VO.T.RBTE 6.
THE - PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.
ITELISITEDEVERY MORNI>iO
BY HASKELL & AVERY,
Terms:
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One copy per.anituni, in advance, , tl.OO
Village soLscribers per annum ,in adt:nuce,
Rites or AnvEttrist.tro.—One square, of
twelve Hots or less, will be inserted three
meg for one dollar; for evlry , subsequent
Insertion, twenty-five cents v. 11 he charaed.
Rule, and, figure work will invariably be
charged double these rates. .
rrThese terms will be strictly adhered to
Equalization of Power bptween the
Free and Slave States in the
U. S. Senate.
A recent number of the N.- V. Herald,
in an article speculating on the conse-
Ounces:sof' the election of Beverly Tuck
' .1.:(1Iard) over enera l A rmstrong.(Soft)
A 3 Printer.of thekljnited,2-Siates Senate,
accounts for thig e , sult on- the ground
thit the Senate is a more independent
bOdy. than the fl i fti where the admin
-istration achieved a victory by the elec
tion of Gen. Arirkstrong. It is intimated
that the attitude of the Senate in this
matter, fOreshadoWs the downfall of the
administration, and a new combination.
tot parties in , in which the South,
aided by the political pOiv'er of the
.Sen
ate,contains (aside from the
,i Cab
-
met) rabidale aspirants for the site- ,
'cession, tivill receive new accessions of
strength. •
The writer declares th'e Senate to be
the great conservative balance of power,
itAnding betv...eert : the administration and
the country, between the House and
the cabinet, and between the North and
the South ; and that the doin4s of the
Meuse and Cabinet and President, must
abide by its judgmtmi. The article con
cludes as follows :
" Mr, CalhoUn was right in the gen
eral Views of the importance of the Seri
ate as the only' reliable sefe-guard of the
Constitut(nnal rights of the , South.— ,
Hence his policy .of maintaining at least
an equilibrium of representation between
the two sections in that body. And the •
preponderance which has been given to
the North, in the admission of Califor
nia; should be neutralized as soon as pas ,
sible, by the admission of another slave•
holding State into the Union. IVe abaft
coma to this issue soon !"
The wish of the Herald, that the
States, according to the ratio.: of
sen ta lion !" Thai is, the South: shall
repre
present majority of two of the tree States::
in the Senate, should be speedily bar-: pa!! by the wny of taxation for every five
i
anced.by the admission of another slave-
slaves as for three free jmrSons: We
holding State into this Republic, flirty i will give an instance rof haew the South
seem strange to persons unacquainted bas paid or' rather been paid for this priv
:
with the past history of the Slave Power ; 11e P --
The surplus revenue remaining
in this country, and' its preponderance
in the l'oited States treasury on the Ist
in almost every department of the
G. I day of January, 1537, was to be dis
yernment, but this expression, it will be tributed anion the suers! States, and
says William Jay,
found, is only a desire for a condition of the rule of distribution . become a ques
tion. The income, '
-
things in strict accordance with that his
j e
tary, and the Herold_has at k st the
had been derived chiefly from the indus-
merit of frankness in the shatnele 3 aVowl-try and - enterprise of the North—hut the
al, not posessed by some of its pro cheery South insisted, With her usual success,
followers at the North, who cherish the .that instead ofdidin,g the money ac
smite sentiments, but who ncedl their
designs, by attempting to pursucle the
i
p .ople that all discussio on this subj ct; '
; cording
bcai)por t t o io t ri h e e d f a r v it
on p g o population t s io ta d t , e i s t
accord-should
iug to their electoral voles. 13y this rule,
and all resistance to the further encroach- ' the Slave States, notwithstanding their
Meet of .slavery is dangerous to the i inferiority in population, would spar,
Un;an. As it would seem that wa are zalike with the free, so far 'as regard , d
to be called to submit to 80! fur•
ther exactions on the part of the South,
fit the benefiLof Slavery, it may not to
11;ppropriatut this time to allude brief
ly to some of the unjuiLadvantages giv
en to the slave States in tha=fast, from
which it may seen that thAputh may
look with confidence for the 'success of
.a ly demand t lily may • malt's., however
audacious, and that the preservation of
the rightful majority .of the free States,
in the Senate, now the point of attack,
requires the utmost vigilance and energy
of the friends of free 4, „.
