.THE PEOPLE'S JO,IIRNAL ,
JNO. S. MANN,
.} EDITORS
EDWIN HASKELL,
FIDELITY TO THE PEOPLE
I ! A 1 = a I I 1 1 Va MM 1 i =
PENNSV LVANI
State Temperance Convention:
A Mass Convention of the friends of Prohi
bition wit lie held in 11arrisburg, on the 20th'
and 27 of Jinni:it's next, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
‘Yettope CA Clycity and town anti tempemnce
ergauszatien will I.e represented fully. Never
have we met nadir such circumstances as the
present. Voters of Pennsylvania, come up to
the bletropolis Lind Beet the good men ynu
have elvcted to enact slaw suppresing the
the the drinking houses and tippling shops.
Hieing:fit - lied 'men from other Statas will be
with us to firsist in our delibeTatens. Ed itors
will please inse=Ws call; and clergymen are
requested to read it their congregations.
By order of the State Gen. Com.-:
T. WAI SON, Ch it.
E. W. JACKSON, Car. SeOr nary
Phil. November IS. 1853.
The year 1854 begins nn , • nds
on Sunday ; there are five moat; . in the
year that contain five Sung: ys, and
there are fifty-three Sundays Jn the year.
Such a coincident will not occur again
for twenty-eight. years.
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Ur - Millport Lodge of IGood Tern- 1
plans is still flourishing bet nd all ac
counts. At their last meeting they had
the pleasure of initiating Mr. D. B.
Pierson, a leading lumber merchant of
C.-414:innati, whose presence in the Lodge
:noon created great enthusiasm, and gave
unusual pleasure. This Lodge no '
numbers 140 members.
Or There will be ~ ; Tem r
meeting in Homer, at th Sch e'
near Jacob Peet's, on W do r
ing next, Jan. 17. Lett
out.
la' Our thanks are due to Hon.
HORACE GREELEY, (or a neatly printed
copy of his " Address before the India
na State Agricultural Society."
This address is published by those / ern
terprising book sellers, Messrs,- Fowlers
and Wells, and is retailed at 12/cents
per copy. It is one the be is things
Greeley ever got oft; and if rfarniers
would generally read - it, i would be
worth more to each man i of them, than
the best cow on their' pl / ace. Where is
thu Agrictshuml Society of Pc?er Coun
ty I
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lir We welcome to y our table '-' 'The
Free American 4 . an Independent fami
ly,l.
'newspap-r/ by Moore and Compton.
at one dollerind fifty cents pe T annum
in advance The .American is oVmedi
• .. • •,./ivell- printed, and start/d on the
right principle. We trust the independ
ent ,
Tot , rs of Erie County will trot sutler
it to expire for want of support, as they
./
d d the Crescent. Such a paper as the
American is much needed in Erie ; and
/ the men who voted for -Isle and Julian
in 1852 are abundantly able to sustain it.
Give this paper a generous support, and
the cause of progress will b/ greatly
benefited.
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The Slave Power on the Bench.
The Free States with a population . of
nearly fourteen millions,have. four Judges
on the Circuits' of the United States
Courts. The Slave states with n popu•
lation of little more than six millions"
bate fire Judges. Every one of those
in the free States with the exception of
McKean, were selected with especial
referer 'ion on Slavery.—
Mune•.
Thu
more 0
Slave
ree States with
populationof the
.s than half the
Supreme Synch. And the same rule is
applicable/wherever . Slavery is in cr
ested ; ' Ea that the whole power and in
fluence of this great Nation is brought
to bear in support of, Slavery- F - and pre
tended Detnocrati at the north bend
their necks to this hateful despotisnz.—
'rhanikto the agitation of this question,
the number who thus bend the knee to
the dark 'spirit of Slavery," grow less,
and less every year. A race of free
men ore coming on to the stage ofaction,
on whom the raw materialVa true man;
has not been wasted.
I The ' Templar and Watchman,
ORLANDO LUND, Editor, and published
at Ithaca N. .Y, at $l,OO per annum,
has reached its 15th number ; and is al.
ready of of the best ancrmost popular
papers of its kind. It is edited with
tact and ability, and ought to be on
file in every Lodge'room in the Nation.
