk their brain as inheir ns professional meirdo. ‘ . . ’ . fi. They take''their sloop; commbnljrj darfyg (bo hours of darkness; and do not' try to tart! day into uighti 0,. They are not, commonly, so ambitions and tI6 not wear themselves oaf so rapidly in tha. fierce contest of rivalry. ’ . ' 7. Their pleasures are mote simple and lesa exhausting. ■ . , To Cut Gi.ass witu a Pieces op Ino.v.— Draw with a pencil on paper any pattern to which you would have the glass conform; place, i the pattern nhder the glass, holding bath logo-- thor in the left hand, (tor the glass' must not Tost on any plain surface,) thcti fakop common spike, heat the point of it to redness, and ap ply it to the edge of the glass, draw the iron slowly forward, and tho edgo of the glass will immediately crack ; still move tho iron slowly over tho glass, tracing the pattern, and the: clink in the glass, will follow at the distance of ; about half, an inch, in every direction, accord ing to tho motion of the iron. It may bo found.' requisite- especially.in forming corners, to apg ■ ply a wet finger to tho opposite side of tho . glass. The iron must bo re-boated as often as the crevice in the glass ceases to How.—Scion- , iific Mechanic.- ' la It SuPEiisTiTiox ?—Tradition has handed '■ down, from .time immemorial, among . somo peculiar notions about(ho influence oftho moon on vegetation, &c., which the skepticism ’ of modern agricultural' writers have generally ' agreed in rejecting ns relics of a superstitious , ago.. . • Tho human mind is so constituted that, like,' (lie pendulum, (which when made to swing on 1 ono sido of tho centre of gravity, will vibrato io ; the opposite extreme) it has ever vihrntcd bb- • twocu the opposite extremes of suporstion and. - incredulity, and-rotlecting minds are beginning,' to cqme tb the Conclusion that, in tho coal man- • bested to reject everything tb’at savored of su perstition, a great deal ot truth has been thrown ■ aiVay, . Suggestive.— A New Orleans paper pret sents a very suggestive paragraph, in the (bl owing, t?bioh ho entities “The march to tho grave of 1857:” ' . ’ V ' : ' ' “What a mighty procession have been 'mo- : ving toward the grave during-the past year!— ’ As tho usual estimate, since the first of Janua- : ry, 1557. there have more than thirty,one mil lion five hundred thousand Of thft world’s pOpu- ” lation gone down to the grave. Place them in long array, and they will give a moving column ~ of more than thirteen hundred to every miK'of • tho circumference of tho globe. What a spec taclc.,as they move on, tramp, tramp, tramp, , the‘Dead Slat-ch',’giving its funeral notes its ' they go to the silent shades!” . Marriage.—Get married! Marry, let the risk he what it may ; it gives dignity to your .- profession, inspires confidence, and commands , respect. With a wife, the lawyer is more trus ty, the doctor more esteemed, I lib' mechanic, throws the hammer with increased power; and shoves the plane with n.moro dexterous hand ) ' tho merchant gets a better credit —in short, a d man without a wile is no man all! She liui> r . ses .him while sick, she watches for him.in. health. Gentlemen get a wife, a pretty one if you like them best—a good one when she is to ' bo found—and a rich one if you can get hep pretty mid good. . k A Sixour.Aa Lake.—There is a lake covering nineteen tamdrod acres in Wright county, lowa, ; about 150 miles west of Dubuque, which.ts sur- , rounded by a regular stone' wall, five feet.wide f at tlio top,-and in some places, where the water would he likely to overflow the prairie, fen feet high. As the pioneers fount (he wall there, tho question .arises, “Who built if?” Another; remarkable fact' is that tho lake has no visible' feeder or outlet. , ' ' By Paring the May anniversaries, in /. York, the following dialogue .was oyprticarl,, between two of tho Netrsboys: “fsaylJihi- 5 my, what is Ihc.meaning of- so maay’preach’era • I being here altogether I” “Why.” answered I Jim, “they always meets here once a year tp exchange sermons with each other.”
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