It is a well-known fact - that during.al
rnost the whole time since the foundation
of this Government. in each year when
a President pro tem, is elected by the
Senate, who, upon the contingencies
mentioned in the Constitution, might be
come President of the United,States t
that office has been invariably given to
the South ! Ono of those contingencies
has.happened by the death of Air. King;
Vice President, and a slaveholding Pres
ident pro tern. presides in the Sen- •
ate ! Had G. Taylor served out his
full term, the office of president of the
the United States would have been filled
no less than fifty-two years out of sixty
four by alaveholders
Of twenty-one Secretaries of. State,
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4.9UDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY; PA.; JANUARY 13,.:1854.-- , .f- -,, ..1 - . 1 : , f-'-l: , - , -17'
• For thirty-seven years out of sixty, up
to '1849, the chair of the:House of-Rep
resentatives was filled, and its commit
tees appointed by Slaveholders, and', the
present speaker is from the South) Du
ring the same time, of the Judges - of The
Supreme Court appointed, eighteen were
taken frn . Al the slave States; and but
fouiteen - from the free States.! and five
of the nine Ridges , of "that Court, are
,no from from the Slave 'St4e;! In ' 1942;
the(Uuited States were' represented at
foreign courts byAineteen Ministers and
• Charges d'Allairs.; of these fat. offices
i no less- than, thirteen were assigned to
slaveholders.!
Daring the whole
.period of theSe up
. jusLadvantages giy s in to the Solth, the
North has been largely in majority of
numbers, wealth and intelligence. ,': Up
to 1540, fifty- yehrs had given the North
an increased, preponderance eve: the
slave Siat4s of about four and whalf mil.
lions of free citizens 1 • In, the election
of 1818.•t1ie popear . vote in the free
States wa5::2,029•,5r 1'; the popular vote
in the•Slav'e States, was only 845,050 !
By. the Constitutim, eve,ry rive slaves
are to be counte'd to the Slave States as
three white persons ici• represention in
the lower house of Congress, and the
Presidential electors :tie appOrtioned
among tlie several States.-accerding to.
this rule. The effects of this concession,
will be seen in the disproportion between,
the votes cast in several ofthe free arid
slave States in the election of 1548, and
the number of electors to which tlie
were entitled.. Now, New ITorlr grist
455,761 votes, and had 26 electors.-4 .
Virginia., Maryland, and - North Carolina
altogether cast only 243,547, and had 35
electors. Delaware, Georgia; Louisiana,.
Alabama, A r i lmsstis, Florada, and Texas,
altogether, dst . only 437,811 votes and
had 38 electors ! By the Constitution, i
the South are to'render an equivalent for • 1
this right of representatiop for their
property. it declares that "directiaxes
shill be apportioned among -the several
the number. of Senators ; and . with re 7
gard to their representatives, they would
secure an apportionment oi'money on
-account of three,-.fifths of their two mil
lion of slaqs. The sum allotted .by
this gross and `monstrous rule, to the
Stat'e,of South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
baina, Louisiana, and Ken.
tacky, was 66,751,585; while Penn
sylvania-with a free population- larger
thin that of all th6se six States togeiher,
waste receive only $3,525,353 ; so that
infact, the slaveholders of Stutes
received, man fcr man, about twice as
many dollars from the national treasury
~,itthe hard working citizens of Pennsyl
vanial And thus the South-.was paid
for every five slaves . as for three free
...persons! In spite, however, of all the
'class legislation - of the Federal Govern
ment to favor the slave States, and the
unfair prtiportion of officers, of honor,
• and profit and influence; given to
these States,' the free States have
marched steadily forward,' Until they now
of right and in fact by their superior
numbers, wealth, strength, and intent-.
gence, greatly. preponderate in. the na
tion over the slive States, and according
to the 'republican maxim that:the' major
ity must:govern, are entitled to control
the Federal Government. As long as
-pointed,3p - to:the 3d of March,
six have been . takep from the fre6
States!. • •, •--
free'labot? remains protected, in. the f r ee
States to give them _Prosperity; rift(' hu
man bondage ,is ..to curse the
slave States, this rightful power willcon
iinue, and constantly .abgraent-..in. the
hands•of the North, :and we should be
false to Memoctatie govermbent if we
Siirrendered oiie iota of that power to
incr'easo the _influence of a ...‘ minority
Which' cling; to the barbarism and weak
nes of 4.liTY4y. We, are therefore for
maintaining the present majonty oflthe
free States in the Senate,andAgainst the
ferthcA.increase. of representation. &Ifni
slave Slates in that body, believing as i we
do, p s all history shows, that in,a repub
lic there can be no 'equilibrium• between
slarery . and freedom, but an eternal an
tagonism. Our safety as a people isin
the : unalterable resolution, " No am ity ..