See notice 9 , lithe organization of the Grand
Lodge, of Pennsylvania, which we take
mm its columns.
FP The Independint Press, of Wit
liscusport, comes out strongly in favor of
Single Districts.. We hope toss t• every
Independent pap& in the tate urging
414queition on the antion the next
iSestalure. A
ii
f In another cplumn make an
extract from: the letter of S. P. Chase to
A..Pedgarton, a member_ of Congress from
the sth Congressional Distrtct of Ohio.
This letter has been published in pam
phlet form, and is one of the best docu
ments for distribution that has lately ap
peared.. We advise our friends who fa-
Tot missionary movements, -to procure a
copy of this admirable letter, and see if
if is not just the thing to scatter light in.
the dark places around them. If it is,
send a dollar to Mr. Chase, and we will
warrant a return that will more than pay.
Mr We publish on the first page', an
excellent hit at the babyish complaint .
frequently madeagainst school each s:
The article is taken from the' / lea'
/
1 ' calk, a paper got up, and ad irably
conducted by the students of e Cou
deriport Academy. Our ci 1 ens would
/
do well to attend and hear t read, for it
.shows up our short corn' g-s in a truth
ful, but unexceptiona e-style.
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ILY' A Lodge o '
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been instituted 1
Pa. ;. and an z"
ren (20.
" l Eir .. e .-- I;k .-- th — g, - p — eopi - e 57 -ot the Coun
ty to ote the fact, that he county com
m"..sioners, in one Week, settled With
/
e Treasurer and Sheriff, made sup
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' their annual statements for publication,
drew the Jury for the yeir, made their
annual appointments rand transacted
much other bisiness, which has hereto
fore/
taken,two and three weeks, but has
never , been done in one week before.
This the result of electing men to office
who /are thoroughly qualified to dis
charge Ate-duties of the position. Will
the 7
voters. of the County bear this,in
mind at the next election ?
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erance
(al-House
esday -even
re be a.turn
Our readers will 6nd on the the third
page A number of new advertisements
among which we would ask their atten
tion ttia Stat. Meat of the funds, and the
r c.eip.s
aid expendilure'S of Potter Coun
ty for 1f...5:1. and a notice of .a sale of
unseated hinds belonging to the County.
Alci an advertisement of new bocks t.t
the Journal Book ; and another by
I'. B.. T yler of thepiug & Book Store,
notifying the public that County Orders
will be taken at the face; ,and that of
Lewis Mann's referrO . to in our last. We
call particular attention to :a couple of .
advertisements of Lancet' & C.o, of
Wellsville, N. Y. •
THAT ODIOUS RESOLUTION', AGAIN.-
Those of our readers who attended the
anti - -fugiiive-slave'-bifl meeting held in
the Court House March 10, 1851, will
Well remember the epithets stowed on
the following resolution, 'by the then
champions of Hunkerism in 'this Coun
ty. We 'reprint the resolution because
it contains a great truth, wViCh cannot be
repeated too often while Slavery has an
existence under our flag. The resolu
tion is as follows: . .
Resolved, That the enormous capital
of fifteen hundred millions of dollars,
invested in slaves as claimed by the
Slveholders, and acting as a ; unit, is a
power dangerous to our liberties, espe•
daily- when we.see that power constant
ly dispos'id to make encroachmens upon
the rights of the non-slaveholders of
this Nation.
Is this resolution true ? If. it be, then
the freemen of this State ought to face
the dangers to which it alludes, and over
throw the power which is encroaching
on, their rights.