SLAVIS STATES AND NOfIORE. STA VETER
—Lockport Journal
RITORV. • '
The New Congressmen from New
York.
'lt isnatural:M theatrrfe
dom shoilld-be proud of the debug .
such a man ttsGerrit Smith lit Congress.
Known and beloved by them for years,
as
emioently worthy yet. widely inistin
derstood;.it surpriged their fondest ex
pt;Ctations to see ;he people of his clis
tat rise in their miglit, without distinc
tion of party, and place him where he,
stands today. The effects of his lofty
and chivalrous bearing, his mein of pu
rity altd'hrgh purpose,. causing the cor
rupt .minions of party theniselvcs, Prac
tised as they are n blackening the fair
est reputations, shrink away from his
rebuking pre.sence,''.wtri only precisely
what his friends expected Would attendl
his appearance in Congress. They
knew it would be a' . lesson to,that gatti
e-ring, and through thetas to 'the whole
country,fOr the long-villified Arch-Abo
.. htiunist of Central .Neti , York just to
standup on that floor and be looked at—
even.: though :he opened not his mouth.
Therefore they 'are proud , and happy,
to day, and are quite content, with such
menus Soloman P. Chase and Cliarles ,
Samner in the Stsnate, and Joshua R.
Giddings and Gerrit Smith in the House,
to let the cause of Fr6edorn go - to. the
judgement •of the World, •whether that
judgement do • madO up from a compari- 1
son of the sentiments uttered by the op-H
posing parties,, or by a 'contrast of the
parties themselves. .
.But there are people °Umber ways'
of thinking, who are rejoicing,' as well
as we ; in the appearance of new cham
pions in the Congressional lists. We
have no/unfair purpose in introducing
Mr. Michael Walsh, as the high Hun
ker repro.stntattve,,-to be ploced-side by
;side with Mr. Smith, as exponents of
The causes which they sever - ally espouse.
But Mr. Walsh has put himself forward
in, that position, and denied to Mr.
Barnburncr Dean the right of replying
• to the New York Free Soilel, as not
'4:Ting himself sUfficiently pu're. And
t liards. i have recognized She claims of
e immortal Mike. Our .Adamantine
neighbor thought so much of his maiden
leffort., it elevated to the post of a
Ictding article in its columns 'what it
dignified as "the remarks of Mr. Walsh."
The • ..A.dtunantinej Cory p lieus being so
endorsed, we rejoice to call the attention`
Of the country to to the two men, placed
'thus by the election of our opponents
side by side:' There stands Gerrit
Smith. If you take .one look at him,-
we may henceforth and forever forego
all description. And there Mike,
in accordance with wlidt 'is probably ex=
petted of editorial courtesy . , we _hereby;
characterize as the 'eminently, pure
minded, upright, and the' fourth
proof—spiritual Mr. Walsh. lfanybocly
.hereafter makes bold to call him a mis
erable bloat, remember that it is not ire.
And as there they stand, we may next'
.ask how do they appear—and what•do
they say ? TheNew'York"Abolifionist,
with a calmness and dignity .? which corn.
tnands the atmairing attention of all be
holders, and . , secs at utter defianc e the
ordinary expedients by, which the black
guards of the House aie wont to dis-'
cdunterian, and; discourage the pro
• • s!' Abashed the devil stood
Arid telt liOw awful uoodness, and saw
Virtue iu chap° how lovely."--31wreg.
pounders off unwelcome truth,preatiess
'in the very, piesenCe (hitherto esteemed
awful),of,Slaved'Oin,„befoie „the'Advain
'istration, the:country - and
universal Gospel of Freedom in its most,
uncompromising, ..phase: - . He :extorts
praise_ from the unwilling Baiatuns that
would . fain curse 'him. 'The murmured
bray . issimat of fhe very merk4horli he •
denounces greet on every hand -his,
-Christian intrepidity. The tall :chief 7
tains of the Slavoeracy exchange cour-
•I tesies with him, as ,bigh-minneemen do
only with theii peers.' In, the midst of:
his address; some one . of the infinitesimal
. i bottle-washers of- party, - rallytag a•mo
ment,..from his . trepidation,.. squeaks out
tt call - to order, andins.ists that "the gen-'
denial' is making an abolition speech !"