The truthfulness of the resolution" is
abundantly sustained by the: history of
the last-twenty years; nay, by the his
tory of the last three years. A portion
of this history as tersely stated by the
Hon. S. P. Chase, in a letter . to A. P.:
Edgarton, representative in Congress
from the sth Cangressional: District of
Ohio. The letter is dated Nov. 14, 1853;
and like every thing .coming from the
pen of Mr. Chase, is thorough, and 'un
answerable. Read the following extract,
and then say what you think of the res
olution : • ,
" You may say that some, who con
curred in the declarations 1 have quoted,
have avowed other opinions since. That
may - be. I am not ignorant, nor are you,
of that great Slave interest, wielding a
capital invested in human beings, of not
less than fifteen hundred millions of dol
lars, and coritralling, directly, the politi-
Octal action of nearly half of the States;
and exerting a potential influence over
that of all the rest—the great concen
trated .money and political power, in obe
dience to which 'politicians " turn around
arid turn around" with as vitsb facility
as Jim Urow ever perform'Mis fantas
tic evolutions at the command of his mas
ter. 1 am not ignorpt, nor are you,
how many, elected (o represent the in
terest of farriers,' mechanics, laborers,
and traders of the Free States, when
they reach Washington devote their
Good Templars'' has
at Waterford, E l lie Co.,
4ter in Townsville, War-
New AdverWements.
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most assiduous efforts to secure their own
elevation thrhugb the, favor of the. Slave
Power, in utter disregard of the real
sentiments arid interest of their constitu
ents, relying upon party dril and the fa
vor of an adrriinistratied, itself indebted
to this power for its existence, to keep
the voters in the traces at home. Is it
not strange that, ulyier such circurnstan,
/
ces, some who o declared' strongly in
favor of Freed m, have since professed
themselves i favor .of Slavery. But
the convict' ns of the people do not so
easilych age. They may for a time
deviate rom the line which those con
victio s require them to pursue under
the nfluence ot party, but it will only
b: for a time."
The Troubles at Erie, Pa.
There has, been •much ,
,nunciation
cast out against the .pe of Eiie, for
the disturbance of travel ; but we advise
our New York and Cleveland neighbors,
to keep cool. Hard words don't convince.
any body. The. following from Gov.
Bigler's Message is a clear and candid
statement of the difficulty; and, until it
can be answered with something better
than denunciation, we 'shall continue to
sympthize with our Erie neighbors: al
though we have no eicuse to offer for
their destruction of property, which we
think not only a crime, but a blunder.—.
Says Governor Bigler :
Recent occurence at the City of Erie
evince an intensity of feeling among the
people, seldom e led on a question
of this kind, to tatting riot only the pro
priety, but necessity,lor prompt legisla
tive action as to the rights of this compa
ny.
It must .fie clear .to the impartial oh
i.s.erver, that the Legislature never in.-
',tended, by any previous act, to author
ize tt e ainstrutt on of a railroad between .
the City of Erie and the Ohio line. In
deed the highest trtbunal in the State has
expressed the opinion that no such' au
thority can be found in the charter of the
Franklin Canal Company ; and, in my
opinion, the grant should hereafter Lr
Made on such conditions only.
pretest and
,advancec the interest of the
people of Pennsylvania, so far as they
may be involved in the sutect. It so
happens that Pennsylvania holds the
key to this important link of connection
b-?•ween the Eest and the West, and I
most - unhesitatingly say, -that where •no
principle of amity or commerce - is to be
vinlated,'it is the right and duty of‘the.
State to tuft' her naiirral advantages to
the promotion of the• views and welfare
of hor own people..
It may be. said that a restriction that
would require.a break of railroad gauge
at the harbor of Erie, would be" the use
of - an - illiberal principle. The answer if,
that the neces'stty for a break of gauge
between the Ohio line; aitd the Seaboard
exists, as a consequence of :a difTerence
of - width of the New Yoik nod Ohio
Reads. The only question td settle,
therefore, i•elates tattle point at Which it
should occur. I have been able -to dis
cover no reasons, founded in public pol
icy, why the break should be fixed. at
Buffalo, that do not apply -with equal
force in favor of Erie. Tun &acre and
passengers can be as well transhipped
at the latter, as:at the former city.:, •
So far as concerns the benefits to eith-.
er city, in idant to a transhippment, the
idea is unworthy of notice. BLit the
et3ects of a brealeof gauge, and conse
quent transhippment east of: Erie, upon
the business of that harbor, must be par
,alyzing, if not fatal. It would virtually
require the shipments to be made either
at Cleveland or Buffalo. Scarcely less
embarrassing would thii_arrangement he
upon the interests of
,the Sunbury4nd
Erie Road, or any other avenue that may
hereafter connect the lakes with the
City of Philadelphia.
"It may be that neighboring States, pos
sessing similar natural advantages, would
give them away for our benefit, but I
have not been able to discover any fact
in their former policy, to justify such a
conclusion. I shall await your action
with anxiety.
Groggeries and Crime.
We have asserted that rum selling,
always produces misery, pauperism and
crime. We think we have abundantly
proved this assertion ; but as those
houses, in this County, which continue
to sell the deadly poison in defiance of
law, public opinimi, and commob hones
ty, are still patronized -by respectable
men, we shall continue to :pile up tio
proof. .
The following is an extract from the
Report of the Grand. Jury of Schuyl
kill County, made Dec. 9, 1853: •
The, alarming prevalence of Intem
perance in the County imperatively
demands the special attention of. the Ju
ry. 'Tracing effects to causes, the Jury
cannot fail to recognize this as the great
- fountainhead of crime among our peo
ple. Besides the corruption 'of public
morals, and the development of vicious
and criminal prppensities ; its obNuous
and direct results, to the common injury
to the whole community, are 'impaired '
health, additional pauperism, the estab-,
lishinent and 'encouragement of indolent
habits, interruption of business and
largely increased taxes. The connection'
of Intemperance with crime and pau
,serism is so intimate, that it is a notice
ble fact that the number of criminal
cases brought before the CoOrt and the
inmates of the. Alms House, from dif-
ferent sections of the County, are in di
rect Proportion to - the number of grog•
genies they respectively contain.
Of Fifty-two cases brought before the
Jury, Twenty were directly traceable to
Intemperance, and a careful examination
of the Records shows that an average of
two-thirds of the criminal business of
this Court is induced by the same cause..
An evil of such comprehensive =pi.._
tude, reaching to al! classes and condi
tions of society, deserves- the' most seri
ous consideration of every good citizen,
to the end that an effectual remedy he
speedily provided.
The Plink Road.
The Genesee Rives Plank Road Co.
are receiving enormous revenues from
tolls collected on the Road. Last week
the gateage amounted io over one hun
deed dollars. it must be paying finely,
and were it continued to Coudersport,
with a branch running to the Honeyoye,
it ‘Vould have no equal within our knowl
edge. Will our friends at.the capitol of
Potter set about it,' and see if it can't be
done? Such a work would make Wells
ville and Coudersport flourish.
We're coming up there in a few days,
friends, to talk the , matter corer seriously.
=--Wellsville Free Press.
Come on, we will bid you God speed
in any work of proaress that you may
undertake. There was a time, when
we thought a plank road" could - be built
by by our people to the State line. = But
we have come to the conclusion that it
is no use for us to say any more on that
subject, at least for the present.
Trying to RescusrAle a Humbug.
The Free ' Soiirs and Abolitionists,
throughout the country, are making a
desperate effort to renew the agitation'of
the Slavery wtion, and again foment
sectional animosity throughout the coun
try.. The division of the Democracy of
New York is F.eized upon as an event
affording a pretext. for this movement.
Gerritt Smith leads off the dance in Con
gress, and Greeley, of the Neio York
Tribune, .assumes a kind of .fatherly
protectorate over the whole affair through
out the length and breadthf the coun
try. This is but the exyiting, eflort of.
abolitionism, however, and will fail to
accomplish any thing intended by its
promoters. The abolitionists•have com
pleted their record in the political histo,
ry of the country. Even the hot bloods
of the South laugh at the venomless fa
naticism, and let pass in silence the oft
repeated and worn out schedule of - frothy
abolition speeches.—/. ? ycorning Gazette.