A. I Am "—replies the speaker, with Com
pressed lip and clear, 'undaunted glance.-
The aentjeman . will proceed," responds
the Chairman ; and the sUaall kind of
conservatiim'ilishes in the pan..
Sa much for the bearing of
fanatic. How: is it with-theitrue patriot,'
,-
the greathearted despiser'i isms,''the , Meekly . tip to him,, an said, as civilly as killed, and two of the sailors fled in a
supporter of the' Cous:itnif nnnd the ;she cotild•" Welli ! 'gou'inust he' deaf!" h0w..., C,mlites established a strict: gev
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Union I He lorCes hin:seif in between .t i Of cotiese,'she did. not speak any lotitit•r erturient over his compapiens,•arel or
two gentlemen, who are Ma 'irie':l,e'' rstm--: than mho:could; but he heard:her, and derA IlUiz and !Gates to steer the law
el- extilanatiens. and wlitima;k4l-tti gieel right then and there eanil her doper-, towards the rising stin'e•,`ThFie orders
way, for emollient, to furnish onifortu- ! tinerii., : , I thought lie Might haveceneid• theY,oomplied with byday, end by night
pity to bring those eiplatiatilms to a sat? ! eied'hcit feelings: alittli:, ancfif•ei.J,iprolled steered for the United States, :Where
isfactory dose, he refuses; salving "1 isee'l , her:he/bre ei - alfarn . , ; bdt theili!ell'he `they finally-arrived-'off Culloden :Point,
(Uwe- I . will she:. :pan ea, that." W e ;,:11ore.;-: An'l 'thee the -way -he boxes- Leers; I.;land• . - 'Nero the V,esseVarld.ne.
would. • . like"to . be certified that:lie ,j -the little 1 pulls 'their ll:tire - grecs were taken into custody hy•Lieet.
di rot say •:"-" Pll be danini'd if I don't i just fen >emus:: they hap- Gidney,. of the U. S. Brig IVaship,gtem,
slim parr on - that." e ;11, wotildlbe so coin- i pen 'to e, or whittle the and carried into New-London, Conn.,
pletely-in Mr. Wafsh's fine-land forcible - desk, of :s 1 or some siich , where they were bound over fer.trinl on
style of elOquence. .T. 'all! the.vast!is-1
little: th
?ugh it is any of , the charge 'of murder, b 3 Judge Judson.
sues which called nut fronfMe, Preston, his bus , tear -their books! ' Judgil ThompsonApcided thrit'bur Cotirts
the most earnest defence of slavery he I He don . pit'Nfor. - Lee no •Cbgnizance of ' offifusys cram
was capable of making,, this "glorious l Buil at i,•et• told. The mitted on a -Spanish vessel on the high
son of York" has only a chuckle and a I otherdav he Caine round to where little seas; however, it was .decided th a t a
jibe at e me. Dean, as an incipient aholi- Bobby sat, and boked. his ears, thoue.h , !del :must take, place in the District
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tionist, for reply; and as a climax; this : the- dear child Was hot doing ,anythilig Court, As the Vessel and cargo had•been
sublime Peroration :• • -
.' iat all ! - Tht:r. he-kept hiQ after school, !. libelled for salvage, The trial came 'ofl
•"I tell the [souse,-the administration, , and made him get a king lesson. I t wile .' -in January', 1540, ashen- Judge .1 titkon
, decided-that the ,prisoners were native
•
and the World, that ,
. Afi - manscl had never. been, slaves
when the time ar- 1 almost dark when the poor ow came
rives for the true Deli - 106r: s - 0 --- of
1,•
i\T6,,;_i.iton'te, and I felt so- very , cry for him
that 1 told hind he plight go , e down , e .
leeall,y. Ile dismissed the' libel With
Vertu to speak and expresvhat they !,
hill with the other boys, and I a old no , costs, and decreed that the Africans
think of theirs, they will spew lan
: hii.eliores for him. About ten &Clock . , should be deliiered to the President of
gunge will admit of, , nb two inter--
! : the United States, to be 'sent 'li:lCW:to
pretanons.! Nobody will misunderstand.car-ache
he camp in crying, with the , ,
f. .