The expiring effort of abolitionism"
has been witnessed so many times that
it has ceased to give consolation t o any
body. The most stupid hunker l. that
ever cringed at the foot of his master,
knows, that ittationism will , never ex
pire ‘'hila ti single slave clanks the chain
at tyrants have forced him to wear:
As ;or intelligent slaveholciers, 7 they
were never deceived by any such twad
dle. , Just compare the above language
of a Northern doughface, with the fol
lowing from the pen of a frank Ispoken
slaveholder, and say which is nearest
the truth. •
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" There is rib intelligent man of any]
party . or section. in the United States,]
who does not know and' feel that then
question of Slavery is The vital question'
of this republic—more important in 'its
'bearings, than moral, political, and reli
gious questions combined. Politicians
marcry peace—peace; but there is no
peace for the slave-holder. Partisan in
trigues may counsel silence and sbumis
sion, in the face of'incessant Machina
tions against the institution, at, home and
abroad ; but eternal vigilance is the only
word of safety for the friends of the
Union and the people of the South. Up
on the final settlement of this question
in oar own national councils and organ
izations, depend the commercialyßros
perity or i the United States—the perm=
anency of the Union—and all the hopes
and destinies of mankind that are, staked
upon the success of free government.
CP'.The whole number of places
where alcoholic liquors are sold in this
City, i 57,193. Unlicensed, 1,222; re
ported disorderly, 1,058; with grocery
shops 3,789 ; larger beer shops 1,088 ;-
exclusively wholesale 183. .01 the tav
erns for travellers there are, only 336.-
FirSt Woad, 452 drinking shops ; Second
169; Third, 309 ; Fourth, 510; Fifth,
285; Sixth, 737; Seventh, 320; Eighth,
325 Ninth 268; Tenth, 238 ; Eleventh,
:594: Twelfth, 116 ; Thirteenth, 197 ;
Fourteeth, 380; Fifteenth, 175; Six
teenth, 335; Seventeeth, 450,; Eight
eenth, 597; Nineteenth, 425; Twenti
eth, 380. Of the whole number, 5,894
sell three cent drinks; 1,002 six cent
drinks ;'24 one-shilling drinks;l,2ll
are closed on Sundays ; 930 have gam
bling 1,043 are kept by Arnericnns or
pernn's calling thsmselves such ; 3,270
by Germans ; 2,357 by Irish . ; 234 by
other foreigners ; 233 by women, and 22
by colored people. Open on Sundays,
5,893. Drinking places where boxing
matches are allowed, 11 ; resorts -of
thieves, 126 ; resorts of prostitutes, full
- 500 ; billiards, 216 ; dancehouses of pros
titates, etc., 162; dog-fights allovied in
6; rat-killing allowed in 4; cock•6;ht
ing allowed in 7.—AT. Y. Tribune.
REcEII4.—To become popnlar.—
Join. the strongest church and all secret
societies. -
Single Districts.
The People's Journal, in a recent
number, advocates the formation of Sin-.
gle 4epresentative Districts, for the suf
ficient reason that such a measure is
necessary to give a fair. expression to
the popular will, in our smaller counties.
Other journals have already spoken out
updin the Subject, and we deem it proper
to aid in directing the public mind - to the
proposed reform. It has hitherto suited
the ;designs of intriguing politicians, to
have, districts so arranged that a secret
understanding with knowing ones of like
political faith; would secure the control
of adjoining counties, by joining their
political destiny to !heir own, and thui
perhaps set at defiance the pbpular soy- .
ereignty, or drown the voice of the peo
ple, in the smallerccinties, by the over
whelming din of popular.clamor,among
their overgrown neighbors.
Now, we have noiresitation in avow
ing our admiration of, and devotion to,
demOcratic principles; but, inasmuch as
in a'country so large, populous and un
wieidly as ours, a pure democracy is
praCtically 'impossible, we are prepared
to adopt and advocate its nearest possi
ble approxjniation. As the people can
not themselves meet . in yearly council;
it is proper that they should do it by
their own representatives.' and ,not by
men whom some domineering neighbors
, •
, may have chosen for the purpose.
When one county has not a sufficient
population to entitle it to a single mem
ber,f it is perfectly proper 'that a neigh
boring county should be added to make
up the deficienCy, but we can conceive
of no necessity for joining three, or four
or a half- dozen counties together in the
election of two or more members, and
can discern na other utility in such ger
aymandering mayOrmations, than -se
curing an undue ascendiincy to the dom
inant political party. We are leased
to learn that in the 'plan for the consoli
dation of the city arid districts, there is
an arrangement to secure single districts,
in the election of. reprdsentati ves, and if
this be practicable where the , greatest
difficulties will be encountered, there
earl be no valid objection ufged against
ui a
its general adoption. To-bring the at
ter:llo=A° our own district, t as
ure seems well I adapted to ihe'w I be-
ing of both political,parties. LycoMing
county is known to
.be largely and'in
contestibly, and for aught we know, tin
cha ngably democratim and hence is ve
ry r properly represented by a democrat
ic , member. Bytt\l,..ycoming is joined
withXlinton and r otter, in the election
af/iwo members, and such is the local
and side issues, that the choice of our
own county -is liable to be defeated at
any.or every election by the overruling
voice of our neighbors. •
Again, it not unfrequently` occurs that
Clinton and Potter may have momeuti.„ ,
interests' , at stake, and may present un
exCeptienable men to represent their in
terests, btkt the weal of the party,- or the
aspiration'S - of some self-elected, leaders
in bur o7n county, thwart their nobler
intention, and . thrusts the most obnox
ious opoh them, as exponents of their
prihciples and representatives of. their
•intereste., These remarks will.apply to
other `counties and districts, for the ar
gument !that will secure the needed re
form in 'one case, will apply with equal
force to all, and therefore we most hear
tily usecond the ;notion" of the Journal,
and. hope for its early adoptiub.—Will
iamspoit Independent, Press.
One Sentiments Exactly.
Some twelve millions a year is squan
dered, of . the Nation's treasure, to main- •
'lain a Navy which is only a hOt-bed of
',upstart aristocracy, and dog-treated sea
pen. The Secretary, of the Navy, pod=
am calls on CorTress to vote more mil
lions of !the People's money to enlarge
the list of public pensioners. Greeley
plants ,a kick in the bread t!ket of the
icheme- that ; meets otir heartiest appro
bation. ;Read it
When Napoleon. was on the point of
making `a- new conscription' of 80,000
men annually, some 100,000 or WO,OOO
of the regular quota being destroyed,
and laidiin the new graves from Madrid
to Moscow, he always pleaded nvessify.
The integrity of France was the cry ;
the enemy was coming; the national
name, ft:oe and existence were at stake.
Nothin g :'short of new' oceans of blood
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could, on these occasions, save France,
Well, conscription on conscription came
until in some parts of France—we
speak from the testimony of an Ameri
canen in that country—for six months
tcrgett er not a man could be seen work
ing in the fields, all having been drag
-
gel in or out of chains to glut the blood
appetitei of the. Moloch, and women only
being left behind - to 'do all the coarse,
rude =work which properly belongs to
the masculine sex. But notwithstand
ipg all the magnificent paraphranalia of
destruction, of old guards and young
wards, 'of numberless heroes and eter
nal glories involved in the war, France
went to l ruin and the' fierce . stranger
walked through the proud streets of her
caPital, and was, perhaps prevenied by
'English', influence from mzinCeyery
stone of it to the dust. ,
We are reminded of these facts by
the main tenor and specific recommen
darions of the Report of the Secretary of
the gay/. "If anything has been a con
stant effort on our part tii Consonance
with the spirit of our nationalinstittr
tions, it is . to prevent that . infernal inter
pretation ef-'democracy which increases
the army and navy, and to the same ex
tent impoverishes and brutifies the peo
ple. We shall not at this time conde
scend to argde the miserable Virginia
Blue Bciok 'doctrines of the Secretary,
on the necessity-of increasing our navy,
because we have a Pacific coast and art
extended commerce <This mono should
be written on the hearts of the Ameri
cans :
-
""Commerce protects itself and needs
no Nfvy." '
In iroportion as we increase men•of.
war, do we squander the capital which
should go to build• merchant vessels, or
increase home economies..