The
Until that happy day arriveshi return to and I did not beta wink of sleep with - ri .
ca. Spanish - Minister appealed
: him-that night' lam sure it was nothing .to the Circuit Court,
t which was held. in
my quiet and orderly positioL"
I • i• ' eke but,havine his ears boxed that model April. "18-10, when J dge 'Flirripson
That is to say : You mall. all think 1, .. r°
so bad. He is a very delicate . sustained the appeal, an the case ,vent
yours:elves' a very fine set of chaps, with t them fo ld •
'and I 'have always been careful up to the Supreme Court of the United
yOur speeches:. your debates, ybur abolO c 1 1- ' . States, for tieciston, in 1841. ,kt this
1-e a blow,or him in
never . to-stri e cross
lion and stuff, but • ' iv •;" when . }ou it illsee, ' c final trial, before . the Snpreme Court,
anythinie- for fear. of making him sicl?. • .
it comes to the election, the hdrds 'll-whip who, in addition to the facts in the case,
And- to have that cruel man s:trike him. •
the it•hole scrape of you: 'l' is is about I, had before them our treaty with Spain,
had not done an•-thincr—not .
the siiin of the matter, to M . Valsh's when he • . . .! thing —cwt
.. • even gothis lesso
'n.—was n't it too bad ? , (to which . ; Gen. Pierce re,ers,), the Afri
opprehension, and this is to tntibh the
:Mr letter is already longer than I in- cans were again declared free, and after-
Spirit of the Adamantinism, lay, of Lo- tended- .,
to be ; so I bid you good night, wards returned :to Africa, accompanied
co-focoism !as a who!e, in t o State of :. I . l ' • , '
i Ou and your patrons a Alerev •by the Missionaries of the " Mendi Illis-
New-Yoile.• To many of th'ese fellows an u:•T_ls ' 3 - '.
Christmas, and a happy New Year. slim." In . 184:1,"John Tyler, of pre
the result of .an election is an end of all
YourS, for the cause of Education.cious memory, Wormed the House that'
controiersy, until • the next election • . 1
,
: -SOPHIA. • the Spanish Minister was dissatisfied
and then the reviving contest is only • - ' .
.'ili the
e i decision of the Supreme Court,
one of treating , r fisteuffing, pipe -laying,
d
, an recommended an allowance for sal
and cat-hauling:generally, for the temper- I- . . . , Presidential Fraud. -
Cabe for " cargo." In 1844' of the
rary victory.
• t one
. - If theni is one :virtue above another, .housecoin: 'lt -
. nt tes reported a,bill-appro
. Well, letiour conservative friends gip- -
,ascribed, o the PresideMt by his ad
i .
try in their . chaMpion; as we shall certain= careers and su • -
ppm ters, it his his zealous on tiers of the schooner. In reality,eid
15, • in ours. •Meanwhile,.pretty much all i ivatch,eareof the Treasury • And doubt- ' ( li •
,übt tins was designed for Messrs, Rui2'
Congress is repined. to be iiitherrinee it- leSs smalkkato encroachers .
upon the ' and m i le test "- e e e rr,,
~.d not a 'dollar in
self- up have its •say on the KoSzta ;big chest, especially if their political
vested the sell ' The' - bill
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question, end to answer Mr. Smith. Ag- stripe. runs in the wrong direction, reourd ' . ' ° f aler '
In 15..37, th claim, th an
,ration never .was in a fairer wrrie to find a war • and unflinChir; sentinel to v"(i ' d°wn. '
$5 ? )0, Vas ; resu ileac , when lion.
be," discoontenencede" " resists d," - :I
an-• • deril: With. ). In reference "to this the.. '
, ,:.
.. !Wilms rernarke s follews : 1 •
'ili'ushed out," both" in and out of Con- President - • '
in his Message to Conere's ..•
. e .- . Ile , indemnily asked for was . 11;i:
gees:." 'Let 'the friends ,of,Liberty sit •recomMends : - rppertir when there was an property.,
down and, ponder one pregnant query,: "That • '' , '
wise economy, which is as far ' lie hens claimed as such were free:
Bow much may be involled ? • ~.' e• - - -
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.... e e,„,- --- removed from pitisimony as frern,erritpt ten—men declare free hy our courts.
filgto enri•e:lpoudenee.is 11,6 , iiaur::l Wreath,' and corrupting extravagance,---thet sin- 'l.e Spanish government has made no
read at the Coudersport Aciieetiiy, gle regard for the public good,. telliell • dated for. these men as prel, erty..but
CleteAT-wArS OFF, Dec. 21, 1553 yvilf , frown upen alt attempts to approach r 'needed them as assassins,: nd not as
the treasury with. insiduous projects of :hives. 11 assassins they couprd not be ,
ptiva t te ,interests cloaked under the - pub- 74aperty, having forfeited their lir t .s!by
lie pieteirs,—th a t sound fiscal. adinini s - i :heir :crimes ; ail(' had they, been - de.
trillion, which, in the legislative depart - : livered' tip, they would have been' sent
men!, guards against 'tht. 'dangerous to Cuba to.lnire been executed. -I'fi - ere
temptations incident to overflowing
,rev-; never had been a more groundless claim,'
elide, and,, in, the executives, maintains . .a,e'd forbid that such a demand should :
an unsleeping watchfulness; against the ! (.1,- , r.he elk - est:J." 1: was reject,- d..
tendency of all national expenditure to ' , And this is the claim which mir,fa
extrdtmgance,-7-while they are admitted . ; moos 'rreasure',-ertia:ding Prtsident,r e .
elenientartn political duties:ll - lily, I trlist, - commends to the " kran.v men''''. "mu
be deemed as properly aidverted - ao and or e" nelice, of Congress. i It: is to re
urged, in view di the more expressive weel..these Spanish, reneg,edes for .tt
sense of th.sl, noctsity, which is directly I r,iira. which tier laws denounced as
sadg'ested by the considerations•now pre- PIRACY, that from .50,(K:10 to a'.8100,-
sprat:et," '• . ' !Plitt of 'the prod-re's hard-earned money
. I !Stireli.;" you • sa y, " this
: is the Inn, ii.:. to be appropriated. : ' . .
gunge of frugality. and integrity, not of , 1 Li !'resident Pierce aware that there
frand." l , Eyen so; bat: •for. a moil-tent le , : any rights or interest; to protect, or
compare - it with the 'following : :,,:, (lire fer, e.xlept the interests of star•eriel
",'For several years Spain has
. been : lt . does seem as though the Present Ad
e,alling the ettention.of this, goverment . nnifistratien denied itethe great mission
to a, claim • for losseslY some of.lier sub- . ,e(Dni
eocruey to (roister vp,tratch orer,
jectS, in case of the, schooner Arnistad. b unt Dr.liND th'fa bO/ie of .Irnirit:U/1
'MS . : claim :is belieVetl' to rest 'on th e . .Parities -N I ,
:fi Prospyrity, . HUAI AN!
oidigationslniposed,by otir eXisting treaty ! • : ' - i , AVEIii. .
with that
. country. Its j,ostice was / ad : With conscientious (?) se -eider, the.
mitted, in our diplomatic corresperidence President holds tight upon the Nation's ''
with the Spanish government, 4 early! purse, when the commercial interests of .
as Maret,,' 1847 ; and one Ofn ',pude. fair own free people calls ter n pittance
Cessors, in leis annual message of that to improve our rivers and harbors, and
year, recommended that proyision should protect the liver of American - seamen ;
be made ,for its, paymept,/ In Jaquary but when Spanish PIRATIII—Pirates
lastlit was:submitted to crongit;ss by the according to our own• law—knock at
executive: - .lt ha 4ved a favorable the Treasury door, he has an open band,
conaicl uitt'ees of„ hOth, au -easy sZoscienee, mad- reedy rEt inn . -
branc ere ha's been no mendation. .
final: - I
,conceive that Con American honor be - worse in
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di)bd f otopt adjustment,_ sithrti, et ' Dernocricy .bed 'worse MIS.
anrh I cu b ', and favor REPRESENTED REPRESENTED r—dinericari -Bog
able c ecr.