Slavery and armies and navies, and
diplomatic functions -all -go.:v)geAbet
Are the tildastriops workrpen”--rnethan
iek, farmers and tradesmen of thii,coun
try—prepared,-Under the h uge fraud of
so called democracy, to multiply the
heroes of theqbarter-deck—the candi
dates for aggressive war--the chauces,
of exhausting conflicts ! :,
No sooner does some vi;lage,lawyer
get squatted into one of the useless Sec;
retaryships at Washington—which all
ought to be abolished- 7 than he swells
into a littte Napoleon, and cries for men .
1 and money, - money
,and men ! The
manifesto 'of- the Secretary. id , question
precisely exernplifies this aSsertion;—,
Away with such rubbish and farrago as
, the Secretary's arguments ! Let the
1 people be truly democratic, and govern
themselves, and no longer surrender
themselves to the control of centralized
authorities. Then when they hive any
need to fight, they will defend their
homes and rights to some purpose.
,The
first na si lVkth'e nation ever had was tiffs
hest one, and that' wasade up alto
gether of merchantmen. .
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Our forefathers ' declared that all men .
were born free and equal, and believing
that any child of: God was equally en- •
titled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness, they determined to be no
longer the subjects of British Oppression
and tyranny, but to stand boldly forib,
maintain their rights, arid thereby gain
for thernelves and their posterity that %
liberty which they so dearly loved, but -
of,
,which they . •Were' then deprived.
Theirs was- I/-just cause, and the God of
iitttles was, with them. They obtained
the glonous prize for which they fought,
and that priceless boon of. liberty has
descended to us. The star-spangled
banner is now seen waving in every
part of this. vast Republic, and shouts of ,
freedom and boasts of republicanism are
heard on),every side. In the land of
`oppressiok across the ,seas a Kossuth
dares to lift his feeble voice and use his
strength i behalf of liberty for his
fatherland, is exiled, and with shouts of,
ti,
joy is, welcomed to• our shores. Here,.
too, a Kosita, a Mitchell; and their.daring
compatrio l is, find refug,e and protection,
where alliare-said to be in the enjoy
ment of lice and liberty. Is this true ?
And is it in fereigmlands alone that men
flee from bo l nil age and oppression ? No
,
for here beneath the tree of liberty, and
under the winged
.the : "Eagle of Free
dom," three millions of men—yes, Lasy
.. men—groan in bondage morecomplete,
more cruel, than in any otherpart of our
earth. i Mind, body, and soul, are alike
enslaved. And If one of sons of
Africa foNnately escapes from his Inas
ter,e Pies with trembling steps from
this ree country, where it : is acknowl
edged that " all men are born free and
equal," and Alops not until he realities
the dominion of the Bfitish Queen, un
ess we, in- obedience loth!) law of the
land; but in opposition to the law of God,
stop him and Carr him back to his.
master. 1f it wasvrialit for our fore
fakh ght for liberty when the iron
h nk f oppiession was laid upon them,
ould t ot be right for the slaves to
\
rise, and in in the name of .God and the
goddess of liberty, fight for the,deliver
ance of their souls and bodies from op
pression ? Will not the same God who
fought our battleS 'for us, take up, tho
cause of the poor, down-trodden slave ?
Is not the slave. a - man ? Has he not a.
mind capable of cultivation, and a sour
to be saved . from, ignorance,: sin, and
error, the same CI) the - white man ? It
not„ why is the slaveholder so fearful lest
his slave shall be taught to read , anct
write ? And why that law on their
state books forbidding it? They knaw.
the " knowledge is power" With the
black as well as the white man, and to
keep them in bondage they must keep
them in ignorance. . .
Let those hoble souls who havp 'so
long been labOring to unbind the chainit.
of the oppressed, and let the slave stand
forth and assert his rights as a man and
a citizen of this Republic, and those who
have labored in the cause of tempentnie
and other reforms of the day, take new
courage at the commencement of a ndw .
year, trusting that a year will ere long
dawn upon our earth finding their hopes :
consummated, their' labors rewarded.
rip CONFUSION OF A rrrocaxric r4A-
TioNs.—Nicholas expressed a pious hope
that he might not ever be confounded.
By the threashing which he hay hid
fforn the Turks, we should•think he must
have been disappointed.—Punch.