Deur I Irivilr? I conClude„ on• pen
nin the latest number of your inestima
ble periodical, that there are,sorne . pretty
sensible people in• Coudersport. The
article that p'eased .me most, was one
headed— ,, ,Thitigs that I Love to Sec at
Sehciel." : if we .could find out'the au
thor, 1 think the Trustees of our Acad
emy would write to him immediately
and try to engage his services as - Pre-
Crptor. Ile would make a good teacher,-
for he loves to see pe.ople a take comfort.
.It - is , Fery difficult to get geed. teachers.
here—they are. all . so strict. the ,children
do not, like theiri ; and you• know it does
not do a child any good to send him to
school if he does not like to' go. • •
. The teacher we :have now is •v.
Severe with the childreandeed', he is
absolutely cruel. •1 de'n't think 1 shall
send my boys another day.
. Now, [do n't believe in. finding fault
with school teachers ; and if is a tang I
never do, 'Unless driven to it.. But I
must tell yoU some things I have seen
with my own eyes, the recital of which
cannc.t fail to make your blood boil n=tth
indignation. I. have been in The habit of
visiting the school quite lreijuently,and
was present on one occasion to hear a
class parse. •h very much admired the
manner of one parsed, very
fluently:- He: talked off his lesson 'as
though he 'phderstood it like a book.
His attitude, tali; was purely classic—Lno
studied primness about it'; he bent ver
his book••ai greiceful• as the willow ows
above the • grave,that it shelters. .Judge,
then, of my surprise, when; in the•
Midst of the recitation,' down came
Dominic's ruler upon the desk; with'
•„ . .
! •-•- • -fie ,
• nbisettnoiigb to'frigitte the *1'ot:0111(1 7 I • Pere he ..ieoroOl' ci'ds ,to die '.' tirrly
. .renhalf out of their wit; ;- and he-spoke i and favorable consideration" of C?ngress
op ,01$,.VOF.S. as fury.,,"-Sit ..up..sartught,. one of the most stupendous, outrageotii,
you lazy thing." :The poor boy was so ;arid revolting
,swindles ever' attempted
Ccinfuseil L could: noVhelp feelingyery upon this nation,' and. we Were about' to
sorry for him,. • Put that ,is not all,—he say,-an'ymation, inasmuch as . it: is , di
lscoldedrat him because he could not say i rected, not , only against the Treasury,
4 .•tiiiiii*itn-fiec,' and actually made him *but also the inittOr and.self-respect 'of the
• repeat :the •word : pree or four times ! . nation, as will be seen by adierting to
"thought he was .downright cruel; for : the facts in the case :—Tho captives of
the c hil d w „ .0 „ly, s i Nteen , y ears old, ! the schooner Amistad were stolen • from
and, had not, been to„tho Academy lint :•Africa in Apl, 15:39„ and brought to
five o r six• terms, and'never studied EtAyl - flavtina and lodged' in. Barraeociiti, or
•,,6inghaider•Aiiin 'Greek . dnii: Hebrew,; .Slave liens; for sale. "Joseph Ruiz, rand
' #nd he ought not:to expect Hifi tOrall it •:,l'edro- :•lorttes purchased thetit, - (gbout
'-anything'"but ...4lnonititic„f ',But,' than, • 50 in number,y put them
.on bo ard., the
dome people are just so unreasonable as , Amistod,nn coaster, and started (or Pner•
i. to think because : they can :do a thing, ' to-1 rMcipio; in enba. • - Tiro or three
i anybody' else can-if they.. will.
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y ne .‘ you4g ba t t y ;
~ps h o ..0 j,.ct• ''.•• Lin
,t es, whose wife was gross
weak !nil% had to•parse One - Woid over I . •*tniulaid by these gentleman tlncdan
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three or four,times, and then he could pers,, tired With • indignnfiou and ~ the
I not, or would not, - hear what she said, ilubl . e . L•enti4ttit of " Glyr.: Int Lll3Ellll'
.
{'though she .spoke ao loud as ihe,could. ~Ol t , : Gi ve, MF, DEATH," Jed his captive
vil.Next ; parse tt," i s }'s Doirtinie,"•l can't corrirAds ip'a bold find suceeSsltil e ff Ort
hear. ; . Tilisarnta 1... t yoting lady looked ' for li I : ,riy: 'live took and captain were
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